The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-04


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Isssd goa : copy Of . peealiar production
I 60 OF the most peculiar Of mea-Hon.
DIN Randolph, Of Roanoke IL il faithful
opy Of the original, which vas read -
whence In the celebrated legal prodeedings
instituted to set aside the last win and tesla.
nent Of Mr.. Randolph, on the ground Of his
,eiug non coMpos. The incident which
l,oited the strange medley was a. follows
10 had been visiting in this village at the
Rouse Of . friend, and after his return he
missed his pocket knife A messenger was
It once sent from his plantation ct Roanoke,
lissant about Ten miles and when the knife
vas mot found, very free expression OF SEN
limeut was INDUCED in to the effect that
Jasper, "the little yellow boy" had pocketed
Il. Messengers were sent twice respecting |
the lost article before it was found, and |
special despatch, - below, when it came to
light
It may add something 70 the interest Of
this communication for me to say that my
residence is now in the same house ut which
Mr.. Randolph was a guest, and that have
times occupied the bedroom he insisted he
had lost the knife in, but in blissful igno
rance Of the celebrity, who had preceded
me. Jasper "the yellow boy" is yet living
near here, faithful old slave, who can tell
many things Of interest respecting the eccen-
trio guest Of his old master NJ.
RoASoAK,E Saturday, Dec. 18th, 1881.
Halfpast IL
On taking out my chariot this morning
for the first time since | got home from your
house, to clean it and the harness (for this
dreadful spell Of weather has frozen US all up
until today the knife was found in the
bottom Of the carriage, where it must
have dropped from shallow waistcoat
pocket, as got in at your door, for missed
the knife soon afterward When got home,
/ had the pocket Of the chariot searched,
and everything there taken out--and it was
not until John had searched strictly into my
portmanteau and bag taking out every ar
ticle therein, that became perfectly convin
ced, Of what was before fully persuaded,
that had left my knife in my chamber at
your house on Tuesday, the 9th; and when
heard it had not been seen, took it Tor
granted that your little yellow boy, having
"found it," had, according to the negro code
of morality, appropriated it to himself In
this, it seems, was mistaken, and ask his
pardon, as the best amends can make him.
and at the same time to relieve you and
Mrs. NJ from the unpleasant feeling that
such a suspicion would occasion, despatch
this note by special messenger, although
have certain conveyance to morrrw.
make no apology to yourself or Mrs. NJ
for the frank expression Of my suspicion
because truths the goodness at whose shrine
! worship, and no Huguenot in France, or
Morisco in Spain, or Judaizing Christian in
Portugal, ever paid more dear for his hereti
cal schsm, than have done for leaving the
established church Of falsehood and Grimace
! am well aware that ladies are as delicate
as they are charming creatures, and that in
our intercourse with them we must strain
truth as far as possible. Brought up from
their earliest infancy to disguise their real
sentiments (for woman would be monster
who did not practice this disguise), it is their
privilege to be Insincere and we would
despise them, and justly, too, il they had
that manly frankness which constitutes the
ornament of our character, as the very re-
verse does of theirs. We must therefore
keep this in view in our intercourse with
them, and recollect that as our point of hon
or is courage and frankness, theirs is chastity
and dissimulation for, as | said before, a
woman who does not dissemble her real feel
ings is monster of imprudenee Now,
therefore, it does so happen, (as Mr.. Canning
would say that truth is very offensive to the
ears OF lady, when to those of gentleman
Cher husband for instance) it would not be
at all 50.
To illustrate, Mrs R, of b, my
brother widow, was beyond oil comparison
the incest and best housewife ever saw
Not one drop of water was ever suffered to be
upon her sideboard, except what was in the
pitcher the house from cellar to garnet,
and in every part ne clean as hands could
make it, and every thing as it should be to
suit even my fastidious taste. lived there
after my brothers death, from 1896 to 1910
inclusive, and never did see or smell any
thing to offend my senses or Imagination but
once Except in autumn l would defy you to
find a leaf or a feather III the yard. No
poultry were permitted to come into it, and
we had no dirty children white or negro, to
make litter or filth. A strong enclosure OF
sawn plank, eight feet high, fenced in the
kitchen, smoke-house, ice house, meat
house, dollhouse, in which the wood for
the use of the house was stacked away under
lock and key. The turkey and hen house
wore in the same enclosure, which had two
doors, one next the dwelling house, for the
use of the mistress and house servants, and
one large enough to admit wagon On the
back or north side, beyond which was a well
built quarter, with two brick chimneys, and
two rooms with fire places, aud four rooms
without. for servants. There were also
(what | had forgot spinning and weaving
ouse.
At eight the door of this enclosure was
locked up-not a servant being allowed to
sleep within it, although every one of them
was within sound Of the lady's bell
On one unhappy day, in very hot and
damp spell of weather, of long continuance,
a piece Of cold lamb was brought to the ia
BILE that was spoiled-the first aud las. in
stance, in nearly fifteen years. of the slight
est neglect in household economy. ordered
the servant to take it away, it being spoiled
Mrs K. resented this and fatty contradicted
me, and, although the lamb absolutely stunk,
she ate part of it to prove her words true,
and was affronted with me almost past for
giveness. dare say if had not noticed the
lamb, she might have given hint to the
servant to take it away; but the honest ma
ked truth was not to be borne. We had no |
company but ID. and her younger son, three |
boys and an Englishman named Knowles,
who had acted as overseer or steward and |
dined with us until he took to drink Mrs |
stoutly denied that the lamb could be spoiled |
because it had been boiled only the day be- |
fore, and had been in the ice-house ever
since. admitted her facts and denied her |
logic, which was truly womans. main
tanned that the highest evidence was that of
senses; that we must reason from facts |
where we could get at them, aud it was only |
when we could not, that it was fair to argue
from probabilities, that the lamb stunk, and |
therefore was not sound This she denied,
and to prove her words, actually made a
shift to swallow half a mouthful, which, un
der observation-disclosures she would not have
done for thousand dollars.
So much for the ladies, charming creatures,
the salt of the earth, whom, like uncle Toby
and all other old bachelors, never could !
thoroughly understand for want of the KEY
Of matrimony, which alone can unlock their
secrets and make plain Gas many a husband
can tell) all the apparent contradictions in
their character. Yes, SO much for the fairer