Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-27
THE LAST OF LENITER SALLY
THE GOOD NATURED MAN.
BE- JOSEPH C. NEAL.

The last time Salix was seen in the busy
haunts of men, he looked the very incarnation
of gloom and despair. His very coat had
gone to relieve his necessities, and he wander
ed slowly end dejectedly about, relieving the
workings of his perturbed spirit by kicking
whatever fell in his way. @
"lm done,' soliloqused he, "partnership
between me ard good-natpre is this day dis
solved, and ell persons indebted will please to
settle with the undersigned, who alone Is au-
horized. les, there's good many indebted,
and it is high time: to dissolve, when YOUR
partencr has sold all the goods and spent all
the money. Once ! had little shop+-ah
wasn't 1t nice ?-plenty of goods and plenty
OF business But then comes one troop of
fellows, and they wanted tick-Im SO good
nalured then comes another set of chaps,
who didn't let bashfulness stand i'm their wav
a minute; they sailed a good deal nearer the
wind and wanted TO borrow money.-I'm SO
good natured and more asked me to go Sc
curity. These fellows were always very par
ucGlar friends OF mine, and got what they ask
ed Tor; but was very particular friend of
theirs, and couldn't get il back. 1t was one of
the good rules that won't work both WAYS
and ], somehow or other, was at the wrong
end it, For it wouldn't work my way at all.
There's few rules that will, barring subtrac-
ton, and division and allegation, when onr
folks allegated against me that | wouldn't come
to no good. All the cipherin' could ever do,
made more come to little, and little come to
less; and yet, as | said afore, had a good
many assistants too.
"Buslness kept pretty fair but wasn't
cured. Because was good-natured, had to
so with them frolicking, tea partying, excur-
Sioning, and bursting and for the same rea-
1
the distribution when there wasn't cent
surplus revenue in the treasury but my own.
1t was my job to pay all the bills. Yes, it
was always, 'Salx, you know me'--sSalix,
pony up at the bar, and lend us levy
'Salix always shells OCT like sentleman.'--
Oh! to be sure, aud why not now Pm
shelled ont myself-frst out Of my shop by
old veRdUiOni cCpOnds, at the State House
old fiery td$h'pS to INC directed. But: they
didn't direct him soon enough, for he only get
the fixtures. The goods had gore oat on
bust long before ] busted. Next, was she'll
ed out Of my boarding house; and now, with
a lugubrious glance at his shirt and pantaloons,)
Pm nearly sfelled out OF my clothes It's d
good thing they can't easy she'll me out of
my skin, or they would, and let me catch my
death OF cold. Pm mere si.ell-fsh--an oys-
ter with the kivcrs of.
= DUl, IL was always SO--When | was little
boy, they coaxed all my pennies out Of me;
coaxed me to take oil the iawings, and all the
hdlngs. and to go first into ell sorts Of scrapes,
and precious scrapings they used to be.
wonder if there isn't two kinds ef people
one kind that's made to chaw up Eother kind
that's made TO be chawed up by one kind p
cat-klnd of people and mousekind of people !.
guess there is--rm very much mouse my
self
What want to know is, what's TO become
of nc? lvcspent all Ehad in getting my eddica-
sion Learning, they say, is better than houses
and lands. wonder if any body would swap
some houses ard land for miner Pd 90 il
even, and ask no boot. They should have it
prime cost but they won't; and begin to
be afraid III have TO get married, or list in the
marines-Tha's wha. most people do when
/ they've nothing to do
! What became of Leniter Salix immediately
is immatorial; what will become of him even
tually, is clear enough. His history is one
acting every day, and, though grotesqnely
skctched, is an evidence OF the danger Of ar
accommodating disposition when not regulated
/ by prudence. The sonness Of the best natur.
ed in the world requires large admixture O
hardening alloy to give 1t the proper temper.