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7111: DEC.4 WARE REGISTER: OR, FARMERS», MANUFACTURERS» A MECHANICS» ADVOCATE. Our Public Journals un they ought to be—"Tile vehicle« of Intelllgci not the eontnion sewers of Scandal." = 4 = WILMINGTON, Del., SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1829. No. 37. VOL, I The Delaware Register il published every Saturday morning, by A. If H. Wilson, No. 105, Market Street, at Two Dollars per annum, if paid in advance; otherwise, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents. Handbills, Cards, Blunks, Pamphlets, and Job Printing in general, executed with neatness and despatch, and at mode rate prices, at the Office of the Register. ()t>- Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. FOR THE DELAWARE REGISTER. To Mist on leaving Wilmington. Laura farewell ! we now muet part, My dream of bliss is o'er; The hope that blossom'd in my heart, Will bloom for me no more; For tyrant fate with ruthless hand, Forbids that joyous hope ezpand. And Laura, when I'm far away, To taste the scenes of other climes; And while fond memory claims its sway And tells thee then of happier times. Oh, let a tear of sorrow blend Wilh memory of thy absent friend! 'Twere small, but oh the lucid rill Can only flow from hearts sincere; The dewy pearl my soul would thrill With sweet emotions dear; Emotions which* a manly mind Will ever feel for woman kind I little thought when first we met, To meet with thee again Would swell my heart with deep regret And leave a lingering pain; And buds of peace which flourished there Should wither by the blight of care. Yes, Laura, it is even so. This vain fond heart of mine, Tho' destined far from thee to go, Still, still would cleave to thine, • In days of age as now in youth, In bonds of friendship, love and truth. But fare thee well! and should it be That I may never see thee more, Dear Lady 1 will think on thee Till life's last scene be o'er; Yes,—even at the gates of death I'll bless thee with iny latest breath. Clintontille, July 7th, 1829. Orlando. FOR TUP. DELAWARE REGISTER. POLITENESS TOWARDS GUESTS. 1 have often, Messrs liditors, been grieved to behold the very erroneous opinions which many people enter tain of politeness, and particularly of that part of it which should be manifested towards those who tiled to partake of the hospitality of a friend's house. 1 am sometimes honored with an invitation of this kind, and while complying with a recent one, tho pleasure 1 expected to enjoy on the occasion was completely des troyed by the overwrought attentions paid me by the gentleman and lady of the house. These attentions, however, I believe, were prompted by the kindest mo tives, and were to be attributed altogether to their wrong ideas of politeness. I shall only mention a part ot mv grievances, and they are those of a description too generally inflicted ; and I hope, from thfe extensive circulation of your useful Register, that at least who are guilty in the premises, may be reformed. Let every one who reads this examine his or her heart on the subject and see if conscience will acquit or condemn. are jn On the day of which I am speaking I sat down at the amply furnished dinner table of my friends with an appetite sharpened by a pedestrian excursion of a couple of hours in the beautiful suburbs of the Bo rough. My plate was immediately filled by my kind host and hostess, and as rapidly as I demolished a por tion of its contents, the vacancy was occupied by fresh supplies, which were forced upon me in spite of my repeated protestations that they were not needed and that I had eaten as much as I desired or was accustom ed to. At last 1 was compelled, in self-defence, to deliver the waiter my plate, with almost enough on it to satisfy the hunger of a man who had followed the plough for h ilf a day. The dessert was as plentiful as the first course, and I was helped as liberally to it. During the whole progress of the entertainment my friends were repeatedly exclaiming—" Why Mr X. you don't eat any thing, of this dish. of Pray let me help you to some And as we arose from table the good lady declared, with great apparent sincerity, that I had eaten scarcely any thing, which expression was just as foreign from the truth as the well meant attentions of herself and her spouse were foreign from what I con sider true politeness. She began also to make some excuses for the bad cookery of some of the dishes, which there was not the least necessity for, because they were prepared with a skill which would not have discredited the most proficient pupils of Monsieur Ude j or Madame Glasse. I could here scarcely refrain from I mentioning an anecdote that 1 had read of a certain I distinguished and singular character, to dine, and when about taking his seat at table, the host, in indulging his propensity for making excuses on such occasions, even went so far as to declare that He was invited there was nothing on the tabic fit to eat, whereupon the man of letters, indignantly asking how he could invite him to partake of such fare, swept the dishes, with their contents, into one promiscuous mass of ru ins on to the floor. At supper a similar course of conduct was observed on the part of my friends, and when 1 had drank my usual portion of coffee or tea, and declined any more, the lady solicited me to take but half a cup. I still declined. l)o take a quarter," said she. 1 remain ed still inflexible, and rose from the table happy at the reflection that I had not experienced the very disagree able necessity of refusing a request to take a thimble full. Such behavior is, in my opinion, any tiling but good breeding. True politeness on occasions like the one I speak of, I consider to consist in that elegance of manners which removes every thing like embarrass ment or restraint, and makes your guest feel himself " at home," To insist upon it that he has eaten no thing, when he has partaken to his satisfaction ; to de clare that the fare is not good and that it is not well prepared, when you have done all in your power to procure the best and to have it served up in the best manner ; and to urge your guest to eat immoderately, and press him to take a half cup or a quarter of a cup, is shockingly vulgar, and at least ought not to be prac tised in circles making pretensions to gentility. Timothy X. A facetious fellow used to say, that he had eaten so much mutton for the last six months, that be was ashamed to look E sheep in the face. , a FOR THE DELAWARE REGISTER. Messrs Editors — r am afraid that unless you give the fol lowing letter a place in your Register it will never reach its destination. How I became possessed of it, need not concern your readers. I assure them I came by it honorably, and would not take the liberty to have it published, only I know of other chance it has of reaching the eyes of the person for whom it is designed, as the residence of Miss Constantia'» "deer cuzzin Tabithy" is not mentioned in the superscription. Y. Z no Willminton, 4th of jewli, 1829. Deer cuzzin Tabithy, i take up my pen to let you no that i am verry well at presunt and hope these fue lines will find you in the same state of helth. i kum to this burro sevverrell weaks ago and wood have rit suner oanly ive bin so much ingaged. o deer, you kant think wot fun ive had, and the boze has pade me grate at tenshun, but i kin tell them thayre not goen to ketch my forchun so easy as they think fur. this burro is a verry purtee place, oanly thayve got no grate kureeos. seetes here like thayve got in Filldelfee at pele's Mu zeum, ware yule rikkollect we wunce a kwiltun party sence i kum here and ile bet i doant go to another, bekaws sum of the gals wot wus thair turnd up thair nozc3 at me, and i spoze they dun it jist bekaws i wuzzent toun bred, but i kin tellem ime abel to bi and sellem. 'i wus rite doun raven mad, so i wus, to be ensulted in sich a wa by sich peepul and t wus a goen to go oanly they kum and pollyjized fur thare rude behayveyure, and sed that they diddent i wus a relayshin of my antz, at hooze hous the kwilt un wus, and so as i alwaze furgivs and furgits and baits to bare mallus in my hart agin3t enny livvun kree tur i made it up withutn. deer cuzzin, wen you kaul your daddy doant say daddy and wen you call your mommy doant say mommy, for it izzent jentele, but wen yoy kaul your daddy say pah and wen you kaul your mommy say mah, for thats the wa the kwollitty dus, and you no weve as good a rite to karry a hi hed as enny of them, for weve both got indeependunt for ebuns and weve had good lurnin, and i kin tell you thats more than sum of them kin say, for ive bin among sum of them thats had thare edjewkashun most shaim flee missattended to, and tother day i seen too or three of them arguen in a grate -disspute wethur kowkum mur aut to be kauld kowkummur or kuekummur and i doant bleeve airah wun of them node how to spel it, and sum of them that kin skaircely rede inglish redes frentch, but you no we nevvurseed no yuse in the wurld in lurnin enny of the'm thare heethunish ded langwee juz, and as to redun we kood rede in the testyment afore we wur ate years oald, and as to sifurrun you no kood sifur in most enny part of the rithmetick and in the dubbel rool of three and vulgar frackshuns afore we dun our edjewkashun with oald mastur Stoopid, who dide of the paulzee, and then you no we had to stop our lurnin in konsykwence of the skool hous bein disokkuepide fur sevverrell yeres bekaivs the trusteeze koodent git no good teechur fur less nur too dollars and a levvenpenneebit a kwortur, the mastur to find ink and pens, and they wuzzent a goin fur to giv no sich a hy price to no teechur. be verry eckstravvygint, purtickyoulurly in the makun of sieves and bonnuts. ive jist baut a bran noo nav a wus. i was at no n ; The fashuns is got to I