- they defame,
int‘ aw-mi . at FN’T1'3‘1.“-‘.-‘”‘l!*‘W'.F' 1'4.R“- ’
The, moon is.up,.the evening SW‘, 4 I
: Sltl'ti€s'.'ltivély. fro!!! i!s‘.!i0.ms of l..>1.v.e s
-pf,’-,-.,5,’., ,r'tttstvi‘*s’.h’e%it‘d.9n we ficld '-tar-.
_, ‘tld"i_itt-. earth is robétl in a sombre’ hue;_
, 1‘«"p(m'; the.sh0t'eS' of'li'g'htthe be‘ar_ns_-come down
On’ tbe.‘i'ivei"s breast, and cold grave stone.
The kindling fires: o’ev heaven so bi'i$l“_"!
. Look sweetly out from yon‘ azure 563 'v_
Wliile the g;littcrin,g. pearls of the dew)’ '1“8'h~l!l
Secm.,,).',,,,g to mimic. tllell‘ brilliaticy.
-Yet all tlie.se,charrii's' nojoy can bring,__ '
To the dad in the cold gt-a.ve sluiiibei‘1i)g.-
[low ;
To numbers wild, yetlsweet witlial,
Should the ll'<\I p be struck 0,“ 1116. 5l¢CP“‘’5 Pu’
Soft ast-lie inurmttring breezl? fall;
I or signing winds in the foam)’ _~l.’1“°""
I35, ,‘,..j,o' Wm-,jd dig,tul'l) in their silent bed,
'.l"h_e fancied dreams of the lowly 688(1-
oh: i3.[hel'e one in this worltlcan say,
T-hat the soul exists not after death ;
That the po'wers.which illume this mould of clay
A1'e but a‘ puff of common breath ?
Oh ! come this niglitto the grave and see
The sleepy sloth of your (fcstiny.
The niqht’s soft voice in breatliings lows
{mpg}-is a calm to the breast of thepvveeper 3
The tvatcr’,-; dusk and murmuring fiQ,,lVi _
I I No more will soothe the ear of the slecpefi
Till he who slept on Jutl-.ili’.~; plains,
Shall burstdeatli’s cold and icy chains.
I’ve seen the moon gild the niouniatnh bl‘0_"'.’ 5
I've watch1’d the mist‘ o’cr the rivet‘ Slwllngt
But iie’er did Ifecl in my breast till now,
So deep. so calm. and 5° hill)’ 3-f°t’l“_3¥§ 5
’Tis soft as thrill which rnemery lhI‘0\V-*5»
Athwart the soul in the hour of repose.
Tliou Father‘ of all 5 in the worlds of tight-
gFain would-my spirit aspire to thee; _
And l_lll'Otlgl'l' the scenes oftliis gcmlc “lg”!
‘ Behold the down of eternity ; _
For this is the pztrh which thou hast gt‘-W311:
The only path to the bliss of ht.'aven-
1
FROM‘ THE CAYUG It REPUBLICAN.
Mr. .Ecliior.—'I sentrynu a few th,0_ush15 0“ 6-_
vil sp‘c‘aking,“fo'r your perusals 8“d If Y°",d““"‘
tlieinwofllly Of lb“ llllbll-C 93'“! )'°“ “"3 3‘ mm”?
to give tli_cm a place in your pamper:
6 Good viamr, in man and vvornam
Is the iznmedlrtztejtrwcl qft/2057‘ SW55‘ -' _
W/to steals my /zursti 650013 ‘7'“'’'’'’ 5'' W“ 3”m"’5’”§s
not/ring ,- A _
Twas mine, ’tI.s- Iris, and liar; been slave to thou-
sands ; _ » _- r '
But Ira. ti/zat_]7lc/ws«f"°'" "19 ml/_ .5’;°°‘f’f""“’3'
Robs me oftfidl, vvlii'c'/IV 7-'0‘! 671715/If-‘-9 /"7":
flnd ma/res mt: jtoor indvedl’ 5H'AKE5”ARE-
’It is the injunctidn of holy writ, to‘ speak evil-
of no. man, or, in other words, to say nollllllg
which may be injmious to the character or staini-
ing of our _nelg‘lli)0l' ;- because’ a‘ man’s success in
‘business, almost éntirely depends on the good 0-
pinion of those, to whom he is llllotvhu-an un-
blemished reputation,- is so great.-an ornament to
ball‘: sexes. that 10 be dePl'l‘*’°‘d 0‘ “9 ‘S ‘° b"°°m°
the outcastsof society‘. Is not a good namemore ‘
. ‘ - I . v 0 '7?
vajuablg than propeity, or even life itself . ‘For
who, without the one, can derive the least satis-
faction from the possession of the others ? If, as
a )l‘0f()lll]Cl author has observed. ll be d‘=l"‘ma“°“
toLspeak“ill of our neighbor, even if We lm0W ill“
wfiat we say is founded on truth, how much more
a gravated ttillbe our guilt, if.we spread rumors
vtfiiich we know to be false? The authors Of f'<*lS8
reports sometimes give awoulltl to those whom
' which they themselves can never
lical, should necessity Obltgc, or repentance dis-
pose them to recatit ; for who cannotseea Ill?“ “"3
slzinders which they have circttlaterl,-maY‘€x“3“‘l
fiirtlter than the-. refutéition of them: 35 ll i5‘3”°“"
ed by all that the world. are more inclined to be-
r . , , ' _ -
have what is to‘ tlit’-. DI'6ijU<llC¢a l_ll3“ lb"-’,'l’”“5r°d°f
others. It argues a most al-.ir.mm?§ deglee ° °'
,,t~'-mtyin persons, who knowing; tliatihcy cannot
injure the character of another 5? speakitcilgftxllilc
truth, and bring r_esolv_ed~at all events, on e <1 .
atitm, are, reduced to the degratl1ng.llCC¢55"~Y °§
fang,-icating ful_seb,oods, to answer their foul ant
W1;-,l.';ed purposes.‘ ‘Wane we to inquire from what
motives they thus act, it- would, in some instan-
ces’ be found, that. though they possess all the
p i - _ _ _ I t . .
powers rcqttisite to gobble, and all_~l.ll.& malignity
neCe,is'a,.y ,0 dcfamg, yet they are, in~~gcneral,-des-
tiru-e‘of intellect suflicien_t to act from 803' real
mritives. They are generally, indolent novel rea-
ding cliaracters, wliq.a're‘=seldbiii'pleasbdwvith re-
alit'tes.—The_y are P,€l’5_0“39 ‘Whf? ‘.l_"*‘.°'m.". ‘lune
tobiduill bu'sin’ess‘to speak the truth. and demean
themselves dcc‘e'nllY_*'l3¢l'5°'l5’;‘9' ‘Vh‘.”.“ facls “P”
pe‘e‘tr dry atid’_u'tti‘riteres‘titig, and to vvilrllggflj ll: 135‘
secret is an iiisupp0vP_l3l__>l_€b‘“idf’“_"— . Cy. car an
imperfect story ; their ownnovel_.1._maginaltion sup.
1,_1','t-3'5-_t1tt,-t-cast‘; tltt; otitline lS:_f'lll_c(l up, find It‘; is
scn’Vt.'_“ib-i,0'ad ink!‘ yf?e'wop]d,a§ 'a._fi.Iv1l~SllCd. PICCC, idly
tlit:i'i“e'mb'c‘llislied _"wi't'h a v‘aI'1€tY.,°f,°°‘!“".°“‘5’
critical’ ztiid‘ex.pl:anatoryf.;_.all t_en'd1ng to prove the
s'ttriilit‘t3de'o‘f t'i-".2-,‘ii"t&;‘t'ttt-,c', ugly zisii is;‘t'o the ori-
T - gin-,,1, tiotwitjhstundingfl it'_'i‘s found a.l:tel'Wal'd5 "P0"
jn‘qt1'i7t*y‘t1iat it is‘spti_rious p.roductio’ti‘€vliich no-
bdd:y‘i\\?ill"ow‘i-i...br islitftild the report be traced’ to
itsststirét-5; t‘Hc- ’avth_dn' of it 1135119 °lheI"'avo_1osy
to'ffi5alie, 'tli2fn'tli2it he‘ _'ii2id' been’ deceived--that
he liiitl riiisundei‘st'tiod:tli‘e’ i’il:1l'ticl‘-’—-Oil" didiriot dis-
tinctly hear what had been said... This: ll0W¢V"=l's
is a weak al’°l°‘§Y 5’ lfflbell k"°w it ‘oh? ‘T56’ and
yati-';eipDfly’i'[, :{t,¢i,f guiltfis eqtial to.’ the first pub.
lisfiei‘. ‘If tli'cy.hi3lT8. any ..“¢.*§3"‘}_ .l° "l,m,h“"“.‘y
’.',',ia’t~it"t'>f ituiii-;t;ti’i't'y‘i'n tlicir blrcf-asfisi ,t?l1_°7)’ WW1“
haze-.30-c‘,~‘,,‘,,.‘,,,-.]",cjtt:t_l‘ it, and’ iiideavored, stop‘the_
xtit»‘utii’oi' .~i'~.i't't'.1e‘l-.' " not iliere is acertain class 0*
,,,,—-,5-Y“:-'t,.,.t;¢_s_witésé ijtiipertiiient cut'ioslty will ‘ne-
vétvsufibr tl';etn"to be at peace ; ‘andwhose fond- ;
ness for ta'ttllii'g ouall occasions, _)induces tliemto
' r :" I ‘ ' "" "' 1. ’ 3 ' .'u 'i’<‘ ’ -.-p
b::_t.‘:”‘(')nlIlltJ2tllj' _tulkin;5__.tb-.ipt the affairs of others
‘ ‘lA).l's"’(.ll§[).US:|tlt)l‘f\ ‘to 'sléi_nder_ hiay appear the
n§io’t"e exti"ab'rdi‘na'ryKvlien we coiisidér that nope.
imge 6,‘-eh,-P-,_ f,'«¢',m’ faults ; and that tlierefore
am.»
we ".l’l7sta‘n‘d‘in need of rnuTt’tittl"c,liziri'i'y aiid‘fdiibe_ar'-
,‘mc;:7_‘ ‘t “;q;,,t;i.,,;,"says Cicero, ‘ can-be-mole 35‘ ,
' :1 than for a man to call iittp.‘tc’stloii' the life of .amount.to when they ar__ --
_sur 9 -- 5 -. d- .d ,l - - 1.6‘
—-—-;;-‘*“' '__ '1 unable-to. tvg.-.‘a t)0t.l account. of ‘an |,ll_‘l,Vl' lid. DOW 111‘ Y _ . I _ _ V H ' _ z | __ _ ‘
amtht" who 5 ‘~' ‘ g g jone of the most atrocious of l.llt:Se-03’Gfld.6l'S,' and‘ circledm6|"l“5’S¢7l"1lCfl"‘='-l-‘$02,5t5="'Cl1 l°l"lih8 fl!"-
liis O}!/ii.’;,‘IPal'“m5 w°m..a fl.” ‘Ten lo ‘ask them’
selves'.‘ wl{éthe'r.=é ‘} difi‘éi'eiit ' 'etl'uca'ti‘on.‘. ‘fiomi that
every person’s educaticin is'.acquir,ed..ja‘
wlietherit be’ good or bad.. Children who are in
the'¢on‘s’tant habit of hearing their parents slander
and buckbite their neighbors, must indeed be ve-
cxti‘éto'rdini§ry cliildrén not to become infected
by tlie'contag‘io‘n of such an example. Parents
should‘ make choice of such topics of conversation
before’ their childi_‘en_ as are calciilatcd to inspire
;them with a love and esteem for their fellow men
‘in general, and their _neiglribors_iri particular‘; but
most of all for that great and g00(l‘B(.‘illl.‘,' in whose
holy book they may find and read the following
:words :-‘—‘ Lord, who shall abide in thy taberna-
cle? heithatbackbiteth not with his tongue, nor
Ztaketh up at reproach against his neiglihor.—-
5 ‘Whose privately slandereth his neighbor, he shall
be cut off.—VVhat man is he that desiietb life,
iand liveih manydays, that he may see good;
7kt.-ep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from spea-
king falsehood.’ . ‘
1 . In company personalities should be avoided.
and such conversation should be chosen as is gal-
ctildted to enlarge the understanding, and storeil
~with useful knowledge. It is truly astonishing
that persons who possess a capacity for being use-
‘ful, -both to themselves and to the public, should
waste their golden moments in the most unjust
and cruel hostilities on the cliaracte-rs of their
;.neighbors. But how is our astonishment encreus-
"ed, when we learn that many of these persons
profess to be the followers of Christ? Do they
give any evidence of possessing his temper, or of
following his example ? Do such ac‘. ’i‘tS if they
expected to give an account forthe deeds done in
the body? St. James informs us, that persons who
are thus guilty, and yet make a show of piety.
pare hypocrites :--‘ If any man among you seem
to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, that
man’s- religion is vain.’
As leisure may permit or occasion require,‘
you shall again hear from_
no FRIEND '1‘.O.GOSSIPP1NG.
—-e+>— ' A
rnoii THE TRENTON r.MporuuM_.
‘SAVE TH ['1 PILNLJE.’
There is more money foolislilyexpentled in our
coun'tr_v than would support all the poor in it. And
so just do I conceive the remark that the world is
reatly and‘ willing to afford all a living, that when
I sue a man in rags I cannot help saying--‘ there
goes a drunkard or a spendtlirift.’ There is no
such thing as poverty to the sober, industrious
and prudent, unless. indeed, some rare instances
of misfortune are cited ; and such instances are
not numerous. .
My neighbour Henry I-Iammersmitli and Job
Jolly are striking. instances of the dif’f,:rent results
of different habits. Henry has a house and lot,
some hur.dred‘s at interest, a good run of custom.
and the very best of prospects-he lives well,"and
always did, he was never mean or narrow-minded,
he appears to give, and spend freely, but he al-
ways has one eye upon his account current and
the other on his business.—'l‘his is all the secret.
Job. on the other band, fell heir to a thousand
pounds, and had an excellent trade—-but not only
began to live where his father left offbut, really,
soon eclipsed the names of all his worthy ances-
tors--was what might be called game at the bot-
tle and bottom at the chase. He left his trade to
take care of itself—as was to be expected, his
trade paid him the same compliment‘, and although
he went down the hill joyfully enough, he looks
somewhat crusty now he is fairly at the bottom.
Some men appear so well convinced that‘ nio-
ney is the root of all evil,’ that they sliufile it off
as fast as they get hold of it--and others to save
this trouble take care not to get hold of it-—but
this virtue I do not envy at all, and the more I see
it practised the more I get out of conceit of it.
I say then, ‘ save the pence, and the pounds will
take care of themselves,’--it is the advice of poor
Richard, than whom there are few better moni-
tors. 0Al~iW()OD.
"¢'<OC—-D
rnonr -rm: HAIITFORD COURANT.
. ‘ SLOT!-Il"UL IN BUSINESS.’
It is said of General VVashingtor. that having
once made an appointment with his Sect-trtary, he
was delayed several minutes at the place fixed for
their nieetitig by that officer's want cfptinctuali-
ty. Vlfhtcn he did arrive, he was lavish in his a-
pologies for the accident, and mentioned as the
sole cause ofpit the irregularity of his watch : The
Generaleitlier really or apparently satisfied with
the excuse, suffered it to pass uithout remark.
The next time that business called them togeth-
er, the secretary was aguiii tardy_,.;ind again ‘the
unlucky watch was alone in fault. The third
time, too, the General ivason theground several‘
miuutes the first, and after patiently listening to
another pltilippic against the harmless chroiiome-
ter, ‘ Sir, said he to his apologizing companion-,
‘ You must. either get a new watch, or 1,. a new
Secreteiry.’ _ .
To Gen. Washington it was a matter of small
momentwliether his once‘.-5 were punctual or not :
Ifthey proved deficient here, one word wouldrid
him of the vexation, and supply. their places with.
better men. Not so with persons in the ordinary
business oflife : .They must unavoidably form en-
if through the i'emi_s:ie_ss of these iiirlividtials.
time is lost, they are1without'i'edress.
who steals a cent from your pocket, is in the eye
ofihe law a great of'l'ender, but no statute reur_;fi-
es the robber who. plunderswhnle hourscf your
time. _ V "
The present age has been disiinguislied by va-~
rious high sounding epithets. It has-been styled’
the age of enterprize—-the age ofimprovement--'
the age of christian benevolence ;' but‘ no-one, I
believe, has ever yet ventured to call it the age’
‘of punctuality. Indeed, unless‘ -myobservation
‘i:n"uc_h.deceives'me, a disregard of this virtue, for
-it truly deserves the name,-is becoming one of
‘the crying sins of our dayyii V
It .lla3.l)Ct‘.1‘l-ffly misfortune oflate, to be brouglit
ff:-e'queiitly in cotitaqt with several of these-un-‘=
fpunctual beings ,1 men whose character entitles
ll.lle,lIlV. to respect ; whom tlieetiquette of society
fforbidsme to offend by. mentioning to them-tli'eir
{not reflect how large a. sum these sciv.tps,:of time
put together.» 7 I ‘have,’
Tyetit is;-astonishing to see thowdie squanders away
.-..h-ch-:,hev.gt.»e-theit-chi1dren—.Wquld1.1n9tbc'bet- 0ther-iw°iJ1i=’S=t_'v'v‘°- -All-8. WY 1°" °€*lCv.1atii>v
_ __pm._ ...’:l“'.j-'1‘-¢‘;l,~;g‘.('.>’-,.'c.Sjl‘)bz.',~-j‘.;v;gy(j, .',,,',5jt,;_ _Vil.u1‘j_)t)_l_‘la_lltA[)_al‘t of s_ he makes on an average £two.appgTaiiic‘rnen~ts "a-dby,
ga-geriients with a great variety of'.in’dividu-als, and §
The thief l
gfaults, but who'are.really to a certain degree, the}
tpests,ofcommunity. ’ I am~.sm'e such persons do’
your aniounts to 365 hours—-‘allowing 12'h_ouxs
for a business day, and itis'busioess,time, which
want of punctuality c_o’n.,sti,ames,» this is equal to a-
. bout 30. days. Suppose him to go on in this ca-
reer of tardiness for 40 years, (I know several
who have nearly completed that period) andthis
, amount of stolen time swells to between three and,
four years ;. I say between three and four years of
time pilfered from his neighbors, and yet I ques-
tion whether-tliosc who habitually perpetrate such
outrages upon so_ciety‘,‘evetf think of ranking them
among the number of their sins.
But after all, indolence is too inveterate a dis-
order to be healed bya dash of the pen; you may
exhaust upon it all material and moral medicines
in‘ vain, for it is one of those diseases which can
be cured‘ only by the vigorous and unintermitting
efforts of the patient himself: How these slum
bering energies can in all cases be rousedto ac-
tion is one of the many problems» which have ne-
ver yet been solved. A i
FROM THE ‘ IDLE ivi.iN’—-AN EXTRACT.
‘ To love deeply and to believe our love return-
ed and yet to be sensible that we should not make
our love known, is one of the hardest trials a man
can undergo. It asks more of us because the
passion is the most secret of our natures. All
sympathy is distasteful except that of one being.
and that, in such a Céteti, we must deny ourselves.
in our sorrow at the loss of friends, if we shun
direct and pt-ofi'ert-d consolations, we love the as-
suagings which '.‘~.noiliet"s pi:_v administers to us
in the gentle tones, mild manners, kind look, and
a nameless little notices which happens in the
nuniberless afi’airs of daily life. But the man
that loves and is unhappy, starts at the soothing
vcice as if he were betrayed; eyes turned in at-
fectionate regard upon him enter his hear‘. likea
sword ; his way is not in the path of other. men,
;and~his misery must be borne unseen and alone.
i This scverttrtce from the world, this desertion
Eofall intercourse with man gives a bitterness to
grief greater than any e\il life takes of, and yet
here we drink it of ourselves; we make our own
solitude, root tip the flowers in it. and watch them
as they wither; we layit butt: of all beauty and
make it empty of life, and lhrn feel as if 0ll‘lcl'S
had spoiled us and left us to perish. Relief from
troubles may be found in Society and employ-
ments; but unprosperous love goes every where
with a man; his tliottglits are fmever upon it ;, it
is in him and around him like the air; it breaks
his night-rest, and causes him [0 hide his head
from the morning light. The music of the open
sky sings a dirge over his joys, and the strong
trees.of the forest droop over the gr ave of all he
held dear.
Thwarted love is no more romantic than even
that which is l3l‘;1:St‘;tl ; the imagination grows for-
gciive, and the mind idles in its melancholy a-
mongst fEJ1‘l[aSllC shapes; all it bears or sees is
turned to its own uses, taking new forms and new
relations every moment, and multiplying without
end. It wanders off amongst its own creationsgv
they crowd thicker around it the further it goes,
till it lusts sight of the world, and becomes be-
wildered in the many and uneven paths it had
trodden out for itself.’
A _lover’s despair, or rather that mysterious
commotion which nature holds, with deep emo-
tion is thus powerfully developed: ‘ _
‘ The night was so dark that the atmosphere
was like some deep black body directed before
the eye. Edward‘ hurried forward down the ave-
nue. The trees, which raved and rcarcd in the
wind like fiends of the storm, served to guide him
by their sound. As he quitted them, and their
noise died gradually away, he g-rutiped his way
ltomeward. He reached the house with a mind
as bewildered as in a fearful dream. The instant
change from the tumult and uproar of the storm
to the perfect stillness and calm within doors.
— l1I'0‘-Iglll back all that had past, with terrible sud-
denntzss.’
It would be utipztrdonable to omit the subse-
quent contrast, the same lover's visions or (lay.
dreams of hope. Nothing cpuld be more exqui-
sitely conceived or expressed:
* It "was a fine bright niorning. after a shower,
the sky ofa cleér. deep blue, and the Cl0l1(lStlI'l§.,-
ed in the sun. The ruin drops were falling from
the trees like pearl, and the blossoms sailing gen.
tly down, and scattering themselves over the
grass like snow-flakes. The air was breezy and
fresh, filling the whole frame with sensations of
delight; and the brooks ran shining on, pratling
like young living things with joy. But an image
more beautiful, and'f'.ii:-er than all these, was be-
fore Edward's eyes. He ‘saw it between the
green trees, and resting upon the white clouds ;
its voice was in the clouds, and by the sides of
the rock_s‘.f ' Tliere are chosen hours when some
rnenliéive‘ more oflife than falls to others in a mul-_
tittide ofycaifis. Ed wai'd"s fine steeds swept quick-
.ly=round, 'tVlié,‘,tui'nings of the road—-thcrewas a
zeveity. thing on tlieearth seemed in action, and
Elie’ felt ‘as if'.tliert: wasti ~!-spirit of motion ;witliin.
ghiin, hearing him Un\\'al‘(l.’_; . - I
- ‘-953-
§ _ on THE DEATH or A men MAN.
lVVbl:re indeed I look around ye on the day that
ibis death is announced, in the place where his life
;was passed:-—-VVhere is he? Seek liitn in the
Ecountenance of his neighbors : they are without ah
jcloud; lie isiiot there. The fades upon which
lie has closed his eyes forever, continue as cheer-
‘ful as they worebefure. His death is reported-
7in the .social'circle; the audience receiveit with
iiiidiff'erer;",e‘and forget it with haste. The seri-
gousness with which it isheard springs rather from‘
gliu-man pity, or from moral ‘redaction, than from
-social. distress :—-and in a moment. the cttitrent
{bf convivial mirth, recovers the livelin_ess of its
flow. The business and pleasures of the place”
jproceedv with unusual spirit; and, pel'lla])S‘lllC
house which stands next to that in which belies-
with jubilee and-joy‘. Wait.-b’ut'-a fewpdays after
' _ his interment ztblpeek him now in the faces of his
kjnsmnntt ‘hey have resumedtheir c‘hect-fulness;
2, ,,.1,,,_,,, 1,’-,-.1:~rm,.,=,,e,,-,,5. _,,,,w, lie? is'n'ot-the‘re.——WIién a few years‘ have
V
gitive, in his . diirk~‘ retreat ' from human "notice ;
his:-very reltcks‘at'e-.valiishe'dl; he is not now even
there ;- -‘stay as-littlelonger andthou shalt seek in ,
rhis best estate, is ziltogctlier vanity.
swift and constant cliéingiiig; of objects going on—- -
‘Main givcth up the ghost and «where1'she? : _ _ p _
‘ PON the Petition of Isaac ‘JENNINGS, of
‘am unconci'otvis- lump of clay, in the cheer-less ‘
chamber of silence" and iusensibility, the noise of ‘ .
music .an_d—daricing is h'e‘tird and the roof i'esounds= f _ p
; :HE Scliool'disti'ict on the West side of Stam-
";‘i‘.‘ . .:.~nd- late-byaffull..balfr hour/; -thisvin one ‘vain for at stone to 'tcll~thec‘r‘in what-‘pgrt-o£ the
land ofobliviun be was laid ;_éven that frail unemp-
rial of him, of whatever materials it was made,
is he 3’-—.Fowcel’s Sermons.
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_ wmvr A1r':rL1c'xf_1ox reacnnrnvij‘ _.
‘ Sickness teaches not only the uncertain, ten-
IJI'8s b-ut disco_vers the utter vanity and unsatisfac-
toriness of the dearest objects of human pursuit.
Introduce into the chamber of the si-ck and dy-
ing man the whole pantheon of idols which he
has vainly worshipped--fame‘, wealth, pleasure",
beautytpower. VVhat miserable comforters are
they all! Bind than wreath of laurel round his
brow, and see if it will assuage his aching tem-
ples. Spread before lijm the deeds and instru-
ments which prove him the lord of innumerable
possessions, and see if you can b«:'gui1e-him, ofa
moment’s anguish ; see if he will not give you
‘up those barren parcliments for one drop of cool’
water, one draught of pure air. Go, tell him,’
when a fever rages through his veins, that his ta-
ble smokcs with luxuries, and that the wine mo,-
vctli itself uriglit and givelll its color in the cup,
and see if this will calm his throbbing ‘pulse.-—-,-
Tell him, as he lies prostrate, helpless, and sink.-. '
ing with dcbilily, that the song and dance are
ready to bcgin,and that all without him is life, it,-
lacrity and joy. Nay more, place in his motion-
less hand the sceptte of migh:y empire, and see
if he will be eagre to grasp it. ' The eye of Ce,-
sar could not gain its lustre by the l3C=’?llcCll_0Xl,
thst its * bend could awe the world,’ nor lllb‘ sita-
king limbs be quieted by remembering-, that his
rod liad.comniaiidt:d obedience from millions of
sl_a\‘es. "This. my friends, this is the school in
which our desires must be disciplined, and our
judgment corrected. The man, who from such
dtspensations learns nothing but. perverseness,
must be fcarful.y insensible. Let us then re.-
member, that every man, at what he supposes
God grant
that we may understand it. before others are call-
ed to learn it from our graves, or to read it upon
our tombstones. ,
But if sickness puts to the proof those worth-
less objects of our confidence, it ought also to di-
rect us to that staff which cannot be broken.--I.‘
Till we learn to lean on an Almighty arm, and
to support a mind vigorous with trust and warip
‘with devotion, in the midst ofa racked and decay-
ing framc,tlie work of sickness is but half com-
pletcd. To learn the emptiness of the worltl, is.
to learn but a lesson of misantliropy, if it do not
generate‘ and awaken that confidence, which glad-
ly casts itselfon God alone. When affliction has
had her perfect work, we shall involuntarily a-
dopt this language of a pious su,fl'érer, ‘ be met-
ciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee ; yea,
in the , shadow oftliy wings will I make my rc-
fuge, until these calamities be over-past. I will
commit my soul unto thee, as~un*.o a faitl.ful C16,-
ator. I
--C9$-—-
a tavern, one ofthem a man of basiy disposition,
insisted that the other should figlit him next mor-
ning. The cliallenge was accepted on condition
that they shot__ild.breakfast tog‘ether at tbelmusc
to the field VVben the cliallenger camejin the
morning, according to appointment, he found ev-
ery preparation made for breakfast, and his ‘friend
with his wife and _child_ren ready to receive him;
their repast being ended, and the family with-
drawn without the least intimation’ of their pur-
pose having transpired, the challenger asked the
other if he was ready to attend ?--‘ No sir.’ said
he, ‘ not till we are more on a pair : that amiable
woman, and those six lO\'Cl)7,Clilldl‘t:ll, wliojust
breakfa.-‘i_cd with us, depend, under Provi-‘cnce,
on my life for subsistence ; and, till you can stake
something cqual_in my estimation to the uelfuifq
‘of seven persons dearer to me than tlteupple of
my eye, I cannot think we are equally matclijt-d.
‘ M/e are not indt.ed.” replied the other, gitfpg
him his hand.
or friends than ever.
~.
A poor tailor being released from a trouble-
some world and a scolding wife, went to-the gate
ofParadlse. , Peter 3Si{€d'l)lm ifcvcr he had liecn,
in purgatory? ‘No,’ said tlicitailor, ‘ but I_ have
been married.’ ‘ Oh,’ says Peter, ‘ that is allthe.
same.’ Tlie tailor bad scarce got in before a, fat,
turtle-eating alderman_.came.pufling.and,blowing'.,'
‘ Halloo, you fellow,’ said he, ‘ open the; door.’
‘ Not so fast,’ said Peter ; ‘. haveyou b_een—in] pur-
gatory 3’ ‘ No,’ said the gentleman, .‘ but what is
that to the-purpose 3 you-letfiin that poor 'n'alf-star-
ved tailor, and he had been no;more in purgatory
than I.’
‘ Married !’ exclaimed the alderman, ‘why [have
been married twice.’ ‘ Then pray go back again,’
said Peter, ‘ Paradise is not the place-‘for fools.’
Maxims.—Strive to be quiet, and mind your
own business. _ , _ i V 2 1 .
Put unbounded trust in none, lest thou mayst
‘have reason to repent thy-confidence. ; . —
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:..4t ti Court of Probate holder: at ./Vbr-wullc, ‘Nov.
j I 82 l‘. ' T '
Narwalk, as he is -C-luardian to Henry Kel-
ilogg, and Sally Kellogg, m*iiio'r-children," tindet-the
‘age of twenty-one years‘, prayingfor libtu»ty_tc'r
fsell and convey-'a certain tract of land ’beloogi'ng
*to' said minors, lying in said Norwa"lk,7n’ear i.lie~
§0ld Well, so called, as described iu said Petitions
tlt is ordered that the further considereition of said
‘Petition be continued to at session of-‘this Court to
ibe ‘liolden at the Probate office in said. Norwalk,
ion the 3d Mondaybf December next, when and
where such order will be mttde in the preniises
;as‘shiill then be deemed expedient"; and is-a'id
iGuardian is hereby urdet'ed’-to- publish the pen-
idency of said Petition as3the»law-directs. .
‘. 6w36 Per order. ~ W"M'. G‘. Burrs, Clerk.
T 0 Sch.0ul-teachers.’
4 ford river, containing‘ tip 'wit:tter:.'seuson{
about 30 or’ 40-scholars,'is"déstiStbtelfof*a: school-‘
plying s’oon‘to-' < _
' One: of t_he"Di.suicsfliihimi-‘tree.
Stamford, Nov. to. " 37" /=
has mouldered away; ‘ main dieth ;- and wherow
Dztelliizg-.——Two friends happening to quarel at. ‘
of the person challenged, previous to theft‘ going ,
Those two persons became firm-‘r ~
‘ But he has been married,’ said Peter. ‘
.t!1'a9te4t‘- , Any gen'tle_mati, uzelljiéjuélifiéd for that
office,-w~ill rneet‘with'gco"tl e;ncofi_tfag.évfient*byfap-’ .- ,
~ ~ ,. .w«M§‘ K-EELE.R“. 1;. t
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