Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 6, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 13 February 1830 — Page 4

THE BUR ML OF 3XXi J0ZXX7 X300XI&. BY REV. Mr. WOLFE. Nat dram was beard, nor fun'ral note, As bis corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not soldier ditcbarg'd his ft re well shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried bits darkly, at the dead of night, The sods with our baronets turning, By the struggling moon beams misty light, And tbe lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin eoclos'd bis breast, Not io sheet nor io shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few and short were the pray'rs we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow,

But we steadfastly gazed on tbe face of the

And wo bitterly tbo't on the morrow, dead, We tboTt as we hollowed bis narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,

That the foe and tbe stranger wouM tread o'er

And we far away on tbe billow, bis bead. Lightly they'll talk of tbe spirit that's gone, Aod o'er his cold ashes upbraid bim But nothing he'll reck if they let bim sleep on, In the bed where a soldier has laid bim. But half of our beary task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour retiring, And wo beard tbe distant random gun, That tbe foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid bim down, . From the Geld of bis fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left bim alone with his glory. From the N. Y. Constellation. ADVENTURES OF A COUNTRY SCHOOL XVXASTER. Tne last year of my college life don't be alarmed, Mr. Editor, 1 am not going to inflict a college story upon you 1 determined like, many of my class-mates, to take a school in the country, and thus to get rid of winter months. Accordingly,

1 rubbed up all the grammar and arithmetic of which I was master, collected together the remains of my old school books, and tore my billard cloth in pieces to cover them. Next I purchased three additional seals to iny watch chain there being but one to it before proTided myself with a pair cf green spectacles, with glasses as big as owl's eyes, and borrowed my chum's cane, which had a carved head of Noah Webster an excellent device to frighten his spelling book into little children. Last, not least, I took a certificate of my good mor

al character, and thus equipped, I started oil to hire myself out in the business of school keeping. At every village at which I arrived, 1 presented myself to the committee man, and made application for employment. But tbe farther 1 advanced, the farther my prospects seemed to recede not a single otter could 1 get for my services.

At one place 1 found that 1 had been anticipated only a day or two, by some fortunate school-hunter,at another I learned that (he office had for years been filled by the same incumbent, and was held by a prescriptive right; while at a third 1 was informed that its inhabitants never employed a master that was 'college

larnt.' Thus did my evil genius, like a

malicious jack-o-lantern, lead me from one place to another only to balk my ex

pectations, till at last I became so completely overcome with fatigue and disappointment, that I was on the pointof turning my face homeward, throwing away my spectacles, breaking the head of No

ah Webster and selling my good moral

character, to the first poor devil in want of one. But things now took a different turn.

I never knew precisely how it happened,

but the village ol C or rather the

hone f This was a stump, easier to go round than over. So to end the matter agreed to accept his ofFer, on condition that if I gave equal satisfaction, I should receive a salary equivalent to that of my predecessor. The following morning, after undergoing a special examination by tbe minister of the place, and receiving his certi

ficate that the bearer was duly qualified

to teach a country school, I entered on

the duties of that office. My first task

was to ascertain the names of some filly

to an hundred childien, crowed together i-n one of those little red building?,

yclept school house?, and so peculiar a feature in the scenery ofN. England.

Josh Brown,' answered one 'llaunah

Patch,' squealed another 'Joe Bunker,'

Bawled a third 4Rxanna Tarbox.'

ispod a fourth 'Cassandana Love-it,'

said a fifth 4Gad Tunck,' cried a sixth and 'Patience Tunck,' echoed a se

venth, and thus they continued through

all the notes of the octave till the muster

oil was completed. 1 now set myself

n earnest about the business of instucion, and by dint of Noah W ebster's head

and my own, I had soon the satisfaction

of seeing the young ideas beginning to

shoot likeso many cabbage sprouts. I had

6ome ambition to keep a good school.

but I had more to secure the promised

reward in case 1 succeeded. On this

point my pride was excited, and 1 left no

means unturned, in school or out of

chool, to conciliate the good will of both

children and parents. I drank cider

with the old men, and took snuff with

heir wives, 1 cracked nuts and pkes

with the boys, and bestowed presents

and compliments on the girls; 1 attended

all their parlies and quilting matches,

and whenever there was to be a dance or a sleigh ride, I was always on the spot.

n tins manner, I became the object of

general popularity, and had the question of my salary depended on the voice of my patrons, I had no fears of the result.

But that subject was left solely to the discretion of the committee man; and against him, therefore, I directed all the acts of flattery and attachment. 1 had somewhere read, "that every man has

ing room 5iere being but on?, and that j

used in common by the wtioie company where active preparations were making by such as had recently arrived. A flock of girls collected round the only glass in the room, were busily engaged in restoring their curl?, while their male companions were not less industrious in exchanging their cow-hide boots for slippers of yellow sheep-skin; the advantage of which I was at$some loss to conceive, till 1 heard one of their wearers declare, that they were "capital for corns P This was a refinement of luxury for which 1

had come unprepared: but before 1 had

recovered from the surprise produced

PREDICTIONS Toil THE VEAXt 1030.

The year 1830 will be a very eventful one to every old maid who gets married. Throughout the whole course of the year, whenever the moon wanes the night will grow dark. Those who have debts to pay, and no cash, w ill loose their credit. It is probable that if there is no business doing, people will complain of hard times, but it is certain that those who hang themselves will escape starving to death. Any man who spends faster than he earns will not be richer at the

by so novel a custom, a long sided, hard lend of the year than he was at the be

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westen district of it, had this year Buffer

ed thanksgiving week to arrive without a school master being engaged an event before unprecedented in its annals. At this fortunate juncture I came along, and hearing of the intelligence, 1 plucked up courage, and forthwith pre-

sentea myseu ai me door ot the committee man as candidate for the vacant school house, "Aye ! you want to keep our school, do you?' said the old farmer, surveying me from top to toe, just if he wa examining the points of a doubtful horse. "Well, faith! I dont see how you found it out down to college there that we wanted to hire guess you've been having some talk with master Toll, an't ye 2" Not understanding the drift of this last interrogative, and conjecturing that it might bave some possible connexion with the object of my errand, 1 inquired who this personage might be. "Dont know master Toll !" ejaculated the committee man with an expression of astonishment at the ignorance 1 had betrayed "I thought every body knew mister Toll:

why, he kept in our dees-etrict last winter but he's gone to shoe-making this

year, and so you see it is a terrible dis.in-

pointment to us." My next inquiry was to ascertain the amount of wages received by this cobbler of young ideas, flattering myself that my own services would command a much higher price. Judge of my surprize then, when instead of a larger, he refused to give an equal

compensation. 'Cause why?' said he,

his price," and resolved to lest the cor

rectness of the maxim. Accordingly 1 commenced a regular plan of attack on the weak points of the beseiged, visiting him often of a cold or stormy night as a mark of respect; extoliug his childreu; with whom I took unwonted pains at school; praising the cider; complimenting his wife; and making love to his

daughter; and so vigorously did I prosecute this system, that the old farmer's heart gradually relaxed its hardness, and like marble, was perforated by the drops

that were showered upon it. Que act ofi

attention followed another till as last there was to be a famous ball iu a neighboring village. 1 resolved to invite his daughter, and, thus in the Kentuckian

phrase, 'go the whole hog' for my wages. It was the first ball to which the daughter of my committee man had ever been invited, and you may well imagine how her little haale eyes twinkled with delight, when the offer was made. The father immediately gave his consent, proffered me the use of his horse and

sleigty"Nl brought out a decanter of

New jid, and drank to our better acquaintance. The mother who was

always a particular friend of mine, slipped out from among the pails and washtubs in the kitchen, and iu less than an half hour made her appearance in her best Sunday gown and piloted us into the parlor, which had not seen the light of a day during the whole winter. The shutters were now thrown open. The brasses stripped of the coverings in which they had been enveloped since fly time, and a rousing fire was soon crackling on the hearth. In a short lime a

substantial supper was prepared , aod the

frozen fragments of a thanksgiving pudding were thawed in honor of the occa

sion.

The night at length arrived, and 1

drove up to the door of my dulcinea, who

was ready dressed for the ball and impatient for my coming. I have before said that it was the first occasion of the kind on which she had been invited to attend, and this, together with the circumstance that she was to be accompanied by the

master, had induced her to bestow unwonted exertions in decorating her person, and setting off her charms to the best advantage. Oh! that I could picture her as she then looked; her white dress bedizzened with ribbons of bright yellow and pink; her round plump waist compressed so tight that it seemed just on the point of bursting its confinement ; her arms, covered only by a short sleeve at ti.e shoulder, & revealing the full proportions of their native beauty ; her snow white bofcom, on which the family string

bv,,,j cauouac niiu ieu m snort and rapid undulations; and then, the deep blush that mounted her cheeks and spnti

its bright tints down that bosom; -but pshaw ! Mr. Editor, who can paint such charms to the life? After a ride of some five or six miles through huge drifts of snow, into which 1 was often obliged to jump, to prevent our vehicle from being upset; we reached a

little country tavein,in which tbe musu

favoured fellow, whose red hair stuck

up in front like an inverted carrot, approached me with an air of considerable

consequence being, as I afterwards

learnt one of the managers 'sir, said he, 'I'll take your candle., 'My candle,' 1 exclaimed with astonishment, and a look that plainly indicated that 1 was ignorant of the nature of the demand. 'Yes, your candle, sir, if you have brought one if not, you know our regulations no admittance!1 An explanation now ensued, in which I discovered that, by the terms of the ball, sanctioned by the cus

tom iu such cases, every gentleman was expected to furnish a candle towards lighting the dancing room. The manager being satisfied of my ignorance in this respect, now gallantly offered to usher myself and partner into the hall. All eyes were turned upon usjas we entered, and a general whisper went through the room. 'Who is it?' said one; 'wonder if that's his gal?' inquired another;' white gloves! guess he belongs to the quality,' responded a third. And sure enough on casting a glance

round Ihe room, 1 perceived that 1 wa

the only person present incumbered with

ro superfluous a piece of vanity as that

a i . l i a a m

wnicu occasioned mis lasi retort, l ne tickets were now distributed for the

dancp, and I was the drawer of a part

ner whose solid dimensions were full

double my own. When it came oui turn to leap down, she grasped my hand? with the grip of a blacksmith's vice, and

whirled me about as though I was a mere

man of straw. And away she footed it

crying out ever and nnon to the fiddler,

to play faster and a way I was carried

down outside and down in the midle,

with the rapidity of lightning, till the sweat poured down from my forehead in steams, and my hands were one complete blister. The rest of the evening I was

more cautious in the choice of a partner,

and danced only with my companion, who acquitted herself with no little credit, and at sunrise next morning, after

squaring account with the fiddler, I accompanied her home. The affiir now spread through the district, and became the subject of much gossip and scandal. It was currently reported, and as I did not deny it, generally believed, that the master was engaged to the committee-man's daughter. Wherever I went, there was alwai

some joke at my expense, which was met by equal rood humor on my part. The

old farmer, elated with so favorable a

match for his Sully, for that was the

name of his daughter, and concluding

that, after the attention I had paid her,

no further proof of ray intentions in this

respect were wanting, daily grew more pressing in his invitations, and more bountiful in his hospitality, so that it was with great difficulty I could steal an evening for other engagements. Delighted with the success of my own bosom the term of my service had now expired, & tho day of reckoning arrived. I presented myself to my unsuspecting employer for the performance of Ids pro

mise, if, in his opinion, I had performed

my part of tbe condition. With this he

expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and

went so far as to declare "that no master,

not master i oil himself, could hold a can

die to me." How I disposed of matters

with the old woman and Sally, it is not material that I should here declare. The old lady, I hear, often speaks of me

with a motherly affection, and Sally

poor Silly I see by the newspapers, is

married! bo there is no danger of a

suit for a breach of promise, which in

case she had found herself approaching

a "certain age" without a sleeping part

ner, might possibly have been received against, Jaques.

ginning, which is more certain still. He

that bites oil his own nose or turns poll

cian, will act like a fool, and that is the

most certain of all.

If bishop sleeves go out of fashion

there will be more elbow

the ladies. If toques follow, we may

perhaps see over their heads. If cither of them should be talked of, there will be much ado about nothing.

Many a man will grow rich this year

in a dream. The present session of Congress will be one of uncommon interest and importance. This cannot fail of being true, because it has been said every year regularly, ever since we have had a remembrance.

If dandies wear their beards there will be less work for the barbers. He who wears mustachios will have something to sneeze at. If the incumbent of a fat office should die, there will be a score of feet ready to step into one pair of shoes. If any old miser dies, it will occasion the shedding of many tears that "live in an on-

did'nt Master Toll keep a lotted good and lights told us the dancing had alreaschool, and did'nt our Nat larn like a dy begun. Wre were soon in the draw-!

Clergyman and Baker, A clergyman in Scotland dtsired his hearers never to call one another liars, but when any one said the thing that was not true, they ought to whistle. One Sunday he preached a seimon on the parable of the loaves and fishes, ar.d being at a loss how

to explain it, he said the loaves w ere not

like those now-a-day s, they were as big as some of the hills in Scotland! He hud scarce pronunced the words, when he heard a loud whistle. 4iWha is that," said he, "ca's me a liar?" "It is I, Willy Macdonald, the baker." "Well, VVillywhat objection have ye to what 1 ha told you?" "None, Master John,only I want to know what sort of ovens they had to bake those loaves in."

ion.

He who marries during this y ear will run a great risk that is, if he does it in a hurry. He who steels a match will

make tattlers gossip and get himself in

to a scrape. He that ia penny less this year will not grieve much at the fall of stocks. He who grows old without growing wise, will be a long time coming to years of discretion. He w ho wants to borrow money will know the value of it. He who laughs at his own dull jokes, or hunts for a cat with three legs, or be

comes a candidate for office, will rival honest Dogberry, and be content to "write himseli an ass." There will be more books published this year than will find purchasers; more rhymes written thau will find readers; and more bills made than will

find payers.

Whoever is in love this year will

think his mistress an angel. Whoever gets married, will find out whether it be true.

If any young ladv should happen to

blush, or baste a turkey this year, she will look red in the face. If she dreams

of a young man three nights in succession

it will be a sign of something. If she

dream of him four times, or have the

tooth ache, it is ten to one that she is a

long time getting either of them out ofi

her head. I 1 I 1 .1-

if a man ouuus a nouse tnis year

without

at the beginning

If any one jumps overboard, without knowing how to swim, it is two to one that he gets drowned. If any one lends an umbrella, it is ten to one that he is obliged to go home in the ran for his

pains.

Ihere will be a great noise about the

country whenever it thunders; and a

great dirst will he kicked up by

coach horses unless the roads are macadamised.

Whoever runs in debt this year will be dunned. Whoever hires money out of the bank will be in no hurry to see the last day of grace. Yrhoever is out at the elbows will think of a tailor. Whoever is high upon the score and low ini

the pocket, will think of the DeputySheriff. Whoever makes the discovery that the world is given to lying, w ill do what

Jack Falstaff has done before him.

Many an old sinner will resolve to turn

over a new leaf this year, hut the new

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Petersburg Academy. THE Trustees respectfully inform tbe public that tbe first eeasiou of the Academy in Petersburg, Ky. will commeDce on Mondaj tbe 8th of February, 13S0. under (be superintendence ofthe Kev. Wdllact Danton. From experience of Mr. Daoton's ability as a teacher, and acknowledged merit as a scholar, (boy

are encouraged to solicit tbe patronage of ths friends of Literature aud Scienee. 1 he situdtion of the Academy is as agreeable and as healthy as any other on tbe banks of the Ohio river. The following are the terms of tuition: Latia. Greek. Hebrew, French and Spanish lan

guages $10 per session of six months; Aslron-

.i man uuims i nuusu iiiib year . . ,ut counting the cost, he will know TT lz!tj "rn??0 a,J,ticaiaud mo' 4i in- T arn, with tbe use of Globes, Eogsb Grammar, at the end of his undertaking than Coo,po.ir.on1 Drawing and Projection of 2 beginning. nhp.i.tr. n.,mi w;i .i ", '

vuvo..i , toiuwi uuu?uiij j , uuu mo various branches of Melbematics, Keadjuj Writing, and Arithmetic, gl per session, payable quarterly. The necessary philosophical apparatus will be attached to the Academy. Tbe Trustees have made arrangements for boarding, where those from a distance may be accommodated on tbe iLost reasonable terms, and where the strictest attention will be paid ts

morals. R. Graves, G. Hubble, w ti 1 invv

V v mm . J

11. iu. Allen, Glo. Cornelius, j

Petersburgh, Ky. Jan 9, 1830. l-4v The editors of the Ccmraeotator and Argus, Frankfort Ky. and the editor of the Liberty If all.

Cincinnati, Ohio, are requested to insert the

above 3 times in their respective papers, and forward their accounts to the Trustees for payment. MISS J. STROUD, INFORMS the Ladies of Lawrenceburgh U its vicinity, that she has corntuuaeuced & lYUiiiirEny shop

leaf will turnout a blank. Many a fond 'n n uPer r0? 10 lbe house ,ccuPica bJ M'-

fool will jump into a honey pot and , I ci : ..... t .ul., k.L ..jbtore.) where she intends carrying on the bu-

Why are, snuffers like matrimony ? Because they olttn extinguish tho flame they are intended to brighten.

sioess in all its branches . From her eaperienen she solicits a ahare of public p&tionaga. Ready made and tiimmed Leghorn, Straw, Gimp, Silk aad Satin Boaneta day be had oo reasonable terms. January 30, 18S0. 4

find it mustard without being able to say with the fly, l'm oflT.'

Many thiugs will be wondered at this

year, and turn out not to be miracles.

Many a gretitman will tell a tine story

to which Mr. Burchell would have 3aid

'Fudge!' Finally, we are of opinion that this will be a wonderful year just like all that have gone before it. The world will go round and come back to the

place from which it set out, &. thus will DAVID V. CULLEY.

be the course of many a man who should puhUsher of the Lazes cfthz United State be up and doing. I here will be a great

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cry and little wool, as at a shearing cf

The first consideration with a knave;oyPpert at tukkedollaus, per annum..

is to help himself; the second, how tojS- h" , k 01 lJ,e ye"vS?ih,ifth m' he , ., .. 1 ru 1 discharged by the payment uf TW O DOLLARS do it with an appearance of helping you.r,r: adv.mcg.0T by pyi, e two dollaus .nd Dionysius, the tyrant, stripped the sta-j FIFTY ccnts t the expiration ct months. tUO of Jupiter of a robe of massy coldi Those who receive their papers by the m-.l

ne cn uf, cter Aiia u will

and substituted a cloak of wocl, 'sayinc

gold is too ccld in winter it behove? u

tr take care of Jupiter.

tj;be ciur-ed on their subscription.

ADVKKY1SEMKNTS conspicuously insetted