Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-02-18

bic herself SO as 10 make room Tor 'em. Iney "eiS
uncommon polite, The major and squire were, anu
SEEM Hannah and me gon round and doin' the wait
in the table, they materially took TO be Inc st
wants, while they judged Judy TO be Miss Price. co.
arter Mr. Price had helped 'em to SIGH was on the
table, they began to their attention TO the
ed mistress of the house little. The genteeler Judy
felt, the more stiff and starched up she was twas
rally divarn' to see her. She sot upright as post
and. when the major or squire asked her question:
she exared herself hard to appear gentee tnat she
looked shaller as ever old Gershom did. 49,
" Now, Judy had idee that she was terriDie
handsome, but, instead of that, she about as nara
favored gal as ever sot eyes and when, ar'er
while, Mr.. Price begun to mistrus that the major anu
squire took her to be his wife, he didn't feel very
much flattered. Hannah, you see-that is, Miss Price
was jest as handsome as psalm. book you would
Mt purifier woman among thousand. But ne
said nothin' he thought twould be time enough,
spose, 10 ondecelve 'em arter dinner was over see
that Major Symonds had kept purity sharp eye on
Hannah. and at last he spoke Says he
"sMy business up to your town, Mr. Price, IS 10
see if can hire gal to do the spinnIn and weaVin'
and help Miss Symonds about house little All Inc
gals down our way go off TO the factry as soon as
they able TO do anything, so there isn't one 10 De
had | rather think I've to the right place Tor
once, for see that Miss Price has got two, which,
accordn' 10 my mind, is more than her share
"sWell,' said Mr.. Price, winkin' at Hannah and
me- Il don't know but that she has. If You could
have the privilege of choosing, which would De your
choice"
"' Why, that young woman says he, lookn, al
Hannah, fills my eye She seems to be eete Que,
than toher one, and, of course is more experienced
"sWell,' says Mr. Price, with kind OF comlcai
smile, 7 rather think that she won't consent to CO.
and ttother one is on'y visit here--don't Gale.
late TO go out to work But here's Judy II you and
she make bargain. you can have her Jest as well
as not for I've made up my mind to have her go away
from here, at any rate
Major Symonds didn't say anything; but never
seed man look so astonished in all my life.
'pd have you TO know that I'm as ready to 60 as
YOU are to have me- says Judy startin up from the
table and ierkn' back her chair. She then marched
out of the room and slammed the door arer her
to shake the whole house.
BY this time, the major and Squire both began to
look purity scart.
&c. Come Hannah says Mr.. Price, as Judy has
seen fit to make herself sca'ce. guess you'd better
take turn at the table. Gentlemen, this is my wife
introduced her when you first arrived, but SEEM our
hired gal at the table, you materially enough thought
meant her.
SEW this time, the hired hands had finished their
dinner and were gone, so there room for ne. We
all ad good hearty laugh, can tell you, and the
major said that he right glad 10 find that his friend
Price wasn't tied for life to woman that looked so
much like grannyder as Judy did,
"'l think Hannah says Mr. Price, that you ought
10 oncork bottle of your currant wine for that
Hannah upon this, began to move back 10 get the
wine bu: told her set STILL and would 90 for it.
"We all so TO the table the vally of three quarters
of an hour or MORE and had right down good soca-
Bile time
"' Well, what do you think, ma or says Mr.. Price
as we were about to rise from the table. Have you
any dee that Miss Symonds will be able to git along
with Judy Short if she'll consent 10 go your house
I can give her the same recommendation that gin
me-
"'What was that 2 says the MAJ or.
"s Why. was told that if my wife could only KEEP
the right side of her, she would be first rate help; bu
the worst of was, she could never get there at all
| 6pd oh horr rio md
in my opinion, 'twould puzzle lawyer to tell
e. Twould at least prove to be rather hard case,
says the major, and mstrus' that my wife will b.
of the same mind
"As soon as the major and squire gone, Mr.
Price asked me to call Judy. When she came, hs
handed her her wages and told her the horse and shay
would be ready to carry her home any time when sh
was ready.
"' I'm ready now, says she; and the sooner go
the better shall like it, for I've been imposed upor
full as much as want to be-
"' That says he, is just what my wife thinks a
regards herself.'
"Wel, in less than ten minutes, the horse and shay
and Judy and Mr. Price, were all ready for START an(
rally bieve that of all the thankful critters twas ev
er my fortin' to see, Hannah was the thankfulest.
| LEARNING VS.. D1sc1pL1NE-The subioned extrac
from Backwoods Magazine, is both amusing and in
structive
Larning-laning -larning," is the cry of father
an mother-if my boy had the larning' what ien
JUS he'd be 1! In coorse, We old fools, your boucha
would be swan among the gosllngs but il ISM
larning' half the world want instead of " farming ),
by which they cobwebs picked out of dead mems
brains, if they would get some discipline. Discipline
discipline, that's the only education ever tina
bro't boy to any good. What's the of battering
mans brains full of Greek and Latin pohooks, that hi
ogets before he dofs his last round jacket, puts
his first long tailed blue, if We don't teach him the OLE
Spartan virtue of obedience, hard living early rising
and them of classics Where's the use of instruc
ting him in hexameters and pentameters, if you leave
him ignorant of the value of penny piece? Wha
height of brethern stupidity it is be film boy
brains with the wisdom of the ancents and then tur
him out like omadhaun, TO pick up his vituals q
mong the moderns
! The Annual English Panic.
About year, John Bull pretends 10 be terribl
alarmed about an invasion of his island by Louis Ma
poleon. If this monarch orders steamer o
trlgae, or if he visits navy var if he makes
modification OF the army. at once there is an outer
&c from John oGroats TO Lands End" Plans for for
tlfylng the coast are proposed militia organization
and drillings commence troops are called home from
the colonies navy yards are lively with workmen
the capacity of railroads for transporting armies will
rapdity is calculated and the whole island shakes
with apprehension and, at the time, bstles witt
bayones. One of these periodical paroxysms has jus
attacked England, and it will probably last for severa
weeks. The provocatlon, in this case, slight
er than usual; merely an order from the Emperor +
an English naval constructor, TO build some frigae
for France. 1t is not likely that if Napoleon III me
ditaed descent upon England, he would 90 about tn
preparations in such bare faced way, and get hi
machinery from England herself The whole thin
seems utterly out OF the question, the present time
But there may be circumstances that will induce til
new Emperor to avail himself of the first opportunt