Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-21
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Men and Women Nowadays,


Somebody Is reporting for the Boston
Journal certain speeches Of f''F athet Langley, -
who is very sensible old cove. The follow
ing is his opinion Of the present generation:
Failed. has he ? wonder they don't all
fail For what with the extrayayance and
good-for-hothingnes Of men and women
nowadays where is it all to end? Call
Il themselves "Sons Of Pilgrims" do they I
wish to mercy their old. grandfathers could
see them They were true grit, real hearts
the world but VeneeTiaqF When was bow
1t used to be the fashion for boys to be ap-
prenticed till they had learnt their trade;
but now they are all bosSesl They amt no
boys nowadays They set up for them~
selves as soon. as weaned-know enough
sight more than their fathers and grand
fathers-you can't tell them any thing
they know it all Their fathers sw eated and
tugged in the cornfeld at the tail of plow
or else over an anvil; but then can't do it
They are all too grand to dirty their fingersl
They must wear fiue cloth, and shirt collars
up to their ears-be made into lawyers:
learn doctorinR; set themselves up as preach
ers telling us we ought to do this or that: or
else get behind counter to measure off ribin
and topesI Smart work for two.fsted men
Men did say2 They amt morn half men
II we go on at this rate the breed will run
out by another generation-we shau't have
nothing left but a 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- put in a
buffet
When l was a boy wasn't so the spin
ning-wheel stood in the kitchen, and the
dye-tub stood in the cJrner-they we're 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 days; they
could spin and weave wool aud linen, linsey
woolsey, red and blue, and wear,it too, after
it was done! They cou d eat bean porridge
with pewter spoon, and they were enough
sight happier, and better suited than the gals
now, swith their silk gowns, their French
mesees, and silver forks, yawning and mop
ing about; silly pale-faced things with Moth
ing to dol Set them TO work. Pat them
at it early Idleness is the devils foreman:
and no chain is SO strong as the iron of
habit Watts was nobody's fool can tell
you He knew what was what! Folks
don't stand still in this world; they are go
ing the sled up bill, they'll te sliding down.
Adam wss a farmer, and Eve hadn't no
'lrish gal" nor 'nigger wench" TO wait
upon her what do these popiDiays say to
that2 Ashamed Of the old folks I'll war
Tantl Adam wasn't nobody-Eve wasn't
nobody-they know it all.
But they can't work--they are so delicate,
they ATE $50 weskly" What has made
them so weakly? Send off your chamber
maids, 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.
Ii used to he the fashion to be honest ifa
man got in debt, he tried to pay; if be didn't,
public opinion set mark upon him; bat it
amt so now; be tries not to pay he'll cheat
and steal; (for what is it better than stesling)
and the one that can cheat the fastest is the
best fellow. 1t is astonishing how slippery
these fellows are. Slip through the smallest
holes-don't make no more of it than a
weasel Just as soon think of catching a
flea mapping es one Of them. They drive
fast teams(without bit or curb buy all they
can; pay for as little as possible; pocket all
they can carry, then fail; make a smash
snap their fingers at their creditors; go to
Californis; go TO grass; nobody knows
where; and begin again Good gracious, if
some of these fellows had lived forty.five
years ago, they d have clapped them in prison
and shaved their heads