The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-08-28 00:00:00, page 4

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I admire my Trade.
OF all the trades from east to. weft,
The Cobbler's past contending;'
He's like in time to prove the best,
Who every day is mending.
How great the praise of him whom##/,
1- ; The y^ of all his neighbors;^
Nor is unmindful of his s/ ['
. But to his he labors.
ft THE_COBBLER.
^ [We thank '' TUB Cobbler" for
the few ftitebu already frami. • He will
^^ remember to extend the wax!#-/*# from
the fa,/ to the /sr of his fe«, ,nir*g and
pegging it properly, before it can be mfr#
^ or suited to the laji of our Mirror. His
bot&W, we presume, will ere long evince
; b his customers, that he ir art a chmfy Cob
her, but as complete an adept as ever uf
^% qda ^i,4 or ft% fy J ; :
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TIMENTAL
FOR THE MIRROR.
The Death, Descent and Burial, of Le
ander jun. who, falfely imagining
his " brother Poet" to be dead, lately
died with vexation ;—narrated by Le
ander firft, who is left to lament the
mtgiot of one of the brightest Con
stellations in the Newhampfhire hem
isphere. -,
(OME brother Bards,,raj lend a lifting
Read this fad tale, & drop the friendly tear ;
Lamest with me my much beloved Friend,
Wbofe " poignant grief" bat brought bin to
bit end.
Zander junior, with a broken heart,
This world of farrow lately did desert ;
Having a Monke,' j form «tfumd,l
To vft Plate's realms ,renamed, I
Thejs regions awful, dark & fum<d: )
But lube* the River Styx be did draw sigh,
Old jurl, Charon said to bins, ''fand by ;
Such gbaftly forms, i'll plainly let you know,
Shall ne'er acrofstbefe fated waters go.'' 1
" rose Lawyers prove to Plutoye unkind,
To villas, and mifchief Jo inclin'd.
He /wears no more ofyou jball bit dominions "
aster, [venture.
Therefore re,refs tb, fat, nor an, further ►
For round theft dijmalfont, then mus for
•ever jasuter?'„
Now Friends with „m, bis precious corpse
later,
Plant near bis Tomb a C,prefs,Thorn & Fir ;
On all their boughs with cars engrave around
His alls kill deeds, J. worth, & renown'd!
Come Apes ^ Monkies;witb dtfortedface,
Bad bear the fall, bis funeral to grace ;
Com Owls, prepar'd bis " mournful Dirge"
^fag, [%;
, Aad with jour hoots make vaulted Ether
Let Afo join and gravel, bra, the bays,'
While Iren, tears bedew their town, face :
These ceultute a Lawyer's Coat of Mail,
Therefore 'tie meet tbey fauld bis Death be
watl.
Leanderfirft, " with grief fincerrt' bemoans
His brother's fate,who now in darkno/sgroans,
Lamontingjore that be bis ,reci,ns time did™
jquauder,
While on bis,refat fate with horror be ,
doth,sudor, [pair doth wander.
And round thoje,inking Lakes in deep de, _
" Messrs Ladies dear in Empathetic grief,"
That you can net effird him feme relief:
Ob ! could,our. pray'rs, jour tears & heart.
felt fgbs,
Recall him thence, IS be# him tetbe Jkiss.
LEANDER.
Sdilbu,, Aug.% •
fFurther Communications on any oth
er fubjed, would be gratefully received
from this CorrefpondentJ
But who can paint
Like Nature ? Can imagination boast
Amidst its gay creation,hues like hers ?
Thompson's Seasons.
Nothing m ^ a more
luxuriant banquet for the
imagination to feaft upon, then
the Scenery of Nature, when ar
rayed in her wild and piaurefque
wardrobe. To pervade the track
left labyrinth, to forvey the irre
gular beauties of the serest, to (if
ten to the distant murmurs of a
water fall, and to hear the warb
ling melody ofthe feathered tribe;
forms a coincidence of circumstan
ces calculated to enrapture the
fcul, and to give birth to the most
enviable femions. Who inhere,
that can behold the sap rising out
of Chaos, cheering all nature with
hit beams, and diffufiog a glori
ous refulgence over every fobfya,
'? obiA without contemplating;
that sovereign Agent, at mbofe
fonaioDi of this vast machine are
Wnicelrteerurpd th.
flttfrellaiip.
From the Worcester Gazette.
" TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
TH*
happiest situation that this life af
fords. The recluse and humble
spot, is not disturbed with the tu
mults incident to the metropolis.
The mock grandeur and disgust
ing Pageantry, which forrounds
the city and feats, the heavy cloud#
of care upon the brows of its in
habitants, intrude not themselves
io the obfeure vale, which know#
no law but that of honesty ; and
which acknowledges no legislature,
but that of reafoo. The happy
peasant drives his cattle homeward
just as the fun is finking in the
weft. He whittles as he steps,
white his noble heart throbs the
pulfatioo of gratitude for the bfef
fiagi he receives from the God of
bounty. He reacchei hit cottage
with a smile, indulges innocent
chat, laughs #t objects which are
inherently ridiculous, but construes
with liberality the foibles of his
neighbor. He is industrious, with
out folicitode ; prudent, without
par simony ; and generous, with
out prodigality. He eats his bread
and milk in cheerfulaefs, and en 0
joys that pure and unadulterated
felicity, which is a Granger to
magnificence, and which never
vifiti either (lately towes or (plen
did places. The flavor of the
balmy pine, the harmonic notes
which echo through the wood, the
variegated flower, and the august
fpeftacles of nature, are riches,
well purchased by the rerignation
of those more gorgeous fcenei,
whole inseparable attendants are
difeowent and misery. Where
difallriop finds q hospitable Ihel
ter % where poverty is esteemed
difgraceful ; honesty foperflueu, ;
temperance, folly, and riches, the
only fountain from which merit
can be derived !
' From the Connecticut Gazette.
An infallible Cure for St.
dintbony's Fire.
lAM neither Phyficisn, Sur
geon, Apothecary or Nostrum
monger (fays a correfpondent)—
but totally ignorant of rhe Materia
Medica, except that I have (wal
lowed larger draughts of it, to cure
me of painful returns of Sr. Antho
ny's Fire, at spring and fall. In
vain, alas ! did I (wallow § for the
Saint was constant in his visits at
the ac^uftomed time,6otwithftaod
ing the repeated prophecies of my
do^er and apothecaries to the con
trary. Fortunately for me, ten
years since I was favored with a
visit from a good lady, during a
spring confinement, who told me,
that if I would at the time the
Elder tree blossoms, and in the
spring oftte year, at each season
for a month drink every morning
sassing, half a point of elder flow
er tea, and the fame in the after
noon, that it would drawn the
Saiot.-The next season of the el
der tree blossoming I followed her
advice, as also the spring follow
ing, and have done so these nine
years, since which time the Saint
hit not formated me io the least.
I have recommended this excellent
to^ifo^ttett
own cure everv one of
MEDLEY.
WE have a call to do good,
at often is we have the
power and the opportunity.
A vain man is so full of himfelf,
that he has no room lor any thing .
else.
Sense fhinei with the greatest
beauty, when it ii set io humility.
The tallest trees are most in the
power of* the winds ; and ambi
tious men, of the blsfti of fortune.
Sense never fails to give to them
that have it words enough to be
understood..
Infolenee indicates the heart to
be^othiog but a lump of proud-
Ma, are ready to quarrel with
an 1(51 ion, for no other reason,
than because it fa not their own.
It is as fhameful to know some
things, as to be ignorant of others.
He that was won with ten She
kels may be loft with eleven.
The strongest knot# of affection
are tied by fimilatity of disposition.
A true friend like a glow-worm
(bines in the dark.
Write injuries in dust, but kind
nesses in marble.
Banquet of Camus.
A HUMOROUS fellow, a
carpenter, being fubfceied
at a witoefs on a trial for an af
fsult ; one of the council, who
was very much given to brow
beat the evidence, asked him what
distance he was from the parties,
when he law the defendant strike
the plaintiff? The carpenter an
swered, " just four feet five inches<
and a half," " Pry'ihee, fellow,"
fays the council, " how it it possi
ble you can be so very fe as to ,
distance ?" "Why to tell you thed
truth, (fays the carpenter) I thoW
perhaps, that fare fool ar ,&
PT" °J R % a ou 10l measured
v CT ^^
have found it a Specific remedy.
When the Elder tree is in blossom,
a (efficient quantity of the flowers
thould be gathered, io a dry day
and dried io great case for the
spring use. The tea is made by
pouring a quart of boiling water
on two handfuls of elder flowers
when green ; a less quantity will
do when dry. It may be drank
hot or cold, as best agrees with
the stomach. Each single blossom
is not to be picked off, but the
heads from the main stalk.
;OUR search latter truth may be
compared to blind man's buff;
(he often comes in our way, and
we sometimes lay hold of her, and
let her go again and do not kcow
it ; but it is no wonder, since we
put the handkerchief over our own
eyes, and make it to be a play in
the dark.
Admiration is laid to be the
daughter of ignorance, but this
fentimeot regards only the works
of art ; for with refpe& to thoft of
nature, the admiration as Well as
adoration of the philosopher, or
man of feience, muff infinitely ex
ceed that of the vulgar.„
Clufler of Moral Maxims.
SELECTION.