The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-04-14
Men and Women Now-a-days.

Somebody is reporting for the Boston
journal certain speeches of Father
langley" who is a very sensible cove
In. Inc ioliowing is his opinion Of the present
generation
-" Failed, has he! I wonder they don't
Ill iaih: ror what with theextravaganee
and good-for-nothingness of the raen and
women nowadays, where is all te end
CalI themselves Sons of the Pilprimsn
DO they L wish to mercy their grandfa-
thcrs could see themtS They were the
true grit-real hearts Of took--but these
popinjays are nothing in the world but
rc"eering! When was boy, it used to
be the fashion fer boys to beapprentices
till they lamt their trade; but now they
are ala bosses! They aipt no boys now
a-days They set up for themselves MS
soon as they arc weaned--know enough
sight more. than their fathers and grandfa-
thers-you can't tell them anything-they,
know it all Their fathers. sweated and
tuggcd in the corn field at the tail of n
plow, or else over an anvil; but Mey can't
do it They are far too grand to difty
Their fingers ! They must wear fine cloth
and shirt collarsup to their ears-be made
INTO lawyers; lam doctoring; set them
selves up as preachers, telling us we ouoht
to do this or that; or else get behind n
counter to measure off rtJbia and fdE,c q.
Smart workfor two-fsted lsnen Men.
did lsay They ain't worth morn half
men. five go on Mt this rate, the race
will run out by another generation-we
'shant have nothing leftsbut mixture of
co%comb and monkey The women, too,
are no bctter-it is just,even They are
brought up good-for-nothing under the
sun,but to putt i'll buftt. When was
boy it wasn't so-thc spinning-wheel
stood in the kitchen, and the dye-tub in
the corner. They were put to work as
soon as they could walk they didn't have
no nursery maid to run after them; their
mothers warn't ashamed to tend their own
babies They could sew ona patch and
rock the cradle beside Tie gals were
good for something in those tiires, they
could spin and weave wool and linen, lin
S"y-woolscy, red and blue, and wear it,
too, after it was done! They could eat
bean porridgc with a pewter spoon, and
they were enough sight happier, and bet
ter suited than the gals are now, with their
silk gowns, their French messes, and sill
vrr forks; yawning and moping about;
silly, pale-facc things, with nothing to do!
SET THEM TO WORK. Set them to work,
Put them at it early! Idlencss is the De-
wis foreman and no chain is so strong as
the IRON Of habit! Watts was nobody's
fool, | can tell you He knew what was
What! Folks don't stand still here in this
world, they are going one way or t'other
If they amt drawing the sled MP hH
they'll be sliding down Adam was n
farmer, and Eve hadn't no Irish gall nor
'nigger wench' to wait upon her! What
do these popinjays say to that's Asham-
cd of the old folks, I'll warrant Adam,
wasn't nobody, Eve wasn't nobody, they,
know it all a
But they cant work-tAey are so DELI
cotc-thcy are $50 ,ceoklyr' What has
mad" them wcaklya Send off your cham
Der maids, your cooks, your washer wo-
men: and set your own gals at it, II
made smmt women oftheir grand-mothers,
and if the old blood amt run out, they'll
be good for something yet
1t used to be the fashion TO be honest:
if man got in debt, he tried to pay; if
he did'ntpublic opinion set mark on him;
but 1t amt so now; he tries not 10 paw
he'll lie, cheat and steal, flor what better
is 1t than stealing p and the one that can
cheat he fastest is the best JelloD! is
astonishing how slippery these fellows
are Slip through the smallest holes
don't make no more of it than weascl!-
Just as soon think of catching flea nap
ping, as one of theml They drive fast
teams, without bit or curb; buy all they
can carry; then fail make smash -
snap their fingers at their creditors; go to
Cailtorny, or to grass; nobody knows
where and begin again |! Good gracious,
II some of these fellows had lived forty
years ago, they'd have clapped them in
prison and shaved their heads :"