The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-06-12 00:00:00, page 4

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FOR THE MIRROR.
Mr. Editor,
On reading your acknowledgments to
Correspondents, in Mirror Wo. zß§,
I was pleased with rhe following motto;
which, as it interests the public, I
transcribe, to be again refcaed, with a
few moth, notes of the bobbling Mufe,l
from a r, of the Mirror “ to many
people."
<< Whatsoever things are just ; wbatfeever
things are true ; mbarfetver thin, are
pure ; whatjoever things are of good re
port among mankind, will be grateful!,
deceived and dul, noticed."
✓\H, spare the grateful meed thy heart
would give,
Nor for Alberto's brow a chaplet
weave,;
Indignant he the tribute must rejea,
Whose Muse can but a Widow's Ihade
refled.
Yet well he knows thy Mirror's crystal
face,
Can give deformity a decentgrace ;
The wrinkled brow can smooth, with
nicest art,
And fade the foibles of an toefl heart.
Thou host defac'd each verdant lau
reate bay, #
That fame, or an immortal Muse can
pay.
Since in thy tra^ refleaing page we
trace, e
No scurrilous irveaiwee of disgrace.
This inbreathed motto, sacredly regard,
U^foiled by fadion, or farcaflic bard :,
Far from the hostile mob of meeting Prin
ters,
Who discord coin, as money, Spanilh
miners ;
Who set the world of politics a jogging,
Give Fed. a lath, and Antifed. a flagging ;
Whose pois'nous ,r</r, so fraught with
Gallic cant.
E'en robb'd of life, a hopeful Elephant !•
Printers ere Oracles of high renown,
Their priests, civilian, courtejan & clown ;
Their echo to a people's ear Ihould be,
T,vth undijguijed, and patriot-Libert,.
No pointed puns, or vile opprobripusglee,
To blunt the edge of modest repartee ;=
Facetious humor gild the glowing page.
And sometimes Comae titter at the
'//age.:
V Whatsoever things ire just, of good re
port,"
Patrons of modesty, and worth will court;
While ribaldry wih all her biffing train,
Will meet the gbaftl, look of cc/ddildain.
Unsullied by Cot,ttian breath, impure,
As sthy Mirror, may it long endure;
And like a crystal Fbaroi in the skies,
Reclaim the wanderer, and confirm the mije.
ALBERTO.
Mfobufette, Ma, io, 1798.
* An allusion to the following Anec
dote :— A Jacobin apd Federaliftof late,
in Boilon, were converting warmly on
the times—The fever of the former in
created so rapidly, the latter thought best
to revert from politics, and end with a
tittle humor ; asked him whether be had
heard of the ^eith'of the Elephant ?—
the other answered no—He then relates
that a gentleman went in to fee the Ele
phant, who, as he frequently does, put
his trunk into the gentleman's pocket,
pulled out a Chronicle and eat it, and
died in about fifteen minutes. Therea
der may easily guess at the chagrin of the
.Jacobin.
A curious Promblem; with its
Solution.
SAYS Damon as he gently prefs'd
Fair Indiana to his breift,
66 Can you to me the reafen give,
That when your fetakiG receive, ,[
They sometimes wipe the fame away ?"
She quick reply'd without delay, : :
" That may be folv'd without much
- pother— '
It's PURPOSELY to havi another.'
MISCELLANY.
Hiflory of an Injured Young
Lady.
TO THE PRINTER.
SIR,
TO whom (hall the injured fly
for redrefi ?—You will not,
I believe, fir, dildaia the corref.
pondence of an innocent young
creature, who fuel to you for coo
folation in afflidion, and for re
proof of one who has broken thro*
all the ru!et of honor and morality.
I will make no farther preface, but
proceed.
It will be unoeceffary to ac
quaint you with toy name and cir
cumflances : let it (office chat I
am the daughter of a gentleman,
and that my education wai fuica
ble co my birth. It was my mil
fortune to be left at fifteen year#
of age without a father ; but it
was with a mother, who, in my
earliest infancy, had sown the feeds
of religion arid virtue in my heart ;
and 1 think I may, without arro
gance, assure you, that they have
not been thrown away upon uri"
profitable ground.
After the greatest of loffe:, we
retired to a country village fame
miles from town ; and there it
was, fir, that I firft knew to be
wretched.
We were vificed in this village
by a young gentleman, who, as
he grew intimate in the family,
was pleased to fitter me with an
affection, which at firft [did not
imagine to be real.
I ought to have told you that
hit fortune was independent, and
himfelf neither fool nor coxcomb.
Young as I wag, some little
(bare of experience told me, that
gentlemen at this age imagine it a
most material branch of politeneli
to pretend love to every pretty
woman they fall in company with;
but indeed, fir, I had a heart that
wai not to be caught by compli
menti: I examined hit behaviour
with the ftrideft attention ; not a
grain of p,tti&lity or felf-loye, at
least I imagined so, clouded my
judgment. The flights of poetry
and paffion,,fo common inaheri,
gave pl&qe in him to modest, and
refpea : Hii wordi, hit iocki,were
subservient to mine, and every part
of hii condoa fetmed to fpeaktbe
sincerity of hit lo*e. The appro
bation of frienda wainot warning,
and every one expeaed that a ve
ffylittle time would unite m to
each other, f
For my own part, I built all my
topes bf happiness upon this u
nion, and flattered myle If, that by
an obedient and affeaionate beha
viour, I might make the life of
him I sincerely and virtuously lov
^4 at happy as my own. But it
?tyai not to be! Sprae common
;occurrence occasioned our kpara
tion ; be parted feemiogly with
the greatest regret , asked and ob
tained permiffioo to write'; but
some moothi elapsed without fee
ing or bearing from him. Every;
excuse that partialify could fog
geft I formed in hi, favor ; but I
had soon more convincing proof#
of hit oeglea of me than either
his absence or hit silence.
On his return, instead of apolo
gizing for bis remiffntfi, or of re
newing the fubjed of our conver
ficioni, he appeared gloomy and
reserved ; or whenever he inclin
ed to talk, it was in praise of some
absent beauty, or in ridicule of
marriage, which, be assured me, it
fhou!d be many, many years, be
fore any one should prevail on him
so think of seriously.
With such expreffioni, and a
few careleft vifiti, during a (bort
flay in the country, he took hit
leave with the formality of a ftran,
ger, and I have never seen him
since.
Thus did he cancel an acquaint
ance of two years ft&nding; the
greater part of which he had em
ployed id the most earned endea
vors to convince me that he loved
me.
If I could accuse myfelf of any
aft of levity or imprudence in my
behavior to this gentleman, the
consciousness of such behaviour
would have prevented me from
complaining; but I appeal to hit
own heart, as well as to all who
know me (and he and others who
read this' letter will k^ow from
whom it comes), in vindication of
my conduct.
Yet why fhoul/d I flatter myfelf
that you will take notice of what
I write ? The injustice I complain
of is dot a new one; it has been
felt by'thoufands ; or if it had mot
I have no invention to give enter
tainment to my story, or perhaps
render it interesting to any but my
own family, and a few friends who
love me. They will thank you
for it, and be obliged ; and to
make it ufeful to your readers, tell
them in your own words and man
ner (for I have no one to correft
what I write,) that the craelleft
action a man can be guilty Os, is
the robbing a young woman of
her affeaieni, with no other de
sign than wantonly to abandon
her. Tell them, fir, that though
the law takes no cognizance of the
fraud, the barbarity of it is not
teffened ; for where the proofof an
injury it such as the law cannot
possibly entertain,or perhaps might
overlook if it could, we claim from
honor and humanity- protection
and regard.
How hateful, fir, among my
own sex, is the character of a jikf
Yet men feel not the pangs of dis.
appointed love as we do. From
fuperioriry of resfon they can re
feat the injury, or from variety of
employments, forget the trifler
who inflicted ih But with ua it
is otherwise ;'we have no occupa
tion to call off our attention from
disappoint meats, and no lifting re
fentmeot in our natures (I speak
from experience) against the man
who has, betrayed us.
Let meadd a few words more,
and I will have done. If every
gentleman of ml accomplish
ments, who bad no ferioui design
upon the heart of a woman, would
avoid being particular, either in
conversation, or io the civil offices
,1, good breediog; he fold pre
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vent many a fiteot pang and Ime
theted figb. It is, lam fare, from
a contrary behaviour, that many a
worthy young creature is hurried
to her grave, by a disease not
mentioned in the bills of mortali
ty, a BROKEN HEART.
I am; Sir,
Your's, &c#
CONSTANTIA.
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the fflcralffi.
ON HAPPINESS.
CT^HERE is no such thing
as real, unmingled fe
licity here below : happiness
is all a vain pursuit, quite from
the cradle to the grave. Ir is
altogether an imaginary ac
quisition, which no man ever
did or ever will possess, so
long as he is a sojourner a
mid sublunary feenes. We
sow hopes and wishes, and
pray what do we reap? The
answer is obvious—We reap
disappointment and inquie
tude. A miserable harvest,
you will fay. True--Bbt
neveithelefs we repeat our
useless labor ; and perpetu
ate to ourselves vexation and
sorrow. He'then is the pru h
dent man who is contented
to take this world as he finds
it ; who relishes its comforts,
improves ite crosses, and ex
perts Happiness only in su
perior regions.
Banquet or Camus.
ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA.
WANTED, immediately,
2 we |] recommended
fpn of Efculapius, thoroughly
acquainted with the nature
and application of alcxippar~
mica tinHura, antifpa/modica,
antifarbuta, bierapicra, anti
podagrica, Uc. A^ well
Filled in the composition of
all kinds of bolufles ; such as
ipecacuanha, alexipyretica, afr
Jafatida, nepbritica,artbritica,
&c. &c. One who can drum
with his fingers to supply the
place of conversation ; and
laugh heartily atthis own re
marks ; whenever read Cbef
terjield's letters, or ft udied the
principles of pAitenefs or good
breeding, as these are deemed
incompatible with a profound
knowledge of pbtfe and sur
gery.
N. B. A person of the a
bove description, will find
good encouragement by ap
plying to the fubferiber on
the peninsula of Kampffcau
ka. R. Onolajkawaw.
Lopatka, Dec, 4th. 17^7.
THE crier employed by an avaiopeer
in pOTlfmouth, among other aniclts,
cried, white &k flockings •/ all hn—
end about two o'clock P. M. hefed to
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