Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-10-27

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Impractical in the arts of deceit. i
fondiy believed every heart as guile,
less rs my own. But the day at length
came which dissippaied this delusiop,
and laugh; me, by bitter experience,
to set just value upon the empty pro
PASSIONS of hollow hearted friends
Unsuspecting confidence in the hon.
esty of others, had ruined me. In this
hour of trial. ! had recourse TO my
friends Now, thought /, is the time
to test the strength and purity of their
attachment. Bat how was l chagrln.
ed and mortified. to find myself re-
pulsed and forsaken, by these who had
shared most literally in my fortune
A fter several Intellectual applications
for assistance, Ino longer doubted the
truth of my uncle's remark. This,
thought /, is demonstration clear as
Euclid.-After suffering awhile the
keenest paDgs of disappointment, ]
was led 10 inquire the cause OF being
neglected by those who had bat lately
prolessed themselves my warnest
friends. Am | not the same person
now as before? Have become vicious
and prof gate? Conscience whispered,
No. Is it because am no longer
Fortunes favorite? The remark ofun
Gle Thomas flashed across my memo
| ~ THE world will eourty o n friend
ship so long only as you are prospe
rousi" II is because am poor!--thls
is tI,ercason: And mast mans viz
tues then, / exclaimed, be in proper
ton to his wealth! Must he carry his
good qualities in his purse? and must
they be estimated according to the
number OF dollars it contains Are
there no redeemiDg qualities in the
poor man, that will place him on lie
vel with the rich: Bat complaints were
of no avall-they could not restore my
lost fortune: and as for those false
friends, | wished them not. What ]
lost in wealth, has been gained in Elk.
perience. ELUsUs.
Sang Froid. Darn en-" said 10
nathan at The battle of Bunker Hill,
"they're shooting bulletsn when one
Of them passed through the top OF his
hat.
.8LmchaUsen on .NtntIauSened The follow
/ ing story, far exceeds any thing which we have
ever met with ia the way of ludicrous lying. -
The sailors wind. in which it required ten men
to hold one mans hair on, is nothing to IT, the
| telescope, by which not only the buttons on a
| mans coat at ten miles were counted. but his
conversation heard, falls far short of this in.
credible of all incredibcs.
From late German paper
"In an imperial city, lately, cri
,ninal was condemned to be beheaded
who had singular itching to play a,
nine pins While his sentence was
pronouncing, he had the teHerity to
offer a request to be permitted to play
once more at his favori.e game at the
place of execution, and then, he said
he should submit without mufmur
AS the last prayer of dying man, his
request was granted. When arrived
at the solemn spot, he found every
thing prepared, The pins being set up
and the bowl being ready. He played
with no little earnestuess; but the Sher.
lift at length, seeing that he showed no
inclination to desist, privately ordered
the executioner to strike the fatal blow
as he stopped for the bowl. The ex-
ecutioner did so, and the head dropped
into the culprit's hand as he raised him,
self; he Immediately aimed at the nine,
conceiving it was the bowl which he
grasped. All nine falling, the head
loudly exclaimed, "By - / have
wonthe game"
The Winchester Republican happily
illustrates the proportion which the
quantity of printed matter contained in
pamphlets, printed in the usual style,
bears to that which is conveyed TO the
public through the columns of news
paper, in the following paragraph:
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