em“ 16, NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER ii, 1833.
PUBLISHED
Every Tuesday lllornzizg,
A FE\V RODS ‘VEST OF THE BRIDGE:
BY
JAIVIES REEDqJR-
T_E§§,fiES—'I‘ivo Dollars per annum, payable
'qu:ii~terly: Mail Subscribers in advance. A liberal
discount made to conipaiiies.—Any person who wil
‘become responsible for six papei's shall have the
seventh .:zi‘atis.
IIIRAIVI I-IOY T, LVIERCHANT TAILOR
West side of the Bridge, Saugatizclc.
EVIIE Subscriber has just returiied from New
York with a general assortment of Cloths,
Cassinieres, Satinnets, Vestirigs, 8'0. which is offer-
‘ed to the public as cheap as can be purchased at
any other Establishment in the Country. The fol-
lowing comprise a part, viz. super black, blue,
‘brown, olive, green and mix’: broadcloths, black,
‘blue, and striped cassimercs, blue, drab, Llark mist,
and Adam’s mix’i satinnets, of a superior quality,
plain and striped moleskins. wide and narrow cord,
‘fancy do. Vestings--black and brown figured silk
'vestings, black satin faced do. (a good article) figur-
(-..tl silk atid linen do, black silk and tabby velvet,
iplain and figtiretl buff lllarseilles, white and light
figured do, white figured Valencia suspenders of all
descriptions, stocks, collars, cravats. and pocket
handkercliicfs of every description, together with a
”general assortment of trimmings. N.B. ’I‘ailoring
will be done go the best and most faishionalile style.
The latest New-York fashions received quarterly.
An assortment of ready~niade Clothing kept con-
-stantly on hand, and for sale cheap, by
Saugatnck, April lfith, 1833. H. IIOYT.
P , ‘i Ills‘ Subscriber has just i'eturrie(l froui N. Yuk
‘ with a new supply of Goods in his line, and
he intends keeping a good assortment of Hats and
Caps. also a good assortment of Stocks made in the
most fashionable style, and of the best inaterials"
Collars and Bosonis very cheap. He has also Gum
Elastic Suspender, a new article, the best adapted to
its use of any thing in the ma rkct, also a new style
of Crape for thin Pantalooiis, a new article, very
neat, all of \\‘lllL‘ll he feels disposed to sell with as
ittle profit as any ofliis llt'.‘l,*_'lll)'3|‘S. Please call and
ee. N0rwalk..Iune I8. NO.-XII S. B.~‘.ll.E\".
B!
, .
79'‘ [IE subscriber would inform his friends and
I tlicpublicingeneral, that his Packets have
commenced their ivockly Trips and will sailfroni
his Iziiiiliiiq to Peck Slip in the f-illowing manner;
Sloop ;lfIu‘(}l.’AN1C, AI.Dl~ZN l3l‘..'i-TlI\\'l~lI.l. lllltlslfll‘,
\\iil siiil '.l'iicsLltiys and retiirii Satiti'tlays; Sloop
CITIZEN. Sruii’l. T.Morc/ioi1sc_. Tilzzster. will sail
Saturda_vs&‘ returnon 'l'liursd:iys, l*‘oi'l"i'ci,-,~lit or
I’as;-‘age apply to the subscriber or to eithcrof the
Captains on board their respective vsizsr,-ls.
l'iIOl'*€S N IIOYT.
.7‘."oricaZI;, Fol;-ruar_i1 27. 1832.
l%§.Uli€E Niflbv GOODS.
WIRABI IIOYT has just returned from New
York with it fresh supply of Goods for Gen-
tlems summer wear, lil-zexaisc an assortment of
gloves, suspenders, hosiery, Sac. The Public are
respectfully invited to call and examine his Goods,
as he flutters himself that he shall be able to Sell Ar ‘
r_.i-:As'r As LO\V as any otlier Estal;‘,i5ln~_qp,,¢ in mt,
place. All orders in the line of'l‘a'1.lo:'ii~.gtliankfully
z'ece'.ved and piincluaily attended to.
Siiugatiick, Jul-J flu‘, i833.
'V‘VI'IlI.’5 l \Vl‘IIl’t5 l l
' UST received. a good assortment of \Vliips,
from 15d. to $3, and constantly on liar-d and
made to order, Ilaracss of all Cl8SCl'lpll'.‘llS, Saddles,
Bridles, Trunks. Vclices, &c, Also an assortment
of Saddlery '\Vare and Spins for sale cheap. liy
‘.34 GEORGE 'I'Il.l£Al)‘i'i’A Y.
\-Vented immediately by the subscriber, a Boy 15
or it} years of age, as an Apprentice to the above
Busiiiess.
A REMARKABLE CURE or
iilllfl UIVBATI SDI !
In’ riii-: USE OF
DR. JEI3I3'S RIIEUMATIC LINIMENT.
(‘n,~iy (fa Lcltcr .' I
, Cit.~.ni.2:s'rov.‘.\', (i\Iass.) .Iu:.'i: 23, 1827.
To the Pi'op7'ieIor of Dr. J2?/b’s Liliinicnt. _
Dian: Stu--I deem it a duty I owe to suffering humani_t_v,
to acquaint you, and through you the public, (should you think
best) of the unexpected and surprising cure poi-t'oi-med on
myself by the use of the above most; excellent Medicine. [
nave been for more than thirty _vears, and sometimes most
severely, afflicted with the Rlicjviiatismz have been fre-
quently rendcrcd perfectly helpless, and in consequence
confined to my bed, when it has required two persons to more
me, being in such extreme pain 1 have several times been
under the care of the most eminent pliysicians, but procured
only temporary relief. I one day noticed the advertisement
of Dr. .lebb’s Liniment, with the testimonial accompanying
:it, and was induced to try a bottle, which I used without
zniiich sensible benefit. I concluded, however, to persevere,
and boiiglit another bottle, and was greatly relieved, and by
the use ofhalf the third bottle, was wholly cured, and have
never since had a return of the pain, which I hadnot been
free froiii a. month at a. time for thirty years, and it is now
more than three years since I was cured. I would most
z=.arne.xtly advise every person suffering under this painful
::omplaint, not to despair of a cure so long as they can_ obtain
“ Dr. .lobb‘s Linimont.” You are at liberty to rnake any use
of this you may think advisalile.
Most respectfully, yours,
_ CALEB SYMMES.
To the foregoing testimony, many other unqu_es_tionable
roofs might be added, in favour of the superior Liniment. of
Dr. .lebb. Nothing but a fair trial, which the proprietor con-
fidently solicits, can give, an adequate idea of its unrivalled
eflicacy, in mitigating, and tlioroughlymastering, the excru-
ciatiiig disease, to which it has been successfully applied in
a inuititude of cases. The operations of the Linz'7r_icn¢ is often
immediate; and it has frequently cured rlieiiniatic affections
ofyears standing, in four and twenty hours. It is also recom-
mended with confidence, as one of the _bcst (lp])l‘lCa.i‘l0n8. known
’or stiflncss of the joints, numbness, sprains, and chilblams.
Price 50 cents, with directions.
D Y S P E P S I A,
()1! INDIGESTION. _ _
TIIIS prevalent disorder, as it exhibits itself in its custo
mary symptoms of want of appetite, !If.S‘f1‘(.‘5'S’l7lg,'_fl(Il.l.lIt?n(7lI!S,
7:eizrl-burn, pain in the stomach, sick headache, _nau.rr:n, vomilzng and
costivcncss, is now found to yield to the IIICII ctlicacy of
DR. RELI-‘E’S VEGETABLE SPECIFIC,
AND
ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. _
These two preparations combined, constitute an efficacious
‘renicdv for the Dyspepsia, even after it has acquired the most
obstintltc character, and resisted every effort of professional
‘skill. \Vlscn both medicines are administered in connection
according to plain and particular Directions accompanying the
V: rnzablo Specific, they tlioro_ugli.1_v cleanse the alimentary ca-
na of that viscid mucus which is the proximate cause of the
disorder, and as a tonic and stitniilcnt, they restore the
healthy action and energy of the _stomach, and strerigtlien
the debilitated system. The proprietor can also confidently
recommend the Vegetable Spear:/ic as one of the best-remedies
'y:nown for the Sick Headache. _
Price 50 cents each article, with directions.
BRITISH ANTICEPTIC
IDENTIl‘RICE.] T I d C
. ,; ‘ 7'1 ' 0 nl cscrvin tie rat I an .ums.
V1'll(lrIi]llIl’lllIll£i‘:I~lI lhtigiiéiisnriirc DEl\$'I‘lI"RlCE, which uic
present proprietor wishes _most part.icular1y't0 recommend
to the attcntiori of the public, is perfectly exempt Ifomd ill‘
those acids which in general form the basis of tooth pow qrs
in common use, and \VIllCll,‘ although they may whiten tie
teeth for a short time, must inevitably destroy tll0,EM"16lbY
their deleterious action on this beautiful covering of the
‘teeth. The consequence is that the Enamel which is the
shield provided by natui-c ‘to protect the spongy :iiid_rieivous
internal structure, is rapidly corroded by these acid ingre-
dients, become more discolourcd than ever, and CXPOSGS Ill‘?
inner portion of the tooth to_r:_anr.s and a._rapld _«'1n_d 6,0113-In
decay. By the use of the Brim-Ii Anticcptic I)cnt¢fncc. In the
morning, as occasion may require, with ii. brush moderately
hard, and cold water, the accumiilation of Tai-lar will not
only be prevented, but. the teeth rendered Maul}/ully and per-
,,m,,muy white, and the gurus restored to that r ~cdom from
soreness, that hardness and cfllorescence which are the sure
tests of their healthy state, and the best guarantee of that
natural fragrance of the breath which can_ncvcr be expected
in connection with foul teeth, and scorbutic, unhealthy gums.
.( Price 50 cents a bar, with dircctwln-€-)
0 *Thc above valuable Medicines are prepared from the
Orillinal Recipe in MS. of the late Dr. Vi’. T. CONWAY. by his
Jmmrg dials Successor and the Sole 1’ropri’.ctor, '1‘. KIDDER, and
f 531., at his Counting Room, No, 99, next door to J. Kin-
or 2 D,-ua store corner of Court and llanover Streets, near
gfigcirt B9,,” Bogtonl and also by his special aonointinent
(together with all the valuable Medicines as P1’°P‘“"v"3 “Y "W
Q ' . o,
13...: ur. Conway i bv _
W*‘Ez',-,am1 gonna, Druggists. Norwalk; Sievlltouix
.1/fnvis, and WM. 5; \'Vo-tun, Stamford, and CLO$E EL
Miasn, Greenwich. V M
'1'. observe that none are genuine without the written
-‘ ' fT. KIDDER on the outside printed wra per,
"-‘K3,-tliriailgc discount miidc to those who buy to scl.Puti"1"'
BLEND FACTORY.
7 IIE subscriber would inform the inhabitants of
- Norwalk and its vicinity, that he has taken
the above establislmient foriricrly occupied by S-
Dewick, a little North of the Bridge, where he in-
branches, viz.: Venetian, Parlor, and Outside Mov-
ing Blinds:
N. B. All kinds of Job work and repairing done
on the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable
terms.
tronage of the Public.
Norwiilk, Aug. 6. I833.
NORVVALK DISPENSA RY,
No. 6, BURRALL’S BUILDINGS.
HIS Establishment is constantly furnished
with an extensive assortment of Drugs, Med-
cines, Perfumery. Brushes, Dye Stuff.-5, Hatters Ar.
iclcs, &c., which are warranted of good quality,
and will be sold wholesale or retail, on reasonable
JOHN BROWN.
32
terms. Amongst the Articles may be found :—
Gum Opium Tai't. Acid. Logwood
Camplior Sup. Curb. Soda Red Wood
—— lllyrrh Antimony Fustic
—- A'oes Caloinel Nic.Wood
Arabic Arsenic Cam. Wood
——- Tragacan. Quinine Verdigris
Rochelle Salts Morphine Alcohol
Er soin do Caustic Shellack
(ilauber do Curb. Iron Oil Vitriol
Gentian Lautlanuin Blue Vitriol
Senna Peregoric l\'itric Acid
Pink A Castor Oil Copperus
Snake Boot Olive Oil Alum
Seneka Bals. Cop;-iiva Indigo
Clinm. Flowers Fir Nutgalls
Saffron Spts. Turpentine Sal.Tartar
Pearl Barley Oil Spike Ilutters’ Jacks
Cream Tartar Oil Tar Stop’ng Brushes
Arrow Root Spts. Hartsliorn Slice do
Liquorice Nitre Tooth do
Sassaparilla Lee's Pills Wliiteivusli do
Peruvian Bark Hygean do Phila. Porter
Rhubarb Syringes London do
Orange Peel Conklin Salve Salt Pctre
Ising Glass Taiiiarinds Pearlash
White Mustard Essential Oils Potash
Squills Essences Sal. liratus
Sulpher Opodcldoc Castilo Soap
Brimstone Aiomatic Snuff Jank Bottles
l’ol:ind Starch Itch Ointment VVliite do
White \Vax Blue do Vials
Bees \Vax Ilai lein Oil Tobacco & Snuff
Cochineal Iiritisli Oil Sponge ‘
'i\‘lagn°.sia Soda I’owdcrs Ilull's Tre.-ses
Ox. Acid. Seitllitz do Finery
Oil Soap Imnion Syrup Swaim’.-iPaiiacea
N()I'\\'iIll{, July 16. ‘JVISIEID Sr. ISUTLER.
I33‘ $52’ ifs’-P_§§iI.i§€}r G {NPEIS
NO. 3 IlUlIl.{.-'slil..’S BUILDINGS.
E, : ll)l)I.il*l HOOK t‘L'.i‘vlORRIS have_jiist.rc-
cciveil :1 large and Splendid assortment of
all kinds of Fancy and staple Dry Goods suita-
ble for the present and approaciiiiig season, for
sale very cheap.
Blue, black, I3ro'.'.'n, Olive, Green, Invisible and
I'ilu’.'.:ury colored Broad-clotlis; Striped and Fancy
Col’dCassiinc1's; Fine fasliionablc and Common
Siiti‘..Cl5; Black Silk Velvet: Black Italian lug-
triiig; imitation do; Gros dc Berlin ; G1-Us do Na-
l’l95i ‘Bl?'~'-‘li Slnf‘.-‘.‘.et\", Green do; Pink Satin;
C0l’d I‘lIii‘L‘2‘.C'.‘.’, 3-4 4-4 5-4 and (54 Plain Black
and \'Vhite Bnbbiii-at Lace; Grecian Nettiiig; Fine
figured Bobbinct Lace and edgeing; Thread Lace ;
léobbiiict Iiisei'titI;_{ ; I’i‘ai'liug; bobbins-tt Footings;
blond quiltings aiul edgiiigs ; “bite and green gauze
veils; blk Italian veil crape; Bishop Lawn,’ linen
L-amt):-ic llzindkfs ;C:nnl:ric niuslins; Plain and fig’d
Book do.: Plain and l“ig'd Swiss do.; Medium do.;
Plain and I“ig’d Jaconct dos, Plain Mull; Long
Lawn; Green Moreen; 3-4 6-4 7-4 and 8-4 Liticn
and Cotton Diept.-i‘; Russia t.l0.; Irish Linens, some
vcty fine; Calicoes, a large assortment of all colors,
qualities, and prices; Ginghams; Silk I-‘lag. Pongce,
and I3:-iiirlaiiiia llandkfs_.; Cotton Flags; Black and
Blue Silk Velvet Stocks; Black and Col‘d Bomba
zine do.; Gloves and l\‘Iitts.; Silk, \Vorsted and.Cot—.
ton Hose and half Ilose; Silk Braids; Muslin Vati-
dlkes; Linen Floss \‘i/hitc Linen and Cotton Tapes;
Bobbins; Black Cotton Ferrits; Clark’s Spool C_ot-
l0n; \Vhite and Col‘.l Cotton Balls; Fine Wire Cot-
ton; Patent Linen Thread; Blk., Blue and Col‘d
Italian Sewing Silks; 6-=1 Bed Padding; Canvas
do.; Buckrani; l.’~i'own Ilolland; Col’d Muslins;
Blt.?‘lt".ll(’.‘(I Shootings and Shirtings; Unbleached do.;
Brown Jean; Foundation Muslin. Apr-fin Checks;
Bed Ticltingz Russia Sheeting; 'I‘ickleiib'-tirgs; Bur-
laps; Osnabnrgs; Wall Paper; Cotton Yarn, from
No. 4 to 26; Carpet Yarn; Candle Wickiiig; Cotton
Padding and Wadding. I\'orwalk.2Fitli March.
‘V E The subscribers, Lester Belden. William K.
James, and David C. Sanford, all of the town
ofNorwalk, iii the county of Fairfield, hereby certify
that in conformity to the provisions of the Statute en«
titled “an act authorising limited partnerships in
certain cases,” we have entered into a limited part-
nership, commencing on the first day of September
1833. and teriniiiatiiig on the first day of April.l839.
The business ofsaid partnership, is to be the man-
ufacture oftin, sheet iron and copper, and dealing in
stoves, bind and hollow ware, and other articles usu-
ally bought and sold by manufactures of, and dealers
in, tin and hard ware, and it is to be conducted and
carried on at said Norwalir,under firm of Lester Bel-
den. The said Lester Belden is the general partner,
and he only is authorised to transact, manage, con-
tract, and sign for the partnership, and for his acts
alone, the partnership will be responsible. The said
James and Sanford are special partners, and have
each furnished and paid to said general partner, in
cash, toward the capital stock of said partnership, the
sum of five hundred dollars.
LESTER BELDEN,
VVm. K. JAMES.
DAVID C. SANFORD.
Norwalk, August 30. 36 Ct
Fairfield County ss. I certify that or. the 30th day
ofAugust, I833, before me the subscriber a Judge of
the County Court ofsaid Fairfiold county, the above
named Lester Belden, William K..Iames, and David
C. Sanford, made and signed the above written cer-
tificate or declaration. BENJAMIN ISAACS,
Associate Judge County Court.
FALL & VVINTEII GOODS.
WE B. MEAD hasjust returned from New York
with a large and splendid assortment of Dry
Goods, which he is enabled to sell much cheaper than
the same style of Goods have ever been offered be
fore in this Village :—Among other articles may be
found more than I00 ps Merino Circassians of every
inside and qollor_.9.':ind of! tge bestqual‘i]tY,r3t thFe very
ow rice 0 is. . ant s. per yar , 0 ps tone
and English Merino Cloths, of every description
and price, Blk Italian Lustring, Gro de Swiss, Gro
do Sol, Gro de Nap, Gro de Berlin, Siiichews and
Sarsnet Silks, 60 ps Broadcloth, of every ‘color and
quality, suitable for ladies cloaks, silk velvet, also a
large variety of staple and ‘fancy col’d Cassimeres
and Satinetts, 20 pi Doichestei and Olllerhtltfillillllgs.
shectin s by the ba e or piece, 100 ps bleac e s iirt-
ingu flnffl slicetings, 30 ps liish linen, red, green,
white and yellow flannels, Canton do, 100 ps dark
calicoes and ginghams, together with a choice selec-
tion of ingruin Carpeting, light and dark colors, and
the mostfashioiiable patterns Brussels Rugs, Indiri
Matting, &c. Norwalk, Aug. 28.
NEW GOODS
HE subscriber has just received a new supply
of Shad and Mackerel No. 1 and 2, CHEAP
SUGAR. for wine, Fresh Ground Canal Flour, first
quality, Sack Salt, and Pork Hams; Paints and
Oil of all kinds, and Ale by the barrel: Rakes.
Scythcs, and Pitch Forks, constantly on hand and
or sale by D. S. BAR'I‘R.i\M. Norwulk, June 5.
MUSICAL INSTRUIVIENTS.
V assortment of suP‘.‘-fl0|' Fl“le3 5/‘ Fl"z'-.~'°°l°l5
A.LlUst recciverr ii"°f'lller wiiii Elle Stiillc I01‘ l’°lh
- . '3' - - for
instrnmcnts and instructions for |llC'lelllll8l',
5,1,, by ’ J. w. FAYLOR.
Siuigutuck, Sept. 10th 183,3‘.
tends carrying on the business in all its various»
The subscriberrespectfully solicits the pa-.
P OE TRY.
I ICNOW THOU IIASTIGONE.
By request.
Bi! 1'. K. mmvizv.
Iktieiv thou hast gone to the house oftiiy rest!
Then why should my soul be so sad ?
1 know thou hast gone where the weary are blest,
An (I the mourner looks up and is glad!
VVliere love has put off, in the land ofits birth
The stain it had gathered in this: _
And hope, the sweet singer that gladen’d the earth,
Lies asleep on the bosom of bliss.
I know thou hast gone where thy forehead is star’d:
VVith the beauty that dwelt in my soul,
VVhere the light of thy loveliness cannot be mur’d,
Nor thy heart be flung back from its goal;
I know thou hast drunk of the Leathe that flows
Tlirougli the land where they do not forget,
Th at sheds over meuiory only repose,
And takes from it only regret.
In the far away dwelling, wherever it he,
I believe thou hast visions ofmine.
And the love that made all things a music to me
I have not learnt to resign ;—
“In the hush ofthe night, in the waste ofthe sea,
Or alone with the breeze ontlie hill,”
I have ever a presence that whispers oftliee,
And my spirit lies down and is still!
My eye must be dark, that so long has been dim,
Ere again it may gaze upon thine,
But my heart has revealings ofthec and thy home,
In many a token and sign:
I never look tip with a vow to the sky,
But a light like thy beauty is there,
And I hear a low murmur like thine in reply,
\Vlien I pour out my spirit in prayer.
And though, like a mourrier that sits by a tomb,
I am wrap’d in a mantle of cure. ;
Yet the grief of my bosom—oli, call it not gloom,
Is not the black griefof despair.
By sorrow revealed, as the stars are by night
For olfa bright vision appears,
And hope, like the rziiiibow, a creature of light,
Is borii—-like the rainbow—in tears.
IVIISCELLANY.
COUR'l‘SHl'P.
surrizn TO THE ms IE or one BACHELORS on MAIDS
worth, and this is no trifle for me, to know
how to court as our grandinotliers were
courted, consciciitiously. People of no ex-
perience in the matter may laugh at the
idea; and they, who have been courting all
tlieirlivcs long, without ever getting ahead
may pity me.
But I am not a fellow to he laughed out
of my Christian name, or pitied out of ii
fixed belief. I know what I am about,
bachelor though I am; and I not only
have my reasons for what I say, but very
good reasons too. There is nothing more
diflicult: to go through with, nothing so rare
on earth I do believe, as wliatl call a con-
scientious courtsliip; a courtship, that is,
where both -parties act like reasonable crea-
tures. ,
My brothers, who are all married and
out expressing a wish that I would cast an-
chor somewhere, latc as it is, mid give a
pledge to posterity for my good behaviour
--they would leaveit all to nature. But I say
no. Nature is never to be trusted in court-
sliip—_ifslie were, I should have been mar-
ried many years ago. Nature may get a
fellow into a scrape—-—that she may--but
wlio ever saw her help him out of one,
where the affectioiis were busy I Marriage,
to be respectable, or safe, must be the
marriage of the head as well as of the heart.
ofthe understanding and judgment as well
as of the mysterious sympathies and secret
longings of our nature. In a word, people
out ofwliom nations are to proceed, have
no btisiifess to marry, until they know each
other well. We may not do every thing;
but we may do much. VVe cannot prom-
ise that no wrong principal would be gen-
erated by the best companionship of the
reasonable and the virtuous; but we may
promise that fewer will be perpetuated for-
ever, so long as they seek to know each
well before marriage. _,
But to the point. VVhen I was a young
man, I had ahabit of making love—that; is
of trying to be agreeable to every pretty
young woman that fell in my way. There
is no harm in that I hope. Before I was
out of my time, however, I had got the rep-
utation, yet nobody ever deserved it less
(for to tell the, lion'es't trutli,I never had
courage to trifle with any body) of being a
thorough bred trifler, a downriglit ladies’
man. But they wronged me. I was far
too conscientious. That I followed the
girls aboiityear after year, is true enough.
But then it was never the same for more
than six months together at the very out-
side. That [helped them gather blueber-
ries, gave them flowers that cost nothing,
(for I had too much delicacy ever to offend
them with bought presents) and that I paid
there tavern bills without flinching, when-
ever we went on a sleigh party, is also
true. But as to courting ; I protest to you
reader, I never had the heart for such a
thing. Not that I never had the desire, not
that such sto_ries were never told of me ; for
I cannot _deiiy that I yearned after a wife,
long before I knew what a wife was good
for, and that in our village I have been
betrothed to some body or other for nearly
fifty years; although as I hope to be—mar-
riedlivas going to sa_v,tliough [am old enough
to know better, I never had squeezed n wo-
man’s hand in my life except by accident-
as where she stumbled over a ditch, or one
or both slipped V as we held our way over
ice, and through snow half-leg deep in the
drifts, on a moonlight evening in the depth
of January ; nor have I touched the lip _of
a woman for the last quarter of a century,
except by way of trade, (I draw teeth occa-
sionally) or after a game of button, when I
was obliged to obey whether I would or not
I the girls obliged to hold still, or lose their
_ combs.
» set out in life, I determined to be married
‘ handsome, tolerably good tempered‘, tol-
’ acompanion.
, no female of birth or accomplisliments.-
' married without delay, I was determined
, marry in a hurry and repent at leisure;
but to look before I leaped—according to
brother. Hang such lirotliers, I say !
settled in life, and wli‘o never see me witli- is
for I had become rather dissatisfied with the
But to my particular case. VVhen Ifirst
as soon as ever I could find a tolerably
erably well educated healthy woman.-
Whose fault was it, if with such a reasona-
ble hope,I went wandering iiboutin search of
I wanted no b’cauty, heiress,
On the contrary, I should have been satisfi-
ed with any such women, as any reasona-
ble man that knew me, my temper, habits,
condition, family and feeling would have
recommended to me. Nay, I would have
abated something even from this, had I
been allowed tojudge for myself".
But though I made tip my mind to he
never to buy a pig in 8. poke, nor ever to
the maxiins of my grandfatlier, himself an
old bachelor, with whom they originated.
But how was I to find out the real temper
and worth ofthe females I knew, if I went
to work at once in the shape of a lover ’I—
How, if.it was known that I was after a
wife’! How, was I to be made acquaint-.
ed with their true temper, their liouseliold
worth, that which the married man would
have to put up with, and live with all his
life long, without being allowed to visit
them on the most familiar footing .7 'I‘o go
when I was invited would never satisfy me.
I should be sure to see my dear in a holi-
day-liumor,——No, iio——I like to catch peo-
ple in the suds—I like to fall upon them by
surprise, when it is a washing day, not on-
ly with their hands but with their temper.
You see now that I was obliged to give
the folks an idea that I did not mean to
marry at all, that I was not after a wife,
and then, that I might avail myself of the
stratagem (a lawful one, I insist upon it,
where a man really wishes to marry like a
reasonable creature) I was obliged to be-
come very intimate with the only woman I
\Ve
vetlier. and. made a match of it.) \Vbat.
waslto do? I was neither engaged nor
betrotlied—I might never be so—and ‘yet,
how could I bear to give her up? I had
never opened my lips to the girl, or the
mother, on the subject of marriage, yet
they and every body else appeared to look
upon it as a settled affair.
And, after laying awake one night,
concluded to do the conscientious tliin,t_r——
way of our companionship. How were we
ever to know each others heart and soul,
as we should be known to each other for
the higher and more liolier piirpoéies ofmar-'
riage, if we continued our intimacy? And
how if we did not? I.neve‘r was half so
much puzzled in my life. So to out the
matter short, 1 concluded to withdraw—but
to withdraw so gradual as to excite no re-
mark and only so far that I could keep an
eye on her path, and return to her when I
pleased. This would leave us at liberty not
only to judge, but to act for ourselves.-—+
Reader, I put it to you-—VVas I to blame?
Would you advise any body to buy a pig in
a poke or a wife in a holiday dress? With
more wit, perhaps I should have been safe ;.
with less I know I should. But I was like
the birds that are frightened away from the
cornfield by apiece of ragged cloth, or a
bit of woolen yarn—I knew just enough to
be made afool of with impunity. Had I
known less, I should neither have seen or
suspected atrap; more, I should not have
been frightened with a bit of pack ‘thread
or mistaken a coat for a man.
But my beloved Bertlia—— who never car-
ed a fig for the opinion of others, when it
interfered with her own, would not give up
what she insisted on calling our friendship,
but begged and prayed me to continue to
regard her as I always had, like a brother
—-bless the dear girl !—whatever the gos-
sips ofthe neighborhood might say. IfI left
her now, people would think I did so on;
account of the reports-—antl here she blush-
ed crimson—or that we had been quarrel!-
ing. As for herself, she was determined
never to be a slave to the judgment of_
others. If her conscience did not reproachher’
why should we heed the reproach of others?
Not that she would never make any sacrifice
even to propitiate error—even to soothe
prejudice ; but she would never make it
disproportionate one. Here a glorious col-
or ovcrspread the breadth of her low Greek
forehead, and the half brown roses there
trembled with sympathy. There was the
transit of a starlike dreain over her lighted
face- a glow like that of asunirneir-sunset
in the depth "of July, over the new dipped
water lily; and‘ her large hazel eyes ran
over with the big drops of light. I could
hardly get my breath. For her own part
she had never misunderstood for a moment
-—-the gipsy—-liaving __determi_n,ed never to
marr , on accountof her poor blind mother
charged with haviiig broken her heart.-
ment of her death, I would have gladly
died with her.
fore I had the heart to go near a wo-
my soul was widowed: like a bereaved
husband, tliougb Bertha and myself were
know that appeared to be fitted for me.-— all that brother and sister should be to
She was a warm-liearted, generous girl, of each other, and nothing more. My poor
no great beauty to be sure, as the world conscience!
Iwould give three quarters of all I am 30953 but She had 3 °l"‘” eye’ “ “ch
mouth, a plenty of good humor, was not
worth a shilling, and appeared to be sornc- tones of whose rich low voice reminded
what in danger from her poverty. I sue-
ceeded pretty wcll—the first week or two I
was regarded as uneiglibor,thenasafriond, The widow R
then as a sort of a relation—aiid finally be- most
fore the mouth was over, as an adopted and then her love to her buried husband,
her amazing love (he had been dead a
were on such good terms thatI was allow- twelve month) was the talk of the coun- of
ed to pop in without knocking at all reas- try. Our acquaintance
onablc hours, night or day; to furnish her for I had no time to throw awa
little bedroom with flowers, to lift her blind
mother about in the old‘ arm-cliair, and to
go to church with lierlarm in arm, like a
child, through the only street of the village.
But in the mean time all her other beaux
witlidrew, the neighbors took up the _affair
—and while we were drawing our conclu-
sions one by one, they lumped them all to-
and my strength returned to me, so that full-
ing in the way of a beautiful widow, the
me of poor Bertlia,I began to think once
more of being unhappy in this world.
preliminaries.
ing her talk it whole hour about her
Philip, whom she was determined not
to survive, I tliouglitit 11 good ’opportuiii- _ , _
,y K, state my case, whid, I aid 5,, g,,,_ ed me that when he was 0. young man be
ing her to understa'ntl', as gently and dcl-I
icately asl could, tli:itI wanted to come
a year or two on triul—or in other words
—my dear madam you must not allow
yourself to fall in love with me, for it‘
ishighly probable or at least possible
that we may not like each other after all.
But I took the good way.
to hirit that nobody worth having, no
sensible man would rriarry, before he had
got thoroughly acquainted with a woman’s
heart and teinper-—she bristled at this,
and the motion of her fan grew illltlil)le;
(it was very warm .'weather)—-Add that
no
So long as his coudiiet was equivocal,
there was no safety for her but in believing.
his attentions were not serious.
ow and I were on the best terms not five
as Icould do to keep from jumping up and
'?"Y"lg 0}": I_ will have you‘-, Bertliu,) she
would pcontinuc to be my sister, and I
should be her brother-, ‘let people say Whm
they would. ,
_ 'I‘liere was no standing this. I saw ‘my
danger. I knew my plan was ‘all knocked
in the head forever if [give up. Yet how
could I refuse to be her brother, only
her brother you know? What-if it should
cnctiurage a hope in her that n.i'gl'i‘t ‘never be
realized’! And what if it drive all other
suitors away, and seal up the charm of her
youth mid beauty in the flush "of her
maidenliood-—why even that was no busi-
ness of mine‘,ifslio insisted on desiring it.-—
I knew she would look upon me as a lover,
in spite of all her declarations to the con"-
trary. And how could I hope to know the
real cliuracter—-i,f her real character was
not what it should be, if I did give it up,
ifI 'contini‘i’e(l to visit her as intimately as
before--a lover in the disguise of n broth-
or! How could I ever know that I was
preferred, if there was any obstacle in my
way? Thus I argued, with myself__.
Arid I did give up. And why? Because
I loved her. It was already too late for
me to do otherwise than Idid.
_But nevelrtlieless, I determined to be
wary, and throw the neighbors upon a
wrong scent, before they had driven us
into each other’s arms in spite of her
modesty and my conscience, witliout al-
lowing us to get acquainted with each
other. I played my part well—-very well-——for
in three months from the day I was rein-
stated, poor Bertha was in her grave,
and I was looked upon as her destroyer;
murriecl
and at the mo-
As I live, we should have been
but for their meddling;
M:-iiiy years went over my head he-
inan again. I felt like a widower-— for
But after a while, I revived
was ._ decidedly the
beautiful woman I ever saw,
was rather short
And so one day after hear-
I contrived
woman worth haviiig—no sensible
woman would ever allow helrshelf to sup-
pose a man was courting her‘, if he did
not say so in good wholesoine English.-
But here I was interrupted—-tlie fair irid-
minutes before.-—I_ had just given lierfii rose,
and had been lolling 'over the back of a
sofa, and she had even allowed me to play
with a mass of black hair. which by the ac-
cidental spring of her comb rolled away
from the pressure, and loosened itself with
a sudden rush all over her beautiful arm
which somehow or other nearly toticiied
mine. But the instant I ‘spoke, two or three
flower leaves fluttered past me-—-I knew
them without lookiug up.-——Her voice elimi-
ged‘,l'1er keen ‘eyes diluted, and making trio
:1 very deliberate how, she begged me to be-
lieve she was abundantly grateful for the
solicitude Ihad thought proper to express
for her safety‘, ’(liere I began to look rather
slieepish,) and that with my perinilssioii she
would rely hereafter, as the only safe
course for her, on an other expedient‘, that
of keeping out of danger.
I was tliuiiderstrue'k_——I tried to
off, but no, no-—the "magnificent creature
would not be pacified. And “so, the long
and s_ll0l't.t)f the story is—-that became the
talk of town again, as the vainest coxcomb
alive, and the worst of triflers. Ali ! iftliev
only knew me! But for my conscientious-
ness, 1 might have been hiisband of that
very widow; for she married an_'older and
uglier fellow than I was‘, before the month
was olit.-—_——instead of being what I am now
a good for nothing old bachelor, as the very
newspapers assure me, thciugli I eat,
drink and sleep well, owe no man a farthing
and a good property of my own, with which
Illave done my share of good in the world
and hope to do a great deal more, sitting
undeijmy own vine and fig tree, with no
wife to make afraid, no children to pay for.
Heigho ! .
After this rebuff, I waited five years before
I ventured to pick up a woman’s pocket
handkerchief, or to hand her a tea-cup the
second time- I liad almost forgotten how
to walk arm in arm, and for keeping the
step,I might as well have gone a,-tiptoe
through the street. '.
A new thoiight stifiick rile. If the (laugh-
[or lose aliandkerchief or a penknife, and
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Qher voice faltcred here, and it was as muqli
' . I3: -9».
, .- .- R. .9‘; NHL‘-.-I’ *3‘ - .~-H dz
laugh it '
edge design, the fathers or the millil-
efs "_"ght_. and having been reproached for
"mklllg 10% In one case without the ‘con-
sent of the poo‘r'o’ld blind ‘mother, I date.--
mined to do whatever I did next in ‘the way
of courtship, so hone_stl'y that nobody ‘would
I
fora gnl — Y‘! '0 lyi 1 bl:-gun. I0 look I’-m
)’0l_1nger wife now, one that I -could
educate in my own wtiy-—‘with wliom filers
'5 3")’ Probability of my ever being able to
make a rnatcli,my custom was to go straight.
way to the father and ‘mother and ask i-em.
But zounds what an uproar it made. It
was all in vain that I tried to make _il‘.‘em
understand the ,matter: saying that I did
not go to the fzi.th'cr and ‘mother so much to
obtain their child, as to get leave go fibifain
lierjifl could, by her own consent. They
laughed at me, they made mouths at me‘ tihil
they avoided me, as much as I had ,iiiv'r.'i"i}'i-‘ed
myself Au ‘p'urveyor of the grand 'I‘urk--peia
linps more‘. _ V
,5‘ Mail". however. not long aria": tliis, I
tried a new plan, better and safer by for
than any of those lieretofore noticed‘. I
still wanted a wife——but I had no time to
10059. and I began to perceive that the Ion-
gel‘ 1 put it off, the more diflicult it woiild
be to suit myself or an‘o'ilicr—-to please or
to be pleased. Habit would "do mu'cli, I
know. _ But I was so mortally afraid of be‘-
ing obliged to marry A woman merely be-
cause I had got accustomed to her, or be-
cause 1 know not wliefe else to.,g'o, that I
determined to begin a course ofinquiry with
five or six at a time, young and old; bréwn
an fair, maid, wife or widow, it was all the
same to me‘. It was time to be in it lfu'r'ry3.
Here I should be sure ofleiiding nobody ‘as’-
tlray by particular attention-—of interfe-’r'i:ti¢'»‘
with no fair _crea'ture"s prospects of in urriage:
by that moist hateful of all monopolies, the
monopoly of girl’s youth, ora woman's liar-
vest-hour. God forgive the man that in ‘ii.
triflcr-—_for I am none. By doing so, I
should be free, and every body free to pick.
and clio_os‘e,‘eucli for himself. _ I tbere‘fo'i-'6
took doivn the names of éill in the neigbboi--
hood whom i thought eligible, and visited
each in turn so regularly, that before the
winter was over, they not only knew the
of the week, but the hour of the day, by my
step, as I drew near. ,
But I fared no better for this The moril
conscientious I grew, the more I was liated
and villified. Nobody spared the iiow;_f
was regarded as a coiifiriiied and hope'le“ss
old bachelor, and as a very unpriiicipleizl
mun. Butl forgive my fiiC'CllSefS.-WlIIli§.
tithe, ‘of my conscience, or a fifteenth psi‘:
my real admiration of the, sex, I m'iglit
have been all this and more without reproach
y on the —'-perliaps ti. ‘married man—-perhaps a re-
ther. -— H cieiio.
_ , ASECYDQTES OF DR. RUSH.
On p"reacliing.—'l‘lie Doctor onc3itiforpi-
had been invited on some occasion to dine
in _'company with Robert Morris Esq. 9.
man celebrated for the course he took in
the Amerfc in Revolution. It so h‘appe,ii‘ed
thatgthc coinpany had waited for Mr. Mor-
ris‘, wlio, in his appearance, appologized
for detaining them, by saying that he pad
been engaged in reading a sermon ofa'c‘ler-
gyinaii who had just gone, to _,]3’ngla'nd"m
rcceiv"e orders. ‘ \Vell, Mr. Morris,’ s'é.it_l
the Doctor, __‘ how do you like the ‘sermon ‘I
I have heard it highly extolled.’ ‘ Why,
Doctor,’ said he * I did not like it at an-.;—
It’s too smooth and tame for me.’ Mr.
Morris, replied the Doctor, ‘ what sort '.o5f‘il.
sermon do you like '1’ ‘I ‘like’, sir,’
Mr. M. ‘that kind of preaching that 'dii'i’v’e:s"ii
man into one corner ofliisiiind makes
him think the devil is after Ii’i’in.’ _ , ,
I liave heard him reprore his medical class
mice for restlessness, during one, of his,léc-
tures, by saying: ‘ Gentlemen‘, I fear I do
not make you happy. The happy a'g‘e:t'il‘-
ways contented.’ _Tli__is gentle rebuke pleas-
ed me so well that offer ‘tlie lecture, I then-
ked him for it, observing that when occasion
should offer, I would try the effect of it ‘on
my congregation. ‘ No,’ said the Doctor,
‘ I hope you will not. It is ri'o_complir'n‘e’tit
to a minister of the Gospel to 'rep'rov'e his
coiigi'egatit’:ii for inattention. He shiotild
be_abIe to keep their attention.’ Adding
that ‘ Dr. M‘: coiigregéitions Ivefe always lit-
tentive. __ -
Dr. Rush was perhaps one of the iriost
untiring students that ever lived. Two
youiigpliysicians were cijdversing in his
,presence once, and "one of them. said.-—
"VVli'on I fiiiislied my studies——’ ‘Wbeh you
have finished your studies l’. saidtlie Doc-
‘tor abruptly, ‘Why you must beii lia'p’p’y man
to have finished so yountr, I do no‘: éirpec
O
to finish mine while I liy"e_., , , ;
N The writer o_n‘.ce asked him h_o_vt_r he had
'be_en ableto collect such an iinltiiense a-
mount of information arid facts as his pilblic-1,.
ations and lectures ,co'ntaiued.
.-- -.
economising my time as M_r__._,_VV‘e‘sley did..
I have not spent an hour it1,tilllll._'!BlIient8 for
the last thirty y'ea’r.-’3._’,_ And; tilting a small
note book from his__,p'oeket, and showing it
to ‘me, he said,’ Ifill such ii. book as this
énce ina i've_eItIvit_li observationsand ‘thoughts,
which occur to me}, and acts collected in,
the rooms of my patierits, and these an,
p'rese‘rverljand,used.’ ‘
I once fllle (Ifictor felatrd the for; ...J_
dream IO "8IlO',v that thr‘ nl'emor..
"meg. qxelti Itself m“.re powerfuliyin our
ilemangin do ’ lave been I-°’g’°“.°I"' -. ‘{.3°“"
. . . . “$3.7. of large property had pro.
Vlded in his ‘¢v1]|,g]-my his wife ifiscél-mefi.. .
with 3 neighbor, should settle is egg.-3::
After lus death, in fulfilling‘ the" intentions
of h“5 Will: H . ééftnin important pa ‘ai-
WHS missing. Repeatedand dilliéeiit Search
was made for it but in vain. The widow
_at length dreamed that the said papef viva‘;
in thebottoinof a barrel in the garret, coifs
ters were not to be trusted with a knot,-l.
..' ;.\ S: A.
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" '.==-‘t~_:‘.'—_'-,~.';—. .“,‘ ? — L 5 " ' ' '
‘eied with ii number of books: The diieaifi
gnadé 80 Wong do iiii'p;éasion on her mind
s.:.I'2"
‘I have been able to do it,’ rliilféd, hfi‘,'by I
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