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LlKCOLNTON, INoRTH CAROLINA, aTLRDAY IViORMKG, AUGUST 25, 1840.
Number 23.
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TlntiTit Wnf.
Wh'en the day of life i9 dreary,
And when gloom thy course enshrouds
1 When thy steps are faint and weary,
And tby spirit daik with clouds,
6teadfast still in tby well doing, ' '
Tot fhn ennl fnrrrnt tki tvfist 1
Steadfast still, tbe right pursuing,
Doubt not ! joy shall come at last.
Striving still, and onward pressing,
Seek not future years to know,
xjui aeserve ice wisneo ior oiesaing',
It shall come, though it be slow,
Never tiring upward gazing'
Let thy fears aside be cast, "
And thy trials tempting-, bravely
( Doubt not ! joy shall cfome at last ! , ' , t
I Keep not the u thy Fool regretting,
Seek the good spurn evil's thrall;
f Though thy foes thy path besetting,
I Thou shall triumph o'er them all.
Though each year but bring thee sadness,
And tby youth be fleeting fast,
There'll be time enough for gladness
.Doubt not! jny shall corneal last.
His fond eye is watching o'er thee
His strong arm shall be thy guard
Duty's path is straight before thee.
Il shall lead to thy reward. .
By thy ill? thy faith made, stronger, .
Mould the future by the past
Hope thou on a little longer!
Doubt not! joy shall come at last !
) ' From the Winnaboro Herald.
THE T I ME S
Ain't now a tiiex v-co to was.
iJY PETER FICKLE.
Mrrm .v1l that lar will iTn tnirl tha
been writing all the world is making
poetry so I might as well follow the rest.
But here the Squire's reverie was stop-
rtai Kvr iKo i i vi rrl i fi r hatlt- o rA I Ko rro T7
laugh of the happy inmates. In a lew
moments the whole party entpred.laugh
ing, talking and shaking hands with Un
kle Jacob and Aunt Sally.
The new comers were nieces and ne
phews of Mr. and Mrs. Darby's, with
some of the young folks of the village.
The two sons and daughters of Unkle
Jacob wis also with the new comers ;
they had been over to Aunt Hannah's dance, and cared but little for the am
to spend a few days, and according to a pie spread board that Aunt Sally had
previous agreement, had all returned to- been for twn d.. s nrenarimr. So in less
gether to spend Chrismas eve with Un-
hie Jake.
Whai'a the news boys ; what's the
news gals ? cried
Unkle Jake, 89 he
knocked 'round, stirred the fire and
called out to wife Sally, to know if it
was eating time, for he knew the young
I folks were hungry and after supper,
boys you may crack nuts and jokes too.
Oh. but Unkle Jake you promised we
should all dance.
Yes, father, said Marv Darby, vou
did, and we brought a fiddler down from
the village that came there yesterday
to play lor a party ; he knows all sorts
of new dances.
Well, just as you like, said Unkle
Jake ; but 1 sent over to neighbor W it
son'? for his boy , and I have ax'd all
the gals and boys around hey Moll,
will that suit you and the old man
gave his daughter rather a hard sp on
the fair round shoulder, that vvas now
divested of shawls and buffalo robes.
Who did you bend father ?
Who should 1 send, Moll, on such an
errand, but your imp of a cousin, John
. McCauly. 1 hear hi9 horse's heels
now on the frozen ground and, in
moment or two more, the clear voice of
cousin John was heard through the ha!,
emging,
Oh, ladies Won't you Tiarry,
My hari is almost broke ;
And every girl 1 tell ii to,
Just takes it as a juke.
And into the room came cousin John,
& tall,handso.ne fellow, of about twenty.
One could have observed that the color
rose a little higher in the cheeks of cous
in Mary but what of that, they were
cousins.
Why John, said Unkle Jake, it
take all the shoes in Christendom to
find you, you're evt rlasting a dancing ;
can t you walk, boy ?
Yes, unkle, 1 can, 1 .have done it to
day.
I've walked the country all around.
And every pretty girl I've found :
ho wake op in tbe morning;
And John again skipped across the floor.
John, cried Aunt Sally, do be still
I wonder how folks will think we've
raised you T
Well enough, Aunt Sally ; they'll
think you've raited me to be a great
laughing, happy fellow, with a heart as
light as
As the great 6now flake lhat is driving
past the window now, said Unkle Jake,
ns he looked toward the casement.
: John did not heed hit unkle, but
caugh? Aunt Sail and gave her a kiss
at the same lime pointing to a large
bundle he had brought. There is your
Christmas gift,my good aunt, and a tear
could be seen to glisten in the eyes of
the light-hearted youth.
John's mother was the sister of Mrs.
Darby, but he had never known the
love of either lather of mother they
had died in his infancy. Aunt Sally and
Unkle Jake had been all to him they
had loved him as their od, and his
warm heart returned their affection.
Now, exclaimed John, in a momeot
recovering himself, I've kissed Aunt
Sally, and that reminds me that 1 de
serve a kiss from every girl in the room,
after riding about all day ui the cold ;
and as I don't believe id the credit ss
tem, I'll take my pay now so to work
he went a mid at the laughs of his cous
ins, and the applauding ol Unkle Jake.
There, John, you ain't kissed Mary
yet, said Unkle Jake.
John moved with a slow step towards
Mary, but at that moment a crowd of
new comers arrived, and John darted
off, noi, however, until he had spoken
more m one glance to Mary than he was
conscious of.
The blood mounted to the temples of
Mary. That look had unit eked the se
cret of her own heart. Some writers
assert that women best understand the
language of love when spoken by '.be
eyes. Be that ns it may, Mary, from
that moment, understood thai the love
she had for cousin John was very difle
rent from that she felt tor her othvr cou
sins.
Why uncle, said some of the boys,
who gathered up around the old man,
whilst the bustle of arrivals was going
on ; what have you been writing here
on this bit of paper 1
W ntinff, boys T why 1 ve been ma
king poetry. Folks that's in love makes.
poetry ; ana them that's out of love
.nakes it, though they don I make it all
alike. That's all ; but to-night, when
y ou all get tired of dancing, I'll read
mine ; hey, boys 7
So do, unkle, and tell us a good story,
too.
But by this time the room was near
ly full, and in a few minutes a general
move was made for the supper table.
I he v norm folks were &nxioua for the
lhan an hour c'very ,hlne was ready
for the dance ; the new fiddler, accord
ing to his own request, was mounted on
a table in the corner, and alter a little
screwing and unscrewing, scratcning,
dec, he called out :
Take your partners for ds cotillion,
gnts.
All the party who haa been in the vl
lage at Hannah's, had the night before
been, for the first time, initiated in the
mystery of the new dances.
Four gen'leroen took the floor with
their partners, but there was room for
another sett. These, accordingly ,were
also son in their places.
Why don't the gals stand down one
side and the boys down tulher i I'd
like to know what you made them two
rings for 1 said Unkle Jake.
Some of the village ladies and gents
simpered, and looked as much as to say
how ignorant.
Unkle Jake could see, and sometimes
know'd pretty well what folks thought.
so be only smiled, stuffed his hands in
I his huge pockets, and said ; well go on,
I that's a mighty convenient way to stand
a to dance, for a fellow can court all the
time.
Ballansa arl, squalled the chap in the
corner, and forward they all sidled a
step and back.
Unkle Jake looked, but said nothing
Forward lour, half right and left.
Through thev went, some right and
some wrong ; but no matter, on they
went.
Ladies, chain, bawled out the little
- fellow, and back again.
Unkle Jake s eyes opened wider, and
his under jaw dropped lower. Ladvs
will! cAairc 7 muttered he; but he saw no
I thing but a right and left movement,
I Oasha de easha.
I Saa-aa! the devil sas-ea, again mut
tered Unkle . Jake ; but whan be saw
tl em 'sidling up and past each other,
with a sort of ajialf-turning their backs
round, like turkiea when they run up to
each other it being neither, a step,skip
or jump, that the graceless bird makes,
but a sort of a side-way, rocking mo
tion Unkle Jako' could restrain bis
risible faculties no longer, but drawing
his hands from his pockets and clasping
them to his sides, he roared out with
laughter, 'till the tears rac down his
cheeks.
The music stopped. All looked with
amazementat Unkle Jake aU but John
he had been watching t ho old man,
and now, in spite of himself, he joined
in the chorus.
What's the matter .Unkle Jake, cried
some- What's the matter, iiquire Dar
by, said another sure you must have a
laughing fit. . ' . i
, JSo 1 exclaimed Unkle Jake, as toon
as he could speak. Go on, Til swear
boys it's glorious fun go on with your
sash a down sash-a ; there's son Dave,
and my nephew, Joe, they can raise up
on their heel, and leap a, little forward,
with as nice an imitation of Sally's old
gobler. Ha, ha, ha I go on, it's glorious
fun. .
And on went the music
Ballanaa arl I
Up they nil sidled again to the middle,
atd back, with a motion that would have
puzzled a nice observer to tell whether
the motion was made by rockic the
body on (he hi pa or by the actual mo
lion of the feet. . . . : . .
John, said Unklo Jake, lid you ever
notice the geese on the pond, how they'll
all sidle up to each other, then dip in
their heads and back' a little, that's the
very motion Now, when you see the
geese at it again, sing out, balansa arL
John made but two or three steps out
of the room, and scarcely gamed the
passage, before he broke out again in a
peal of laughter. The strange imila
ticn of the would-te fashionable, and the
queer look ol Unkle Jake,he could stand
no longer, to in the supper room he
took refuge, until he could at least go
back with some show of politeness,
Cartisee arl. . e :
Unkle Jake rose and looked close to
their ieet; one foot went forward, one
back, over to one side leaned the ladies.
and terrible to relate, Fannv Daw kins
the village miss lost her perpendicular.
she caught at her neighbor; but he,
alas 1 had just dropped his arms and
had bent forward his bodv, keeping his
legs perfectly straight, so that he made
ah exact right angle of hinty' degrees,
and con hey came.
Unkle Jtike roared again,' cdrtySee
arl. v tie sally, he exclaimed,' don't
you mind when 1 killed the beef jester
day, and the cows got in, how they all
stood around and pawed out one foot
and then back with the other ; that's
early tee arl.
The room was now in an uproar, and
the little dried up fiddler in the corner
looked thunder. He was a sort of a
half Frencbman,and came from the city
to edify the country crackers, arid give
them a knowledge of the polite manners
of the city.
1 hope ssre, said he, coming forward
to Unkle Jake, dat it is not my music
dat you make dis fun at.
Oh no, my little man, replied Unkle
Jake, I don't make any fun, you and the
gals and boys make it all; go it again.
But sare, 1 drz not want you to make
de fun. You laugh very loud sare; dat
make me feel ill ober,sare,very strange.
I want to make de dancing school hire,
are, not de fun.
Well, well, cried Unkle Jake, you
hall make both ; I'll send all the gals
and bovs that calls me unkle or father.
This brightened up the visage of the
ancing master, so bowing and scraping
he retreated to the corner, and mean
ing to show his agility, like all good
anceis should, he made a bound on the
taale; but oh 1 the poor lellow did not
light on it, but came with his weight on
the edge of the table, whenlo! ver
went the dancing master and table.
That part ol philosophy, which treats
of re-action, was beautifully illustrated;
his head, as well as the rest of hit body,
received a reaction from the floor, quite
equal to that received by the immovably
fastened boards.
some people laughed aloud, some
fairly shouted ; the village ladies -forgot
their gentility, and all joined in chorus
all except Unkle Jake who had re
allv a kind heart, and the old man feared
his guest was badly hurt
Such a long time had to elapse be
fore the poor dancing master could re
cover from the shock, that something
else had to be resorted to for amuse
ment.
Some now thought of Unkle Jake'
poetry and insisted on hearing that, so
to work he went, and read as tollows :
Times aint now as they used to be;
Which all old folks can plainly see;
For now there are no gala and boyt,
And children mast cot make a noise.
Children, alas! there's do such thing.
So to the winds the words I'll fling ;
Ladies and gents theyall roust be,
Jnotap to a bullfrog' knee.
The sports of childhood are unknown ;
No where we find the stepping stone.
We see the babe, then next the man ;
Between the two there's not a span.
Uals aim gals, nor boys aiot boys,
So there's an end of all their joys ;
Turned and tutor'd they mast go,
Like monkeys dressed up for a show.
If for a moment nature peeps.
And from the irksome bondage leaps,
Society dear soul ne uut,
Wiitcaa such parents be about?
The world the world is but a show,
here nature's not allowed to go.
Times aint now as they used to be.
And this, too, I have kved to see ;
Men can do nought but bow and scrape,
Or at tbe corners stand to gape
At all the women who go by,
5nd, it they are pretty, heave a sigh
Hut that is ail tbe charm is o'er
boon as they find no gold in store.
On tops of dry goods boxes, too,' .
These worthies get, you all can view.
Like pigeons, up and down the street
They sit, and view their beauteous feet.
The dear long tees and nice trimmed heel,
They all tbeir consequeuce must feel.
should foreign toes invade the land,
W uuld they not make a glorious band :
How nobly t bey a fan can wield,
Like warriors did, their ancient shield..
Ho, with canteens of cologne in hand
How . will that do, boys'? 1 am go
ing to finish it some of these, days ; but
I mean to print this much first, and see
how it looks. , , . , .
So do. Unkle Jake, but do tell us
something about old times how the
boys used to court and all that.
U ell, sit down, and I'll ceil you how
I courted, and that was much like the
boys do now. Well, the fact ts, it
'twas like courting now, and it 'iwasent
nuiher. ...
You see things now aint as they usen
was to be, no how ; because in them
days we had boys and gals; they used
to run, jump, play aud hop together and
enjoyed themselves gloriously. There
wasn't no pale, puny sickly boys and
gals then as now ; it warn't sweethearts
and such talk, by the time they could
crawl ; np, boys was boys and gals was
gals they played pons, they kissed,
they quarreled and made friends, and
all was joy. But now every body is
born ladies and gentlemen. When 1
was a boy I used to go over to your
grandfather, Hodges, every day; there
was mv wife. Sallv. and Hannah and
your mother, John, and then your Unkle
Jim well, Jim was the youngest. But
I must Jell you one thing gals, when
they were grown, were pretty much
like they are now in somethings ; they'd
go their death for a new fashion. W ell,
in them days men worked they didn't
as i hey do now, sit about the streets on
dry goods botes, like pigeons, nor the
gals didn't run up and down the streets
to look at the pigeons, but they worked
at home, and never had any holes in
their stockings.
. For shame, Squire, said some of the
Village belles, as they almost uncon
sciously turned to get a look at their
heels. How can you talk so about the
girls.
Why, it's the truth j but then there's
no danger, eaid the Squire, with a sly
ink, since the invention of pantaletts.
Well, 1 andllannah's husband and your
father, John, used ie at ohi Mr. Hod.
ges every day, when we were young.
We hunted blackberries ana plajed in
onder old mill branch, and we all
rowed up together like gala and boys j
hould grow. I
But by and by old Mr. Wilson moved
own here ; he was father to our neigh
bor Wilson; he bad some gals most
grown, so he sent them back to ihe city
togetedicated,and nothing would do but
our grandfather Hodges must send his
gals too so the matter was made up.
had told sally 1 loved her, and 1 kissed
her right in tbe mouth when she went
to speak, so she bad no chance to ay
no, and as silence gives cotjspn!,we were
engaged, and so was Hannah and David
Mendon.
The hour came to part, and then we
swore as much about love and constan
cy as any chap ol the present day can
do. and that warn t all, we stuck up to
it too.
Well, five months was a Ion? time,
Bat we heaid from them through old
Mr. Hodges, (or then young men didn t
write up all the paper they could find,
writing to the gals; and the gals never
dreamed of writing to or answering it if
they did, and that s a mighty gool cau
tion, for black and white will talk and
stand its own, long after some would
wish to forget it.
The time at length came for them to
come borne. 1 had thought tl ere was
some mighty big words in some of their
last letters, that the old man had ehowo
roe : but Mrs Dodges had been to the
city to see the gals, and she had com
back all tucked up with new ouons,ana
did nothing but Jjrag about the wondrouj
change tn her gals.' They must have
been smart, for 1 couldn't tell all the
things i hey had learned in five months;
and with all, they had learned to play oq
the pianner. lu fact, Mra. Aiodgee said
they were ed tea ted as well as any gals in
tbe whole country, and had been mighti
ly admired by the city beads. , . r
. You sec, your grandfather Hodge
was well off ; and that news had sooa
t een made known or found out by a car"
tain set, who are always on the looH
out for school gals with the chink, , or
any other that can furnish them with
tbe needy, , . . . - i.
Well ihe gals come home. . Heaven
and arib, don't took, up,., Sally,, it's the
truth; they walked like , chickens ;;oiv
hot coals, and talked as fine as if it came,
through a quill. So, so, thinks I, you've
got to drop theniaorter foot capers, ox,
you aint Mrs Darby, and so said Davo ,
Irlendon , A ; , .
I saw the gals looked mighty sby, and,
wanted a powertu! sight of courting and
waiting on, for. which they, pid ue back
with -stiff bows, and thank you, spun out
as fine as cambric thread.
It warn't long before, two stranger,
chaps came from the city, and put -up at
the old tavern there was, a commo-;:
tion among the Hodges. The gals taiked
of their, city acquaintances ; they had
called and left their card. - , . :, j
: A card, said the old man, your grand-,-father,
what's the use of one without
the nark, hev, : , . . -. i.
Then the gals turned iheir eyes like -
' : ' ' -i ' -
some of them did at me to night about:
them carulions, as much as to say, poor
SOUl. .... ..: .v. I ' :
Then Hannah said something about
their divine mustacbio; ' .. , , ;
Dave and 1 fourd our room was bet--'
ter than our company, so we. pul off for.;
home ; but not until Mr. Hodges had.
insisted ve should come over next day
to dinner, as the gals was a going to.
nave company, .firs, nouges insisted
more thari the old man- all woman's van
ity thpjigh for she only wanted. us to
see the g:sat dinner she was getting up,
by some book the gals had brought home.
Any how, Dave and I determined to go
fun there might be beside, the pian .
ncr had come home, and neither Han
nah or Sally wopld play for -ua. Th
next day they would . favor us -with ra
tune. Even your grandfather had not
been permitted to go m the room, to see
the thing as he called it, for the gals said
they must practice alone.
W ell now lor the dinner; do you
remember that, Sally? 1 wish Hannah
was here. '
Very well, saij Sally, laughing ; but
don't make it worse than it was, Jacob.'
No, I'll stick to the facts, wife.' W ell,
the morrow came, and the great city
dinner. Dave and 1 found the two
gents from town there before us. Hea
vens, what sights for us country' chaps 1
Whiskers and muttachios, bews and
scrapes. Hum, thought 1. we'll make
but s poor figure before Hannah and
Sally, for I had nearly knocked down
Dave 'in trying to scrape back., Theo
the names, John, your father wa's there
that day too, poor fellow, he had to pre
tend to sneeze to hide the laugh that
vc almost barsting ; I wasn't much
better. Wile there, introduced us with
a mighty fashionable air, to Mr Cowbia
and Mr. Pulltzot.
1 toon began to think but little of
hern chaps j and made up my mind
that if Sally really could fancy one of
hem chaps, she wasn t uo wife for me;
consequently, 1 made myself very con
tented.
After awhile, Hannah, as the feats
from the -city said, condescended to
play us a tune on the great pianner; the
door vva3 left open for the first lime. I
could eee the children and then tho ser
vants peeping, grinning and maling alt
sorts of motions. It was in -Yam that
Sally nodded or winked at the young
urchins, xshe iiad two young cousins
there that her mother had takento
raise, that wasn't to be frightened back
by winks; and Tom took pure delight.,
in Diaizueinff the cirW. ' Bo Hannah
found it to be the best way cot to .notice
them any further.
At this moment Mr. Hodges came in
with, old daddy Perkins, as every body
called htm. It was the first introduc
tion of either to the e ity gents or the
pianner, aod daddy Perkins looked first
from one to the other, as if mighty un
decided which was the greatest cu
riosity.
Sallv now commenced playing, and
to my notion done a little better than
Hannah, for I could tell she was playing
Hail Columbia.
Peikins, as soon as she was done,
-1 Mr
cailea out at me lop oi nts voire. vior
bit wife was deaf, and he. had got in tho