Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-10-07

With Budgets help. Mrs. Adam
made out "a is, of thirty seven article
/ which she sent without comment.
4 Mrs. Brown was petriiea with aston
ishmcnt. | ike all hsbitual borrower
she had not been aware OF her own dep
rcdations. She was really very sorr
/ for the trouble aud Inconvenience whlcl
she. must have occasioned her neighbor
She sent a message to that effect. wheI
after two days. diligsn, search she con
trived 10 get together all the article
mentioned in Mrs Adams ist. @
She was now thoroughly cured o
borrowings aud when this mischievou
propensity was once eradicaied, sh,
ceased TO be TRoUBLEsoME NEiauBoR
[Reader, have you soRRowED the pa
per from which you read the above, OF
are you regular subscrI5er9l
APPRECIATION IN LADIES' Many
young ladies, in excellent voice and
health, who go to a party, bent on sing
ing, always have cold when asked TO
enchant our ears. The best cure for
such stupid afec,ation isto make poin,
ofnever asking one of these ladies a
second time but affect 10 have deep
sympathy for her suilerlngs. The nexi
time she comes 10 your house, she will
leave her Geld behind her in tie ice box
at home. Painting was very fashionable
among ladies al one time. bu: il is some
years siuce we have seen it practiced
The sudden appearance of spider, or
any harmless animal OF thai kind, would
bring on fit. in company; out we have
seen one OF the LADIES, on the sly amuse
herself by putting flies 10 spiders
web, in order 10 enjoy the fight between
the two. Ladies know very we'll tha,
the dependent condition OF woman up-
on the strength and manhood of the
sterncr sex, is one of those gentle attri.
butes we all love; but grea, many will
make the mistake Of exciting the depen-
dence, by protesting physical weakness.
This is a great mistake Ii is the defsr>
entail leaning Of the mind aud heart up
on mans firmness and courage, that is
the beauty we admire. We do not
want woman who is constantly com.
planning OF being sick to win our sym
pathy--who is constantly on the brink
of despair, or continually tumbling iu,o
4 faint. Sal volatile and burn, rags are
the best remedies in such eases; and a
true man will keep his affections for
more becoming occasions.
Young ladies, too, who like to BE
kissed, often make great fuss about il.
We have no patience with this kind Of
affectation. We have read an anecdote
within day or two. somewhere, but
v here we don't remember, Of lover
who attempted 10 kiss his sweetheart.
but she said don't and he very naiyely
says he 'donted He served her rieht
A Plea FOR Boards An article in
Dickens's Household Words contains
sentiments hostile to the use of the
razor, and strongly in favor Of the flow
ing beard, the bushy whisker. and un-
curtailed mustache. This is specimen
Of his reasoning:
Surely enough has been said TO make
il evident that the man who, at the end
OF his days, has spent about an entire
year OF his life in seraping Off his beard.
has worried himself to no purpose, has
submitted 10 painful, yexaiious, and not
only useless, but actually wholosome
custom. He has disigurca himself
Systematically throughout life, accepted
his share OF unnecessary tic douloareur
and toothache, coughs and colds, has
swallowed dust and inhaled smoke and
fog. out of complaisunce TO The social
prejudice which happens just now to
prevail. We all abotninatei the razor
while we use ii, and would gladly lay il
down. Now, if we see c.early--and
think the fact is very clear-that the use
Of it is great bluuder, and i: we are no
onser such sloveply people as to be
afraid hat, If we kept our boards, we
should not wash. or comb. or trim them
IN decent way, can we EoI put aside
our morning plague, and irritate our skin
40 more us we pow do?
MYSTERIES OF. CooKERY.-It is said
hat some OF the grea, cocks of sncien,
Greece carried their arr TO such pcrfec
ton that they were able TO serve up
whole pig boiled on one side aud roasted
On the other, aud stuffed besides, though
without visible mark Of the knife upop
ID. The inventor OF this feat was cruel
snougb to keep the process secret for
whole year. Al, length il was revealed
hat he had bic 4 The animal TO death by
very small woand under the shoulder.