Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-20

derision Blu, should your own madness goad you
on in the course upon which you have entered, IT
may safely be predicted, II your constituents cann"'
or will not afford "a remedy, an insuted people VIII.
GRACIOUS.
TThe following e.say is written IN imitation ofDr
Franklin's Fable ofthe whistle, and contains mo-
raj worthy of remembrance. We insert it with
pleasure, and tender our correspondent our thanks
.or the favor he has conferred
FOR TIE LITERARY CADET.
"yNake hay uhae Me sun shines"
This apop,besm may b. found among The most
ancient of the English proverbs II implies no
only the proper time for makins hay, for the pur
pose Of providing sufficient store gainst the want.
OF the coming winter, bat slso that people in every
situation aud condition in life, should be prepared
10 meet the exigencles which await them.
When we see school boy wasting his time in
play, ueslectng his books and the opportunity CIV
EN- him for procuring AN education under tie best
of ructors we say to ourselves that boy will moi
excel, for he does not " make hay while the sun
shines"
When we see u father indul ing his son in al
the frippery of dress, winking at his ear habit
OF dissipation and furnishing HIM with money fo- the
purpose of gratifying Lis youthful appstites in all
that he may desire. Instead of ,toriug his mind th
useful literature, to enable him to prosecute lu-
crative trade, or to follow some other eml lsyment,
we say to thai unrefee.ios 3aren', you may live
TO see that child of indulgence br'ng down your
gray hairs with sorrow to the grave" and ,ameni
that you did not understand the "a, OF making hay
while the sun shines"
When we see mother indulging her daughter
in all the vantles of the world, aud filling her head
full of notions OF her superiority in personal charms
or accom- plishments, and furnishing her wardrobe
with all the gaudy materials of dress that she may
nave the means to appear in all the hues of the
rainbow, so that she outshine her fair neighbors
as much dress she is taught TO believe that she
Toes in personal graces whilst she neglects to instil
into her mind rational ideas OF things and the ne
cessary art ofdomestlc affairs, with so much Of Sc
ence as will enable her TO hold aonal conversatio,
| and become the companion ofa ratonal man, ho
will esteem her mental far above her personal
| charms, we say to that mother, you are running
your child, and at the age OF twenty, instead OF
companionable being, whose interesting converse
ton will charm every hearer, aud excite in the
minds of the most worthy of the other sex, an am
bilious desire TO possess the hand of lady OF suc
superior merit, you wall fnd her destitute o
that knowledge, which will be useful to her in af
ter life, and too late you will find to your sorrow
| that you did not " make hay while the sun shonc.'
| lnIv in the a,
| youth and beauty, jtipg and coqueting her lovers
and trining with the feelings off man, who is wof
Thy to become her lord and husband and wastnI
the hey day of youth in being beloved and despse'
by the most amiabe Of the other sex, who hav
ielt the smart her ungenerous treatment aud VIII
does not change her course Of conduct until sb
finds herself orsaken, and the wrinkles on her brov
warning her that soon never she must obtain
husband, and then find to her sorrow that tn
choice OF a companion is no longer left her, w
think fair girl that you have mi sed figure, an'
have good reason to grieve that you did not "mak
hay while the sun shone.'
When we see a young man at his first commence
ment IN business. spipg in the splendor of dress
equipage and other fashionable expenses of thos
who were born rich, or who in long course q
successful industry, have accumulated abundance
wealth, we say to him, young man your iolle
will lead you to the wretched abode ola priso
house, and make you dissraceful petit'"ner 10
the benefit Of the nsovent act, because you did no
make hay while the sun shone."
|, When we see young man instead Of 'mprov'n
his talents. and striving by every honourabie near
TO make himself respected in society, spending h
time in idleuess and wasting the patrimony left hi
f ~ provident pareuts--we say to him you are
the broad road to ruin and will shortly be despise
because you do not "make hay while the su
; | shines"
, When we see young married couple with lin
tod means, initiating the rich in their household
fairs, and instead Of living within their income, pr'
cure expensive furniture upon credit, and set up e