Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 May 1823 — Page 4

Poetical.

Yet, one cannot be Mind to the1 wanted ' to employ in making beautiful drapery of groves of , sueh trifles in his trade, as would flowers, vocal with melody nor enable him to add his mite to insens ble of the riviving sun wards their mainten mee II releasing the mind and the feel- knew I was perfectly acquainted inirs from the contemplation, and ! with his situation, and whilst he

freezing winter.

related to me his difficulties, and solicited mv counsel, the long

I roii iir sJi; avdu.td llcrald. PARODY. "IkKcn b:j the sm'jke that so gracrfulli curled."

x N.t, uy int. lulu, im.u Vjiaviuii i tne etleets ot a

wound i , . , 1 ' its louci-swciiinc musk, that dinner was C heerless as may be yoursitua-

nw tion and discordant as vou mav siih escaped from his bosom, and

Aad I said, if good cheer in this world's to , , , .;CU-C Jhnco f Uur fr shind iinnn his VOUth-

l. f, ,,,,, IHI HIV I Ic'l ILJ I , I IViCVy t llllj Ul VVWI ------ v" I J The ni;n that is hungry might hope for it round you cherishing as you nil cheeks, lie, however, sillier here. 1 nnt uncr tn daunt his fortitude.

ImiMij IIU L U VI 1 IV j i v V-' H 111,111, V. V- itwv " - - - by a nearly extinguished fire, sen- nor break down his spirits but

was crowned, timents bitter and unsocial, vou made a iudieious diversion of hi-

Around which, with cargcrncss. all tooK such wcath(r time, dividing it between labour tucir scats, . ,r r i . 11 Even- voice was at rest, and I heard not a as we now enioy, if there be not inn tor his parents and tne im

SOUTH! I o emi p rri trnnr fnnnfpnini' im1 nrnvpniPllt m hl tUUUl. I W aidl

U tItftllftl, I I w I I I A ft V- V J Ll 1 1ft I .1 IIAI I . V . L. Iltm J ft V ft I V- v --a " ' ,

Save the knives and tht ver the dates.

forks rattl'ing o-

good will in your heart.

By yonder plumb-pudding, whose red berries dip In a gush of molasses, how sweet to recline. And V know the huge slice, which I raised

to my lips.

ed with pleasing emotions Uv march to manhood and he pas

sed through his apprenticeship

APHORISMS.

The opinions of men are per- with great credit; was not only a

petually at the mercy of thir pas- neat, but a very expert workman; sions Esteem and contempt run the latter quality he attributed to

Had never been tasted by any but mine, parrallel with love and habvd; his constant practice of exciting

and it is as hard to find merit in a himself to the utmost tor his aged foe, as to discover defects in a father and mother. But now he friend, or still more in ourselves, j had entered into manhood the

To be content with a little, and world was befoie him he had a to secure that little by the exer- trade a spotless reputation and tions of useful industry, is the on- i friends. With a countenance ly certain way of becoming inde-1 lighted up by 'nope; lie told mc he pendent. Many of the most il- felt proud r than a monarch, and lustrious Greeks, and all the Ro-j relying upon God's mercy to mans of the first ages, were ren- grant him health, he had nothing dered superior to the allurements to fear. It was not long before

quent publication of short papers, 0f prosperity and the threats of he got an introduction, through a

which we read, not as stuay, nut adversity, by the independence of lnend, to a man ot property, to amusement. If the subject be muic founded on the abstemious whom his situation and past Hie slight, the treatise is likewise virtues. I were made known. This gentle-

And hereby this well furnish'd board," I exclaim'd, 'With beef, pork and parsnips and pudding and pye, "Which by eating I'd praise, and 'twould seldom be blam'd, "How well could 1 live, and how fat I should die!" MISCELLANY.

PERIODICAL PUPLICATIONS

Nothing is o proper as the f re-

short The busv mav find time,

and the idle may find patience.

In Deiiomany, a kingdom of Africa, the women are all consid ered as the property oftho king who train them up to arms, and cverv vear, at a certain time, a general distribution of wives is made by the sovereign. At the desolate island of Aeen ei n,in t!u Atlantic, between Af

rica and U azil, there is a peculiar

An excessive love of applause man, possessing an amiable heart.

corrupts thejudgment, and lavs a a-sured him he ha i nut one point man open to the ridicule of the to attend to in order to sueeeed in

malignant, and the artifices of the 'de. and that tva fo pursue the

right cjure; to be diligent in his

uu v. punctual to fulfil his en

and never to under-

'aizements.

designing

Tiie desire of pleasing all man kind is a fertile source of -weak

nessand mutability in some of taue more niiMiie-s at a tune than the best dispositions. Inthe- be could superintend with his per course ot our duties we are al smKll attention This he caMed most as frequently called upon to pursuing the right course. In a undergo the censure anil pomitv i hot t time he built sevei al houses

O - - --"J

of mankind, as to cultivate their

THE YOUNG MECHANIC.

crevice in a lae rock te med IVindship and goo d opinion.

-the Sailors Post Ouice," in which tlie crews of vessels pis

sing to India or returning, leave Several years ago I had the sat such letters as they wish to send isfaetion of counting among my bak. and which are punctually acquaintances a young mechanic taken to their destination by the il house carpenter by trade, whose next shin that passes in a contra family and connections had lorm

rv

direction.

From the Churl est on Courier. The asperities of Winter ceae and Spring opens upon us in it

blo-m and its heauty. The pen

labored under the pinching gripe of poverty. This young man. notwithstanding he never had the advantage of education, and could do but little more than read ajui vrite his name, vet was endowed

. . .

give miow drop, the early herald by nature with a strong mind,

of warmth and of verdure the a. id a most amiable disposition, tuneful lays of the rejoieing bird His observations, by their eood

the soiling aspect ot the exul sense, often astonished me; and

ting belle the frag ant embroide there was withal a manliness a rv of the awakened earth the bout his actions, and so much at

genial atmosphere and the illu feetion towards his parents, that I

mineu skv inese are among me never was in his company with beamiful attractions of natuie. out feeling an elevation of mind

Whv is not man cheerful and and never parted from him with

innocent like the Dim. v in out having received imme-sions

does not Soeietv flurish like a

garden? Because the )owers which mankind possess affords fa cil'uies of wrong and ot misery as

, .well as of happines and of vir-

or the above gentleman, and so

much to his satisfaction, that he

took pains to introduce him to

men ot propeity, and he soon

found himselt wnh a much work

on hand as he could attend to. In

t v wis iiu a enanieu ro

erect a handsome dwellimr f,n

..... . -. .

himself, into which he removed

ins parents and shoitly after

wards, united liimself " to thr

daughter oi a respectable mechan

ic, ana one of tne most amiabU

women thai 1 ever met with; and

who having been hroi; jt up t

indubiry heiseif. was the. propei

companion tor an industrious

contested fiht. was selected

their leader; he had held a corpo

ral's command in "the times that tried men's souls;" 'At the battle vi Bunker where IV.tcns uUt'AvM, Found that Yankees could f.glit though not brvul to the tr.tcle," he received a wound in the thigh, of whi'-h lie had never fuilv recovered. The -patriotic corp-e ascmblrd upon tb.c very spot where it was supposed the enemy would attempt to land ; the veteran corporal called his men to order, a hollow square was formed, he took his station in the centre, and

thus addressed -the warlike band; lie wished,' he said -to inspirr his companions in arms with a proper love of country' he inveighed against the machinations of t hose designing men who had sought to weaken the arm o 'government he spoke ot the manner in which his neighbors had given aid and

comiort to our enemif. !!

then recounted his martial achievements in -the days of other years, he told of the dangers he had pass'd. With enthusiasm he seemed to dig' t his battles oVr again; kIIe was' he said -one of the tir-tto face the enemy in the fields of Lexington in 75; on Bunker's heights, beside the gallant Wan en, he taught the 'proud usurpers' that Yankees were-born to he free on the plains of Abraham he saw the brave Munigom- ...... 4'.. II i V I. . i it

Kziy iuii. j unai a xa n was

there my countrymen;''- kIn my presence,' said he, 'at Trenton 900 Hessians found that they had

Gotched a 'i'artar' He then

spoKe oi tne Dies.sings ot our re

publican g vernment; he would saciitice bib tortune and h.is life to support it he exhorted his followers to light Tor God and their country' if you fall (said he) you fall gloriously; "oftctt sleep the brave who for their counti y die ; though slumbering in the silent dust with Warren," Pike, and other heroes who have gone before you, you will be ever remembered by your grateful countrymen; your names will he inscri'bed m letters lading as time, in the highest annals ot fame and the historic page will transmit to the lat st po terity the record of your gallant exploits.' lie then adverted to the disasters ot our armies on the western frontier; bespoke of the treachery

ot a Hull at Maiden and the enw-

m.tll IliM' i)illKi I .......

a& wax uodevervihin- v,ch.la,t, re of a I)rarh,,ni at

and now he exclaimed with all

0

that were calculated to endear

him to my heart, lie began his apprenticeship at an eai ly age, and .i.i i i . . . . . I

aiiiuuign nu uas nounu to a man who had not the penetration to

tue. ft would be well, if with see at first the strong mat ks that our boasted reason we could at uistinguihed him from the uiddv tain the same conformity to the thousands of vouth. vet wasna-

appeaiance ul industry and con

tLiument. Tne whole family live together in perfect happiness, sui rounded uy ev ery comfor t, and ixvpected by ail wiui have the honor uf ttu ir acquaintance And now, I wul ask, will not every sensible young mechanic acknowledge t.uit this young carpenter pm dual the nglit course and if inev act Ur a, wd they not lob

AMICUS.

the ardor of youthful ambition, now i the timeto hi:tkii;v;; tub CUAIlACTfcR Ol'THL A31LUICA.1

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designs (dour eeatin. as is ex duallv made sensible of his many

emplitied by tiio-e wh-m instinct virtues, and was somewhat iuduL governs. Tne ro-e (unless it be gent Tne peculiar situation of

low u

? V '. lit,

'ike Gallant Yankee.

rnccr.

nun.

I'a'.siakk. time during tlie late war.

At a

when tlie Bitin unt: i-vikyIhI!

the daily one) is alwavs fragrant, i tnis amiable youth acied power to make an attack on New Lon-!

.Ill A I liAII -Il 1.

At this moment the 'invhiciblv.S of Old Ocean's Mistress? weie !een riding majestic over the foaming hiduws of the Atlantic. Jkindd,'' says the aged veteran. the enemies of your country are beftJie vou; charge well your weapons of death if they lall within your reach, erv havoc, and "let sli) the dogs of war, then my brave boys retreuC and hobbling otV he added, -us Vm a

tittle lame I think lit start n

A TINKI5II

ow!"'

fully upon his mind; he was ex

tremely solicitous to educate him

the lamb is alwav gentle and

the sensitive plant is uniformly

tender. 15nt of man, you can ; elf during hi? aiiprcnticeship, but

predicate nothing u-ith certainty, I he knew not how to spare the except that hav 'n g the liberty to time and bear the expense for a , t ie will prohah-e abuse it such was the unfortunate situaa;i having fa-niae of appiness tion of his parents, being old and he w ill a-suieJij ucieci or over poor, that the time he had allowlouk them. pdhi.ntowork for himself, he

don, seveial companies of militia C. Ikwet tr G. II. C Sullivan. were laised lo tiiaL vu inn y, and ( At-.rmr & cCUTU.u r, a Imv j

among the icm a company of ex

empts, or ratner is my old friend lvoger would say) antupniie?, w ho volunteered to repel the ai-tacu.

,TlLh atiei d to all busii.os mo us

? V ltd to Ihem in the County ot K:.ox.

i

it

a .vi in uic -luprcun court oi Ujc sU

iiom the coutiiy ot Knox hom this dale. Letters addtost d to li.cm uaibt y post paid; on buine& in the count) of

A revolutionary hero, w ho h;i.1 K,,ox xvin he Ji'fctci! to Vinccwics, In.

Ummtiu. L u i d!ina- hi the supreme ttuu to P

Paula