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I insertions the same. A liberal discount jnadd to yearly
jjjAil letters addressed to the TJditor must be post-paid.
L rin a general assortment or latge, elegant, plain andorna
f wcuM Type, we are preDared to execute every . ,
description of
birds,
Circulars, Bill Heads, -Vole;,
Blank: Receipts
JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER
BLANKS,,
pamphlets; &c.
Printed with neatness and despatch,on reasonable tortus
AT THE OFFICE OF THE
,T e f f e r s o n i a n , Tic pub 1 i c a n .
The mind, the Heart, and Soul.
The Human Mind, that lofty thing,
The palace and the throne,
Where reason sits a-sceptred king; r
And breaths his judgment lone.
Oh! who with silent step shall. trace
The borders of that haunted place,
Nor in his weakness qwn "r!w, i.
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Tliat mystery and marvel bind ; t ilSf iU t(J
That lofty thing, the Human .Mindjljio'
The Human H.eart, that restless jhjnf v
The tempter, and the tried, ,1.1 . .
The joyous, yet the suffering,
The source of pain and prided '
The gorgeous-r-tnrongea tne aesoiate;
The seat of Love;, thadair oCHate-rh' .
Self-stung--self-defied, '
Tct do we bless thee as thou art.
Thou restless thing, the Human, r Heart !
The Human Soul, that starring .thing
Mysterious, yet sublime,
The Angel sleeping on the wing,
Worn by the scoff of time ; .
The beautiful, the veiled, the bourid
The earth enthralled, the glory crowned,'
The smitten in its prime.
From Heaven in tears, to earth it stole.;.
That startling thing, the Human Soul !
And this is man! O sk of luni
The erring, "but forgiven , ..
While o'er his vision drear and dim--The
wrecks of time are driven, ' 1 i. .1
If Pride or Passion in their, power, '
Can stem the tide, or turn the, hour,
Or stand in place of Heaven-2,
' i - IS
He bends the brow he bends the knee
Creator ! Father ! none but thee !
To Desfrii.
room 10 ti'i
FROJl THE GERMAN OP.GLL'C&j f,
Methinks 'it--.wi;r& no pain to die 1 $ui
On such an eve, when -such a sky ifftq--
O'ercanopmfes thtf.West.; . f'
To gaze my fill on yoh'calm deep, vvj l,,". .
And, like. an ihfantffaU aslefip. l,r K
On earth, hiy mother'stbreast. '
There's, peace jand :Wfilcomel,rnivypnjS3a;"
Of endless blue tranquility ; arc is
The clouds' are. living th&igs;rl4 iU
I trace their veins of liqu'golcf,'
I see them solemnly 'unfold -: Sfl'vn
Theiir .sdftnd rlSecy w5S3? bi;n
These be the angers that convey .vmi. I
Us weary children of.a:day-rrfi ml "
Life's tedious nothing.o,'en; luuas yii
Where neither passions)ce,'noriw3fes.:'.2
10 vex the genius of repose?' : -:
dii Datn's" majestid-ih6'r'ei)-:ii 3o
No -darkness .therp 4 jyHes thevv Ki
nh startling avn,p(nzzliQg,dax .
Butglonously.seTenl3i ar;n v'
Are the inlerminablenplains J j-'V'I '
One fixed eteinal'Suriset deigns
O'er the "wide, sflerlt scefie. "r
I cannot doCaltiipmnTeaf; mea
I know thy greeting isiseyerej r: 4mfw
To this pooi" shelllpfrtfayt;:' af v4
Yet come, 0 Death! thy freezing i;iss ,
Emancipates ', thy rest'istas !.: '
I would 1 Yfete away. " 4 k mU
iady in Washington says the Albany Kmcfc
docker, the dav before vesterdav. "washed z
M This iswhat we tcall a-.smart fiworffarj. : Bar-
,IUln should erhibiuiieHin a-glasaxasearfa- '!mod-J
A cheerful contented diaposLtienlhward off
nlit' ta
cooked eemeais; irnade .a'pair'; partis for
r youngest iov? damned lier,ihusarTd,1s stockings,
,iad the chpleraured'lierlf,. 4-p dyed'u.r,
Irassoc w a, 1,
ills thaciiallthho.strums .9fky)?o'cto;
STRtt'0DUR.aitkONRGE CQtJNtYi "PA,, TilUllsto,
lUocuctlibheerWeitWuh hisMatch.
These. Hold buccaneers, who so imppdently
flaunt, their piiatical flags in Broadway, and other
public thoroughfares; and whose roguery has so
long gone "unVvhipt of justice" and laughed at
the law, have not the iatigh always with them ;
and when by chance it is against themj we think
all hjmest men should share in the' Wi. '
" Go'ng J going ! ! going ! ! ! bnly 'twenty-five
dollars! this Splendid gold doujrte-csased patent
lever watch! sixteen jewels, warranted ! ! cried a,
stentorian voice from a store in Broadway, pver
the .door. of which was mounted :the red flag, .and
in the windows of which various conspicuous pla
cards announced the sale of " splendid jewelry,"
"'valuable watches" ij-c. ' !
"Going! going!! only twenty-five dollars! dirt
cheap, gentlemenworth a hundred 'dollar at the
importer's !"
This last sentence was pointed at a long-legged,
Svky looking genius J who peered in at the door
just at ihat moment. Ho was 'evidently a green
'un. fa sucker, and .the baits were, at once set for
him, as by his externals he was jiidged.to have a
small pile about him. A singlb'glance of the auc
tiotiherconveyed this information. to four or ;five
very business Iddkirfg-merf, His confederates, who'
immediately began to take a very deep interest
in tlie sale.' . ' A bargain ! a dead bargain I'll
give h'irty,' said one" oT 'tfie' Peters, handing the
patent lever knowingly.
. By tlie way, why theie men are called Peters
... n -v . jju zuJ ; 1 . ' . ...
wis iiuci uuuiu imagine, unless 11 is, oecause ijKe
the apostle,, they are fishers after rri'en.
''ii'd give fifty if I. could spire it," said another.
'Thirty-five ! said a Uitrd, gleefully; as if sure
of the bargain. , ,
All this time the' stranger, who had gradually
worked his way info the 6Vowd, seemed to be un
noticed by them, so intent were they on the sae.
The new comer, who looked green enough for a
i .sT ';- . , - ?.
ermonter, was gaping with greedy eyes, at the
t splendid bargains," when the auctioneer tfpppared-
all at once to be aware of his pfeserice.
" Going ! going ! only thi'rtyfive'doilars ! this
splendid gold doubled-case patent. lever?!'1
" Well neow, I don't care if I dew," -drawle'd
out the YarfKee, who Had been permitted,' through
the politeness of the bystanders, to get a slight
view of tho watcli. -
' llovr muchj sir! shall I say 'forty, forty' is
Eifli-t gyessjtnbusef sich a high ffgure;
thirty-six 'ill dew ; you Yorkers irejarnalion cute.
arty how:"
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. ?i Thirfy-six ! going! going 1 ! dirt cheap, gen
tlemen !" said the auctioneer, v.' .
" Thirty-eiglit'i"- said abysanderti -"
Thirty-nine," said another. .
: " Well, I don't liear, neheow (fdrttpdnd -knock
'er-offi'' said the Yankee.. '; ' -
Going ! going !' forty dollars !
hbfasays'fbr-
ty-onp, 5, cnea me auctioneer,
Not me,(by jingo fexclaimed the Verrrioriter
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rith a suspicious movement towards the door.
4 Going-X gPing-. gorie! Heresfr,'yjour watch.'
1 .? VVjbU, I don't kear, noheow-;. real stuff gene
wineVhhj?1
4 VYarranted, ir- money if you please.'
v Taking the watch from.a bysVander, and putting
ilcareully1 in his fob, the" Yankee drew forth an
"old'Avallet, seemingly but thinly'lined, fronvwh'rch
he took Jbank-note, carefully folded, witH a fifty
spot conspicuous, " which he held cautiously to
wards the man of the hammer, saying :
Cen?neowiveC- spot arid -let me be
tgoirlg.' o ;- t t m
'All right,-in a minute1,' aaldUhe auctionmaa-ihrihe-noie.
! ' 1 ' ...W
;tdpr- stop'! yu didn't' cry my
oiTtiie"1 Peters, Tbid forty-five'
bidj'cried-one
0 'TB'atfctione'ef demanaed bf 'the f-crowd fP !Ke
was m,time, wnicn ot course, tney answereu ju
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the affirmative.
'kukri, c?:: a i;.
Horty-fiye l going ! going
lIlS l OUHY 1UI VUU,
sir : perhaps ybu'llgetri yet say fift.
Fifty !
fifty! going1, gone"! "Your watch; sir; jt
fifty! going', go
just the
Stbp! no yeou donT cried theTankee ; that's
ihv whole, pile,, and How am! to gef hum, any
heow 1 ;
' Ha ha .' plenty left, I've. no doubti sir. Ne'ver
take any goads back, sir. Splendid bargain.' And
he handed the s'lranger's note tbalittlejew-faced'
clerk, behind hinf :,
The.Yankeertpgk a (sudden! nofion to-inspectiiis
pock.et-bbdas ir hedly efpected? taf firraVan
ofher stray fifty, when' He suddenly 'cried out ;
T sa7, mister, stop Tt's ft' rpist'dkej' yoU?ve got
the wiefng note1 a broke rr bank. J
' jp difference, sirg'dod eftdafelr for us;'1 said
;tneiiconyer--too, oldj to ibp ca'ught by 'quite 30
appar?ptra trick," &
' -VGood. enough for you, ha V said tlie Yankee
with apparent mortification at his failure. ' Well,
a. bargai4'Mrgm I s'pbse. You Yorkers are
tarnation cutCj any heow.1 ..'And, with rather, a
long countenance 1 He left, the. store and turned
down:JBulton;atreet . v :
A perfect sell 4 by ." ejaculated1 one -of
thePeters to wKicli they all chuckled in ebneert.
' Come, Sol,' saiidHhBrtthatfjJas
longs to the company, Let''shut the' door and
divide.' i,.
4 Hand the money here; Moses,' S'id the; auc-.
tieneer. 'Ha.." whats this? a sellhy Jehqso
phat we tare soft r-A. Plainfield note ! After him,
quick some of you.' Gall a police office.r The
watdh isa galvariiied, Worth twelve. dollars P
And away went two, or three 'bithe confeder
ates after the Yankeo. Wh fin thp.v. p.ntrh In in
et the publifc know."? "
Weighiu? the Gals.
Sumbpddy ses it ain't a. fair question to ax a
gaiherage. The old, maids, I reckon, sed that.
Now i.think it's fully, as unfair, to axagaj her
weight as it is tc aX hereher'age !case sit's-aturP
question, it Is, and when'ypu hdars about weighin'
Sally Greeny, you will, say so too. M, ,
You know cusen Jeff ; he's; a. rale staver.;rnong'
the gals, he is, and he: don't care a straw .what hei
ses to any on 'em, he don't.
Cusen Jeff cuni, over'tp our hquse one Sunday,
and he ses to mej ' Pete,;let us;go to see. 'Squire
Greeny's gals." ''Agreed,?' sed L And, so 'out
we struck. I feltorful bold w;heh"first e started,
bttturn hdw ihbf hearer 'we go tVquire Gree
ny?s, the worse steered -l-was.. .1 wished we,had
never started ; but it was ;tob. late now so in we
went. -SqUire : Greeny's got two gals, Sally and
Betsy as nice gals' as you ever seed, they is.
They all seemed mighty perlite, and me and cusen
Jeff thought we was getlm on first rate, we drd.
Sally looked' dreadful nice. 1 tell'you', I'dginthe
world r' 1 bOuld only 'a found sunithin'tb say to
her; but L studied over everything T had, ever
heard or thought about in my. whole Jife but not;
the first word could Tthirik of worth raying:
Cusen Jeff was -all natur -to Betsey. After a
while Sally .proposed we shuuld alhgband weigh.
$6 out we all went, 35qdire Greeny going alon
to weigh us, When: Rally's;. turn cum, 'Squire
Greeny he looked sprtec 'stonished.;r,'t AVh) Sal-
enuff, Sally weighed'a Hundred and fifty : the hev
yesi cnuer m me wnoie gang on us.
Well, we all went back to. the hpuse,tand arter
a while, sez 'Spaire enyt"pld.'oqman, Sally
veigljWa Hundred and fifty." . -.
" No.sheidonV' sedheold jady. m , . '
- 'Yesrbut-.I tell youshe;diKZ," sed the ISquire.
t-DorTtf she Jeff W tn.Tes', sir-ee, she duz,?' sed
Jeff! "It don't believe 'if,': sed the old lad y
" WellV'wer'll weigh Sally 'again', and show you,"
sed the
re.
'v01i, ndi'doh't,"
sed oally.
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'" Whyno'tally V " Oh, 'case 'its Sunday
"Bull wyjf;'thpuglC?' sed'the'feqmre. .o.Saf
ly was strungjup again,, and the "Squire tht bal
anced the stiUyardf, to-jhe last kick up place; and
then.he coramencfed lppMrC pver. l,iis specs and
'cbuntin' his fingbrs.i ,?,ifefff-"'aei hej " how much
is that 1" JefPlboked' aver- trio' Squfre's shoulder
" One KunSMaridVhily:sedenlShi'3eff.
"'Ws," sez theuSgriirefta hundred ana'ftn'ftyL
.seven." i ' ' ' . "
'rThar, now," sez the old lady, .'ki t told' you
Sally didn't weigh a hundred .and "fifty."'
" Well, how on yerth,did ,we make such a mis
take?" sed! the 'Squire;. .
. , " I know," . sez JKate, Sally's little, sister
Hush.!" sedTSally, shaking; her! fist, at Kate",
and turning as red a?(a b.eet,;innhe;face. .
" How 1" said e.quire.' . . , . ,
" Ef you do,"e'd iSaljly, stampih' Her foot.
' ' Bul l will though,' sed Kate.
' " Yes, tell" sed the" 'Squire'. : ;r
"SaUyiookherbuslVe'ojpP ' ! ' ' '
' Bring the cdmphor hdre quick ! :
Stopping Iewpaperg.
We copy therfbllbwmg (torn, the Scientific Amer
icdm It' suits a great" many meridians im this
country : ' fi it
' A class of conceited, touchy people", who stop
'a newspaper on account of any petty paragraph
that displeases them, are cleverly ridiculed by
an exchange as follow.. The parable should be
k,ep.t befpre'the people : -r i
A certain man hit his toe against a pebble .stone
and, fell headlong o tha;grpurrd. -He was vexed,
and .under the. influence, of anger, and active self-sufficiency,-heikicked
old mother earth righv sau
cily. With imperturbable gravity, Ke looked to
see the " greatglobe itself -dissolved" and come
to-naught. But the earth-?emained and only his
poor foot was injured byha .encounter. This is
the.; way of jnonV An article appears in a news
paper touching him in a weak place, apd straight
way hQ sends word to stop his paper. Witlj.great
.$ef-cpmplacency, hejpoks on to see a crash, vyhen
the .object of his spleen shall cease to be. oor
fool, he. has only his own toe against a world that
does. not. perceptibly feel the shock, andjinjures .to
no extent, any one but himself.
ly," say.s he, ouegha. hundred. and lilty."-T-"Law
! Par," sed Saflv. " " Ain't" it Jeff" sed
'Squire. " les, sir-ee," sed Jeff, And sure
' sfePTEMBfefi 6, "J8&9.
PRESIDENT TAYJLOR'S yOlJK. '
Silly1 In ve tit 1 oiks of tlie Eiienj'y-Presi'
idenl's Tiews Strong, Cakeit ahdi
Well Defined. ' a
0A . 'Correspondency of The Tribune.
, JpjTTSEU.GI, Aug. 20,1849. '
Ohe moat gratifying' feature of Gen. Tay
lor's visit 10 the people is, that Derhbcrais as
II' ftrL:i Li I !, Li
wan .uavT uigs jive t every wuere groeiou nim
with' the warmest enthusiaisni. and have in ev
ery; instance biecdme attached to him for his
political, and.. personal honesty, just in propor
tion to ther amount of their intercouraq. with,
him. Considering tho violence and unsdrunu-
lousness vvith'which he has been assailed -ilie
uhspanhg crTbrts to traduce him, not only by
means of tho vilqsi arid grossest misstatements
that the hope of fat u re and magnificent reward
can :eKi,o.ri from fertile imaginations, this uni
versal praise from. friends and foes nhke was
nnft fo haveibefen expected. Since the Presi-
deht'first -set out upon his visit through Penri-
syivauiai me pan ui aiauuer nas oeen uncom-
muiuy jH.uuucuvt;, cinu floi iess remaraaDie ior
the originality of its falsehoods. Thelaanec;-dot,e8-tha,t;.hav;eJ.been.
put forth in regard' 10 him
by,Ane ljoco-r oco .prpsBs, are as .Wholly and
entrrbly wiihdut found'atidn as are their au
thora oTchaYdcfer. ' DHSli his conversation?,
ahd.tn all'hia t a'p'eeclVes, the language of the
President is plain cnasteoncjse pn'd entirely
correct,, So shack ds'pne.oXiihe most prpm
inem Loc0-Foco lead.era. of Pittsburgh wjth
this fac that he remarkfed;as soorj as the Pres
ideni's speech was concluded oh Saturday, that
it'was the moat effectively -eloquent and chaste
of any s'peeclf tfiat he ever heard in his life.
This .is bUt,.;oue of the many expressions of
the'kindMiat'nave been made. At York, tiar
ris.bnrgy.Lancsjer.vCarlislp, Chambersburg and
the intermediate placeia tho same remarks have
been mado,' and the names, of the individuals
wh'b expfesseri them.can'bb "given. One of
thefm,' at Jeastjjia Vroll -known throughout the
coupuyas, a prom.ihent rpah and a Cas.S4 and
jujitt.iec.ior.; 'X uo ouiy . inaiauce in vmcii
the. President has been rudely metj .occurred
at Greensburg, and is. sufficienily.explainod by;
the fact that the LocoT?oed' waa in liquot at
the time. r . - j
It' is the plain, ipnesl and sincere charac-
teri'stick of Gen. Taylor that everywhere are
s'p. gratifying to the people, that stjr up the,
Loqo-Foco presses and correspondents to lie
about the . President to relate incidents that
never occurred, and 10 put words in his jn'outh
that He river uitered. There is- riot one of
th'ee sneaking .vilifiers that dare ma'tfe a' rsin
gle one of the many misstat eraeuts over his
UAipeV . ;
. Upon the subjects of 'Tariff, "ub-Trea3ury,
Internal. 'Improverrient, Foreign .f oliey of the
Gvemnrent; &c: the vibws of the President
afe; welt settled 4 concise and correct, according
to the Principles: of 1 rhV 'VVhig party. On Sat
urdaevehing fie apdke nearly three-quarters
of' ah' houj upon, these questions, giving his
views vwjtl the same force, precision and mod
esty thai-is exhibited in his, Mexican dispatch
es', or ihoiCelebrated iEsop fetter 10 Mr- Marcy.
- t. Her -ia'jin favoF of a modification of the
Tariff .of 1 846; but' not in fa vdr,ofthe entire
ree.atablfshtneni at ife Taf iff" o'f '"'4. He is in
favor of departing .8, far ffom, thp ad valorem
syatem-aV to, aflojd. a just and sufficient dis;
senroination. injlaxffx pfuc.h manufactured do
mestic aVticlesDr.meriQhandise.aa come in com
petition with' foreignMabcr He is in favor of
VhV passage; by ConjeWf subh a bill as "shall
dffbt&'retil protection tb thb' laboring classes of
the copntr,y, wilhputbeihgVso reatfictive.aB qon,
stantly ,tp,'be a mark for the exercise of politi- i
cal p,rizof ahoote.rs. , , , t .
?. IT. He . is riot in favor of making an .indi.s-!
criminateattack: upon the whole Sub-Teasury
jO' ' tji.11 t L. il,n.n.iriVt. :'!
Dysiem uuiu u suaii iiaro uccu muiu-iiij mcv
under the management of new and more car,a-
hie dftbers;houghhe believes that it already
needs many raodiucaiions. in. oinerjW'jrd, in
order. P,a.aYo, the country from the comrnercial
embarrassments which. a, wholesale chango'fn
the financial policytof the;.Governnieni must al
ways prodiicef Qfh, Taylor believes it to be
the duty1 of th,e "Government to giyo the exis
ting Sub-Treasury system a fair trial under the
managemeht of more h(ne3t and corflpqient
mep,- , . . .
IJI. He is in favor of Internal Improvements.
lty".' In regard to the foreign policy oftHe
Administration, he. is for sustaining the honor
of the' country at all hazatds, but believes that
the policy of peace fs the only prosperous pol-
icy. . ... . -
The Ia6 prbclaraation by tho President in
reference to the expedition secretly fitting out
against Cuba was not written at Washington,
as htfs been stated. Gen. Taylor prepared it
with his owA hand at Harjisburg, while suffer
ing severely ffom. hM late attack of cholera
morbus. The Loco-Focp presses have endea
vored 10 jnake. much capita! out of id but not a
word which they have yet stated in regard to
it is true- It was written, copied arid dis
patched by the president's own hand, in a brief
spade of lime. . r ?
In company with Gov. Johnston arid a com
rniVtee of citizens, tlie, president' has visited
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the various factories throughout ihe cny, for
the purpose ol becoming practically acquainted
with the details of Pehhaylvanta'' industrial
pursuits, and to mingle, wnh the hard-fisied and
warm-hearted men of toil, who a-sisted ltI
place the. destinies of the country as well. aV
their own individual welfare, in his hand..
Unlike his, predecessors, he has made no prom
ises or pledges, to betray them. He has been
among them all,. and ta(ten jhem by ihe hand.,
with the same respect, and the'same pride that
he.woul'd exhibit in his intercourse with the
most inveterately dignifie'd aristocracy of the
cquntty. ,Gen. Taylor makes no di'stiction.
The latch-strings of his heart and hands al
ways hang outside. Yours, &c. Neal. "
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A -Lecture ou the "Elephant."
Ladies and gentlemen ! Allow me this even
ing, to introduce an animal called the elephant'.
He is the greatest of all tread-mill creature,
that help to keep the glpbe in tpotion. Among
thfyAnglo-Saxpns, he i,s known only by tha
name of elephant ; but with all barbarous ami.
half civilized nations he is unanimously dubbett
the lulliphant. He is now about the size of tt,
two year old omnibus, and .in color approaches
as near to a black as ho possibly can without
infrirjemeht. To fook at him too severely on
naturally supposes him to be a small mountain
of tftdian rtibber, or a huge comjiositidn bfgluis '
and molasses. 0
The elephant is .one of the natives of ihfri
East Indies, but hehaseori met with in va
rjotis parts of Mexjco,, and is frequently i'ctxx.
in the great city of N. York. It has been as
serted, upon bqih righteous and profane am.hor
ity, that he is indigenous to the diggins of Calr
ifornia however, the. assertion, as yet, goe
a begging for confirmation. It is 01V nrivaiW
opinion, ihough, that the animal exhibits hitrr
aelf to travellers in all parts of the world, onfy"
they entertain a rhoiislrans reluctance to con
fessing the 'fact. u k
He always carries'hia trunk' with him vvhefe
ever he goes, but never keeps anything in,itB
not even a change of shirts. When cousiit
Ich'abod first saw him at a show.'Tie exclairrledt
with mule astonishme'ht : " Then that' tHe
rale Menagerer-rthe identical critter itself T
1 swow 1 wouldn't two of 'em make a team to
drdw siari 1. Golly, aint he a scrbUgerl" Ich
'abod went hdrh, and related what he ha'd seen
" I seen " said he, "the gendwine menage'rer-
the darndest biggest lump of flesh that ever
stirred. He had two tails', too ; one behind
arid t'other before. Philosofiers calls the futev
'un a pronobsctis. He put one of his tails iik
my pocket and hauled out all the gingerbread r
every hooter. What d'ye th'ink he done with,
it ? :Why, he stuck it in his own pocket, ap.d
began to fumble for more darn him !"
A Centenarian Jfokeri
In a letter from Cape Cod, "IvIr.N. P-'"Willis
gives the following account of an old' gentle
man, whose practical philosophy wrould out
weigh all the fine spun specuhV3jori3 of the,
Stoica and the Epicureans :
I was sorry to hear, aTier we left Yarmouth,
that I had missed seeing a ce'4itp,nariau of that
place who is certainly a curi.osi.ty. He is now
a hundred and nine yeatr, 0f age, and, in his
whole life, never kP,own i6 be oUtofiein
He married young, a-ad hi wife died about 20
years ago, Having treen, aI her hfe, a singularh,
a&e woman ,1. He id good service in tho
Revolution, an ha been pressed, at various
tiniea to app.iy for. the pension to which he in
entitled. He tefused always on the ground
that, as J,e jygj lhe t,-me fle agree(j ,0 ani
received trjQ pay tHey agreed to give him, the
GoVTernriieni owes him nothing. His children,
living m the town, are. well off, and wish him
o e,nd his days with them ; but he prefers his
lodging in the Poor House, declaring that hp
14 cant bear to think of oeing a trouble to any
body," and 'fairly earning1 his board by " doing
chores." about the ground and kitchen. He is
still of a most playful turn of mind. A fellow
pensioner of the Poor House, who is eighty
years old, was setting with him but a few day
since, upon a wooden bench in the yard 1 lit?
skirts of his broad akiried coal lying loose, upon,
the seat, and the large empty pockets tempting
ly open.
The old humorist very quietly glided behind,
during their talk, and, from a heap ofloMi
stones near by filled the open pockets without
disturbing ihe owner. He then pat'ed him
kindly on the shoulder, and expressing mctW
fear that he might take cold, asked hi in o M-alk;
in the house. At thevain efforts of his pjiiued
down friend, to rise with ihe weight in hia-coai
tails he laughed as heartly as a boy. of sixteen.
He is said, to have a fine physiognomy and to
have been an active man and vm good citizen
without displaying any particular talent,
A lady, very much gifen to gadding, was
suddenly taken ill al home, one day, and aent
her husband, in great haste, for a physician.
The obedient soul ran part of the way, but'then
returned to put this irnponant query": ; "
"My dear, where shall 1 find you when' I
get back again " . v