Miscellaneous.
OLD AND NEW TIMES.
When my good mother was a girl
Some thirty years ago,
Young ladies then knew how to knit,
As well as how to sew.
Young ladies then could spin and weave,
Could bake, aud brew, and sweep;
Could sing and play, could dance and paint,
And could a secret keep.
Young ladies then were beautiful
As any beauties now
Yet they could rake the new-mown hay,
Or milk the "brindled cow."
Young ladies then wore bonnets too,
And with them their own hair;
They made them with their own good straw
And pretty too they were.
Young ladies then wore gowns with sleeves
Which would just hold their arms;
And did not have as many yards
As acres in their farms.
Young ladies then oft fell in love,
And married, too, the men;
"While men, with willing hearts and true.
Loved them all back again.
Ycung ladies nciv can knit and sew,
Or read a pretty bock
Can sing or paint, and joke and quiz,
But cannot bear to cook.
Young ladies noio can blithely spin
Of "street yarn" many a spool;
And weave a web of scandal, too,
And dye it in the wool.
Young ladies noiv can bake their hair.
Can brew their own cologne;
In borrowed plumage often shine,
While they neglect their own.
And as to secrets, who would think
Fidelity a pearl?
IS'one but a modest little Miss,
Perchance a country girl.
Ycung ladies novj wear lovely curt?,
What pity they should buy them;
And their bonnets, heavens! they fright
The beau that ventures nigh them.
Then as to gowns, I've heard it said
They'll hold a dozen men;
And if you once get in their sleeves.
You'll ne'er get out again.
E'en love is changed from what it was
Although true love is known:
l is wealth adds lustre to the check,
And melts the heart of stone.
Thus Time works wonders young ar.d old
Confess his magic povvcr;
Beauty will lade; but virtue proves
Fine gold in man's last hour.
young lady; she grew restless and
melancholy, fell into a fever, and
went to consult a doctor, who, to
her inexpressible surprise, assu
red her that, instead of being an
old maid, she was neither more
nor less than a young bachelor.
The news at first perplexed, then
pleased her; and, having commu
nicated the fact to her astonished
friends, her next step was to ap
ply to the proper authorities, in
order to have the registry of her
birth rectified. On the 13th ult.
her application came on to be
heard, and the Court appointed
three physicians (Messrs. Mnre
chal, Bonitoau, and Bcrtron) to
examine into and report on the
case. This was done on the 1st
inst. when the medical board, to
the surprise of every body, pro
nounced the lady to be to 'M in
tents and purposes a gentleman,
and a decree was consequently
given in favor of her virility. The
moment judgment was given, we
understand, Monsieur Hose Vic
toire Vivien walked away to the
shop of the Sieur Chapclain, the
most fashionable tailor in all
Drcux, exchanged his petticoats
for a dress more consistent with
his newly acquired privileges, and
as all hopes of a husband are now
out of the question, set off in
search of a wife. It is not a little
remarkable that, according to the
French Journals, a similar appli
cation was made to the same tri
bunal no longer ago than May,
1314, in behalf of one Marie Mar
guerite Metav, when two of the
,i,n tr5,fc which if our mc-Ining them to bean porridge
iupuat v..., ..w..f ,ototnf1 horn nv. Let the reiorm exun
corvpc us. ho was detected, IIUII,IU-V " , . "
mory serves us, he was
in- playing off some two years
since, and quite as remarkable
that . the shrewd ones of New
llampshire and Maine, should al
low themselves to be duped by a
stale device, which was long ago
exposed to the community thro
the medium of every newspaper
in the country.
Ghosts. The Ghost in Edge
field, S. 0. has disappeared. Af
ter playing its fantastic tricks for
r rknr linnsns and bonnets tr 1
sometime to the amazement oi um.u -
the neighborhood, it has vanished
or been laid, and wo hear noth
ing
about it. The Waltham
Ghost has also been laid, if not
in the Red Sea, in the county
gaol. In the one case the roue
who pleased himself with exciting
the fears of his fellow men, got
both to food and physic, and i.
doctors prescribe white mustur
instead of jalap and ipecac. fl
deed, if the proposed retrench
ment in eating and drinking taktv
place, the doctors will starve f0
all the physic that will be wanting
No other sudoritios will be iiu:
ed than sage and catnip.
Honestly, we have departed
strangely from the simplicity nn
economy of former times. Tl:
world has grown extravagant. V,
rwl run etrn!ns tfn lnrrl
uulil; am t" "'c1
cur-;
We must retrench, razee and
tail. The printer must take uV,
hint, and not publish so man:
long yarns. Some of our news
papers are as big as a souther:.';
plantation. Its a waste of paper
They should be reduced to wLn
tirydof his roguery, and stopped was formerly the rule, just tn,
it r.niis own nreonl in the oth- size of an old fashioned pewtet
er, in despite of while siiects and
black clothes, the rogue is to be
compelled to answer to a legal
tribunal for the violation of cer
tain statutes in such cases made
and provided.
Vrosccution Society. The for
mation of societies, for the for
warding of almost every purpose
in life, whether political, civil, re
ligious, moral, or social, seems to
be all the rage. The Savannah
Georgian informs us that a num
ber of the citizens of Columbia
county, in that State, have formed
an association, under the name of
platter. It would not take bl:
so long for industrious felfcs u
read cm. Thomaston IZcg.
very same physicians (Messrs. Ithe "Columbia .Moral Prosecuting
Marechnl and Boniteau) were (Society," lor the purpose of using
called in, together with a third joxtraordinary vigilance in bring
nanicd Andre, and gave in a simi-iug .o public prosecution all per
lar certificate; it is also added, jsons guilty of violating the laws
that Mary .Margaret Metay is at : against gaining, illicit traffic with
this moment a thriving farmer in;slaves, and the profanation of the
the commune of Bu, with a very
pretty wife, who is an excellent
manager, and expects every day
to present her husband with a fine
little Master or Miss Metay.
I Aver pool Albion.
Method is ts. The W e si ey a n
Methodists of the city of Leeds,
(England,) have resolved not to
receive the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper, except from the
hands of the Clergy of the Church
of England.
Singular and amusing case.
A singular application to the civil
tribunal of the place has lately
excited much amusement as well
as attention in the town of Dreux,
in France. A child, named Rose
Victoire Vivien, had, it seems,
been born on the 23d of Sept.
1802, and was duly registered, at
the time, before the mayor of the
commune of Allaiuville, as a fe
male infant, in the presence of her
father and other witnesses. From
that period to the age of 2G, she
has constantly worn a girl's dress,
and been considered a female;
nay, it is even asserted that some
two years since she expressed a
determination of becoming a nun,
and actually passed three months
of her noviciate among the dames
Hospitalities of Chartres. The
death of her uncle, Denis Vivien,
however, having secured to her a
rmiall property, her views chang
ed, and she began to think of es
tablishing herself otherwise in
life; but, somehow or ether, the
young men of Allalnvillc hesita
ted at espousing a damsel of 26,
with a rather suspicious looking
chin, and Miss Rose Victoire Yi
vicn remained in single blessed
ness. If public report is to be
believed, this order of things was
?vr nn trmon enf Inn. a.. , , . -""'"ii'iu mat Uihs
. .uu7 iu iuu;tc!iow should have the audacity to
A Yankee Trick. The Dover
N. 11. Republican contains an ac
count of an impostor who had
made his appearance in that town
and vicinity, stating that he was
an Asiatic Turk, and had been ta
ken by pirates when on a trading
voyage, put into an open boat and
set adrift that lie was picked up
afterwards by a British vessel and
carried to Quebec, whence he
found his way into New-England,
lie called himself 18 years efface,
spoke Arabic and Latin, but,us
he said, was entirely unacquaint
ed with the English. After spong
ing the good people out of divers
sums of money, and procuring
certificates from the officers Jf
Bowdoin College, and other dis
tinguished persons, that he did
actually speak Arabic and Lntin
and appeared to be an object of!
j-naruy, no was suddenly found to
be a Yankee in disguise. It is
somewhat remarkable that thh
Sabbath. One of their rules for
bids the members to support any
person for office, who is known to
violate the law, in playing, either
publicly or privately, at any game
prohibited.
Hard Times. All cry out hard
times. Every body is in debt and
nothing to pay with. Well then
we must be indulgent to cue ano
ther, as we must stand in m ed of
indulgence. Now h the time to
reform to study economy, cur
tail expences,simplily the fashion,
to wear out old coats, to lessen
gown patterns, diminish exterior
dimensions of bonnets, let our
hats down one story, and to bring
into vogue once more our good
old substantial homespun "check"
and "stripe" Iambs wool and
worsted. The ladies, dear crea
tures, must set the example.
They must turn their harps and
pianos into looms and spinning
wheels, and shine out of a Sab
bath iu all the glory and splendor
ot homespun. ft0 1T10re rustling
of silks, nor display of laces, when
calico and cotton fringe will do
us well, and, as the saving is,
come much cheaper. Be'sides, as
retrenchment is the word, let out
your plaits and tacks and lessen
your patterns.
It is a good time, too, to cstab-
ish temperatesocieties, and cheap
living societies to make pound
cake of corn meal and molasses
and restore gluttons from the con
srrjuetKs ftf surfeiting hv confi-
To make Com Soup. Cut t lie
corn from the cob, and boil ir in
water until it is sufficiently dout;
then pour in new milk, with suit,
pepper, and one or two eggs; cur,,
tinuo the boiling, and stir in flour
in order to thicken it a little. This
soup will be superior to the best
turtle soup ever made... Wiii.lltri.
Cucum bcrs. T he L a n c a s t er
Pcnn. Sentinel savs: By cutting
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from the vine one cucumber, two,
four, or even six may be made ta
grow from the stem from whence
the single cucumber was taken.
Let the cucumber be cut off with
a knife, leaving about an eighth oi
an inch of the cucumber remain
ing on the stem upon which it
grew; then slit the stem with a
knife from its end to the vine, lea
ving a particle of the cucumber to
each division, and as many divi
sions as remain there will be cucumbers.
Sicect Cider. Rack orT 30 ?ai
Ions sweet cider; put in one gill
of fine salt, and one pound of
chalk. This will keep it sweet
for two years.
Cattle Cured. -A writer in the
Richmond Enquirer says: One of
my oxen was taken a few days
ago very suddenly witli very sin
gular symptoms,' such as I had
never before seen. He appeared
perfectly deprived of the use cf
his limbs, and was taken in very
rapid succession with convulsions.
They came on by a wild gaze oi'
the eye, and very apparent sensa
tions of horror, lasted generally
from two to three, and sometimes
as long as five minutes, and da
ring the intervals the animal gave
evident symptoms of . weariuess.
Upon examination I found his
horns perfectly cold, which indu
ced mc to bore them, and into
the holes (made 4 or 5 inches from
the head) I poured a strong mix
ture of black pepper, salt and vi
negar. Not more than fifteen mi
nutes elapsed before the convul
sions ceased; in less than an hour
he fed as usual, and at this time,
(three days since his attack) i
apparently as well as nnv anima?
on rnv farm,