Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 March 1817 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM

r r jr r y- - y y Primith c Simplicity. AN old maiden aunt whose locks, white as snow. Proclaimed she was young some half centry ai o, Whh significant nods and remark very shrewd Thus i - costed her n-ice, a gay volatile nude : " Bow degenerate the times! I remember the days, When ladies wore handkerchiefs, aprons and stays ; When a good pair of pockets were tho't no disgrace, And nobody dreamt of your muslins and tatee : Then virtue received an indelible speck If a female displayed but the top of her neck : But. now, you all show what was meant to be 1 id Pray why can't you dress as your grand mother did V Dear aunt, so I do ; why, don't you perceive I follow the fashion of grandmother Eve? From the Connecticut Couraut. Short Chapters of Hints and Advisements on the subject of Hard Times. By One of the People. The JVheel of Mi fortune. ' 1 discovered among the youths a young man void of understandin.' Prov vii. 7. The criminal of lolly, and the utter ruin of that helpless young man, Solomon delineates with the pencil of truth ; and in that delineation, as in a mirror, many an American youth might see his own likeness, and might Irani the fearful Wretchedness of his end. Forbearing however, to treat of the haunts and kennels of Vice Nl shall notice only the particular species of folly tar less criminal, but yet of ruinous consequence, which so often attaches to the characters of young men of the present day ; I mean their improvidence as to laying up in store for the exigencies of after-tiro--. What though a young man possesses good faculties, and is of a plea-ant humour ? What tho' he is agreeable in his manners : and no foul blot cleaves to his character? Yet if he imprudently squanders ; if he is utterty careless of making provision for future exigences, instead of which if he runs in debt. i leveling today on the anticipated profits of to-morrow.' you may mark that younsc man as one void of understanding. If be hut US maLes out to maintain his single self, Sc scarcely i ven that, how can he expect that he v d ever be able to main tain a familj7 ? or even should he lead a life of celibacy, he cannot be always in health, nor always young. The season of sickness comes ; he is unprepared to meet its charges, and is a mortified dependant upon charity. Infirm old age creeps upon him; poor and penniless, he is fain tor mere necessaries to crinire to those he had dispised. Moreover the path he is in is thickh set with dire temptations. Hardly ran he promise oinself thai he will escape infamy. What with being bereft of the means of prolonging his uc-

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customed expensive habits, What with being haunted with perpetual duns, and what from the desperate feelings of iriortHied ambition there is no small Cause of apprehension that, like a drowning man lie wiT! catch at every thing, and may chance to fasten on something which would bring him t o shame. Let it here directly be understood that I allude to no particular man, but to a whole multi

tude. The description that hss now been given embraces a mirnerous class ; and the more is the pity. It was not so in other times ; nor must it continue to be so now. it is high time to change in this respect the current of fashion ; to attach honor to frugal habits, and disgrace to improvideuce arid extravagance ; so'that the plain industrious young man, shall become respected than the one adorned with brilliants, whose whole inventory consists of the moveables that he carries dailv about with him. Would that all the American youth, who are admirers of the character of Washington, might learn to imitate the sobriety; the industi v, and the prudent economy, the youthful days of that great man : it would give hone t of better times. - fltaM VT "1 vry " i The Suhteraneous Palace. There was an image in the ci ty of Rome which stretched forth its right hand, on the middle finger of which was written Strike Here ! For a long tinie, none could understand the meaning of this mysterious inscription. At length a certain subtle clerk, who came to see this famous image, observed, as the sun shone aTamst it the shadow of the inscrihe i finger on the ground at stme distance. He immediately took a si de, and bean to dig exactly on that spot. He came at len gtll i to a flight of steps, which descen ded far under ground and led him to a stately palace: Here he entered a hall, where he saw a king and queen sitting at table with their nobles, and a multitude of people all cloathed in rich garments. But no person spoke a we id. He looked towards one corner, where he saw a polished carbuncel, which illuminated the Wiiole room, In the Opposite corner he preceived the figure of a man standing, having a bended bow with an arrow in his hand, as prepared to shoot. On his l ore head was written I am, who am. Nothing can escape my st)'i)!:e not even yonder c-:'bu-:cle. which shines so bright. The clerk beheld all with amazement; and entering a chamber, saw the most beautiful ladies working at the loom in purple but all was silence. He then entered a stable full of the most excellent horses ; he touched some of them and they were instantly turned into stone. He next surveved all the apartments of the palace, which abounded with whatejer hi, wisnes co ui a aisire. lie " I 11 1 aiiaio isitcu me nan. anu itLi.:s.i i to reflect how he should return ; but, says he, my report ut' all these w ondi rs will ntt be believed, unless 1 carry something with me.' He therefore took from the principal table a golden cup and a

golden knife, and placed them in nk bosom. The man who stood in the corner with his bow, immediately shot at the carbuncle, which he shattered into a thousand pieces. At that moment the hall became dark as night, in this darkness not being able to find his way. he continued in the subterraneous palace and soon died a miserable death. In the moralization of this fa ble, the steps by which the cleric

descends into the earth are sup posed to be the passions. The palace so richly stored the world, with all its vanities and ternptations. The figure with the bow bent is deait h. And the caibuncfe is human life, lie suffers for his avarice in coveting and seiz ing what was not his own. and no sooner has he taken trie golden knife and cup, that is, enricJied himself wkh the goods of this world than he is delivered up to the gloom and horrors of the grave. DAY AND NIGHT. A fellow, found guilty of Eurlary and Robbery before Jus or tice Day, in Ireland, observed, 1 la t snrewclJy enough, that his tate !md been verJ singular; since he had lost by Day what he had got y Night. New U Cheap Goods. THE subscriber has now open a large Id' and general assortment of WRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD WARE, CUTLERY, QUEENS WARE, TIN WARE, HATS, SHOES, BOOKS Src. Sre. Sr. suitable for the present and approaching seasons. Those roods were selected by himself with care, at Baltimore and Philadelphia, and he beli es he is enabled, as ceri ily is disposed, to sell them t should be nleasin&r, vi jy- i1:1 a v. ccs the most reduced. Payment will be received iii Corn, Fur, Skins, Bec&v:ci.v or any articles of country ftroduce that ma) nil for exportation. :.it a fair price. JOHN EWING. Vinccnncs. Jan. 3, 1817. 5-tf fcrpJOHN EWING has an agency for selling articles manufactured at the Pittsburgh Iron and .Vail Factory any of which he w ill dispose of at trifling ad vance on the Pittsburgh pric nd car-ria-e. CUT NAIL ma vei7 description, he has now open on rctJ1-t 23 cets perpound. fJUTTOJV m the bale, SPUN COTTON assorted, and FACTORY COTTOX. with a variety of other DOMESTIC GOO OS, wilLbe open for sale in a few da vs. s y f y .,' y r y r y y s j- r rrr-jsrs NOTICE, IE subscriber heir,- duly author!zed vj adjust, and finally close the business oi the late firm oi AT. Breadtug,ju&. c? Co. hereby bequests all persons indebted to the sarae, t: come i :- ward and discharge their debts. If it is not convenwnt for any of those against w (loin cnere arc noo.v acc ilS. CUSchar ;e the same immec ", a reasongiven, ni oable time for payment v. ill i viaed they embrace t le present oppor tunity of calling u pon me, and giving thcir for the amouilts de vfaec-Fis" OKI). KENIIAWA SALT Of the first oualitv, for suk- b JOHN DULY TN Busseron prahie, one mile from Carlisle, which will be sold low for Cash, l:rs and .skins, or for produce, sucn as C orn and Wheat 6-tf January 23, 1817.

NOTICE. Mr. BENNETT Attorney & Counsellor at Law, "XT ATELY from New York ; o.Tcrs his

Jkjt profeffional fer vices to t!ic public. Mr. 15. has takto a room in Ivir. 1 noma Jones's houfc, nearly cppofite the ftore o Mr. Trimble, where he will t Mtfy be found ready, to afford has profcffiontl (kill to thefe who may be pfeefed tecsll&a htfia 1-tf Vincen: -s, Dec. 5, 1815. u Try all things, and hold fast to that which is best." PfcHE undersigned having sold out J Ins stock of Merchandize, and wishiag to close his store accounts, requests those who arc indebted to him to all at his effice and discharge their arrearages by the first of April ensuing. He now advertises vfor the first lin.e L) that he acts as a ( nxi v v j v r . , . . . v , and tnut r.c intends PRACTISING LAW in Gibson, Knox, and the two adjoining; counties and if mad, vitorth his whl!et will attend occasionally, i i any othef county in the First Circuit. His practice a's a LAWYER shall be tair libera! and correct. He resides on Main street, in Yinccnnes, and may be easily found by a sign board o jr the door, inscribed. GENl. W. JOHNSTON. February 27, If 17. t3-tf TEN DOLLARS REWARD LOST, OX the 23tof-thh infant . a Red Morocco roc!:ci Uook, either in the town of Vineennes, or on the road leading; from Vineennes to the White-Oak Springs, it contains a number of papers valuable to nic. and weuld be of no Use to any other person there is also bank notes in it to the amount of S" among which is a note on the Farmers' and Mechanicks Bank of Cincinnati. 1 will give the above reward tn any person who will deliver the said pocket book and papers at the Office of the Western Sun, or at the White-Oak Springs to JOSEPH W. LOAN. February 26, 1317. i3-3t N O T I C B. A LL persons indebted ta the estate JL sL f ToUsaint Dubois deed by Xotj account or otherwise, are requested to make immediate payment to Henry Dubois who is duly authorised to receivQ the same. JAE DUBOIS WtLL JOV;;s, T. DUBOIS. tdmsirs. Vineennes, 22, Feb, 1817 I3-4t CiSH! CASH! CASH!!! THE highest prices in CASH, wHl he given for good fresh BUTTER, EGGS and HONEY, by BIJAH HULL. Vineennes, Feb. J l, i s i r. 1 2-4f -r -r s t yrs ir y s r r r s , y . , y. J. L. Mc.CULLOUGU HAS just commenced the practice of MB DICINE in Vineennes those disposed to cmi)'oy him, are assured that th - i lost assidi.ous attention shall be aSfoide 1 to patients entrusted t?) his cure j . is shop is kept in the upper part of Tims. Jones's Red house, on 2 ain street. 6-tf Vineennes, Januarj, 1S17. r KATl I L. II U N T 1 NG T I ) N, jjj AS opened an , Jl B same roofof Mi Wood's Apothecary Store, ir ind the Hale and where be will be generally (bund readr to attend to the business of Lis profession. ti-5 Vineennes, January 2, l i r S y s s y r y r y j S r sy y s y y s . r THOMAS H. BLAKE Al Urn id f at Law. OV?EUSU's ptofcfil )'. frrviccs to t! c

or rm;!oy him, will plrfe apply dt tt,e 4 Vineennes Hotel." 33-cf July 16, 18 15. r J -r r ' y - y y r r r , j, - , r , , , JUSTICE'S BLANKS, l'uu Sale .-.r tbu Onici,