Elizabeth-Town gazette., 1819-09-07

end, both al first and now, was and u.s. 'o
hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature
to show pride her own folly, hypocrisy
her own deformity, and the very nooles'
works Of man their mutability, and nn-
importance. Now, to give purposeiy ths'
you may be seen by men, though 1t make
the ignorant applaud, cannot but make the
judicious grieve; the censure oil when
one must in your allowance, o'erweigll
whole tabernacle. OF others. q! there
be men that have seen, aud heard others
praise, and that highly, not 10 speak il
unjustiy, that, neither have the piety Of
christian, nor the compassion of christian,
pagan, nor man, have spent their time
visiting the huts Of poverty. not to relieve
the urgent wants Of the iDhabitnnts, but
to draw the scene Of misery from life, and
paint themselves 10 colours, glowing, yet
so modest, that have thought some min
istering angel had been sent, % ease the
snfferings OF mortality, they initiated
charity so admirably. O reform it alto
gether: and let those that give their coun-
sci, give first their aims; for there be OF
them that will themselves pray, and bring
their friends to pray too, though, in the
meantime, those they are praying with,
perish for the necessaries of life; that's
incongruous, aud shows want Of feeling
in the man that uses it.
All prevaricating equiv ocations OF truth
10 words, but deceit IN Specification, are
the articles and subterfuges Of weak aud
wicked men. Whatever may be the APP
parent tenor of the words, if deception
be the object, if falsehood be III mask
behind them, they are lies Of the most in
famous character.
Nothing less indicates penetrating and
judiciousiy perseveripg mind, than per-
tiDacious resistance TO the opinions and
arguments of others, when we feel sensi-
BILE that they are just. If we hold our
selves willing TO be convinced, and readi-
ly confess it when we are SO, every one
will acknowledge our candor and judg-
ment; and most commonly We should
even impress him who has convinced us
with a sense of our superiority.
A habit OF chattering with silly un-
meaning incoherence is very evident
symptom of an empty head. Many weak
men insult the female sex, by supposing
them incapable of any other converse and
custom has SO far sanctioned it that many
ladies expect it, and are satisfied with it.
But if they consulted their own dignity
they would scorn the Insignificant fribbles
who thus address them.
DECEPTION.
Sieur Boaz, the slight Of hand man,
was lately accosted by retailer Of oran-
ges. "Well, my lad,'' says the Sieur,
" how do you sell them ?"-" Tuppence
piece, Sir" says the orange DEALER
/" High priced, indeed" rejoined the de-
ceiyer; however | will try them" Cut
ting an orange in four pieces, g Behold, .
says the Sieur, (producing a new guinea
from the inside of the orange, how your
fruit repays me for your extortion. Come
| can afford to purchase one more" and
repeated the same experiment as with the
first. " Well, TO be sure," says he, g they
are the first fruit ever found to produce
golden seeds" The Sieur then wished
10 come TO terms for the whole basket !;
but the astonished clodpole, with joys
alacrity, ran out Of the house, aud reach
ing home, began to quarter the contents
of the whole basket. But alas ! the seeds
were no more than the produce of nature |;
the copjurer alone possessing the golden
art.-London paper.
p Commodore Decatur, in concluding a
treaty of peace with the Dey Of Algiers,
was urged by the Dey to pay him some
kind Of tribute, even if nothing more than
quantity Of powder, annually. The
Commodore observed that be believed his
government would have no objections to
accommodate the Dey with quantity of
ponder, but he must take balls with it.
For Sale,
YEyHE HOUSE & LOT formerly the
IL property of DAVID MILLER, de-
ceased, situate in the pleasant village Of
Bottle Hill. The House is of convenient
size, we'll built, of good materials, and
nearly new; adjoining is Shop, which
is occupied as Cabinet-maker's shop
The Lot contains about three acres, and
is covered with an Orchard Of choice
fruit, just beginning TO bear.