Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 December 1811 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM. Song-- 0h lead me to some peaceful room. OH lead me to some peaceful room, Where none but honest fellows come, Where wives loud clappers never found, But an eternal laugh goes round. There let me drown in wine my pain, And never think of home again : What comfort can a husband have, To rule the house where he's slave. IMPROMPTU. By a lady on being asked what was the greatest proof of a daring mind. Bold was the man whom doubt could not restrain From vent'ring on the unknown western main--And bold the Hebrew youth, though low of birth, Who made Philistie's champion kiss the earth--The hero bold his legions on To save his country, 'cross the Rubicon--Nor was he much inferior-, who could dare In a balloon to fail through liquid air : Yet far more bold and daring is the youth Who dares to tell a woman honest truth ; And she gives proof of fortitude and sense, Who bears the honest truths without offence,

an one Saturday afternoon I received an invitation to go and see him. Away I went, conscious that I had. done no wrong ; how light beat the heart of innocence! The good man met me by the door: "Robert" laid he, taking me by the hand, "I have heard that you refused to join in pilfering my pears, now I mean to convince you that 'honesty is the best policy Here, added he, placing a large basket of the finest fruit before me, eat what you please, and take as many with

you as you can carry. I felt at that moment happier than Napoleon, with empires at his feet And the circumstance led me to remark, early; in life, the consequence of an adherence to the maxim. There was at Appleberry a merchant, well esteemed for his probity ; Where do you trade neighbor? said one farmer to another. Why it Mr. Upright's replied the

first. His

weights and measures always

hold out. I had - as lief send a child as a

FROM THE GLEANER. . From the Desk of Poor Robert the the Scribe. Honesty is the best Policy," Be honest and 'tis clear as light, You'll make by far most money by't. The profits that are got by cheating, Are very few and very fleeting. Experience proves the adage true ; Then never loose it from your view.

When I was a little fellow,

of rrry companions to go and pil.jr the parfou's pears.

grown perfon, tohis itore, for the matter of his being treated well. I dont pretend to know the value of fome fort of goods, myfelf, but he has buFone price, and never takes advantage of one's. ignorance 1 marked the conlequence Upriglit grew rich and refpected ; and fully experienced the maxims, .that honefly is the bed policy. . : There was .lawyer 'Aimwell; he never wourd flatter you about your caufe, for - the fake of your money but would tell you plain ly his opinion, even though he 'loft a fee y it. Nor would he ever advocate a caule that he knew to be unjulh His eftablifhed chancer drew bufinefs from every quarter, and. he realized in a fortune of five thoufan'd pounds, aud the eiteem of his fellow men, the corre&nefs of the maxim that honelty is the befl policy. But there was rich George Ardenburg, who had a large farm given him by his fa ther. One of the merchants had advertifed for tallow to lend off for New York. Rich George had killed a number ot fat cattle and as the tallow was to be fent away immedi-

juO old enough to bo milchie- r s l. ? . u..Hu,c

vous, I was befet by a parcel ! . " ---u.u , CH, puuy muunt

ii wasan ommmgiy neavy. uick Artily wno attended the ftore, being fomewhat lufpici-

I n i if n . I I(IV-v ...t I. 1 ! . ' .

Down by the lidcofthc brook a"" Ul' c w.u.a., m removing that fiau-s our of Applehcrrv ! , t,,C ? tlT&h by ?ccideat let ic pond, h.ick of the padonV;dl PP "Pe floor in Tpht open, and

ho.jle was a beintiliil mea- , - a nunc, iuui

(io v, in t!ie m'uilt

,!.;'N!"e-or2" lked like a flieep Oealer. He was

1 hooted out of town. His match was broken

off with the aimablc Mifs A rabella -Broom-

were of the molt delicious (la-; 7 . ,r.. tM,t Uk """"t "'"

ne neia, ana nnaiiy was compelled to iell his

farm and moved oil to Canada.

i flood the pear tree. I t was

large hung full, and ihey

Vour. Whether I was afraid of a flogging, wht-'her refpect for the pyrlon, for in thole days Vttuldren were brought up 10 i elpccl t tie pious) pre veined me ; or whether I was deterred by the recollection of my bad luck tn pilfe; mg meilons, 1 can; n.r.v remember ; but I told rhem ckcidedl I wotdd have noting to do with the niater, and did all in my pbvver :o diiibide them from their entcrp: ize. I ihmt knovv h.ow, but fo it happened, that my honed ty got to the parfen's ears,

'J'he hlackfrnith, the taylor; The printer, the nailor; The hatter, the joiner; The potttT, the miner; The larnu r, naylician ; Merchant, politician ; Tiic laddicr and fwayer ; 'J'lie prkll, and lawyer; 'J'he painter, and glazier ; The mafon, and grazier, Will f.nd t!rat my maxim fo trit and fo old. To thole who adopt it, brings honor and gold. The following anecdote is extracted from the interfiling work on the character of the Ktidi hi army, lately publUhed by Sir Robert Willoii:

c A Ruffian officer being dationed on the banks ot the river, where his party and the enemy kpt firing at each other, went into a houfe which was clofe upon the river, buc a French officer advancing reproached the

Ruffians with the cowardice of the commanding officer: who on hearing the infult, in itantly quitted the houfe, 6c approaching the French officer,, requetted him to flop the firing of his people, that they might decide by thefword, in the pretence of both parties, who was the mod courageous. The French officer affented, and was in the aft of commanding his men to ceafe firing, when a Ruffian ball pierced him to the heart. The Ruffian officer inftantly rufhed forward, and cried out to the French foldiers, my life fhall make reparation for this accident -letijthrees marksmen. fire at me as I ftand here and then turning to his own foldiers, he ordered them to ceafe, firing upon the. French, whatever might be his fate, unlefs they attempted to crofs the river. Already a Fienchmarx had levelled his piece, ivhen the French fubaltern llruck itdownith his fword, and running.to the Ruflian took him by the hand, declaring that no man 'worthy the name of a Frenchman would be the executioner of fo brave a (bldier.'The French foldiers felt the juftice of the fentiment and confirmed the feeling by a general acclamation. London Paper; ' ' , , f.

matrimonial Jixtravagancc ?.' A young man who had aflidiouflydevdted theleifure of a few years acquaintance to the purpofe of winning the affedlions of his air one at length met the reward of his conftan cy and perfeverance, in the full harveft of mar trimony. Going to maket a days fubfequent fo that which gave to his endearmejits a blufing partner he was not a litde chagrined ac finding his difburfements fo much to out rua

his ideas of the expences of houfe keepings 4 Ah !' faid the penitent, at his return, I did not think the married ftate would be fo expenfive : lam but three days embarked ia it, and I had to lay out this morning at market, altnoft a dollar.

An honelt Hibernian who flood hitenin to the remarks of a large crowd collefted in

luiiuuiy iijudi t, a icw uigui iiiiii, u vicvv the comet, which is now an objeft fuch general curiofity, after having heard many wife comments on the nature of cornets, and of

(hould one approach too near the earth, ac. length excited the aflonifhment of the multitude, by declaring in the mod folcmn man' ner, that he had often roaded potatoes by the tail of a comet in Ireland ! mmmmmm x REMARKS. When you hear a man abufe whole profefllons,' particularly that of the church ; or the law, and fneer at religion as priedcraft, and making fport with the mod facred fuLjccb, you may account him a liberal man. When you hear a man excelfivcly poffitive and dogmatic, w !io laughs at all prctenfioni; to virtue aud patriotifm, who avers that all men are fcoundrels according to their opportunities, you may be certain that when opportuniry offers- that man would be, if he be not already a very great fcoundrel.