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J.A.TURXER,<piT6i|
VOLUME r.
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FOR THE IXDEPF.XDF.T PRISS,
OPHELIA
BY DAVID 1.. ROATII.
I.
01), since the day when on the World a Woman's
features shone,
To make of that a Paradise which erst Was sad and
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Since Eve upon her Adam turn'd a countenance
divine,
No lovelier girl than her I sing has caused the flow
of wine.
The fairest star,
That from afar
Its radiance sheds below,
Would be but night
Above the light
Ophelia's beauties show!
11.
The dainty lady of the land who treads her
marble floor,
And looks with horror on the crowd that passes by
her door,
Would give her gold unsparingly could she but see
the doom
Os her wrinkles and her lassitude and win Ophelia’s
bloom.
But never gold
Can change the old,
Or make the ugly fair,
So let her pass,
With all her class,
And enviously glare.
111.
The orbs that in my darling beam so mildly, and so
true i
Once seen are haunting evermore the mind's enrap
tured view, —
The lips together nestling—so lovingly they lie,
They speak a language understood by every mor
tal nigh.
But lest you ne’er
Their voices hear,
I'll tell you what they say—
“ For kissing made,
We're not afraid,
Come, kiss us quick, we pray!”
IV.
The God of Love, though winging on without a
moment's rest,
From Earth's remotest boundaries—from farthest
East to West—
Ha3 never met, as he would on his sacred oath de
liver,
A girl to whom he sooner would give both nis
heart and quiver.
Then raise the song,
And pass along
The girl all girls above—
Up to the sky
The shout shall fly,
Ophelia! Queen of Love!
% felt.
FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
MY ADVENTURE WITH
jkiss
Samuel Spavins, Esq., was the keep
er of a boarding house hard by Snob
town University, who made a living
by not furnishing the young gentlemen
who boarded with him, with edibles
adapted to their varied appetites. The
worthy Samuel was possessed of ‘a
darling wife, of goodly proportions®
who thought that “the Squire”—for
Samuel was J. P., in addition to be
ing boarding-house keeper—was a per
fect model of “mine host.” lie did
not keep boarding-house for the pur
pose of making money: oh, no! lie
was actuated by. nobler, and more pa
triotic motives. His only object was
to accommodate young gentlemen who
desired to have their feeding done
brown for them while engaged in the
highly honorable occupation of obtain
ing an education—which meant while
they were learning to play cards, drink
liquor, and acquire other gentlemanly
accomplish merits too tedious to men
tion, but which had as little as possible
to do with Greek roots, and x, yfzs
in Algebra :—which in short meant
playing his satanic majesty, and Thom
as Walker, Esq., generally.
Nor was the worthy Madam Deli
la Spavins herself less a martyr in the
holy cause of supplying her boarders
with snperanuated fowls for breakfast,
or octogenarian kine for dinner. Af
ter all she could do, the young gentle
men would complain. She put fully a
tea-spoon-full of ground coffee to eve
ry several gallons or more of water —
to every cup full of the fluid produced
by this combination of costly materials
she added two or three grains of sugar,
of which not more than seventy-five
per cent, was yellow sand —not more
than two-thirds of corn-meal went to
make up her biscuits—and yet, after
all this lavish expenditure to please
the tastes of the students who boarded
with Samuel and Dollla, they, (the
students,) were, ungrateful enough to
t* 01 rest In journal:—llrtiotcii to literature, anil an#.
It fell to my lot, when going through
! with my college course, to he an in
mate ol .the domicile of the worthy
Spavinses. Having read in my bible
something about eating what was set
before me, and asking no questions fop
consciciiqe 1 sake, I did not. like th.o oth
er boarders, give Utterance to my com
plaints. but became as much of araar
| tyv to my pious principle in eating
what was set before me, as mine host
was in preparing it. It may very
readily be imagined that I soon became
a great favorite witli mine host, and
hostess. I was set apart by. those
worthy folks as an example worthy of
all imitation by the crowd of scape
graces ostensibly fed by the Spavinses.
“Young gentlemen/’ they would
say, “why don’t you emulate the many
virtues of Mr. Peabill ? He is a per
fect gentleman. You never hear him
grumbling about his fare.''
Thus it was I had many favors con
ferred upon me by mine host and host
ess. A higher seat was assigned me
at the table than was accorded the
other boarders. I was honored with
a position near Madam Spavins, and
was by her honored with many little
titbits, not much I hope to the envy of
my fellow students, though no doubt
they were intended to excite this pas
sion. For it did seem to me that if
there was a piece of chicken remarka
bly tough, or a piece of beef very re
mote from tenderness, or a piece of but
ter so rancid that it would have been
a violation of the temperance pledge to
eat it, because it would be “taking
something strong ” —in short it seemed
to me that if there was anything for
meals very bad indeed, it fell to my
lot. And were I not certain that the
Spavinses did like me, I should now
conclude they made my good nature,
and uncomplaining disposition a vehi
cle for packing off upon me whatever
they knew the other student's would
not cat.
What rendered it certain, in my
mind, that the worthy Samuel and his
obese wife Delila were really attached
to me was the fact that besides being
near the mother on my right, Angeli
na sat immediately on my left. Now
this Angelina was the only daughter
and heiress apparent of Samuel and
Delila. Though neither of these facts
added very much to her charms, as I
now conceive—for she could not have
inherited any thing more than the
boarding-house and its accoutrements —
still I feel bound as an honest historian
to mention two facts so important as
these.
Y r es! the scat was given me by the
side of tbe celestial Angelina, purely
on account of my non-complaining dis
position. And young, ardent, and
blind as I then was, it was a sufficient
recompense for all the hard biscuit
and strong butter I had imposed upon
me. By the winning smiles, and the
kind and considerate attentions of Miss
Spavins, many of them suggested by
her watchful mother, I was , soon in
duced to fall in love with the heiress
of the boarding-house. How could I
help it? It is useless to try to de
scribe her. A description of her in
deed matters not. I was in love, “and
that’s sufficient,” as Tom Haynes said
when he had seen the elephant. Veri
ly I believe that if Angelina had been
a fence-rail in muslin, I should have
fallen in love with it. I was just at that
age when the heart betrays an, unac-
countable leaning towards ribbons and
delaines. Every one is bound to fall
in love,at some period of his life, and
my time had come. Did I stop to in
quire if Angelina was handsome?—
Even if she wasn’t, my susceptible
heart told me she was so. Did I stop
to inquire if she was young? She
was. a woman. Did I seek to know
if she was rich ? < It mattered not.—
She was a person in petticoats and
this was amply sufficient. My heart
was . just sending out if luxuriant
growth of tendrils in search of a .com
panion, and a . person in the form of a
female divine was all they wanted'—
Just sq she belonged to the gender
which wss neither masculine nor neu
ter, it was all I wished. I was doom
ed to fall in love with that female, with
whom I was. most thrown in company.
I believe if the ancient
Delila had been the only female with
whom I came in contact I should have
bccifafflicted with the rnal chi occur for
her.
I became quite devoted to Angelina.
Mr. Peabill’s plate had to.be helped by
EATONTON, C.u SATURIAY, JULY 29, 1854.
her. Jf she went to church, Mr. Pea
bill had to accompanydicr. If Mr. Pea
bill cut his linger the divine Angelina
Irad to tic it tip. Tit short, I became* so
intimate With},digs Spavins that I be
gan to reel quite as uxorious as though
l had been joined in lawful wedlock.—
All the little intiniaces between us—
marked by the most perfect delicacy,
and propriety—were noted, acquies
ced in, and encouraged by the head!
of the family, and especially by the fe
male department thereof.
. My fellow-students used to laugh at,
and quiz me, about my flame. But I
attributed it all to envy and jealousy,
on their part. I thought they envied
me the happiness I was about to plunge
into, of being a member of the family,
and so 1 curled my lip in scorn, and
treated their innuendoes with the silent
contempt I thought they deserved.—
All my spare hours were spent with
my lady-love, and in the delights of her
company, I forgot all the tcazings of
those whom I considered my jealous
and mortified rivals.
Being a member of the Freshman
class, I was very fond of repeating to
Angelina nice bits of poetry from By
ron and Moore, and of addressing her
in choice morccaus of rhetoric and ora
tory. Os course no opportunity was
suffered to pass unused in which I
might make a display of my classical
knowledge—and thereby hangs this
tale. Before coming so the gist of the
argument, however, I must premise
that Angelina was scarcely as much
au fait in things classical as a profes
sor in Oxford. In truth, (between us)
she could not understand every classi
cal allusion that was made to her by
me.
One evening as I returned from my
last recitation, and entered the parlor
where I expected to meet the object
of my affections, Angelina was seat
ed near the window with her head
leaning upon the sill, fast asleep. She
wakened as I entered. “Ah ! Miss
Angelina,” said I, “in the arms of
Morpheus, eh!” Scarcely had these
words escaped my lips when I perceiv
ed an awful cloud of wrath gathering
upon the young lady’s countenance,
which portended a most uncompro
mising storm. I could not imagine
the cause. Ere I could have time to
enquire into the cause of so much anger,
Miss Spavins, had seized the poker, and
brandished it over my head. There
upon her lap-dog Dido jumped up, and
caught me by the seat of my trousers,
and held on with a death-gripe. Mrs.
Spavins, hearing the noise, ran where
we were, with her broom stick in hand,
and demanded the cause of all this
commotion. Angelina proceeded to
tell her dear mamma that I had accused
her of having been caught in the arms
of Mr. Morpheus—whereas in truth
she had never seen, or heard of the
gentleman. Immediately Dame Spav
ins set up a howl of lementations,
charged me with base ingratitude, said
I had accused her daughter of bring
ing dishonor upon a respectable house,
and proceeded to shed tears as if her
heart would break. I now for the first
time saw the cause of Angelina’s
wrath, and was greatly moved to pen
itence for what had occurred, and be
gan to explain.
“Ladies,” said I, “I intended no
liarm whatever. What 1 intended to
say was that Miss Angelina was in
the arms of
“Tired nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,”
and I”
“Mean no harm indeed,” screamed
the old lady “ and still repeat the
charge, and make it worse by saying
she was in his arms asleep ?”
“Madam,” said 1,,, “let rne.be under
stood. I- ”
“Not another word, sir!” and imme
diately she brought me such a blow
over the head as addled my brain. I
rushed from the room, with Dido at
nay heels, and the two enraged ladies
following close behind. As I descend
ed the steps the lap-dog regained her
hold upon the scat of my trousers.
Reaching round, I caught Dido and
dashed her with all my might against
the ground, .where there happened to
be lying—thank God !—a goodly sized
stone. The last I recollect hearing as
I ran off, with all tho panic of a strick
en deer, was the imprecations .of Ma
dam Spavins, and the., sobs and groans
of Angcliqa, ..mingled .with the dying
cries of Dido. I rushed *madly on,
scarcely knowing wjacre I went, until I
reached the college building, where I
paused for a moment, beneath one of
the windows, when I wa i recalled to
a sense of consciousness 1 y the follow
ing conversation which I overheard:
“And you say Peabill is going to
marry Angelina Spavins \ ’
“So says report.”
“Why she is old enoukh to be his
grandmother! And theft those false
teeth, and that red hair. 'Surely the
boy is the damnedest, fool that ever—”
I heard no more. I rushed on, ON !
I cannot say what immediately fol
lowed. I only know that a few days
afterwards I was brought before a
convocation es the faculty ancyexpell
ed without being allowed a /word in
defence. And a few days later still, I
was informed by a friend tliaf I should
be brought up before the next Superi
or court to answer to threj separate
indictments:
Ist. For speaking slanderous words
concerning Miss Angelina Spaying—
2dly. For making an attempt upon
the honor, of one of the lading and
most respectable families of Siobtown—
and—
odly. For malicious misekef in com
passing, on a certain day, in said in
dictment set forth, the detail of my
late dulcinea’s lap-dog Dido, by beat
ing, striking, and woundinr her with
divers and sundry sticks, stdies, brick
bats, staves, swords, kni\i?s, pikes,
guns, cannons, pistols, myskets, and
rifles, contrary to the laws Os the State,
and the peace, good order and dig
nity thereof.
lltisccllptous.
FOR THE INDEPENDENT I'BESS-
Halil Face.
II and myself, were once driv
ing along through thepiney-woods,
when we came upon a (Scene which I
will attempt to sketch. <
On both sides of tie road, which
ran through the primitive pine forest,
was a small clearing. On the left of
the road, in this clearing stood a rough
log-cabin. It was builtof logs, notch
ed up,.with the bark or; the roof com
posed of rough board?, held on by
weight poles—no cliinUvg of any des
cription in the wide (racks between
the logs. The door, wKch stood bold
ly open, was hung with a shutter, com
posed of boards, simikr to those com
posing the roof, nailed to two cross
pieces of chopped-out timber. The
nails which fastened these boards were,
I think, the only nails used in the con
struction of the Avkole house; and the
architect had entirely dispensed with
the use of sawed lumber of all kinds.
This building, albeit of such primitive
and Unpretending style of architecture,
was a temple wherein 'Uncle Tom D.
was accustomed to dispense law and
justice. It was, in fact, a district court
house ; and perhaps its simple and un
pretending style, best accorded with
the stern and simple character of jus
tice itself. On the right of the road, and
nearly opposite the court-house men
tioned, stood another cabin of similar
appearahee. It was evident, however,
that this last was a house devoted to
some more important use than the sim
ple dispensing of justice, from the fact
that it boasted of a roof that was nail
ed on, instead of being fastened on by
weight poles—-the cracks were all stop
ped, arid the door was of double thick
ness, and studded with numerous nails.
Around this building, were collect
ed some score of male humans, in a
variety of costumes, and a variety of
attitudes. Here, for instance, stood a
youth, just grown, who rejoiced in all
the glory of a coat, cut—notin the most
fashionable style—out of some kind of
cheap store stuff, and set off with flam
ing brass buttons; a cravat of many
colors, knotted and twisted, in curious
style, around his neck, while from out
its folds peeped- a shirt collar of por
tentous iieight and suspicious color.—
lie also rejoiced in the'possession of a
hierOglyphic-looking vest, pants of same
stylo which did not quite cover the red
on his boot legs, and boots of a size
and weight sufficient to render them
formidable weapons in a kicking match.
This was, no doubt, one of the settle
ment teaux.
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Near to him, leaning against a pine
tree, stood an individual iu russet shoes,
homespun pantaloons, and shirt of
brown cotton cloth. Ilis head was
surmounted by an old felt hat, and in
liis hand he held a hickory stick*
capable, if wielded with the full povfei
er of the brawny arm which carried ify
of knocking down a bull.
Squatting or lying on the ground,
was a squad of lank, gawky boys, dfe&jl
sed out in their daddies’ old hats, wliicfej
rested on their shoulders; tlieir old
coats, the skirts of which almost drag-,
ged the ground; and their old breech
es rolled up in a hard knot to prevent
them from getting under their feet and
tripping them up.
But most important of all, stood
a group of the sages of the settlement;
conspicuous among whom, stood Un
cle Tom D , the squire himself. —
He was a study. I can describe his
dress, tell the form of his features, the
color of his eye; but the peculiar ex
pression peeping out from that eye,
cannot be described. But however. —
He was dressed out in a full suit of
homespun jeans, dyed of a fiery bright
sorrel, and had, on his head, a brand
new white hat, Ilis face was rather
short—his mouth closely shut, when
ever lie was silent, and a slight yellow
mark at each corner, showed that he
indulged in the use of tobacco. He
had little, short whiskers, which com
menced just on a level with the top of
his ear, and made a bold start round
towards the top of his nose, stopping
though, before they reached half way.
The nose, was a curious little fea
ture, with a tip of red, elevated, at the
end, to the legitimate angle of forty
five degrees—no instance being on re
cord, where a nose has ever been able
to attain a higher elevation than this.
Such, however, was the ambition of
this particular nose, that there is no
doubt, had it been possible, it would
have elevated itself still higher, as it
was of the character which despised
mediocrity. As it was, even after it
had attained the height of nose ambi
tion, it .frequently showed, by convul
sive starts and twitches that it was
hardly contented with its position.
Above this nose, were set two small
grey eyes, the expression of which, as
I have already said, was altogether in
describable. It consisted though of a
strange admixture of shrewdness, or
rather cunning, egotism and vanity,
with some small share of twinkling
humor. Over the whole of these fea
tures, so described, hovered a perpet
ual smile of supreme self satisfaction.
And now, that I have exerted all my
skill, in this portraiture, I feel that I
have conveyed to the reader no ade
quate idea of what I intended to con
vey ; but this must suffice.
I perceived, as we drove slowly
aloDg the road, that there was some
mysterious source of attraction within
the Avails of the cabin Avitli the nail
studded door ; the croAvd all tending
toAvards it, and numbers continuing to
drop in, and after afcAv minutes return
ing, Aviping their lips, as if they had
been imbibing something. My curi
osity Avas excited, and I proposed to
II- that avg should stop and look
into the mystery. He consented, and
avc dismounted, unhitched the sorrel,
tied him, and marched straight into
the cabin.
Far the larger portion of the room
was unoccupied, save by men, waiting
their turn to go up to a counter of
hewed logs which stretched across one
whole side. Behind this counter, on
the floor, stood a small barrel capable
of holding, I should judge, twenty
gallons. On. a shelf about two feet
square, stood a long necked bottle, some
thing like a champaign bottle, a loiv,
black bottle, and a cheap decanter. . ,
Behind the counter, stood an indus
trious individual, who kept busily
pouring out from these bottles a dark
looking liquid, of a horrid villainous
smell, into some cracked glass tumblers;
adding to each tumbler a large spoon
ful of a black-looking substance, which
he extracted from a tin bucket standing
on the counter. Sometimes he pro
portioned the mixture himself, adding
to it a ltttle water and stirring it up
well. Handing this to the thirsty in
dividuals in waiting, they sipped it—
some of them at least—with all the
gusto and apparent relish with which
the most fastidious epicure sips his
wine ; and on viewing this, I thought
perhaps it was some strange substitute
which these people used instead, of
wine. Then again, the man behind
the counter would merelyplace before
the man standing outside the-countlll
'a tumbler and a bottle. The latter
I would pour into his tumbler something
over two gills of tbe cot tents of the
bottle, raise it to his lips, toss it down
at a., puiffi and turn to the
Avaterqjail, and swalloAy a hrge draught
, .On seeing this I was again
: HR"one of the bottles
3Co|ne empty, an . it was (ill
already mentioned.
i&lMEie bottles were filled
from umnsfimlr Barrel, 1 Then thought
the man behind the counter Avas a ma
gician, avlio could draAv several differ
ent kinds of fluids from the same re
ceptacle. y
Finally, I asked one of the men avlio
had just SAvalloAved a dose, what it Avas
he had SAvallowed.
“Why, stranger,” said he, “it Avas
perhaps some of the damnedest best bald
face ypu ever seen /” erratic.
Tarn Avoid, July 10th, 1854.
Luscious Kissing JDescribcd.
Almost any Avriter, says the Yankee
Blade , can describe emotions of joy, an
ger, fear, doubt or hope; but there are
very feAv who can give anything like an
adequate description of the exquisite,
heaA r enly and thrilling joy of exquisite
kissing. We copy beloAv three of the
best attempts that Ave have ever seen.
The first is by a young lady during
her first year of courtship :
Let thy arm entwine
Around me like a zone of love,
And thy fond lip so solt,
To mine be passionately pressed
As it has been so oft.”
The next is by a lady after her en
gagement. It will readily be seen
that her poAvers of description are far
in advance of the one’s aboA r e quoted:
Sweetest love,
Place thy dear arm beneath my drooping head
And let ine lowly nestle on thy heart;
Then turn those soul-lit orbs on me and press
My parting lips to laste the ecstacy
Imparted by eaeli long and lingering kiss
But the best thing Ave have seen is the
folloAving, by Alexander Smith. We
think, hoAvever, Avhen man indulges so
freely in'oscillatory nectar as to imagine
he is“ Avalldng on thrones,” he should
be choked off! Hear him:
X 1 ly 11111 id kiss.
The Loss of a Wife.
In comparison with the loss of a
wife, all other bereavements are tri
fling. The wife! she wlo lills so large
a space in the domestic heaven—she
who is busied so unweariedly for the
precious ones around ljer—bitter, bit
ter is the tear that falls [upon her cold
clay! You stand beside her coffin,
and think of the past, jit seems an am
ber colored path-way, rkere the sun
shone upon beautiful [flowers, or the
stars hung glittering overhead. Fain
would the soul linger tljere. No thorns
are remembered above f.hat sweet clay,
save those your hands Way have un
willingly planted. Her noble, tender
heart lies open to youranmost sight.—
You think of her now 4 all gentleness,
all beauty, all purity] But she is
dead! The dear head that laid upon
your bosom rests in till still darkness,
upon a pillow of clay. The hands
that have ministered sg untiringly, are
folded, white and co|d, beneath the
gloomy portals. The heart whose very
beat measured an eternity of love, lies
under your feet. The lowers she bent
over with smiles, bendfnow above her
tears, shaking the dew from their pe
tals, that the verdure around her may
be kept green and beautiful.
There is no white arm over your
shoulder; no speaking face to look up
into the eye of Love ; no trembling
lips to murmur, ‘Oh, it is so sad.’
There is so strange a hush in every
rooom! no light footstep passing
around. No smile to greet you at
the nightfall. And the old clock ticks
and strikes, and ticks—it was such
music when she could hear it! Now
it seems to knell on the hours through
which* you watched shadows of death
gathering upon her sweet face.
And every day the clock repeats
that old story. Many another talc it
telleth too —of joys past, of sorrows
shared, of beautiful words and deeds
that are registered above. You feel—
O, how often, that the grave cannot
keep her.
Miss Elizabeth A. Sawyer died re
cently, in Valatie,,N. Y., from the ef
fects of poison, communicated to her
system by some yarn which she placed
iu her mouth, and which came in con
tact with a sore on her lip.
—
Col. Benton.—The St. Louis Intel
ligencer says that Col. Benton is a can
didate for the presidency.
A primrose having been taken to
Australia in a covered glass-case, and
arrived there in full bloom, the sensa
tion it excited as a reminiscence of
“fatherland ” was so great, that it was
necessary to protect it by a guard.
Great men loose somewhat of their
greatness by being near us, ordinary
men gain much.
~ ***- ———
Never be afraid of catching cold
from a shower of curls. v
; refill'- ?2 001 YEAR
i w ’ JU llyll
NUMBER 15.
The Olives of Gethsemane.
At the foot of the Mount of Olives
we find what is considered the garden
of Gethsemane, memorable as the re
sort of our Lord, and as the scene of
the agony when he was betrayed.—
There is little doubt that this is the
real place of this solemn transaction.—
It seems to have been an olive planta
tion in the time of Christ, as the name
Gethsemane signifies oil-press. It is
about fifty paces square, and is enclos
ed by a wall ofnagreat height, formed
of rough, loose stones. Eight very an
cient olive trees now occupy the en
closure, some of which are very large,
and all exhibit symptoms ,of decay,
clearly denoting their great age. As
a fresh olive-tree springs from the
stump of an old one, there is reason to
conclude that, even if the old trees ex
isting in the time of our fiord have
been destroyed, those which now stand
sprang from their roots. Bit it is not
incredible that they shou.d be the
same trees. They are at leist of the
Eastern empire, as is prove! by the
following circumstance : In Turkey
every olive'tree which was found stand
ing by the Moslems when ;hey con
quered Asia pays a tax of one medina
to the treasury, while each of those
planted since the conquest pays its pro
duce ; now the Olive trees of Gethsem
ane pay only eight medina. Dr. Wild
describes the largest as of twenty-four
feet in girth above the root, though
its topmost branch is not above thirty
feet from the ground. M. Bove, who
travelled as a naturalist, asserts that
the largest are at least six yards in
circumference, and nine or ten yards'-
high—so large, indeed, that he calcu
lates their age at 2,000. —Ancient Jeru
salem.
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A Question of Mortality.
Apropos of loss of friends, somebody,
was saying, the other day, before Mor
gan, the great calculator of lives, that
he had lost so many friends, (mention
ing the number,) in a certain space of
time, upon which Morgan, coolly ta
king down a book from his office shelf,
and looking into it, said, ‘So you ought
sir, and three more. 111
Domestic.
Ladies Bathing.
The Journal of Health gives the fol
lowing on this subject:
“Astley Cooper, was the most emi
nent Surgeon of his time, and he liv
ed to a good old age, and although he
wore silk stockings in the depth of an
English Avinter, he seldom took cold, .
which exemption he attributed mainly
to his morning bath, Avhicli he de- '
scribes as follows:
“Immediately on rising from bed,
and having all previously ready, take ,
off your night-dress, then take up from
your earthen pan of two gallons of wa
ter, a towel, quite wet, but dropping;
begin at your head, rubbing head and
face, and neck and ears avcll ; then
wrap yourself behind and before, from
neck to chest, your arms, and every
portion of your body. Remand your
toAvel into the pan, charge it afresh ivith
Avatcr, and repeat once all I have men
tioned, excepting the head, unless that
be in a heated state, Avhcn you may do
so, and with advantage. Three min
utes Avill iioav have elapsed. ThroAv
your towel into the pan, and then pro
ceed Avith two coarse long toAvels, to
scrub your head , and face, and body,
front and rear, Avhen four minutes,will
have you in a gloAv; then Avash and
hard rub your feet, brush your hair,
and complete your toilette; and trust
me that this Avill give iicav zest to your
existence. A mile of Avalking may be
added Avith advantage.”
“Women, and those Avho are deli
cate, and Avlio are easily chilled, may
modify Sir Astley’s mode by adopting
that Avhich is described in the folloAving
language of a lady to a lady ;
“A Lady’s Bath. —You only Avaut
a basin of Avatcr, a toAvel, a rag, and
five minutes time. When you get up
in the morning pin a petticoat very
loosely at the waist, draw your, amis
out of the sleeves of your chemise, and
let it drop to your Avaist. Take your
rag, avcll wetted, and slap your head
and shoulders, rub your arms and chest,
and tliroAV handfuls of water round
your ears, and back of the neck. Then
tliroAV your towel across your back and
“saav” it dry. Rub fast until you arc
quite dry. Put on your cliemisel§leeves,
draw on a night gOAvn to keep? from
chilling, while you tuck your skirts un-|
der one arm, until you Avasli and dry|
one limb; drop that side and do the*-
other likcAvise, and be sure that tlio
small of the back and sides get their
full share of rubbing. This donc/f sit
doAvn, dip oue foot in the
and dry it, put on your stocking! and
shoe, and then wash the other.”
Paste this up in Your M|nd. —
Let you be ever so-p ure > youJjfe|gnnot
associate with bad
out falling into bad odor. Evil
pany is like tobacco smoke—yoidgSp
not * be long in its presence wdpNKI
carrying away a taint of it. ; apr ;
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