The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-29

your paper. The play from which copy it,
perbatini, was written more than fifty years
ago, and ii is TO be presumed that the
Mrs. CANpoURs and SIR BENJAMIN Back
BITES il defniates, are long since dead OF
ssleft off practice" Should, however, any
gentleman or lady recognize his OR her own
picture in the mirror thus hold up to them,
the fault is with the original, not
SHERIDAN.
LADY SNEERwELL's House-Present LADY
S., MARIA and JOSEPH SURFACE.
Enter SERVANT.
Serv. Mrs. Candour, Madam, if you are
at leisure, will leave her carriage.
Sadly S. Desire her to walk up. Exit
Servant Nov, Maria, here's character to
your taste; though Mrs. Candour is little
laxative, yet every body allows she is the
best natured sort ofwoman in the world.
Mar. Yes-with the very gross afectaton
of good nature, she does more mischief than
the direct malice ofold Crabtree.
Jos. Faith, it's very true and whenever /
hear the current ofabuse running hard against
the character of my best friends, | never
think them in such danger, as when Can
dour undertakes their defence.
Lady s. Hush! hush! here she is.
Enter Mrs. CANDouR.
Mrs. C. OH my dear Lady Sneerwoll:
well, how do you do? Mr. Surface, your
most obedient-Is there any news abroad?
No! nothing good suppose-No, nothing
but scandal! -nothing but scandal!
Jos. Just so, indeed, Madam.
Mrs. c. Nothing but scandal! All, Maria,
how dow do you do, child? what! is every
thing at an end between you and Charles?-
What. is he TOO extravsgant?-Ay! the town
talks ofnothing else.
Mar am sorry, Madam, the town is 50
i'll employed.
Mrs. c. Az, 50 ami, child-but what can
one do? we can't stop peoples tongues
They hint, too, that your guardian and his
/ lady don't live so agreeably together as they
did.
Mar. am sure such reports are without
| foundation.
Mrs. c. Az, so things generally are Its
like Mrs. FASHIONS affair WITH Colonel Co
Iterie: though, indeed, that affair was never
rightly cleared up: and it was but yesterday
! Mss Prim assured me, that Mr.. Mis-.
| Honevmoon-a now become mere man ano
wife. like the restof their acquaintances.-
She likewise limited, that certain widow II
! the next street had got rid of her dropsy
aud recovered her shape in most surprising
; manner.
+ JOS. The license ofinvention some people
6 give themselves is astonishing.
Mrs. G. lis so--bnt how will you stop
peoples tongues? Twas but yesterda
Mrs. Clacket informed me, that ourold frien'
Hiss Pradley was going 10 elope, and tina
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the York Diligence, with her dancing master
| was informed, too, thatI.ord Flimsy caugh
his wife at a house OF no extraordinary fame
and that Tom Saunter and Sir Harry ldlt
were 10 measure swords on a similar occa
sion-ButI dare say there is no truth in tb
story, and would not circulate such re
port for the world.
Jos. You report! No, no, no.
Mrs c. No, no-talc-beaIefs arc just 4
d, bad as the tale aaker.
Enter SIR BENJAMIN BAcKBIrE and CRAB
Grab. Odso, ladies, did you hear the news
Mrs C. What-do you mean the repor
Of
Crab. No, Madam, that's not i-Mis
Nicely is going TO be married to herown foot
man.
Mrs. C. impossible!
Sir B. 'Tis very true indeed, Madam
every thing is fixed, and the wedding liver
f les bespoke.
). Grab. Yes, and they do say there were
very pressing reasons for it.
Mrs. c. heard something of this be
FORE
1 Lady S. Oh! it cannot be; and l wonde
they'd report such a thing of so prudent {
lady,
Sir B. Oh! but Madam, that is the very
treason that it was believed at once; for she
has always been so very cautious and re-
served, that every body was sure there was
{ some reason for it at bottom.
Grab. Very true but odso, ladies, did
you hear of Miss Letitia Piper's losing heI
lover and her character at Scarborough
Sir Benjamin you remember it?
i Sir B. Oh, 10 be sure, the most whimsI-
cal circumstance.
i Lady S. Pray LET US hear it.
Grab. Why, one evening at Lady Spa
dille's assembly, the conversation happened
to turn upon the difficulty of breeding Nova
Scotia sheep in this country; no says lady
present, have seen an instance it, for
a cousin of mine, Miss Letiha Piper, had
one that produced twins. What, what, says
old Lady Dundizzy, (whom we all know is
as deaf as posD has Miss Letitia Piper
had twns?-This, you may easily imagine,
set the cnrnnanu in a loud laugh. and the