Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-11-05

N"N tIu uio Ut Tit
gallows, unless you take great pains in
cultivating his organs of generation, &C.,
as explained in my little work, price lis.
Cd. Your obediant servant,
MANUEL PALMER"
My mothers rage at this epislle may
be conceived. She instantly set off on a
crusade against the phrenologist, and call
ed every neighbor and gossip in the place,
denouncing the mans ignorance, and
provlng it by his letter and the well-known
amiable qualities of her interesting child.
| believe the lectures were, after all, as
we'll attended as ever. My father wa,
angry with my mother for exposing the
faults of his child, and told she ought to
have hushed up the matter. The poor
lady retorted, and a quarrel ensued. Ii
was, however, made up, and the reconcil-
Iatlon was evidently sincere on my faith
er,s part, as he advised my mother the
following day to leave off brandy and wa
ter which they always had been in the
habit of drinking, as he thought ale would
be better for her. Although she did as
he recommended, my father lost his wife,
and l, my kind parent, in less than three
months from that time.
wished to put my mothers tortoise.
shell cat into mourning on the occasion,
and as she tore the clothes made for her,
! resolved TO blacken those which nature
had given her with ink. l had Just be-
gun the operation, and had placed the un-
feeling animal headforemost down in a
boot, with quart ink bottle in the other
hand, when my fa,herappeared. Seeing
how was occupied, he rushed towards
me. l fled: he pursued. He gained
ground {: | heard him puff close at my
back. In my eagerness to escape, l at
tempted to jump over cooler full of ale
! should have easily accomplished the leap,
had it not happened that at that moment
my fathers hand arrested The spring, and
l fell, with the ink bottle, boot, and cat,
into the middle of the steaming liquid.
screamed, the cat mewed, my father
swore. But the death of my mother,
suppose, had sofieued his heart for, in a
few minutes he recovered his good hu-
NOR, laughed at the cat and at me and said
1T did not matter, as the boot was no, the
only thing that would be the worse for it,"
However, he made up his mind to send
me TO school forthwith, "to improve my
manners and have me out Of harms way."
To school was sent. and there | re,
NAMED till | was twelve years old, at
which time my father sent me home, put
me into his counting house, and taught
me the arts OF bookkeeping and brewing
lhe latter found was far more ntri-
cate and mysterious process than the mere
mixture of malt and hops.
Years went on; grew up into a man;
but as advanced, the little town desln-
ed. 1t was not place of much trade
and as the Inhabitants died away. they
were not rapidly succeeded by fresh set
tiers. The mortality of the place was
certainly very great. rhe air was voted
unhealthy, though formerly it had beer
considered the reverse. BY some extra.
ordinary fatality, my fathers best custo
mers were always the first TO drop off.
felt for him, and myself, for I was now
taken into partnership; and my mint
sympathised with Moor's beautiful lines
ooh ever thus from childhood's hour,
I've seen~my fondest hopes decay;
never nurs'd tree or flower,
But twas the first to fade away.
never nurs'd dear gazele
To glad me with its bright black eye
But when it came know me well,
And love me, it was sure to die Z"
But after all. what are gazelles to Gus
toners !! nd what is The sight of its eye
TO the sight of bill for beer made out
: for payment? Alas! these bill decreased
as the town decayed, and ere long the
: Gazette presented the names of "R. Kill
: man x Son, brewers" The shock up
set my father, he never looked up after
wards, and the very day week after tn,
above announcement ] saw his heel
standing out of large mash-tub. H,
r had chosen the fate of Clarence.
| With the few pounds left to me 7 fIet
from the fatal nelghborhood to London
| In that vast metropolis | had no chanc,
} of setting up my trade ; there were to,
many in it already, with larger capitals
; and equal skill in composition to myself
For some time l served in one of tn,
; principal breweries as cIerk--but nv sal
ary was so small, that could neither pa
for wine nor brandy; malt liquor I coul,
/ not drink, | was too much behind tn
scenes for that and for water, which | es
f timated at very different value from ,ha
put upon it by Pindar, had cons,itu
tional antipathy-I was second Tants
Ius, dying of thirst amidst profusion G
beverage. could bear it no longer
r left my situation.
. | was walking, with little in nv pock
] cts except my hands, in a most melan
). choly mood, along Bloomsbury square
/, when man held out a paper to me.
d took it, and found it to be puff of pa
ent medicine. A new light broke +
:. upon me. cried out Eureka" and Gu
caper in the air for Joy.
}. My plans were quickly settled. I ir
}, vested my remaining money in drug.
= vials and a chest, and Sc. out on a tou
). to the country, resolving to commenc
like an actor or counsellor, with provir
; clal celebrity first. 1t was Indifferent