Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-08-12

was uuOu' W SuN "llNlI was
by ,ha, Tartarean speculation which in
trusrvey pushed itself into my head, that
odious garment. whose want of respecta-
biIity is fully attested by the fact thai It's
name is never mentioned in the refined
circle without reluctance, that miserable
inn umhrance, which fashion has entailed
upon Us has been a source Of more misfor.
tune to me than whole clothing store
ever ought TO have been. Nv indnsial ca.
lamiries commenced with my earliest re.
collections. When | was little fellow,
ussd 10 wear ruflled detestables. ofwhich
have since been frequently reminded in
hearing of "gided letters :" and there
was always singular attraction between
dirt and my shirt, which seemed utterly
to defy the law of gravation. III horse
stepped into mud hole any wherein reach
Of me. every particle Of the soiling fluid
was sure to fly directly at me. while my
companions escaped without a spot. In
deed was perfect dirt Franklin-rod,
and afforded complete protection from filth
TO every thing around me and wherever
went, whichever way | turned, some
protruding splinter would catch and tear
my nice little ruilles "a plague on them y
in spite Of all the care could exercise
Ii really seemed to me that the earth and
everything upon it was armed with STICKS,
splinlers and every thing formidable to
tearables, all directly appointed at me; in
short that | was surrounded by vast
hemp hackle. in which was compelled to
move, and guard little cobweb thing, that
to my mind irritated TO sensitive impa
tience by repeated mishaps. seemed to be
torn into shreds by the slightest breath of
air. Now be it understood with the dear
reader that, but for another consideration
shirts would never have caused me the
slightest uneasiness. No that most ha,
table of all hatables might have been torn
into a fishing net, and not one pang would
it have cost my heart. might ever have
danced happy through the world, and
gone down ShirtIeSs to the grave. But !
had a careful old mother, whose anxiety
about the welfare Of my shirts was to me
astonishing and whenever an accident
happened to them, the old lady compelled
me TO cultivate a most unpleasant intima
cy with the boughs of a cursed old peach
tree. which stood in the yard. and who's
limbs used to first tear my shirt, and theE
my skin, by way of requltal.
At length ! grew large, and my moth
err took off the ruttles. Hrppy day
consider il an epoch in my life. and
thought all my mlsIortunes were'al al
end. But alas ! he curse still folewec
me. MY calamities only assn ned new
form. could not keep a shirt! It seem
ed that my aversion to them, or some hid
den cause, had produced a repulsion be
tween myself and them, only eluallef
in strangeness by the aforementioned at
traction between them and the dirt.
wen, oft school My old mother ever
regardiu OF my wardrobe, supplied mi
abundantIy came home shirtess |
my SIN had changed its form, so had m!
punishment | was now dashed and scor
ed with a weapon far more Formidable
lHdH S"IlCntS' IL was NY S'Vu o'' ''''''
er's tongue. even went 10 the door
and looked with longing eyes at the peac'
limbs, and thought how foolish had bee
to repine at my lot when had nothing
more dreadful 10 fear than they.
But IN the first effort to unburden m
heart | grew garrulously over my msoI
tunes. must hasten TO the chief oil a
my woes, which when related, will,
doab; not, excite the sympathy OF con
passionate world.
Sally. Martin was very nice girl, an
the daughter of Squire Martin. TIL
Squire was Jolly old soul, aud posses
sor of goodIy portion of the root OF evil
The Squirrels lands were rich and we
cultivated and so was Sally. His hor'
es were lat aud lazy ; just so with Sail
In short Sally and the farm suited eac
other exactly, and | thought they wouI
both suit me admirably. Indeed ha
paid a good deal OF attention to the Of
. Squire and Sally, and the farm and al
mired them all exceedingly,
- But there was one difficulty in the wa.
and that difficulty was Dick Shacklelor
my very particular friend a dashln
a young fellow, who always had P lenty
IS shirts, and those rufiled And thong
is my affairs seemed to prosper with Ms
It Sally, still, it was well known that 81
+ was lillle coquettish, and Dicks ruttt'
t, produced an awful effect.
}, was sitting in my bed room one ev
y ming, revolving these things in my min
&c and being forcibly convinced from Il
i, consideration, Of the disturbances of III
= object, or rather objects, and of the n
l. cessIty Of immediate acton | resolved
a. delay no longer, but to so at once, and d
at eide my fate and had just risen and COZ
J. menced the necessary preparation, VINE
Y, who should step in, but my very parll
a ular friend Dick himself, Had the o
II gentleman, whose name so nearly reSe'
n. bes his, made his appearance in propr