Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 July 1811 — Page 4

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POETICAL JS1LUM

The following word?, to the favorite I-

rifli tune GmmachrceS were written by

mr. Tohri M'Creery. The fubjrft of the

fons will be found in the fubjoinfd notice,

which appeared in the public print, Mitch

17th, 1811. JVr. 2. paper.

Anteersary cf the Festival of St, Patrick

While p-nfive he leaned on the cloud.'

The juvenile fons of Erin have hung

their lurps on the willows. Mournful are

thofe former fens of ' gaynefs, for two ot

their chiefs are laid low. See that paUlng

cloud of death t it hovers over the pUins of

Columbia. The fons of green Erin have fal

len Brothers, fend your (ouls back to the

days of the months. Think of our companions that arc gone. The bards fit wrapt in

filence and grief. Not a ftring of the harp

is now flirred. Round their grafs tutted

hillocks we lingering (lay. Sons of OGian

of fong, our fouls are mournfully fad.

Their green tombs are to be feen by the traveller in the bofom of hills. Here, midfl

the waving of oaks, were the dwellings of the renowed men of old. Their bright eyes are clofrd in death. Let this anniverfary cf our fint pals away in filent forrowing. Let nought but the harps cf your bards, untouched, found mournfully over the hills. The tears that burn on ev'ry cheek, And Kufli from ev'ry eye ; The trembling lips that cannot fpeak WlHt prompts the heaving figh ; Tho ftrong they mark our grief and woe For thofe who'll ne'er return ; How weak, alas! the pangs they fhew With which cur he-rts arc torn. Ye ycuthful fons cf Erin, weep, Oil ! yes let tesrs be (bed, Tour two lov'd chiefs in filence fleep Ucft with the mighty dead ; Go bane your harps on willow trees Where ni.ht her Hiadow wines : Sume Sylph, or Faiiy in thr breeze May lightly touch thr firings. Jso flfike the founding harp aloud And fweep the chords along, Their Giisfh delighted, from their cloud Shall hear their patriot long; Erewhile which fill'd their fouls with prideThe fong of liberty, And tofs'd the echoes far and wide, Let Erin's fons be free.' Kcw foothe with drains of other days Which die upon the ear ; And now with wild, impetuous lays That warriors love to hear ; Ecrjc's bold harp Ih.JHtil! br heard, While tyrants bend the knee, Andholdlv i; t by mny a bard 11 m k Ei in Ci-...r.:2cl.rcc.'

IKOn TiiL DI SK C F poor KoLhK T THK

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Ojd rrrun)! jji)cr Time, fo

far as I have lean him pictured in all the rdnions ol thi Ncu England primer, ii as bald as

a coblcr's KipHonc. The text

therefore, cannot be taken li-

tcrallv. To make you un

derftand it aright, & it is full

of wiidom, is my prcfent pui

pofe. Gentle reader, to take

time by the foretop means

nothing more nor lefs than to

do your bulinefs in feafon.

Are you a mechanic cntcr

on your day book every thing

you let go on credit the mo

ment you difpofe of it ; never

put it off till another time; the memory is treacherous,

& you may forget the number

or the price, Pofi your books

every Saturday. Look fre

quently at your accounts.

He who looks at his books

often undcrfiands his accounts

and always turns to them with

pleafure : while the man who

pofts his books but once a year

and turns to them but feldom,

always does it with rclu&ance

he hates to fettle an account

cSc had rather lofe a few cents

than draw off the bill ; and

tlius he loles tne worm or a

good cow in the year by his

indolence. 1 mentioned cents they are little things ; but

recollect what old iiobertfays many a mickle makes a

mucklc,' cents make dollars,

grains of wheat, though little

things make up thouiands or

bulhels. Take care of the

cents and the dollars will take care of themfelves.5 Go in debt as little as pofilble, and

never for things not abfolutely neceffary. Keep debt and

credit, you can then tell how

you (land with the world.

Settle your accounts as often

as once a year with every bo

dy ; if you cannot get the

balance, you take notes on intcrefl. Keep this number of old Kobert and read it over once in a while. Now the man who will purfue this advice, will not only do his builnefs with ten times more eafe tohimfelf an J cuflomers, but he will fave enough to clothe his children, and fend them to fchool. Are you a farmer ? it is particularly neceffary thatyou ihould 'take time by the toretop.' The whole profits of the farmer depend on hisbu hnefs being done in feafon. If a week gets the dart of you in the fpring, you may chafe it all lummer without overtaking it. Why, there's neighbour Scrabble ; he has a good farm jnd is a hard working frugal man ; nevei thclels he is al ways behind hand. He plants his corn when A the ncinli-

gcts hoed but once, becaufe J

the harvelt prelles upon mn

the early froft generall) kills half that the weeds dom

choke; and the conleqncnce is, off of an acre which ough:

to yield him 50 bulhels, Ik

gets but 15 or 20. Come mr

Scrabble, pull up overtake

time for once get your crop in well, and in feafon, and your labor will be eaher by

half and twice as profitable-

When I was lalt at Apple-

berry, I went to fee my old acquaintance, mrs. Mobcap ;

though a very clever woman, (lie never yet learned to 'take

time by the foretop. Ihe

confequence was, her kitchen

looked as though it was llut s

holiday. The hearth was co

vered with pots, the fink full

of difhes, the dog was running

awav with the dilhcloth, and

madam in full pur fait with the

broomttick, chanced to ftep

on a mafhed potatoe, up flew

her heels, and I do believe on my honour (he would have fliown her garters, but (lie had

jurt pulled them off to tie the

broken darner ot tne churn

together. When her lady (hip

had adjutted her dreis, (he

made a thoufand excules for

looking all at fixes and (evens, but really file had got a little

behind her work. I o make

amends the good woman fei

zed the broom, and 1 was

glad to retreat from being bu

1 ied in dull. Ladies, hiten to

old Robert. Whatever is

worth doing at all, is worth

doing well. Do one thing at

a time, and finifli what you

begin. Keep your kitchen as

neat as your parlour. Be re

gular in your domeQic duties.

Always wafli on Monday s, and for the credit of your daughters, if you have to rife by day light, be lure to have your clothes hung out before noon, and your baking finifiied before dinner. Keep your children neat, and when they grow up they wiil keep themfelves clean. As to the article of fcolding, 1 know it would be ufelelb to prohibit it altogether, but 1 pray you forbear as much as poflible, for there is nothing fo illy becomes the roi'y lip ot a pretty woman as a fcowl or an angry exprciiicn. The Gleaner.

burs are wcjdmg theirs, it

True Politcnc-c. Politenefs is a julf medium between formality and rude nefs ; it is, in fact, good na ture regulated by quick c!if cemment, which proportions itfeif to every fituation and every character. It h a nf-

traint laid by rcafon and bc

nevolcnce in every irregularity of temper, of appetite and paffion, and accommodates itfeif to the fantafUck laws of cullom and fafhion, as long as they are not ineonfifient with the higher obligation. To give efficacy and grace to politenefs it mult be accompanied with fome degree of talle, as well as delicacy ; and although its foundation mud be rooted in the hear, it is not perfedt' without a knowledge of the world. In focicty it is the happy medium which blends the mo(t difcordant natures ; it impofes (ilence on the mofl loquacious, and inclines the mod referved to furnifli their (hare of converfation ; it repreffes the defpicable, but common ambition of being the moil promindnt charade in the fcene ; it in creafes the general defirc of being mutually agreeable, takes off the offenfive edge of raillery, and gives delicacy to wit, it prefervesfubordioation and reconciles care with propriety ; like other valuable qualities, its value is bell cftimaied when it is abfent.

No greatnefs can awe it into fervility, no intimacy fink it into worfe familiarity ; to fuperiors it is refpec!iful freedom ; to inferiors it is unaffuming good nature 5 to equals every thing that is charming ; fludying, anticipating, and attending to all "things, yet at the lame time apparently difengaged and carelefs Such is true politenefs ; by people of wrong heads, and unworthy hearts, difgraced in its two extremes ; and by the generality of mankind, confined in the narrow bounds of ' mere good breeding, which is only one branch of it. The young people of the prelent age, have in general the wifdom to rcpreli thofe romantic feelings which ufed to triumph over ambition and avarice, and have adopted the prudent maxims of mature life. Marriage is now founded on the folid bafis of convenience, tk love is an article commonly omitted in the treaty. There are attractions in modeft diffidence above the force of words. A (ilent addrefs is the genuine eloquence of fin-cerity.

lliOM THE PRESS OF Ji. STOUT Fit I VT F. II TO THK TKHRX TOI'V A?;i 0 THK LAWS OF THK UNITKIJ STATUS.