Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-05-26

more awkward position of understanding
YOU TO say that the word ''molety' is
SYNONYMOUS with get ii genus omne J
or "widuws mite, either OF which are We
ry unpleasant situations 10 be placed Iii,
bat Won NAV take your choice OF Tue horns
Of the dilemma, for 1t must mean one or
the other, TO pace upon 1t the pest posi-
hIe construction Tor your Oeheh' out you
Will lea'e excuse US Tor taking the liberty
Of suggesting to YOU, that The word mate
" oUil have suited your purpose, IN lhe
clause alluded to, much better than lie
word moiety.
But laying all literary cOntraversarlss to
a side. (for | am inclined 10 think with. the
poet who says that "a Iilue learning is a
dangerous thing,") don't now lust recoI.
lect his name, but | may think OF it before
| close the sentence, lie saws Won must
Drink deeply or ta..e not the Pierian Spring,
We're shallow IS iutoNicate the BRAN,
And drinking largely sobers US again"
Now. / am free to confess, that my
drauc hts al the Pierian Faunt, have been
III some degree, limited, and therefore
shonIa not ike TO hazard the danger of a
literary rencou,er with our friend Mr..
HOMO 81. no tolls us ,h.t ne has travelled
. ,,a,ns &c ;,Corm,t;oo and omhellisbment
vLirh L,vo M, had tive GOOD fortune TO
nn,sess And hera AIR Hone will aoain
rvcusc ~ rnr dive,,inc from tho subiecl
nnLer co,s;dora,;or f6, tho nnrnose ofin-
rn,,niro him how !, hannrned tina, we
came n read his article in ,he REGISTER,
Tho circumstances as we'll as can re-.
r.ooIIoo, ,roro so,,ov.boto ., Collnvs Nv
E,,le sister abom nine wears of AGE. is
10 ,aking her seat bv me in
the evenings while | am engaged at my
sewing table. for the purpose of acquiring
nv and and assistance in getting out her
lesson ON ueographv for the following
Iay. While She was thus seated one
evening, poring silently over her books,
she was interrupted bv Old Aunt Sukey,
who, after having washed her dishes and
swept up the kitchen preparatory to going
10 bed, came walking slyly into the room,
md handed her the REGISTER, and reques.
ed her to read for the leneil Of her old
Nurse, the article over the signature of.
Iope, as she had been informed by some
f her coored friends, that it was tribute
f respect TO the ladies of Shepherds,own,
nd that she wished nv little sister to in
lrm her, whether it dId, or did not, real
5 well as those of the fairer complexion.
'oor old Sukey, she too, like myself, be-
an TO fee! herself sighted that she had
OF the honor of Town residence, at the
me this famous euIogium was pronoun-
ed. The reuuestoi this explanation, on
ne part of the old LADY,, attracted my at.
en,jon, and determined TO Give the ar
cle a perusal, so soon as | had Compile.
&c the work at which | was then enga-
ed. But Isuppose, it should even then,
ave escaped my memory, only for the
erce controversy tina, was Just then
bringing up between Aunt Sukey and
ny Itlle sister, as 10 the merits of the
production, the former contending that"i
vas entirely iaul,less," Wills, the latter
lualnlly suggested the "propre'y OF Mr.
iope dedlcaung his next arHcie 10 AunI
9"Ney' as she SO SHe'Fuous'y duToea !, =
nc eh're J"S"ce u HIS cduSe' anu e"ue"
ne sentence oy ASKING ile ,HoW Il We" was
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supposed Cleopatra 10 De- 10 "olu ooulo
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