Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 103, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 31 October 1835 — Page 1

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The following is nn old sotir, thoncli it is none the worse o' that, lie whn hs a f;im:lv, and is a house-keeper, know? something of the miKnr of the " Washing Pay,' and c f.incy the song, though many l;ive hc:ml it beforv, will not unwelcome nt tl.i lime. Who tloct not ilrcsul the approach of this ill-f.ito.l day, anil who is not pk;tscl whi n tho "thump, icrub, scold away," h;is en. ltd ? The moniin comes breakfast is Lurried over, Ihe largo kettle is placed on tho (Ire, wash tu'os and machines are brought from tho cellar, tho floor i covered with dirty clothes the. 'better half' appears in some old,- fade.!, and raccedWtfc and then, jot out ' Dinner time arrives tho kitchen floor is spl uhod v-r vvitli water, anil every thing is upside down, except, perhaps, the tabic, which is generally found in a corner, without a rleth one or two dishes, a cold hone, a little dry bread, a ghiM of milk or water, is the fare ; and you must 'rat and ie without a whimper. Hut enough of this we would not :Tend the fairsa for the world ire know their worth, and their attendance a single day at the tx.l of sicknes, makes am; io amend; i'or nll the scolding of the trath V- of a year and now for the soiig. KJ. Times. THE WASH I ISO DAY. The &Uy with clouds was overcast, The rain began to fall, My wife she whippM the children, Who raised a pietty sijnall. She hade me with a trow iting look, To get out of her way; Oh! the det:ce a h.t of cou.fort"s here l"pon a waiting day. For 'tis thump, thump, scrub, scrub, scold, scold away, Ok! tho deuce a l it of coiuU.U'i hero upon a w ashing day. My Kate she is a bonny wife, Thoie's none so free from evil, Ktcept upon a wa?Li::g day, And then she is the ilo'il. The- very kiltoi.s on the hearth, 'They d ire n.t even play Away they jump, with ni.mv ;i I unip, t'pon a waliing day. tr 'lislliuiup, thump, &e. 1 met a friend who a-ked of mo, llow long's pvHir Kate beoiiile e! ? Lamenting the good creature gone And sorry I was wed To such a voiding vixen, while lie had Leon f r away 1 The truth it was, ho chanced to come Upon a washing day. I or 'tis scold, scold, &c. 1 nkcd l.im then to come and ilii.e 'Come, erne, ijuolh 1, 'Ods bu.Ss! I'll no deni il take, you imi-t, Though Kate bo in the uds!' lut what we had to dine upon, In truth I dare not say, B..t I think he'll never come agaia l", cn a washing day. When 'tis scrub, scrub, Ac. On that sud mon.ing when I rise, 1 put a fei vent prayer To all the gods, that it may be Throughout the daj ipiiio fair. That not a cap or han.ikenl ief May in the ditch be laid I'or should it happen so,et,ad, I get a broken I.e. id. NY hen ti scrub, scrub, &c. Oil Homer s.ii.g a royal wash, Down by a crystal river. For dabbling in the palace halls The King permitted never. On high Olympus, U auty's ipieeii 5Sucli trouble well may scout ; While Jove and Juno with llicn liain, Tut all their washing out. Ah! happy gods, they liar no sound of scohl anil thump awav. Hut smile to view the pink of a mortal wash ing day. HISTORIC AS. I Von le Greenfield Mountaineer. Till: TUAITOK liOY. X HEVOLVTIOS All Y IMllit.M. The writer has been indebted to his friends for many of the 'Incidents' which he has given to the public; and among those which have been thus kindly furnished him is the following. It cannot fail to interest the leader on more accounts than one. To tee a hoy, just able to wield the rifle, engaged in the defence of his country during iho American Revolution was no uncommon occurrence. But it was a most extra ordinary circumstance to find one not yet arrived at the age of maturity fighting on the fide of liberty, when his pt rents and all of his relations were zealous and active partiz ins on the opposite fide. It may with truth he said, that hundreds and thousands tool sides, during the American Revolution, from acci dent or interest; whilst il is not denied that the great mass of the people were actuated by principle in their resistance to tvranny and oppression. Rut it would seem that Jordan Montjoy csnouses the cause of his country in the Fame manner that Sir John Falstaffis aliened to have known Prince Hal, in liis encounter with the robbers. It was not reason or reflection which taught him that right and justice were on the Bide he took, for he was too young to reason or have reflection on tlie matter Kor was he governed in his choice by interest, for this would have prompted

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and relations. He must then have known by instinct that liberty was the true and lawful inheritance of his countrymen, and that duty required him to forsake his father and mother and t leave unto it with the ardent and insatiable llelingof love. I'lie parents of Jordan Montjov were lories of lite deepest dye, and their house was a pUee of common rendezvous for the. Mdoiuily soait,' when in Spartanburg District. All the meetings of the lories in that part of the country were lu-M there, and their schemes and l.u.s of murder and divastation w mo ihcro ionised and concot ted. No whigs ever visited the house through social intercourse, oi deemed it piudent so to do, under any circumstances, unless wiih a strong cs cort. Jordan associated w ith none bin the friends of his father, and seldom saw any of llu.se who were opposed to him; yet he f it a secret pitiably for those whnai he knew no!, and w hose principles he never heard mentioned except with execration. He was iho't by I. is friende to be too young to be of service toMhom, and w as therefore suffered to remian at home in peat e and quietude. Their schemes and plans, iiowcvcr were not cot. coaled from him. and he had free access to all their deliberations and meetings. It was during one of those meetings of the 'bloody scon?,' that he became ccgnizint of a deep laid scheme to surprize and capture a company of 'liberty men,' tinder the command of Capt. Thomas Farrow, of Laurens Di-liict. No sooner had he heatd of all their at-r-ingemeiils th.in he mounted a tleet .ic.tse, and set off post haste to inform the wl.is of liu ir danger and coott inj l ited deslitii tion. Capt. Farrow i turn, diately determined to take, advantage i f ti e timely warning, and surprise the lories by anatt .ck that night. This he did successfully, and thereby turned the scsles aain-t the 'blood) scout, " to the terror and confusion oi their fi iciids in the neighborhood. This traitorous act of voting .Mont joy became known to the lories, and they threaten ed his death on sight. In consequence of their threats, and the high displeas ure of his parents and relations, he had to leave home forever and take up his abode in the American camp. He be came, in a very short lime, one of the most active, enterpriztng and daring partizans of whom the whigs could boast. He was always selected to reconnoiter and spy out the movements of the lories. In one of these adventures, near his f ithei's house, he met a com pany of the lories; under a noted leader bv tho name ol (nay. il!i tile speed of an arrow he dashed by Gray, fired his pistol in hi face, and made his escape in safety. For some time during the latter part of the revolution, young Montjoy belonvjed loan American garrison on the frontiers of Georgia. Oil one occasion, w hilst there, he volunteered to go w ith i small detachment in pursuit ot some Indians who had been stealing horses in the neio-hborhood. The detachment were under the command of a lieuten ml, who did not exercise that precau tion which, is absolutely necessary for afety in pursuit of the Indians. The detachment were all surprized and killed except Mont joy and one other. Mont joy did not leave Ihe ground until he had fired his idle and two pistol. and seen all his comrades save one, fall bv his side. lie escaped unhurt, but had evcral balls to p.irS Ihrsugh his coat and pantaloon. On another occasion, whilst in this ame ganisoii the Indians became so troublesome that it was danirerous to venture out at all. It was at the haz aid of one's life to go to the creek or branch w ithin sight ol the fori. 1 here was tin old lady in the garrison who had a horse about this time which she could get no one to ride to water for her. After making application to sev eral, she akcd Montjoy if he would he so obliging as to risk his life in tiding her horse to water. Without any sort of hesitation Jordan complied with the old lad) s request, took his pistol mounted Iter horse, and rode to the creek. Vhilt Ihe horse was drinking he discovered an Indian slipping from the bank nearest the fori, and before he could wheel, ihe savage, had hi bridle reins in his grasp. With ihe quickness of thought, Jordan drew his pistol and lodged the contents in the bosom of his assailant. Such boldness and presence of mind, euch perfect corn

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o well calculated to try the nerve ol a lad. acquired for him, very deservedly, t high character among his associates in arms. Many other incidents, similar to the ibove, miaht be related, it is said, of this youthful hero of the revolution. Ie is vet living in Spartanburg Disaicl, but very it firm from the exposure nd suOerinus of the revolution which lave brought on a premature weakness of body and mind.This city, stiii ueu nut a lew niues rorn Jerusalem, is memorable, as the birth-place of David and of the Messiah, of whom David was a progenitor, and in some respects an antetype. Oir -on! is said to be a son, that is. a deccnd.inl of Abraham and of David. Both these patriarchs w ere distinguishd lor their faith and piety, and thu with propriety Jesus, the Saviour, is called their son. This title was fiepicntiy given our Lord, by the Jews. Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy oa me," was the invocation, by whir h he tick and maimed and blind ad dressed h;m. And at lus t lumn hont entry into Jerusalem, just before he was delivered up lo the ilom tn Gover nor to be crucified, the shout was "llv-! sauna lo the son ol David, blessed is ie who comelh in the name for as the messenger) of the Lord." It was foretold by the Jewish piophel long before us advent, that Bethlehem should arise to rule or govern (spiiitually) the eople of God. Just helot c the birth of Christ, (the Menials.) there, was a census ordered by Augustus, the second Latperor ol Rome, lo whom Jude.i was then in subjection; and then the inhabitants were enrolled or numbered ncrding to their respective tribes. Ma ry and Joseph, being of the tribe or auage ot David, repaired to R :h ehem, the place of h's birth and that of his fathers before him. The puMic louses were all occupied, perhaps with Ihe more opulent of the tribe; and thev were obliged to lake up their :bod in the building designed chiefly for the kinc. Here, the Saviour of men was born, and laid in a mang;-r:not indeed. t temporal but a spiritual saviour; and it mattered not where was his cradle, or how- he was cradled at his birth. Bui angels hailed tho event as about to bring peace on earth and good w ill to men and declared that the infant in the manger was to be the Messiah md the Saviour of men. Luke is more particular in narrating these events than the other sacred writers; for he probably had them from Mary herself. who lived fifteen vears after the death of our lord. Bethlehem was a place of some note as early as the time of Samuel, nearly eleven hundred years before the birth of our Saviour. The vine and the olive abound on the sides of mountains and other places in the vicinity. Il was once far more populous than at present. The inhabitants are Catholics, Greeks and Armenians, who vend relics to pilgrim visitois, and are never at a loss for a story to give value to them, as a lemnant ot the house, or budding, or rock, where or near which the infant child Jesus was born. At present, it contains about three hundred houses and twenty-five hundred inhabitants; who have very little of the lofty and pure spirit of him wlhose name thev profess. But the as sociations of the name and place are dear to the believer in the humble son of Mary, who was sent of God to en lighten and save the world. But his word and his thoughts he hath chosen the foolish things of the world to con found the wise, and weak things there of to confound the mighty, and he is pleased by the foolishness (as sometimes it is called) of preaching to save those who believe. There are three convents in Bethle hem, for Ihe Catholics, Greeks and Armenians; but the greatest ornament of the jdacc is a stately church or con vent built by the empress Helena, on the spot where il is supposed our Sav iour was born. Bethlehem is mentioned as early as the time of the patriarch Jacob. In early times lis vicinity was a place for keeping sheen. 'I hat was Ihe occupa lion of David in his youth. And when the Messiah was born there, shepherds were in the fields feeding and tending their flocks. The parentage and birth of that great prophet who was ihe Light of the world, and whose sublime

doctrines are for the sanctiiicaiion and salvation of mankind, serve to show that the Most High estimates things quite dilFeiently from the great and the noble among men. The life and character of the Holy Jesus seives to otir contempt on the s; h ndors of hu man reatt:-es and to show that it is a niotal power which is to renovate and improve society. And there is cause of gratitude to heaven, that there are indications ot ihe more poweiful vvoikit!g of the spirit of the gospel; and that the lime is appioaching, when the nai e forms of religion and the speculative dogmas of men will give place to Use doctrines of primitive Christianit v. .imcriam .M.mazinc.

WOyi.VVS JiAM). There is scarcely in the whole scope of our enjoyment (it is bold assertion but oh, how true) a sensation more delightful than. that arising fiom ihe wiiim touch of woman's "hand. Its very delicacy and weakness, as il glides into more strong and manly grasp is iit enihlem of the that confidence the heart is so desitous to bestow upon its destined protector. And whilst the nerves thrill over the sof: linger, and the elecli icity of passion is lilting every vein whilst a spirit richer and mote refined than thought itself flutters in the bosom how the heart seems strivin to ev and itself into thai unutterable" cstaey t being so seldom feft, so impossible to be ucscrihed. Reader, if like myself thou hast slipcd over ihe. mature age of thirty, in voke, I pray thee, the aid of memory, md let her ret ail in moon -light (itfulcss, (ho scenes of the courtship, the pnl mornings of hope and feat of ove, joy and passion. Let these visions ol bliss again rise in fhadowv review. ike toe springing afresh a rainbow fountain too will own that whether amtdst the luxuries of art; the scrutiny ot the biilliaut chandalier or in the soli tude of nature's unarmed serenity of a summer's eve, or revelling in the bobel voices of the merry sleigh bells if thou couldst but win ihe confidence of her thou lovest, so seemingly unconscious it lad escaped her maidenly keeping she would trust her timid hand in thine thy thoughts were flooded with delight. the very bosom glowed with a generous Heart (;i more holy, more pure than iua. ot tne altar; lo protect, to comfort her to minister to her joys, lo be her guard, her all in all ? If thou didst not lliou wast no lover. Purchased with the soft remiiiisence of stolen glances, (the first effect of tin pledged love) timid speeches and ar dent vows, comes the withering thought of faith broken, looks enraged, and vows forgotten the old countenance the h iughtv answer, the disdained smile. A his! memory is loo faithful a witness md when called to hear testimony to Ihe dearest pleasures ; 'Lang Syne1 dare even there be cross examined. The subjoined Maxims for wives are so excellent, that they are supposed lo have been compiled by a lady. If so, some pattern of good husbands ought to set himself to the task of presenting four maxims on the other side, to matel maxims roit v.iyi:s. I. A good wife always receives lit husband with smiles leaving nolhin undone to render home agreeable and gratefully reciprocates his kinddessand attention. II. She studies to discover means to gratify his inclinations, in regard lo food and cookery in the management o her family in her dress, maimers and deportment. III. She neveraftempts lo rule or apoear lo rule her husband. Such con duct degiades husbands and wive6 always part. ike hugely in the degrada tion of their husbands. IV. She in every thing reasonable complies with his wishes; and if possi hie anticipates their.. VAX ftm? IULS. I do love to meet a Yankee girl, let it be where it will; but more especially when it is west of the Hudson; for then her pure simplicity of word and action contrasts so amiably with the constrained manner of too many a mongst us, whose heads and hearts have both been spoiled by an arttticia state of society. She generally speak what she thinks; nor is she fearful of thinking independently either; her ac tions, though free, never go beyond

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the strictest rules of propriety; and even the mo:t fastidious, who may at first imagine her imprudent, soon beciine assured that she is less eiratic in thought than the mincing prude who chides her r.eice of fifteen for smiling with unconstrained openheartedness in the face of her cousin who has just returned from abroad. I feel as if I had j tsl emerged from the confined air of ;i city into a pure breezy atmosphere, when I find myself in the society of a genuine Yankee girl who has moved in good tcciety and possesses a culti-au-d mind. The most excellent traits which I lave coserved in die Yankee girl aitt icr evenness of disposition and fine low of spirits. You will always find er the sauu see her where you will md when you w ill. And you are nev er at a loss to understand her, for she ias none of the low tricks which have ccome too fashionable amongst many young ladies, who are constantly, in their social intercourse with our sex, ngaged in fighting under false colors, until we are obliged to turn about in ne re self protection become as great ypocnles as themselves. Baltimore l'aner. jiii-:sKxci: or mind. We have heard of a remarkable in tnnce of ptesence of mind exhibited a few diiys since by an intelligent boy of G or U y ears in Fittsfield, which is worlh recoiding. lie w as alone on the banks of a mill pond, when he unfortuately slipped and fell in. The water was deep, and he knew not how to swim and on coming lo the surface he found limself at the distance of several feet from tin: shore. At that moment it occurred lo him that it was stated in .'.nicy's Magazine, a work which he iad read with great care and delight, ih at if peisoas in such a predicament would throw themselves on their back, and kick with their feet, at the same time keeping their hands perfectly sill!, they would be able lo keep their head-; above water for a long time. He tried the experiment, which was successful beyond his hopes, for his head being towards the bank, after kicking manfully for a few moments, he was eii.ibk d to gnisp a bush on the boar ders, and gain terra firma ! So much for I'itrlev's Magazine and presence of mi nd. Mercantile Journal, Employment of time. A person takes up some useful or agreeable book every morning at breakfast, and nt the end of the year, has spent agreeably, and we. may say profitably, as many half bouts as will come to nearly three weeks; another always takes up a Latin grammar, and a Janua Liiiguorum, in the same intervals, and at tho end of the year has acquired a tolerable knowledge, of Latin, thus you see that whether a young man shall know two or three languages besides his mother tongue, and something of natural history and philosophy, may depend on the seeming trilling circumstance of how he spends ihe few spare minutes at (he beginning and ending of his meals, from the age of fifteen to twen-Iv-five. LtTEKATuitL. The fate of man turn often upon the influence of Literature. It has allccled, and sometimes changed, hL habits, his laws and hii policy. It has refined and elevated human nature; it has preserved from oblivion his actions, individually, or as a part of the mass moving with him, cither to leach us to he w ise after example, or to warn us, by its impressive lessons, against the evils lo come. Utility. Our own age is distinguished, in all its cllbrts, by its regard for the happiness of mankind. The most wonderful discoveries of the times which we live are for the benefit of the many, rather than the few, and they are but the heralds of wonders yet to come. A Bachelor's Idea of a Wiee. A wife should have nine qualifications which begin with the letter V, Piety, Perseverance, Patience, Prudence, Patriotism, Politeness, Persuasion, Penetration, and Poition. , That which should be first of all, in consideration, which is piety, is now-a-days the least of all, and with many, not at all. That which should he hist of all, and last in consideration, is Portion, is with sonic all in all.

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