The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-08-12
NJ ISC E L L A n E @ i S
From Godey's Lady's Book.
The Consequences of Driving
Things off.
BY PROFESSOR FROST.

Or Samuel Saunler was such an I'M
punctnaI person about keeping his ap-
continents that he came, al length, to be
called by his acquaintances the late Mr..
Saunler. by aud by" "All in good time"
''Sow and sure,n More haste worse
speed" sc. sc were his favorite quota
,ions; and his wiIc, good lady! who was
one Of your busting, lussing, lidgetlng,
nevcr-casy sort Of pcrsonagfs, born and
educated for the express purpose of tor
menling lazy husbands, was daily and
lourIy put oil with ole or another of
these phrases.
One summer, several years ago, they
went out Of town tospend the hottest part
Of the season among gardens, farms and
orchards in Il pleasant town in the interior
ct Pennsylvania, about one hundred and
fifty miles from Philadel phia, and very
pleasant sojourn they made of it. Their
children, liltle girl of eight and little
boy of SIX years old, enjoyed their resi-
dence i'll the country greatly, and were
much improved in their health and vigor
by their diet Of homemade bread. fresh
milk and eggs, and ripe Gut. Exercise
and fresh air did much also for the pa
rents, and made Mr.. Saunter 'm3st an
active man. All that was wanting vas
the mill-or, as metaphysicans call it.
the moral ability to beStir himself when
the occasion called for exer,ion. But,
truth to tell, the quiet retired farmhouse
in which they were Guartered, was to him
perfect Castle of Incidence. When
dragged out upon all excursion by his
active laly, lie went, indeed; but he con.
,rived so 10 arrange matters that while
the rest OF the family were gathering Der
lies, or weaving garlands of flowers. he
was reposng under some shady tree; or
quietly angling in the river, which inter-
secled the farm. Whole days did he
spend reclining on the heaps Of fragrant
new mown grass, watching the labors Of
the hay makers. His habit of procrastn-
alton, however, was INDUCED even in re-
ference 10 these excursions into the fields.
lie was always the last of the party to be
ready for a start, and he often put off his
return 10 the house til! the rising thun-
der clouds poured forth their walery con-
tents upon his head, and made him re-
greL this not having needed the warnings
OF this faithful helpmate.
When the movers descended from the
higher ground to the "nlcrvale" as it
was called, by the river bank, Mr.. Saunler
foil owed; and reclining under clump Of
willows, he would listen hour after hour,
to the pleasant ringing sound of the
scythes as they cut through the tall hea-
Wy grass. By his patient study on the
subject he must have attained pretty
good knowledge of the theory of moving;
the practice he would have found. alto
geher laborious for his taste. In this
agreeable occupation, however, he was
not entirely without company. The
mosquitoes aboundetl in the ".ntervale,'
and as Mr.. Saunter was light complex
ioneG, thin skinned gentleman, they con-
ceved particular affection for him; so
that by the time he had pulled off his coat
and thrown himself comfortably, at full
length. upon the grass, beneath his favor
lie willows, they began 10 settle upon his
hands, face and arms, and pay him great
many personal aitelitions--more, in fact,
than were quite agreeable. Too much
attention, al certain times, is cute over
powering. Mr.. Sannler, however, was a
very benevolent and tolerant person, and
seldom disturbed them till they had taken
their fill. lie had, he said, good deal of
blood to spare, and this mode of venesec-
ton was attended with much less form
and ceremony than sending for the doctor
and submitting to the operation OF the
lancet. Besides, he had his own peculiar
notions about The rights of men and mos
quitoes; and he would frequently address
himself to some thirsty citizens of the
insect commonwealth, who was quietly
enjoy wing himself upon his hand or arm.