The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-08

tons, in as many States, beside real estate,
bank stock, &c. With these advantages to
make up" it is not singular that prudent
mamas, and forethoughted affeetionato papa 5
should deem Mr. Graham fondness for
champaign and a circle of mad roysterers, to
which he was rotser inclined, mere youth.
indiscretion, Of which, he would get the bet
ter after awhile. Iwonder now dontthinll
itstrange that man should wonder at sonat-
pral circumstance; yet | 40 2eonde', il the
same liberation obtains among disseminating
parents, towards the poor clerk with his sew
On hundred a year, On the mechanic with his
necessity for daily physical exerhon2
OF course not Mr. Hankins, interrupts
with four marriageable daughters, and three
more hoping soon q be- you could not OK
poet Us mothers, my dear Dir. Hankins, to
tolerate such q course of conduct in a man,
with no more than seven hundred a year to
subsist upon, or in a common laborer. Why
bless my life, = continues the suffering Mrs.
Prudence Primfacc, while her little artful
eyesfairly dance in their discreet looking sock
cts, 4 should consider my house profaned,
and the reputation of my daughters ruined,
were to admit such visitors"
And 50 would I Mrs. Primfaco. The
peace Of your children would certainly be
jeopardised, by life-connection with man
addicted to his cups; and for that reason, l
have evaded introducing to their acquaint-
ance friend Of mine-a young planter with
a large estate, but, unfortunately too fond
of his wine, and thereforo7'
You have notac1actiy eomprehcnded my
meaning 8Ir. Hankins," chimes in Mrs. Pru-
dence Prinfacc, while those same little head
CRIBS CLEAN, as by the light Of shining gold.
[ mean, that salaried clerks, and mechanics
who have to labor for their support, have
neither the meansnor the leisure, to indulge
in the festivities Of the wine table Now
with gentlemon Of leisure and estate, it is
quite another thing altogether difTcront.-
The truth IS Mr.. Hankins, it's entirely prep
er, and, ] may say natural, with persons nc
customcd to the first society, to take a glass
Of wine; and there isno one more lenient to-
ward such little indiscrctions as result from
/ it, on the part Of young gentlemenof means
and leisure, than I am But for those thai
are 2,oor to do 50, it is beyond all liberation
because, you see, they have not the time
nor the money, to throw away"
'Ahem .-ah '-ycs!- yes! comprehend
now my dear madam. It's not so much tho
being drunIard that you object to, as thl
being a poycrty-stricken drunkard Speak.
well for your diserim nation Mrs. Primface
and has quite enlightened me, Oh subjec
about which, have had some perplexint
thoughts. I sec now most plainly the prin
ciple of prudence, on which, society is con
structcd. Quitencccssary madam-quiten nc
ccssary indeed to look to this principle, il
the disposition Of ones children. The glar
of vice, is decidedly less painful to the eye
when it is intercepted by an annuity of
few hundred cotton iba gs-is beautifully soft
! ened by golden Lightly
The little eyes Of my friend Mrs. Primfac'
wear dubious expression, as if she were nc
quite sure Of my sincerity. With pressin
; invitation to call down after tea, with th
young gentleman alluded to, the afTectionat
mother, has trippcd lightly away, to prepal
her marketable daughters, for the visit
= my young friend. Ten to one, if he is nj
: tipsy! Pshaw that viii not matter, for |
has the dust-he has; and that viii secul
Mrs Prudence Primface's leniency towai
his fashionable indiseretions All mel tn
world! but I must leave this episode, andr
!, turn to George Graham.
IS notwithstanding his infrmity -and it
i due him to say, that he possessed it, in t
IS slightest degree barely did have it-how
&c extremely popplar, with parents and ofsprin
81 in the country where hedweIt. Even PIC
d people, including ministeIs too, were part
to him, becaus Of his frankness Of nature
bis simplicity 81 nanneI and generic
and liberal disposition. He was, to. say 4
truth, most eligible chance, in the lotto
Z Of marriage il indeed it Is a lottery, VIII
we are aaromantic enough to doubt. q
= thing George Graham had settled in hisci
: eulations about getting a wife. It was, Il
y whatever else, she might nothaye, she NJ
: have a good stock Of piety, and Of which IA
+ he must have reliable evidence. Yitho
- the requisite, and the satisfactory proof
y its possession, be was resolved to we'd no Of
= He said, and sensibly enough too, thatWh
y ever might be his own deficiency IN religio
practice, It was inportant to have q religie
3 wife; and tlltno one PROCESSING rel gion, a
8 conforming 20 It, would do to trust-
j. signing quite philosophically, as the reas'
e that for woman protesting pietys to be q
IS lectfalof her God, was good proof, that !
would be disposed 70 negIec her husband.
He had from some source perhaps
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