Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 May 1825 — Page 4

Poetical,

beauty. "To think of Summers yet to come, "That I am not to see, 4To think a weed is yet to bloom, "From dust that shall be!1 The next morning she found penciled on the back of the same card. "To think when Heaven t5 earth are fled "And times and seasons o'er "When all that can die shall be dead "That I must die no more ! "Ah ! where will then my portion be ? "How shall I spend Eternity ?" - : : : o o : ; : From the Emporium

"THE WAY OF THE WORLD " Tu world exercises a powerful influence over the mind. Its manners and customs, and opinions, its applause and its censures, puss with many of us for a great deal more than they are

ter and the man who at first1 thought to be honorable, by gradually failing into the loose hah

A lady had written on a card, and placed Uc which hp spes prevalent around

it on her Garden House, on the top of an 1 . . , f ' r .r,

hour sUss, a beautiful simple stanza from "eiuie ne is aaic u. it, iu one of the fugitive pieces of John Clare, the sinks far, very far, below comrural Poet: it was at the season of the year tTinri rPcnprf

when the flowers were in their highest I 111 . . . -

It is much "the way ot the world" too. to be proud He who abandons reason, if he escapes one error, falls into another. The diseaces of the mind like those of

the bodv are various How ma ny hundreds of dollars, are thrown away annually; how many ruinous storehills run up; how many families cacrifred. by the single propensity for fiie dress; and what folly is this Is not calico as watm as crape or silk, or satin, or the most superb muslin? Is not a coat at eight as co mfoi table as one at sixty dollars? and if ever I was in love, Messrs. Printers, it was with a pair of black eyes that shone in

all the lustre of heaHh and infel

Deceit, is another of the graces of fashion; Scandal, a common accorrlpaniamrnt. It is lamentably true That Profanity, Falsehood, and Deceit, are all necessary to form the character of a fine mod ern exquisite of the first water; alia. 4m gentleman of fashion." I might enlarge Messrs. lVin ters. but brevity best becomes plain men like inc. And espe

ciallywhen I tell unpalatable, yet serious and important truths, 1 would avoid prolixity; that all mav read, and have time enough j remaining to reflect, which I pray i the reader to do on what I have thrown together above.

O Liven Oakwood. March, 1825 Remarkable p'onf oft he Immortality of the soul Gennadius. a nhvician. a man of eminence in

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worm; wi.ei .er uc aie u.sp-scu M,gence fr0m under a plain blue M -I l.J ! t 1 I - I " 1

in acKtiowieuge n or nor, our uau its ire formed our modes of ac

sun bonnet But this growing a srav affe: and 'the tvnv nf th

ting and living, and thinking, re- v rfV' ; nnt ;.ort u

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not to

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guiaica. ana our maxims uraun m,nd for worth or in lh k t

in a far greater measure In.m fn,Mnh;iv. tu h,,v,r tUn

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:canst thou afford shelter for u t)enighted traveller and a bewildered stranger and his beast? lie was beckoned to a seat, while the disappointed little fellow, clinging to the side of hi mother, whose utterencc had become choaked with tears, finished the sentence which he had commenced we have no bread,' said he, 'nor hay for your horse a man came to day, and took away Father and our Lineback cow. and all the hay and left Brindlc without any thing to eat. and now we can get no milch, for Brindle is dry." Selim was no longer in

doubt he recollected he was in the land of Christians, where men is encaged for being in debt 4 In the morning he took his leave, bestowing a purse sufficient to restoie the husband to his family to redeem Lineback and

piety and charity, had in his j to provide fodder for the cattle youth some doubts of the reality i and as he mounted his stead, he of another life. He saw one ; thanked Allah that he was a mu?-

nigbt. in a dream, a young man of celestial figure, who bade him follow him. The apparition led him into a magnificent citv, in which his ears were charmed by melodious music, which far ex-

sleman.

INDUSTRY. Man must have occupation ov be miserable. Toil is the price

of sleep and appetite, of health

the sources than from the foun- coat ()f CosMy"blue the waVmo cee(,ec tllc mst enchanting bar j and enjoyment. The very netains of reason implanted by na- plumes and tlowiug robes of fash" mon.v hc ha(1 t heard To cess.ty which overcomes our natue in our bosoms. Rational jon alone r1?. the character the the ill(lmry. whence proceeded tural lotli is a blessing. The and discriminating powers were .vamr? is valued, not the rr0r An these ravishing sounds n ; win Id does not contain a brier or given us that we might observe expensive tvle of livimr c aUo fU,,'tnr answered, that they were a thorn that divine mercy could the errors of mankind and avoid necessary. ( we set out to follow the h.vmns of the hles5fjH in heav" .S)ared, . We .a? haPPicr

c' - ii- i m i: tiTitii rim rtnn ittr utiiiU

en: ann uisappeareo vicnnao.us uimy u.tu we can

them, that we might discern their

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son is a fiiihful guide, and when tas!

T L2 - C ; v f Z & " " l,i '",a"' d v t,M ran- Cm,,d haVe bee" Wi,h Ps .rad " and n irt i e s n n d 1 1 I hp actions of tS, .l.,y. T,u- follow plenty and unbounded profusion, lilacs anu pau.ts and ail the . . . u.i,, .ltl,i -m, ,

it ohtaiMS an honest herini; it

seldom eonseU amiss. A few il lustrations will show how very apt we ae to act contrary to the loodest calk a.d remonstrances of our reason, simply because it is tht way of x e world " ft i'lMc ;iv ot hf world" to be iNDOiiUXT Walk in the street; visit the bar-room of the tavern; g- to tile pla e of amu-e ment and how many hundred

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. i...t:... ... . i mir iiiiiui in (Mi iiH munii

. ... ' , .-.d. and MM?,-improved bylhe .oil that fatie

iiv-'7fc"i itt, till ill. iiiiri

r.he body and the mind are

the crowd In thee cases rea

son spares not. at least, in the off set she enquires, what industry an succeed in making headway

aainst stich a current? IIovv are demands so exorbitant to he met and home? Rut how oUa is it

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uuu tin n v is amr sr is kivie

way of the world" and howevr

ruinous, is persisted in bv thou

are to be found loitering away the sands. time that ouht to he employed jfor is t10 enj of tle Cat.

in pr)titable labor; while the cus

tomer with exhausted patience, and the creditor weary of forbear ance. waits at the shop for the re turn ot its owner. Or look into the family, and how frequent i the spe tade of dirty children, ranged aoparel. and utter eonfusi on presented, while the housewife lolU in nnon day slumber oi

tattles about other people's atf iirs

round the neighborhood Mark how many poor, unthrifty for

tune deserted souls, fill up society;

how many drag out a miserable existence, to be buried at the ix

alngue. It is in a measure "the

way of the world" to be immoral.

VVuen in polite male company, a

few oaths seem necessary to es-

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tilitv The fashionable world 11 " K y "

yer you nave oiuers. miu w men i r. 1.1

v(e me inus, auer ueatn.

although the eyes of your flesh

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coiJccreu nun I ne meiouious i'i m, mat mn a uiousanu nines songs wbic h I h.eatd last night.7' rewarded by the pleasure it besaiiswered Gennadius, are imw tous. Its enjoyments are peeubrought again to my memory.' "iU m wraith can purchase ti'em. Did you hear them," said the ap They flw only from the cxerparition, 'dreaming, or awake.' -I tion which they repay, lieard them in a dream ' 'True,' . . "Tr replied the young man; and our . 'gt"ty ?t ore The folprcscnt conversation is a dream. Io.u m8otis contrivance was But where is your body, while I ! ;ldoP' y couple of lovers not am speaking' to you?' In my j lon slMCe' T!1e '0l,nPJ ly, chamber.' B"t know you not, ! 4U ho.vva1s l a IS,ly respertahlc that vour eyes are shut.' and you i ,ami,y, having formed an atra; hcannot see?; Mv eyes are indeed ! mc!11 (,t,aO to the inclination slu.t ' -How. then, ran vou see? ! and '"Motion of her father, the

Gennadius could make no an swer 'In youi dream the eves of

swears; and the church is too tilT.

too nrpfiup too irtirrinnc i n 3

it1r"1i'l rtilifr ti r it 1 1 c i A n-in-l

iii r t i i i are deprived ot use and motion, greeahle m polished circles the , ... , 1 .1 i 1 ,, n i you will remain alive, and capaoath is served up with all the in r , i . 1

hie ot sigiu ana motion ny your

spiritual part. Cease, then, to

genuity possible, and the "deviJ

and 'damnation presented u

their very best bibs and tuckers, it is true; the middling elapses too

arc a little choice of the polish of

pence of the township, or what is their troops and figure; but among

the low. the very cloven foot, and

brimstone language of profanity.

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worst. i)i ineir creditors tea son with her every tongue persuades against these follies, b

showing their sure consequences , but "the way of the wo. Id"

prevails. The man who j ; er.re

les in buinvss will be nciyiected

bv his business as the old adage

saith "keep your shop and your

shop will keep you, so, nee -versa Such an one too, will soon

neglect his mind: he will neither

studv others, nor himself, and will

v"lose all the wisdom these might teach him; the mind neglected, like a maVs trade, will finally neglect its master, become stupid, and vahii less Ueason will not aUav chide; like conscience. .he g adiirtllv becomes weary of un profitable labour And again he v ho ivglects his hu-ines and his mind. will, in the end seacely fail to neglect also liis charac-

garnishes discourse This is a

most unreasonable folly; but what millions practice it! It is

entertain a doubt of another lite after death.' Bv this occurrence. Gennadius affirms, he became a hiu ere believer in the doctrine of a luture state Farmers Cab. A fragment Selim checki ed his horse the thunder rcverhrated from the mountain's side

and the vivid linhtninis lushed

inexcusable True it injure not thr()Ui;h tne forf.st All fira(.ious the persons or the property of XUa eXHaimed Selim. protect men; but it corrupts the mora s, thy fniowcr At this moment, destroys the reverence man ought by" a suMcn Hash, he discovered always to iccl towards his maker; a julman habitation hitherwards and hcHdes. it is directly loroid h j h- ln.ast An was f, k .1 i i - i i ii i i . ...1

ucn ny una nimseu; anu ue i and dismal -he grouped his way indulges in this practice, acknowb to the doorgroans and sij,hs j".

sued from within; but Selim was not intimidated by groans and sighs he had been inured to

edging as he must, that it affords

him neither pleasure or profit, renders himself obnoxious to the curse of his maker's broken law. Falsehood is also fashionable. It

war to wield the scimeter in the

land of the crescent Selim lifted

ic Kritiirrlo fi- nccict in mittimr r0 I .i. 1 i. ?i..i. .

" ,w -.p, uie laicu Taiucr nave you a dun to help out a pleasant sto come home?' eagerly asked a litry;to round off a joke; it serves a tie famished urchin, who with his vatietv of purposes; and strictly weeping mother stood at the en-

belong to the way of the world." I trance "Daughter," said belim, sacred relic.

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.oxers weie at a loss how to carry on their correspondence; at length, aided by the father's hairdresser, (no unusual agent of Cupid,) they adopted tl e following mode of communicating by let" ter. and escaping the vigilant eve of the watchful parent and, singular as it may appear, the old gentleman's wig was made ti e medium of carrying the letters! Attached to his wig he wore a hag: this the young lady used to take off every night when be called for bis night cap, and here she never failed to find a billet, which had been previously deposited there by the hair dresser, and which the father had carried about all day! She had thus always time to peruse her letter, and replace it with an answer which was in due course taken away by the barber on the following morning, and delivered to the lover This mode of corresponding enabled them to arrange and

etlect an elopement, and they were, some time since, united in hymeneal bonds On their return, the father adopted the old proverb, 4what can't be cured must be endured:" the lady was pardoned her indiscretion, and they are now living happily under the sanction of the lady's pa

rents, and preberve the wig as a