Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-04-26

THINGS LIkE TO SEE AND HEAR,


like to see man and his wife quar-
rellng, because it looks well.
like to hear woman tell the faults of
her husband to strangers. 1t looks as if
she respected herself, as well as him.
L like to see a man, in some public place,
assall women IN general. Il looks as if he
would like to pay his wife a compliment
without naming her.
L Ike to see woman, after she gets
married, dispense with combing her head
and brushing her teeth, only on Sunday.
1t looks rs if she thought as much of her
husband and herself as she did before.
/ like TO see man, after he gets a wife,
wear his wedding coat only on particular
occasions, that it may do him for dress
coat as long as he lives. | also like to sec
him wear his beard week, go to meeting
with his boots covered with mud, and his
head all III friz, because ii looks as if he
was determined to be as particular of his
personal appearance as he used to be, even
though he has wife.
| like TO see the house unswept. the beds
unlnade. the floor covered over with up
turned chairs, broOms, hammers, tongs,
shovel, &c, &c. 1t looks as if the house
keeper was entirely acquainted with the
duties of her profession.
| like TO hear family quarreling and
fighting III so high tone that all that is
SAID may be heard any distance from the
house. 1t looks like keeping household
teuds from strangers.
| like n III i.
drcn with dirty faces, uncombed heads.
ragged, and withal impudent. Itlooks as
If society viii be improved when they
grow up.
| like 10 see boys out at night till late
hour. annoying everybody in the vicinity
with their loud hallooing, cursing, smoking
cigars, lgnlting squibs, &c, &c. 1t looks
as If their parents were afraid that the
morals of their offspring might be vitiated
by exposure in such communicating at
like to see drunken man, because his
superiority over the brute creation is then
more evident.
like to see swearing woman; and if
be added, the sight is still more
desirable. The latter sight, though very
rare, may still be Witnessed.
like to see a man sedulously avoiding
the presence of his creditors. Itlooks like
an intention to pay his contracts as soon
as he can.
| like to see persons travelling from one
public place to another, that they may get
a peep at the papers. 1t looks as if they
wanted to inform themselves at their own
expense.
like. to see person meet another with
and when his back is turned
say hard things of him, and join others in
making fun Of him, because it is consist
ent with profession.
| like to see our shops and stores filled
with men from dark till ten or eleven
o'clock, expectorating the essence of the
Virginia weed, while they are busily en-
gagged talking, mot in the most respectful
either,) about their absent neigh
bors-somc being too proud, others too
lazy, some are indebted, others extrava-
CANT. &c, &c.--in fine anything that can
in any way elevate an absent brothers.
or character being before the
meeting, is fully discussed. like to see
it, because it looks as if married men pre-
Ter the company of their wives to that of
loungers. and that all are doing as they
wish TO be done to.
like 20 hear persons, when assembled
in the church yard on Sunday morning,
talking about the prices of grain, the pros