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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."
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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. ,
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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
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wus. i was at
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The fashuns is got to
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