Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-19

| aver " not from eAp'HehNot put h~N'
observaiien. Our Friend solomon
soushwick, once published poem en-
titled 'Pteasures Of Poverty anc altno'
no body read more than the first page
il was the best thing Solomon ever did
1t was The perversrty of mankind, not
the .absence OF eoloFie" IN the poem
that prevented the Pleasures Of Power
ty" from becoming immsTtsl'
| We pity rich man-and why' BE
cause he is like the unlucky feIlsw who
adorns the frst page Of the Almanac.
Aries, the ram, is eternally jumping O.
yer his head, ready to butt out bis brains
for the sake OF getting at bis purse
Maurus, the bull is goring him with
! beth horns TO make him bleed freely !;
| (Gemini, generally fall 10 the lot OF
the poor man the claws of Cancer
are fa,tened OH his breast in the shape
Of poor relations--Leo, is couceant be-
fore him watching the opportunity to
prey upon his possessions Virgo, is
LAYING snares for bis heart-LIbra, is
| weighing his losses IS corpio, is stingiD 2
him With ingr altitude Sagatarius, trans
fixes him with the arrows Of envy-Ca
pricarnus, is boarding bin with ihe sPi
rit Of rlvairy-Aquarius changing thu
sex is keeping him in hot whirlpool
of routes, parties, and balls to oblige a
| dashing wife, s. moneywssting daugh
ters; and to sum up his miserles, the
| slippery Fishes render his footing IN
stable, and his standing uncertain; for
| they are neither more nor less than the
chances and changes Of life. Who so
hard hearted as not to pity the rich
| mann
Who is logged in the streets, and
knocked down at midnight The rich
man Whose house is broken into
| by robbers? The rich mans Who
has bis pocket cut out, and his coat
spoiled 10 crowd? The rich man. Who
is IN doubt whether people are not
laughing at him in their sleeves, when
they are eating bic dinneT3 The rich
( man. Who add. to his trouble by eve
ry story waich be adds 60 his house?
The rich man; for the higher tie ascesds
the colder is the atmosphere. A bank
breaks, and who suffers? The rich
stakeholder and depositor War blows
his horn, aHd who trembIes? Death ap-
praaahes, and who fears 10 look hm in
the facet Why the rich man; and ye'
! all the world eBVies the rich. Depend
upon it, reader, the length of your face
will Away be proportion to the length
Of your purse. ifyou live in two sto
ny house, be thankful. and coVet OF the
loft r mansion of your neighbor You
but dshonor yourself, aud insult your
des'iay, by frettins and rsPining.
Hydropbobia 49, IN extraordinary case
Of I!dr"phob'a occurred recently in
Leicestershire, England. an lime
rant vender of tin wares, whose name
was Grauge, resident, oil Loushbo-
rough, was proceeding about menths
ago, through a sma! town between
Lnughborough end Leicester, with his
stock in trade upon bis head when a
large dog, Of the cur specius, attacked
a small one, which was following at bis
! tttiof VIC tEDWaHt VI ofucF 10 save UfS
, faithful little servant from the Jaws Of
the savage cur. stopped TO lift it from
the ground, WHEN the eur seized him
| by the lip, which was bitten severely.
The wound was sore for upwards of a
week, and at length. healed. Nothing
more was thought of the matter for four
or five menths, subsequently,, when OF
various occasions he mentioned to his
acquaintance that a fancy continually
haunted hin that he would die in 81
milar way TO Mr. organs of Six Hills.
! aliuding to farmer whe sometime be.
fore bad died rsving mad from the eff
! fects Of a dogs bite He also express
/ ed bis fears that the cur which had bit
him months previous was in a rabid
state. Being man accustomed TO in
dulge rather freely in his pstations, his
repeated assertions that be should "die
mad" were treated bv the persons 10
whom he made them with derision -
However. the unfortunate man was
suddenly taken dreadfulIy i'll, and be gan
TO betray the usual symptoms of insani
~ attending this horrible malady. He
occasionally barked like dog; frothed
at the mouth, refused all sustenance.
and recelled at the appearance Of wa
ter He was sensible of his situation at
intervals, cautioned his attendants to
beware of him, aud having expressed