Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-12-07

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ley" who Is very sepsple old cove
The following is his opinion Of .he present.
genera'iOps
Failed has he? ! wonder they
don't all fail For what with the
extravagance and good for-noth-
inqness of men and women now.
a-iays where is it altto end ! Call
themselves Soas OF Pilgrims DO
they I! EwisiI to mercy their Old
grandlathers could see them :
Iheg were true grit-real hearts of
oak-but these popinjays are netll-
ing in the world but CeIleeriagi--I
When was boy il used to be
the fashion for boys TO be appren-
ticsd till they had learnt their
trade but now they are all bosSesi I
They amt no boys now -a-days !
They set up forthemselvcs as soon
as weaned-know enough SIGHT
more than their fathers aud grand
fathers-you can't tell them any
thing--they know il all Their
fathers sweaied and rugged IN the
corn-6eld at the tail OF "A pillow, or
else over an anvil but they Can't
do IL! They are all too grand to
dirty their fingers! They must
wear fine cloth, and shirt col
lara up to their ears-be made intt
lawyers. learn doctoring ; SCI
themselves up as preachers, telling
us We ought to do this or that OF
else get behind a counter to meas
ure IF ribin aud .tqyleS Smarl
work for two tisted men, MN
did ! say? They amt mo,.'n mai
men II we go ON at tnls rate
the breed will run out by anothel
gcneratlon--we shan't have moth.
lug LETT buta mixture of coxcomb
AMI monkey! The women too,
are no belter-lt is just even
they are brought up, good for.
nothing under the sun, but to put
q buffet!
When was boy, it wasn'r
so--the spinning wheel stood IN
the kitchen, and the dye tub III the
corner They were put to work
as soon as they could walk they
didn't have no nursery-nald to run
tfler them; their mothers wafn't
asham d to tend their own babies
They could Sc" a patch and rock
the cradle besides. Tho gas
were good for something in tAose
times the, could spin and weave
wool and linen. linsey-woolsey.
red and blue, and wear 1t too, ait n
it was doGe /! lhey could cas
bean porrldge with a pew ter>poo
and they were enough slyht al
pier, aud better suited Lan th'-
gals now, with .theT sIlk gown
their French messes, and sl, or
forks; yawning and moping about,
silly paIe-taced things win noh
ing to do! Sci them 10 Dolk!--
Put them at it early! ldlencss Is
the DEVILS foreman and no CHAIR
is SO strong as the iron of ttnbtt-
Waits was Hobody's fool | Cal.
tell you! tie knew what was
what Folks don't stand still il
this world, they are going one way
or tother. II they amt drawing
the sled up hill, they'll be sliding
down. Adam was a farmer, anu
Eve hadn't no Irish gall, or wench
10 wal. upon her. " hat do thes e
popinjays say TO that? AshanI-
ed ofthe old folks I'll warrant
Adam wasn't nobody-Eve wasn't
nobody, they know At all.
But they can't work-they are
so delicate, they are 80 ueakly"
What has made them so weakly ?
Send off your chambcrmaids, your
cooks, your washerwomen; and
set your own gals about it. II
made smart women of their grand
mothers, and if the blood ain'trLn
out they'll be good for something
yet.
II used to be the fashion to be
honest, if a man got in debt, he
tried to.pay , if he didn't public
opinion set a mark upon him {;
but it amt SO now he tries not TO
pay he'll cheat and steal flor
what is IL better than slea!iNg y
and the one that can cheat The fas.
test is the best tellOO. Il is aston.
ishing how slippery these fellow,
are. Slip through the smalles
holes-don't make no more of i
than a weasel. just as soon thinl
Of catching flea mapping as on
Of them. They drive fast teams
without bit or curb buy all they
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