Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-05-05
Men and Women now A-date.

Men and Women Now A-dafe.
Somebody Is reporting for the Boston
IJournalcertzin speeches of " Father Lang.
ley" who is 4 very sensible old coyy.-.
The following is his opinion of the present
generation t4
2, .,Failed. has he wonder they don't
all fail For what, with the extraSaganoe
and good-for-nothingness Of the men aud
women now-a.dayss where Is An 10 endf
Cah themselves Sons Of the Pilgrims do
snsy wish to mercy their old grand
Ia.nera could see them They were true
gtie---reai hesrts Of osk-but these pop
mays are nothing In the world but ysnee-
tng mhen was boy, II used 20 be
the fashion Tor boys 70 be apprentices til
they lernt their trade, but now they aro
all bosses. There amt no boys now.s.
days. They set up for themselves m soon
as they are wesned2know enough sight
more than their fathers and grandfathers
you can't tell them Anythine--they
know It all. Their fathers swested in the
eorn-i0ld and tugged at the tail OF a plow
or else over an anvil, but they can't do IL.
They are far too grand 10 dirty their I'm.
gers. They must wear fine cloth, and
shirt collars up 10 their eafs-be mado in-
TO lawyers, learn doetoring, set themselves
up as preachers telling us We ought 20 do
this or that, or else get behind q counter
to measure of ribbin and tape Smart
work for two.fsted men MRs, did saw
They amt worth morn half menl five
go on ut this rate, the race win run out
by another generation--we shan't have
nothing loft but mixture Of coxoonib and
monkey. The women, too, are no better
it is just even. They are brought up
good for nothing under the sun, butto pIt
in buffet When was q boy, Il wasn'I
so--the spinning-wheel stood In the kitoh.
en-, and the dye.tub in the corner. They
were put TO work as soon as they could
walk. They didn't have no nursery.mAida
to run after them, their mothers worn't
ashamed to tend their own babies. They
could sew on patch and rock the cradle
besides. The gals were good for some.
weave wool and linen, linsey- -wolsoy, rod
and blue, and wear Il, too, after Il was
done. They could eat bean porridge with
q pewter spoon. and they were enough.
sight happier, and bOtter situated, than
the gals are now, with their silk gowns.
their French mosses, and theirsilyer forks,
yawning and moping about, silly, palo.fa.
ced things, with nothing 70 do. Set them
to work Put thom at Il early Idleness
is the DEVILS foreman, and no chain Is 40
strong as the iron Of habit, Watts wasi
nobody'a fool, / can tell you. He knew
whet was what Folks don't stand still
here in this world, they are going one way
or tother. II they Amt drawing the slOd
up hill, they'll be aiding down. Adam
was q farmer, and Eve hadn't no "Irish
gal" nor "nigger Weneh," 10 wait upon
hsr. What do these popiniays say 10
thatf Ashamed Of the old folks, I'll war.
rant. Adam wasn't nobody-EYe wasn's
nobody, they know Il all.
But they can't Work--they are 90 dee
licate-thoy are so weakly" What has
made them weakly ? Send of your cham.
ber.maids, your cooks, your washsr.wo.
men, and set your gals about Il. Itmade
smart women Of their grandm0thsrI, and
II the old blood amt run out they'll be good
for something yet. 1sou
II used to be tho fashion TO be honest,
II = man got in debt, he tried 10 pay, ifho
didn't, public opinion set mark upon him
but it Amt so now, he tries not 70 pay, he
will lie, cheat and steal--for what better
Is it than stealing2 And tho ono that can
cheat the fastest is the best fellow. Il is
astonishing slippery these fellows are 49,
Slip through the smallest holea--don't
make no more Of Il than q weasel. Just
as soon think Of cAtshing hea mapping,
as one Of them. They drive fast teams,
without bit or curb, buy all they can, pay
for as little as possible, pocket ali they can
carry, then fail. make a smash, snap their
fingers At their creditors, go 10 Californy,
or to grass, nobody knoWS whore, and be.
gin again. Good gracious, II some Of
these fellows had lived forty years ago,
they'd have elappsd them In prison aud
shaved their heads.