The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-10-19
From the Trenton Emporium.
BE SHORT.

Some pcoplo have round about way oil
getting at things which is as wasteful Of time
as it is trying to tho patience. ] wish the
printers would notice it in the paper, and ad'
wise every body, on all manner of occasions TO
abe short shah be so.
What can be more vexatious, whenyou are
just going about your ordinary business, and
perhaps in hurry too, than for some idle fell
ow to take you by the button TO say "only a
word" and detain you half an hour, in du-
rance vile, listening to a story without begin
ming, middle, point or end. In which every
| little particular is intermingled with intermi'
nable digressions, silly comment, and tire
| some fal-de-ral Take such one by the ears,
and tell him 70 "Je short" under the penalty Of
osing them.
My.neighbor Lewis Longyarn, has cost mo
moro time than two cows are worth, within
six months, by this very species of i'll manners
and yot hc thinks himself one Of she clever
est chaps in the lane, and laughs thro' all bis
stories as ifthcrc was a spice Of wit in them.
He accosted me to day as ! was going to din
ner--and this is an important business with
mo, for am an old man, and my working dys
are nearly over. "Good morning uncle Oil
yer, I've word TO say to Well--be
short, I'm called 20 dinner"--"Oh yes, Ill be
short, but cgad before the fellow had explain
ed to me how his pig had gotten into his eel
lar and overturned his milk pans, the pudding
was as cold as stone, and worthy dame Dor
othy, almost uttered a complaint.
Short speeches, short stories, short court
ships--a wise man will always be short in these
things l never knew a short sermon that
was not moro liked for ia short story that
had not the more pith in tor short court
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one showed lad, who had been running
after his sweetheart two years, old cousin Je'
remsab's long purse, which measured half a
yard, and had bu. single sixpence at the bot
otte's, and they both took hint from it and
got married at once.
But the fashion Of the times is contagious
Tell all the story-tellers, and spccch-makers;
tell all manner of good people how pleasant
thing il is to-"Bc short" Q. OAKwoop.
ExTRAcr.-Belieyo me, the world is NIGH
ty pleasant creature, only do not, as I said be-
fore, expect too much from 1t. In the hour
Of peace, Of prosperity, and relaxation, seek
the world; in moderation, taste Of il as you
would of strong cordial; but lose not the rc.
membrance that il turns bitter on the lees;
drink it not to excess, or IL will lead TO folly,
ignominy, or death. Hope nothing from the
world in tho hour of sorrow. Hopo little even
from friends; try them not too much,-is is
painful to find them wanting Trust only in
that world which rs not no,o, but which must
como to all, whether they will or not. Look
at the great word written over the portal of
DEATH Eternity SEEK your comfort there
II is only when we refuse 10 listen TO rea.
son and religion; when we dare not raise our
eyes steadily to contemplate the future; when
we devote ourselves TO this world; that our
pleasures become hcartless as the mcrriment
Of drunkard; that our suffsrings crush Us
with weight that has no alienation; and that
death appears at once the most terrible, and
the most certain of all events.
II is easy to live weH among good people
But shew Inc the man, who can preserve his
temper, bis wisdom and his virtue, in spite of
strong temptation and universal example.
| ANOTHER AuToMAroN. An automaton
is now exhibiting, in Gcnesc, Livingston
county, N. Y. He makes divers motions,
and "can answer course of questions in
Philosophy. Dr. Balcom is the maker OF
this "learned Tbeban."--A correspondent
the Livingston Journal, l,says that the lat
ter and the Chess Player, "are as near a.
kin as cousins"
A wyiter in the Democrats Press, says
he has just been informed that the much
talked Of manuscript Of the "Religion OF
tho sum-" said to be among the papers of
the deceased Thomas Jefferson. has been
discovered by a gentleman ofPhiladelphia.
The manuscript appears to be precisely in
the state in which IL was written, withou,
either being corrected or annotated. From
the antiquity ofthe writing, or the badness
of the pspcr, there win apparently be grea,
difficulty in decyphering the production.
NEWSPAPERS. There are now publish
cd in Connecticut 81 newspapers, exclusive
Off religious and literary periodical.
Maryland Eleeiion. In Baltimore, Mes.
srs. Little and Barney have been elected
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