Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 September 1828 — Page 4

POKTICAL ASYLUM row food Wihns and ddities JACK. HALL. Tis vet v hard, when men forsake Hm mcl mcholy world and make Abed of turf, they cannot take A quiet d(j2e. But certain rogue s will come and break Their bone repose." The tender 'over conies to rear Tin m "iriiful urn, and shed his tear Her glorious dust," he cties, " is here ! Alack : Alack !"

The while his Sacharissa dear Is in a sack ! One of these sacrilegious knaes, Who rave as hungry vulture crave. Beliaiii as t!ie G ml bihaes 'Ne ith chan:h ard wall ; Mayhap because he fed on graves, Was named J ck Hall. By dav it w as his trade to go 'Fending the black coach to and fro ; And s i tu tints at tile door of woe, Wit'i emblems suitable, He stood with brother Mute, to show That life b mutable. But long before they passed the ferry, The dead that he hail helped to bury. He sacked (he had a sack to carry v The bodies flf in ;) In fact he let them have a very Short fit cf coflin, Night after night, with crow and spade. He drov e this dead but tht iv'mg trade. Meanwhile his conscience never weiglfiA A singh horse hair ; On corses of all kinds he prey M, A perfc ct cors-tir ! But those who live bv death must die ' Jack's soul at last prepared io 11 y ; And when his latter end drew nigh, O! what a sw arm Of doctors came but not to try To k him warm. 'Twas strange, altho' they got no fees, How still they watched by twos and threes : But Jack a very Utile cave Obtained from them ; In fac t he did not find M. IVr Worth one D M. The passing bell with hollow toll "Was in his thoug it the dreary hob ! Jack gave his eyes a horrid roll, And then a cough "There's something weighing on?my seel

I wish was ell

All night it roves about my brain?, All day it adds to all my pains ; It is concerning my remains Wlu n I am dead ;" Twelve wigs and twelve gold-hcadcd carr Drew near his bed : ' Alas!" he sighed, " I'm sore afraid, A d z n pangs my heart invade ; Bat when I drove u certain trade In flesh and bone, There w.tsa little bargain made About my own." Twelve suits of black begun to chre; Twelve p ur of sleek ana sable hose, Twelv e flowing cambric frills and rows At once drew round. Twelve noses tm n's against his nose Twelve snubs profound. ' Ten guineas did not quite suffice, And so T sold mv bod twice ; Twice did not do 1 sold it thrice. Forgive my crimes ! In short I have received its price A dozen times !" TweUe brows got very grim and black. Twelve wishes stt etched him on the rack, Twelve pair of hands for tierce attack To ?k up position, Heady to share the dying Jack By long Di ision. Twelve angrv Doctors wrangled so That twelve had struck an hour ago, Before they had an eve to throwOn the departed : Twelve heads turnM round ;t once, rmd lo Twelve Doctors started.

may they en joy as much happiness In themselves as wc do without them

Tune JVe arc all noddin.

Fashion Like t he Silk Worm.

she spin, her own coflin. Those of us who would look lovely should

study simplit if y a little xvnist will

cost much. Tune id be a Butterfly

Matrimony Like masonry, no

one knows the secret until they arc initiated. We sincerely hoj e we

may -non learn the mystery. Tunc

- xvnnf be a A tin. The Jiltte Sackings. A consbd

lati n of female lustres; the piescnt age has proved the fallacy of the doe

nine of the inferiority of woman's

mind Tunc 7'ir Tidy O ic

Tht Tongue. Our sharpest weapon

ol defence : narlers say that it was

the last evil that fell f i a in the ho:; o!

Pandora 'tis false! It came out

first, for it could not hear "dmanee vile " 'Tune 'Hid me discournr

Rights of IPomrn Recorded on

theheait to drink Soda u ater . w a

Navaiinos. and ogle whom he

plea e Tune Hurra for the Hon

nets o nine

time. & a death's head, as a memento mori ; and has. no douht furnished many a tacit hint to the appic hensive and visionary enthusiast, in favor of a resurrection in another life. iNYts Monthly Mag. A Nut for the Philosophers The water in ti e lower pait of the city of Xew IJrunswick is u hat is common

ly called brackish tenter ; it is unpleasant to the taste, and in the opin

ion of some, injurious to health. Tus has induced a few gentlemen in that part of the city to seek fur a mote pure supply by the modem

practice of boring for water. They

A country carpenter neglecting to make a gallows which had been ordered by the executioner, on the ground that he had not been paid for the last he had erected, gave so much offence that the next time the Judge came to the circuit he was ?ent for. Fellow. " aid t'ne Judge, in a stern tone, how come von to neglect making the gallon s that was ordered un my account ? Had 1 known it was ftr v ur honor. " said the carpenur, it should have been doneimmediiitel v "

Lr.Nr.TU and DanAUTii Durii d the late ii.es at Lancaster, a

selected their spot, pc hnafed th.e man who appe n d to h.a e his beer a? I h to thr depth d two hundred ro d j on hoard.'' wa slaggnir:g along

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nenty feet and then inse.Med in thc Market street wiien a fiiend accosted ei forarion. a tube ol c c hundred i him with, Well neighbor. 1, on far

Vet in length reaching down to aiaie you g'ing now """Only to )odv of sedid rock, called th.e rvd S! it -ton," replied the iollv fellow.

he!l rorJ: rV.v upper end of ihe; " hy. thai i rather a long way for tuh-e in a wooden pent raock. tVtnnlyou." said t fii 'iul. k O hang it1'

which tiic e isues a cont 'uual si cam

o water of h in half a 'jnhon to a gal

Ion bs tlie minute.

icplied oiirlu'io hiccupping "I ilnn't mind th.e le:v;th, it the bicadlhthat hot uei me."

The tide regularly (bh-r.nd flow?

in H'o li-ratao :tiul'h;r, r tl.U f.laee -V;:g 0)1 e'.v ;(' As OUC of 0UC

77e Gentlemen. The Klmiousj ;ihnIlf tiv iV Mi-i,r Hudson Uixcr steam boats was a-

da.js of Chivahy are past : Who und w c.e thepet Nation is mad- lui ieaxi.g the wuarfon Satu.-.lay,

u rn ,,,- a nine- lor us ncu . - j ,...v.,.(.(1 ;;h(ll vt U ,t al-oxc thvp" ""1 IHIous we::: -c.m ln.tlIvw .- tulil Lang Sipw , . . , . , '5...! ;..,..,, in tin uu-'n tK- ci o i u itl as nmdi

Ourselves M.sy wo rort upotMW ,tlt,aiJ) i:isuir, n,,n u,.-,-, ,.t u-k ''iu'mv as if il-.vy f.-aro,! Ue Shdl Itko valtiablo U ..rkr, wh ,.,.,.,,..,; ,..:..!.. lin,i ,.,.!;iu,l iw..uUI ll v o.f.-.v t!.v o..u!,l ot I...UI

tyo,moalrnoouya.c no index ' !v. u iih the , i-in-ard llis y ol tl.c 'i l.or. 'I'.m. , t, wai' till ! c hud tho mrnts ol their contents. Tn:irj .-. Ul ,? Uar.ttai. V.' lion 1 It tide uv.elu-d I:, r ono . f them to the

mhmtc isniunr.ii ut of tin pas?e.grrs and h staiiders. verifciated an appli cat'mn in lus broatl just come over dialect, as follows;. Captain! or are you the .M ite ! (and not waiting fr an answer.) What nillvoua-ks us to sail us to Alhauv ; an' you to aie tir ! or what w ili you akb and we to ate ourselves.

The bewildered Maid.

is at ebb the stieam is small ; when

An inh to the air of-4 Coming thro'l it -s the stieam incieases and w? en the v.y written for the occasion ji: is high the stteiun is at itsgeateM was then uug and the party di?pe?s M'low a;yiig a ahtot .n:e tiaee cd. each to her own domieil " a t e diffe.cnt unites o the tide

Philadelphia Album

Nnvv. th.e raising of the water in

the tube is itself a phenomenon not

rr "t T T 'l -mi - fi.

I lie uour cwi iM-rt ot uie ViY explained unon Uc known

methods h. r ineastmg lapse ot 'inn ! ;M b.ciple j of hydiaulics. Cr.n it

u;ne, i ueueve. neen i nc com i van.ee ,.?mv , om tp;1 , i v er, u hen tl e point

.0 notiA.i anu reitvious recluses. !:u.

jng heary ;n th.rir

fmding time

ul ur-charge is fi om eight to fourteen feet above thesurlae ot t'ne water ol

naniKi . nrreaf ;onu pams to -c- howinr Yvrl? lfj j i, should beat they got n-5 oi h The hour glav i, ;rtnuted to account for it hv suppos

S supp le an mvnhen ; mi u lha? i( ,3 con(jU(.t(M Vom grouinis

enamiy th mot r dec! n v " ,dl -

l!s creeping ; 4 ds ..n 'r.'vt indeed a; . a.

t;nai)t ef-i!A!i -t i :r.:nule. com - j

l' di ippitglrata of rnck orela. or any ot ei substance impeivioub 'o xater. and that n hen sncb strata arc

CSS poj Hons (

slide through the hatiev, g!a--s end ni

- l!,,tIH,i;s (!i (i"; !'- :c; :v M:mfoiat.tJ at an oiven depth the the manmTtn whs U Mtcc gtiuh-ally i;v!l(t.r pi.iU p Iv I ween them will rise

as high as its suifaec in that confined s'ate. does not this exclude the possibility of its having aov eou;mtjni":i f 1 . I 1 It'll K f . . i . I r i

I I M Mil llli;ilMI, K'l H 111, III UM

n ay atVecitnl by it ?

The fact is as above stated. Can it be accounted for upon any settled piinespie of philosophy? If watt t can be had b boring in ail mi nations it 13 tuic of the greatest discovci ie in r.ncdcrn times and if it has a tide in the bonds of the eaith. it nrc-mls a phcfiomenon mdenonn to philoso phers both, of imcient and modern times;.

wtirthcr some comrade the Dtw.l, Or S itiiti took t in his he ul Tovtt tt the corpse the corpse had fled! ''Pis only w rilten, That "fnrjs w. r;g hi ?,? Jiut rti i u ?? v We copy from a Nen orl: p.per

the following account of tlte ctdebia

tion of the th of July by a respecta Me body ol ptnstets w!o asembl cti at the house o their lady piei dent incompliance with a previous 2rangement. Alter the cloth had been returned, and the wine , perfect love" and cherry bounce w ese placed on the t ihle. the following sentiments w cf e expressed, accompanied by ap propi iate music on the Piano Forte 1 he Day ur citehratc.- The Fifty second bitth day of Nmetican Independence;. The first id the Kail lload and. we hope, the last of our celibacy. Tunc JSobody coming to marry me

minis m numhc-r tin t;crt a jogjc one is left, also elustrate the. av in n hich

our eai s slide (V-tn us hv stealth:!

hut as a mechanical invention, it is

rather u hindrance th.an a help; for it requires to have the time, of which it pretends to count the precious mom cuts taken up in attention to itoed. and in seeing that w hen one end ot the glass is empty, we- turn if round, in order that it may ;o on a,vain. or else all our labor i lost.ae.d v e must wait tor some other mode of acer 'aining time before we can reeover our reckoning, and proceed as before The philosopher in his cd!. the cot t iger at her spinning wheel, must, however find an invaluable ocqimit ion in this 'companion of the lnel bond as it ha been called, which not only serves to tell how the tune goes, but to till up bs vacancies. What a treasure nitil not the little box seem to bold as if it wet e a sacred deposite of the vet y grains and fleeting sands

ot life What a business, in lieu of!

other mote important avocations, to see it nut to the last sand and then to icnew the piocess again on the in s'ant. that there may not he the least llaw or vvvov in the account What astrong sense most be brought home to the mind of the value and ineeov

erahle natme of the time that has tied;!

what a thrilling, incessant conscious in ss of the slipery tenure by which ne hold what icmainsofit! Out very existence must seem crumbling to atoms, and running (without a

miraculous repibe) to the last frtlg

Tun; pit u.

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I i . c iui i r in i iii m ; a i' i is t j m mi ur

much injnredi by the multitmle d' vords. The following is not nl en titclv bee from th.at tatdt hut on the: other hand may be considered a a i ate specimen of the laconic and pithy style A respectable farmer, not forly miles from this place, has the singu

la! ly happy talent of not sadng a n oul to much. A young man wished to obtain his consent to many bis daughter, called upon him one day when he happened to be in the field ploughing with his oxen. It was, pas' all doubt, a fearful matter for a ditVi dent man to bioach. the hesitating lover, after running a parrailel with the fun ow several times found the field and es-aing with all his eourage to utter the important question, at last stammered out 1 1 1 Fve been thinking. Mr that that as bow I I 1 should he

A): V CllUA). g Y N :T e iiu;lit ul ; t 1 1 ! 1 Feb: uaiy last, Ay ny,elt ar.il uit'e, St ith- eh ti'.arr. (w ho u.-s twin )taih tiid i liu: )' ih .f Nufirbcr : .st) went to ish lu d s.ay liiuht uitli n,y lathei An law, heiiii; loan ti ) l.cai?c a bliort ' ;Ci mi c cJist t" I . Oi. Suiaia) im.ui;ni the 17th ' Fih ii.iiy- f ".cich)i s!..itii mnc cariy '.vitfi a vicu of pi picpatii n t:- to a H'Cii'n tleii ujs be in hi in u.i ntii;hburi,ojil l!u;f day Whu.we wn c a' in startii n.y u it;, aU.h Ci-sia-.; il.f chiul s "ul to it. come l.ii aJ , It: a j;r, hen-t: itscn cd inc lint J not to lz i;i aiKl lathcr inl i pos'ni, said, t it bt.iy -a U '.us :.pjri(i bi vt stay. In a -..hoit i'::i:j ittrr, it taitiil i;b M.mc chikl i en ttua v. ct.t rc.ul, iii a liii tctinn u my

jhor.MN wi'h a itv it is Ui:iita ot Cf ming

lioiiit : r-ltcr 'tins a hoit eisfancc, say 100 v a: (b, tin: chiiflt en liiui-n d hci tc t)ark ; jh btitiut! h. ik, but has nvrr sintc been hh ?) or hi-aul ol bv us Iniiir course ot one half houi the alarm vas ct'iiin that the child wu'b lost, and !ili( nt stai ch was imnu iliatcly comimr.tcil; for tin :c was to be pitachmi: at two ?!acf s in the nriej'borhood itiat !ay, jK'ook . 33 passing in evciy tliiccion ttnouj;li the :i' i::!ibothof.l to n.cv iii & still, as t ht y wrird I t a: the child vas lost, set in o lmi.ii.-fr. i-ll ihc settle ment. at d finally, alni'.st all Ih' couj.tv , w..s cneatd in hufiont;; whkh search w as connr-urd (;,y -fit r dev lor i;i;tl two wii ks. without succrvs, atid' till til h'pes of findi it l.i'cd. Tic i;nifial b lit;! is, th a i' ime,; have pi s is!.( d wi'h o'd, as on tin nil to ;;:cr it v.;-.. lost, it corimcnt cd iai it and next momim i? uinwci!. to w!iii i, ii it wascipo-fd it nu hac prrisht (1 with tt r cold ibi-s is n own oninh.n

ment. Dust to du-t and ashes Torsi ;il glad lo -in -m -mar 1

ft I v - -

aches', is a text that might he fail I v iu'oit au an biuirglas: it is oid

mar in.n nvirrv ourdaugbiei-" Faiimlu - " 'Vakr her and utx her

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ii i" iu.;i.m li UilllII IK I OC lOUIKI. IMievini: deal no hii j is inj i.fible with I Fmt in '.vhi.sc lr.ndi ait the issues of life; and hoping that it the child Mil! ti v, it may oe the means ot i's dbcoey. I have detrrmiiifd to solicit the puhliratirn t the eircumsiancc in vour paper. It was a sensible, pctt, qtiirk spoken cliild, had a s' al! srar in her forehead, occas i tu I by hihiitc oil the floor oti - piece of biokcn plate, I ad on when it was h.M. a cotton truck and a liney one over it, shots and stockings, a little bonnet, and for the purpose d ptcsemng it fiom the car ache, to which it was subject, the bonnet was kept tie d under it chinn JO-F."II Mr M FEN 6;i7r k. cf M int rrnon,J,jrrson aunty Uli. ?i -.v'. 29 1828.

CEO. W. I'UULKY, I FS now on hand, anil intends kt e tiiii' fnr s'i t. n f . -i c . 1 1 . . . . . i

j - v. rs . w ' "'j"iun,iii ii

( ' H.ITS ' .nade of the Ikst mateiials in the Newest Fashions, and in the most workmanlike man. ,.et He wilt sell lo for l ash, Fur, and sucl o-hcrnioducc as may suit.