Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-08-15

SOLID COMFORTS.


rived from the. following sources ga
quiet conscience, health, liberty, ones
time ones own or II not, usefully, limo.
Gently, and moderately employed by o.
theirs freedom om"inordinate pas
sions, habit ofliving within. ones in
come, and Of saving something for exc
traordinary occasions an ability, arising
from rationaleeononny, to dsfray all ne.
eessary aud due expences . habit Of
good humor, aud aptitude to be pleased
rather than offended !; Appropriation for
adversely, veofone's family, sineeri-
ty to friends, benevolence 70 mankind,
and piety to COP. = -.
Compare this state with that of affect
ed people of fashion, embarrassed in
circumstances, distressed BY vain cares,
tossed abou.byyarious passions and vain
faneies. Let the hearts Of the dSluded
votaries Of vanity, themselves decide
upon it, amidthe silence Of nj ght-when
they rest on their. pillows, and when
the streets are undis.urbed by the rafting
oftheir carriages. , =
%.sats**as.s =.
-. Domestic Haepiaess.-The great end
Of pradepfe is 10. giye1eheerfulness to.
those hours which splendor cannot gid,
and acclamation cannot exhiiirase.
Those soft int. rvals Of unhe nded amuse.
ment, in which man shrinks to his ma
tural dimensions, and throws aside the
ornaments or DISCUSSES wh:ehhe feels,
in privacy, to be useless incumbrances.
and to loose all effect when they become
familiar. To6e happy at hams- 10 the.
ultimate result Of all ambition; the end
to which every enterprise and labour
tends, andofwhieh every desire prompts
the prosecution. Ills indeed at home
that every man must be known by those
who would make a just estimate
either of his virtue orfelicity for smiles
and embroidery are alike occasional,
and the mind Is often dressed For show
10 rainted honor, ond fictitious bensvo-
lsnee. -, =. - a e
Feeling and Ferfitadr. -
The man blessed with a feeling heart
yet deprived Of "A firm mind. Ike the
precious, but plisni. full-eared corn bends
= at eser,s pressure, Is the sport of every
breath the cailoas hearted man, what
ever be his mental endowments. resem-
hles the colossal, marble column we
admire il. strength and shape but from
its cold touch, apd shelterless capital.
We turuso the lsafy bower, and to the
warm cottage. He alone, is perfect in
his nature, whose energies of mind are
tempered by the softer feeling; he then
receives, uncorrupted, the sun Of pros
perity and though often exposedto, is
never borne down BY the blast of adverse
fortune he bears about him, for him.
/ self, and for others, every flower that
sweetens the path Of life--every fruit
that inyigorates him eheeffully.
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The following Is the opinion ofa late
30 Ingenious writer, respecting the people
called Qnakers -" " ha. isfamiliar and
near to Us, excites little scrutiny or
= investigation !; but the time may come
when wise legislature will condescend
TO enquire, by what means whole soci-
ETY. (in both the Old and New world 10
made to act and think with uniformity,
for upwards Of . centuryi BY what policy
without emolument from Government
= they have become the only people free
from poverty by what economy they
have thus prevented beggary and want
amongs. their membets, while the natl.