The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-02-13 00:00:00, page 4

THZ RIVULET.
Extraded from the " Pato of Mtmor,,
FORTHE MIRROR.
FROM the da:k Raft the yelling blafti
arise,
And clouds on clouds roll dreadfal thro'
the Ikies $:
With Keeping fury the impetuous rain ,
Bursts on the hills, and murmurs on the
phin;
Then to some promontory, bleak & bare.
Fierce as diftradion, r&cklcfs as despair.
At night's cold noon, a tortur'd wretch
retires,
Confirm'd by Mem,', unrelenting fires ;
With failing horror meets the piercirig
gale,
Waits the barb'd fbfh, and breads the
driving hail;
While in bis bosom, with relentless force,
Rages the direr tempest of Remorse !
And didst thou, barbarous monthr!
didst thou dare
Confighto (hame the violated fair ;
T, bathfeme penury and death configfl.
Her whom thy flattering tongue had
call'd Divine I
Didst thou norikill and artifice employ,
Tolure the hlpiefs maid, and then def.
troy?
WhateLw+perfuafion woo'd her foften'd
sense.
What cashing fahhood, and what fair
pretence,
What fond endearments, mingled with
the kiss,
That promis'd confency and nuptial ,
blifi!
And did the perish l—Yes, in yonder
grove.
Sauc'd to vie,, the facrifice of lore :—|
There bn the chilly grass the babe,as
born,^
Beneath that bending, felitary :ho<n;
And,there the infant's trahfient fpiri' fled,.
Aad there the mother mingled with the
dead.
Then howl thy sorrows forth, unpitied
r ave.
Groan on,he beach, or headlong feck the
wave;
For never (ball her wrongs from thee de-
But Thought revenge thy cruelty of heart.
Illusion.
The following beautiful Lines are ex
traded from a " New-Year's Poem,"
in the Farmer's Wetkly Mujiram.',
HAIL Ninety Eight ! thou youngs, child
4/ Time,
Emih'ra ear Siam, arid bls(< oar temp'™'
' clime;. 4 \,
From Arics mild th, youthful wardrobe bring.
Place, reflate Health, and all the bloom of
Sprf m g;
Temper the Summer fan's „r>ffive power,
Shed an the Jaff rirg JiAd tie genial fencer ;
When to cold Capricorn tb, jbert'Ring days.
Bid tbee retire, foil let th, parting r&,s
Smile on oar land serene, and leave behind
Th, ,befog mem'r, ifrthe grateful mind.
So our great patron, Washington of late,
Prefs'd with the band of time, and cares of
' Staf,
{ White life's benignant faring bad grac'd bii\
,wb;
With carl, wreath), arid feeds of manly truth,
The ardent toils of war, bis valor try'd,
. Ad phnt'-fy peace bis ripen'd age fupph'd;
Like Sot retiring from bis annual toil.
Beam'd bispare liftren bis nurtur'd Joil—
Still Jbin,i the patriot Sua-^tbou Guardian
Prolong bis day, illumebis Jetting bear ; ^
When calb'dfrom as.beApe, in brigburfths.
Great mh« (uns, like Washington me, ri,!
,? =—1., 1 r, .*l■.'■^^■—»i"i '■■ =- k,
FEMALE VIRTUE.
U AIL. female virtue, gift divine,
Be still thy matchless treasure mine ;
A virtuous woman's price is more
Than gold or precious ruby's store; .ft
Fr when the gems of earth expire,
She lights ihe,ikies with purest fire ;
Dims all her filter stars above, '„
'And beams from Heav'n ceFefyal love.
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
" TO RAISE TH# GENIUS, AND to mend the heart." y^
MISCELLANY.
from /Je Farm z r'jWeekly MustUMfr
Common Sense, in Dfabilh.
N°. XXXL
Tyro
" There is no frien^fbip in Trade , or,
the Aether's fecund Coat.
[OBSERVED, in my left num
-1 ber, that I tad no; bought wit
enough with my fieft coat. I will
relate the fuccefe of my fecoad
purchase. Finding my coat out
at the elbows, I thought myfelf
under (he necessity of buying a
no;her. Chagrined with my ill
luck, I durst ^ ttuft to a ftraoger
agaio. I supposed I might rely
fate!, on the honesty of one of
my own townsmen, a young gen
iteman, who h>d fuftaioed the,
reputation of to honeftman in
our neighborhood, and a few,
months before had opened a (hop
of dry goods in Boflon. [inform
ed him, by a letter, the ill u(age I
hid met with from one of bit bro te
(her traders § let him know my
choice of the colour and quality
of the cloth in question, but dkb
not fuppefe it necessary to nqueft
him to ule me as a friend. The
pattern wat sent me and proved so
heir like (be other that it is un
necessary to relate particulars.—
Before, (was mortified and be
gan to feel fufpicioui of mankind
at large. Now, my suspicion
Was confirmed, and 1 coofidered
th, world liberally at a “ den ol
thieves :" 1 resolved to wear plain
home fpuo and shut myfelf from
it. 1 wrote a letter, expreffiog my
warmest resentment to the gentte
man. He answered b, ridicul
ing my fimpicity, and concluded
with bur yankee fharpet's motto,
" there is no Iriendfhip in trade."
I told the whole story to our fe
ber deacon, his father, who sigh
ed grievously, arid (aid he feared
that hit son was ruined by living
in Boston. I really expected eve
ry day to hear of his being pub
lickly whipped, or imprisoned for
a common cheat.—You laugh,
reader ; and I have often laughed
at mylclf— but to be sober again
—the simple unfufpicion: youth,
who tikea hit notion's of honesty
and friendship from hit own
breast, ha, much to unlearn and
much to learn by hit lessons from
the world, before he can pafi cur.
rent!, whh people of falhion, or
betome master of the accomplifh
^d art of chesting in a fair manly
way—truth and ;honefty must be
considered only as funday cloth,
but improper for week days, es
pecially if you have a. bargain to
make. Enough of the leffona of
the world, fays Common Sense,
and claims the right of clofiog
with herown obfe^atioot. 'Trade
is necessary to all civilized coun
triei; but a bare exchange of
property does not incteafe it And
whenever more are employed ia
this bufineh than to get a living
by a fair fated commission for
their trouble, arid a reasonable al
lowance for risk of losses, it be
come, a school lot fraud, and the
means cf encreafing luxury beyond
wealth. Let a man make an es-
tate by trade and let &fide friend-
Chip, if mod co< genial to his mind,
ard he can do it without difeatd
ing honefly and retailing hit con
science with hit water. If I call
on a perlon to buy an article, io
which he de^s, and am ignorant
of its price and quality, he is the
fitreft [erfoo to inkrm me. If he
den, me this info mition, 1 have
a right to nege^ him for his im
poluenefi ; it would save me the
(rouble of running all over town
—let his frankneh be called friend
flip or honesty, it is quite imma
terial •,it^ would certainly endure
my cuftcm: but if he tock ad
vantage of my ignorance,! ought
to (bun him as at best, as a polite
pick-pocket. On the whole, I
believe every pader would find his
interest in fair dealing ; if they
think ocherwife, as the publick
good or honour of bur country
would be light inducements, I
hive only to add, an argument to
to the vanity of those who ate dis
tinguished, as patterns for imita
tion—let plain truth be introduced
as a new hlho —it would come
from pur feaporci with a good
grace,—ife charm of novelty add 0
rd to it, uf^ulnebi and native
beauty must give it a currency—
our country people of the lower
elafs wetid be emulous to appear
in the mode, and the common
sense of eveiy one would acknowl
edge that " bonefty is the be ft
poitc,." ^^ 4 ;
FORTITUDE. . 1
DURING the war in 1759,
Count de B a young noble
man not twenty years of age, go
ing on horiebick from a town in
Burgundy to join hit regiment,
wa« attacked by a mad wolf of an
exTaoreffaty size. The furious
animal frftft zed the horse, and
rote off such large pieces of bis
fk-fh, that M. de B. was soon de
mounted. Then the wolf flew at
him, and would certainly have
torn him in pieces, had he not had
great presence of mind. With
one hand lie seized the wolf's
foaming tongue, and with the oth
er one of his paws; After ftrug
glirg awhile with the terrible crea
ture, the tongue Dipt from him,
ard hit right thumb was bitten
off; upon which, notwithftand
irg the pain be was in, he leaped
upon the wall's back, clapt his
knees faft to his flanks, and called
out for be'p to some armed peaf
anta who were puffing by ; but
none of thote fellows dared to ad
vance, " Well then, fays he,
"fire; if you kill me, I forgive
you." Ooe of them fired, and
three bullets went through the
brave efficer', coat, but neither he
o(< the beast was wounded. An
other, bolder than his comrade,
feeing the cavalier was intrepid,
and kept firm upon the wolf, came
very near, and fee fly at him ; ,the
mimal was mortally wounded by
this (hot, and after x few more fu
rious motions expired. In this
dreadful condia, befidea lofirg hit
right thumb, the Count's left
hand was to% aad he got foehit
bites in hit tegs and thighs. When
rwWWW ■■— ■ ■ 11,1-. T— ■ I;ML ^^t^~;
he arrived at Boa ! e R o ,, *tye
his regiment lay, he w.i advised
to go down wi;h alt foeed 10 the
sea ; which he accOTdingly did.
the MORALIST.
A N ignorant, idle man, is a
dead weight on fociety;<
wicked, profligate man, is a pest,
is a nuifince to society ; but rwife
and virtuous mao, who labors by
all means in his power to advance
the univerfy good, co improve the
knowledge and the happiness of
mankind, is it cnee an ornament
to his nature, aid a buffing to the
community ; a good platy (hin
ing with a benign influence on all
around him; the true* feferf
blanee of his God, whole goodotfil
is continually difph,ing ittelf thro'
rhe whole extent of being ; and,
like tbat God, seeking pleasure in
conferring good, aid feeling hap
pintft according to the degree id
which he communicates it.
,^BriN^UET of COMUS,
calm .-F
From a London Paper.'
AMAN of the name of Seari
nd was executed at Bay, in
Ireland, for sheep Dealing. The
morning of his execution, he wrote
the following letter to bis wife :
Dear Mary,
" Wen this recheryu i Chill be
in the other world, I'm could Jack
Sullivan has been very sweet upon
yu fide I was fine to jail— look
here, by Shiint Patrfck if yu macs
ry him, Mary, I will haunt yu day
and nice, tho' I was fhure to be
hanged for it the next hour. So'
no more at prefect from your
dead hufbaod,
THADY SCANXIL.",
Aperfon having, on a certain oc
cafioo, forgot, or negated to th
tend to some point of bufiaefit
which required attention at a par
ticular hour, and fretting about it,
was advised by his friend always co
carry a memoradum in his pocket,
that such negle&, might ia future
be avoided. 1 had a memoran
dum replied the pher. Well,
then how came you to forget what
you had to do?,Why 1 forgot
that I had the memorandum f
AN old German, on his way to
the gallows, was fmoaking hi#
pipe ver, deliberately and uncon
cerned, and continued so after bit•
arrival, until a few minutes before
be was turned off, when taking hit
pipe out of his month, he stuck it
through the button hotel ot bis
coat with the fame deliberation ;
the cart being drawn from under '
him, bis weight parted the rope,
and as be fell broke bis pipe.— —
The old man got up, and look
ing around him with much per
plexity, exclaimed,„" there now,
you broke mint pipe mil your
dim nonfenfe?'
^ Female Phenomenon.
;A LADY advert ifin^ for a place, among
other extraordinary qualifications, men-,
tions o%at whichthe marriage feeptics
will foge their heads,—=-fy fays,
" that (he b perfect miftreh of her own.
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