Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-01-26

IN most respects, but had strange, rough
contradictory way OF speaking, especially I,
his wife Bet, who could not make the sinples
remark, or set forth the most unpretendin.
proposition, but he was sure TO treat it as wrons
and frivolous. Be, was Obliged TO act acc ord.
. ingly, whenever she wished to carry any mar.
tcular point.-Ther son. a boy of thirteen
who assisted his father, wished to 90 to Thorn
hill fair, and to have money in his pocket
when he went He disclosed his wishes 10
his mother, who undertook TO bring the mat
ter about That evening the following con-
versatlon which | beg leave to relate in the ORR
glnal Doric, took place between David and
Bet -
Gudeman, yell no guess what that fulish
laddie, our Robbie, has iak'en into his head p
Deed, gudewile, Gamma tell what either lie
or you would think o., yc're bath sic fules.'
ma, but, gudeman, We ken the morn's the
lair day, and nought will serve him but he
wad hae me tospeak TO you about letting him
gang 10 the market, and him only laddie o.
thirteen; It's clean out o. the question: What
wad laddie Ike him do there and lose
days wages into the bargain p
whats that We say, Bet1 What for no
The laddie's II bit weel doing callan, and
works priinely; an he shall gaze to the mar
~ ~ "@ Si'.ii, Ill SPiVc U your teeth. eS
shall he p
'Aweel, awcel, David, Just asyc like, we're
The 3est Judge, nae doubt; but ae thing leads
aye to anither. The ladtlie speaks the great
est nonsense abou: siicr to keep i'm his poucI,
in the market; he even ventured to name n
good white shilling in my hearing but
irow, soon settled that VII the arm tangs, an,
haze nae seen him sin-syne like
SWhat'S that ye,ra soyiug Rot, III 49,,
NEEDLE VII the weel doing laddie, wha biss
stane for stane wi' me a day, an aye does my
bidding III spite o. a'your havers? shilling,
Bet tell We, womsn-an' what | SAYS a
law in this house, tell We, woman, he shall
not only hae shilling, but half a crown 'at
he shall. Sac shall he, cen in spite o. YOU,
and your arm tangs into the bargain .
'Aweel, aweel, gudeman. Yc maun iust haze
your ain way OFT; but yen see what it I'll a.
come to. Ye're just spelling the laddie wi
indulgence SC.
In this way, honest David could be made
to do any thing his wife pleased, all the time
that he thought himselfthe most uncomfortable
OF domestic despots similar expedient was
resoried to about fifty years ago with a noble
man who owned park of celebrated beauty
skrtlng the sea coast near one Of our large
towns. There was pathway through his
grounds, by which his predecessors had allow
ed the people of a neighboring village to pass
on their journeys to and from the town.
Stngy and unsocal, he determined to put an
end to the privilege, although it did moi inter
fere with the privacy Of his family and, ac-
cordingly, whenever he met any one going
through the park, he turned him back. The
villagers at length came to know. Row to man
age the old earl; so, when walking through
the park, if they saw him at distance, they
Immediately TUNED and seemed to be going
the contrary way When he came up, he of
course put them Fight about, and thus sent
them OH the way they wished to 60 BY this
simple device, both parties were equally pleas
ed-the villagers in escaping circumbend-
bus of several miles. and the earl in the ac
complishment of his resolution to turn back
all who entered his grounds.