The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-12


Slyv1 lsborantes geluque
Flumina constiterint acute
Dissolve trigus, ligna super TOGO
Large reponens atque, eenignius,
Dyprome quadrinum sabina
- Thaisrche, mcrum diota.
Permtte divs cstera.
Hon. LIN. l. cd. 9.
Behold Soractes airy height,
See how it stands an heap OF snow;
Behold the Winters hosry weight
Cypress the iabring woods below
And by the seasons ICY hand
CongeaPd the lazy rivers stand
Now melt away the winters cold
Aud larger pile the cheerful fire,
Bring down the vintage four-year-o'd
Whose meilow'd neat can mrth INSPIRE
Then to the Guardian Pow, IS divine
Careless the rest of Lie resign.
Francis.
.FEBRuARY.
Inever see heavy fall of snow, like that
which have been, now, observing, through
my window, for several hours, without feel
ing AN in ,tinctive flow and gaiety OF spirits.
This is. probably, the eject OF an early as
sociatiop of ideas, which the mind still makes
without my perceivng II. Form my young
days snow was the constant s'gnai tor
an hundred different, delightful amuse
on OF use, perhaps, from the much sreatet
inf equeo cy OF the inv,iing Cause Fifty
years ago. in such d snow his, which is
already Mus inches deep, all the young folks
were leapng and bounding with antc'pat
ed de igh and could not be KEEP within
doors ev IA until tn snow mad ceased 10 fail.
L et,t children OF four or Ave years old
wo d clear a place In the yard and prop
pla * or an old door 10 catch snow nifds, pull
bn he trigger, Al ernately, by ring
who was c uduc'ed through tho windo"
int the ouse oen tn would roll balls
In the Sald-wonder a their rapid and IN
q unl able &C m la iou-and contend who
Sh u!d max the lrgest. he country
DO and gus woad wage the Joyous war OF
Snov -ball--or unite III a parry OF sleighlng--
or ran races, by sliding planks over the
fir zen surface VI he snow, down the long
slope OF Il hill sidc. Dreadful at such d sea
son was the carnagf among the tenants OF
tire a 7, Inc field and he orest-traps
si.ares, springs III a thousand forms contri-
but d 20 their destruction and the huntsinen
followed on the track OF he hyii g game. with
a Ger ainty and perse yerance which no
speed. nor cunning, nor strength could e.
lude.
But it was during the fall itself of a cold
and driving now, while the mhoe creation
without was shivornng and shrinking from
the blast and drift, and filling the air with
the many-toned EXPIRE oi their autter-
lngs, that the highest Interest was excited
Ill all who were capable OF ceiling and re
hsctIng. 1t was then Wine the folks and
herds were driven 10 tReIr Iulds d stalls,
and the wind was heard 10 whistle on the
outside of those walls which i, could not
pierce, hat we became sensible OF the SUI
peliaI intelligence OF and learned TO
appreciate the thousand couveniences and
C. mforts which that Intelligence had spread
around him.
hen, 90, it was with the family drawn
togetheI al nlShI in a friendly circle, a
round me blazing and cheerful earth, with
br wn mug ui that simpl-, rural beverage,
tht juice OF the apple. placed before them =
tiat i first earGed to. estimate the social
char er ot man and tasted the pure charms
OF II uuus. and Instructive Conversation
Sucn WAS the time for innocence to come
forth. without blush or terri, and shew her
thoughts; for strong, oncu ured sense &c
exhibit his muscles and Ter rural learning
40 open / S leg nGary lore Conversations
Gkc 'h0se, do lot hear i'll the present time
ht ar, indeed more AIppancy and smart
ness perhaps more wit and decoration
but hear much less OF solid and useful
sense /; and above all much less OF unaffect-
ed nature. For it was nature ;; IL was
this arch enChantress that infused The mimi
table, re,is1ess charm. Then, no caviiling
hypercrlhc stood by. to catch the speaker
before he tripped of course no one though,
himself obliged to speak by the card" lesi
"equivr cation should undo him" linen, no
willing stood, with uplifted gig to hit the
first halr-breadth opening that presented it,
self, and, thus, to arrest the useful progress
OF the conversation. No snarling satirisi OF
turner OF inyectives crouched, like tiger
10 seize his wandering and unsuspcctiug
prey. No malignant demon OF Islander
haunted the unguarded circle to gather ma
terials for to-morrow's tale. N: ali was
freedom, and ease and confidence and
friendship aud " out of the abundance OF
the heart the mouth spoke" without fear and
without restraint.
am well aware that all this may be con
sdered as nothing more than the com
mon prejudice of old people in tavor other
C7evals. Yei / think we have enough OF
the old stock remaining to convince any
young man OF candOr and sound judgment
that the oplnicn deserves better name than
that of prejudice Look at the remains OF
our revolutionary, worthies--ihose plain
honest, hardy sons of vaior and virtue
and compare them with " the sllken, duck
ms nDseryants" ofthe present day. Is there
not as much difference between them as
there was between the cotemporaries Of Fa-
hrleius and those OF Pompey at Rome he
we en- the frugal simplicity and incorrupti.
BILE honor which marked the first ages OIL
that great republic and the degeneracy