The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-07-28

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lsh- ] lefi YOU yesterday nfienoon
10 JOIN me joyous group under fhe Old
chesnut Seventy ysars ago. on de day
n my nuphals. planted this Tree. I'm
der lie wide Jag shade my own children
hfsl sporied, then Iheir children. nov
lheir children's children. Sun il grove
and 6ourishes IN vigorous youth. while
The hand thai planted iilrembles with age:
firm and erect il stands. while bend snd
iOtler under The load Of accommodating in
irmiIies: full and green i lis foliage.
while my head Is bare. Yet think not
thal cary the old ehesnul. Many and
pleasant are The associations and reminis-
eenees which il recalls. Though many a
returning spring viii renew It's verdnre,
sfier my frsil body shall have moulderrd
IN the tomb, yet ] envy not. ! love the old
ehesnut. | always admired tie poetic
fancy Of the Hamadryads; there il some
thing 50 natural. and at The same time
so amiable in il: surely The axe. which
should pierce my old chesnni. would in
diet much more painful wound on me.
The children agreed last evening never
to press grandpa to play with Them al
blind-man's-bufI again. Ii was owing 20
The following literal catastrophe. To
crafty them could not refuse 70 bind the
handkerchief over my eyes-a useless ce-
remony, BY The bye. after removing my
glasses-and catching sympathy from
their boisierous extaeies, forgot for a
moment the frigid blood and siifened
joints Of ninety five. and springing for
ward with the fancied agility Of half a
century ago, my ponderous trunk, like old
Entellus's, lay extended al full length up
on the ground. The soft coating ofgrass
however saved me from serious contu-
sions. and forgot my own pain in The
greater suffering Of the dear little children.
feel lille the worse Of my boyish freak,
but shall not forgot that however blind
msn's-buff may accord with the feelings,
il III comports with the legs OF ninety FIVE.
But before my sheet is spent, | must
take exception 10 the application. or ra-
Their the mis-applicaiion Of one word in
your letter. A spade, my dear boy,
should be called a spade. An honest
man ought to have the moral forlitude 10
call things by their right names. One
cause ofthe moral degeneracy ofihe times
is. that the friends Of virtue are TOO fear
ful Of giving offence. The manly firm
ness, or If you please, the unfinching
siernness Of virtue ought never 10 be
thrown into The background, however de.
sirable il may be 10 give prominence 10
her genller and more engaging features.
What would have become Of our glorious
reformation il Luther had adopted the ii,
mid caution and too generous courtesy Of
Melancholy And where is The hope Of
reformation in your adopted stale. when
descendant in name and blood Of my
excellent father, Thomas Thwacknm,
rails loafers, swindlers, blaeklegs and
cock fighters BY the name of " gentle
nien?' Now this is quite in keeping
with some other modern misnomers.
The acl, which. fifty years ago, would
have damned the perpetrator with the
name ofrogue. and driven him from so.
ciety, now gives him currency under the
emollient appellative Of /" defaulier;" and
what the uncompromising integrity Of our
revolutionary times would have stigma
lized with the name of dishonesty, mo-
dern refinement has soitensd into repudi-
alton. O temporal! o mores!
God bless you, nv dear boy.
Your afiectionaie grandfather,
THOMAS THWACKUM.
P. s. Is there no police in your town,
No grand jury in your county! | have
surely read Of " vagrant act in the
south. Are the laws rescinded, or their
execution only suspended!
Ma. HRARTT: The letters which have
sent You naturally suggest an inquiry,
which You will oblige me, and dare say
many of your readers, by answering: viz:
whether the vices alluded to as obtaining
in an adjacent state, have any .'local ha-
bitaticn" in North Carolina; and if SO,
whether any persons claiming 10 be gem
tlemen participate in them.
Very respectfully yours,
OLIVER 0LDSCH00L.