Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-06
Men and Women Now-a-days.

>S- w SAASn NOW-o-SAc3yo os
Somebody is reporting for the Boston
Journal certain speeches of Gather
Langley" who is very sensible old
cove. The following is his opinion Of
the present generation:
Failed has her Iwonder they dent
all fall For what with the extraya-
gance and good for nothingness of the
men and women nowadays where is it
all going to end? Call themselves
"Sons of Pilgrims" do thegl wish to
mercy their old grandfathers could see
themi They were frue grit, real hearts
Ief oak ~ these. hopinjays are moth
~ sn was . boy
isals q tl.e t5 !. ifer ks5vs IS be
Iappreniiced I'LL they had learnt fhsirz
trade; bat now they are all 5ossesf-
There amt 70 boys now -daysI--
They set up for themselves as soon as
weaned-know enough, sight more than
their fathers and grandfathers-they
know it all! Their fathers tugged and
sweated in the corn-feld, at the tail of
the plow, or else over an anvil; but then
can't do it! They are all too grand to
dirty their fngersi They must wear
fine clothes and shirt collars up to their
ears-be made into lawyers; learn doc
toring; set themselves up as preachers,
telling US we ought to do this or that; or
else get behind counter to measure off
ribin and tapes! Smart work for two
listed men! lNen, did 1 say2 They
amt morn half men! If we go on at
this rate the breed villa run out BY
another generation-we shan't have
nothing left but mixture of coxcomb
and monkey! The women, too, are no
better-it is just even-they are brought
up, good for nothing under the sun,
but to be put in a buffet
When was boy, it wasn't So
the spinning wheel stood in the kitchen,
and the dye tub stood the corner
They were put to work as soon as they
could walk; they didn't have no nursery
maid to run after them; their mothers
warn't ashamed to tend their own
babies! They could sew patch and
rock the cradle besides. The gals were
good for something in those times; they
could spin and weave wool and linen
linsey woolsey, red, white and blue, and
wear it too, after it was done! They
could eat bean porridge with pewter
spoon, and they were enough sight
happier, aud better suited than the gals
now, with their silk gowas, their French ;
messes, and silver forks; yawning aad
moping about, silly pale faced things
with nothing to dol Set them to work!
Put them at it early! Idieness is the
devils foreman; and no chain is so
strong as the iron hand of habit
Watts was nobody's fool / can tell you'll
He knew what was what Folks don't
stand still in this world, they are going
one way ort'other. If they amt draw.
ing the sled up hiN, they'll be sliding
down. Adam was farmer, and Eve
hadn't no "Irish gall nor snigger
to wait upon her! What do
these popinjays say to that? Ashamed
of the. old folks, I'll warrant! Adam
wasn't nobody=Epe wasn't nobody
they know it ALL
But they can't work-they are $50
delicate" they are go weaklyf'-
What has maae them so weakly? Send
off your chambermaids, your cooks,
your washerwoman; and set your own
gals about it! 1t made smart women
of their grandmothers, and if the blood
amt run out they'll be good for some
thing yet.
1t used to be the fashion to be hon
est; if man got into debt, he tried to-
pay; if he didn't, public opinion set
mark. upon him; but it amt SO now; he
tries not to pay; he'll cheat and steal;
(for what is it better than stealingD and
the one that can cheat the fastest is the
best fellow. It is astonishing how
slippery these fellows arel Slip through
the smallest holes-don't make no more
of it than weasel! last as soon think
of catching a Hea mapping as one Of
them! They drive fast teams without
curb or bit; buy all they can; pay for
as little as possible; pocket all they
can carry; then fail; make smash; snap
their fingers at their creditors, go to
California, go to grass; nobody knows
where; and begin again! Good gracious,
# some of these fellows had lived forty
years ago. they'd have clapped them in