Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 July 1823 — Page 4

earn, and every unnecessary in-' ideas. Boys that are put out as 1 for the pay, T think T will fake diligence which you take 'apart apprentices to mechanical profes- him ' W11, Mr. Bam,' continues from them, is at their expense and sions.arc taken, many times from the honest sheep buyer, 'let us see

il)M 1111 HAl.l IMJHK AMhlllLAN. TUK rui) .4 ft txir trtos, S a Hid to a Thorn, this rove lm-h adorn,

Winch a )!u v in Mushes ilisdvscs; And, 1 jmlhci' now U'll, All niy tcai s to dispel, ifiHi rnvpi. r

Ilk l 1 llUi II . JI"V.lUl U V. Jj HU1.U IUI Th? dov tlrrp's desire, 1 cl.uin tir my suv. Then s.iy. why, with thee, I'm contrasted? S .,d the Thorn 1 a n here, To remind thee, my d; u , That he.iuty, in tinw, nnibt Lc Maslal!

I run here to dcrlarr,

L'hat tho' V( nth fid ami fair.

Youtlrund lt lincss (Vie in n minute :

Hlk irtue and truth.

Kar?e the ihm;s ot'eiith,

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l io n the vaxmh mivUIcii grave, wncn uey re UUSC ineir iiusuauu S COIIIIUCFJCC

injury. Consult your wife, es-' a state of poverty and ignorance, how many slieep 1 have bought penally in all cases of difficulty; and prepared for fulfilling after- of you. If I am not mistaken 'tis her interest as well as dutv, to wards honorable stations. If they -ays Mr. Ham, 'this makes the

give you the best advice she can. j would properly comprehend the fifth;' and then went on to east up Never keep her ignorant of your : full extent of such benefits, thev the whole, and. after giving Mr.

circumstances; this has been the would see nothing but their fu Ham a polite invitation to call on undoing of millions of families, ture honor, dignity, and indepen him for his pay, and bidding him The wife who deserves the name dence in their indentures The a good night, took the Wether will never fail to economize, are learning, not as they are too and led him home, while the nw-

when she knows that her part-1 prone to believe, the alphabet ol ncr lay laughing at the novelty ci - .1 'l . .1, 1 I'll . c

ners en cumsfances require it. Bo ! servitude and degradation, but the ttic scene, anciasmgmy gratmcu not much uneasy though the rudiments ol faith, industry, nunc as if he had received ample pay

world should sometimes think tuality, economy, and all those for the whole. A few nights afshe hasher full share of influence. ! virtues that decorate and adorn forwards, when he supposed his Woman of good sense seldom a- the family hearth. Thev are now neighbor was nearly out of nuit-

giving pledges to their mas'ers of ton, he caught the old ram, tied a what their future charactct will little bag under his neck, and ph-

be, when thev. in their turn, will red a piece of paper between his be called upon to perform their horns, on which he wrote in large part on the grand theatre of hu- letters, 'T HAVE COME AP-

tual object; yield therefore to one nun life. It is a noble sight and TEH MY PAY.' Under this

another, Be equally yoked, is: one of the bet symptoms of the Mine he footed up the amount of

And you will sec few hannv fatn-

dies in which the wife is eitheAi slave or a cypher.

Mutual happiness is your mu-

the command of God; but nei

HI It !

MISCULLAM". MASONIC. r.x'rart f'ni an Address delivered to An' t vista Chapter, dee. bv William Schley v.. o. ii. r.

Ma-otuy is a temple reared by ther seek basely to throw an un

the Almighty hand, the three sup- due weight on the other's shoulporting pillars of which are wis- crs. Suffer no interference from

(huu. strength and beauty. Let any quarter to interrupt your harinc then, my companions, carnes mon y; you are connected for life, I ly entreat you by all the sacred Nothing can separate your lot ties of your profession, so to con- in this world; O let nothing dido t yourselves through life, that vide your affections; Regard each your actions may proclaim its other with the fullest confidence; wisdom; that your charity may the least spark of suspicion from establish its strength; and youi either, must' forever blast the holy lives exhibit its beauty. For comfort of both. Tnere can be no be assured, that unless your con- harmony where there is no faith, doet is in unison with the pnnci A wife should not only love pies of yotir profession, you only her husband but on every oeca become objects for the finger of sion shew him all the attention in scorn to point at. Bnt if you dis- her power. Study by every charge all the duties incumbent means to make his home comfor on you as masons, you will be or- table and inviting. Where the naments to the society in which treasure is, there will your heart

you live; you will be a blessing be also and a man's presence, as

to your letiow men .anil enjoy a well as his heart, will always be i ... : . . J

pen c oi eminence, w men iue mere most, where he has most w orld can neither give nor take a- pleasure. And I will venture to way. The crooked paths of this assert it as a fact incontestible.

tr .ublesome hie will be made that he who finds his home a par t i iiight, and darkness, light before adise, will seldom stroll into the you; so that when the loud trump wilderness of the world. While Mil sound, and the herald pro on the other hand, a scolding wife :.nm y.ur deliverance from Bi and a hot house have driven mabvlonish captivity . you may pass nv a wretched husband to a ta.i . ...

:; to tne iiew jet u-a em. ue iver vtM-n iv mm r.-ird wnmnn n.vl

signet of truth to the Uoyal wine, have sealed his own and the

wVm ol your salvation, pass destruction ol his family.

t jc wnne veil oi tne sanctuary. ;;.id g tin admission to the prest .ice of the Great High Priest of Heaven and Earth.

tiiemechanic.nX There is no condition in life better calculated than that of a laborious mechanic, for a man to

feel and realise a proper sense of

his own dignity and indenen

You who aie the husband, deuce He retires to bis meals

from the fatigues of the day. with a lull conviction that bis sturdy

hand has earned the ref eshments

of his table. lie feels that his

wealthy neighbor cannot even en joy his opulence without his assistance. His lime never hangs up

on his hands; and his robust

you lor protection and frame and his hardy sinews attest ii i 1 1 n i . ! i .

iii un nrr uimcuuR-s. now essential tins exerci-e is to

lor-your saue she has left her the health oi his body. He pro friends Wt connections and all presses onward, as itvere by in .1 l . m ft

the woi-ui; and s iould she meet ches. to competence, and he learns

with a t via a instead of a 1

"'I - I V. J I v I i I I V V vj ft i J II I V

the may repent of this day as long and hugalily in his family expenas she lives. Never incense nor ditures. Removed from the vi-

msult her; and as you wi5h to ees and gorgeous temptations of

.eep our mt n temper ano peace, tashionahle hie, he know s how to rntUe nM hei; for crossness and biidle his amhitimv hn fpolcth,.

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J Cicrgtnnmfs address fn marri vti Dvvsous at the alter.

j i who aie the husl

;ntit treat vour wife wi ll delica

cv and tenderness. Nothing in natuie is so endearing, so win:ong, so captivating, as tenderness; nothing creates aversion so soon, so strong, s inveterate, a? rudeness. imhlVeienee, or disrespect. She is the weaker vessel and de

pends on Cutnfivrt

llong continuance of our free re the five sheep exactly as his neigh-

publican institutions, when we be- hour had done, as bclore related;

hold apprentice alert, vigilent and he then took the ram to his neigh-

industrious, prompt to Irarn, and hour's hou5c, where he tied him

i i ... ,

zealous to excel Thev mav near his door and then went

hear of naval and military glory; home. When the neighbour abut there is a glory more permVn- rose in the morning he was not a ent The stale calls but here and liMe surprised to find a sheep tied there, and now and then, for he at his own door; but Vis beyond

roe - this is only during die pe w-ordsto express his astonishment

riod of carnage and war, of butch when he found it was the Old

ery and blood. Te glmyofa Ham with whom be had lately

laboring man is connected with been dealing so much in mutton,

all that is dea: inhuman lifeit with hi errand on his forehead, is identified with peace and eon and the amount of the five sheep

tentment, with the early smoke accurately made out, as he had

that arises from the f .milv cot- done a few nights before in the

tage, with the h;-at of the merry presence of the ram Suffice it

flocks, with ripening harvests, that to say, he obtained the money, seem to nod as if impatient of the hut not without great trouble, and sickle. Tne triumphs are not after tying it up nicely in the little

won bv blood and carnage; they hag, and tearing the paper from

are pacific victories and let it be his horns, set the ram at liberty,

remembered mat the Saviour of who immediately run home, gm-

the world is called the prince of g'ing his money, as if proud of I.. i i i . i .

peace.

SHEEP STEALING.

The following is related as a truth,

as having actually taken place

some years since, near New

Haven, in the state of Connec

ticut. A man in rather indigent cir

ft-ft i i i

t umbiiiiirtTN, Mirrounued py a

large family, being entiiely out of

meat, had recourse to his

hour's (a wealthy farmer) sheep

old tor rebel Tne neighbour.

having a large flock of s ieep, did

not perceive he had lost any. until

one of the finest, in the flock, ve i i . .

ry large antl lat. was mism:T

and counting his sheep, found he I,i . , I it it

nau in srru;i ij nan e in ne

having accomplished the object

of his errand, to the no small grat

ification of the owner.

Signs. 'Tis a good sign to hear a whole neighborhood speak in praise of one man but a bad one, to bear a man declaim againsta whole village. 'Tis a good sign to see people in sickness, employ regular practitioners; but an abominable bad Hgn to sre them calling upon quacks and old women 'Tis a good sign to see a town with one lawyer a better siui still, if there be none but the worst of all, to see a dozen. 'Tis a very bad sign, to fees

i Printer constantly under the nei f

count for this extraordinary loss ; lt' dunning delinquent pa; nc resolved a few nights alter to' tron5-but a exceeding good watch. About midni-ht he oh :n'-to sce everv "hf "her pay served an uncommon dLtmK ' for thc VH rccably to the

condition.

tt-pcrity, especially when they settle into moroseness, ami ill nature, are the qualities of a savage, not of a christian Never, on any pretence whatever, squander t hat in dress, drinking, or dissipation, which you should lav bv lor the benefit of your family. By all toe laws of God and man. of justice and iove. they have an exclu she claim on whatsoever yuu can

blessings of the family heartltand can look w ithout a "sigh onhe gaudy pageantry of the day. Wis is a true moral independence this curb on our unruly desires.

this temperance in the exercise of

all our w ishes, ate the very mate

served an uncommon dituibance

among the sheep, by the sodden appeal ance of a man dressed in di -guise Curiosity as well to obseive the conduct of the per son as to find him out. induced him to he still n the flock, there w as a large ram. win; whom.

it seems the man was m the habit of conversing as if lie had been the actual owner of the slieep -Yell Mr. Bam," savs the noctur

nal sheep stealer, I am come to!

A corporal of a Swies regiment having been condemned to death for desertion, desired to inform his wife of the sad exent. He accordingly sent forasm'rriH public, and dictated to his amanuensis a letter which he dated on the day after bis death It was as foliows: My dear Wife After having wished you as good health as T

enjoy at present, I wish to tell you

"-.!; '.avc you any : ,hat was s,ot yesterday, hct fd r Lpon which, he replied : twCen eleven and twelve o'clock.

I11IHM..1. in uic person ot tin- I died, thank Heaven, n fin sv!p

ram, es. I have sheep to sell,' By this time, the owner of the sheep, perceived him to be one of bis own neighbours. What will you take for that fat Wether?'

chaser. kFour dol

Bam 'That is a

and I had the pleasure to see that all the regiment pitied me. Hemember me, and do not let the childi en forget me. Poor children ! they have no father! Your afiectionate husband.'

rials that constitute valuable eiVi- says the purclu zens. It should be the pride, a laiV replies Mr.

undoubtedly it is the right of a high price says the man: but as Printinz neatlv exoenfnd -if

J laboring nun to indulge in such you are so good as to unit on me thu OrilCU.