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"BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF ;WIT," VOL VII. CITY OF INDIANAI'OLIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1 8 4 8 . NO. 5.

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Patent Sermon by Dow Jr. APPEARANCES DECEITFUL.. Text. Of outward show, young man, beware, . - Appearances deceitful are. '

My Hearers : you all ought to know, if you do

not, that the most beautiful berries to the sight often prove to be the most bitter to the taste ; and that

whatever looks fair upon the outside not unfrequent

iy is tout within. Satan baits his hoole with an

artificial fly, without pausing to consider the dire consequences that must inevitably follow. . The roughness of the road that leads to destruction is only known to the traveller therein : and he who

walks in wisdom's ways alone can tell how garnish

ed they are with the fragrant flowers of peace and

Happiness. You are so fond of fine appearances

that you long to possess many things which you would be better off without, and have no more use

For than a duck for a pair of Indian rubber over

8hoes: and I really believe that many of you would rather ride to perdition in a coach and six, than

, walk into the gold-paved city of salvation with dus ty boots and a clean conscience.

My friends : Deceit is written in staring capitals upon the very brow of the world : and yet, for all

this, how liable we are to be deceived by appear

ances ! The best-looking objects often turn out to

be the worst, and the handsomest in feature of the human race are the more generally deformed in character and wanting in intellect, as birds that are beautiful in plumage are deficient in song. . A horse may be a good one to look at, but a bad one to go, and dogs that but seldom bark are the most Ukely to bite. Vice clothes itself in scarlet and gold, and is respected for appearance sake, while poor, honest virtue, in its coarse but comely apparel is permitted to pass in a crowd unnoticed and unseen. Man is a deceitful creature; He oftentimes promises what he never intends to perform ; and it is through a mercenary motive alone that he 13 induced to do good towards his fellow-beings.' If there were no pennies to be picked up along the path of virtue, he would always accept of any lucrative offer of the devil, even though he were assured that it would be the means of his soul's de

struction. Under the cloak of pretended piety, he frequently takes unjust advantage of his brother mortals; and while he preaches up the doctrine of mind your own business and let other's alone,' he s as busy in meddling with his neighbor's affairs as a hog in a sauce garden. My young friends: beware of appearances. There is poison in the sparkling cup of pleasure even corruption itself wears a bright and gilded surface the sharpest thorns are concealed by beautiful blossoms serpents of evil crawl about in the jnggrass of worldly enjoyment and all the golden fruit of hope crumbles to ashes when touched by the fingers of disappointment. The girls are somewhat deceiving in their appearances. Some of them wear false smiles, false color, false hair, false bosoms, false hips, and false retrospective projections, vulgarly called 4 bustles.' Young men, who

think of committing the common crime of matri

mony, should be careful and never get taken in by

fastening their affections upon any of the fair fe

male tribe who are made up wholly of falsities; for,

lute wnippoorwius, when you come to strip ine

feathers off, there is nothing left of them. ; Also, be

not enraptured with the music of their voices, not

carried away with the torrent of : words, that so

many of our young ladies lack rather the power of

suppressing . than the taculty ot letting loose

Words are like leaves of the trees; when they flourish in abundance, but very little fruit of sense

can be found beneath them. I might, perhaps, bet

ter say, that words are true pictures of one's

thoughts; and. she that talks much, must talk con

siderable nonsense which shows the well-spring of

her mind is not deep enough to drown a foolish idea, nor to afford room for a common-sized thought o swim. Let Hymen amalgamate you with such only

whose hearts are surr ounded with wreaths of

wisdom, and 'whose intellects are ornamented, as well as their persons and your conjugal joys will grow brighter and brighter as you advance on your

journeys through life; and the bonds of love that

bind you together will become stronger, even in the dark hours of adversity. ' But if you marry a

girl for the sake of her outward attractions alone

if you are . made to fall in love on accout of the

coach-cushion .that she carries behind and the big muff before you will be likely to find your connubial nectar embittered by gall and wormwood,

when the honeymoon has waned, and the novelty of the thins: is over.

My dear young females : the men are equally,

and perhaps more, deceitful than your own lovely

selves. Ihey are dangerous things to play with

Place no dependence upon their pie-crust promises ;

for so long as the devil dwells m the flesh they

have not the mastery over their own appetites and

passions, wed not a man tor nis ncnes lor, u

he has nothing to recommend him but his money,

he .is ..poorer than the humble and honest hoveller

who possesses little more than a bible, a wife and a

pig, and a happy heart. Accept not the hands of

the soft and fusible kind who are indedted to tailors, two different ways, for the common civility

shown them by boot-blacks whose shallow thoughts

always run rippling in. the same narrow channel of

vanity and whose ideas are just about as capable

of expansion as a spoonful of soft soap in a sum

mer s sun. - Ihe Creator ot all things, valuable and

useless, has wasted a vast deal of precious material in conglomerating together such worthless masses

of pride, foolishness and stupidity ; and you might as soon think, my young virgins, of having a tooth pulled by the drawing powers of a pitch plaster, as

to suppose that you can be happy by binding your

selves in wedlock to such silly specimens of hu

manity. My hearers: mark well the difference between empty show and solid substance, and choose for yourselves. All is not gold that glitters, says the old adage ; and you will be fully convinced of its truth ere you have travelled over half-way to the tomb; but the jewels of joy that are gathered during a well-spent life are pure and valuable, and will shine in heaven for ever. So mote it be ! .

LADIES DEPARTMENT.

EDITED BY A LADY.

THE END OF LIFE Tom prais'd his friend, who changed his state, For binding fast himself to Kate In union so divine; -" Wedlock's the end of life," he cried, ' Too true, alas 1" said Jack and sighed, 44 'Twill be the end of mine." m .

Saturday, December, 30 , 1848. For the Locomotive. Lines. (respectfully dedicated to the Misses moore.) 'Neath a branch where droops the willow 1 , ..' Long, long ago'1 Willis. In a vale where streams were.fiowing, ' ' ; Long, long ago, Where bright flowers were sweetly growing, Long, long ago ; . Dwelt a maiden pure and beauteous, . Long, long ago, -Ever gentle, kind and duteous, " Long, long ago. But she has forever left us, : And all below, Death, of that fair one bereft us, - ' We are in wo :' The murm'ring stream was onward rolling, : As long ago, - And the old 'church bell was tolling '" Dismal and low, In tears we all were o'er her bending'

Long, long ago, . While her soul was fast ascending From all below. We should not mourn for her departed, . . Long, long ago; ,- Though she left us broken hearted ' . '.. Wand'ring below. Her spirit was in Heaven above us, : . Long, long ago, She looks down to bless and love us, . All here below. Edwin. Newark, Ohio. We have just received the first Number of The Lady's Western Magazine and Garland of the

Valley, published at Chicago and Milwaukie ; Rev.

J. L. Hurlburt Editor and Proprietor, and J. W. . Duzan &Co., printers. ; . The appearance of this work will compare favor ably with the Eastern Magazines, both in typography and general appearance, and we trust it may re

ceive the patronage it merits. It contains one colored plate ; two Line engravings ; 32 pages of closely

printed matter, and is publised at 1,50 a year

the price of the Eastern Magazines is $3. Frank A. Duzan, of this city, is the only agent in Indiana.

Wanted to know what young lady in this

city is so extremely moaest mat sne substituted the word limb, for leg, in speaking of chairs. .;

friends to union. Among the men what dire divisions rise, For 4 Union' one, and one 4 No Union' cries. Shame on the sex that such dispute began; Ladies are all for union -to a man.