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SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
TO RAISE TBWGENIUS, AND TO MENDTHEHEART."
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fb The following was prepared for
hft week,^but omitted to admit impor
tant foreign news.—=The <Wta and
furious attention of the be^fant inhabit,
ants otC- —, is requested to what fol- ~
lows.] ' ^ \'^^ ^ ^,
FOR THE MIRROR. &
"A liberal heart devlfab liberal flings."
{ Mr. Davis,
AT the approaching season cfthankf
giving, when good cheer makes
men good matured, and when from fruit,?
tui harvests lately gathered in, it will he,
— naturahto feel rich and liberals —Do fir
give a hint to the inhabitants ofa tefpec
table town on M -Riven, that a sub
fcription be opened, patronized by some
gentlemen of influence and cash, to pro
cure, if not & Ckg, gfeaft a BELL,
• for their Meetinghouse. A handfame
street !—elegant house !—fpire towering
towards heaven !— balcony all fixed! —
What wait they for, untefs for you to tell
what a blessed thing it is to give for so
excellent a purpose ?
Those offaioks mould, would with for the
deep toned found, to add folemniy to
funeral rites. # '
The devout. would with for this decent
and proper way of assembling the people
for the devotions of the Sabbath.
The public ffirited, would whh for this
6 as conducing much to ornament and the
public good, and,
The ambeiouf, would be pleated in hear
ing Fuch a* lohy instrument so often
speaking gratitude to them, and found
ing all abroad, their benefadion—Even
Merrimac, in its course, would flop to
hear — and surrounding hills re-echo with ?
unrefingjoy. This would summon the
laborer to his meals through the day, and
call wanderers home in a seasonable hour
atoight.
.Should laid town become a (hire, in
the erpaion of a new county, a bell would
add dignity to judicial proceedings ; and
in case of an Ord n, it would be very
definable. In times of Election, and
other public days, it would animate the
general joy, do honor to the town, and
give pleasure to all. - te ,
Propose the matter, if you please, for
consideration. The expense can be no
obj^Rion,—for any one's pleasure from !
such an improvement of the town, would /
be at least equal to his fubfeription ; or.
if removing from it, the price his proper
ty would fell for, .would be proportions
bl, enhanced. No inhabitant but what
would readily fay, '' he Should be glad of
a thing so ornamental and convenient as
here propofed."—Let then a Subscrip
tion paper be handed tri each one, that
be may fubferibe his name, and figure
down how much glad he fhoold be ; and
Very probably,.that, );&,)^
Suhferiberrt Names, Dolls.
A— 20
Li''fy^Y ■ ' B- —"• - . 25
C—— T'/.,/; 20
Mhd < D— — ,§/
would so set the matter agoing, that to
be fare, a to, elegant Bell (if not a clock:
in addition) would abundantly reward
you for inferring the above in your ufe
fol Mirror.'',' .
lay preacher, JUN . #
', N. H. Oft. '97.
FOR THE AffRROR. J^
,Mr. Printer, . /
'' 11/[UCH is owing to position and trass->
faion ; yea, almost the nameof an
easy accpmplilhed gentlemen, and a mis
'trefs of tatte and elegance. At hearing
tongue in employ :—To have hearts
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0 envy—What an ^cq^^Qg.
; ^ ty Mow, Madam, it doring the re&,
rof4he above, you have been fa^foipg an-1
ples arid Daralleloorams with vaur feet. 1
ten omir mnmt ^4
;' figging, and practice, 'will never advance
% %, you tho smallest deg re<UOward rttetrate ,
*' ^Lt&ment * but to ad Without defien-1
iag, with i graceful traifrt from attitude
to posture, (which is acquired only by
downright inattention) is the finishing
tboke to an admi,6le-fair one. How,
delightfully is the Wave of her gown, a
mended by a tuck from her finger and
thumb ; though as thoughtless of the
adion as if gowns had never been in-•
vented——She greets the defined chair
with a most engaging indifference —ls
her moroccos appear, or her fan drop, it
is by accident ; and seated, not with a
ffiff perpendicular neck, or eyes moving
^s though by mechanical necessity, but
with a head unfixed, and undefigmng as
that of a sleeping child in the nurse's
arms r and glances like thofeef i^ wak
ing from a peaceful repose—l fay, thus
seated, and adorned in all the irresistible
lure of Dofition, she-is not only thepat^
tern, glory, and envy of her cwn sex,
2nd the mistress of every Helvetian heart
of ours, but even the miTgomift him
felf, whose foul has been petrifying' for
years, feels the whole man move witbin
i rhim, and bis heart, for th&firjft time, im
pearled with the dew of feasibility.——
These are the acquirements, my fair
readers, these the finifhfcg touches,
which shall ever meet the heartfelt
smiles of,
the POLITE PHILOSOPHER.'
fylfy FOR THE MIRROR.
Mr. Editor.
ATURE it unerring. Many
Bea/h poisoned by ferpenti,
or by noxious vegetables & fruits,
are by a certain inftina, directed
to such plants as prove an antidote.
This inftinft, perhaps M-ot, allo
poffeffei a dire disease, especially
poifoncus in its kind, may some
times call it into ekercife. This
idea has been fußgefted by read
ing an account es a child in Me
thuen, the last summer, bitten by
a mad dog, who died in 1, days ;
the last 3 of which, in the extrem
ity of anguish and diftrefi, he
would often beg of hi, friends to
"^ 4 bole 4n ^ bur, him."
•^% May not the above^be
improved as a hint for ph,ficiani
to enquire whether, when the
whole mafi has become infe&ed
with the bite of a mad dog, or
other inveterate poisons, whether
relief might not be had from fa
ting the patjent in.o a deep hole,
filling the earth up round him, till
onlythe bead was above ground ?
In the late American army, this
method was tried for a soldier
much swollen with an obftmate
(curvy. In a dry sandy ground he
was set, habited only in bis shirt,
the earth lightly filled in round
him, only his head above the fur
face—the damp of the ground re
quired a quart or two of the best
rum, which he drank in that fix
ation, without injury ; and after
two full hours, was taken out the
earth around him, dried by the
beat of his body, the fuelling eo*
tirely reduced, and a cure nearly
compteated. Perhaps the earth
may poffe@ many qualities of.
which we are yet ignorant.
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TO MAKE A FA ^ ONABLB LADY .
T^r^^
i^fonn^
IfAn'nlAprc— oird it round Anri the
ter:^
1 Hiouiaers— giro rouna, apo acrois roe
flowing tresses, which nature in her lux
fortfdefined to cover ty iid.f n the
1 der knit at the end and folded ub under
the turban alamos, in the ex^d form of
her refigurating hand weapon. To the
many other embelbfhments of the bead
drefs, mnfl be added a quarter and a half
of black, or green fi'k love crape, to de
fend from the irfclence of, he fun beams,
and render rhe inhabitant within, qnuf
queto proof. - Place this figure ina'piir
-of red morocco flippers, and set her a
walking on the pavement, Pbcon by her
fide, arid the work is complete.
~N. B. To make her irresistible, flie
must at every other fcp< give the bead a
toss, fmack:her lips, and turn up her
eyes to her beloved country, the M^efl :
making it evident, that she is node of
th^ mean- fptri:ed brings, who defigbt in
[things below, $
Afemale th^s equift — all mufl confeft,
Is more than mortal u ther fav'rite glass;
And, <whtn abroad —fa doth ^with nature
''Y.T sane, ,
We'll pafrg'bm ; and ran the r.ympb di
^^ vine. .
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
COMMON SENSED Di/babiUe.
N°. XVIII.
SCHOOL GOVERNMENT.
CUSTOM is a kind of a pend
ulum, vibrating firfl one way
th;n,the other ; it feidom rests on
the plumb line. If fchooh „ere
formerly re ftraised by a curb bri
die, it is no reason that the reins
of government should be taktn
out of the maker's hands at pref
ect. When King George stretch
ed his arm across the Atlantic, and
swayed his feeptre over the Unit,
ed States, every petty school mafr
ter thought himfelf a kind of a
miniature reprefentatioD of royal
authority^ and ruled his little king
dom, if not with a rod of iron, at
least, with a rod of birch. Liberty
and independence have abridged
the tyranny of kings and school
masters. So far very well. The
author of these essays is an enemy
,0 tyranny of every kind, from
that of the feepire to the ferule.
" Liberty and order," is hit mot
to; and he verily believes that
authority may be supported with
out tyranny ; but that order can
never exist without authority. He
would be heartily glad to fee
whips, ferufes, cudgels, and cow.
fk:n% entirely banished from
fchooli, if indolence and impu
dence could be kept out without
these fcare-fcrowi. Experience
has taught our politicians that
there? must be an arm to enforce
as well as a head to recommend,
in national government. , Why
not in fchoolr.— O, fays the gen
tle mother, children are innocent,
docile creatures ; encouragement
may flatter, ffiame drive, and rea
son draw them to their duty.—lt
may be so with your children,
good woman ; but what do you
think of your neighbor Whisky's
boys, who rob your orchard, pil
lage your fields, steal the fowls
from your hen roost, draw your
children through the mud puddle,
and call you goody gossip to you:
^ e ^^ r° u ^"^ T'
You might ^ catty reason four
(pit or your (pinning wheelto ata
duty as such before Moots
if they were composed of the for
wer description only the inftr^aor
would hive little to do but teach
rnfrf lending * nfrngfja [nrere
[would be no occasion for " argu
ments ,ddreffed to <he back."—
But confider the mafler's talk, He
hrs the thiidien of the whole difr
tri& or parish, whh all their vices
and foffes, both to govern and in«
ftrud ; and what is of greater con
sequence, their vices must be re.
formed, their reafoo exetcifed, and
their mora% improved. All this,
I should with might be done bf,
lenient me<ns. Let region, fht%r
tery and fh^me exert their force,
but rot destroy it, by over adiog.-
Bur, fay these, the heat cf whole
humanit, coofumes their judg
ment, I can govern my children
at home without blows ; what
need then of correaioo at school.
Suppose you had fifty children ;
and suppose again you had none
of those benefit to bellow, <h^t
children daily receive from their
reify ; then your filiation would
be fomeching like the fchoolmsf
ter's.—You might be loved, aid
you must be feared, or not obey
ed.—-If you with a school to be
come a nurfefy of facial virtues
and ufeful knowledge, employ an ,
inftrudor, who is m&fter of hit
business ; one that you would not
be ashamed to invite ipto your
pew on Sunday, or to your tab'e,
with your best friends on a week
day. Be convinced that he is en
titled to yoof Confidence before
you employ him. Speak well of
him on all occasions, especially be
fore your children. Confider him
as a parent pro tempore, and your
Children, while under his immedi
ate care, as belonging to his fami
ly ; and remember, if you take
away one half of bis authority,
your children will take the other.
After you have done all on you<
part ; if be aas the tyrant, deal
with him, at with an inhuman par-,
ent. Enter a complaint before'
the officers of the peace.-— Would
not this be better, than to makes
< refradory child, a petolent parent,
and an ignorant aunt, who are all
parties concerned, both accusers,
witneffea, judges, jurors and eke- -
cotioners, in the ridiculous cases of
, Scholar again ft Matter ?
• : THE RIVULET. \
FOR THE MIRROR.
ELEGANTLY DESCRIPTIVE.
TO Miss —--, oj C—, indulgent heaven.
Liberal free, bath brnteto g^?,i:
Handsome Ibap, mfyftic air,
' Eyes of blue, and auburne hair; ^^
" Arched brms andfader nose,
BhJbing &krtbut Jhametbe rafe;
Coral lip nuitb dimpled ebiee, ^, ''
Iv't, ttab dad Allied Jkin;'
Swelling ho/om, taper waist,
LIMBS ewithforid motion grac'd ; '~
Polic'd arms, and foci Chinese, ^ ,
In a word, fede AOL to please.
SCRIBENDO.
BANQUET as tOMUS.
AN Irishman travelling in a
A. ftteet tbit was paved, a dog
accosted him with 00feh?.
growl, the traveller attempted to
poll up one of the paving ft one,
, to throw ae him; btot it waa fo^^'
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