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THE
WHEELING REPOSITORY.
(VOL. 1.)
Thursday, 21st April, 1808.
(No. $0.)
ORIGINAL POETRT.
From the Spanish of Triarte—Fable 14.
^OOSF,, in yonder creek, was heard
I o sav, with heart-felt glee,
On whom has Heav’n such gifts con
As are bestow’d on me ? [ferr’d,
On earth, in water, or in skij^
According to my whim,
1 walk-, ur, il I choose, I fly,
And, il I choose, 1 swim.”
V cunning serpent hearing this,
(for he, it seems, was near)
Beckon d the goose, and, with a hiss,
Thus whisper’d in her ear:
44 Art thou so smart? And canst thou hie j
With deer-elastic limb?
Or canst thou like the sacer fly,
Or with the barbel swim?
Remember it is wisely said,
In moral closely spun,
Ch m awkward jack of many a trade,
I’rofircicnt be in one.”
Selected.
The Coquette.
Corinna, aged forty-five,
Did not of marriage yet despair,
'"'ho’ she her charms had kept alive
A dozen years by art and care.
i'l ll oft she many a gen’rous youth
Had trick’d, and treated with disdain,
Jut now she wish’d, in earnest truth,
I o add a link to Hymen’s chain.
r"o Strephon, then, who day and night,
Did heretofore sincerely woo,
lie condescended thus to write,
“ You’ve conquer’d,sir, 1 yield to you.”
rephon, whose mind sweet peace pos
sess’d,
Who long had ceas’d to love and sigh,
Gave quick for answer, thus address’d—
“ Read it, Corinna, and apply :
The rising sun I’ve oft admir’d,
'* dill pleasure has to rapture grown,
“ His noon-tide beams my breast hare
fir’d
“ With glowing bliss, to worlds un
known.
u ^ut Sol, so bright, at eve declines ;
l* VV hen all men see his course is run,
“ With ruddy face, still, still he shines,
“ ^ut ah ! his heat & beams are gone.”
She read—she paus’d—reflection’s glass,
Quick as the forked light’ning’s dart,
Show’d her with painted haggard face ;
O sad conviction to her heart!
No more at balls or routs she’s seen,
No more each borrowed art she tries;
A victim now to hips and spleen,
All day she lades, all night she sighs.
Then let not slip, ye lovely fair,
\ outh’s prime, and beauty’s blissful
date ;
To gen’rous lovers be sincere,
Test you should meet Corinna’s fate.
Dick presents his compliments to the
Editor of the Repository,and requests
him to insert the following short ar
ticle.
The benefits of education are so ma
ny, and so obvious, that it is matter of
surprise that parents, who can afford
the expense, should neglect this branch
of parental duty. In some cases, pa
rents are not in a situation to do justice
to their own wishes in relation to this
point. But when the want of a proper
education, is chargeable solely to ne
glect or to avarice, it manifests an un
generous and criminal insensibility, an
indifference to the convenience, respec
tability, and happiness of the nearest re
latives. It is a glaring proof, and a me
lancholy fruit, of human depravity.
It is very evident, that a defective e
ducation materially affects a person’s
convenience and respectability. Many
entertaining anecdotes are related, of
ludicrous embarrassments and blunders
which ignorance has occasioned. It
seems uncharitable to sport with the in
accuracies and disadvantages of our fel
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lows ; but to expose, and to laugh at
the ridiculous behaviour or language ot
those who have grown up in ignorance,
may have a good effect, in stimulating
parents to their duty, and exciting
young persons to diligence. With these
remarks I shall introduce the following
anecdotes, which I have no doubt are
authentic.
4t An old gentleman died intestate a
few years ago in the state of New-Jer
sey, leaving considerable real and per
sonal property, & several children, who
were very illiterate and uninformed.—
The eldest son, who was nearly of age,
not knowing what steps to take relative
to his father’s estate, went to a justice of
the peace, who lived in the neighbor
hood, to ask some advice on the subject.
The justice was a man who had some
experience in such business, and was
extremely vain of his knowledge in the
law, ana always proua to Deiriena ms
neighbors, by giving them advice and
instruction relative to such law business
as they might have to transact. After
having heard this ignorant young man
state his case, he, with great pleasure,
told him he must go to the Judge of
Probates, and tell him that his father
had died intestate, leaving a number of
infants,# of whom he was the oldest,
and that he wanted to take out letters
of administration9 which the judge
would accordingly grant him, and he
must then administer the estate as fast
as possible.
41 Our ignoramus went, as he had been
instructed, to the office of the Judge of
Probates, and seeing a well dressed man
sitting at the desk, h"£ addressed him in
these words :—“ Sir, are you the Judge
of Reprobates ?” To which the other re
plied, “ No sir ; but I am the Judge of
Probates.”—“ Ah well, I suppose that
is all the same,” replied the youngster
very gravely, and proceeded—“Sir, my
father lately died detested, leaving a
* All children are called infants in law9
till they arnve at twenty-one years of
age*