The Bradford Porter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1842-1844, January 17, 1844, Image 1

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Whit-gr.
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ter has come again. Thesweet•southwest
forgotten find, and the strong earth
!I:A aside its mantle to be bound. • • • '
„frost fetter. There is not a sound %
- 1 , s k a ter's heel, and there is laid ,-
kr finger on the lip of streams.
fi l e cleaticicle hangs cold and still,.
t he snow fall is noiseless as thought.
he a rushing sound, and Summer'sends
sweet Voices with its oders out,
Autumn rustleth its decaying robe •
I co mplaining whisper. •Witittr's d u nal. !
3Je hie, ministry a silent one,' •
.1 • .
his given him a foot onTeel. i
n unlovely aspect, and a breath '
to the s enses—and we know that lie
reth well, and bath a• meaning hid
t he ;bedew of his hand.' Loilk'up !
MI it be interpreted—Your hOme
a temptation now. There is no voice
ten with beguiling fur your ear,
the cool forest and the, meadows green
h not your; feet away ; and in therdells
are no sunny; places to lie down.
mes t'go in, and by your cheerful fite
for the Aces of love, and hear
is of human tenderness, and -feast ' eye upon the beauty of the young.
i:son for the quiet thotight,-
el still reckoning, with thyself. The year
„ ft
b a ck the spirits of its dead," and Time
, a the history of its vanished. hours ;
the heart et:llldb his affections‘up,),
hie wasted ingots.: Life stands still
fettle; lik"e a fountain, and the eye •
dearly through its Optis, and noteth all
erred it; troubled waters. it is well
%inlet with the dying year shouid tome.
to Dollars a* - Day anti Roast Beef."
ps eighteen hmidred end forty, ••
songof promised relief,
sss sung to the poor by the-bangitty,
-two dais a day, and roast beef,'.'
banners ereflying and streaming ;
wen the peolile were deaf;
at th!ough the universe screaming •
dollirs a day-and roast beef."
nhoA, sod images now flourished.
2o rtrait s betokening grief;
,Ters hoped they shOuld be nourish'd
'two dollars a day and roast
Ichuck, the skunk, kna the coon too,
ie Foe, that inveterate thief,
skins to the whigs.with this tune too,
) dollars a dry and roast beef."
ec swag '.l sn,d gu?4'd lard cider,
.•< beyond alt,l4eref,
heir n?Thutlis opened wider,
dollar, a d'ay ~and,roaatbeef:'
EMI
abo;e the hotiznn .
tom overshaddwod with grief—
people have never set eyes on
dollarl a day end roast beef."
, I;es vc•ZTp broke; t: nth was banisted
1,17 etas the prorniivdelief
‘7a of ••i w dollars; had :ianisti l d — • -
alia P.:O hope of "roas,t beef."
' , !re gone: and the benners,,
stuck ' on a reef ;
xo, have tea-ed their hozanas,
co doling a day and roast beef."
now ask the whistiles one question ;
Nana;.if: them it shall be brief—
ever yet hurt pouf Digestion
"f Caqh or- "toast beef 1"
Love Never Sleeps.
;ever sleeps !" The mother's eye'
r her lying infant's bed,
marks the moinent fly;
aeeps on with noiseless tread
(.1:-,tress'd she sits and wreps,-
'atm; heart —" Live never sleetts 1"
that sad and fragile term "
the tumult of her breast:
:horrors of the st ‘ orm.
ardened nature sink. rest;.
them both iso•rnsst keeps .
light watch—`Love neversleeps r
. a!k,Ce----=the angel hands
'er the cafe worn sons of men
iceyes and eager hands •
liAs the soul to hope again,
to air, their pity sweeps
of thue--"Love never sleeps!"
. _
~ —b eneath—and over all,
in and aniels, earth and heavp,
ands ! The slightest call , •
; tuli relief is,givenl,
wo, when yarrow steeps .
Pain—" Love never steeps !"
et love ! our eyes to thee,
5 f the world's false rittliance turn !
ret *lew thy purity
el °ln beans within us burn_:
that. ' n the lowest deeps '
' l4lll —"Love pever sleeps!" .
/ -
A Story , of Love and De,bt,
A furious anecdote es otice*ated
to ue, with person and place,
and - the dale
,of the event,. which We .
shall repeat.for the benefit of the rising
generation,
who,_ nr . their haste'to car
ryotit'their . vie ws," may eorrimirsome
mistake whose, effect will be perma
nent.. .
Mr. Rhotlea:tvlas the 'High Sheriff
of--,----.countY.- Massachusetts ;,and
his good 'naine, inherited from the fa
ilter and cherished by the son, made
hiaiuut , only popular:as an officer, but
rather wealthy - as a man. Why Mr.
RhocleS bad never got married, the la
dies could not ascertain, though, they
talked lit . d matter over and over .very
often,*, but almost all said there must
have been some cause in his youth,
(Mr. Rhodes was-thirty - -five-,:at least,)
whiehtwas knimn - only to himself, and
perhaps one other. •
• Some disappointwent,' said Miss
Anna, a young lady who . thought, it
,vVrougthattgentlemen''Should be dis
appoirited4 • some fatal disdppoint
_ . .
• Not afrall,' said her maiden aunt,
not at all ; nobody ever thought that
Mr. Rhodes hUd courage 'enough to
Oiler hiingelf to a lady. . He is so mo
dest that I should like to see him make
a proposal.'•
.
- 6 NO doubt of it, aunt, - no-doubt of it;
and to hear - him:too,' said Anna. -
Your father and I,' said Anna's mo
ther, once thought that Mr. Rhodes
would certainly marry. Miss Stisan
Morgan, who then lived in the neigh,
borhood.'
Was he accepted by Mls3 Moigan ?'
asked Anna.
'I don't belieTe she ever had an offer,'
said aunt Arabella.
Perhaps not,' said Mrs Wilton, 'but
she certainly deserved one from Mr.
Rhodes ; and I havelfrequently thought
that, during services' in church, he was
about to.make proposals before all the
Congregation, as he kept his eye con
tinually onher.'
',Do you think,' asked Anna, • that
Miss Morgan' was fond .of him as he
appeared of her?'.
• She certainly did not take the same
means of showing her feeling,' said
Mrs. Wilton, 1 for she never looked at
him in' hurch, & seemed to blush when,
by any meatis . -she discovered that
others _had noticed his gazing upon
MS
I-should think,' said - Anna, partly
aside, - ' that a man like 'Mr. Rhodes
would not lack confidence to address a
latly;e:specially if she was conscious
of her own feelings, and of his infirmi.
ty.'
Mrs. 'Wilton smiled, -and aunt Ara-,
bella Was about - AO say: that . no lady
ShOuld ever evince her feelings under
such circumstances, when Mrs. Wilton'
remarked, that once, when'she had Jok
ed Miss Morgan. upon her, conquest,
she rather pettishly replied, that she
mayli,ave subdued hint, but he had ne
ver acknowledged, her poWer.'
Conquest and possession - did not go
together,.then,' said Anna..
Wen, is this attachment the cans e
of Mr. Rhodes' single condition? Was
there no one :else at whom he could
look in church, who would be likelY.to
look at him?' said Anna, nodding
,to=
wards. her aunt; , • . •
said aunt A., with a hearty
stnile. none in the pew to which you
allude. • I at-least was too strongly irn-_
pressed,with the force of the .tenth
commandment, thou shalt not• covet
thy neighbor's ox, nor his° aSs," ever to
be looking over Miss Morgan at Mr.
'.Rhodes:'
* * *
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_ . .
One, morning Mr. Rhodes was sitting
in his office, when one of the deputies
read bffilist Of 'executions and attach . ;
nents, Which he, had in band to serve,
- iintl among their was one against a la
dy at a .short, distance: The amount
was
. tiot •greaL,bptenough,ip bring' dis
tress upon a family.
!Let me 'take that,' said the Sheriff,
with some feeling; WO out of - your
walk; and J will•iltiie to the residence
ofthe persaii to-morrow morning.'
A!be modest .Vehicle •ot ,the . officer
stoed.it the •- door. of, a neat dwelling
housein• a retired, delightful situation,
w here lett thin go . told of taste anOec9no.
My.Th`e;Sheriff -Opened the' gate, as.
vended thy .Ik9s..pf the i:ioae. and ask
ed if Miss Morgan. w,as at home.
The 'fervent' answered in:the atm%
native. • - N .
• :iiif Mr: Rhodes p# . red alnng the hall,
\ B
he thought over the pa t - he,bad to per 7
:foim - -tioti he - :should. introduce' . the
subject:-i=how,if•t!ie debt - hould 'prove
to be onerous, . be.Jshoug`contrive to
Regardless of Denunciation from any irsarter.—Gov.
coomagroz.. 9 amismurtomo gomoraw s , l lmo s , azimatza. auk,*
lighten,. the hurtken hii own
tips; and when he reached the door, he
had conned his :Saluta - tion
,to the
and his
opening speech on gthe subject
of his official call. , '•
• The servant opened the .door—Mr..
Rhodes entered ivith. a bow. He blush
ed, hesitated, and at length took a seat,
to which Misi
.Morgaii directed him by
a graceful turn of her hand.
After a few moments! hesitancy, Mr.
Rhodes felt that.it'was, his business to
open a conversation that would:explain
the object of his visit; so he/offered;
by way or pieface, a few remarks upon
the coldness of the spring.
6 Yes,' said Miss Morgan.; but yet,
cold as. the weather has.been; and even
notwithstanding a few - frosts, you, see
the trees have their ricliest foliage; and
the flowertt are lukuriant.'
-"frue,' said Mr. Rhodes t .lt seems,
though there.-may be .a, great.. deal. of
coldness, that nature will have her own
war, and time asserts her prerogative,
late'perhaps, Miss Morgan, but still the
same.' :
Mr. Rhodes felt.rather startled at his
own. speenh, and looking up, was in
finitely astonished to see that Miss
Morgan was blushing — like one of the
roses that was hanging against the win
dow.
We are always - pleaSed;',,,said 'Miss
to see what we- admire breaking
through thel chilling' influences by
which they have been retaitied, and sat
isfying our hopes of their ultimate dis
closure.'
Miss Morgan Was looking directly
towards the hush on which three roses
were;clustering in a most gorgeous
richness. •17•
M. Rhodes put his hand into his
pocket, and felt for official the papers.
to gather a little courage from their
contact. •
I have.' said. Mr. Rnodes, an at
(achwent.' '
Miss-Morgan this time : lent blushes
to the rose. •
The.attachnient, Miss Morgan, is of
a distant date-, and I felt That too much
time had already elapsed ; that, indeed,
instead-of entrustin g it, as I might have
done, to another, 1 thought that in. a
matter of 'so. much delicacy, it would
- be proper for me to come.id person.'
For me, Mr. Rhodes ? the attach
ment for me r
A's I was' saying, Miss Morgan, the
ttachment 1 have; and I felt it a mat
ter cif:delicacy to come in person, think
ing thA my own Means might be con
sidered, ilthere was any deficiency in
value.of this property.'
•• Mr. Rhodes,!yon seem,to be rather.
enigmatical.' • . •
I nevertheless,' said Mr. R., mean
to speak very plainly When 1 say, that
with reference .to this attaclrient, Miss
Morgan, should you honor me so fares
to accept my pro - position, my pecunia
ry means would be devoted to the—to
the attachnient.'
I was,' said Miss Morgan, 4 wholly
unprepared for . this.?
I was afraid that was the-ease,'lsaid
Mr. Rhodes, and. therefore I thought
it more delicate to ,make the. offer in
person.'
Your are very. considerate, Mr.
Rhodes.'.. ,
AM I then to understand, Miss Mor
gan, that my proposition is agreeable
to you In other words; that it is ac-
cepted,?! •
Mr-Medea,' ,said the lady, With
much hesitancy. • I . ntust claim a little
time to-think of it.' "
• I will call, then, on My:return from
the: village beyond.'
• Let me ask little more
said ; • say. next week.':"
• Miss Morgan,' said 1111 ,hodes,
4.tlt,..matter requires immedim answer:
the attachment is - Of an old date, and
time now is every thing./ My feelings
'are deeply interested ;.fated may I not
hope that while„you are using so short
atirneto consider a subject which you
are sopleased to view as of great deli
wiiltregarti- to yourself. you will
allow_ my wishes Arid feeling's, to weigh
with you: in deciding . in favor of my
proposition, which '1
. assure you, is
'made after due deliberation upon my
ability io perform - my part of the con
tract.' - •.
Mr. Rhodes then.took hid, leave, as
tonished at•bis,own unwonted viklubili
ty., .which indeed, nothing could have.
induced but his desire to relieve uncap
much esteemed .-- as Miss' Morgan, from
present einberraistnent..
•
r. - Rhodes.drove to_ -.a neighboring
place, des_ ply occupied with his good
purposes towards Muss Moigan; satis
fying himeelf that the, pecuniary saeri
ficehe had peopOsed was due to: his
untold and - unknown : affection for her;
and not beyondlis. mew. - • •
1 Miss. Morgan felt la renewal of all
those feelings which lad rather beep
: dormant than quenched in her bosom,
and desired the advice of her married
,
sister, who, was unfortunately 1 , abeent.
That Mr.. Rhodes had .Once felt a strong
attachmenti could notAciubt;
that' he had continiied:to Cherish; as she
had done, the . reeiprocalt -feelings; she
had not.ventured to hope• •• Butit. was
evident that the proposition. of Mr. R.
was, not.frem any
,sudden impulse,' and
Miss M:'retiolved to, signify in c assent
to •a prOpoSition se Worthy of corisnlera,
lion on illVaCeimnts: • .
In less than . two hours, _Mr. Rhodes
drove up. to the door again, fasteriedlis
horse, and %vas,re-admittedto the. little
back" parlor whiCh occupied hi
an early part.of the • • •
Miss Morgan,' said I:Mr.• 'Rhodes,
before receiving your. answer, which I ,
trust you are prepared to give. in favor
of accepting my proposals, -.I wishAO
state to you that I have recensidered'all
the circumstances ormy situation ana
• yours:' and find 'Myself better able, from
some previously tinconsidered-matters,,
to keep. my part of. -the arrangement,
tlMn I thought myself when I ventured
to make the offer, so that the -.kindness,
if you ‘ will have Mat. word used in thi s .
matter, is all on your side,'
Under
,present, circumstances--I
mean those- of our lonO acquaintance,
and our flimily intercourse, thilugh of
late rather interrupted,' said Miss More
gab, my right, my'years, (she add . =
ed, casting a glance' at' a looking glass
that showed only matured womanhood,)
to'spenk far inyself,l have concluded
-to consider'. your propOsition favors
bly.' .
Consider ! Miss Morgan, consider
favorably ! may I net hope you mean
that you•wilt. dccept
M iss - Morgan ° gave no answer. •
Nap; then, it is accepted,' said Mr.
Rhodes, - with a vivacity that Miss Mor
gan thought would have brought him to
her feet—her hand at least.
How' happy " you have made me,'
said Mr. Rhodes'; having disposed
of this matter, there are . ten days al
lowed.'
'llat's very short,' said Miss Mor.:!
gan, only ten days—you seem to be
in a haste unusual to you at least
,•
his the attachment and not I, that
is imperative.'
You speak rather abstractedly, Mr.
Rhodes."
But truly, vt'ry truly, Mies Mor
But why limit it to ten/days?'The attachment requkes it.'
I thought,'• said elte,„tniling, the
attachment would be fotilife.'.
Mr. Rhodes looked,exceedingly con
fused:- At length he started suddenly
towards the lady. .
• My dear Miss/ Morgan, is it possi
ble that, - for once in my life, I have
blundered into the right .pathl :can I
have beep, so fortunately misconceived r
If there is any mistake,' said Miss,
Morgan,
• thope. it Will be cleared 'Op
immediaeely. I ran scarcely think - that
Mr. Rhodes would intentionally offend
an unprotected Orphan, the daughter and
sister eilhis former friends? •
Mr. Rhodes hastily pulled froth his
pocket his %%7 - char attachatent, and show
ed' it to Miss Morgan. . •.
This is certainly yonr name, and
this preperty- 7 , •
• Isobe disputed possession,' said
Miss Itlorgan, • of•my sister-in-law of
the same name, I Mrs. Susan Morgan.'
Mr. Rhodes stood. confounded. He
w.as afraid of,the course which the mat
ter. was likely to ttike.
• Sci, • Mr. Rhodes, yoti'see the ht
taulun'ent was for this property.- Now
as it is not mine, and as, indeed, I .have
little of nay Own, yon of course have'no
,claim upon my person.' • •• •
Iheg your pardon, my dear Miss -
'Morgan, I beg your pardon. • •You have
not the property, indeed, 'for me 'to • at
tach; but be pleased to,read lowerdown
on the writ;: you will . - see-look at it if
you Please; • Vor t icant thereof lake the
body;" ' 5 _ r-
But Me-RhOdes, , the, premise way
extorted: under a• misakireltension,,so
thati, am releas e d..' ; . - ,
• Not at all ; yon,are required , only to
fulfil.the promise :jiist as yon intended
when you Made* And ais, to the -at
tachment • for the widow and herrpro
perty I'll aerie that by ,deputy.,._.
In tett days the clergyman . and not
the • magistrate i -was called - inOind The
whole arrangemeni , was.•Coniummatedi
--And
,annt-krabella, Who-was.so•oare
ful abOut . the tenth,conitriandinenti• de
dared that it said nothing about
ing a neighhoei .lititiband;and if it had;
she did not thinkPthat she' would violate
it. •
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1• • • I Sisiet's Influe l nce.
ANY ayming'inan O es : his,preser. ~
1 ' .
1
;va ton from vice and ruin
to the influ-
V
ence of a :sister.: - .When in danger of,
tem l n
ptatio—when' his own • piinCiplei _
._
f were insufficient to• resist • the 'vice - of
.evil intluence4hat, was coming in upon •
:hu l i,heart—whenitie was ',in_ danger of
rbeComing profane, licentious, intemperi .
ate, it was her society, her converai-
Ainn, her prayers that rescued hini.-,
Nlithing else would ; have staved '.him
but . affectionate" entreaties' and ferirent
.suppplicatious lei: - God; and society
nolw , embosonis - many -virtuous - and
pieus man, who has been rescued from
irOpeeding ruin
.by the. ceuversation .
and influence of,a sister: :lndeed, 'it
will.be found thatinest'of thoSe - young
men-who are peettliarly liable - to, bad ,
influenees,-and were in danger of ruin, , "
.who have been rescued, have been. re p
covered by this influence, and owe
their happiness -now,_ and their hopes
or salvation, toiAlicise whom i: f enefi
cient Providence 'stationed as the pule
companions of their early years., '
-, I It should. be „added, v oit this head,
thit this is an influence. which is evi
dently designed to. be exerted' in favor
:of` relig ion, 'end -Which 'should be - se.:
credly employed 'to proniote the salYa
lien of the soul. So. far` as it goes,
even .in ordinary' circumstances, it is
one Of the greatest aukiliaries•to piety.
"She Whe.Dieserves : her brother limn
piolanenesa and intemperance, and an
impure life, is doing, much in aid of
the. proper influence of religion in• 'the
world. • She, is . keeping . him from
throwing himself fokeyer from, the --
means of grace, and from the.: hopOsof
salvation. She is making it possible
still to reach,--fits heart by the appeals
ot-the gospel. She is retaining him
where the means of grace may -have
access to him ; she_ s keeping him
where there is a hope, a possibility
that he' may be saved. But - her fan..
ence,should reach far beyond this Of
all persons, sha probably, has" most
entirely his confidence and . fiffectioh.—
There is. not one of his companions
. Whorn he would not sooner abandon
'tan his sister. There is, porhaps, no
:amusement which he would not give
• "up or a place of resort that he would
'not forsake at her affectionate entreaty,
There is perhaps, not a book which . '
he—would not read to gratify, her feel
ings, or a good influence under which
attachment to hermight not bring him.
She has his heart. at all times—at all
times can speak to him on the suLject
of .his sours salvation. , lie will not
turn rudely away froM her, as he will
from one of his own sex ; nor will he
.despise her entreaties as -liomay • those
of ministers of the gospel., And she
has one power which is in advance
even of this ; for a brother though he
may not be religious, thotigh an infidel,
though'a companion even of the evil
and the licentious, she may pray.-±
And what young man is there, who,
•in his, sober moments of reflection-,-
and all young men-have such.morneets
—would be unmoved at the knowledge
of the fact that
.a sister; was pleadino.
with God for, the salvation of his-soul,
and resorted to this method—the last
method which piety and love can use
,to save the;soul, when alt other means
:shall fail to. rescue the ,young man from
eternal 'perdition.—Chartestorm •
server. •
Interesting Facts.
Out of every thorisand men, twenty
eight die annually..
The number of inbabitantsnf a city - or
county is renewed every 30 years.
The number of old . meni.who die in cold
weather is
,to the number of tlicise who
die in Warm weather, seven--to four. •
. The men able to bear
. arms form _one
fouith Of the inhabitants. of a country.
The proportionbetween the deaths;'ef
women and that of men, is one hundred
to one hundred and eight. The proba
ble duration of femalelives is sixty t
.but
after that period, the calculation is tnare
favorable to thent . than men.
One Itslf thnse ph() are born, die
before they- attain the age of seventeen.
'Among 31t5 who_die, appearsby the
registers that there is only one person of
'one hundred years'of age: - •
• ..Mote - me are to . he•foiand•ou ele-
vated sivations than in . *allies
*ln the country, the spring - is the moct
Mini -0 - cried: in-gicat. (idea, it is the
-•• : •
VERY AECOMMODATIEO..---A French
regiment ,the, battle epiers" had
orders to - give no quarter. A German
officer being talteubegged his life.—
The• .Frenchman - lep!ied, “.Sir, you
may ask - trielany other; favor. but as
- for Mir life it is titnposstble to grant
it " ' •
• ;
ly - 3 0 1 11,' 000 DR I atfila gosh
. . _
lleattil'ati a',Realdente.'- •': , •
To goad heaven . i:hen via die; seetis
to be the grand : lW, 'that . . we forth. to
ourselves whenever we.-happeo to fall
into`a serious mode of.thinking,,Orlie
'gin to grovinielancholY at the prospect •
of death: 'TO„Ott TO HEAVEN, and 'then
it Would appear that nothing'more Was
.wanting to complete eur.happinesS.
And yet .'t here is one.. very - simple
question 'pat it' is quite -Surprising we .
never : think of asking; and that.. is - 7 - ! . .
- i Whailkind.ef I placewe Should find
Jiff :we went there 1". That heaven is
i . .
a . scene of unbounded happiness ,and
.
ever sting delight, there is' no doubt .
whatever, but. sheuld•tirn find .it so is '
quite another qUestion'.' WelnOisi that
~
w i deaf,mart might - .be' surrounded -with
The sweetest music, and .the. most.en-.
chanting haraiony, arid.to him it would
be all 'dead silenee;' mid a heantiful
portrait or,:a 'loVelf landacipe Weald -
'be nothingbut darknessto a blind Man's,
eye.: ..• -; '. - ; •,' ' • -
.Now, is it not probable that to some
men heaveniiould be a state of langtior •
or of misery ?- Heaven is. net a theatre
That shifts the scene to.stiit itself to etre
-
.ry foelish fancy and every silly humor
of the Spectators... It .has, indeed, its
fulness, of joycend its pleasure for eVer . -
more . ; but the' question is, have WE the •
power-and the relish.to enjoy them.?—
We-will suppose, a Moment; that . our
hope of going to heaven , is, some Way
or; other, fulfilled, and that (God knows
hotv) we have passed the fearful account
that we shall : have to reriderof sine
'committed, of duties neglected; of Lles- , .
sings abused, ()finite squandered away ;
we will suppose that we haie found
Qur way' into' that heaven that', is the
Object of our hopes-- ! whaf haVe we to
promise ourselves ?, WU know at least,
•w hat we shall not find there ;• we know'
that, ~i naked as.we came into this world,
.naked shall.we .go• cut of it ; that the
. body which held us, and the earth to
gether.is laid in the dust friim which it
was taken, and the bond . that united' us
to this lower world' is snapped, and the .
channel_through• tv hieh. we cornmunica-'
ted with it withdrawn.; and this busy
stage upon which our affections have
. 1)60 running to• mid fro. seeking rest
and finding none, is . at-once ' concealed
from Pnr view's, and becomes to ms a
dead blank. Alas ! Alas !. what objects.
shallAv.e fastee upon to fill up the dr r eal
ry -vaCafiey which was 'once occupied
by our busy ptirsuits,. and our dear
pleasures upon earth ? For the gold .
and the silver / are gone, -and the , pipe
and the viol mid the , tabret have died
away in silence. What can we, seize •
upon to emplity stir minds onto excite
our desire, or to fill 'up .our conversa
tion ? ..Alas ! where is' the bnying and
1 selling, the bustle, .ofbusin6s., or the •
enthusiasm of enterprise,,that supplied ,
us. at once with our cares'And c,ur hopes ? •
Where id the
,flowing gohlet, •and the
wild and wanton .Merriment., that used
to_set the table in a roar? Alas lialas !
what shall we do for the delightful tri-
ties by which we coittriVed, while we
Were' upon the earth, to get rid of time, •
and forget that it was rolling oVer, our
heads ? What .shall we do for those
wild pursuits, by which. we.,made' our;
seltes- nib(' for °Aim& Mid hunted eter
'nityoutbf our minds ? What shall we
dO for conversation? upon what'subject
•
shall we converse? - And then---to go
on in this way for ever. ' We cannot sit
• thus. dreaming .through eternity. if
this he heaven, Would to' ,God'he had
still left us , upcin our beloved earth.—
Wherefore have 'ye_ broutht us out of
gypt, where we ate :and drank and
•
were merry, 01\1 have left us 'here' to
perish in thew ilderneds riletter 'would
• itlhaveheen for ud to. have still our in
terchanges of hope and fear, Or pleasure
! . .
aml
pain, ofirepose and fatigite; of joy
and sorrow, than to' endure.this dismal
.
serenit). —than to say in the 'mornirg,
Hwthildto r God it were eveming:iitid in
the evening would to God it were Mont-
ES
THE .ESE'OF THE Fourc.—Att Eugll ii
Al riferi , m4A
t s that 4 , it is curio*ienough
that - nations should by
sO:tri fling a circumstance as the.iiinde 'of
ttring.the fork at, the table.' Ali englidt
nmivis raniarkable for placing. his fork at
the left side of hiS plate;, the Frenchman
'it= , reeognind at table - for using titeferk
alend,...witheutthe kntfe; , a German; by
planting it-perpendicularly-.in his plate.;
and tlin-„Rtnistan :by using it as a pitch
fork.": •
CAPITAL "
,Arta
"ORIGINAL . .The Min
den Punch says::--.. How', dependent
a.thing 18 human excellence?: What
is beauty ivithinit , ‘' '
" As coke is to a steam engine,,so 13
mutton to genits. Life is a railway,
and the cook is a stoker:" •• :.
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