. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . with one of the parties, thoughentirely ignorant of the merits of the question at is-sue. Fairplay, says one; hit him again, saysanother; separate them, says a third; walk tothe mayors office, cries out a fourth and yet noone knows which of them is in the right But it ishuman nature, and of course we are bound to putup with it. The Devils Wig.—Some years ago, as thelate Kev. Mr. Pringle, of Perth, was taking awalk one Summers afternoon upon the Inch,two young beaux took it into their heads tobreak a jest upon the old parson. Walkingbriskly up t
. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . with one of the parties, thoughentirely ignorant of the merits of the question at is-sue. Fairplay, says one; hit him again, saysanother; separate them, says a third; walk tothe mayors office, cries out a fourth and yet noone knows which of them is in the right But it ishuman nature, and of course we are bound to putup with it. The Devils Wig.—Some years ago, as thelate Kev. Mr. Pringle, of Perth, was taking awalk one Summers afternoon upon the Inch,two young beaux took it into their heads tobreak a jest upon the old parson. Walkingbriskly up to him, and making their bow polite-ly, they asked him if he would tell them thecolor of the devils wig. The worthy clergy-man, surveying them for a few seconds, madethe following reply : Truly, here is a mostsurprising case ! Two men have served a mas-ter all the days of their life, and cant tell thecolor of his wig! A man has just tyrannical mastersto serve, as he has unsubdued passions. Nov xxnO AND LADYS COMPANION. 345 THE Purgatives should nol be used in any case whatever. TheyTire at variance with every principle, of my system, as will beseen by reference to the New Guide. They irritate the bowels,and destroy the equilibrium of the circulation, which we shouldalways endeavor to avoid. Tlic sudden deaths of which we often hear as occurring among the Thomsonians, are no doubtprincipally owing to the administration of cathartics. * * *Since iriy Agents have discarded the use of butternut and bitter-root, they are muth more successful in their practice. Samuel Thomson. BOSTON, OCTOBER 1, 1840. BOSTON THOMSONIAN MANUAL. DR. SAMUEL THOMSON, Proprietor. The proprietor of the Thomsonian Manual re-spectfully informs the public that the seventh vol-ume of this periodical will be commenced on the15th day of November next—by which time sub-scribers are requested to send in their subscrip-tions. The Manual will contain such original and se-lected matter as will te
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