"I\lature"s changes are sublime, J» Autumn’s shades again appear.-i On the -northern tempests riding, _ Cradled in the rushing storm, ‘Winter bleak, apace is striding, Vernal beauty "flies. his form. . ,I_-.ate,w,as.seen the joyous spring, _ Bl-ifithe he caI?ol’d o’er.the plain, ; Music hov’ring on the wing, A 'Welcom’d in Ms tender train. VVh_'en‘t'h'e morning slty-lark, singing, Soa_r’d above the m"onntain’s trees,- All the grove with music ringing, A V \Vaver’d= lightly in the breeze. ‘-Summer then, fair natu're"s child, Came his beauties to disclose, Then he sported in the wild, A Then he crin‘tson’d inthe rose‘. ffhen the Zeph’yr.’s gentle pinion, ‘ ' ‘Spreajd its fragrance thro’ the vale, ’ ‘Short the_ time it held dominion, Soon its hues began to fail. Kattxreis beauties swiftly fly,- _ Even’. now they cease to bloom,-‘ Now they languish, now they die,- ‘ -Hurrying to a wint’ry tomb. ‘3.’.Z.‘» 1‘. O, adieu.-ye scenes so vernal, V Ea_rth’s beauty fades away 3.. But we'_riso to scenes eternal, - Sccnes,.,.whosoysplendors ne'er decay.- " “ LUC10-. _.. ah/Iiiscell?a;11y. . ._-,1 rnoiu‘ POULSON’S. ADVERTISER. _ THE VlI~‘.TUO.U,S WIFE. _ [ Translated from the German, by a Slmlent‘.] . Whosocvcr has galoctl a virtu ous wife, pos-_ scsscs a_ treasure of intrinsic "worth-._'.a prize of higher value tliairtlie most costly, pearl. Such a treasure had, Rabbi Meir,,the great teacher, obtained. He sat, on the Sabbath, in the synagogue, _i_nstr'ucting the people.---- In the mcauitime, death, who" often aims his poisoned shafts against the infant breast and’ spares the ‘aged and infirm, did, by an unex- pected‘ stroke, deprive the. 'p1LI‘(‘.'lllS of two goodly sons ; bo‘th'we.re of handsome shape E-«both, by a fat_he_r’s care, enlightened in the aw’: . His partner looked at first on 'thisbe.reave- mentwith all the feelings of a tender moth- er ; "but, soon her. piety shone predominant. and in the. duties", of the wife, each,sclfish wish was buried. Anxious to save her hus- band from those pangs which a too sudtlcn knowletlge of his loss might raise, she mo- ved the bodies of her sons”into,her chamber »—laid them on her bed, and with white dra- pery concealed them." ‘ » In the evening Rabbi Meir returncd,- and with .a father’s fond solicitude, inqui.red,- ‘ where ar_e my sons, that I may give to them the blessing?’ ‘ They are gone. into the syn- agogue,’ replied his wife. " I looked around, while there, in expectationof their coming, but saw them not-,’ rejoined the Rabbi. She reached him a goblet with wine——.hc 'praiscd the Lord at the ending of the Sab- bath, drank, and again asked. ‘ where are my sons, that they may also drink and par- take of the blessing i’ €'I‘hey are not far,’ she said; and wish- ing to change the object of his thoughts, with ready hand prepared their evening meal. Of this he did partake, and after giving thanks, his wife thus spoke; Rabbi, permitme to ask your judgment in- a cause \vhich'much con- cerns me. A few years since a person gave i uto in care some jewels :-—these I received with p easut-e.,watchcd theirsafety with an anxious mind, contemplated with pride their worth, and dar_cd,at’lcngtli, to view them as ly owi'1_=‘,7 'tvli'en, in an utiéx_pected=lit>tur, is mes-1' en"ge.r is ’ sent,‘wl1o, ‘in’ his m:1ster’s name, otli claim iny ' valuedqjchiarge‘; Shall I re- tore these gems tohim? '3 My wife ‘ought to,t,fi.rst to inquire this,’ said Rabbi Meir ; _' wilt thou delay returning to the owner each me that he hath lent thee 2’ .‘ Oh’ no,’ an-‘ nvered ‘she, ‘ ifit is unjustso to do :---butl tvould not-1_'eturn them without thy knowl- edge.’ — She then conducted him to thechamber, ' walked forward and removed from the dead bodies their ‘covering; Oh my Sons~! my Sons ! cried the‘ father, in thcfulness of his grief--do I find you thus 3 I gave you life, I ‘enlightened your mental eyes in the law, ind looked up'on_you as the solace of my de- élining years, w‘lien on‘ a sudden, I find my- elf bereft of you. _ She turned from him, wishing to conceal ie agitation of her mind, but roused at ength by the violence of his grief, she seiz- lhim by the hand and spoke. ‘Rabbi, hast thou not taught me, that it contrary to the moral as well as religious (ties of men, to refuse. restoring. what is in- usted to their care? Behold the Lord hath ven, the Lord hath taken away, blessed be a name of the Lord.’ , The name of thc"Lord be praised, joined ibbi Meir,"conscious he 1.aa- erred‘ in repl- Lig at His will who is infallible; in mur- nring at his mandate, who is omniscient. It is truly said, ‘ Whosoever hath found a 'tuous wi'fe has a treasure greater than the st "costly pearl ; she opens her mouth th wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of idncss.’ ‘ " An Indian Chief being asked his opinion of a cask of Madeira wine, presented to him by an oflicer, said he thought it a juice ex- tracted from women’s tongues and lion’s hearts ;" for after ho-had dranka bottle of it, he could talk forever, and fight the devil. Nothing is so contagious-as example ;' no - :cr is any considerable good or ill done that does not produce its like. -We imitate good ~ ‘examples through emulation; and bad ones through a malignity in our nature which shame concealed, and example sets at liberty. There is very little generosity among men. Interest and self-love pervert all their senti- ments. ‘ OIL SPRING. E.-rt-racl Q)’ a letter, dated’ Woods-ville, Ohio, July 7’, 1818, to a friend. in Bolton, Conn.‘ “ ln the remainder of this letter, I shall give you an account of a natural curiosity in the state of Ohio ; and rest assured 1 shall give you nothing exaggerated. Three weeks since Aaron B.‘ Jones, Esq. George Jones, his bI'0l'.lt(‘-1', an_d myself, mounted our horses, taking with us a companion, and, directed our course S. West from this place, through a pathlesswiltlerness _for thirty miles, until we arrived on the banksjof-"Duck Creek.-— Un the north-east. branch of said creek, in lat." 38 deg. 39 min. we found an Oil Spring. This is one of the. greatest curiosities in na- ture : A It is in the form of a well. I sat Iny- sclf down on the brink of it to make observ- ations, which shall be given as nearly as I can describe with my pen.'- The well is about seven feet from the edge of the creek. It has been accurately ascertained to be 42 feet deep from the surface of the ground to the bottom, and is 3 feet in‘ diameter at the top. A piece of a large button wood tree has been hollowed out and placed for a curb on the top to prevent people from falling into it.-—' _The oil boils up continually, like the boiling of a large soap kettle, and runs ‘into the creek in a small stream.‘ It‘ is as fine as any sperm oil from the head of a sperm whale: the quantity which rises is about five barrels a week. I followed the creek up and down nearly three miles, andfound it completely covered with oil. ‘ I found an old ladle lying near, which I dipped into the oil and forced- bc three feet deep._ I drew out with the la- dleas fine salt water as I ever tasted» in the ocean.’ I then tried the goodness of the oil, antl found -it to burn clear and bright. A boy, a few weeks since, inorder to ascertain whether ‘oil would burn on water, touched a firebrand’ to that on the creek; instantly it was in a tremendous flame, which ascended Q00 feet in the air, nearly a mile up and down the stream. I I saw ' limbs of trees, which were nearly one hundred feet high, burnt. oil’ as smooth as if thoblaze of a fur.‘ nace had struck them. The smell of the oil very much resembles_ that of British oil.” Cm-ions qfect (ltt1"lfI‘tl.f8tl to .S'a_[;"-ran.-—--A mercantile man, who had invariably been in- com_mo_ded‘ ‘with vomiting d'uri’n'gthe voya- ges wliiclilie was frequently underthc ne- cessity of taking, one day purchased about apound of Saffron, and with a view of eva- dingthe heavy,duty' imposed uponyit, con- cealed thc packet in his shirt. During the passage he experienced no inconvenience from sickness, although the. sea was rough'.-- The good “effect in question he‘ ascribed -to the Safl*‘ron ; and communicatted his conjec- tures to several others, who‘ have repeated the same experiment with success. ’ From that time.the narrator has. never gone on ‘ ovation ‘Wonder .’-—“-‘Its is 'stated”‘in— the Sack- ettas-Harbor Gazettegof Sept. 8th, on the‘ authority of a gentl_eman_ of ‘ unquestionable; vt-racity," that an animal resemblingthe Wild Man q‘f’thc'Wao‘ds_. has lately ‘been seen’ in that vicinity. He was distinctly seen for sometime, and is represented as bending for- ‘ ward when running—hairy, and the heel of the, foot narrow, spreading at the‘ toes. The’ Mawninotli Cave, in Indiana, which was discovered someycars ago, has been lately explored (tliough-not fully)‘ the distance of from 6 to 9 miles. It containspa number of large and singular rooms, and abounds in‘ Sulphate of Magnesia or Epsom Salts, (ve- ry superior.) Salt-petre earth, &C‘. At the fork of the Cave, are two ‘specimens of paint- ing, ‘probably of Indian origin‘ _; one appears to be a Savage with a bow in his hand; the known what it was intended to represent.-- The Cave’ is in Township No. 3, of Section‘ 2.7, (government lands ;) and the hill in which it is situated, is 400 feet high, the top principally covered with oak and chesnut. Moralist. , ‘.N'eith'cr4lo I condemntItee—-Go,and siimonzore.’ The most alluring attribute of etcrnalpm'z'- ty is .WIercy.' From the justice of an offend- ed God, whose-warningswe have despised, whose holy laws we have trampled under foot we turn with a feeling of ‘. inward horror.’--— But when we view the blessed Saviour, pleading’ for a wayward world, and willingly ct! ‘ He was woundedfor our transgressions, he was bruised‘ for our iniquities, the chas- tisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed !’ ' The life of the Redeemer was one contin- ,ued series of acts of benevolence andmercy. He knew the frailty of our nature, and _‘knowing, pitied and forgave. What a les- son of kindness was that, when he said to the woman taken in adultery, after her ac- cusers, smitten with a sense of their own fal- libility, had silently withdrawn from his just re.proof——-“ Neitlze-2' do I comlenm thee--Go, and sin no more ."’ _ Reader, has thy brother’ injured thee P-'-—-5 Condcmn him not. ‘ Vengeance is mine; saith the Lord, and I will repay it.’ Rather‘ extend to him the hand of forgiveness; drop the tear of regret upon his errt-rs, and show that mercy which a bleeding Savour is ready to show unto you.---Boston I’cmkee. --—---:i-~.'.'=-n---—— . _ To Die.--All solemn scene, yet sure ! Na- ture recoils at the gloomy thought, and fain would pass it o’er. The tyrant niay forget the. object of his revenge, the parent her smiling offspring, and man his God, but Death remembers. man must die. Our lot re- mains unchanged;-our doom fixed. Earth- ly splendor is no exemption from his shafts -—youth and beauty obey his mandates. To day in health, to-morrow “ food for worms.” The tender ties of earth cannot prolong our stay 3 the tear of parental fondness, and con- jugal affection, avail not; the tide of life spent, we must depart to worlds unknown. The pillow of disease is the moment of re- llection ; we then cast a retrospective eye on times long past, and their improprieties; we bid them not welcome ; the intruders fix on our minds, and-torture our departing spirits. View this picture, ye giddy triflers—-ye‘ fashionable libertines, and cease to mock Omnipotence. In the last. dread conflict, gle’s- lost-—and Death is conqueror still—- Reflect-—-reform ! ’ Z./1 .Medz'tation.-‘—-Wino‘ can behold the fair structure of the heavens and the earth, with- out feeling a powerful desire to understand their origin, and to be acquaintedin some measure, at least, with the Architect who it down into the water, and found the oil to»’rea1-ed them“? Gold is the heart that kin- dles not into devotion, when the. skiesblaze with ten thousand lamps; and grovelling the mind which rises not through the systemof the universe‘ to the great first Cause 1 Blind is that understanding which cannot see, amid the vicissitudes of seasons, and the changing l,lgssi.ngs of the Spring, the Summer, the Au- of a.faithful.friend, and the_bounty of an un- wearied benefactorl. Insensible is that m_an who can look upon this grand machinery. and live -in the bosom.of creation, yet per- ceive no order, no harmony, , no loveliness, no design, or upon whom they make no im- pression ! Let the friend of my choice be one who can relish the majesty’ of nature; ‘who on the close of the day, will observe the eve- ning spread liergrey and dusky mantle over the features of the lantlsape, till they are lost and extinguished ; whose eye is fixed with delight on the stars as they break one by one through the encreasitng obscurity, and who, withdrawing from the world can relish rc- Thc ffiend of God and the admirer of na- ture, is the object whom I would cho’ose as my companion and love as myown soul. The cause of Religion is more decplywoun- dcd by the indifference of its friends, than board a vessel without his sam-‘on packet. _by the hostility of its enemies. _‘ .Scoth snuff is not only destitute of fine flavor, other was so much__ defaced, that it wasnot‘ making atonement for their errors, how for-. cibly must we feel the language of the proph- friends may .wish in vain-—-Naturc’s strug- tumn, and the Winter, the superiutcndancc A -tircmgnt, nor envy the dissipation of life.—- _. .: -‘x.- '-\_’\‘l‘‘‘' - en---—-....,_ . ,_...-:.- ‘T ---. A olatilo Head-Achie‘ A Prepare':tl‘by éfolm P.--Wltiptwell-, Qhemist—'-and‘ ‘ ' ‘ ’ ‘Drug-giist--*Boston.t ‘ ' . " (Comfzased jzrincipolly of Roots, and flromatie _Hcr'b.s-j--1-’atmtc‘-d and Warr antéd. ’ V EVV or none of the snuifs in ordinary use. unite those advantages as an elegant sternu- tatory, which Tobacco, combined with other in-‘ gredients, iscapable of producing. The common but is universally ,_al-lowed.t‘o be _i.nju,~iou3 to the head and stomach, and sooner orlater elfects the transparency, and colour of the skin. The coarse black snuffs, instead of clearing and stimulating the olfactory nerves, serve. but to ohsfru_ct and‘ deadcn them ; and in process of time, by stop. ping the passages, has an‘ evident efit-dtiupon the, speech. _ T he Volatile dramatic Snzgf, will, by ex; perience, be found not liable-to these objections-5-v its flavor is fragrant and delightful-_-the effect‘, pleasing and salutary—it opens and purges the head—-sensibly stimulates the spirits, and re-‘ moves that drowsiness which on some occasions will prevail in spite of our utmost efforts to bafile far superior for this purpose to theCephalie snuff. In casesof eatarrh,- or what is commonly called a cold. in the head, a pinch ‘or two taken at night on going to bed, will, by moistening the mucus, effectually. remove all obstructions _before_-morn-i mg. — All those t-roubled with the hypochondria or vapors,-willfind in this chemical.pr‘eparation, a complete antidote, During; a tedious confine- ment in a crowded hohse, or a warm atmosphere, after a fatiguing walk, or .a long'ride,‘a pinch or two of this snuff will by itslgratelul and enliven? mg qualities, richly repay’ the purchaser the trouble of constantly having itin his pocket, and which,-_when._wel‘l secured,'_will, for a long tirne,-. F ram its -great antiputrescent -qualities, no com- positionis better qualified toresist contagion ; the use of It therefore is indispensable for all those who watch with, or visit the sick. All sedentary and studious persons of either sex, will find by its occasional use, a cheap and cheering relief from that lassitude which invariably accompanies a long sitting, or much reading. This snuff, the. fragrance of which is derived altogether from the natural flavor of the pri'ncipal.articles of which it bottle, made expressly for the purpose, and which willbe found to unite all the advantages of a snu Box. ~ . ~ Ccrtgf/icatcfrom Doct. Benjanzin I/Vatc7‘/10u.s'c, Fel- low of the ./Imcrican ./Ic(zden'2y_.\qf flrts and Sci- cncc's—-and of the Jlfedical Society in Lrmdo"7z-‘- and of the National .Mcc1ical Scliool o/‘1"ra7zce- and late Professor of the T/zeory and Practice of P/zysic in the University" of Cambrz'dge. Boston, Ilfilk-Street, lllarch 30, 1813. Sz‘r—In answer to your. letter containing an en- umeration of the articles composing your snuff, together with a sample of it. 1 would remark‘, that although I have found no reason for changing my well known opinion of the pernicious effects of the inordinate use of tobacco, in any form, Inev- ertheless cannot perceive the same objection to yours. The articles are certainly innocent in their qualities. Those liable, to nervous and oth- er head-aches well know that fits of these dis.- tressing affections, most commonly subside on a spontaneous sneezing towards night, and if this relief can be expedited by a sternutatory, I should give the preference to your snulf over that of powdered tobacco, or even the imported Cc]:/zalic Smmj‘, the ingredients of which are unknown to us. VVith this view I have used your composi- tion myself, and recommended it to others. I am _vours,,&c. B. Vwvrsanousu. T 0 J. P. W/zittwell, C/zemist aad Druggist. For sale by ST. JOHN & ISAACS. Norwalk, July 7, 1818. p , ._ .. . 1711 L. . NFORMS the public that" t§s.- still continues -the business of ' _" . ' Stone Cutting, A At his ‘stand,’ a few. rods north of the bridge, where may be had Stone of every description, at short notice. _He hasjnst received a goodies- sortment of V.'hite Marble, of an excellent qual- ity, suitable for Head Stones, and keeps constant‘- ly on hand a generalassortment of Scotch Grey," and Jersey Free Stone, suitable for I-Iearths, Chimney-pieces, Grave Stones, 8:6. Also, Soap Stone, of every description ; all of ‘which will be well finished, on terms as reasonable as can be afforded by any one in the county, those who are in- the habit of peddling their stone,-not excepted. Norwalk, June 3. 5 , JUST PUBLISHED, .‘ and for sale at this Qflicc, and also ‘by the ‘ 1’osl-Rizler.s-, ? THE l£llS'l‘0P.Y OF LITTLE r3n+:NaY AND HIS BEARER. ‘ Blank Executions, 1r.,1~ the Collection of Military Fines, just‘ printed and for sale at this Oliice. Aug. 18.‘. 1' - . y: ,<- _ K1 answer all" the purposesiof asmelling. bottle.-—— is composed, is well stopt in a handsome square A 1%, By repeated experiments, it is known .to__...;l)V,¢-.§ ~ 3 " " of essential service to those who are troubled -with _ long, dull, nervous head-aches, and will be found
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