Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-25
TO Il TR Y.
From the Columbia Temperance Advocate.
THE ART OF nook KEEPING


n ~ hard when those who Ia not wish
40 itad. that's hose, their books,
Afs snafsd b. aagicrs-iolks that ush
Muh literary hooks:
Who call aet take some favofite tome,
Rni neVcr read hthroush;
Thoy thus complete their set at home,
ny making one aiyou-
Iof my spencer" quite bercf,
Last winter Sorr was shaken:
. Of Lamb" I've bat quarter leh,
Nor could save NV bacon
An Then I saw thy 't'rAbb" a. last
Lac IIslnlet's backward 80;
Ant a. my tile VAS ehbins hi,
az course lOst my Rowe"
Nv sMlro,r served 10 knock me doNn,
winch makes the thus taiSc'i
All once, while wss out OF towu,
NJ johnson" proved walker"
NNb,l. sfudying over the IRE one day,
Ny Ill pbhcs" amidst the smoke,
they bore my 'AConan' clean away,
Aud carried orIny Coke"
They MCKEE my "Iocsc, " to the fat more
Than Rratna'sn patent woIth;
Aut n ~ INV losses dcplorc
without a"Uomc" on earth.
n once book you let them TN,
Aunii cr they conceal; ..s,,o,
For though caught them si"snns sW""
Asswittiy wen, my steele.
"Ueper IS not now upon my shelf
where late he stood clatcd;
But whs, Is strange, my Pope" himself
4 cNcolnniunic sird.
NJ little "Suc king In the rravo
T. sunk, 10 swell the ravage;
Aud what twas Crusoe'- fate to savc,
Twas mine to losc-a savage"
Even "Glovsr'S" worksl cannot put
NV frozen hands upon;
Though ever since lostmy "Fooie,"
NV 'sBunyan" has been gone.
NJ, Snoyie" with 'Co,irn went, oppressed,
Ny ''Taylor' too, must fail;
To save my "Gcdsmith'' from arrest,
la vain offered "Blyle-"
N. Daily fare was surely "ocod,n
Ere went my Cook" away;
Now where crcwhuc my Garden" aooi
There Tcs's no cheering Kay
Nv friends once thought. dare 10 hint
Ny Chambers stores - m'itmi
Alasi no SPARKS without s"FiiIi,"
lm not "Hymer'' worth
I"Prior" sought. buteonld net see
The -gI..pi" l1tC In tfoni,
And when turned 10 hunt Tor Lee"
on where was my leigh uunil'
Tried ,o lsugh-od care TO tickle.
Yet luld not "TIckell" touch.
and theu. alas missed my "Mickle,"
And surely Mickle's much
IT'S quite enough my griefs to feed,
NJ, sorrows TO excuse,
To think leannot read my "ksid,
Nor even my Hughes"
My Classics would mol quiet lie,
A thing ~ fnndly hoped
Iiko Dr.. Primrose, NAV cry
MY Ley has elopeiF'
NtV life o. wasting iast away
sufsr lrom these snockS;
ALTHOUGH fixed lock on Gray"
There'ssriy upon uy locks
I,n iat from 10y oune Pin growing pale,
zee my "Bnter" fly;
AMI when they osk atoui my all,
lis "BuTton'' ITcply.
They still have made me slight returns,
Ana Inns my srieis divide;
For OH the've cured inc NJ my BURNS"
And oascd NV "Agepsd c 10
Bltmnrc think snail not say
Sor ictmy anger burn,
For As they never found me "SU"-
Tney have not left me "SHerae."
Ea's.-Tho above witty efflsicn vas seut us by a q
rnd huse characteristic generosity has doubtless CIV
sad experience Of the popularity Of tiis system
ioOE keeping" and by tht -vey. Il reminds W that
r. rat sSholly immaculate to ching the san Of b'o
ec.ns IL Is bat TO deprive one OF their "Blac
s1f these n1sfy mornings, and VIC forthwith return
,vrral of tie lady's Companions" too, have desert
of lale, and gathered around ", We shall use no
ar means TO prevent their RETURN but while these deg
Octobcr evenings last, VIC csnnot dispense with the
,ymcut al "Ramblcs 10 the Country '-E9for.
T. = Rope no ofcnoe will be taken, II We open n
{ eers from Ahroad"-E