The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-02-22
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vouiJ give him liberty 10 eat only Tie grass on
A1t.2l square yards, in the form Of an elipse, the
conjugate dlameie OF which should be 90 yds.
halter was put on the horse, which extended from
his mouth yards. Repu Ped the length Of rope,
which, tied 10 the end Of the halter, would give the
above .ibsf,y also the manner IN which the rope
should be fastened whether 1T the centre, or il not,
at what distance from the centre. NJ.
Ptt$s&sl
Some insinuaticns connected with the mar.
riaee Of Messrs. b. Richards and E. Coolbrooth,
of Scarborough, having obtained publicity in .
communication in the Gazette Of the 25th ult.
which contained an assertion respecting the Jus.
tice. calculatedto make wrong impression with
regard to his moral character, We feel II our
duty to disclam all participation 10 the pitiful
scandal farther than its PRONUNCIATION In our col.
umns. II originated. as We have reason to sup
pose. in malice, and was communicated for mis-
chievous purposes. 30 far from there being any
thing improper ia the conduct Of the magistrate,
Ne understand il Was strictly correct and proper.
We have received a large number Of obituary
notices for this days paper, to which, 10 compli.
ance with former usage, We have given room.
We have done 1t, however, reluctantly. We
love that grief and that respect, which gees not
abroad int the public gaze, but seeks in the luz
ury that Salm serenity Of soul, which
friends must abundantly bestow. II has become
too common to send useless and fulsome pane.
gyricks on the dead, into the world; which, in
stead Of raising our admiration OF affection fcs
those who are in the grave, produce low esti-
nation Of the wisdom Of the living The FREE
quency of such eulogiums upon common charac.
ters. has destroyed their value. We have all
felt. when We have lost friend, or had one still
dearer than friend torn from us, how sharp 10
the pans we nced not an Indifferent Newspaper
puff to convince us Of our anguish. parent
need not be told how great Is his affection at the
death of his child, OF a child how much to mourn
at the loss ofits parent nor need the public DO
told Of it--and surely he who has been accus-
toned to draw happiness from the eyes Of the
partner CT his hopes and cares, closed now in the
silent tomb--O surely he finds no consolatson =
the extravagant praise, lavished in a paper! b
knows she lived beloved and died lamsnted her
virtues are smbalmed in HE RENE mbrance, ehd
will live there forever. But ifone who has gone
from the world, left no memory Of virtues behind,
a newspaper ought not certainly to crafty few
intimates to be a vehicle ofialschood and decep-
ton, by giving to him when dead, a reputation
and name he never deserved when living. We
must object, therefore. for the future, to insert
indiscriminate panegyrtks, unless we are &C
quainted with the character Of the object ofthem,
or with the name Of the author.
Obituary notices cannot add single perfection
TO the dead however highly colored they may be ;
but may often excite disgust -" all hoods make
not monks." Some notices we have seen, we
could most.heartly wipe away, aud write instead,
this one line g. God made him and therefore let
him pass for man."
These observations are not made in aliusion to
any notices Of to-day, but are intended to apply
generally to cases Of ne wspaper eharacters.