The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11
ARKETsTREET So per nnumayable half yearly in advance



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session of his island of Barataria, he finds to his
that like his great predecessor, Go.
vernon Sancho Panza, he is exposed to the buffet
ings of misfortune, the shafts Of malice, the rich
mans contumely, and that finally he must make l.,
the best of his way, with his own humble Dapplel
over the race ground of human life; consoIingl :,
himself with Socrates, that "the fewer our wants,
the nearer we resemble the gods" H.
There are certainly very many pretty derep i
tions, Gas well as some sore dsarpon,ments)ls
practised upon US, for which we are indebted toll,
the ventriloquism of the imagination where T.
"The pleasure is as great, L
Ofbeing cheated as to cheat" {
But unluckily, experience opens our eyes andIt
dissipates into idle wind" the beautiful visions
that lowered around the fancy. The illusions off
anticipation are innumerable.
Nothing is more difficult to be endured than
1.-The chagrin and modification OF tAe creduous|
holder OF lottery tickets, upon finding that hisl
money sis in the deep bosom ofthe oeean buried
and that all his day dreams OF glory, and all hsl
lwel-built castles in the air are buried with it'll
leaving not a wreck behind ;-niGsni nominisI
lunsbra Addison in the Spectator gives us plea
lsant narrative of the whims and follies of those
wbo expect to obtain livelihood by the Lottery.
lone man pitched upon the number I'LL because
THAT number correspondent with the date Of the
wears another was almost furious for number
q 1874. because that was the majority by which an
obnoxious bill was defeated in the house Of Com
, mons; and certain jealous dissenier, being a
i. great enemy to Popery and believing that bad
p, linen are the most fortunate in this world, would
u Law two to one on the number o66 against any o.
: Their number, because, said he, il is the number
-lof the beast" Now, notwithstanding the fact
,rthat thousands of people in this country and tens
- of thousands more in Europe. are aanudhy ruin
}, led by the pernicious passion Of Lottery Gambling
.''-yet there are other thousands and other ter
II thousands who are in defiance Of experience
ID arithmetic, common sense and probability, imrov
D. erish themselves by "throwing buckets int
j. empty wells, and growing old in drawing nothing
ii Iup"
Still Ounce the second bags like Ounce the first
80 And the p,ofessed gambler too, cheated by an
,Iticipation, and by his unprncipled companions
= Shakes again his foolish cap-throws his last die
: and dies.
es Even the every day concerns Of life are iraugh
llwith wholesome instruction upon the vanity o
nd human anticipation. II for example Mr. E'iltor
nd You were in great want of money (Which The kin
i fstes ever forescnd from you and yours,) and ON
of your debtors should come iii ia thing not at al
n probable )--with smiling face, and after the du
IT salutstiuns of the morning, say in very com
to PLEASANT tone, Please Sir to make out my bll"-
it2lwith what alzcrity would you drop your book
- Yuu would say, well i, is the most apropos thin
I. rn the world you would make OFT his bill wit
ola iightened heart because you already see,
all anticipation, the handsome and neatly execute
nslbills of the Perkins check.pla,e stamp; or yo
he already hear the music of the Spanish lncd do
;.,llars srikng in sweetest melody .ff- 3nur cars
1;s But no such thing. 1t is only anticipation tn
A' YOU hear for the impenerable DEBTOR with II
erutmost sang iroid cody asks you to write npt
md A NOTE!
'cn "Like Ajax sullen ghost you stalk away"
- Most of us have had onr expectations raiss
mo and our appetites sharpened; "the man WI
VS. lives by hope will die by hunger'--afer a lor
md and dreary and rough days ride in the countr
lin over posts and rocks and precipces--with the
ore greeable anticipation of a good supper when '
A.. arrive at the tavern; and good bed 10 boz
W. how often do the most reasonable anticipate
an fail us! The anticipated coffee turns into Vi
We Bohea Tea, and the poultry and ham into ranc
ovelpork and watery potatoes the bed too! how IT
inns my lively and hungerbitlen tenants welcome y
ON Ito your dread repose.
- Yet it is not the youthful enthusiast, the cred
sN lous haberdasher in tickets, the conliding cred
ark or, nor the hungry traveller only that buy "go
dds en- opinions of anticipation. The disappointme
andof the farmer who has carried his produce to mi
ofket-before he has raised it, the modification
,be THE candidate for office who gets majority-e
's''t that nobody reads-but himself; OF the pla,
are who struts his hour before beggarly account
nee empty boxes-snd of the patriot who is ready
d a. die for the good of his country -when his tir
,;sh comes worthy of record, for NJ are Whip
lac by the scorpions Of disappointed anticipation.
US say nothing Of
res -"The lover,
that Signing like furnace, with a woful ballad
T. OIL Made to his mistress eye brow
ifu' or the Haunting and confident belle who sper
ON unnecessary hours at the toilet, nor OF 1
ar, dandy who tortures his head and body into
sorts of shapes for the sake Of beauty In vain
lticipation is still mile ahead of realty-Co'
''er teous and good nat,red Il hate ll-nature) read
ma in Specification of my kindness proffer to til
fall my naked right hand, acishiag, peradyenture,
inImay enjoy in reality the blessing OF good &C
ups, science-a good purse, good friends and 60
TO- temper. JACQUES
80 HINTS FOR YOUNG LADIES.
fvoupg women waste in trivial amusemeI
seh'Ithe prime season for improvement. which is
i'm tween the age of sixteen and twenty, they v
ntiylhereafter regret bitterly the loss. when tn
be come to feel themselves inferior in knowledge
fled almost every one they converse with and, abe