The Greensborough patriot [April 16, 1839]

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VOLUME I.
GREENSBOROUGH. N. C, APRIL 16, 1839. NUMBER 9.
PL'liLisilKii WEEKLY,
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TERMS:
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sUvance,—or Throe Dollars, after Iho expire-lien
of three months from Ihe oats of Ui« Href
Bomber received.—No paper »'■" '■" '"M""-1 Wilhcooling oiilk, we make, thesweel repast
Wen wont to peat Uice Inning from their Beneath the
Bros;
\nd while tbvy argued in thy just defence,
With logic cleer, they thus explained the
• InRthe boding cauldron o'er Iba blaze,
.tccoivessndci>ok*IJ»re*dy-powdsred maiae.
In im-io -im served, and then in equal haste.
tinned until all arrearages arc paid, except »l
the option ol the pubjudiere; sods failure to
erder a dlsconliniiance within the year will
Be considered a new onjnaemettt
idniailiaiinfi ■•"•-- IXnlarpersqn-ire.
fbr the firnt insertion, and Twenty-five w nt»
tor each succeoluig publication. A liberal
seduction will be in ido W favor ol Ihoee wtai
advertise by Ibequsrli r.orrbr a longer pen....
(KT Lriirri to the publisher* muslloom*
OS* of postage, or tlicj cannot be attended to.
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"HASTV.PI.I.IIIX<I."—We cannot re.
aitt an Inclination to copy, entire, UV;«
choice old poem. Il is ffotu the | e ' of Joe!
Barlow, author of the" Columbia.!," ontl
a distinguished patriot of llio revolution.
It was written some forty-five years ago,
whilo the author was in Europe, ■ confi-dential
associate of Mr. Jefferson. Th.
lover of rural life, «'.io bath a modicum
•f literary taste witbal,will rcltab its des-criptive
beauties uutl quiet humor.
[KD. PAT.
V A S T V - P I i) n I N o.
■n jori. B*m.ow.
Ve Alps audacious, through the heav'ns that
rise,
To cramp the dav and hide me from the sties:
Tefllilr* «J*g«-tliat o'er their height* unfurled,
Bear denth In knurs, and wftdom t" the world,
I sing not you. A aoftef theme I choose,
**> A virgin theme, unennsrious ofthe muse,
■ But fruitful, rich, well suited to inspire
'' . The purest frenzy o: poetic tire.
Despise it not, v* bar 1" to terror ateehsa.
Who hurl your thunders round Unenicfield;
Nor ye who strain your niidniglWsMsviJl- to
sing
Joysthattlie vineyard & ll*atill-houae bring;
Or on som- distant fur your rtrtoseroplov.
And spesk of raptures thai you ne'er enjoy.
1 sing the sweets I know, Hie eharms I leal,
My morning incense, anil my evening me 1,
The sweet, of HAM-Y-Pvoonuf! Come,iloar
bowl.
(li.de o'er my palate, nn.l inspire my *onl.
The milk beside thneaiiwokingfttini the ki-ie,
Its anbstancs minified, married in whh thine
Shall cool and ie..—- >•>• snnerinr >-■■-•.
Aud save the pains of blowing while I oat.
Oh ! could the smooth, the emblematic so'-'.'
Flow like thy Denial juices o'er my t i '•
Could those mild mor els injury numbers chimt)
And. as they roll mwibst-ince. roll in rhyme
No more thy swkwM nnpoetir name
Should shun the muse, or prejudice lay famei
But, rising grateful to Ihe accistomod ear,
All hards should catch it, A all realnn revere
Assist m» first with plrlU" toil lo traee [rec*
"* Through wrecks of time thy linen-- and thy
Declare what lovely squaw, in days of yore,
*c peat Columbus sou rbl thy native shor
rst pave thee to the world: her work' nl I i-no
Have lived indeed, but lived without a name.
f%<me tawnv Cer s, poddeaa of her days,
s*iret learned with stones to ciack the wc.I-dried
maize,
Throutrh th a rough sieve to slake the golden
shower.
Jn boilin.f writer stir the yellow flour;
The yellow Hour, bestrewed and stirr'd with
haste.
Swells in the flood and thicken* to a paste.
Then puffs, and wallops, rises to the brim,
Drink* thedry knob* thai on the surface swimj
The knoh« n't lost the busy ladle breaks,
And the whole mas- its true consistence 'ike-.
Could hut her sacred nsme. unknown «o long,
Rise like her labor*, to the son of song.
To her, to them. I'd consecrate mv lavs,
»■ nd Mow-her rsi-l'lini with the breath ofpraise,
Dear tJaaty-Piiddntg, what unpromised i'.v
Expands mv heart, to meet line m S.ivoy !
Doom'd o'er tiie world thro' devious paths (a
roam, [homo,
Each clime my country, and each hnu>e my
My soul is soothed, my rares hive found an
I greet my long hut, unli.rgotton Ir.eu.l. [end.
For thee through Paris, lint corrupted tmn,
_How lonir in anin I wandered up and down.
"Where shameless Bacchus, with hi.-drench-ing
hoard,
Gold from his care uanrna the morning board.
London is lost in smoke an-l steeped in tea ;
No Yankees there Ran lisp the name of thee ;
The uncouth woi.l, n libel on the town.
Would call a proclamation from lha crown.*
Forcliines.ihlKpie.th.it Fear Ihe sun's full rays,
Cbill'd in their fog-, exclude the generous
maize:
A grain wheaeriohluxurinnl growth requires
Short gentle show ers,and-br:ghtethereal fires.
But here, rhongh distant from our native shore,
With mutual glee wc meet and laugh .nee
more.
The same ! I know thee bv thai yellow /ace,,
Thai etreng complexion of true Indian race.
Which time can never chmge. nor soil impair,
Nor Alpine snows, nor Turkey"* morbid air;
For endless years, through every mild domain,
Where growl the maize, there thou art sure
lo reign.
But man, more fickle, the bold lieen-e claims,
■•different realms togin thee different n
Thee the soft nation- round ihe warm l.e\ .nt
PeJenld call, the French ofenuree Poiante ;
Even m thy native region, bow I blush
To heir the I'fiiusylviui'iti- oil th • U"</.'
On Hutlaon'a bank', while men of Belgic
spawn.
Insult and eat thee bv the name sujinmen.
All epufioua appellations, void of troth ;
I've better known t'e e ft » n my esrlienl youth;
Thy name is HA*TV-I'UODISO ! thus our sires
•A certain kine. nt the lime when this was
written, waa publishing proeUm-ilions to pre-vent
Amcnciii principle*from being pt.-p.i-r;
V?-l in bil C■-in'ry
No c..tvi!.e. to be tone; no kniteto gnte,
The lender eir, mid wiaind the stony plate;
Hut the -moolh s|ssin, just fitted lo the lip.
And taught with art the yli jdtng daiss to dip,
Ify i'rnpienl journey- to the bowl wetl stored,
Perfbruw the baaty honor* ol the hoard.'
Such is thy name, alguificut and clear,
A name, a sound, to every Vanltee dear.
I'liere are who strive to stamp with disrepute
The lii-clou- lead, beeauM it feeds the brute ;
In tropes of bigh*U«ined wit, while gaudy
fr's.'s , .
Compare thy nursling man to pampered pigs;
With sovereign scorn I neat the vulgar just,
.\,.r fear to share thy bounties with the beast
What though the generous cow give OM to
quaff
Uiilk niilritioiis; am I thence a calfl
I >r ean the genius of the noisy awine.
Though nursed on pudding, thence lay claim
to mine!
-•'lire ti;e sweet song 1 fashion to thy praise,
Kuna more melodious than Ihu notes tliey raise-
Mv song resounding iu its grateful glee,
N.'i m.rit chums; I praise myself in thee.
\Ii father loved tliee through his length ol
days; [raaiie;
;'..r llioo his fiells were -hided o'er with
from tiiee what health, what vigor ho |«is-sessed,
Ten sturdy freemen sprung from him attest;
Thy eunstellatwn ruled my natal morn.
And all my hone* were made of Indian corn.
Delicious grain ! whatever form il take,
To ros-t or boil, to smother or to bake,
In every dish 'tis welcome still lo me.
Hut must, my II.isiv-l'i'Dui.-ro ! moot in thee!
euial lies the well-dressed
field. , I****
When Autumn calls, a plenteous crop shall
Now the strong the toil re ls.-ars the stsmlanh.
hi di.
And shoot* the tall top-gallants I" *• »k>' i
Toe suckling ear. liit-ir silky trrifres bend.
And pregnant grown,theatswellingajoat*ua>
tend ;
The loudedsialk, while still Uie burthen grows,
O'crb.mgs the space that runs between the
rows ;
High a-a hop-field waves the silent grove,
\ Kite retreat lor little theft* ol love, (snaid,
When the pledged roasting years invite the
To meet her swam beueulh the iicv.-lorined
shade; l'"11"'
His generous hand unloads the etrmMDU*
And the green s|s.d her rand} basket tills,
Smsll eouipensntioii li-r the two fold bliss.
The promised wedding and the present kiss.
Slight depredations there: but now the moon
Calls from his bellow nee the sly raccoon ;
And while by nigbl he bears his prize away.
The bidder scpiinel labor* through the day,
Both thieves alike, but pruvidonlof nine.
\ virtue rare, that almost hides their crira ,
Then let them steal the little stores they can,
\nd full their ■rrameries from the toilsol man ;
We'veone advent ige where they take no part.
With all their wileslln-y ne'er have found the
art ■■ !■
To boil the Uaaty-Pudding; here we slime
Superior far to l< nanls of ih» pine;
This envieil i««-n l» man shall still belong.
I'iishiired by them m substance or in sing.
i«t the closing season crowns the plain.
Let the green mccatsah with thee contend.
Let beans and com theirawceteatjuice* blend.
Let hntter dreneh them in its yellow tide.
Vnd a long -Ice of bacon grace their side;
Not all the plate, how famed so 'or it be,
Can please mv palate lik" a bowl ofthce.
Sum" talk of hoe-cake, fair Virginia* pride,
Rich Jonnv-eake this m il h has often tried i
Both please me much tl.cir virtues lunch the
Biiine;
Mike their <ahric. u allied their fcme,
s'xeept in d-ar Mew Bnffland, where the lost
Receive* a dash of pumpkin in the paste,
To give it sweetness sii.l improve Ihe i-i-le.
But place them all be'-r a, smoking hot.
The big round dumpling ratline Irotn th- pot:
The pudding of the big, whin* najWvring
hr-ast,
With "let lined, lead- on the Yankee feast:
The Charlotte brown, within vjhoaeernsty
\ bollv -'A the pulpy apple hides: [Hide*
The .yellow bread, whOaa face like amber
glows.
\nd "II of Indian tint ihe hakefian knows:
Ve tempi me not; mv tjivorite -•seels my eves,
To that loved bow I mv spoon by instinct file*.
CANTO II.
. Po mx the food by vicious rules fart.
To kill the stomach and to sink the heart,
T„ nuke mankind to social \ irlne sour.
Cramo'croach dish, and be wh it they devour;
PortnV Ihe kitchen muse first framed her
h.ink:
CommaSiding sweets to stream from every
e.-.k;
Children no more th"ir antic gambols tried.
Vnd friends to physic wondered why they
died.
Vol -o the Vankeej his abundanl feast.
With simples fuinishe.l. and with plainness
A numernu* ofspring gathers round th" board,
\-i.l cheers alike the servant an1' the lord :
Whose well-bought hunger prompts Ibejoy-rsia
laate.
And h-.-althattenls them from Ihe short repast.
There is a choice in spoons. Though smsll
api«sr
The nice distinction, yet to me us clear ;
The deep bowled (iallic spoon, contrived to
scoop
In ample draughts the thin diluted soup,
I'erl'orms not well in those substantial things.
Whose man adhesive to the metal clings;
Where the strong labial muscles must em-brace,
The eentle curve, and sweep the hollow space.
With ease to enter and discharge the freight,
A bowl less concave but still more dilate,
BCCOJIC* the pudding beat The shape, the
size,
A secret rests unknown to vulgar eyo3.
Experienced focdata can alone impart
A rule so much above the lore of art.
These tuneful lips, that thousand spoons have
ti nil.
With hist precision could the point decide,
Though not ui song ; the muse but puurly
shines
In cones, and cubes, and geometric lines.
Yet the true liirm, as near as she can tell,
I. Unit small •notion of a game egg shell,
Which in two e.pml portions shall divide
The distance from Ihe centre to the side.
F.-ar not to 'i-lohlier;' 'tis no deadly siu,
Like Hie free Frenchman, from your joyous
chin
Su-p. ml the ready napkin; or, like me.
Poise with one hand your bowl ujioii your
knee;
Just in the zenith vnnr wise head pr.-j.et,
Yo.ir full spoon, ri.iug iu a line direct.
Hold as a buck, t, heeds no drops that lull,
The wide innufhVt ,bowl will surely Caleb
them nil. ' >
this, .iM-l.iiiiisil—"If thai spalpeen be
FREE, so is every mother's son uf us '.—
So yu may just go home, my jewel (ad-dressing
Ins officer) and tali the kernel
that ye left us here to lake care of the
prisoner ! " " Tut, lut," said llic officer,
"git into the boat men." "Arrsh!"
said Pat. " I kstM aoine republican blood
in inc, besides it is doubtful but that
General Jackson is a kin lo me ; the gin-cral
is a rale Irishman, barring he rume
lo Ameriky tiro yrura before kt irn* horn.'"
The officer had lo hire a man to row him
back, and report seven men deserted.
\t latne emstng ISBSIBWVSIM .-•-- i—••••.
■MM ripe October gathers m the grain; | , _-—-,-
i)....pl,«de.l earls thesiK.eiouseorii-h.m-c till, OPINCY M) VMS
I'i.e sack distended marches to the mill; JOll.V ULI.V.i ADAM&
The laboring mil! beneath Hie burthen groan*. | The October number of the U.-mocra-
And shower* the future pudding ftom_thel^c nrvjCWi published at Waabtngton,
out of the page of man's history, and
what would his lawa have been—what
his civilization ? Christianity is mixed
up with our very being and our daily
life ; there is not a familiar object round
us which do. a not wear a different as-pect
because the light of Christian hope
is on it, MII a law which does not OWO
its truth and gentleness lo Christianity,
not a custom which cannot be traced in
all its holy and healthful parts lo the.
Goepel."
tii
stone-; W*.
Till the L-'al booac-wu* erects the powdered
And the new crop exterminates Uie o.d.
CANTO HI.
The days fccrow short; but though the felling sun ,. . ,•I.lone.,
Totlie "hid swam proclmns hisday - won;
Night's pleasing shades ins various tu-k pro-long
\nd weld new Bobleet* to my Miri...i- song.
For now. the eom-house tilled, the huivesl
Th- invited neighbors to the aaunVua*; fome;
A frolic scene, where work, and mirth, and
Unite tneil charm*, to chase ihe hours away.
Where the huge I,,..pl,.-scenter.-1 ill the naII,
The lamp su-pende.l from the cheerio, wall,
Brown col u-fe.i nymphs, uutl strong lmr..-uaml-
C'lbciov,
.V'.letnate range.1, extend in cinllnc rows,
A-uine Ihe.r seat-, lie- solid mass alt .ck :
Thedry husk rustle, and tl mi-cobs crack.;
The song.tho lau ''.. slternato nole» respund,
An-l the sweet cider ti ipa in ailence round, j
The law "of hn«kinjr every wightcan tell
While the full pail rewards the m.Ilt-niaids
toil.
The mother see, the mnrning cauldron boil;
To stir th.- padding next demand* their eire.
To spread tlM table an I ihe howl- nrep.re;
To fe-d the children as their portions cool.
And c.mh their heads, and send them off to
scho'd.
Yet may the simplest dish some rules impart,
For nature scorns not all the aids of art
I'.v. ii ll.i-tv.l'iiil.l-'i' -•nurest of all lood.
May still bo had. ml :Srent, or good,
As mgc cxpericco the ahorl piwoea gnides,
Or want of skill, or wanl ofcere preside*.
Whw'er wool.: form it on the sure** pan,
To rear the child and long sustain the man;
Trr shield the morals while it mend-the size,
And till the power* of every food supplies.
Attend lb- leaaona that the muse shall brinL'.
Suspend your spoons,and listen while I sing.
When now the ox, obedient to thy call,
I!, pays the loan thai filled the winter atajl,
Pursue his truces over the furrowed plain,
And plant m measured lulls the golden grain.
Bit when the tender germ begins to shoot.
And the green spire declares the anroaling
not, lfi!,'-
Th.-n guard your nnrslmg from each greedy
Tiiciu~.di.ms worm, the nll-dovouring crow.
A little ashes sprinkled round the-pre, lure ;
Soon steeped in rain, will bid the worm re-
The li-atl red robber with hia hungry maw,
Sn ift ii"'- the field before your man ol straw,
A fr glilfbl imago, such a", wholt-bnya bring
U'h.n mot to burn tho Pone, or hang tne King.
Thrice in the season, thruugh each verdant
row J'"";.:
Wield th" strong plow-share and th" luililul
The faithful hoe, a double lask that takes.
To till 'he summer corn, and roast the winter
cake-.
Slow spring- Ihe blade, while checked by
chiding rains.
Ere yet the aim the seal ofCancer trams:
But wl his flerCcsl fire* emblaze Ihe land.
Then si irl the juices, th.-n the ro its expand;
Then like a coll ' Corinthian mould.
ThealnlkstruU upward, and the leay." unfold;
The hash] brunch-sail the rinses lil
Rnlwtnc ih -ii arms, ami kise from lull to lull.
Here cease lo vex them, all your carca arc
d.-i-e i
1...iv*1. I■. ' lobew to the r.r-' up -
' nd ,ure no lows he ever keeps so w.uj i
I'„r each red ear a gerieral kiss ..- a tins. |
With each smut ear she smut* tho lucu -
•wains; .
But when In some sweet maid a prize is oasi.
Bed us her lips, and lap. r as her waist.
She walks the round, and calls one lavor vu|,|, «,
beau, .
Wh- leap., the lusciotll tnbuto t-i bestow.
Various the sport. »- are the Wlta and br. n
tit well phased lasses an I contending swanu ;
''".ll the vast iiioimd of c >rn Is swept away,
And he that yets the last ear, win* the day.
Meanwhile the ho-ise-wjle' Urge* oil her care.
The well earned l-a-i lo hasten and prepare.
The silted meal alr.-i.dv wait* her hand,
The milk is strained, the bowls in order stand,
The Are flames high; and, as a pool thai
takes [breaks,
The headlong stream that o'er the m IWain
Foams, roar-, and rages with incessant toil-.
So tii • vev'd cauldron raees. roars, and l»-il-l-'.
rst with .lean sail -In- seasons well the food,
Then strews the flour, and thicken* all the
lls-l ;
Long o'er tie simmering fire she lets it
stand ;
To stir it well demands a stronger hand ;
The hu.b.iid takes his turn ; and round and
round
The ladlefliea; at last the toil is crowned:
Wbon.to the board Uie thronging buskers
pour.
\n.l lake their seats ns at the corn before.
I leave them to their teast. There still be-long
More en s mailers to mv faithfill son -
contains the following sketch of that ex-traordinary
man, John Qujincy Adams.
"Our ain-tiiioii is now directed to n
ray of light ' located ' on Ihe l.-fl of the
lions. , in tile neighborhood of ihe Speak-er's
Chair. It proceeds from the wonder-ful
man who in his person eon.bines th.-
agitator uu.l the slalesman, John Quincy
A.lams : Th. re he slls, hour after hour,
.lay ifier.liy, with untiring patience, ne-ver
absent from his seat, never \otiog lor
HI adjuiiiuiiiei.t, vigilant as ihe uioal
zoaloua iniinh r of ihe Iloust-, bis ear ev.
. r on the i.liit; always p'ipar. d lo go at
<i..*c into the profourulesl qiieBtiou ol
slate or minul st point of order. W<-
look at linn, n' his eohl t.-arful eye, his
stern and abstract, d gaCI ,ni.il ei.njiire up
phantoms of other scenes. Wo look up-on
a mole than king, who h.is tilled eve-rv
.1. paitim-ut of honor in h.s native luu.l,
-till at his post ; he waa tin- pi* dlucnt ol
imlliona, new th..- representative ol furty
...1.1 ihou-ard; quorn Hn.g about tr.fl. s,
..r advocating hi.-h principles ; lo-il i\
growling and 8"'-< r.ng nt the House wiih
in aholi'.iou petition in his trembling
liaffll uu.l ui lord ng it oni the pas
sio .s a...I lushing Hi.- members into the
late of enthusiasm by his irulig.
' nani and einphalie eloquence. Aloni—
iin-fiolieii to—uneonsuited with others,
i h-- sits apart, wrapt in his reveries.
He looks i lift .bled, but he is never
tired ; worn out, but ever ready for a
combat : melancholy—hut let a witty
tning fall from anv member, and that old
man's face IS wr.-ilu d ill smites.
He appears passive, hut wo lo the un-fortunate
ineiuhi r who hazards an arrow
ur him! Ihe eagle is not swifter III his
ll -hi llihi: Mi. Adams—wills his agitated
liiiji.-r ijuiv. ring in sarcastic gesticulation,
h.- seiyj- upon his f..e, and amidst the a-ii.
iizoiiii-nt ofthe House, rirly fails lo
i.ihe a signal vengeance. Ills stores ol
know I. dge on cur. subject, garnered up
in his extraordinary life, in the welU-.r-r.
u,gul storehouse of mi-uiory, who'd is
sud never to have ,<■ rmiii. d a siiigle fa. t
to . scape it, "ive him a great advantage
over .11 new comers, in encounters of this
kind. He is a wonderful, eccentric gen-ius.
He belongs lo no parly, our does a-ny
punv belong to bint. II.- i* of too
cold a nature lo be u party loader. lie
is a man of vcrv ofidjnnl and peeuliir
PhiltMophf.—Philosophy is rarely
found, The most perfect sample I ever
met, was an old woman, who was ap-parently
tho |H>orest and most forlorn
of the human spicies; so true is thu
maxim which all profess to bcleiv.,
aud noun act upon invariably ,wz : that
all happiness docs not depend on out-ward
circumstances. The wise woman
lo whom I have alluded, walks lo Hus-ton,
a distance of twenty or thirty
miles, to sell a bag of brown thread and
stockings, and then patiently walks back
again with her little gaina. Ilcr dress,
though tidy, is a grotesque collection of
• shreds and patches,' coarse in the ex-treme.
" Why don't you come in a wagon 1"
said I, when I observed she was so soon
to become a inotFtcr, and waa evidently-wearied
with her long journey.
MWe han't gol any horse," she replied ;
"the neighbors are very kind to uie, bul
they can't spare their'n j and it would
co.-t as much to hire one as all my thread
will come to."
" You have a husband, don't he do
any thing for >ou '."
"He is a good man, he docs all he
can, bul he's a cripple and an invalid.
He reels mv yarn, and specks ihe chil-dren's
shoes. He's as kiuJ a husband us
a woman need lo have."
" Hut his being u cripple is a heavy
misfortune to you," said I.
•• Why ma'am, I don't look upon it in
Ihal light," replied the thread woman—
" 1 coi.sid. r lint I've great reason to be
thankful that ho never took lo any bad
hah.is." -
•• How many children have yon?"
"Six sous and five dart, rs, ma'am."
"Six sons and live daughters! What
a family for a poof woman to support!''
"It's a family surely, ina'.u.l; but
■hero an't one of 'oin I'd be willing to
lose. They nre as good children as need
In—all Willing loWOfk, and all clever to
me. Even Ihe little boy, when he gets,,
cent now and ill. n for doing a chore, will
he sure and hung it to uie, ma'am."
"Doyour daughter* spin your thread."
*• No, ma'am, as soon us Ihey arc big
enough, they no out to service, I ami I
want to keep ihein always delving for me:
sliev are always willing lo gi .- mo what
they can; bin it is right aud fair lha*
The Godoljikin Arabian.—Mr. Ku-gene
Sue, a person of high literary repu-tation
in Paris, has published a history
of- this celebrated horse, by which il ap-pears
that he waa a pure Uaih, and not
Arab, us his name would denote; that ho
waa sen i by the Bey of Tunis, with seven
others, asa present to Ixmis the Fiflueuth
about the year 1731, but as the fuvoiiio
of t he Monarch was asborl Suffolk punch,
little attention was paid to ihe Barbery
s'.eed, and he wa* used for the lowest
drudgery of the Royal Stables. He af-terwards
became the properly of one of
the cooks of the Koyol household, who
sold him to a person lo draw n cart in
Paris, from whom he was purchased by
an Englishman, was brought to this coun-try,
and finally became tho property of
Lord (Jodnlphin.
It is a groat and prevalent error, that
children may be left lorun wild in every
sort uf street temptation for several years,
and that it will then be time enough to
break them in. This horrid mitiako
makes half our spendthrifts, gamblers,
thieves and drunkards. No man would
drnl so with his garden or. lot; no man
would raise a coll or puppy on such a
principle. Take notice, parents, unless
you till the new soil and throw in good
seed, the devil will have a crop of potsun-wec.
ls before you know what is taking
place. Look at -your dear child, and
think whether you will leave his safety
or ruin at hazard.
A Pun.—In n debating society at
West Point, a short liino since, ihe sub-ject
of the evening happened to be some
question on Ihe Law of Nations. Many
learned speeches were uiude, when ono
of tho Cadets IOSU in his turn lo speak,
lie placed before linn a large open vol-ume,
and thrusting his bund iulo Ins
pocket, he solemnly drew forth a pntatoc,
and placing it on the book, said :—"Gen-il.
inen, here is Vattcl on Ihe Law of Na-tions,
and here is a common la/cr (com-inenlalor)
on il." Ho won a laugh, anil
achicrid a victory.
.4 Poser.—A paper gives the followinjf
ICCOUnl of a d. bate in the Texas Scli.it. ,
on a '• bill fixing ihe value of coins."
" .Mr. Dunn Mid he saw no use in pa--
lillg this bill .is it was evi.l/nt lhat this
prceio-js metal was scarce; in fact, wi-.1.1.
1,1*1 , ..... I. ,.- ,.£.■* ■...., .-... ....^.1..—hav..e n..o..n..e... M....r.. I..lwiini.n.. w..a.s. i.n..t.ver..ruwpj.t.e. d..
should do a little for llu-inseUes. 1 dosrby .Mr. Wilson, who produced a silv.-i
all nil spinning after the folks are abed." dollar by way of correcting the gci.lle.
'• Don't von think vou hould be better man, Whereupon Mr. Dunn sat down
off, if you hiidnoonc but yourself to pro-vide
for .' "
"Why no ma'am, I don't. If I hadn't
been marrie°d I should always have had
to woik ns hard as i could, uu.l now leant
do more ll.au that. My children arc a
great comfort to uie, and I look forward
lo the tune when they'll do as much for
uie as I have done for tliein."
Here was tine plilosophy ! 1 learned n
lesson from that poor wornm which 1 shall
not soon lorgel.
and the bill
pun
passed."
ChirOL-raphy.—It is generally believ-ed
lhat men of genius write iu very ob-scure
in lfiinrmn, i ecenlric characters, such
las llvroii. Chalmers, Jeffreys, and Bona-
•art.-. Washington wrote a fair, even,
The destinies of a nation depend less
on Ihe greatness of tho few, than the
virtues or vic< < of tho many. Eminent
individuals cast further the features ol
In r glory or shame ; but tho realities
of her weal or wo lio deep iu the great
mass.' Tho curling lops of lofty wares
are Ihfl crest of the ocean, hut Iron, its
depth* Hows the overpowering slrcuglb
of the tides.—C'olton. —
En:;Hih .Witionol Debt.—Camniu.'.
when speaking of her national debt, said
that England was bound to keep the
peace in the sum of eight hundred tnii-lisns
of pounds. *
•Illy, straight forward lute, every loiter „ | wom|„r thUcJjild don't go lo sleep,'
ihlc aid distinct. Jefferson's hand-|sl)i,, afinll,j01„ ,„0tl|.r lo a female friend.
here are, though ne'er unfolded yet,, ideal, and pern ctly feat less aud ilidvpeu
id b«
For ml .
Nice rules and wise, how puud.i
ate.
Some with molasses line the luscious treat.
\n.l mix,like birds, Iho useful with ihe sweet
\ who! me di-h. and well desert ing praise
\ nre-ii resource in those bleak wintrv
writing was bold and masculine llona-psrtc
wiole u in..st unreadable snawl |
er of speaking is peculiar.— ' Burke'* writing was iineicn and hurried;
tly, ins lace reddens, and Hamilton wtolc a light running hand,
; of ink ; Canning's penmanship
lid.ator, he pre-1 has a chaslc and classical appearance;
becomes Haddison wrote a fair, firm,upright lint
dent ill expressing them
His ina
He rises abruptly, hislacu r
in a moment, throwing himself mio the . sparin
.itlilu.le of a lei
•'Well, I dJi.'t," replied the lady; "its
i icu is so dirt, it can I shut us eves."
When the dolled earth lies buried deep in pareI for Iho attack j then be becomes Maddi-on wrote a la.r, linn, uprigut line,
„,,,„,., fell of gesticulation, hit bod* swim* to without the distinction ol hair or body
\nd raving boras* drive- the shivering cm
Blest cow ! thy praise shall still my notes em-ploy,
firenl source of health, 'he only snurceol joy .
I (on eft thy tentslh—e pious hands h >ve lire-tt
How oft thv bounties proved my only mo" ■
11.,-rolt I've f.-l llieo with my fiivonln uraln I
\nd roared like thee, to find thy children
shin : l'7'°.
Ye swains who know- her various worth to
\h ! house her well 'rom wintersangrj skies,
Potatoes, pumpkin-, -hould h-r sadness cheer,
Torn front vou* crib, and mashes from voor
beer; 11"in.
When spring returns, she'll well ncqi.it Ih*
And nurse at once your infants and her own.
Milk then with podding I shall always choose;
To this in future 1 confine ...t muse;
Till -heIII lii-ie some farther hint* unfold,
Well f.r Ihe voung. nor useless la Ihe old.
K.r-t in vour bowl Ihe milk abundant lake,
Then .Iron with ear- ..Inn!.' th- silver Mo-
! Vour flakes of pudding; those at first will
bide
Their hit!" bulk beneath the swelling tine ;
Hut when their growing mass no more
sink,
When tbe -"ft island looms above ihe brink.
Then check your hand : you've got the |».r-iioii'sdno;
I"""-
...I fro, self command seems lost, hi.-! strokes; nod not unlike him wrote. Mar-head
is bent forward ill his earnestness shall. The autograph of John Q. Adams
nil h.- sometimes touches the desk ; his iil"s*t,«ndperpendicular; James Routs
voice frequently breaks, bul he pursues ciiligr.pli is perfectly unique, to he com-
In.' siihj. el through its bearings; nothing , pared with nothing besides itself; llrough-dauuts
him—the House may t-nL' with am writes a hasty hand, bul with a good
cries of order, order!—unmoved—con-, pen and full of ink ; Peel writes with a
tempt nous—he stands amidst the temp-1 slifl" pen, but nonsidoiablo taste uini Urn
rsl, and like an oak that is gnarled with i nesai
knoll, d -trength, slrctelies bis arm forth
amI dl fius Ihe blast.
All in a row.—Mr. was mar-ried
on Tuesday evening ! on Wednes-day
evening bis bride ■presented biro
with an heir!! on Thursday be got
onuxs.ni and on Friday, he ens com-mitted
to the JAIL of Low m.'i.. euiinly
for debt!!! !—Miss. Paper.
Advantage of poecrty in etirly life.—
An English judge being Baked what con-tributed
most to success at the bar, re-plied,
••Some succeed by great talent,
some Sv high connexions, fame by u
miracle, but the majority by commencing
without a shilling.
Iri.ih ('itnniii".—We learn from the
last I), iioit Post, that a vol.iute.-r in Miss
Victoria's service, lindiuc a canoe upon
die bcaull near .Maiden, got into it, ami
started on a voyage of discovcrv. Whin ■ *
he had goi some distance from' the shore i A btavtiful mntlmenl.—Tho laic em.
he was discovered bv th«. olli-ter of the inont judge, Sir Allen Park,once said el
day, who ordered six men into a boat and ' a public in. ctino; j,i iho r-ily
gave chase, lie pursued the voyager In —'Wo live in the
the American shore, and in his ardor he nil wo are Utterly
can forgot lhat he was oil'I ho British territo-1 irri atness, and ofll
ry, and seized the deserter—a ciliann
told the man that lie vas free and nee.l
not go back unless he wished ; on. of
Dr. Chalmers writes as if he usci
lb-feather end dipped in ink--a real
scrawl; W. Irving writes a peik-ct law-yer's
hand, as though he wishes no one A young girl, scarcely vet aw..ke to the,
could read n but himself; Jeffreys wrote mysteries ol her nature, and lluttciingo-
M il he wrote again.t lime, with n stick jyer the h niton* ol Lovn,
dipped in ink. nothing so unintelligible;
Crabb's handwriting is neat and elegant.
„!•• . . -ire-, -i ..- :■' T th.sv latiffhl is ''hf t'tlt':ct'* men. Bf lri«hmin, h.
inn1st of blessings,
insensible of Ih -n
so ires from wbicn
ihey How. We s|>eak of our civiliiation,
our'arts, our freedom, ..or laws, and for-get
entirely how large n share nf all is
.|,„. (., el ristianiie. B! •' < bristianii)
liken child sporting on I'm. rippling strand
ofthe sea, when a lii.h lido is about
.coming in-
Positierncst,—Sterne saysf osilivei. ss
ii: a uio-i absurd Until.-: for il in Ihe right
it lessens our victory : if in ilic wroug
it add.- shame to our defeat.
Say nothing about yourself-* * ithergood.
had, or indifferent: Nothing good, fin
tinit is vanity ; nothing bud, for lhat is
affectation inothing ine '" .< i i i -r ilntt
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