Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 8, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 August 1833 — Page 1

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thi: VINCENNBS GAZETTE, Wi ruMis'td! nrry Si!vrd,v;,

Trrni.' i if paid runner the year. 00. ii j-. in nilvnnce. i ml, i! i,,)t .Mid iliirinp the year. 1 25, for fix ntxidiF. r-U'i'r' dic !it ii.nrtl only at Hip option of flir r -nl'li'Ii'T l lie arr iiravs nic dr.e. .''tr'VAi! vrr? o-rm nt makitie otir- sqtnre or W rrill !o msrrtt l three limes bir one dollar, and twenty-five cnt - for every Mib-etjuent insertion ; 1 tter adv r!i-i i.u ut. hi the same ratio. Sip h artirf ? of rn.Inre, n are u"l in n fvintly, will ha reer.e.i in payment for nhcrij ti n?, nt l!ie nnnkH price, delivered in Vin-cenri"?.

I f i nrios quite stiiY. Thi d-orgh mnM now man or a lean man. of a tall man or a short

oc rolled nut on a table into a caito a quarfrr of an inch thick, cut iv'n pieces two

or

It i ll

E r.vn :v o m i st.

From the .imerican Farmer. AMVV ii AC I S. The valuable qualities of this plant, 1 brhexe ;n e -o ge 11 e i ally knnwn its to require but htlle f!eri iti,,n. and these remarks at" only intcr-did to ouet the young pr.tc titioner in the most material items in its fi:5:nic. I therefore hope to i lie excused from noticing t lie various ways r vi ':nr;u iMirl tor it? i uluno, 1 r.t to state .1 jlaiu ip pt ho' I b un led ai practice. The mi 1 1 f;ioi suitable lor this plant, is a deep saody loam tni'le very rich; it iHllif 1 stitl'. it may he made ot the proper roisH-'enro by the ;jcj: ii iori rt s ;'.d. A xvano ptotecfed u:;sh;tied situation uill

u-p Ciiiv. The

tor the he-is sliouhl he . at lea-t twelve inche?

Ahijah thrust a .in into the hoy besuie him, which made him rry out with the sharp pain. The sufferer was questioned. Alnjah was accused and found goiltv. The master requested Jas Clark to qo to hi room and brine a rattan woni.l i',n,i

decree? Does it define any grade oi l there, a if the foi midahle ferule vas ur.err, 1 I 1 k I 1 n ! .. . . . . . I '. . . 1.1,. , I ( ll.n . . - . ,

...... j , 1. 1 ,ui mini ue ,1' em in in iju-n tut- pieffiii txiJrllCy. James

t ame with a rattan very strong and verv

man, of an old man or a young man; it i

easy to conceive of a poet, a painter, a musician, an astronomer; i ;;t what is a clever man, or rather what is not a clever

man? Is elcvcr7its a thinr of hind or nil

lellectual apprehension? Was Milton a

clever man? Was Pope a clever man? Is Mean a clever man? Is Km Lear a

clever tragedy ? U Locke's fcssay a clev

elastic, as if it had been selected from a thousand, not to nalk with, hut to whip Then he orcicred all the blinds next to the

er hook? They have all been called ho. road to he closed. lie then ki id. 'Abijah,

there is scarcelv an individual of any ca- come this way. tie came. 'The school

parity at all. w ho h i? not been called clev-' may shut their hooks and suspend their

er it m a word applicable to prime nun .studies a tew minutes, ihiiati. take oil

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is'eis. lord chancellor", soldieis, sailors, apo'l.. varies, atternies, rope dancer3, c.oeks. coachmen, jockies: thev are. all clever, it is applied to imagination, to geniu . to lepieal accuracy, i antiquaiian

profundity, to metaphv .ical darkness, and; laugh, produced by a nervous excitement

! to mathematical Iil'I' It is a term of; he could not control. Silence I' aid the

our Irock, foid it up, lv ii n the feat behind you.' Abijah obeyed all these seveta! commands with sullen indifi'er nice. Here, a boy up towards (lie back seat Lur.-t out with a fort of shuddering

hiiog tur plants into

U'ol intended mellow nr.d r:c !

tleep. Some n;y two, three; and even i e feet deep, is ru i e-.-ary to the most pro 1 erou- cultuie of Asparagus; but the :i!oe ii nitiicieuf when the alleys are hoveiied on the bed. The ground being well fined and manured, lav out the beds tour teet ix inches wide, and shovel the melbuv sfilout t the alleys so as to raise the bni four mche above them; rake the bed level and drive a good stake at each corner, to keep for years to come the exnet corner ot the beds proceed to plant as follows, when the ground is not frozen and Avorks well from fust ol November to midtile of April. Having first obtained good plants of one or two years growth, strain

a line along the bed, nine inches from it

rdge,

three, ioches f qua re, and placed on

hoards in a dry airy room. -nr' turned over once n day tdf !he cakes become thorough lv dried, when they mnt be put away in a perfectly drv plare- in a common linen bag is the best. When wanted for use, one cf the rakes is to be taken for each loaf ot :. moderate, sr1 intended to be

made, put into a bowl or other vessel, ami a gill of warm water for each cak is to hp ponre! on toil, as soon as it dissolves, which will he in half an hour or so, stir it up, and put it into the flour in the usual wav of using yeast. Now let us tell them how to make god wheat bread. Always measure your water and salt; that is a rule not to be omitted with, impunity A pint of water will make a nv derate sized loaf S iy v on want to make lour leaves. In cold weu

ther take a quart of w ater as warm as v 011 j ,-ueh general applicability that it would be ; ma-ter, with a voice of thunder, and can hear your hand in and mak a s'i!'( ilifii. uf to find one whom it would not lit. j star:. p 011 the floor, that made the house batter ovr r night, say at bed ume; put ir ! T say of a man thnt be is not clever, i . quake. All was still as midnight: not a f!ie yi i't. and let it str.nd fo rise till morn-j a in -t a personal ii.sul!; it is as ha. I a lo'd moved, not a sent creaked , not a book ing, when it will have ri-en and began toU.jymg 0f him that he is dishonest Letjiusiied. The school seemed to be appall mk in the middle, if ted. keep it w u m j an y one try (o cairy on for half an hour j ed . The expression ol everv countenance till it docs This m railed sponge a conversation f onrer:mg t he infr lle-;u was changed. Some were unnaturally In the morning take another quart ol warm j or metal chaiacteristics of h.s neighbors : paie, some flushed : and eighty distended water, put into it a r. ill handful ot fine without using the word clever He would land moistening eyes were fastened on the a!t. pour M into ilie 'rpvu-go' and make the presem ly he at fault. He might look forjscenc. The awful expectation was too

dough, working it well 1 1 1 1 it becomes per-1 a fjimmai, hut he could noi tmd one, and fertiy fine and i!kv. Let he dough rise he would be driven to a riicumlocuiion till il become quite light. Now egin to that would lead him nine miles out of his heat your even; mould the dough into wav. Etymology a-j all the world knows loaves immediately, and let 'hem state! i is hut a so-so ui(!e !e;!d us to the meae.

till our oven i hot, when you will put ing of a word; but when then a ppears sih escaped from on1 of the larger girls;

them v. and hake them one hour. In 1 such a vagabond scamp of a homeless word 1 then ail was breathlessly still eiram

as cleverness, it becomes absolutely neees -1 1 a kc on your jacket also, Abij ih Fold sar to make it proven settlement, and I it up and lay it on your frock ' Mr. Johnpass it home to its parish. The won! clev on then took his chair and set it away at cr is supposed !o have its parentage in the j the farthest distance the floor would perLitin word levis, light; and the pritnary m,;, as if all the space that could be had idea in ehVciive quickness or casein ac jwnuld he necessary for the operations Hon. It is properly applicable to the; about to take place. He then took the hand as well as to the head, and has essen-1 rattan anil seemed to examine it closely, tially nothing to do with depth or power, drew 11 through his hand, and bent it alA conjurer, who perform slight of hand most double, laid it down again, lie then tricks, ii clover. The Indian jugglers took off his own coat, folded it up. and laid

much for one poor girl 'May 1 go home'

she whined with an imploring and terrified look. A single cast from the rounten ance of authority crushed the trembler

down into her seat again. A tremulous

warm wrathcr the water should be milk

warm for the 'spunge and 'chill1 merely taken off or the dough. Bread made in this way will he as light as any ha!el,bread, and yet preserve all the sweetness of home made broad. To make One lusk, take some of the dough mane as above for bread, after you have made your lo ive; put in some butter and sugar, with such spices as you prefer; work it well, set it aside to rise;

Are you prosperous? It multiplies vour hlemgs ten thousand fldd. to share them with one so beloved. Are you in her company! Her very presence has the effect of the sweetest conversation, and her looks silently convey a something to the heart, of which none but happy hughands have any idea. Ate you going abroad? She accompanies you to the door, she says farewell; the tender embrace; the fond lengthened kiss; the last j-oul melting look; precious evidences of IllV O t I I. ...a.. I .

'"c K" aiong with you, they steal across your flighted memory, soothing your journey; while dear conjugal love, gives a transport to every glance at h-me, and sweetens every nimble step of your glad return. There soon as your beloved form is seen, she flies to meet you Her voice is music; the pressure of her arms is rapture, while her e es, Heaven's sweetest messengers of love! declare the tumultuous joy that heaves her generous bosom. Arm in arm she hurries you in the smiling habitation, where the fire fair blazing, and the vestment warm, the neat

apai (merit and delicious repast, prepared

ov uer eager love, fills your bosom with a joy too big for utterance. Compared with a life like this, merciful God! how disconsolate is the condition

ot the old bachelor! how barren of all joy! Solitary and comfortless at home, he strolls abroad into company. Meeting'

wain no tenderness nor afltction to sweeten company, he soon tires, and with a sigh gets up to go home again. Por man! his eyes are upon the ground, and his steps aie slow! for alas! home has 00 attractions. He sees nothing there but gloomy walls and lonesome chambers. Alone he swallows his silent supper; he crawls to his bed, and trembling, coils himself up in cold sheets, sadly remembering that with to-morrow's joyless suu the same dull round begins again!!

when very light mould the rusk, put them who played marvellous feats with brass it on the desk Abijah1 breast then heav-

in pans, set them aide to ne again, and when light bakothm. No better rusk than these were ever made by the bakers.

balls, are clever. A man had need be a;ed like a bellows; his limbs began to trem

clever man to pick pockets. A rope dan-ble, and his face was like a fdieet. The cer is a clever man. Grimaldi was a clev-i master now took the rattan into his hand.

Milk is ted good lor any kind of 'oread or j er man; so is Parsloe. There is a elev-iand the criminal by the collar w ith his left

t II !.- I.ir ill., Illllo l.llltl P iK-ll I.- i,. ll Ij mrn ' .1 . 1 . . II 1 I 1, .1 r , I I, j I ... ,v n I r. I r. I. I no I , r. r.1

r,t nnon ! Iroi.r-l, i r m .-. ,-r ll,a ' " n ' ' ' ' ! Mu,r 1 him l.'lii ll .f i . n HI!" Ill llitrllllt! all.i. 1 1 O if W I I 1 1 i f K I f - , 1UIK ll.HULn.ltr3 IIH BJIUj- llrlia

Mill M', II U H ILIUUIL , . , . . . . , , . . ,. f . .

arth six inches deep alonp the lin and - ' ' 3 .i,,r, tl- , C1 . ,IM m UJ,. grave moraiuy. or loueniog , ngaiun mi- miui'h-i i m- ma . nv i ,uatu . j r uui uu i j uu m mtr ,k.im. rather wide in the b';'om then iip T,hi the tio-rgh, atul then y ou have not the j pathos, or rebuking censure which his the stick high ovei the back of the shrinking : The boy, trusting his word, opened his

a .. .. j n. .n.h.c ... .1.0 ir.,.,i rlwy matter, winch injures biead A, pictures contain, but in the dexterity with

piuiiu-' nun, niv.iu c im tin in nit. Qiuncnbi III r I I I I I trench, and cover them with the mould m;,!! ,um ,f ,,mter r "veeMard wr.rk-, which he could make a few lines tell a

DO OT DECEIVE CHILDREN. A physician once called to extract a tooth fi 0111 a child . The little boy peeioj the formidable instiuments, and anticipating the pain, was exceedingly fngh'ened, and refused to open his mouth After much fruitless solicitation, the physician said, "perhaps there is no need of draw, ing Let me rub it u little with my hafd-

j kerchief, and it mav be all h tt n i eces-

t,i ken out;

then remove the line one toot, i Cl into lhe dowgh ie a Srcat improver of story . L'suik-h.odis has a cleverness of the

nnd open along it one other such trench

and plant as before, and so pioceed, giv

bread

I same kind; but like Hogarth, he also has

To make apple dumplings, take some : something more, did. h moie; and to call

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. . - . ' u lilt r ii i.iisi-ii i.diitrri. iri .1 f 1111 ripup nipik r piiir j n n mnro in rnunripr.

our rows to eacn. oeo twelve inclies : . ; , . , . ...... v ,..,.vv.., . ...... htead. unr ; in comn bnltur nr bird, and it il.cm ilun it lm inc.i l Pm.u'.

nj-art. I! planted m the tall or winter,; ' , " , , ' . '", . . . 0,bQ i,.,d, .io l.ri, .I...I, ...;n n.,Y' In lhv -ple!in theu-ual way. D.i.n ! poeTy that it rhymed well, hom clev

i. ttii uiv. i'v.vir vtik itivii iuiv. 1 1 u r .. , . -

ing

toy. Then, O what a screech ! Had the mouth. I he physician, conet(ilmg bi rod fallen? No, it still remained su-pend- instrument 10 his handkerchief, seized bold ed above him :n the air- 0 -1 wont do of the tooth and .vreoLhe ' it out The so again I'll never do so again O O -parents highly applauded his arilke. lont I will be good sartinly I will But the man cheated the child He The threatening instrument of pain was; abused his confidence. And he ;.i.flic;eu gently taken from its elevation. The ; an injury upon his moral feelings, not soon

master spoke 'You promise, do you! to be effaced. Will that pb) siciau ge: his

ine It planted in the sprint and oil not ' l"irr""!1 a- : erness one can iiaruiy separate me ioea i i es sn u. yes su int; ngni grasp ':"uull,:" -mei nno uie rnoum 01 tne cnnu

sandv, and the s woe thickness of sand, l,,rea,, hein& vfr uKht- an! lr,rR pertnes- and conceit: it looks to sur(ivhirhi9congeni;iMothiMlail)keeping'Unni,,,e?s'a !'-v ''knees, and seems to laugh I I O fli3l -l ro mill1 h lu'tlm t h i . . I f 1 1 1 tn . In in .. - J nr..,rn

the suilace ioo-e and clear of twits. . J ' .. "l ""'"-'hy !IKUl'ni " ,,u"

,,,, i ,. i i, i ii , ..; the common way iecrot m.i.le in the ' hen keep thy beds and alleys clear of : , . , ii ' i i , . , same wav. but ro led very th:n, is Jar hetireeds all summer, and late in N ovemher , , , J , , c ut dow n the tops and shovel out the . ; ,Pr a'vl ie, h lesmc than the cornleys onto the bedsif dear of grass; if not ! n,"n kml.-Jmenran rormrr.

hension which are nut rapid enough to

follow its movements Cleverness is al together opposed to strength and endur

ing power. When Ja?k the Giant Killer

was withdrawn from the collar 'Put on ; again.' will he believe what the nhvsi-

vour frock and jacket, and go to your seat cian may hereafter say7 And while conThe rest of you may open your book3 'scious that his parents approved of the again.' The school breathed again. '.deception, will he not feel it to be right Paper rustled, feet were carefully moved, , for him to deceive, that he may accomthe seats slightly creaked, and all things p!ish his desires? It destroys his tenderwent stilly on as before. Abijah kept hi-i 'j oees of conscience. And it leaches arts of

hopped nimbly about and brought his promise. He became an altered boy , obe-1 deceptiou.

dient, peaceful, studious, lhe long and I i.et compulsion be resorted to w hen neslow process of preparing lor the punish- j cessary, but deception never. If a child.

merit, was artfully designed by the master cannot place implicit confidence in his

rnrrv it to the comnost he;in ;irwl rnrrr.

the bedsan inch thick with manure, which ri:t!er II i? n common practice in this! great lubberly enemies to the ground, he will strengthen lh plant :nd oietert pirt of the state to take tne butter from I did his work cleverly; but we must not

ikpm f.rm. 1 1 net a- nnn ,.G ti, .. .. , i the hum. put it into a tray and after pour- call Hercules, who slew At ajus, a cleverl

becomes mild in March. ko.Pn and .mx w ati r o ( r it, to work out the butter-1 fellow. Keeping in view levity, quick ! gradually to work up the boy terrors and I parent, most assuredly no confidence can the giam and manure onthe beds wuh a milk Putter treated in this manner will ; ness and supei ficiality, a-the inePara-i ago.u7.10g expectations to the highest j be reposed in the child. It is possible for liui-or fork, taking care not to wound the not l"?h well. Three years ago owing to j bles of cleverness, we may come to havejpitoh, until he should yield like a babe to; a mother to practice arts of deception and frnl.ia.inilp t.lMnie. n... i. ........... ... the wckness of mv wife, the buin5 was 1 some apprehensions of it meaning, or at' the intensity of bis emotions . His stub- falsehood, and at the same time her daugh-

was done the fust spin. g "f 1 he plant ' ,et t,e criTC o a hired girl; and we j least to withhold such a doubtful compli j horn nature, which had been like an oak and giound arc to. d,a te"vv heads in.iv lip;WPrc surprised to find that our butter soon 1 nient from talent, judgement, and mental I on the bids, which no storm could posrut Ud srrii.o-. but not man rll -,s Lnnn .acquire 1 an ill flavor- On inquiry it ap I power. Cleverness has so little to do! frate, was whittled away and demolished,

as the rutting is over, cover the beds thick re;,H1l that she bad washed it according , w ith mind in its developemenis, that one : as it were, sliver by

with straw, w hich keeps the beds cool and to 'lie cnm'ii'di practice, and after the had ; may lay it down as an invariable maxim,; odiool as it v:as.

damp during the heat and drought of sum ,p"er,f' !t were pointe 1 out to her; we that a clever fellow never can be a great mei and pievents the rrowth of weeds ! nar' nn naore caue 1 "oi c unplaint. J man A clever fellow is as far from in-

1 ,. i:' ..K . 1 f TCi I Atirrrr -wrr fli-in l-cf t o r in 1 1 o r . 1 fplforfn:?! o rry menro r a i lv" t f or f at n 121'

!,n" P1" uuucim 10 eradicate from . V '."- J . ! , " " " . -;:!,; it affords! Without a friend it is not

.iairatrt:F, and continue to-'V 'atty ot our acquaintance irom some uti-, irom a ewton. Cleverness is a Kind 01 r

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3nr inpgj ;in i " I I J

sliver. District

TIFi: FIRST IIEISS OF 3I.VTRIMONY.

The elm ruing society, the lender friend

among the

.1 -.1. 1.. 1. 1 .-,1 . ' hnnivn Kico mil u nctiinnr tinr ImKor nnil ! Cunctlf lltlnntil jnrl inflin.linD rcnrtinpaj '.in i

ure-s uie 1 eos spring and jail as ;luove. 'i"" --&- r.v. ....... ... t......v.o. , . , , - , .i.ilo nriri T.;ri0i

and theapa.,agus uill be in great peifrci concluded that she had made an import-, extempore logic; its characteristic is self, - ' k - - ? -tint, tor a ,1,, longer period and at less; d,scovery--,t kept so much better ; faction, an-i species of cock robin pert- to sit ftnwn !vith him n0 friend of the

rxoense. tiv the imnlp -u dilion t,i inniior . man any mrari hib 11:111 evt;r iiiuhb unuic. , 111. n is usi 1101 too (iisgusiioir 10 uk

practice ol an annual dress

straw . For further inform;

mii.ute liiret inns .ra. r ?mi.o. v,v, ladle, and keep your water for other pur- j or profession of its posspssor. Cleverness

.......... ...... . ..mi , , t, lU iuiu;u m lii,

Cobhet, M. MWIahan ; riC? Gcnuessce Fanner.

Idition to former I than any hotter the had ever made before.; ness that is just not too disgustmg to be ! binin.eve b ts, -iofsand md; secret is to work out all the tolerated. It is mental dexterity, and ha8 lne heammg e e alas the ba.,quet .s in -Mag 01 sand and - ipid and the cottager s dinner of herbs niat.on and more1 buttermilk by patting it with a wooden its developement according to the pursuit ' . v, - ..e envied i...;i .... i i- . ...,iri'rMi,ar Mir. nr rAivs;.. c i i ( u 0 ..n oca : ii e re love is, is 10 ue euvitu.

1I0REUT SINCLAIR

PRESERVED YEAST.

Every good housewife will thank us for; every thing, and nothing

CLEVERNESS.

This ie a word that means anv thing,

v . .1 . 1 r 1 i...nl.iA .1 I n nK

' r 1 1, -l 11 Lei me pen scrapiur imuuciui uim. du is a tine thing for an O d P nicy counsellor,! . ! , ' 1- 1

1 1-..1 V ' 1 II tf UllV II IS UCJ I tU III 1113 rj cuilor a demagogue, a little attorney, ahorse;, r , 1 1 .- ii. kv! Lord he p the poor man and send dealer, an autmneer, a quack doctor, a , ! J. ., . 1 11 1 i 1 .t 1 him good speed Put that's not my wav

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III I I fl r l J III . X U , I V 111 V- U OULIUUIT

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hn and ot hpr enrh Ii.tI-. t n-oi r fa snv nnlhmcr, 1 "'""o

the lollouing method of inakin veit ! of meaning chokes its intelligibility

a1. .7 ...7 , K, e- i . I tUr

ofr.irl.-wUl. lint ir ia Wrnrhrht in. CUrl l aCar ZWa Untl L W,C

nt least after she has mod .r- h.r it .s pop : breaks down under the weisht ot its many ; 'ncy 10 predicate cleverness

rf the most convenient articles ined in acceptations; but. in spite of its comprn- nen as Michael Angelo, John flilton, Wm. famdv economv Wphvp the moibod .'hensive indefmiteness, it is in everlasting Shakspeare it is as bad as talking ot the

praciisfd in the editor's family, and as-! use.

and one should have imagined that' preltine9 of an Italian sunset, or the ru

(ire our g od housewives that it is supc-!had it come into our language as bare of

iguihcation as a young owl comes out 01 the egg shell bare of feathers, it would by this time have been fledged with some

thing of a meaning, even though witn

nor '0 any other yeast, in every particular, and has the great advantage over all other kinds, of keeping perfectly good for months and eais.

Take a good handful of fresh hops am! boriowed plumes. Rut a rolling stone

hoil them in one oiart of water till the ifatho.1 no nnss. Ibis worn cleverness

- . . . .

Hits about like a bat in tlie evening twi-

rality of Alpine scenery

settle to lhe bottom of the kettle, strain

the liquor alter cooling, upon a pint ot good w heat flour in a stone j ir, and stir il well, breaking all the lumps and making a thin batter. When the baud can be borne iu it w ithout pain, put in half a put! of common baker's yeast, or any otuer yeast that is fresh and good, except brew er's cast, which will not do. cover the iir an 1 set il away to ri-o. hi ciht or

ten hfoirs lhiwiil i ise and become suoh is used by the city bikers. It should he allowed to 1 i-p as high in the j ir as it will : 1. (for this purpose the jar should at tirst be .ijily halt fall;) and begin to fill; then take good coin au al and stir into it, till it

"HOW THEY ESEI TO GOVERN." A circumstance occurred the very first day, which drove every thing like mischief in consternation from every scholar's heart. Abijah Wilkms had for years been called the worst bov in the school

pht; it is here, and there, and every j Masters could do nothing with him. lie

where; and is, like the Irishman's bird, in

two plooi s at once. It hop about everywhere and perches no where. We can do nothing with it, 'and vet we cannot do without it. It ecms on the tongue to have a meaning, but it brings none, to the ear. P is like fairy money, gold or silver in the hands of the giver, hut mere; dust and dry leaves in the hands ot the re

ceiver; or like t he fruit on the shores of tin- Dead Sea, thai ''turns to ashes on the iip." P is almost as bad as the word Esquire, and tits nearly asmmj people. U is easy tuough to toim en io"ca cf a (a

was surely, saucv. nroiane and truth ess.

Mr. Patch took him from an alms house when he was eight years old, which was

eight ears from the point of tine now in view. In his family were mended neither his disposition, his manners, nor his clothes . He looked like a morose, unpiti-

! ed pauper still. e had shaken his knurly

and tilthy first in the very face aud eyes of the last teacher. Mr. Johnson was told of this son of perdition before he be. gan, and was prepared to lake some efficient step at his first offence. We!?, iho af:eruc.on of the first day.

ss of suchitnr',,in fouch of whose sweetly-folding

arms may iiumi my ppirus uij lajnuir, and inspire a devotion suited to the place; that lest devotion, gratitude and love!

Yes, the sweetest drop in the cup of

life is a friend; but where on earth is the friend that deserves to be compared with an affectionate xcifc that generous creature, who for your sake left father and mother looks to y ou alone for happiness

wishes in your society to spend her cheerful days in your beloved arms to

id raw her latest breath and fondly thinks

the slumber of the grave will be sweeter when lying by your side! The marriage

'of two euch fond hearts, is one united,

forms a state of friendship of all others the most perfect and delightful. 'Tis a marriage of souls, of persons, of wishes and of interests. Are you poor? like another self she toils and saves to better your fortune. Are you sick? she is the tenderest of all nurses; she never leaves your bedside; she sustains your fainting head; and strains your feverish cheeks to her clear and anx ious bosom. How luxurious is sickness "with tuch a compauioa,

ter be forming a character of frankness and of truth? A mother was once trying to persuade her little son to take some medicine. The medicine was very unpalatable, and she, to induce him to lake it, declared it did not taste bad. He did not believe her.

He knew, by sad expeiience, that her word was not to be trusted. A geotleman and friend who was present, took the spoon, and said "James, this is medicine, and it tastes very badly. 1 should not like to take it, but I would if necessary . You have courage enough to swallow something which does not taste good, have you not?1' ' .Yes,11 said James, looking a little less sulky. "Put this is very bad indeed." "1 know it,'" said the gentleman. "I presume you never tasted any thing much worse.1' The gentleman then tasted the medicine himself, and said. "It is really very unpleasant. Put now let us see if you have not resolution enough to take it, bad as it is." Tne hoy hesitatingly took the spoon. "It is, really, rather bad," said the gentleman, "but the best way is to summou all your resolution, and down with it at once, like a man." James made, in reality, a great effort for a child, and swallowed the dose And who will this child most respect, his deceitful mother, or the honest dealmgstranger? And who will he hereafter most icaiiily believe? It ought, however, to be remarked, that had the child been properly governed, he would at once, and without a murmur, have taken what his mother presented. To explain, requires the use of terms less abstruce than that which i3 to be explained, and such terms cannot always be found; for as nothing can be proved hut by supposing something intuitively known, and evidently without proof, so nothing can he defined hut by the use of words loo plain to admit a definition.