The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-05-22 00:00:00, page 4

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[The two following pieces of (what force
people call) p°%, written fametime
" since, were lately handed in by a friend
W who requeued their infection in the
Mim^ Weare confeioesa non
compliance of the request of this cor
respondent would create force disgust,
we therefore gratify him this time—
But fhmuld he forward; as he has
promised, any more pieces, that m^y
,be written in this Anftarkos-Wle man
tier, they will certainly be riffled —
However,we wish not to difeourage our
friend from further attempts, but would
advise him to authenticate his pieces
before he fends them for the press—
To encourage our friend to persist in
his dffo, the Printer will oply observe
that' as good femetimes comes out of
roil, it is pffible force of his produc
tions may meet the approbation of the
editor.]
ON "SPRING.
How beauteous to the e,)on grow ap
pears,,
Deck'd in its Spring like drape, adorn'd
with blooms
That pleaft the ge, while mafic charms oar
ears,
And ro'r, WQm fends forth fueet per
,fumes.
Now chang'd the profpea is ante our view,
Wombat it was but afew weeks ago ;
Injhad ofvernant green o'erf,read with dew,
Nothing appear'd but naked trees and /now.
Save the tall pines and other ever greens,
Which ia the fore) here & there spear'd;
But cow, delightfully are chang'd tbejeJanes,
The Aortas and raging wends no more are
beard.,
Reviving Spring tfrts each native charm,
Ind faforou: br«%o g+rtl, fan the green,
" While Sol's benignant rajs revise d<d uarr.
The fields, which late in jnowj vefs wire
{, feet. '!
O could m, heart be thus reviv'd &/h%
With renovating virtues, truth andgrety,
With fprtng-hkt innocence and love diving
Virtues that waft us to the realms of blifa
LINES
Occasioned on the trowing of a Cock.
ASI lay muffing be m, bed,
1 beard the cock crow twice,'
Mjfafulfame for fjuf name
- Reproach'd me more than thrice ;
That befor mt fbould bear the cross,
And quite dt/pije the shame,
Who bat, before m, fellow men.
Refus'd to own bis name.
Miscellany.
MIE WOUNDED OFFICER.
THEMISTOCLES bad serv
ed with distinguished repu
tation, at a lieutenant io the ar
miet of the United States. Ao<
Unfortunate wound received at the
battle of .Germantown, compiled
him to quit the path of military
glory, at he wai rendered incapa
ble Os any other (ervice than a
command in the invalids, which
hit active military spirit disdained
co accept of. The accomplish
menu of hit petfon, the^futvity
of his mannett, the re&itude of hi,)
condor, tenderly endeared him to
all hit affociatei ;f and had fre-|
quently introduced him, to the
notice of his superiors in rank.= I
The thought of bidding adieu to |
fame, the idea of parting with 1
beloved companion!, rent hit feel- |
ing bite with anguilh. Affec-|
tionately he pronounced a long, a,a
fervent farewell, and departed, |
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THE
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
“ TO RAItETHF CEMUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
(with a trifling pittance in his
pocket) to encounter the moll
mortifying fcenei of negled, loch
at poverty always brings up io her
train, f He was a fatherleh child,
destitute of patrimonial inheritance,
and boasted not a farthing, except
the distant expectance of half pay.
Creation appeared at an immense
blank <0 his agitated mind. Life
- had loft its cba r mi, or rather he
left them behind in the field. Hit
home was far, far distant. He
had now (pent the 'teft-^ffifflig
and way moling on the impoffibil
i„ of journeying on. A veteran
officer, with %h,m he had served
on the bke% ^ thia moment re
%,r^d h^ features, and begged
hte tof^ ecfe the real caote of
hisffygrity Themiftoclei unbof
bmed himfelf with candor, and
felt h^pp, in a friend who bore
wheels to Im merit and his luffer
inga. " Your behavior/' fays the
hoary soldier, " alwaya charmed
me, Despondence never formed
a part of your character. 1 can
assist you iq the present hour of
your diftrefa, not with money, for,
Heaven know#, we continental!
are free from the root of evil.—
Take this letter, my son, it it di
rected co the amiable Clelia —the
it affluent without ostentation,
beautiful without the coofciouf
nefe of vanity, and unmarried.—
Remember ihat you ad upon
honor —it it, it ought to be, a
foldiet'i iall. " My education^
the h^biti of my life, and the in
dependency of a proud foul,"re
plied Themiftoclei, 66 oblige me
to (corn every ungenerous attempt
against female virtue and fortune
Ai your friend, 1 shall bear the
letter, and hazily rush from the
prefehce of elevated riches."—
Time insensibly passed away in
various converse. The golden
orb of tight was just finking be
neath the horizon when he mount
<ed hit horse. Twenty miles are
teafily coursed in a few houri ; a
bout ten at night Themiftoctes ar
rived, and delivered the friendly
^piflle. The amiable Ce!ia, who
Ihad no one to control her conduct,
hi the livpd by herfelt, attended
only by two servants, earnefliy re,
quested the wearied Granger to
harry ; and tho' excessive prudery
may censure the flep, as unbecom
ing female delicacy, let it be re
marked, that fpotlefi innocence
fever turns hospitality adrift. The
Ipennylefs pi grim accepted her
I kind invitation, and was shown by
Ithe man feivant to an elegant
chamber. In a few moments^
Itecuroed for the candle, and lock
ed the door on the outside. The
miftoctes thought very odd of the
treatment, but asmofl ladies are
plagued with visionary fears, he
regarded it as an injunction from
Clelia; and, by no means wishing
to give her a moment's pain, fob
-Iminted to become a ptifoner for
{the night, without murmuring.—
§ Something, however, whispered
I that there was an uprevealed mean
-ling in all this. He&reforedrer
Icut1 cut his pocket pistols, and, eiam
lioing their contents, laid, them
[ Clofe at hand. Various ideas kept
I his wakeful mind on the rack. He
-nil! Mil " ■.im',.—.»;:
never elofed an eye. The house
clock had struck four—nature was
fi^ent as the grave. Themiftocics
turned round, in order to compose
himfelf, and saw, through the key
hole, a glimmering light. It start
led him. At the fame minute he
heard Clelia Ihritk. He fpraog
from the bed, grasped his pistols,
Rove through the panne! of the 1
door, and, without farther enquiry,
hot the villain dead, as he was
endeavoring to retreat. Upon ex
amination, it proved to be the
man (errant who had so carefully
locked him in. The monger had
formed a defigo to murder and rob
his unoffending miftreft. Clelia
returned the most grateful ac
knowledgements to her providen
tial deliverer. He received them
with that modest dignity which
accompanies true merit; After
breakfaft he rose, refp°afully bow
ed, expressed his happiness in pre
ferviog so inestimable a life, and
prepared to depart. The balhfu!
Clelia blulhed, (he hesitated, and
faulteriog pronounced, 66 May the
exigence you saved be ever wor
thy of that place in your affeaioos,
which ' sensibility has indelibly
graven on my heart." The
Bounded officer had his foot io
the ftirrup,' Complaisance oblig
ed him to answer. Nothing is
more impolite than to addreft a
lady, when you are one inch off a
level with the fair. He dismount
ed. The preliminaries were fet
tled by mutual love ; and The
miftoctei and Clelia are happy as
virtue and riches can make them.
the ffloraliff.
" Come then with me th, farrowsjoin,
And taje m, woes bj telling thine."
IT is a pure stream that
swells the tide of sympa
thy---Ii: is an excellent heart
that interests itfelf in the feel
ings of others----It is a heav.
en like disposition that en
gages the affections, and ex
torts the (ympathetic tear for
the misfortunes of a friend.
Mankind are ever iubjea to
ills, infirmities and disappoint
ment. Every breast at some
particular period, experiences
sorrow and diffrefs. Pains
and perplexities are the long
lived pbguesof human exist
ence : But sympathy is the
balm that heals thole wounds.
If a person, who has loft a
precious friend, can find an
other who will feelingly par
ticipate in his misfortune, he
is well nigh compensated for
his loss. And delightful is the
talk, to a feeling mind, offof
tening the painful pillow o(
the sick, amusing the thoughts
of the unhappy,,and alleviat
ing the tortures of the afflict
ed. HqWfatisfied is thecori
feience of him, who can re
flet that he has added a com
fort to the unfortunate, and a
smile to the clouded features
JHW
of the difeontented. What
can afford more refined en
joyment, than to walk by the
fide of an unhappy friend in
the cooling (hade, and hear
him repeat the hiflory of his
misfortunes, count over the
number of his troubles, and
kindly drop a tear of pity and
condolence when his heart
bleeds?
Sympathy is a tender pas
sion, the offspring of refine^
ment, foftered in the bosom
of friendship, and nurtured by
love, compassion and benevo
lence. A mind fraught with
sensibility is never destitute of
this friendly sensation • a
good heart, however disqui
eted, will feel its consoling
influence with thankfulnefs.
■■ __M___»_W_i«?' a
Banquet OF Camus.
.> —,— ,—, I. we. ill ■if rrg3HßW__*lmll ■ »--
THE father of the present
Duke of Norfolk, who
had no particular antipathy
to wine, tifed to drink much
of it with a certain friend of
his, on this singular account :
When drunk, he always loft
his voice ; on the contrary,
his friend retained his voice,
but loft his legs: So the Duke,
though he loft his voice, rang
the bell, and his friend, who
could not move, called for
more wine./
FRENCH ANECDOTE.
THE wife of an/emigrant,
who has given three chop
ping citizens to the slate dur
ing his absence, presented a
Requete to the courcil of eld
ers, to be informed T to whom
(he now belongs, al her firft
husband has been erased from
the lift ?" The legislature
thought it material to inter
rogate the lady, whe her the
second marriage was perform
ed according to the laws of
the Republic ? To which she
has ingeniously retutyied for
answer, that " the marriage
was purely conftitutiQiul, but
that the children are as re
publican as they could be
made." .i
^' AN illiterate coxcbmb, go
ing one day to his Taylor's
after a pair of fmail clothes,
reprimanded him for not
putting a Fop into them.---
%A Fop !" exclaimed the
taylor, " put them on, and
your complaint will be re
moved."
BEN JOHNSON wUaLfon by trade.,
Asgeing to work early tone morning,,
lady thinkiogto be merty with him, laid,
By li«, and rule . I
}/ Works tn, a fool—good morrow,
Ms. Mason.— Ben turhedhis head, and
retorted :
& fill a^farhu A
^ % " T* ta&-good morrow, \