The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-10-15 00:00:00, page 4

SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY. I
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" TO RAISE THE GENIUS, A^D TO MEND THE HEART." g r ^
THE Bfyulet
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FOR THE MIRROR.
A VISION.,
CO ON as bright Sol withdrew his ra.
O giant light,
And veil'd creation in foeflfodes of night;
When drowsy Morpheus role from Le
the's deep, .^
And wrapt mild Nature in lethargic
sleep; }^r^; &
I thought I saw on Heav'n's imperial
height,
A dreadfalform,®Wd in refulgent light;
His roseate face Alone like the orient
beam,.
His flaming eyeballs flaw'd a vivid gleam;
Down headlong from the giddy height
he flew,
While loud hozannas the bright God
pursue.
Quick on the verge of Tellus' orb he
stands,
While fate's black scroll hangs waving in
his hands. @
Then droop'd each panting foul, when
lo ! he swore,
By Heav'n and earth, that time should
be no more.
Then paralytic fear each foul poffefs'd,
A deadly horror chill'd each throbbing
brgaft ;
To fee bright Phoebus' car from aether
And night & caos burst upon the world ;
Stars fall on stars, systems on systems lie.
While time was buried in eternity.
Then quick and dead were fummon'd to
attend,
When clouded myriads from their graves
ascen d. d
All, all was calm, nor was the silence
broke, ,
Till awful Jove the horrid sentence spoke,
" Ye cursed Jaco's go, a hell's prepar'd.
Ye Fed'rals come, a Heav'n is your re
ward : . ^jfo^
Quick as fleet thought the fed'ral tribe
upfprung,
And to the Saviour loud hosannas fun^
Down thither prone the ,& Taco's fell,
And bloody CbrpxWtfpurfu'd 'em deep
bto hell.
Struck with cold horror at the last fad
. fb^ke,
And rack'd with jealous pains, from sleep
I 'woke;' ,*
Aba<h?d with fear, I rear'd my drooping
head,
While Morpheas dreams, and fancied
vifioot fled.
VIROLET,
teT^^^
^W^ FOR THE MIRROR.
Ruffian Poetry. }
0 Ateft all fata from the con-
Tinea irate roeir Knowacage, nave FC"
#x e ^^^
bove 'brate, but of"! tame'and doefo
nature ; and when they difipprove of
their fuperion, they do it without the
coifed ^a hgyz, of the French. ~
deflated by them to convey the highest
/# #%^fo^ ,”
I Anifaid," Gabriel, wbatis the toife?"
dad Gabriel Jaid, " tbe Turks & Ruffin
#rf at <ccr."
" O ay beloved Ruffim,"—exclaimed the
Creator,
'' Who new beads tbim to battle ?"
" Prince Gallitzen."
Th* God fed, " Gabriel, bring mj beets,
Fer Imuft ge m,Jelf."
• All the Ruffians wear boots.
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; —"^^II 11 ninir
fUftellanp.
from the Farmer's Journal.
PRINTING is a very im
rportant and extensive way
of diffufing knowledge ; and,
if rightly improved, has a
happy influence upon the
public mind ; as drinking at
the fame fountain, and parti
cipating of the fame blessings,
and in the fame way, has a
happy tendency to assimilate
human minds; and strengthen
the bonds of union. Hence
it is of importance, that those
fountains be kept pure; that
, those who correspond with
printers be careful not only
to communicate a true state
of fa&s, in matters ofintelli
gence; but that the purest
principles in religion and po
litics be conveyed in that chan
nel; that the public mind
be not adulterated with falf
hood. But it will be of little
importance for authors to
write, or printers to print ;
unless their productions are
read. A printing-office ought
to be a central point, where
fays of light are colleded, in
order to be transmitted to the
various parts of the circle;
and that not only, when there
is the gteateft refulgency, but
especially in the darkest peri
ods, they should be, collected
with the greatest care and in
dustry. Withregard t<jnews
jpapers in particular, when
thereis but little news in cir
culation, people are apt to
jcomplain, that the papers are
barren, andnot worth having.
But you would not wish the
printer to make news, or to.
print that which is not an
thenttc. If the period is less
interesting as to public mat
ters, or foreign affairs, there is
more room for noticing do
should then be more induftri
in cX&ng^dcom^
fefthat it is fy%
of some people, to take news.
intelligence. But a printer
ought not to be a torpid ani
mal, that can lie dead in win
ter, and revive with new life
fathe spring. Neither do
they ordinarily grow so fat in
summer, as to live by fucking
their clawsin winter. Ifyou
wilh to have him serve you
in the heft of the season,
or in the most interesting
periods, you fouft give him
countenance and fopport all
the time. I have also observ
ed, that those who live in
{more obfeure places at a dis
tance from post roads, are
not so apt to take newspapers
because they cannot so easily
come at them. But these are
the places where they are
mofte necefyry, as people,
thus situated, are no: in the
way of getting information by
other means. And such are
more liable to be imposed
upon by designing men ; who
set themselves to sow the
feeds of difeontent, and excite
^murmurs and complaints a
gainst government; which
[are best defeated by circulat
ing a true state of fa&s in all
parts of the community. But
if there was no other reason
for taking newspapers, than
merely inviting a family to
tei% by bringing in a new
iprirted fhee< once a week, it
{would afford abundant com
pensation for the expense and
trouble ; as it can be no heavy
tax, for twenty or thirty fami
lies to join and fetch the news
papers weekly in rotation.'
And reading various things, has
a'direa tendency to enlarge
and cultivate the mind ; to
make it agreeable, sociable,
lad ufefuL , ^ '•
{^ the ffluraiffi.
l^'Y^WteyEsT.
— — ——" Tbink, eb grateful, tb\ak .'
" flow good the Ged of Harmed is tejea."
~rHIS text is addfeffed to
l the husbandman, who,
when gathering in his harvest,
is warned itaHQs# too saving
and niggard of the bounties
which heaven hath Jiberally
bellowed upon him ; to be
mindful of the poor and nee
dy ; to enquire into their ne
much as is in his power, nor
tufjfl|tyfe efl^
Fortune is not always the
lot of the jaft ; and if any
fhincr can tie tne onsDrin°* ot
Perrinre this irift is ^onc ot
ftfc-frQ ii , K : ' I
faireft pretenfi ns, jet these
ate often fruftrated ; sickness,
accidents, and a-thoutan^ cas
ualties, combine to^{prevent
the supposed natural course
of events:
At this season of he year,
every thing calls upon man to
be grateful, provident & cha
ritable---thousands of objeas
call upon him for praite to
the God of Nature & Being- -
now your charity can be ex
tended, and you can fcarcgly
feel it. Contrast your Situa
tions and make your own
comments.
AMICUS.
— rt- :—ll : : rz^.^,.^^.
> —
Clufler of Moral Maxims.
There it no bdrati like
that of a good ccnfcience.
When vice grows into hfhio%
regularity is a virtue.
Hofpitalit, is always accompa
nied with cheariulneh.
) If we would preserve our friends
long, we must be long in forming
our friendships. .
He that never doubts will learn
but little ; and he that always
doubts will gain but little profit
from learning.
V Good council is never the worse
for the giver.
, Sometimes a bargain may be
as unmerciful as a robbery;
How can gaming, that requires
close application, be called an a
musement?
Faifehood is oftentimes more
credited than truth, because more
clamorous.
Those persons ye most impa
tierft at being deprived of enjoy-
Verity, who are lesft grateful on
account of bitffingi which the,
continue to enjoj.
As we grow old we grow more
foolilh and more wife.
What is commonly called friend^
ship, is no more than a partner Ihip 1
a reciprocal regard for boe ano
iher's int^reft, aod an exchange of
good offices $ in a word, a mere
traffic, where (elflove always pro
poses to be a gainer.
J^^^
A STRANGER puffing $
Paui's Church sfked a tar,
whom he met, what those figures
were at the weft front ? To which
the factor answered, " the twelve .
apostles.% 46 How the devil can
that be," replied the other, " when
there are but fix rs them i"
up omy eyea,” fey# the car,
, weald you have (bym all upoo^
deck at once ry^l/Wfyfo
The brave Crillon, one of sh,
greatest capurn, of Henry IV,
Aval hearing a difcomf, upon the
a riifhetic dilcriotico of the fenurn
* b Atif (auto Ift
rWhere yah thou^ '