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ATHENS, ceorcia : published sy M f DONNELL zj GAINES,
j Thinks I to- My fclf,” a St-
V Ludicra Tragico-Comco Tab,
■ recently puhlifhed.
I Jwas born of very hens!}, wor-
I snd srfpe&ablc parents; at leaf:
■ ihink fo. I hey were cnri airily
■ fully a much fo as their Re’ghbo;-?:
■ drcuvnfhnces were ffHacnt ;
■ ifcA- rank >n life ccßipicuotK; their
9 ffijafi vas to the diftharre of all
I Jcir juft d&ht% <k regular payn&ent
H it their trades-people, wncxccpti
■wd?!t They generally appeared
Ho Dp regarded In ail around them
■i;.a very refpeftnble light, hemg
Bio the habit of receiving and re-urn-
BinCj according to the custom of the
■vorM, all the ufual compliments
md civilities of vifirs, entertain
||.rrnr3, fee. &c. Divers perfion-
Bp'S of all ranks and denomihati
loa* ukd occsfiionaily to refort to the
Ibu “ 3 fviiie in carriages, feme on
Ihorfe back* fome on foot; fome in
Is fonral, I'iff, ceremonious man-
Incr; fon.c upon a footing of inti
ffircy and cquaiF.y; fntr.e upon fpe
c;al invitation; Some quite unez
pt “-ed.
f know not undtr what parficu-
■ lar planet l was born—-I never s(k
Bed any cunning man to cr.lt my na
■tivirv, and noc being torn under
WMercury, I w** never cunning e
■iiopyh to find tt out my fell—-but if
■there he any one of them, diat has
lacy peculiar ?ences in the wav cf
tirtfiueratidHi refit Bhn or falihquy,
no doubt I was born under that; tor
bt::.-g more giver* to taciturnity than
ioq u sty in my bovhood and early
youth) and beingiickly hdides, the
part I. generally bore in mod of the
c. Mpamsi I fpt-.k of, was, to fit
quite qu-er, and make observations
sad remarks to rnyfclf, upon the
convc.dzttan and ccndutfi: of others;
a?d by degrees I got into a hab?t,
not only of thinking, but of talking
to fi\y lelfj & if any thing was done
t - tered a* an? time, that foggefi
led certain aw-alterable remarks, I
fell into the, paficuiar line of Hi
loqur,*d mental reflection, which
1 cannot poffibiy cell c or deferibe
other wife than by the vulgar,& rite,
but fi y uficant pferafe, “ tkin t ks-I
TO MYSELF*”
It .3 pail all conception how con
tinually I was driven to have re
r.*urte to thefe mental rennrks—
fesreeiy s word was uttered hat dul
or fijQtfeft fomething old Sz whim -
£cai to my watchful mind—-often
did if make me quite tremble for
fear I fhould b * anv accident or in
adveruncy utter aloud , what was
puffing only in my thoughts ; l lup
pole, and it Happened, it would at
any time', and on a fuiden, have
made fuen a group?, as nothing but
the pencil oi an Hr garth could have
adequate!? deferibed —for in our
neighborhood, as in moft others—
( >ugh a very fiociable one) the truth
is, her was fuch liking and dif
likings, fuch jeloufm and fufpici-
F’ fu ‘h envying* avd emulations,
fn ? conrariety of feelings and leu
tA. ns would have let every
tr r . r uproar in a moment, had
Be* ;- -neft and mult unwearied
a entioi* b?v*n paid, b> cU parties,
t -• vesting dilcovcry or
Ac truth*
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
MA * f 553ALfc 79 A3f * ***, Alf £*ern*S£ SHALL 9E IMCEKASZE.”
i->y poor mother had not z fpark
of ill nature in h?r difpefition, no
P* co uncharitab'enefs—-but
‘ vr,s c * r *inly .is well brad, and as
re *dy ake allowances for och
cry as moft people; but jhe could
diftmgwfh, s well as::: i, b-rwetß
agrrochits and dtfggrecahles, -nd be
as .iiu n ift fifed o ■ tijtm; &
I L'iixvc, z ■ h : ., take it aitogeth ; .*r,
tbr.rc was a predominance of
tne latter, ui the affairs arc ccu
pations, and commoa purfuits cf
the world fhe did not epen her
mind tome fo full upon the fuhjed,
to enable me to (late what*was
the exa<9; nature of h-r fedingr-, but
} could coilefl: a good deal from her
conduct and ma-* oer .occr.fi x:i!h%
I ne inclination to.indulge :n
the Jucifiiradons and refiflfi- r.s i
Cicfcrioc, arule from the Miange cir
cum fiances that fee rued to me to
attend her imercoui.le with her reig
bcr; that is, giving a:id receiving
t ■r> “ ° ‘ cj
€h V IlltE.
One day when I w;s fitting quire
fi'ug with her, and flu was occupi
ed writing to my fifier, who was
abfent from home, i fipied, at the
e.;d of the avenue, ,i rr mpe cf pe
deßrians, (lowly making up rewards
Grunibkthofpr HaL 1 , apparently
drdl'.d ia their hi ft bion- a.;i ruck,-
ers } r morning vifi —Thinks i is-
Myfelf, here’s fiorae agrn; ab;c com
pany coming to my dear manama!
how kind if r, of her neighbors to
call upon Iter t.itw, and net leave
her to mope cfF her dmc by her
felf, as chough fhc were buried a
live !—Not being willing, howe
ver, to run the r Tic of difappointin?
her, I wasted to fee whether they
really were coming to the Hall, for
part of the aveaue was the high
road to the vTag-; I kept watching
tiiMTi therefore, /cr fecr hev fhould
turn a^vay abruptly , and deceive my
tr. ‘6tao->ns; wiitn I fiaw them hep
pily advance beyond the turning to
the village, and was therefore cer
tain that they were coming to ice
m y mother, I turned round
to her, exclaiming, “ Here*a ever
fo ma.nv people ronu-'g, mamma r”
thinking to delight Iter— { ‘ Pc*,pic
coming, fasd fhc, 1 hopr tr >t ! * :
yes indeed, th-re art,” faid I—“ one
two, three, four ladies, z little boy
and two pug and g . I uedart *
u El ■fs my .••!, kid rrether, how
provoking ! it mud o y M* s. Fid
get and her daughters, £i that rrou
bkiome child, no w 1 can't fiu
ish the letter to Cardins before the
poft g e*! I wiffi to goodnsfs (he
would karn to ftay at home, and let
Or- havg ore's ime to one's felfi”
Thinks l-to myfelfy poor mother does
r.st much l<ke heir (oming; Ism a
fraid the Mrs. & Mils Fidgets will
meet with rather an unkind recepti
on ! however, I Cat? there w T as r.o
iioppit g them, they g it nearer and
fctarcr—the walking not over
clean, and mother th neateft
woman in the world. Thinks I to
myfelfy the pug digs will G'irty the
room. At tail they arrived—the
fiervant uffirreri them k—lure en
ougn, it was Mrs. and M bs Fidg
et, end the tmhiejbms child, and
ail! JVi $ Ftdge: isn up to mother
a; though (he would hi’ c kiiTei
her. hi y mothcr, ( blefs her hone/
field 0 rofie from i;rr Icat and grre>
ed tG n molt civillv. <f This is
very kind udted Mrs F dgec, lavs
fhc, and eilcem it great favor, I
bad nu id: a you could have walked
fo nr; ] a” deiigoted •> fee you.
’ ! h nksl-td-wyftlf —file willies yeu
ail at Old N ek !!!
?rlrs. Fidget uffbr *d Her that (he
might take ?t as a particular favor,
tc” (he had not done iuc's a thing,
lh? beheved, for the iafl fix months,
s y.? il? fiiouki never have a empt
cd it no?/ to vifi- any body el ft.
Thinks /to myjelf—thzr., Mrs.
F-dget has ioit her hhb>— (( And
now, fip/e (lie, how I am v gvt back
ng.ni, 1 un lure I cannot >HI, for I
am q> i e dune over l” Thinks- J
so myjelfy dear mother won't like to
hc*r that!—bur I was rr.iftaken—for
turning to Mrs Fidget, ffie (aid,
witlj the marks of compla
ceacy, u that's gsod hearing i:sr us;
the * w? (hall have the pieuVure of
your com pen v to dinne • Mr. Dcr
llionc will lu dtlighted ;vhe- he comes
home, to find you all here” “O,
you are very good, laxi ivl■ > Fidg
et, hut I muji return whether 1 can
“'site or rot, but I f* ar 1 trou
bic you with a longer v fit than is
agreeable.” C£ Ine huger th? bet
ter” Jriid ir*v dear laother. Thinks
/ to myfelfy that's a !
■ While ltiv mother ar.d Mrs. Fid --
Gr.t were engaged in tins ftiendly £*?
cornplinnni vy converfiatior., the Mi.s
Fidgets were lifiirg up the little
bey to a r .gr in vhich my mother 1 *
favorite C n r? Bird hung, and fhe
boy wr. Icdu.c .Hy puking his fin
g,e r s thru’ the wires of the cage, to
the great alarm and annoyance of
the p/or litrlr animal. Thinks /
to m.yfelfy my mother will wiih vou
Dshifid the fife prcficntly, young
gfi :lrm?n ! but rir> lu-'h thing !-
t r ji.fi ar that moment, (h- turn'd
r ui:d, a 1 feein® how he was oc
cupxd, r/ked i? the cage fhould be
takes -own to amu’e h m : (S h? is
a/zsreet hoy } M :. F.dg*-,” (a>s ffic ;
Ci hov/ old is be ?” “juft turned of
four,” Caps Mis. Ficget i <f •/y
foitty” fays mv mother, <c He 13 a
remarkably fine fir eng hoy for that
age 1” Cf He is cndeca a fine child”
fa vs Mrs. Fidget ; but don’t my
dear do char,” iays flic, ** you frigh
ten the poor bird.” As the MTs
Fidgets were sbuut to put him
dev/r, my mother ventured to afi
fure ;hrm •hat he v/*.-ulc: do no
harm : ci pretty little fellow,” fays
file, ef pray let him ar.uje himfrlf.”
Ail ihis trhiie, ths two pug dog*
were rcconneilebug* he ing room
aad furniture, jumping upon tfce fio
fa cer.tir.ualiy with iheir dirty feet,
and repeatedly trying todlficern (by
the application ef their pug nofics to
cur Net and knees) who my .no*-
tVr ;.nd Dry fie if could be, barking
b fidcs in co fiert at every rnove
mrni and every finings noife cney
h ard in the p?fi’,gs and hall; Mrs.
F : dget fometirets prerrnding to
cr. fi? them, tny mother as
fuliy pretending co excufe them
with Her whole heart: often did I
catch h?r cafting, as I thought a
wifi r ul eye on the lcr::;* to m* fil -
ter* which lay unfir.iihtu on the ta-
FRIDAT, JUNE 12 , i*s 3 .
Me : nay, once even when her at
tention lifid been particular!•* f ii
csted to exuarudinir a r t!-
tudes into which the iictle a- ?s had
b?e:i fie?er±Ur bidden to nut i.;;en
fidves for ker exprefs amufement
At lafi, Mis F ; get
being re fled, th-y and! prepared to
go, jf hunks Ito inyfelfi 110 / rrv
poor motner 1 1 i br happy .ag ..; {
bir fiir, good foul, freßicd ,\y have
got quite fond cf them in e<.fre
quence of the extra-rdinprv lr 1 h
or tirtir bur : lbe could not now Id
eafily part with them; fhe was Jure
Mrs. Ftdgct could not be tho-'oueh.
Iy reft, a the dock had bir yufi
drunk two; if they would hur Via/
a little longer, my father .v old be
ccmr home from his ride, arid ne
ivotiifJ b? greatly mortified • * mfs
feeing them; bu- n-uli j ‘ij!d do;
go they muft :—Thinks 11* ntyfdf.\
now- a fig for your (n? fin p, Mrs.
Fidgetwhat, not ft a • whe • ,ny
mother io rarneftlv prefifes ii! ot
ftay, when (he declares • ur g >V;g
will merrifv father ! N -.,u
---thmg would flop them ; n * j ;v rhcy f
wtm; not however ndeed -u h*.uc
fundrv prom:fas on ther pv Ikon
to call agsm, And- live ‘-: nteft tarnefh
entreaties on my mother’s, owns ac
count So forget it.
7 Cm
They were fcarce g r, t out of ths
front door before mv father enfer
2rl Are they really ab g)nt at
isft s” fays he, €f I t'luugut they
would havcft.d'i till dqomsdav: wl) ,
in the world, v/fre thev *ll ?” <f O
dear” fay* mv mother, cs wav Mr*.
Fhdgrr. and all her tribe ; *i -s *nd
boy, and two pug dog . - runic
ray (lar* I tfcaueJ them,” f*yo r.y
father ; ‘Thinks /to myfelfy 9 ac
fymptooss'of mortification m ar
fi- her fiiews at having had • >1 is
fortune to mils feeing ir >ll ! ! :e
---clip faya my motn•■*••, •’ it -a
bom noble to b eak in up <ri > in
this manner j it v/.is i-c-p.-ffioF ro>
entertain fuch 2 group? ; fi-> while
Mrs Fidget and 1 were in r mt ‘rfz
lion, her you. g peop! a 1 the
dogs had nothing to do bat to teafe
ue bird and dirty the furniture :
that little monkey of a boy -s al
ways in m fipiefj I could have
freely boxed h*s ears: I thought he
would litre kilkd mv poor bird ; I
was in the midft of a letter to Ca
roline, and now it's too lore for the
poft ; how Mrs. Fhjgetcan fpe.n i
all her time ia vififing and walk 1 *-2
about in the manner he does, l in
ner conceive ; lan to tike it as a
great and lingular favor, fij ;ciis
me, as (he always doer* every time
Pns comes, thinking, f fuppof* fiiat
I doat know fhe fine ‘ C r a: home ;
1 think flie'il loft that boy; [ never
la ? :uch a tuny Jickly child in my
Si —Thinks l to mTelT — ) ooor
M*s. budget $ fine font boy of its
age !
NO HCE.
The Copartnerlhip of Abner
Crow, Lev/ s Lampki 1 >. in
the HATTING BUSINESS, is
d-flbivei by mutual confent.
j nne c, —*^.'4
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