The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-05-08 00:00:00, page 4

THE DEATH OF MILCENA.
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FROM DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN.
PALE ere tho, r e fye •where <oft carffa
burg,
Wax the warm cheek, and muse the tender
tongue.
Cold refs that feeling heart en Derwent's
fare,
. And those blighted % halls roll no mere.
Here her fedcomfort, feeling thro' the gloom
Ofmurmuring defers, g'^t @ * her tomb ;
Hangs' mute a„£uijb o'er the 'jeutebeon'd
bearfe,
Or.graves with trembling votive
wsrje.
sfo, oh ! sbeneath this jacred ferine,
When time's fold band full close m, aching
eyes,
Oh ! gently lay this wearied frame of mine,
Where wrapp'd in night my lov'd Milana
lies.', '
So frail with purer jo, m? Spirit mows,
Whtn the Lift trumpet thrills the caves of
death.
Catch sbejfrf wbifrr of my wafyfo,
And drink with bol, hfs her kinding breath.
Th /,&% fair, with bhjb etherealwarm,•
Sbdl bail with faster /mile returning d ~
Rijtfrom hr marble tomba brighter form,
And wing on buyantft, her atr, way ;
Shall bend approv'd where beckoning bids
invite, 'Q
On clouds offwe, her adorning knee ;
broach with jera,him the throve of light,
4ad beaut? plead with angel tengu' f ° r ■'•
'' FROMTHE EAGLE, &c+
EPIGRAM.
[to MYR4]
I Wonder'd long what cause oppreft
My heart, and rob'd m/foul of rest ;
But now I fee what 'th, my dove,
My charming M yra —it is— Low, / -
But whence, my dear, that cruel frown,
When Imy boneft passion own ?-—
Thou needft not fret— for iff 'tis true,
{[hat I'm in love,—'/„ not for You!
,??4 QO
EXTRACTED BY'HA. _
FOR IDE MIRROR.
Account of Margaret Cutting,
a woman who spake without a tongue.
WHEN & was about four
or five years, old, the had
a cancerous complaint so deeply
seated in her mouth, that no ap
plication but a garg'e could reach
it. She wat using this one day,
obed hei tongue dropped into the
baton. This occasioned her mofr
er to be M agony of diftreh, when
the child cried car, " mother, do,
not be frightened, I can (peak I"
From that time, if it said, She nev
er found any difficulty in Ip^king;
t% greatest iocoGtenience She fut
fered ircm the 10, of her co gue,
WAI in refpea to her eating, Which,
was so great, that for some time
after, the was obliged to diced ev
ery mouthful that she chewed,
with hen set to her threat.-
Bat, are in ff'^^^
4%teathe gums wiuuu hoc ner
'i.:„rj 4 % enhiged gr@ly, till
$ !o rm @ regain chaaffl to
& onffce^ft by which
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^^SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.-
THE Bftmtet.
SOME sailors having difem
baiked the last part of their hi
ding in the island of Barba
dos, which was coals, those
who had been employed in
thkt dirty woik, ventured into
the sea to wash themfclves ;
but had not been long there,
before a perfen on board ob
served a shark making tow
ards them, and gave them no
tice of their danger ; on
which they swam back, and
all except one reached the
boat ; # him the fhatk over
took ahnoft within reach of
the oars, and griping , him By
the small of the back, his de
vouring jaws soon cur the
poor man afu^der, and as soon
swallowed the lower part of
his body. The remainder
w@s taken up and carried on
ba d. The comrade of the
deceased Was present, be
tween whoma friendfhip had
long been c< nfpicuous by a re
ciprocal discharge of all such
endearing offices as imp.ied
an union and sympathy of
foul. On feeing the fevered
trunk of bis friend, he was fil
led wihan horror and emo
gpn too great tor words 0 ex
press./ During the affeairig
tcene, the insatiable shark & vas
<bferved traverfingthq bloody
surface, and searching a f ter
the other part of his prey^
The crew thought fhemfelves
happy in fafily being on
board ; and tie comrade of,
the unhappy vi&im was'aione
unhappy at not being within
reach of the voracious de-
mean she fallowed ever after
without an, trouble.—lt if men
tioned that the arrived to the age
of twenty year#, or more, before
her case was related to the Royal
Society. Repeated commissions
were then feat down to fame gen
tieroan of the faculty of Wickham
market and neighborhood, direa
ifg the mode of examination, and
feieawg a variety of weeds and
phtafa for her tQ repeat, which
the tongue was thought indifpeo
fably neceffiry to pronounce.—
But to these inquiries, shfwers
were related so very aftonifhirg,
tharihe was at last rate for ;o
London, acd attended federal
meetings of the Royal Society ;
the members of which, so far from
fudging it ,o imposition, offered
her a pei frn it ffie would flay in
town ; bui Ihe Wai not so poor at
to need lech #ffiftance. At this
lime foe was courted by a fdbtr
indoftfit U1 young mao, of the
nsme or B^dyard, to whom the
was efitwards married. It is not
more than five years fijetfhe
died. Her husband is still living,
a fboem ker, at Wickham mar
ket, in Suffolk.
PERSONAL COURAGE.
[Htb: M^g. March 1,81 ]
" TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
THE will to do good without
the power it a virtue, and
the power without the will it an
enormous vice.
Nothings more fi cere than
conscience, nor more advantageous
than in connfelt.
A covetous man may be com
pared tea sponge ; what he with
wondrous ears had suckled up,
his heirs take pleasure in squeezing
4 The law, which remain, with
out execution, does not id relem
bte faith without workfr
The mod important and most
neglr&ed of all conveifation#, is
the converts with one's (elf.
We are more fedfible of grief
than pleasure; aw joys pass ifls
moment, but our grtefoafe d long
continuance, ^fy^^ < ^f,
He wfo is a (live to bi# p^ffion
can never boast of hi# being free.
The only difference that find
between the heart of a rich and a
poor man, i^ the fitft it filled with
fear, aid the fecund with hope.
overmatched in his own ele
ment, endeavoured to de
cline the combat. Some
times he plunged to the bot
tom ; then mad 'with pain,
reared his uncouth form, now
Gained wih his own blood,
above the foaming wavqs.
The crews of the surrender
ing veffUs saw the horrid com
bat; but uncertain from which
the flreams of blood issued,
at length the fhaik much
weakned by the loss ofbiood,
made towards the shore, and
with him his conquerer, who
slushed with an affarance of
victory, pushed his foe with
redoubled ardour, and bv the
hefeofanebbingtide, dragged
him on' shore, ripped up hi,
bowels, and united and buri
ed the fevered body of his
friend.V
the fHaraUff.
SELECT OBSERVATIONS.
ft foyer. Fired at the fight,
and vowing that he would
make the devourer disgorge,
or be fwapowed himfelf, he
plunged into the deep, armed
witha sharp pointed knife.
The fha k no sooner difeov
ered frefh food for his atten
tion, than he made furioufly
hand, some what below the
upper fins, fuccefsfully em
ployed bis knife in his right
hand, giving him repeated
flabs in the belly. The en
raged mark, after many una
vailing efforts finding himfelf
equally eager; the ©ne for
prey, the other for revenge.
The moment the fhaik open
ed his rapacious jaws, his ad
versary dexterouflv diving,
and grasping hitin in his left
towards the hero ; both were
A VOTARY of the Mufet, at
a learned Uoivexfit,, began a po
em on the influence of the fun, in
these words—
The fan's perpendicular heat
; Began to illumine the sea—
He then walked put to breath frefh
inipifarion. 'One of his compan
ions stepped ity and^finifhed it at^
follows—
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It it to be very, miserable to with
for death § but it it to lx infinite
I, more so to fearlt.
.To pafi from poverty to wealth
is only changing misery.
Envy it not annexed to great
tallentf,while they languish in indi
gence ; but it follow# them very
closely, when fortune does them
justice.
Promise without performance,
it a fine tree without fruit.
The ficknefi of the body often
procures the health of the foul.
Modesty no left gains the esteem
of men, than pride begets theit
cortmpt.
A CITIZEN of Hodfoo was
very lately an eye witnefa
§0 the following curioui fcefie :
• An elderly triad, with a load of
pails, wav met by a tsChionabe
young Don, together with a lady, & (
.in a pleafwre sleigh. The te#n>
fter moved so far out of the track,
as to leave full one half of it to
the other 1 but that would not
content the full blooded, high
bred yooog fp rk. He not only
juftted hit fleign against the fl^d
so as to ir.jure it, and overturn it#
content! ; but as he puffed, gave
the old min a back stroke with
hit whip. The latter war ooc
without feelings and fpiak ; and
befidea, labor had given a tone to'
hit nervea, which we cannot ex.
pe& to fid in those of a lady-like
bem He therefore sprang fob
ware, overtook his antagonist, and
with a small stick, belabored him
over the head and fhouldert, with
as much dexterity as if hefod been
taught the art of cudgelling at
Congrefi. And in addition, to
thii (such is the insolence of loir -
bred people, when they obtain
power over their betters) the man
of spunk and brawny arms seized
our pretty gentleman, just as a ri
ger would a bleating Jamb, and
drew him out of the sleigh ; by
which aft of violence, his (mail
clothes were torn behind, from top
to bottom. And the vengeful
teamster taking an impolite advan«
tage of this unlucky accident, let
go his stick, and applied his hea
vy hand, in repeated blows, to
that unguarded part. At length
hewed with revenge, and moved
with the entreaties of the lady, he
left theyouog hero, with tbit (bort
and pretty kffon, "Take care to
be civil to every other person you
meet ; hut as for myfelf, you
may infulf me as often as you
p!eafe."
A Solemn Warning to Ycung Bucks !
From the Hudson Gazette.
^anqu# of Counts.