Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 February 1821 — Page 4

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FrtOM Till- BALTIMORE PATIOT. Vv HARD TALK. tTfHold, Hard Times, a certain day, Met In -lustrv upon his way. Who quick the h;ijprcl monster knew, M trk'd by his lengthening f ace of rue : lie scanned his sudden eye-halls' stare, JCot lost to know the meaning there.

Well," said the first, 11 thou sturdy knave,

With eye so bright and look so brave, Though quite astirring lad you be. Think you can stand a foe like me ? For, know ye, soon I take my way A visit to your town to pay ; And there you see my strength of arm Hundreds sh ill feel me toth- ir harm. Some, who like 1 pigs in clover' thrive S!n!i he the poorest wights alive, Hdf f imish'd, meagre and forlorn, Tiv.ir clothes to very tatters torn ; 'uc.h cverv mother's son I make, To who.-n I de ign a h irty shake And some, perchance, mny harder fare, Thrust out, a prey to Old Despair, FAn you who .seem so very stout. For hunger and old rags look out ; Go where you will, in park or street, Expect my monstcrship to meet ; Tarn to escape I'm everv where ! Go home and lo ! you'll find rnc there." Snrace Industrv' tho' ne'er afraid.

snade

ready payment in cash for theirfartd they vrtre of a most delicious

labor This money will go to ilavor. the farmers in payment of debts. Whether I was afraid of a

or for purchase of produce, now Hogging ; wnetner respect lor the almost without value. Thus the parson, (for in those dayschil intmduction of ,-1000 into a dren were brought up to respect

county, from a new brancu of in- the pious prevented me. or whe-

dustry, may discharge a million -tner 1 uab Ueteireti by the rerol- The mason, and crazier.

of dollars in debts within that lection ot any bad luck in pilfer-) Will find that my maxim so trite

county producing quiet, order lnS rnellons 1 e.ant now remem ;anu so old and comfort, instead of scenes bei ; but I told them decidedly IjTo those who adopts it brings

now exhibited in everv direction.!"'0111" nave nothing to do in the nonor and gold.

wiiere lawyers, constables. andjmatter aiui "id al1 m m.v pwer.

The hatter, the joiner. The potter, the miner. The farmer, the physician, The merchant, the politician, The saddler, and Sawyer, The priest, the lawyer, The painter, and glazier.

sheriffs are the only busy men to

be seen To illustrate the effect of the circulation of money in a

community, when contrasted

with the want of circulation which is now left in the country.

I will relate a circumstance which

occurred in my neighborhood. A miller had occasion to repair his mill -to pay the carpenters, he borrowed of a neighbor 100 for two months, until he could get a

return for his flour -the carpen

Glesncr.

Miscellany, 'Man is the noblest growth our realms supply.' European writers have strenti.

ously contended, that the produc-

l vj this tine spetcunoanswcrmidc, (trr pauJ lt(Q a man wno boarded Just bcv.vcd, & straight for vj, .-. ward tacked ' . , . . . Less nrm;:t to nnittic thuv. act ; his hands- he paid it to his black-

smith ana tnnsu passea through

nd for a helpmate in the strit j

Fair Prudence took his promis'd wife A ruddy nymph, with eagle eyes. An 1, far as well became her, wise. Thoujrii oft her husband's clothes she wore, 'T-vas meant tt guard, not waste his store ; Li must liergjntlc maxims swayed 'Tva not the poller he obeyed. "Nor long before Hard Times came round ; T hev both prepared to stand their ground, Res d to wear an iron front, Well suited to his savage brunt, The Miscreant looked with gaunt surprise, But quick his ire began to rise, To sec the couple thus preparing For such, he thought, unheard-of daring ; He raised his p.iw, as to begin The dauntless hero grappled in, Like younger Hercules of yore, Who tumbled many a giant o'er. His Prudence shewed, past doubting too, Wh at good a woman's tongue may do, She often aimed her husband's blows Or at the monster's heart or nose ; And w itched and pointed, not in vain. Where'er advantage might be ta'en. At last the foe, quite out of breath, 41 No more, I pray ypu, zounds and death ! Since both can fight so lustily, I'm e'en content to pass you by." And now 'tis said that contest o'er, He shuns the well defended dcor, And Industry, with good look out, Takes Prudence when he walks about ; And though Hard Times they often meet, Triumphant scourge of every street, Th?y eye him with unaltered pace, Nor fear to laugh him in the face ; And he appears not much to care, en to resent an insult there. J PINDAR HAYLOFT.

PATRON OF INDUS

TRY. LANDED INTEREST.

Mr Editor -IJiave hern rr

to reflect on the happy effects, to

this interest in particular, which

must result from the establish-

ment ot manulactures. upon a permanent bais throughout this

country. T'tcre is no person of

the community who will expe : rience such immediate and eontin ucd benefit as the farmers am j landholders, who now suffei greatly from the want of circula

tion of money, which onlv can

be prod iced in the interior o manufactories, enterprise and in dustry. Let the general govern ment take such measures to pro tcct and entourage this branch o

industrv. as will .secure the entire

confidence of men of capita!

men of enterprise, and the happi est eflects will be experienced a Yiionce bv the farmers

ten hands, discharging ,81000 of

debt, and finally was paid to the man who first loaned it, and who had only changed his debtor, un der other circumstances. But for these one hundred dollars put in circulation ten suits might have been instituted ; and perhaps be

fore they would have been finally

settledy 10 good farms might have

been sacrificed to shavers, law

yers. and a host of leeches that

usually fasten upon an industrious

man m distress.

This story requires no com

ment - Pursue the thought and

anticipate the effects of five thou

sand dollars per annum beini earned by manufacturers, and ex

pended in every ten miles square of the state, and I believe the dul-

est man in the community will

to dissuade them their enterprise

I don't know how, but so it happened, that my honesty got to

the parson's ears, and one Satur

day afternoon I received an invitat ion to go and see him. Away

i Huu.wMi3v.iuua inui i uauuuuc uuiih oi tuc eastern continent no wrong, how light beats thciuniformly degenerate?. ' when

heart oi innocence The goodjtransplauted into an American man met me at the door : Robert'.soil that not onlv vro-rfnhVc onr1

said he taking my had, I have irrational animals soon become

neat ti mat you nave retued to diminutive, nut m. nkn

join in pilfering my pears. Now Urate, both in bodv and vVir?

1 mean to convince you that lion- Wc could not but think of thU

esty is the best policy.7 -jthArv, and smile at its nhsnnlinr

Here added he placing a basket wliilc- conversing w:fu nn

or the tinest trim hetore me. eat what you please and take as many

with you as you can carry.

I felt at the moment happier than Vanoleon. ever did with empires

at his feet. And the circumstance

led me to remark early in life, the consequences of an adherence

to the maxim. There was at Applebcrry a merchant well esteemed for his probity; 'Where do you trade. neighbor7 said one farmer to another. k Why at Mr Upright's

he. 'His weights and

repine

can gentleman, who is six feet

eight inches and a half, well pro

portioned, and ivngiishco hundred and FA'vtvdy pounds He is yet young, and appears not to have acquired his full growth. He is a native of one of the western counties in this State. While accidentally speaking of this man to two oth

er gentlemen, whith .whom we

have the pleasure of an acquaintance, one of them observed, that he was six feet four inches and

the other six feet four inches

measures always hold out. ! Such facts appear to furnish pretcn:vt pretend to know the value (v good data for the refutation of oi some goods myself, but he European theories on the dcren-

in the

A7 York Sjicetalor.

out one price, and never takes rracy of man

the advantage ot ones ignor-World.

anee, I marked the consequence Upright grew rich and respected ;

. i . . ! fion ft Till i' nvnufiunnarl I in (.mfli

see that the estanustiment l r,MJ " ' "-" uuiu

manufactures is the only remedy ot the that honesty is the

or the disease produced by ex 1,1 M l)olu

cessive imnortations. rursue mtn iuu, Ha?aiuyn aim'-

this course and our merchants ! "ever would Hatler yon V . '- '"V

mav look the eventful payment of about your cause, for the sake ofL fl,;" "avi

their country debts which is oth .v.onr motxe.y, but would tell you

envise liopeless.-- Pursue, this l,,aip!v ll,s 'P"I10- even thoujrh

ne lost a lee ny it Jor would

western'"

course, ana our mere landhold

ers, who heve speculated in the

hope of continued and increas

ing prosperity in the interior, may

look with confidence for a sate ot

their lands. The proprietor of

farms will not want tenants that

can pay their rents and the prac

tical farmer will receive due en cnuragement for his enterprise, and due regard for his toil --

From the flourishing of this important intetest, every other will derive life and vigor ; and we may confidentially anticipate that all thee advantages will be experienced from permanent govern

mental pixtronage to doniesfic

manaj act arcs. VILLUS

From the Desk of poor Robert Scribe.

" HONESTY

he ever advocate a cause that lu

knew to be unjust His estab fished character drew business

trom every quarter, and he real

i-cu a ion une oi live mousanu pounds, and the esteem of his fellow men, the correctness of the maxim that fc honesty is the best policy.' But there was rich George Ar denburg who had a large farm

g-iven by his farther. One of the

merchants had advertised for tal low to send off for N. York. tiich George had killed a number of fat oxen dud as the tallow was to he sent away immediately, he thought it a good time to dispose of it. It was weighed : eve

It ,1 .. .l 1.1- '.L. 1 1

iy "u uiougui u usionisningiy

From the National Advocate. In the American Revolution.es brave soldier was brouoht before

a court mania! and put on his tri-

inff ufteiri?

the following disie?peetful. words' of and concerning the rervment to which he beloi gcd. viz ; :- cur regiment is the only damn, poor, . rtgimnit in the American armu "- The soldier on his trial admitted ti e wnds to havebeen uttered by him, and relied nn his iuMihation of thoce

words before the court, by saying that the regiment was commanded by Colonel Damn. Major Poor, and Captain Silly - -This defence being true, instantly acquitted the prisoner, and for his wit. procured him ever thereafter the love and esteem of the whole rest, ment. VERITAS.

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THE

BEST POLI-

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Exerv neighbourhood, having a stream capable of propelling

machinery, will immediately fee!

the advantages ot large expendi

tures of m nev in preparation for

business, and also a tvee kit ex penditure of from, one hundred y lo a thousand dollar each es tabfishment, for snpp tand pay of their hands Every indus mechanic and laborer, bot sexes and ail age, will then find t-teady employment, and

honest and 'tis clear as light. You'll make by far most mo.ey by't, The )rotits that are got by cheating. Are very few and very fleeting, Kxperience proves the adage true, ''hen never looe it from Your view. When I was a little fellow just old enough to be mischievous, I wa beset by a parcel of my com panions, to go and pilfer the par

kins nears. Down by thesftie of

lie brook that flows out of An

le

Rftort Courteous Why

Mr B ' said a tall fellow to

iiiir itim'u. ihi rras in crm-

heavy Dick Artlv who attend ipanv WI,h 5 or 0 huglic men. ' I ed the st.M-o. hcin'e some wha-'Pro,cst are i-o -WI0 I did not suspieum. a '.'ittle ,W,8h ,pe..'?u. b.!fo.r'" "Very likely,"

suspiej,ii, i;:;:! a little roguish " '.v,

witlial. in n-uw.vr one of the, 1 "U!epent'( man. ' lam cakcr. as tht.t:.-,!) bv an accident. h.k'e.'"'r "" hatfj-.nn-.tj among let it fall pluum upon the floor. iti',x mi- r.ra,li,-v rm r':' cd.

split open, and lo ! in the middle

was a large stone ! root G

ooked like a sheep stealer. He

but worth the whole of them.,-

A at. Advocate.

was hooted out of town. GfCTCPTR Tp;W match w as broken off with the, U

amiable 3Iiss Arabella Broomly ; npiIF. subscriber cifcrs to teach the a, he was turned out ot the militial il 1)OV- ai1 tor tintc dollau czch.

uimc uc iiciu, uiiu innin was . . , 1-7-- , t

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berrv ind. back to the ar- compelled to sell his, farm ad:' I I : ""r8.! 1 . ""

th.e midst of it stood the pear 'The blacksmith, ihe taylor, ion papemmy b. fom d at n is cihrc. 1 .ee. It was large-lun lull The printer, Uuailor j,. aoiS.'r1