Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 October 1821 — Page 4

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SBLKCTI'H) POETRY. From the Dartmouth Herald. y. :Tf 7wt One True in Seven The following parody, on one of Moor'a perhaps best Melodies was whispered in the car of a friend by a gentleman enter iug a ball room. These girls are all fleeting show. For man's illusion given ; Their smiles of joy, their tears of wo, Deceitful shine deceitful flow ; There's not one true in seven. And false the flash of Ber.uty's eye, As fading hues of even ; And love and laughter ; all a lie ; Awl hope's awakened but to dieThere 's not one true in seven. Poor mushrooms of a sunny day ' Yet bloom and be forgiven, Fit Lite's Rt best a show. Away Dull-drowsy Thought! HI join the gay Aud romp with one or Seven. From a London Magazine. HISTORY OF Mil. ALLEN

In the west of England, a few

Years a2), resided an old gentle

num. wnose integrity, and univer

sal benevolence did honor to hu

man nature.

Mr. Hubert Allen (that was the name of this good man) was

a descendant of the great Allen oi

Somersetshire, so justly celebrated by the immortal pen of the inimitable author of Tom Jones, under the name of Al worthy. As Mr. Robert Allen possessed every virtue of his excellent relation, little more can be added to his praise. To relieve every object of distress within his reach ; to instruct the ignorant, to comfort the alllifted, to amend the envious, to quiet the angry a.id to rectify the prejudices ol nis neigh

bors, were the employments of

his blameless hie. He had the misfortune to lose in his voutb a very amiable wile and child ; which calamities he maintained with the most exam plaiy patience, and christian resignation

Dcsides his paternal estate, he

had accumulated a large lortune in the foimer part oi his file;

having been a considerable mer

chant at Lisbon.

Once in every three years he constantly visited London, mere

ly on account of transacting his

money matters ; otherwise, it

wa with great reluctance he left

the scenes of rural quiet for the

hurry and noise ot the metropo lis.

As the whole business of this

excellent man was to do good to every individual, so he contrived

to contribute by some means to

that laudable purpose. He had always taken up his abode, during his stay in London, at a house ot an honest tradesman near temple bat ; snlclv because the man had fnrmerlv'been a faithful servant to his cousin Allen. And for a course of years after had given signal proof's of integrity in his business which was that of a haberdasher. Mr. Robert Allen had set him up in business, and had furnished his house very genteelly-, the first floor of which he always occupied whenever his business called him to London. Mr. Lewis ("the name of the

haberdasher) was about the aire

of his venerable friend lie bad

proud as any woman of quality. -made her appearance, and said 1 something must be done, t

bhe had wheedled her old man . sue was mucn airaiu nc uau ucc.i . as she called her wor- disturbed by a parcel of squalling j Whilst the heart of this benev -

thy husband, to keep her a one brats who lodged over nis appart-: u.e.u man

horse chaise, and to take a lodg-1 ment. " ing upon Highgate hill, quiet audi "I have been in pain (said the; day an opportunity ol seeing he f I P '1 .It v r - n hnla micorohlo Infill V Wtllell

r some ijcisuii? iihsuuuio

for the benefit of the country air.

As this lady was immoderately fond of cards, she had a little kind of route, every Thursday, in the appartments of her first iloor. A few days before one of these brilliant assemblies was to take place. Mr. Lewis received a letter from his worthy friend and

benefactor, Mr. Allen, that hej

lmmnnp mnni fnr some DerSOn ?

who seemed in distress ; pray ! had so much engaged his pity

-; madam, is there a family? I thought I heard some little folks." "Yes Sir, there is a family indeed, of beggars, for any thing I know to the contrary surely there never was a more ragged pack of chits to be seen than are the children ; and the mother

from her appearance, I judge to

wnnlH hf in fnwn thn Tim, nave oecn a common street waiK

following, and hoped those apart-1 cr' ,f she 1S not nmv Ncver d,d merits he had occupied for above 1 see such a tattered figure ! But twenty years, would be in readi-' husband is the greatest fool m

the world, or he never would

have taken them in. 1 was unfortunately at my country lodgings when he simply took them under his roof." "Have you ever seen this woman and her little ones ; (asked Mr. Allen very gravely, who was not a little displeased with some words in the above speech of his landlady) have you visited her in her affliction ?"

"I visit her. Sir ! no indeed ; I commence no acquaintance with lodgers in my third story. As to letting lodgings to genteel fami

lies, as I am low spirited and have weak nerves. I like to have company in the house, but as to a set of beggars I why, maid Tat

ty informs me this woman is often some days without a morsel of bread " "Indeed ! ( interrupted Mr. Allen J and do you sutler a human being in your house to endure the extiemity of hunger? Mercy on me ! Mrs Patty, ( who then entercd the room.) was asked by her mistress if she had seen the wo

man upstairs lately ?

uot I, indeed madam I

think her ragged silk gown plain

ly shows what she has neen and

what she is : I see her ! not I tru

ly. I stand upon your charac

ter; she may be a street walker.

for what.

ness to receive him.

The good haberdasher shewed his wife the letter ; and remonstrated to her the necessity there was of putting off her weekly meeting ; but she cut him short, with saying, it was absolutely impossible ; for that she had sent cards to her company two months

net ore, and that the parties were

all made: that she should make

no fuss about this old country!

gentleman, for that he must e'en

take up his lodgings up two pairs

oi stairs. j Her poor husband sighed in

the bitrerness of his heart, but was!

forced to submit for the sake of domestic quiet. Mr. Allen arrived at the house at the time he appointed ; and as

it happened to be on Thursday evening he was surprised, on his alighting from his carriage, to see his dining room illuminated with a great number of lights, and as he advanced up stairs, to hear a confused number of female voices. The haberdasher (Tor his wife was too great a lady to appear on this occasion) after an hundred

awkward apoligies. conducted his worthy guest to the second floor, who soon retired to bed ; but that sweet repose, which he usually found after a day spent in virtuous peace, he was now a stranger to as the ladies below did not depart till midnight ; and he might as well have expected to have slept in the tower of Babel, as in such a confusion of voices. They were at length no sooner departed than the good man's slumbers were again disturbed.

though from a very different

source. It was now from the room over bis head, that produced

sounds which prevented his yet

ting any sleep. He heard,

though but indistinctly, the plain

tive wailing of a young infant.

and the frequent sobbings of some

woman. As these melancholy sounds con tinned the chief part of the night

his compassion for the unhappy

suuerers (whosoever they were)

wasextremely excited. No man

surelv ever had more of what

Shakespear calls "the milk of hu

man kindness," than Mr. Robert

Allen ; he therefore felt for eve

ry being in distress The pity

he now telt was indeed heighten

ed. when bv break of day he dis-

sinee he last saw him. buried his tinctly heard the voices of severvife; a very notable good wo ',al children, and soqn after the man, and for his sins, if I may be ' tread of many little feet in the allowed, the expeession, had been chamber over "his head

m?rfirl n .imiY llli.t K I....JI rit I I i. . 1 .1 . I .1.1 V A. V I

. .v.vi iw t uuii- mi i, uu nuu l ne wormy man now arose. iu icucc ioe uisirebb oi u.ibi.n BFEESJVAY 1Ir 4X'Fn drawn in the old man by a pretty ' finding it impossible to get any 4 happy woman without wound-1 may: sui)Scriber UJ, ' the hihcsima--iae without any one good qual ; sleep; and after employing an ing her delicacy She may be, A ket price in cash for iiees-wax. ity of either the head or heart. hour in his devotions and'medita- posssibly. a person of family, and t yjnccnnes llth o SYRE She tossed up her nose at all her tions, rang for his breakfast ; soon reduced from affluence to struggle "s" bm neighbor, and was as after which Mrs. Lewis herself with the miseries of poverty BLAftK DEEDS lor Aent

He was just going to a coiiec house, when on a stair case, he met the little melancholly grotipe tne first object which presented itself was the most aimablc young woman, in very ordinary apparel pale and emaciated. On her languid cheek a tear was stealing down, while her eves cast on a littie miserable babe seemingly alm most expiring, which she had in herarms,and beheld withunutterwo. A little prattling girl oi" three years old, was hanging on her apron ; and two fine boys, of four and five brought up the rear ; one with a pitcher of water, the other with a small loaf of bread. Mr. Allen, who ever looked on misery with a kind of sacred pity, stood back, and gave this poor woman, with her Tittle ragged retinue, the wall to pass by, with much difference and respect, as if she had been the first dutchess cf the land. A fine gown or petticoat, which so much attract the civility

of the world, and has a much greater influence over the minds

of many people than is imagined, had a very contrary effect on this

good man ; and the very shabby

garments of these poor people claimed his respect instead of con

tempt ; for he plainly saw, they

were the remains of better days,

and could not help reflecting what

that distress must be which had

brought them to this extreme of

wretchedness. His aged eyes felt the sacred drop of pity ; and during his short walk he wa wholly absorbed in various

schemes of providing for the suf

ferers. He once thought of a bank bill, and sending it by the penny post ; but as then he knew not her name, that scheme he could not pursue till he made some enquiry how to direct to her; but the secret hand of providence soon pointed out a sure way ; for as Mr. Allen was returning to his apartment that very day he met in the passage the eldest boy, ragged as a colt, but the very perfection itself of beauty and innocence. He held in one hand an old silver spoon, in the other a bird cage, in which was a most beautiful Virginia nightengale. "Where, my pretty boy, (said the compassionate man) arc you going ?" kOh. sir, (replied the swet fellow, with the cheerful innocence

oi that enframnir aire) I

O I 1 . - m

one was going on. nut iir.

Allen, shocked at the inhumanity

of both the mistress and her maid.

signified he was going to be busy, on which they departed Any one might have thought

indeed that Mrs. Patty, by her

dress, had been one of that un

happy class which her rigid vir

tue made her so cautious of avoiding ; for her dress, which was

a tawdry gauze cap, with washed ribbons, and a dirty linnen gown drawn through the pocket holes, did not greatly recommend her appearance.

wun ih rrA mnn uA n-M ' oi mat engaging age l must

rid of the: inhuman wretchcS leIP m I)oor maPa ' can : ho .....! like the inimitable fig-' know my w'av no the next lire of Uiriick. in king Lear, lor ff':eet' ad am .S?,n,S t carry some moments asiiast ; and like l" cage to the bird shop. This that good old king, could not bud .W sVTl,y ; V hat a help exclaiming. I t0 ' but perhaps 1 shall And arc these women ! !Set a ''"'e money for this spoon. -Is there anv cause in nature for '" "ot 'or ,U1C l)lrd' " wc "avc such hard hearts ?" not'"g else left now to part with :

"Good heavens! (continued !,,,u " ranny is just dyhe) bv what method can 1 rc- !."S : " l,at iai' we do, sir. for a lieve these poor wretches ? 1,ttle money ? for, she dies

Threeflavs withi.nt . hrr.if1.anri I "v '"""J" must nave a

have fared sumptuously every . colhn- hat is a coffin? day ! I must think of some ft.-iy-k ( i o be continued.

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