by our parents for the University, we pursucdance 1 had implored, had heard my prayer, and live and love with inercasing fervor, throuch
our preparatory studies with equal pace, and ‘pointed me to the path which seemed to lic ope: jthe endless ages of a bappy immortainy i”
commenced our residence at college in the same before me. ; She rose cheerfully to retire. The tear that
class, The happy aud endearing relation off After breakfast the next morning, when all} trembled in her eye was checked by the placid
class-mate, room mate, and friend, all conspired the other members of the family had retired, smile of heavenly resignation which shone °
to assimulate our tempers to each other, and toland Lionel and myself were left alone without through her lovely features. Never, till that
produce in us a congeniality of taste. This was|any danger of interruption, 1 waited for the fi- moment, did 1 behold so sweet a charm. Que
what my father particularly desired ; for he of-|vorable moment to begin. This was partly fur- might read this sentence in ber face: «put
ten said to me, My son, I hope by associating|nished by my fricod himself. « Blendon (said) we shall meet again, and then shall part po
with one so mild and amiable as Lionel, youlhe) I am glad that you have not forgotten me— more,” said the smile. Blessed Religiony' f
will learn to overcome that impetuous temper most of my old friends have been very cold of{thought I, how happy are thy children ! ey
of yours, which if not restrained in early hte, Ijlate.” 1 replied, ¢ My dear sir, Iam sure I es 5 BF a]
fear will prove your ruin.” If I really did suc-inever can forget you, and why should they The Female Eye—A modern writer gives)
ceed (as my father seemed to think) in gaining [« I don’t know (added he) perbaps the fault is\the following enumeration of the expressions of
the victory qver a disposition so unhappy, 1imy own.”—1I inquired what he had dove toa female eye : the glare, the stare, the sneer,
provoke neglect. « Nothing purposely ; butjthe invitation, the defiance, the denial; the cops
BELLLFONTE PATRIOT.
~ * Eloquence the soul, song charms the sense.’
vidas
BELLEFONTE, Ju~g, 1824.
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SONG OF THE VIRTUOUS MAN.
BY JAMES B.SHEYS,
Though by the world I'm counted poor,
And forced to sorrow and endure ;
Though thorns are in the path I tread,
And want's fiscce storms howl round my head;
Yet there’s a secret wealth of heart, ;
Above the price or grasp of art:
%
Io kindest love by nature given o
The only wealth esteem’d in heaven !
*T'is the pure hope of better years,
That speaks forgiveness, e’en through tears :
That ever prompts, uncheck’d, sincere,
The warm and sympathisiog Lear ©
Mere gold can ne’er extend life’s span,
Nor form one noble, honest man ;
Nor take the dees unfading scain
Of famy from deed or gain;
Nor bring around our nightly rest
The peace and trusting of the blest!
No! While in state the wretch may roll,
The barbs of conscience goad bis soul,
Ile hears, in guilt’s most horrid dream,
The orphan sigh ! the widow scream !
And none, oh ! none, are fondly near
To shed the sympathizing tear!
The man, from virtuous feelings, poor
In glittering dross, may sleep secure,
His smiling babes the seraphs are,
‘Whose music lulls his daily care !
Round his bright hearth, at evening mild,
He calls each dear and doting child ;
‘Grown young again, with joyous eyes,
Tie sees sweet childhood’s sperts arise !
The while his wife sings tenderly,
And rocks the youngest on her knee,
Still those he fondest loves are near
To shed the sympathiziog tear.
ty CD eee
From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
THE THREE EPOCHS OF LIFE.
must ascighe it to my admiration of tbat mild,
uniform, and gentle spirit, which appeaied so
sweet and charming in my friend. Nor was it
by me alone that his excellencies were felt and
acknowledged : I do not know that Lionel, while
in college, ever had an enemy. Though be
surpassed many of his class-matesin collegiate
honours, yet as he wus evidently pot ambitions
or vain, he was never envied. Though he had
a very satirical turn of mind, yet it was temper-
ed with so much good nature and benevolence,
as never to offend. Conceive of one who added
(0 a fine form and most winning countenance, a
modest and unassuming demeanor; to talents
higher thao ordinary,a humble and gnambitious
temper ; to wealth which few others could com-
mand, a plainness of dress that merely made his
appearance respectable among his class mates,
and so generous and charitable a spirit that sev-
eral indigent students were nearly supported
out of the fund which his father annually allow-
ed him ; 1 say conceive of one who exhibited
this bright assemblage of good qualities, and
you will have an exact picture of what Lionel
was at college.
Not long after he had completed bis educa.
tion, his father was suddenly removed by death,
leaving a large estate to my friend, who was
his only child, The care of so much property
conspired with his natural inclination, to deter
him from studying a profession; and be relin
quished without regret every prospect of litera
ry or political distinction, for that quiet secly.
sion, which he was by nature and education emi-
nently fitted to adorn and enjoy. The loss of
his father had indeed deeply affected his tender
heart, and for atime clouded him in melancho
friend, and I am going with your leave to per
suade you to renounce it.” ¢ O that 1s impos
we never kept any thing from each other, and Ijsent, the glance of love, the flash of rage, the
will tell you what I suppose has given them of-[sparkling of hope, the languishment of softness, |
fence. Perhaps you remarked last might a fail-|the squint of suspicion, the fire of jealousy, and |
ing to which I am subject.” ¢1did indeed, my{the lustre of pleasure. i
eens 13. GB AV tn
IRISH TRAVELLING. i
sible: I have made a number of attempts but if An TIristiman, who slept lately at the Linh
is all in vaia—1I cannot live without it.”’—¢ You Inn, in Wolverhampton, was going by one of |
can, dear Lionel, I know you can ; there is pow- the morning coaches to :
insufficient ;——and forgive me while 1 set be- dined, which was standing by that he bad just
fore you the motives which urge you to renew quitted, was brought back to the same ion in
— I would hear any thiog from you :” 1 began road, how much the country resembled that he
with distant objects. 1 remarked on the de- had passed through in the morning ; but when
with his former taste ; upon the loss of his au- fasted, in which there was a handsome print of
thority over his domestics ; upon the decline of the projected iron bridge over the I'hiames, he
his reputation, and the neglect which he was broke out into the following exclamations.—
beginning to feel. All this time Lionel paid ¢ O! and to be sure, now I never saw but one
strict attention, and the tears had began one by picture before of that beautiful bridee, and that
one, to steal down his cheeks. I next mention- was where I slept last night, and tobe sure the
ed the grief which those very friends, so long room was very much like this, and the pipers
tried and beloved, must feel to be obhged foriby my soul, was the very same pattern ; and if
their own credit to avoid bis society. At Jast I I had not seen it was the same reom.— ( Hater
came to his children—the scene was too much) Waiter. ) Arvaby Mr. Waiter, 2nd you are
—1 could not proceed—such floods. of tears, very much like the other waiter too: have
such heart-rending sobs broke forth, as I never not you a brother now, in the same capacity as
witnessed before. We sat without exchanging yourself, that lives in that comical place Wol-
a word for ha!fan hour. At length his feel-iyverhampien I” «Sir, this is Wolverhampton 3
ings bad become calm and he broke silence.you slept bere last night” O! by the Powers, |
% My dear Blendon, said he, these are the and I thought this must be the same place —
wounds of a friend Iam resolved never again By Jasus, now, butit must be confoundediy
to taste the fatal draught : do youn offer our unit-'round about to go through one town twice ; bug
.
ed supplications to God, that he will enable me perhaps itis a better road; so Mr. Waitery
‘0 persevere in this resolution.” We knelt to- please 10 let me know when this same coach
er in heaven to do it if your own strength is getting into the Shrewsbury coach after he had |
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7
y but by mistake
the attempt.” «Forgive you :” he exclaimed the evening. He frequently remarked on the
{
caying aspect of his buildings so inconsisient introduced into the same room where he bregk-
BIRTH; MARRIAGE, AND DEATH.
Brhold the lovely infant’s fragile form,
How sweet, how itnocent it lies;
What heart, that seeing, does not warm,
' Or hearing, melts not at its cries ! :
Angels they seem, though form of flesh be giv-
i en,
| To hide the spirit, pure as those in heaven !
| II
{ When early sports and plays are o'er,
| And youth to hardy manhoods grown;
' "When early toys shall please no more,
. And beauty’s flow’r is fully blown;
Wedlock fulfils creation’s heavenly plan;
Links fast the fate and seals the happiness of
man !
IIL
Death tears the infant from the bfeast,
And makes the lovely prey his own;
The blooming youth he lays to rest,
Ere life to him is fully known:
Nature, too, calls wearied age to his last sleep,
Sleep of the Grave ! how long, how sound, how
deep !
THE STRANGER.
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WOMAN.
Is there a heart that never loved,
Nor felt soft woman's sigh!
Is there a man can mark unmoved
Dear woman’s fearful eye ! :
Oh, bear him to some distant shore,
Some solitary cell,
Where nought but savage monsters roar,
Where love ne’er deign’d to dwells
For there’sa charm in woman’s eye,
A language in her tears
A spell in ev'ry sacred sigh,
To man—to virtue dear,
And he who can resist her smiles,
With brutes alone should live,
Nor taste those joys which care beguiles,
Those joys her virtues give.
MAN.
[A PARODY ON « WOMAN."]
Is there a heart in woman’s breast,
To laugh at love—so base !
Is there a woman who can rest,
Debar’d from man’s embrace !
Ob, bear her to some desert drear,
Some mountain bleuk, or cell,
Where not a friend her soul can cheer,
Her gloomy fears dispel.
~. For there’s in man a noble charm,
To woman ever dear,
A virtue in his manly arm,
Which banishes her fear;
And she who can disdain his love,
Should far from friends be driven !
Among the savage beasts to rove,
ly ; but the numerous cares which now devolved
upon him, and especially his union with one whe
had long engrossed his affections, at length ros
tored his mind to its accustomed serenity.
Being myself at this time transferred by pro-
fessional duties to a neighboring town, my. op-
portunities of seeing him have since been only
occasional ; yet they bave been such as to afford
ample means for marking the tenor of his life.
Indeed for many years afterwards our families
interchanged long and frequent visits. His
companion was in every respect fitted to render
him happy, and made him the father of two ami-
able and lovely children, a son and a daughter.
When she was removed, (for she died in early
life,) those two babes were all that saved Lion-
el from sinking under the pressure ol griel.
These two children from that time, constituted
the principal solace of their father, and their
education and future happiness became the dar-
ling object of his mind. Repeated solicitations
were made to him by his fellow-citizens; to be-
come a candidate for political appointments, but
his love of retirement, and his unwillingness to
be separated from hie children, in conjunction
with his unambitious temper, induced him to
decline every public honor, Yet his lite was
pot idle nor useless. Besides the numerous
cares arising from the concerns of his own am-
ple estates, he was the guardian of many orphans
and was employed more than any man, I have
ever known, in adjusting the concerns of the
widow and fatherless, :
In this quiet and honorable career, Lionel had
attained his full meridian, before I had suspect-
ed that any cloud was rising to darken Lis de-
clising day. 1 cannot describe what were my
feelings, when 1 first saw a demon of subtile
and cruel aspect collecting his thunders over
the peaceful abode of my friend. It was Intem-
perance ! I went in sectet: I debated with my-
self what I should do for his reseue, and more
than once resolved, to direct his eye to the aw-
ful clouds that were impending. Would to
heaven that my resolution had then been strong-
er ! but how could I so late begin to disturb the
jeyous emotions, which each others presence
had always mutually inspired? how could 1]
wound a spirit so gentle as his? Unhappily 1
yielded to my feelings ; and after a day or two
more spent at bis house, took my departure for
a distant country ; where important avocations
detained me for three years:
On my return I hastened to the house of my
friend. As I drew near, my apprehensions were
excited by the universal aspect of decay, that
was exhibited by a place formerly distinguish-
ed by its neatness and affluence. What were
my emotions, when I met my friend and saw
his eyes inflamed and watery, his cheeks flush-
ed and bloated, and his limbs trembling, as with
the palsy. I cannot express with what surprise
and grief, I heard from his faultering tongue sure
signals that the cancer was preying within,
My apparent fatigue was the excuse for mixing
gether, and my lips animated by these symp-
seldom known to me before.
Lionel as ke bade me direct such measures to
his family as prudence should dictate, and tea-
dered tome his keys. 1 directed every drop of
spirits to be carried at a distance, and prescrib-
ed such alterations in his diet as 1 deemed ne-
cessary. We passed most of the day in walk-
ing over his lands, and enlivened the hours with
those sweet recollections of our earlier days up-
on which we bath loved to dwell. As evening
ipproached, Lionel complained of severe pain
and grew melancholy. 1 consoled him under
his sufferings by pgrsuading him that they
would not be of long duration, and by holding
ap to his view the prize he would win. We
nad made arrangements to lodge in the same
room, and by his consent I took the keys. At
short intervals I heard him utter vuch groans as
evinced great suffering. The morning came
but brought no relief. A spasmodic affection,
make him frantic, were the symptoms that com-
menced with that memorable day. Had he re-
quested I do not know but I should have readi-
iy consented to abandon the trial. I even hiot-
ed that his sufferings were alarming ; but he
took no advantage of the opportunity then giv-
co him. At his request we united in prayer,
and spent most of the day in the exercises of
devotion. Towards evening his distress was
somewhat mitigated, and he slept quietly during
‘he night ensuing, Sufferings similar to the
tormer returned the next day, but evidently in e
milder form.—It was a week before he was en-
tirely tree from pain, a great part of which time
he had passed in reading the scripiures and in
religious exercises,
He now felt an ineffable degree of joy and tri.
umph. The grace of God, which had enabled
him to gain the victory, was his constant and
darling theme. The tidings of bis reformation
were soon spread abroad; many feared it wae
only temporary, but after a year had zlapsed, the
strength of his resolution was so apparent in the
natural hue that was restored to his features—
in his regular attention to business, in his ex
emplary life and ardent piety, that no one any
longer doubted the reality ot the change. The
church welcomed him to her communion, and
afterwards made him one of her elders ; and his
fellow-citizens showed by various marks of res
pect, that their confidence was fully restored.
BLENDON.
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JULIET.
= She was sitting at the bead of his
grave ; the grass was beginning to look greer
upon the turf round the stone, where her tear:
usually fell.—She had dot observed me and |
stood still. « Thou hast left me my Henry !”
said she, bending her face down to the turf—
‘oms of returning life, glowed with a fervour,
When we rose,
joy and hope beamed from the countenance of mowing in close succession, when the ene who
attended with excruciating pain, a universal
trembling and an uneasiness that threatened to!
is ready, for I want lo get to my journey’s end I
et | CD | EEC : oh
Anecdote. ~Several men were employed 1
took the foremost swath discovered a yellow
wasp’s nest before him ard immediately lett |
his place and stepped to one side. The next
man behind him took his swath, not zware of
the cause for which he deserted it, and at the
same time boastingly observed in the language
of scripture, that « Zhe wicked flee when na.
one fpursueth ; but the righteous are as bold is
as a lion.” He had scarcely pronounced thigh
sentence, when the little insects furiously at
tacked him for disturbing their repose, and,
made him sensible of his boldness. He that bad ©
fled instantly replied, & Zhe wise man frresecetls
the evil and fleeth from it ; but the simple flass |
on and are punished.”
ett. 67) ED een oR
An old widow woman, not remarkable for
on the renown of her departed husband.——She
was once boasting that he had held a post of
distinction in the revolutionary army, whether
it was general or corparal, she could not recols
lect, but was sure it was something that end-
ed in rely, Was’stit scoundrel £ 2aid a bystans
der ; « O yes,” replied the old woman, ¢ indeed
I believe, that was it,”
Sign of Flodden well— A Scotch inn keeper,
who had determined on adopiing the sign of
Flodden Well, was mach puzzled for a suitas
ble inscription. At length he waited on Wai
ter Scott, and asked aid,observing, that ¢ as he
had written so much about it, he might ken
something that would do on inscription.” The
worthy poet immediately replied, © Why, man,
I think you cannot do better than take a verse
from the poem itself.” The nn-keeper wag
very willing to do (bis, when Mr. Scott szid to
him, « Why then, you have just nothing to do,
but to leave out one letter, and put for a motto,
« Drink, weary traveller, drink and pay!
instead ol gray, which you might not attend to
so regularly.”
— 3 ee
A militia captain of one of the northern states,
during the late war, being told that a regiment
was to be organized for some special service,
exclaimed, ¢ The darn’d foals, they'd better
stick to the drum and fife, than to go to the ¢x-
pense of buying organs.” :
The late Dr. Magrath being called upon to
visit a sick man, asked him, as he entered the
room, how hedid? «OQ doctor,” replied the
man, in a plaintive tone,“ Iam dead” The
doctor immediately left the room, and report-
¢d in the neighborhood, that the man was dead.
The report was at first believed and cireviated;
but as soon as the mistake was discovered, the
doctor was asked, « why he had propagated a
false report ?* He replied, that « be bad it
upon the best authority : for hie had it fiom the
her knowledge or sagacity, would often dwell: | + &
| My Dear H.
Shat but from peace and heaven. B. B.
ama $6 Ne —
From the Christian Spectator,
STORY OF LIONEL.
E£ STORY OF LIONEL, IN A LETTER FROM
~~ BLENDON TO HIS GRANDSON,
Poor Lionel has just sunk into his grave ;'
while my tears ave yet flowing for him, let me
i
attempt to present before you the instructive
picture of his life. , ihe
Lionel and royself were bosom friends from
| our earliest years. Born in the same village, attempt the recovery of my friend even at this lace from the ground,) but we shall mee
and nearly of the same age, we acquired an at-
tachment for each other almost before we could
utter the name of friend.—Both being destined fel cheered by the belief, that he whose assist-ithose blest regions we shall part no more, but and beloved companion of man.
at once the fatal potion, which, on my declinibg « thou hast left me ; but it was to attend a dear
to receive it, he drank off himself. It was latejer call! 1 will not weep, (wiping her eyes with
in the day and the state of my health furnished her bandkerchicf,) I will not weep, for it was
me with an apology for retiring very early tojthe call of one who loved thee better! Thou
my chamber. I sat dowa by my bed-side and hast flown to his bosom-—aznd what hast thou
gave vent to my feelings in a flood of tears /left behind thee for thy poor Juliet, but this
Why (said I to myself) did I shrink from thejcold sod.” :
kindest office of a friend three years ago, when] She was silent some moments. The full
my admonitions tenderly and affectionately of-imoon was just beginning to climb over the top:
fered, might have baffled the destroyer. Fall-lof the trees as I came up ; and as she stoopec
ing on my knees, I asked the forgiveness of Godito kiss the turf, I saw the tears trickling throug!
for neglecting the opportunity which he thenithe moon-beams in hasty drops from her eyes
put into my hands, and resolved by his grace tog Thou hast left me, (said Juliet, raising he.
man’s own mouth.”
—— § Wc
A negro being asked bow late it was by lus
watch, exclaimed, « Sixty-tree minutes pas haf
arter 12—why you no keep a watch yourself 22
——— § W—
He who betrays the sccrets of another is
worse than an assassin, and would, to accoms-
plish a favorite object, like a midnight rv ian,
murder his best friend : he who is guilty of if”
will always be despised as far as his crime is
Known.
A woman among savages, is a beast of bur.
DS GP—
late hour. I passed a sleepless night in devis lagain! I shall see thy face again, and hear th
ing the best means for cffecting my object, and weil known accenis of my Henry's tongue. In!
den ; in the East, a piece of furniture ; in Eu-
rope, a spoiled child ; in America, the lovely