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’bring up a sermon from the bottom, my
"' imoii Tun RICHMOND coM1>ii."i-‘zit.’ ‘
THE ROSE OF SHARON.
Go, ‘Narrior, pluck the laurel bough,
And bind it round thy reeking brow ;
Ye sons of pleasure I blithely twine
A chapter of the purple vine;
And beauty, cull each blushing flower,
That ever deck’d the sylvan bower ;
No wreath is blight-,.no garland fair,
Unless sweet Sll‘dl‘0n’S Rose be there.
The laurel branch will droop and die,
'I'he vine its purple fruit deny,
"The ‘wreath that smiling beauty twin’cl,
VVill leave no lingering bud behind ;
For beauty’s wreath and beauty’s bloom,
in vain would shun the withering tomb,_ _
VVhere nought is bright and nought is lair,
;,jUnless sweet Sharon’s Rose be thet'e.
' Bright blossom ! of immortal bloom,
Of fadeless hue and sweet perfutne,
Far in the desert’s dreary waste,
Inlohe neglected beauty placed,
Let others seek the blushing bower’,
' And cull the frail and fading flower,
But I’ll to drearest wilds repair,
If Sharon’s deathless Rose be there.
VVhen nature’s hand with cunning care‘,
No more the opening loud shall rear,
But hurl’d by lieaven’s avenging sire
Descends the earth-consumitig fire ;
And desolation’s hurrying blast,
O’cr all the saddened scenehas past,
There is a cliine forever fair,
And Sharon’s Rose shall flourish there.
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ritoist Tire ._M‘oni~:inc._ cnnonicLi.=;.
THE DANDIES.
Behold I what’s that so very tall and slender ?
It means a man, but looks of netiter gender ,
Its waist I really fear will snap in half,
Oh 1 how I scorn to see a man turn ca!f—-
Piis stays are drawn so tightlle scarce can budge,
But this he’ll tell you’s_nothipg ‘ but a fudge ;’
That nature kind has given him such a waist,
.Au:d taught him too his whiskers how to paste :
Let’s count-—nine capes he has upon his coat,
So neatly brush’d you cannot find a mote—'—
A black cravat his little throat must bind,
But willnot do unless ’tis tied bclitiid-
A bell crown’d_ hat upon his shallow pate,
For nothing \V1ll ‘ go down’ but such of late.
No doubt, he thinks this dress, this mincing air,-
Will turn the brain ofevery latlv fair ;
But when too late, he’ll from his dream awa}'.cn,
' And find them not by irzsrtta to be t'akn..'l.
Take my advice, and gather up your brains,
(If in your nodrllca such a thing remains,)
Improve your minds, and be like what you ought,
And then, by worth, you will again be sought ;
Throw offtliis iveakticss and resume your station
‘For dandiris, sure, could ne’er protect thegnation..
' Dz}
FROM THE PORT FOLIO.
THE LAY PREACHER. .
“ Better is the and q/‘a tiring I/tan I/ie ()cgz'n.~2i7tg~
t/Ic'7'c0f.”
_, Assuredly, said I, with adesponding face, when
I dipt my pen into my ink-horn. and expected to
liltleflock
of readers expect that the Pastor will make his
weekly visitation; and yet I feel too languid to
excurse far. I wish that the task was fulfilled.-—
Verily, verily, Solomon, whether you muttered it
when building the temple, or thinking of your
‘ccncuhines, you never muttered more wisdom,
.... ..p ‘L- -.4-_..s.-aajnng-._ .._.... .
than ‘ Better is the end of a thing, than the be-
ginning thereof.’ .
‘Nitliout an invocation to the sons and daugh-
t':.ts of Indolence, (for we know what would be
the language of that family,) should even the per-
severiug and industrious he asked the question,
they would refer the querist to Solomon's words
for an answer.
Beginning ! continued I, is like John Bun} an’s
hill, so drfiicult, that it would embarrass a C brist-
ian to get fairly over. Beginning! why it is the
terror of school-boys, and of pretty Miss in lief‘.
teens : it makes lawyers stammcr, and lovers
timid. I hate to begin my sermon ; and, quoth
mytgrandmother, looking at her knitting work,
through spectacles, I would rather foot ten pair
of your blue stockings, than begin one.
But of ending, how many fine sentences could I
scribble, had I ‘ the pen of a ready writer I’ How
eztttlzing the Saint talks of ‘/inis/ting the faith I’
how cheerily the labourer swings his scythe,
when haymaking is done !’ and how briskly a
bridegroom ascends three chamber stairs at once,
when courtship is at an end .’ I married a fund
couple last week, and, as usual. neglected the
wedding sermon, till the eager twain came blush-
ing into my study. V\/"hen I joined their hands,
I felt pulses ‘ beating high’ through their white
gloves, and saw eyes sparkle expressively, when
I extorzipoiized from ‘ Better is the end ofa thing
tltattthe liegiiiniiig thereof.’ ‘ _
One of my parishoners, a very industrious and
‘thriving cobler, who supports a wife, ‘ nine small
cliilclrc-n, and one at the breast,’ by his labour of
leather, I knew ‘ even from his boyish days.’ At
fourteen, he sang wicked ballads to his fellow ap-
prentices, drank raw rum in a frolic, out of the
old shoes of the shop, and burnt the boots of the
customers. At twenty-one, three benevolent
maideiis complained of him to the ’squire, and he
was obliged to pawn his freedom suit, to indemnify
the parish. He next commenced a roaring blade,
drank flip before breakfast, laid out his heel-tap
money in tobacco; and the tavern clock struck
one, when he told the last negro story. At
length he picked up Dr-. Franklin’s ‘ Poor Rich-
ard,’ and found that this was not ‘the “lay to
~VVealth.’ He broke his mug, threw away his
box, bought stock, earned money, kc/it it, and
married. Istopt at his shop a few mornings
since at sunrise, to try on a pair of shoes. As:
soon as the noise of six of his journeymen’s ham-
zners ceased, I could not forbcar comparing the
ast with the present. Ah I said I, looking wist-
fully at his last, and waxed thread he was twining,
and-all the fathers of the church, have puniied;
ah I" Mr. Crispin, how much more profitable is
‘your end, than your beginning I
’ Paley, an archdeacon of the church, and, what
is much better, a worthy man, tells us, in his
book of philosophy, that there. is a great differ-
ence between beginning-with a thousand pounds,
lend ending with a hundred,.and the reverse. ‘It
is of much Itiore import, iherelore, if we mean to
end well, that weshould begin tolerably. I know
i no better beginning for a young man, than a stock
of honesty, prudence, and industry": it is better
a rich father. If a man should take it into his
head to begin with knavery or theft, it cannot be
dissembled, though the words of Solomon are a.-
gairist me, tliatlhere are ignominious ends"; and
if hemp grew in Jerusalem, he ought to know it ;
if not, lprocced to inform him, that a ro/ie’.s- and
is one of -the most pitiful terminations in life.—
Neither ‘better,’ nor best, can be predicted of
such an ‘end,’ even by the accuracy of his logic.
"l'is a vile end ; and, you trickish jockies, be not
iti such haste to put off your spavined horses for
double their worth, to the believing buyer.-
Lame as they are, you may be willing to avail
yotii'sclVcs even of their imperfect speed to con-
vey you to Gcnnesec. Better that the Lake fe-
ver be your end, than the gallows.
VVhen my spirits are the victims of the east
wind ; when one of my agonizing head-aches dis-
turbs the ‘ palace of the soul ;’ when my small
salary is scantily and grudgingly paid; or, when
remembrance of false l_'riends, or ingratitude pres-
ses strongly upon me; I then read the 3d chap-
ter of Job, and exclaim, Better is the end of life
than the beginning. Some there are, who are
perpetually crowned with rose-buds of delight,
before they are withered; who ‘ eat and drink,
and enjoy the good of their labour,’ and then ‘ rise
up to play.’ To this class, existence has abund-
« ant charms; and their airy fancies, pleased with
the ‘beginning’ of life’s day, put far away the
‘ end.’ Butiit may be in’ de a very serious ques-
tion, whether the majority would not pronounce
the words of the text as a creed. He who is
poor or miserable, blind or naked, must certainly
wish for better accommodations, where he could
be well paid, fed, and enjoy ‘ perfect vision.’ To
such an unfortunate, such a smoky house as he
inhabits must be offensive ; and if you convince
his reason, that in a ‘ house not made with hands,’
more airy and gladsome apartments are prepared,
his feelings will rejoice when his mortal lease ex-
pires, and he will apply and believe the above
quoted words of Solomon. '
--’-q--‘.2:-~®——
./lnccrlote of a JV'un -At the time the English
army was in Portugal, under Lord Townsend, and
Count dc Lippe, the following’ adventure happen-
ed to an ensign in a regiment tliere.
One morning as he was at breakfast,a friar,
much of the same liberal t.trii of mind in regard
of gallantry, with Dryden’s father Dominic, wait-
ed on him, and after the usual jargon of poverty
and penance, told him that he had a letter for
him from one of the sisterhood of his convent,
which he brought out of pure charity, supposing
it contained some wholesome admonitions tending
to reform him. The young gentleman opened
the letter with great eagerriess, and to his utmost
surprise, fotind it written in English, and from a
' lady, begging in the most earnest terms, that he
would contrive to deliver her from the miseries
of her confinement. The officer, thinking his
fair incognita was well acquainted with her mes-
senger before she would have trusted him, asked
the friar if he could see the lady. Not unless you
put on the habit of our order, replied the priest,
which I have prepared for you.
It may be imagined that our gallant English-
man complied, for in about half an hour he was
introduced to a lovely young creature, who with
tears and blushes, hoped he would forgive the
method she took to obtain his protection; that
she was an English woman, and second daughter
to a Roman Catholic merchant of immense for-
tune, whb took Ilt‘.l‘ as it were on a visit of pleas-
ure to Lisbon, and then buried her in a monaste-
ry, in order to gratify his ambition in the match-
ing of her eldest sister.
The friar is an Irishman, and knows my fami-
ly; he will do all in his power to assist my es-
cape, as. if it be effected. Ican amply reward him.
A council of war was now called on the means of
getting out of the convent; when it was agreed,
that the friar should let them out at midnight, and
in order to prevent inquiry or pursuit, report that
she had drowned herself, a death which foreign-
ers think happens every day in England to young
women (lisappointecl in love, or wounded deeply
by strong passions. The plot succeeded. and the
officer was married next morning to the fair apos-
tate to perpetual virginity.
However, it was thought most advisable while
the troops continued in Portugal. for the lady to
appear in man's apparel. Upon her returningto
England, she found her elder sister‘ dead, and her
father in dispair, for being as he supposed, the
cause of his daughter’s making way with herself.
She waited upon him with her husband, aiida
new relation be had never seen. The old man
fainted within his daughter’s arms ; and this
meeting terminated in the reconciliation and hap-
piness of all parties.
A shoemaker, who could not get employment
at his trade, lately went to work for a pump bor-
er: an old acquaii'itance passing the shop, where
the son of Crispin was busily engaged at work,
asked him ‘ VVhy, friend, I thought you a maker
of shoes, how came you to quit’-—‘ VVhy,’ repli-
ed Crispin, ‘ I could get no employment at mak-
ing 8/10¢‘-5‘, so I tuyried to making /‘tum/zs. '
On a Sunday evening, an apprentice was de-
tected at a tavern, playing cards, for which he was
flogged by his master; the boy gaveikicks and
struggles, at which the master said——‘Ah, sir, you
may s/mflle and I’ll cut.’ ~» .
Monstrous Dose.-—Dr. H. P. Lee, of New-Lam
don, offers to give any person who will give him
infer-rnation of any person selling ‘ Billions Pills,’
under his name, and not prepared by him, one
grosc of said pills‘!-—Eaglc. .
./{jaw d’es/2rit.—A gentleman 0ljlSCl*vIllg a rep-
resentaiion of the Queen in the winrlo.w of the
King’s Arms Inn, in Preston. observed to a per-
son iiear him, ‘ the Queen is now where she
ought to be, in the King's arms.’-——i'.tmdon jza.
Sfzarlan "Oar/z.—-A curious specimen of the
manner in which state business was despatched
among the Spartans. '
‘ VVe that are as good as you do constitute you
our King. If you defend our liberties we will
defend you—if..uot, not.’ '
than stock in the shop, or a thousand pouiids from,
_ From the Raleigh (N. C.) Siaii. ‘ -
Remarkable Prc.m'varion.—Two or three "(lays
since, one of the workmen (an Irishman) who
was engaged in pulling the shingles front the
roof of our Capitol, was accidentally precipitated
from his situation, at the top of the building, and
must eventually have met instant death, had he
lnot, most providentially been ari‘es.ted in his de-
scent by a projecting ten penny nail. which enter-
ing deeply the fleshy part of his thigh, suspended
him on the eaves of the house until the necessary
aid was afforded him. His wound, which was the
immediate object of surgical care, is pronounced
trifling, and the honest and industriou_s laborer is
like soon to be able to make a second ascent, and
we hope not so dangerous and rapid descent.
Very gallant d71df1raf8e7L'OT!}1y inclecd.-—The le-
gislature of Kentucky have passed a law granting
to widows who are not worth $100 one hundred
acres of land each. Very good, so far, but we
should be glad to know why the antiquated Vir-
gin, who has never had a chance of becoining a
widow, who would as willingly have aided by all
lawful means in increasing the population of the
state, should be excluded‘tro'm the benefits of the
law ?-- Village Record.
/1 Hunt;-r.——Mr. Sylvanus Hill, now residing
in Ashtabultt county, (Ohio,) has killed, within
the last three years, in the N. Eastern part of the
‘Reserve,22 Elk; 25 Wolves; .‘_3 Bears; 2 Bea-
ver; 140 Deer ; S0 Otter; and has found 30
Odd swarms of Bees.'— l’Ve.slern Reserve C/iron.
From the N cw-England Gala.z'_z/.
Cold We-at/wr.—One of the most’ fruitful topics
of remark which has presented itself to newspa-
per editors since the'Btitish Queen's trial has had
the go-by, is the extreme cold weather. Not to
be out of fashion, we have taken some pains to col-
lect a few facts, which might be worthy to stand
by the side of those recoided by our neighbours.
Here they are:
A large oak tree in Brighton was split nearly in
the centre by the frost on Thursday‘ night last
week. The parts were separated to such a dis-
taticc, that our informant, a gentleman of the first
respect-.tbiliiy and of the highest reputation for
veracity, drove his slcig/i and two /zorsca l/zroug/I
t/"it-_fi.s'suic'. P. S. tince writing the above, we
are informed, that the mild weather which began
on Sunday 'cl0se‘tl tip the tree, and it has now no
appearance of having been split. ‘
On the saute evening. at. a ball, in Dorchester,
the party, while dancing,becatr.e perfectly frozen,
and remained twenty-four hours in the most gro-
tesque positions imagi.iable, a most amusing spec-
tacle, notwithstanding the sym/.at/iy which every
one who saw it must have felt for their unhappy
situation. _
Two men who were employed with a truck and
four horses to sled cotton from a vessel in the har-
bor up to India \Vharf, the distance of about half
a trifle, were so completely frozen on VVedncs-
day, as to defy all the labors of the Fuel Society
to thaw them. \Ve l.mCl'cl‘sll:‘.0(l that yesterday
their friends succeeded iti cutting from the rest of
the ice the piece on which they were immoveably
fixed, which was iminedately €.fc’(LI'€llO1lI fora W.
India port, where, iti s hoped by the influence of a
vertical sun they may be relieved from their mel-
ancholy situation. A
A gentleman informs us by letter, that meeting
one of his friends in the‘ stieet near the theatre
last week, their breath happening to mingle, it-
became immediately congealed to a bar of ice,
reaching from the mouth of one to the mouth of
the other, and that they were compelled to re-
main in this condition until they could walk to
the VVashington Gardens, where, after several do-
ses of hot whiskey punch had been arlniinistercd,
they were happily cxtricated from this novel mode
of cnibrocirzg.
OriginalArzccclotc.-——.rlfi2iir q/'}[onor.—-Two po.
litcal gentlemen of a ueigliboring town, a few
weeks since. engaged in the defence of their fa-
vorite tenets, and neither seeming willing to give
way to the other, at length became much warmer
in the dispute thanjthe merits ofthe subject real-
ly demanded: consequently, as a final resort, one
of the parties, contrary to the steady habits of
Coimecticot, pi‘t)pnSt'(l to settle their dilfei'ence
vi cl armt‘:.- ,- this was acceded to by the other, who
had the privilege of ciioosing weapons. At the
appointed time the parties met, uhcn, behold l the
weapons produced on the field of battle, werc—-
zwo squirts, and the ammunition--a]zaz'l qfwu.-.‘.~r .’
\Vhich gentleman came off victorious we have
not yet learnt, but its effect on the minds of the
spectators may very easily be imagined.
Rock Salt.
UST received and for sale by the 5lll)SCl‘ll)Cl’S,
a quantity of the first quality of Rock Salt——
Also, Turks Island Salt.
Sxrsi’i. 13uitnALL 8: Son.
Norwalk, Dec. 18.
1 c
.41 a Court qfProl1ate liolden at .rlt"or-wulr, Februa-
ry 5, 1821.
T WIIIS Court limits and appoints six motitlis
from this. date, for the czeditors to the es-
tate o{‘1«,‘/icm.-tus 1i'na/1/2, late of ‘.."v' ilton, deceased,
to exhibit their claims against said estate, and the
Administrators are hereby ordered to give public
notice thereof, according to law.
VVM. G. I.lET'I‘S, Clerk.
Public notice is hereby given that unless the
creditors to the estate Of Ei'l€"€"“5' K7151/‘fl: l3l'~" Of
\Vilton, deceased, exhibit their claims against
-mid estate within the time above limitxzo, they
will crct‘ after he deb-arree a lettal recovery.
CHARLES KSAPP, Eitec’i'.
VVilton, FCIL51 1321. j_“45
,1; a Court of Probate holder: at Stamford, t/is 26:7‘
(lay qfJanuary, I821 :
3, _1-1, Vlmoa, Judge, present.
PO-N the petition of SALLY _Scorini.i), of
l)at‘ien, in said district, guardian to hermi-
nor children, Mary Al. Seq/icld, and John 1). Sea-
field, praying for an order to sell certain lands be-
longing to said minors, as per petition on file: Of
this date, Ordered, by this Court, that the hearing
of said petition be postponed until the lst Monday
of April next, at 2 o’clock, P. M. at the Probate
Ofllce in said Stamford. 1 44
Attest -- SAMUEL Locttwoon, jun. Clerk.
i
F or Sale,
HAT valuable property, lately be
longing to Mr. Asa_I-loyt, lying?!
called, in. Norwalk, near a grind
the Village, so
lending, consisting of two_Hou,ses,_~two. I3a‘m3,:a.
'°§0"-’-. an extensive Pottery, and about sixty acres
of Land, well proportioned for Meadow, Plough,
and Pasture Land, and under good improvement.
Au indisputable title will be given. For further
particulars inquire of Benjamin Isaacs, Esq. near
the Bridge, Norwalk, or of the subscribers.
Joint D. Hicxs,
SAMUEL Hicxs,
VALENTINE Hicxs.
_New-York. July 12. 15 if
The Ctmklin Slrenglheiiiiig Plaster,
N admirable remedy for Nervous, Rheu.
matic or Gouty pains, and the Tooth Ache,
for sale by the subscriber in Norwalk near the
bridge, at 1% 1-2 cts. the roll. A reasonable ai-
lowance made to those who buy to sell again.
AARON NASH.
[By ./lit:/zorityo/’ the State of C'o7zn.ectz'cut.]
Fcwlijfield Episcopal Society
Lottery/—C'lrtss 2d. I
bCHEMl:‘.
i Prize of 33000 is $3000
3 : 1000 : sooty
4 : 500 : 2000
4 : 3'00 : 1209
4 : 200 : 309
M0 : 100 :. 14000
I00 : 50 : 5000
50 : 40 : 2000-
80 : 30 : 24-00
349 : 20 - : 6980
3270 .- 6* 2 19620
-4005 Prizes 60,000
7 995 Blanks
12,000 Tickets, at five dollars is 60,000
Less than two Blanks to 2: Prize, and all the
Prizes floating from the commencement of the
drawing, a circumstance very seldom, if ever,
known in this state.
The treasures of this Scheme are not absorbed
by one or two over-grown Prizes, as is commoti-
ly the case, but its wealth is more equally, and
therefore more usefully disrtributed}.‘s
The punctuality of the manage in drawing
the first Class of this Lottery, and their prompt
payment of the Prizes, gives them confidence in
issuing this, the second and last Class, together-
witli the laudable purpose for which the grant
was made, they confidently hope will induce the
public to patronize this.
All Prizes subject to the usual deduction of
fifteen per cent ; and Pi-izesless than 100 dollars
payable in sixty days, all others in ninety days
after the completion of the drawing, which will
commence at Fairlield, on the first Tuesday of
February next.
All Prizes not called for in one year will he
considered as generously given to the Society,
and not thereafter paid.
JEREMIAH S'rU1iGi~:s,
PHINEAS T.n'i.oIt,‘ Mana-
THOMAS F. ROWLAND, gers.
ZACHARIAH CLARK, .Iun..
Tickets for ‘sale by the Marzagers.
Fairlicld, Aug. 1, 1820. g 26
I13” Tickets and Shares for sale by _
VV. I. S'l'P.EET.
Also by JOHN LEEDS 8: SON, Stamford.
HEN a cure for one dollar, or at most, for
‘ two dollars, can be obtained for a cough,
cold, asthma, difiiculty ofwbi-eathing, tightness of
the chest, wheczing,- pain in the side, spitting of
blood, a strained ‘stomach, 8:c.- must it not be
a matter of surprise that we see the obituary daily
cords ? On an average, at ‘least 3C3”-=0ne mmdrrzd
and _/z_‘f1y tiwusand flersona die annually of con-
sumption, originating principally from taking
cold, commencing with cough, then difficulty of
breathing and pain in the side, at length the lungs
become affected, consumption ensues, and death
closes the scene. Alas l too often does prejudice,
by listening to some, and adopting the opinion of
others prevail ; thereby preventing a trial of such
medicines as might afford relief, under theidea
that no relief can be obtained. Scarce a case oc-
curs, but may berelieved by the timely applica-
tion of Dit-. R1-in-i~:’s ASTHMATIC l’ii.Lsl l 1
./18 a /troqf ofrw/zit/1, I/it follosving iittcrcsiing
cures are submitted to fiublic [tcrus-cl‘:
p;_,'~° MR. STETSON,
Of Hanover, was 9 years afflicted with violezi
pain in his right breast, attended at times with
great difficulty of breatliiug, and wholly incapable
of attending business ; after having tried in vain
allother medicine, was cured, and his health per’-
fcctlyrestored by two boxes of these pills.
.472 clderlyLady-, her daughter and grand-daugh-
ter, of Boston, were each dreadfully atiiicted with
asthmaand difficulty of breathing,wcre all ofihem
cured ill‘.-C‘. restored to perfect health by 7 boxes.
Judge , of Salem, had been many years
severely afflicted with a violent cough and diffi-
culty of breathing, was cured by two boxes ; his
sleep was restored on the second night, which
had been broken for many years.
./2 Lady oflioszon, turned of 60. was severely
afflicted with a violent cough, pain in the side, at
"mes spitting of blood, could not lie dovrn in her
ti
bed for 4 years, could not sleep but at short inter-
vals, was restoredto perfect health on taking 3
boxes. I
'1' liese pills give instant casein all coughs,cclds
astlimas. difficulty of breathing, wheezing, tight-
ness ofthe chest, strained stomach, consumption,
pain in the side, spitting of blood", chillness and
shivering.-3, the forerunners of riialignant fevers,
&c. ; common colds are removed in a few hours ;
the aged will experience relief equally agreeable
and instantaneous, even when the lungs are af-
fected. g:,'r’°./Zskjbr ‘Dr. Relfe’s Astl1ma‘.icI’ills.
One 601‘, corztainivzg 12 /tilt’-9, frcq21€7Illy cjfccla or
cure. To /zrcvcnt z'nz/tos-ition the outside printed
wrapper is signed ‘ VV. T. Conway.’--0123:-roe
this as you -value /tcaltlz.’ Prepared and sold whole-
sale by the sole proprietor, W. T. Co.wr.i2',.‘l'icm-
ist, No. l,Bumstead Place, Common-street, Bos-
ton, and retailed by special appointment by
13, g‘ C. IGAACS, Norwalk.
swelled with deaths, occasioned principally by‘
Norwalk Chronicler