Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-10-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
Lend me your EARS.

SHAKESPEARE.
Grant gracicusly what you cannot refuse
safely. LAcoY-
Smother wants your SITTER" said Ianthe
Howard, young lady of six years standing.
attlred In tattered calico, thickened. with
dirt her unkempt locks Struggling from I'M
der that hideous substitute for a bonnet, so
universal In the western country, dirty cot
ton handkerchief, which is used AID NAusEAM,
for all sorts OF purposes.
"Motherwants your sitter, and she saws she
guesses you can let her have some sugar and
tea, cause you've got plenty"
! This excellent reason '''cause you've rot
plenty is conclusive as to the sharing with
| your Observation-Disclosures comes into Mich
/ Igan with nothing, will be sure to better his
condition; but wo to him that brings with
him any thing like an appearance of abund-
ance, whether Of money or mere household
conyenicnces.-To have them, and not be
willing to share them in some sort with the
whole community, is an objectionable crime.
on must lend your best horse to oUI QUE cE
SOFT, to go ten miles over hill and marsh, in
the darkest night, for doctor; or your team
to travel twenty after a gall your wheel-bar-
row, your shovels, your utensils of all sorts,
belonging, not to yourself, but to the public.
who do not think it necessary even to ASK a
loan, but take it for granted. The two sad
dies and brides of Montacute spend most of
their time travelling from house to house a.
hanback,; and have actually known stray
mdrtlngal TO be traced to four dwellings two
miles apart, having been lent from one to a.
mother, without word to the original pro-
Prietor, who sat waiting, not very patiently,
to commence journey.
Then within doors, an inventory Of your
plenlshing of all sorts, would scarcely more
than include the articles which you are soli-
cited to lend. Not only are all kitchen uten-
Sis as much your neighbors as your own, but
6edsteads, beds, blankets, sheets, travel from
mouse toulouse, pleasant and effectua mode
Oh securing the perpetuity ofcertain efflores-
cent pecullarities of the shin, for which Mich
| igan IS becoming almost as famous as the
iand 'twixt Maidenkirk and John o. Groats.'
Sleeves, smoothing irons, and churns, run a.
bout as II they had legs; one brass kettle is
enough tor awhole neighborhood and could
point to the cradle which has rocked half the
oaoles In Montacute. For my own part,
nave lent my broom, my thread, my tape, my
spoons my cat, my thimbie, my scissors, my
shawl, my shoes !; and have been asked for
my combs and brushes-and my husband, for
his shaving apparatus and his pantaloons.
But the cream of the joke lies in the man
neT OF the thing. is also straight forward
and honest-nonc of your hypocritical civility
| and servlle gratitude! Your true republican,
when he finds that you possess any thing
when would contribute to his convenience,
walks In with, care you going to use your
hoIses To-DAY!" if horses happen to be the
Yes, shall probably want them.''
"Oh, well, If you want thern-I was
thlnnKlngto get 'em to go up north piece"
VI perhaps the desired articles comes with
in the female department.
Mother wants to get some butter that ere