The native American., 1839-09-28

iIctiDoul lle pepPcfiHS--uoh u alWay oieSi yoa
off as clean as a whistler
% yes, and leave the marks of your smutty
fingers instead
Now the rug wasIa neat little body, very choice
Of fine plush dress and much annoyed at living
in such dirty neighborhood.
.You complain of the dirt do you !? cried the
longs; now just look at my face! why they
send me head-formost into the coal-hod every
day y
Never mnd,' said the astral lamp, SOU was
made for coiier.r
And pray what was you made for, maapert !?
returned the other.
i am philosopher, replied the lamp. ! throw
light Oh every subject that is brought before me.
When my master sits down of an evening to read
his papers, he never pretends TO see into the
writer's meaning without bringing the matter to
me- While he is al reading, my lady is sewing
for her family; she will tell you how much !
Tighten her labols.'
1T appears to me- said the footsool, that
little more modes.y would be becoming
'Modesty +! cried the lamp in some heat, who
dears TO nsinuate any thing against my modesty'
when never appeared in company without vel,
although those who have me can testify that
it conceals face which would dzze every be-
holder. And now, an Insignificant cricket, whose
standing is so inferior 10 mine whom every body
looks down upon and treads beneath their eet, pre-
sume> to accuse me Of want Of modesly!
Peace = said 4 soft rich voice in distant cor
ner of the room; it was the harp. Peace J! !
pray You: why disturb our harmony ny these
notes otdiscord was dreaming over the sweet
song which my lady drew from me this morning
lis soft airs still breathe through my soul. Hr'
touch sent a thrill Of delight over my frame, and
nv heart-strings still vibra,e at the remembrance,
Yonr angry words CRATE upon my ear, and make
harsh discard
Yes, and you disturbed me too squeaked a
violin; i was thinking over Yankee Doodle =
large pier glass ha, had been quietly rejecting
ona thathad passed, now thong tpropert 10 assert
It's claims to distinction. My friends il said, i
perceive that YOU all have verv good opinion
Of Yourselves, and each seems to think itself q
more consequence than the rest. Now don't
wish to presume too lar, bat it's my candid opin
ion that our lady would give you all up sooner
than she would me. | really think she is on
more Intimate terms with me than any body else
in the world. am her prvy councillor in every
thing pertaining to lle toilet. She con>ults IN,
about the Of every dress, the style her hats
and caps the color Of her ribbons, and the arrange
ment OF her hair She knows | am AWAY.
candid | tell the truth. the whole truth, an
nothing but the truth This is more than sh.
can say Of any other friend. If her cap. or the
color Of her dress is not becoming, tell her so.
and she gives up to my opinion at once. She
never goes out of the house without consulting
| receive great deal Of notice too, from
the ladies who visit my mistress; they always
consult me about their dress, and seem to hav
as much respect for my opinion as she does
Lately my lady seems to like me better than ever
For night before last, when she returned from 4,
ball. she came to ask me if her dress was in good
order. While she was standing before me, her
husband came along behind her, and pointing to
my face he said, with smile oftenderness, that
the finest face in the ball-room.' Delighted
with this compliment, exhibited countenanr@
all radiant with smiles and bushes Since that
my lady never passes this way without casting a
look of great compsacency on me-
Proud peat y exclaimed the rocking chair.
throwing itself back in huge dsdan, was there
ever such prati,g fool But every body know
YOU are H0t. You have done nothing all tn
days Of you life, bnt minister to the vanity of the
world; and now perceive that you are fall O.
the same quality Yourself jus, consider ho,'
much more useful | am. When my lady is e.
grea-tired Of you and every esc-sh,
comes to me; take her in ms arms, and rock her
by the hour together But she springs ont Of my
lap the moment her husband comes in. -
| know not how much longer this glsconade
would have continued, bat just then the door open
ed. and the lady Of the house entered; F" hich had
the effect TO wake me- and put every thing else f
sleep 81.
1t is said that nine hundred and seventy. igh'
nc the factory GIRLS in Toweij have over one