The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-01-09 00:00:00, page 4

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mt RIVULET.
COMMUNICATED
FOR THE MIRROR.
An EPISTLE from a young Lady,
TO A FRIEND.
To sanes and joy, repentant I cohfefs
& once my fame, contrition, and difgrale;
And, 0 ! if pit, may await a crime.
That follies be::er to remote, time ;
Judge from this faithful pifture,/ m, fate,
Whether that pity fauld my crime await ;
Centr'd with ertmjon blufas nubile Itell
From white rob'd truth & virtue how Ifeel;
Fromfpotlc/s innocence, om mock'd y'd peace,
A pre, to horror, vißim to disgrace.
Ayouth b, nature and by art ,<§)s'd ,
Os all that melts a fapalbetic breaf,
Subfacet perfuajion on w'bo/e accents bung,
That while bespoke, Ithought an angel Jung ;
Whole kneeling vows in fond tro/ufion given,
Appear'd to me the regfore of heaven :
With all the arte deception could inspire,
Taught me to live, to pit,, to admire.,
Eternal truth each broken /entente fill'd,
flbro' ever, vital boundlejs rapture thrill'd:
M, bon?ft Joni eacbabje'a doubt aijdain'd,
Yet rolling ,dan bit Juit was unobtain'd,
Till imprecations, hermits might deceive.
Made me to endlejs infamy a save;
DaJb'd the rich cup whence facial comforts
flow, / f
And left me heir to foerlaflag woe.
. Cd, Iforget the,ill, the polemn sight,
Scene of joy, myruiu, and defigbt ?
When QfcCynt^^far,
Too chafe to evidence my)cid disgrace ;
Wh#n with afraid piety of look
His impious bands unclos'd th fared book,
Anajoin'd our hearts with that cibfialcbain,
Which death canity mfamdgde:
The mftic ririg upon my frgtrplac'd,
Emblem of love, uncbangiableand cbpde ;
Then, fyquivlikt, to m, embracesJi,w;
iFble every angeljfom m,,de wthdrew.
Ovn, writebohdur att, Ibe' yWcdal ft
lent,,
Year prefentfate is distant from content.
Her you abandon'd in pursuit of wealth,
Had cafe,good burner, fprtebtltutf,tfbi^
Had love to chief; fascia to#, comfort fail,
And temper gentle as the joutbern gale; /<
Unlike th, canker'd, tb, mi,Jbapen bride,^
Fraught with detr&aion, enmity and pride ;
Who while her coffers barf tilth gems arid
plates
trudges each ttffleltfs morsel that yen eat ;
Whof food. like Joul spires at no content,
tint the infernalpleajure to torment.
Here would Iclef e the grief awaking tali,
And o'er the /quel ca, ajells axil ;
To dumb ob/curit, the ills forfig*?
That adverjefortune defin'd to be mine ;
But tbfitfwfltetdt iver, ttttra
M, ten'ityelfbriprompts met, proceed. %
, With hope a,for alterne cof^^o
TuotedbusdaysfAce m, deft royer Qent ;
Ifgb'd, I&d, Hook'd, / I*o', so
: And eui,„ment was an age eJ^u;,
Nofl reaming fears could give „,oes t^h
Tears, the )frrefuge of acommon griej:
the third a fever's, burning beat express d !
T&M^faj/f^
V&nv@ruow/tytendered Q
'Sorrow and fame were written .* „ beast;
And build di,ration let „ tongue rfol
The fatal ftcret reason would conceal.
Life, from tbe great, the rich, the bappy,
grid's immortal, and it fy%
Fiji, why,, powers did ! tbyfrokejurVivc
W^o,i,i,miffrfo?
. A tender mother to efoffion , ought.
Thefatal can, of m, sdion fugbt;,
T&tiim'in tordefta might, Nero melt,
< : 'm#^W" rd % btff in bifabfence felt ; {
fflikh her 9, the tear o/ pity fle,,
firn spoke the kind fajatip, ^^
But tober pleading, no reg,fq was fawn,
The wretch was callous as thefrigid zone :,
Then 'gai*# her life her trembling band fa
beat, J,
Nor e'er retum'd to tell me th evsnt.
No longer wOTtby her ejh,m to claim; ,
Whft mt lullrfaCTybnd fbame.
O! then to nature's vffiingjunknoun, -
From whom thoje evils took tb^r rye alone,
' so tragic tale unjbahn, who can bear ?
Nir paj tbsgen'rent tribute attar.
y^_^ratt¥<^''h^
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
—rated—
TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART.”
_— — — =„t^^
Knew that when vuerdl, aftifa fallfail,
To awful Heav'n's tribunal I'll appeal.
Os joys sternal let tby jdul defair.
For cl^in tortures I'il arraigu thee there ;
My bleeding mother foall confront thyfight.
Andfuriesfhateb thee from the realms of light.
I can beat bim,&rs, at that.
:.'A' BAVORITOOk^^^r ''
°'n - *■*■■■
BUT three months yet I've been a wife.
And feoufe already shows his airs;
I with I'd liv'd a single life, .
But as I did not, why, who cares?
Besides, let nviband life his 'onguty
And scold, & bounce, and etfUriratt,
By Jove, he'll find I'm not fe young
But / can beat hub, Sirs, it that.
I'll go to operas, balls, and plays,
Or where! will, abd wont be check'd ;
Egad I'll racket nights and days,
Until he treats me with refpea:
Andif he rowps, with lknow who,
Perhaps he'll meet with tit for tat ;
And, faith, may find, and shall so too,
That I can beat him. Sirs, at that.
But this I vow, if he'll be good,
And let me fometitnes have my WiU,
(Young wives, you know, most surely
Ihould)A
I'll duly ev'ry rite fulfil!;The
Arid never, O ! no — never rove,
But stay with him at homeohd chat ;
And prove by kindest deeds of love, t-
That I can beat him, Sirs, at that.
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EPIGkA M.
WHILE Lucy, cbafte as mountain (news,
Gives every idle fop a bearing ;
In Mary's breast a pojfen glows,
Which franger is for ^ot appearing.
Say, who baschoje the bitter fat t ?
Mar), to whom nojoy is miffing.
Orsa who dupe to her own heart;
Pays thefull price epic's fcfog.
MISCELLANY.
1. =«►-; ,A #
:From /^FarmerTW" KLY Mu"""'
Common Sense, irt Dfabilh.
N°. XXVI. \
' — ^ CRB
" Afitchin sinefaves' nine.''
THE careful mother, when
Ihe feel a hole in the elbow
of her fon't coat, or heel of hh
stocking, never putt off the call
of the moment, with "Another
tithe will do it well." SSe irta
alhamed of a trifling darn, or Imill
pitch, but esteems a ragged coat
on her boy ai a libel- igainft her
felfi It is one of her mate, that,
"a flitchiirtkne ftvei nire."
Mn. Slattern thibhever, thing
" will do sos the prefect.” She
lets her bufineh run before her, fitt
idle to day, and talk# fafgely of
what the intenda to do tomorrow
"Slip shod" is her dishabille, and
the ia in dithabille from morning
to night. By the time Sofa to
placed the brerkfaft on the table,
the if up from h& bed ] $
Slouch foe gees into a chair by the
fire fide-— a fmoskiog. Billy ingo
ing to fchnol ; but hi, coat is torn
—and hat been for a fortnight —
Do, ma'am, mend my coat, foe
Billy. Puff goes the tobaceb
smoke, in answer.- Come wife,
" a stitch in time saves nibe," sap
the father.=l hope I underfed
m, own bufreft, answers the wife.
No-one (mokes and (colds better,
adds the htiband with a (mile.—
But, my coat, @'am, fa,a Billy ;
it looks like old mtriimfl woh't
wear it to school so.—Go along,
fauc6 box !—.“ It will do for the
present," is all the patch Mis.
Slattern can afford ; mid a haridy
pitch it is for lazy folks. Billy
^^fywfltyrf 'w%^ v foVz - T .&,t^fefo*=^^ ''fy ß ^ ,'*ri:'°"%
trodgei off to school, and is fifut
ed, Bitt, Ragman, by hit phry
fflm,l pity the boy ;—fome ;
foul day, it my pen is worn to the
last nibble, I will try to dig up,
from the sediments of my ink
stand, a tenure for his mother.
Singular Prowest of a Woman.
Madame the council of St.
Belmont, defeeoded of a Ve
ry good family in L&riin, hid
joined to the fierc ^efs of a milieu
fy mtn, the moceffy of ilhrffian
woman.. The small pox tike lit
tle fpoited her beauty^ but this ef|
traoidioary WOmah wit much pleat
ed at being marked With it, faying|
(he should therefore be more man
like ; and, indeed, she seemed to
have a natural prepenfity to in
dulge herfelf in manly exercifet.
The count de Saint Belmont,
whom flie had married, wii no
way inferior to her in birth or
merit. They lived together in
perfed harmony. The count hav
ing been obliged to attend the
dukb Os l^orrain to hte &ars, MW&
itoe de Saint Belmont, during hh
absence, thought proper co tatea
retired in the codritry. An c^cer
in the cavalry, taking tip his quar
ters On her eftite, hid been guilty
of leveral excesses. With great
pblitenefi she sent remonstrances
co him agsioft his behavior, arid
on his difregardtog them, she de
termined to bring him to reafoo,
in a billet to him, signed Le Che
valitr de Skint Belmont ; wliich
cdritairitd a challenge He ac
c'ped it and repaired to tte place.
The counted waited hh comitig
iothe apparel of a man. They
toughs, and she had the advan
tage over him. After having
disarmed her adversary, ffie laid,
gutaptly to him, " you believe,
fir, you have been fighting With
the Chevalier de Baltic Belmont,
but Madame de Saint Belmorit
returns your fwo/d to you, and
wifhesyou would, for the fdttire,
h^e more consideration of a lad, 'a
f'qtteft" With these worth life
felt him full of shame and con
fafioo. He Merited himfelf im
mediately, iind was never iffer
warda seen io that country. I
_r—t-c-ctctt—ratattt—tafctfy—— ^\
Receipt ,or defraying Rats.
TAKE one quart of oatmeal,
four drops of the oil of rho
dium, one grain of m^k, two
'mns of out vomica powdered.—
Mix the whole together, emplace
it where she rats frequent. Con
tinue to do so whife the, eat of it,
and it will soon deft'oy them. A
premium of five guineas was given
by the Dublin Society for Mhis Re-
BaN^Jlff^f COMUS.
A CERTAIN Bishop being at
dourt, Mhd observing a lady
who was very toputenG, talking to
the law princess Dowager of
Wales, and at the other end of
the tootti a very genteel fath,
both of whom Were utter Aran
gers to him, he iddreffed himfelf
to the young gentleman, arid with
an insinuating air, after some cem
plimentt, tired if he knew who
that fit tow was, who wal in dis
course with her royal highntfi ?
%Yes my lord (replied the youth,
with great mode ftv) that hi low
is the ambaffaditfs of Sweden, &
mother to the litcle pig who has
the honor to freak to your lord
(hip." [Load, paper.]
John Paw,
SOME years ago, an English
man was at Parisi and had a great
deal of bufinefa to tranua there,
wi;h Frenchmen, without under
(landing a single word of their
language. In gaping along the
ftreeti, he wfked a number cfquef
tions of peep'e he met, as follows :
" Whole big house it that ?"+
The person answered, je n'en
tends pas, or I do not under-
Band you; (pronounced, Je nong
tong paw) ; which he tock to be
the owner's n^me, John Nerg ,
Tong Paw, fi Whole fine c@ch'
is that ?" the feme- answer was
returned. " What is the mime of
this great church ?"lhe man being
a flringer, answered, je'h'mmds
pas (Je no,g long paw), , " Ah,
(said the Englishman,) this John
Nong Tong Paw, I suppose, mull
be a very religious man then, and
has built a church, and called it
after himfelf. Ailaft came along
a proctffion, headed by the duke
of Argouleme. " Ab & what lice
gentletota is that at the herd of
all those other brave folks 03
ihorfeback ?'? Je n'aiends pas, was
thaanfwer. " Ah. then this is
John Nong Torig Paw, himfelf :
well he h a fine looking man!"
Soon after, being in a Coffee.
House, he rfked some body
66 What news ?" ,e n extends
pex —l don't onderftand you.—
166 Why damn it (cried he) is there
noshing else talked of in all Paris
—no news but of this John Nong ,
Tong Paw ? It is not two hours
Alice I few him ; and he is not fa
devililh handsome neither, that
they need (peak or think of noth
iog else. Being afterwards at a
tavern, he enquired of the cook,
''What is to be for dinner to
day ?" The cook, net being ink
ftiußed in that day's bill of fare,
aufwered drily, ja rfe,tto pas d
" Whatl John Nong Tong Paw:
Why, are you cannibals, toils, or what
are you ? 1/ ——n him, it I touch a bit
of him, boiled or loafed.''—-Towards
evening he saw a burial procefon pam^g
along the Greets, andoßquiring the rate
ofthe deceased, of a byreasder^ the man
answered, " certainement, mon
sAur, ja en'tsnps 'pas—Truly, I
do net know what you'fay. " Weil,{fffl
the ^nglifhman) thank Heaven, John
Nong Tong Paw is going to hi# long
home at last ; arid may The Devil so
with„him.”
THE wife of a person at Ratcliffe
was, a few days ago, defiv&ed
of a child without arms.— The
mother, being told of the impels
feffien, after the fitft shock, ex
.claimed, " Well, thank God, I've
one confolition—Mr. Put can
never mate it take out a liceufe
for weuingg&j/
, # b .^r"***"—^ ^ , ^ '. 'Lil'
A MARRIED gentleman has invented
a new kind of carriage, .where he an&his
'wife fit back to back : He Cattsfr/bd^ji.
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