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THIIIE -I3&IBSSIB(IDE(IDIUffl IPA'iFIEIKDm 4. . 1 1 ' ' ' ' i T" v ; - - GREENSBOROUGII, N. C TUESDAY, JUNE 2 -1840. NUMBER 1G. VOLUME II. i PUBLISIIKD WEEKLY, BY M. S. SHERWOOD. TERMS: . Two Dollars and Fifty Cents a year, in advunce-or Three Dollars, alter wapiv to iSSw j .1 ....mr.ii.Ta nnm. HrpiHaiiiuu .1.-fihn.iM;Khi: anda failure to order a disrontiuiance within the year will AccrtijemcHs. at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and Twenty-hve Ccnw I . ' im laVAT ni Willi I advertise by t!ic quarter, or tor a longer penou. rrr- Toners tn the oublisliers must come free of postage, or tuev connoi ok ihuuw iu. THE PATRIOT. OnKKXSnOROCGIII TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1840. A sad split is said to hav(e occurred in the ADOiiuon vonveniiou isiui wc in New York. The ultras go for abol .a at 1 ' . ' S-a . ' 1al.1l. Ikaalst ishing all distinctions between sexes, as well aa colors; alTcffinji that females should be recognized as having equal riirhts. nrivilnircs. &c. with the males. i " Another party, who have not lot all sense of propriety, and respect for cus tom, think that men should mind their own business and women, ditto. Well, when the Convention was organised, and n rommittrr of twrlve moved lor to cut out the business, the chairman nomi natcd H I KlavKn men and Nancti Kcllxi! Mr. 1-. I -V " - - - " V Lewis Tappan, on the score of unconeti lutionality, indecency, dzc, objected to !.. tu'olflh cnmrnittefi-Wafln beint? a tco .ia-...r, Mr "!anf.vto.v nnthr o I man , '. ,; .i; .. -.. cudgels in defence of her rights of "pan taloonery," and pressed her point with such cfl'ect that, with the aid of some mischievous spectators who gallantly in truded their votes, she carried the day. Such ia papers. the account of the New York " I A work, purporting to be a translation of the "Book of Jasher, referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel, is soon to be published in New York. The New l ork Evening Star, and the Commercial Ad- vertiscr, of that, city, speak of it as a most interesting literary curiosity. Fy J these papers we learn that the Book of J Jasher does not lay claim to inspiration, I but only to be a correct record of events I from the creation to the death of Joshua. It does not differ with the Bible, but am plifies the events mentioned in Scripture, and records some occurrences mentioned in profane history. It describes the rape of the Sabine women and the wars of the Romans and Carthaginians; i9 verf full in detailing ihe events oi me reign oi Nimrod; the building of the tower ol . . .i Babel ; the causes preceding the de struction of the doomed cities ; the sac- j nhces ol Isaac and the lite ot Joseph ; and has some curious facts about the de luge. If its authenticity can be cstab lished, as an ancient work, it will be val uable. T'l f II - C .U 1 I The following is a view of the com.!, tion of society in the United States at supporters of the Administration ; but lower country. What will " Federal of my own times, is not the leading ob- ache, Mrs. Shad leaned forward, resting worse and worse, till at last it turned in the close of Mr. Jefferson's administra- the cavalier Treatment of his excellency Lawyer," Lodis D. Henry, Esq. say to iect of it, or of the "Georgia Scenes ;" her fore-arra ov her knees, and looking to a consumption, and she jist nat'ly wast- tion of the government in 1809, conden- j scd by the pen of a historian : aiio . now raged in the United States for some years, began to have a visible elleet tifon society. It interrupted, to no small extent, the general harmony, and even restrained the intercourse of Iricndj and neighborhooda:. The Btrife for power, also introduced a disposition to in trigue; political cunning became fashionable, and political duplicity lost inucii of its defor mity. These things necessarily affected the state of manners. They withdrew the finger of derision, which used to point at meanness of all kinds, and blunted that love of honor, and manliness ol conduct, which existed be fore. Cunning began to take the place ot wisdom : pnolessions answered instead of deeds; and duplicity stalked forth with the boldness ot integrity. Does the reader recognize any thing in the state of societv at the present time e.milnr in that represented in the nhnve rrnm hisiorv t He i,ndm.h.,..ttv --J Jl docs. The exactness of the counterpart exhibited at the present day is too ap. parent to be mistaken. The brooding spirit of party Haps its baleful wings o. vcr every corner of our beloved country, shedding its poisoning influence into the very springs of social intercourse. It has assumed despotic sway, and exacts obedience to the bitter end. It would dfividc iU.ci or in hcjn'en tics which h heaven. It weakens the common hold Irian to. man in tlio plcns - ant commerce of life ; it cankers witrj its foul breath the golden cords which Dino friend to friend ; nny, it even divides the sacred bonds of blood, of "kith and kin, i.ij .f,.i...i..n,iLin" creu uo . , gam subjects 10 us o.scoroam .w.,. And however mucbitmaybedeprec.- ut iiic uicn oukhi """"""-hk.. kAM.n h. n him nut finwiL - 1110 i jL , pomnrllp io bear its iron rule fort what 0 w6 mav. No T B " I deprecations can mitigate its fury ; n CJtorcjsm can dissipate it; no effort can tha mrernrlifflm. UUIIIBII . liwuniift w a " - - " " ,ng voice o! Ihe I'copie, uuerec in mun der at tbe ballot box, can allay this fell spirit of party Heaven speed the day when the voice of the people may indeed be like the vnien of fiod. and still the tumultuous furv of the .torn, that rocks society to its - . foundations, and shakes our beloved country to its centre ! Black!! An extract has come under our notice from the Washington Globe, altemotini? to throw ridicule and con- tnm,,. nnon th mind ..nd netfion of Gen- i r I I eral Harrison, which extract partakes I . I more of the genuine xnftrnal than any thing this bitter contest has produced, from sources high or low. Such scan- dalous, rancorous, malignant abuse of an ""'"cni 4 wwiuj uwu, u . l our knowledge, come from the American press. And we are poor judges . of the nature of the human heart, if its 1 ...thnr. do not find themselves mistaken . - . iii . in the effect of their black . ' -T anu see u cause troops o inenas ioiiock around me. gauant om veteran irom meir i r .. i i . r .i-l own ranks. I The Globe article represents Gen llalliauu aa a iiiuuinuic uiu iuimviib( confined by a committee " of his ac- ouaifitanCes -4n an iron- case . which. ia Placea ,n garuen rounaei oy a .i-gu ! t " jii -u:u wall, and the inmate of the cage permit ted to see ho person except one old scr vant to whom he is incessantly chatter ing nonsense ! ! Such is the outline of this elegant fan cy picture of a Govcrment painter ! and you may depend the sketch is filled out wjth those interesting details which none but the "hand ofrFa mister can prcP ! duce! Almost every incident which a corrupt imagination can supply to de- grade poor human nature, is here applied to General Harrison! The bluest fire of tophet must have touched the spirit that conceived and some grinning fiend gib bered over the pen that gave voice and form to, these slanderous thoughts. It is a strange thing to us, that the chosen organof the highest Officer of the prcatcst Reoub ic on the face of the i earth, should descend to such mean a- buse of a gallant old MAN, whose private virtues and long course of eminent pub lie service command the respect of the - nation ! Is it possible that the President I of the United States sanctions this dirtv work ! The Peoria Mllinia. Rom.tPf . . I , . , that the Mormons had heretofore been v-... to ' -J the prCs ident to their leader Joe Smith laeni IO tneir leaaer, JOe Omitn, Un a late visit to Washington, has turned l.l.a. "Z- 'Z.t"L'ii.?ZZ iri.':.i..r (wciKa..i mm. THicnpar. ty has the luck, in this instance? Wm. Cost Johnson sava that Jnaenh th- fi.. .i.k.i -..,.-.; ... .wi k- n, . . T . ' . ... .x,. .c,..aij tern in those days worked admirably for the executive; but enlaved the people, It is well enough toobserve.br war of annendix. that with Josenh the rare nf - ' f han,t aub-treaanrera herame .tinrt The Log Cabin Boys of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, nave sent to every whig member of congress, acane cut from the battle ground of Tippecanoe. February of this year (leap year)came - - 111 on oaiuruav anu wuni uui on oaiur - i.' . i i a ... a . urday having five Saturdays A curious calculator says that a similar occurrence happens every 28 years. A New York editor having occasion tn cnslr nf him "trhnm he ia and whom W, n ... M WW ... i.a tri ;i nnA iT.rr. " r-. II w -V 1 V Of IV WIS lllb v. IU HON la IV" spcctfu'Uy styles him the Aged Henry. , a . . . . . 'it" the Van Buren Sentinel, goes it strong jToYlfarrifon. From the Maditonian. EXCITEMENT OF COMPOSITION." The followinff im lhe Ex-Postmaster General's first movement "for the benefit .n.::u.nk thA.inJ mnip.n rA,wn. nrerin..-. confidential L.' fnr -H, m.tinV h th nee. Lie to connuer". those who are in no sess ion of the Treasury. It will oe seen . . I tk. ;rA ..r,'. .nurfi- dolar..n.i H.n.l . hlf d-dlar. If this aDDeal does not enable Mr. Kendall and his Federal I .nfn onntnirilnn In nllt (lawn the I lJUV-u,uv"' ""i' " " " ' . . k;m t.k. . Amm on un. Jr.ener.l Poin.ett. and call out the WJ U f SitlRI W UV W " I I " .1 . j: J if tU- Ponnl won't I BianuuiK oimj, tiiu w : .1,- onn nnn mil t men. eiio waiucim. iuo .v,v .., hen hr n out the bloodhounds and "let slip te dogs of war." . n-rfinlm k ...omin.iino the enclosed address, and obtaining subscri i . i. I."' i t V. tk . . region of country, Every farmor mechanic, and working. man should have one; and it they cannot well spare a dollar each, two or more Blto"ia unite wgcincr io iaKe one. ouinuiaieu oy an riunuii&itj uctuinu the pijrc princjpe8 0f deroocracyi ond tnp darinir efforts now making lo con-1 qIJcr them, and to extinguish forever the I ATvDr. Si. irnemh.rked with Buffalo, with the noble steamrs plying lint? nd "tarated from it by a log par- ing I II ask him about it. . nono,rV f rl X and hearty cood- in either directionthe numberless boats tition.betwecn the spaces of which might I knew that Ned was surpassed'- no UStlL AAminhtintSm ot Weighted with the productions of the be. seen all that passed in the dining man living in extricating himself from '-It l:" r j . i We.t. de.tined to the Credent Ciiv." room; and so close to the fireplace of difficulties; but how he was toescapc from vnirir navR inrniRU s imu. i caincouf 1 i . . .It . . I beacon-lrirht which our beloved country 18 hold.ng up to mankind, 1 shall efieav- , . . I . ,L . A I 1 I or io laxe care inai me irup-nearieu men who may aid me in reaching the minds r an nont people shall have no cause . . to repent their exertions our friend and feHow-citrrcTt, AMOS KENDALL. Natimtu of Membei-n of the House of T!Tr,ntnii, nfih ITnitpJ Stm,. iM -' r J . I the two hundred and thirlp.fi ve members of the House, the "following States gave birth to the number set opposite each in I the table subjoined : 1 . . I Pennsylvania, . . . 37 Virginia, 34 Massachusetts, 25 New York, 21 Connecticut, 18 North Carolina, 17 South Carolina, 12 Kentucky, ... 12 Maryland, . 11 Tennessee, . - - 11 Georgia, 7j Maine, - - 5 New Hampshire, - 3 Vermont, - 5 Delaware, ... 3 Ohio, ... 3 Louisiana, ... 2 Rhode Island, 1 Ireland, 4 England, ... 1 Eiirht of the States have not yet had the honor of girihg birth to a member of Cnnc-rea. nave mejrom myjnenaM, otc. 1 r, - 1- II a a Van Buren meeting in Salisbury, a re solution was passed reprobating the prac tice adopted by the " Federal Lawyers I ..... a - . ,n addressing the peopleon their Circuits. "'8?0.81 "Ce-V I iviui u.-.,n u.ab, doned his seat in Congress, and, as this ' T V, V s rafsanliitinn Trtrf-iapa it "thinkinfr him. . . a aelf viaer than ihe iwnnle.w haa hef n I I 1 . haranguing them at various places in the "" u"h'"d cut U'3 Kowan '"C"81 tI m, . v IT tt. K h;. h.- ..i.Kit.hLi - r. un " ""v bv his oratory has established a new or- I . . . . - --.--v ,--- , . . der ol anigninooa, "tne migiu oj we Shirt-tatr' how must Aefeel under thia rebuke? ike? Wm. Eaton and Waltib F. KB, Esquires, hate also been ' pre- ingu to address the people out of their I Lea umng to address the people out oi tneir.Drung from the ladies' own thoughts. own counties do they come under the commendation? We entreat our Van Buren friends of Rowan not to give thene j "pillars of the party such hard knocks. I Vhat was CKARi.Ea t ishkk, .sq, at when I .1 I...: J1 rn mese resolutions were pasneui i raverti- mg the district making speeches, and ! ..... u.uu.. n,m fmy u u "j I iunfrcii: vuii eieh ftr. isongreiM: consistency is a jewel. itai - r a at . r Overflow of the Mississippi. A iren- tleman who left New Orleans May 1st, and arrived at Cincinnati on the 11th, in the steamboat Gen'l Brown, states that nearly the whole flat country, from the I .U r U a"ll.: V . i ll I w li tit ui .11c wii i u iu iicn wi iHiia. ia un- 1 , . , - dCr water, uur advices irom wew Ur - leans to 9th represent ths inundation in that vicinitv to be already extensive, and the river still rising. The Picayune of that date contains the following : Bv verbal accounts received yesterday, I we learn that the Ohio. Uoner MississiD - - J II I pi, Missouri in lacl all the tributaries ' oi ine mtsftissippi are rapiuir on ine rise, ant! experienced men say thatja general nvo r ArMr ia nlmnat hafi fKIa At T qLa 11 lV " IO UIUIU31 I 1 1. V 1 V- . A K JL-ll W V. nlantationa arc nw nverlWed Tind ihn rirer i hresk. !ing ihroogh at other places. Should our cilv overflow, and "from the different statements and opinions of those acquaint- ed. we think there certainly it great danger, it will be of incalculable injury On felim-, w ! thirt sediment: which, indenendent of the iniurv mer- n,B(, L 'M ...-,; nIT h r.. pTTMnHP. winrn ii we naie low wiieLiiKccu nr.fer it imn aierflav. . . . - I Another New Orleans paper says i ne autnonties oi me nrsi munici i . ma . j-it -1 ' I S ilv have ill pnirth awakened toaflenseioi lot dancer to be apprehended from the encroachments of the river on Ihe Levee, i iv iw r "t- w m -m i and have had an embankment construct-1 . . . . . . I nn tn I m North Amer can Hotel. It ia. I I " " l. however, but a feeble and inefficient bar- .- . 1 rier. and does not doms.i hrmnesi and . . . - 1 . 1 o ditv enough Io resist a much further y ..... . " elation of the Mississippi. r The Natchez Free Trader of tbe 4 th nd tbe numerous plantations opposite. threatened with inundation, presents an imposing spectacle. The Cincinnati Gazette of the i2ih inst. 6avp, ' The town-plat of Cairo is completely submerged, and great fears dre entertained of the destruction of New I Ot leans'. " The reader will seldom meet with a better story than the following, by the author of '-G-'orgia Scenes." It is worth columns ot theovcrwroughl and exquisite I miscellany with which many of the most respectable sheets of theHay teem ; and lkA -a T .4 . . ' I I . . . I wit- itrasun ui u wm dnrer io any us- cerning reader when be has finished a perusal. Nature is not tortured iniofic tion by the writer, but faithfully followed out : A SAGE CONVERSATION 1 ,ore matrons ol our land. a . i . .i . a a class, mey are tne moid pious, tbe most.b.enevplent, the wostuseful. and the 1 most harmless- of the human family.- ",e ,,,e ot Sooa ouices. At home, they are patterns of industry, care, . .1 I t i . i I economy unu uospiiamj ; anroau iney are ministers ot comtort, peace and cod so-1 anon, unere amiction is, there arc they, to mitigate its pangs ; where sor- owis. lhere are they to assuage its pains, Nor night nor day, nor summer's heat, nw' 'ci r-w.u, van uuiti iuuui ii uui j 8cer,e8 o, sunenng anu distress, i uey AM ItiA a 1 L A 1 I. 11 I , llu- UIBI ai u" n. eoucn, ana me j I aaV affaV A A U A II A (t " M. - L a J L 1 Jf iUey umu ine ac.ung neao, cose idc aying eye, and linger in ..C n-nii.u iiaoiiaiion, to pour me loot HrAn rt iU. .....7 w....uwi ....oiue diiiicieu uuaumoui me ueruaveg. t cannot, mere-1 tore, naicuie them myself, nor bear to hear them ridiculed in my presence. And yet, I am often amused attheircon- eratinn ; and lin unrnxol w.tK I ken down bv me when thev littl. drflm. ..a t ... T.-u.. a mat i was listening to them, remaps ru mat 1 -mo iisiciiiiik iu mem. i ei ua us f my reverence for their charactevconspi-J ring wiiii native propensuy to extract .At. A . . . amusement from all that passes under mv 1 . . ' observation, has accustomed me to pay a uniformly strict attention to all they say in my presence - T'k:- . . I. : 3 . j; . I I tins iiiuuii iii exirtiorainary courtesy to those who cannot distinguish between inter- TieW) MU nuicuie oi ine parties to it. Indeed I do not know that the conversa- I I I ;An Kiah I . J I .n.,Ur .m...:-. k ... . r -.-uui u rccoru, wm uv aaai av . . k i un cb a w v a w via w l a RFafi irnm ino I (IfK UW ran - z i . f inininir i un iwiiriuiivu .uiudiiwui SIIT VI UIT reiUrig.lUVIlllII' NCI IC1ICIUUH. WMHIDIISUV.C Certainlv the amusement of the readers I whs that of one who suffers a slitrht tooth- futlorn as may be the hope, that theii : i L j i niain oojeci win ever oe answere. When I aeated mvalf to the aheot na before me, my intention was merely to I detail a conversation between three la-1 dies, which I heard many years since,; confining myself to only so much ot it, as sprung from the ladies' own thoughts, unawakencd by the suggestions of others; but, as the manner of its introduction perhaps interest some of ray readers, 1 1 w ill g.re it. i" I I was travelling with mv old friend. I - - . . uMce, when we stopped at the dusk 0f the evening at a house on the road sioe, ior ine nignt. Here we lound three i 1 nice, tidy, aged matrons, the youngest whom could not have been under sixty ; one of course was the ladr of the hoase. whose husband, old as he was, had gone frpm home upon a land exploring expe- dition. She received us hospitably, had our horses well attended to and soon pre- ...J f. . ..-.r.al.LI. ....... HU:ll i- ... , . . . I i'1 - v .v. uuuvuiiiivimuic nitiri.i . 11 11 1 1 : 1 inese tnings were aoing, ixed and I en- I gaged the other two in conversation; in the course of which, Ned deported him- self rilh becoming seriousness. Thet I kind lady of the house occasionally loin - I ed us, and became permanently one of 1 the nartv. from the time the first dish I I ' I was on tneupie. At tne usual hour, we I ' i were aummuiieu fu.aupper; ana i as PQQH las we were seated, Ned, unsolicited, and 1 mAol un A frtf4aA ! V f A mA ai1r1 rrrA 1 ! V-J I , a j v. v w UV WUIU Kl w knew full welLtht this was a prelude to Isnme triek: I ro'uTdlrmrrnme litis ?pianation fexcept so much as discovered myself,) was, that be knew that one of us would be asked to say grace, and be thought he might as well save the good ladies the trouble of ask. la inff. The matter was, however tnore fully efcptained just before the moment of our retiring to bed arrived. T. this with mutual interest to all. It was much enlivened by Ned, who was capable; as u" uccu "c"-iw,v"u K m hJm has Kaam hAMflnfAVA ififAvmAn I mwiugimuwu mwmusij Eitm n all company; and who; upon this oc. 1 casion, was upon his very best behavior, w d a . I 11 waB lmmeuiaieiy oner i naa looneu ir .u : .r, :: i. reiire lur iuc iiigui, uiai uie wuucraiiMiir urnea upon marriages, iiappjfanQun.t j I luaKi' ""IS'i iich'i mT, ;. I H vn nnAa i,...,.. "-J- mj .u r j cu ODU " , nu i.u tu "..jauuiau wo ou u s.eep. I Jl-J- -I P n open sneo-roora .a- one in which we were sit- tn,s apartment, mi a loud whisper might De e""y neara irom one 10 toe otner. "i ne strangest match," said iMed, re- . Ifll ta . m I Bum,,,l ",e co,,Tersa,lon WIin parson s gravity, "that ever I heard of, was that of George Scott and David Snow, two most excellent men, who became so much at- tached to each other that they actually j got married 'tThe lackaday!" exc!aiinedoneof the ladies. "Oh yes, ma'am," continued Ned, " 1 1 knew thdm very wH, and often went to their house ; and no couple could have Ih. 1 1 1 ' IV I 12 f 111 W l:. , . l. lived happier or managed better than I they did. And they raised a lovely par- eel of children as fine a set as I ever saw, except their youngest son, Billy ; he was a little wild, but, upon the whole, a right clever boy himself. Come friend Baldwin, we're setting up tod late for travellers." So saying, Ned moved to the shed. room and 1 followed, him. ,,. The ladies were left in silent amaze-1 meat ; and. Ned. suspecting doubtless. they were listening tor a laugh from our chamber, as we entered it continued the subject with unabated gravity, thus tr , . I'll. A " l on knew tnose two men, dian t your ' "Where did they live? enquired I, not a little dn posed to humor him. "Why, they lived down there, on Ce- dar Creek, close by Jacob Denman's Oh, PU tell you who their daughter Nancy marneu fuuu uauu vou huow "" very well." tf I 1 J M I T 1 Aft I I -wn yes, said i, "l Knew jonn narKe . fl ll very wen. iittwuew a ecei- lent woman." -well, the boys were just as clever, i I I I a ior Doys, as sue was, tor a g.ri, except itui : ana i never nearu any tning very bad of him, unless it was his laughing in chuich ; that put me more out ol con- l U.m V. ..,Kr T rn UnA ceil ui ii i in man any iiiiiik i ever kiicw u: .i I 1 . j ..it. . .htrotnre. frnm th time mv head In nehea L. : ' .L . ..11. 1 1 ue pi i io w lucre muei do no more tain - ing. Besides, we must take an early I t T . 1 start to-morrow, and I in tired. aosav 1 imr. he honned into his bed: and I obev I -""J' l I ' ed his injunctions Before I followed his example, I could not resist the temptation of casting an I .i i. t r .i leyo tnrougn tne rracxs oi ine partition to see the effect of Ned's wonderful story upon the kind ladies. Mrs. Barney (it is time to give tncir names l was seuing in a thoughtful posture ; her left hand I I i. : 1 I I i . : u . i .. r. i i ir. Bupponilig Her ciiui, anu ncr riiuu sup- into the fire as if she saw proupt of chil , . a W i i. arrn piaying in it. iurs. iveea, tne ianu - Av h th fattect nf the three, was thinking and laughing alternately at short intervals. From mv bed. it reaui- red but a slight change of position to see any one of the group at pleasure. I was no sooner composed on my pil- I wa no sooner composed on mv pil- I w, than the old ladies drew their chairs close together, and began the following colloquy in a low undertone, which rose I as it progressed. Mrs. Barnev. Didn't that man sav . . ' them was two men that got married to one another? Mrs. chad. It seemed to me so. fl ' Mrs. Reed. Why to be sure he did. . . - I know he said so, for he said what their names was. Mrs. B. Well, in the name o' sense, what did the man mean by saying they raised a fine pa'cel o' children? Mrs. R. Why, bless your heart and I I I !.. V .Ann I nnt. i nuui. mini v . inai a miai . m-.. I : . J . ... . in about. It seems mignty curious to j me some how or other. 1 can't study it out. no how. Mrs. B The man mast oejokin , cer 1 tainlv Mrs. R. No, he wasn't .jok in'; for i I looked at him. and he was lust as much I ' - in vearncst as any oouy i ever scea; . , I oesiues,no iinnm man nuuiu lcuduk a story in that solemn way. And didn't fit lonr' that fttllPf ITIAn RSV hi? knCV AITUU II ' v - " ... . a their da'tcr Nancv? ijcari't: be sq- It 'loca'ht .Svin'; to reason, don't you know it don"tf Airs.it.. well, I would'nt think so (but it's hard for me, some how, to dispute. unruttan man's word. Airs. U. I've been thinking tbe thing all over m my mind, I reckon now I don't say it Is so for I don't know noth- u,u .vi. w clothes; for Ire often nearn o women doiarthem things, and ollowing their . - t ril A Itr A a t h a uiava snf hfiin' s vuavin' nu an oiuh. Mrs. S. Well, may be it's some how in tnat waybut la me! 'twould o' been uunu io ueen lounu oui; uon i you unw it .ut r.i.. i - lunik uun ywiiuicii biic uau. mow, il Bianus io re- U . . son, i some time or otner it muijj KnMO Knnn ffA . . "' "mu uui. n. t iv.ii t T 1. " "en, 1 m an oia5voman any I J t .1 ... uw, ,,u rsugo me gooa man won c m.n .wnac an oh, woman says ttf him, so bless the Lord, if I live to see tbb morn. inis, witti even tolerable credit to himself, I could not devise. mi . M ihe ladies here took leave of red marvenous siory.arew memseiveseroseiy found the hre, lighted their pipes, and proceeded as follows : Mrs. B. Jist beore meant! my old man was married, there was a gal named Nancy Mountcastle, (puff pufl',) and sho w as a mighty likely gal (puff.) Iknow'd her mighty weTI -she dressed herself up in men's clothes (puff, puff,) and follow. led Jemmy Da'rden fom Pankatank, iny I King and Queen (puff.) clean up to Loudon. Mrs. S. (Puff, puff, puff, puff.) And did he marry her? I Mrs. B. (Sighing deeply.) No: Jem- I my did nt marry her pity he had nt, 1 poor thing. Mrs. R. Well, I know'd a gal on Tar river, done the same thing (puff, puff, puff.) She followed Moses Rusher 'way down somewhere in the South State 1 (puff, puff.) Mrs. S. (puff, puff, puff.) And what " I did ne dot Mrs. R. Ah (puff, puff,) Lord bless I at .. 1 . your soul, noney, lean t tell you whauio j did. Bad enough. fr. Tt. W-11 now it wm. to mn. f Annu fenow mirh .kmtt it h. Uma to me men don't ike t0 marry t.at ta,p on that wiy. It look lk it nuta ihcm out o conceit of cm. Mrs. S. I know'd one man that mar- I ricd a woman that followed him from Qai'lina to this State: but sha did'nt drc8s lier9clf in mcn8 clothcs. You both know .em. You know Simnson Trottv'a 1 J 9,8ter tnd Rachael's son, Reuben. Twos i um ,n.l hia wir Mrs. R. and Mrs. B. Oh yes, I know 'cm mighty well. i , 1tr .. . . t , -rs. C7. Mill, ll was U.3 WHC SUO followed him out to this State. Mr.8'. B' k,,0W d Cm all mighty Well. Iter da ter Lucy was the littlest teeny bit 1 e ,L i j-i of a thing when it was born I ever did see."" But they tell me that when I was born now I don't know any thing about it myself but the old folks used to tell ine, that when I was born, they put me in a quart-mug, and mought o' covered me up in it. Mrs. S. The lackaday! Mrs. R. What ailment did Luc-jM.9 of, Mis' Barney? Mrs. B. Why first she took the ager and fever, and took a 'bundance o' doc- I tor's means for that. And then she trot . . . ... .. U powerful bad cough, and itkeptgiUm' awayt " 8"e "ieu? out, poor create 1 ho A d mifil.lv hnnnv ; and I fhinlr in 1 " rrv - - my heart, she made the prettiest corpse, consiaenn , m bitt uouj, i --took ercr seed. Mrs. R. and Mrs. S. Emph! (solemn- iy.) Mrs. K. What did the doctors give her for the fever and ager? Mrs. B. Oh, they gin' her a 'bundance o' truck I don't know what all; and none I of 'cm ever holo her at all. But at last she got over it, tome how or other. If I . T. . .... . . they d have just gin' her a sweat o' bit ter yerbs, just as the spell was comin' on, it wouiu nave cureu uer ngm away Mrs. K. Well, I reckon shcep-sallron the onlicst thing in natcr lor tbe ager. Mrs. B. I've always hcarn "it wa wonderful in measly ailments. Mrs. R. Well, it s jist as good for an ager it s a powerful sweat. Mrs. Clark son told me, that hejLcousin Btacy's aunt Si tn-V n.I lMJ -nun. tin, welt i - . . . - " - ww..a " . . . I , .' t i i u py h oi a uaru snahin age Mrs. S. Whv vou don't tell moso! Mrs. R. Oh, bless your heart, lionec, it's every word true; for slio told mc fo with her own mouth. Mrs. S. 'fA hard, shakin' age!" Mrs. R. Oh yes, honey, it's tlmtruth. Mrs. S. Well, I'm told that if you'll wrap the inside skin of an egg round your little finger, and go llirccilays reg' lar to a young persimmon, and tie a, string rouiui it, and then not go again f(t three daxs, th.tt the ager will Icavi I leave vriN Mr?. B. I've often lira rri
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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June 2, 1840, edition 1
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