Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-18

lcoHiparsuve ministers oil mercy,
Newspaper Reading Who would
nottske newspaper Why it is worth.
more than ell the travelling from Cape
Cod 10 the Stony Mountains, and from
the Lake Of the Woods TO Terrs del Flu
ego. Seated in your old fasbion,d a. n.
chair, you can look out upon The world
as mirror, and observe the busy scsna
passing in ever changing review before
your minds eye A newspaper. fsie.d
IS the camera obscure that briggs the ob.
jects abroad within the narrow coupsss
Of vision. Here is fine medley ior
YOUR amusement There's some music
too, in the bargain. The first thing YOU
enter, perchanee, Is The Muses. Low.
err" Is not the poetry snrbsntinss
Now and then, perhaps, a young an.
teur selzes the Tyre, out of lun or a.era
obstinate self conceit, and gives lew
twangs, like the sound OF raindfaps on
a brass kettle; but after all his impetii.
nent vanity is amusing; & he may pos<i-
bly, improve.
Next comes tale of love, bon u.ots.
aphorisms and agriculture politics, re-
ce'pas, murders, suicides and nelan.
cboiy accidents-Dews from all quar-
tsrs OF the globe editorial squbs' pew
inventions, original essays; marrias )
and deaths. What world of arfi.le..
All amusing, INSTRUCTIVE and enlgi.ie ing
Aside from triAipg gentle rea..er, ~
us make mathematical calculator
Are you aware how much food for sh..
mind you get, in the course of a yesf.
from volume of newspapers' here
is paper containing is columns &c
reading matter per week, exclusive or'
advertisements; each column complies
at least. as much as moderate pages :
volume. Here you have so pase.pev
week, and 4160 per year, sufficient 1,
torn work of Q large volumes. qaii,. =.
snug little library, and for mere t, a.,
of two dollars. And then, only blink G e
the vast fund OF enterlanm. NJ whi4 r.
you and your family will derive from Il.
bow it adds to your conse quenca smef o
your neighbours. Friend A. is a Wv.
intelligent man. (they will say,} & Liz
children are all chips of the old b K:
who knows but some ofthem may h. 81
TO sendt to Congress at some g. . orr
others Think of this once and who
would not take paper, which costs 10
more than one paper of tobacco, or a.
glass OF grog per weekly b. imts.
A story has been going the rounds of
lump of gold (moulded into sou etf d. 6
like the form Of man) being car, &
from Cheraw, South Carol na, by a
merchant, Of The weight Of more than
hundred pounds, and many wiser pso-
pie than we, suffered themselves to hA
hoaxed by il. The Camden Journal
gives US the key to this stor,, which, in
il was absured enough upon the face OF
it. is perfectly ludicrous as explained.
The Journal says--"Ws should have.
''been as much puzzled as the 5ulle IL
l"it we lad not happened to undsrsia Id
the quiz. and to be in possession OF lie
key that unlocked it. TWAS q f,itrd
l"of ours. who owned this mass Of what
they called gold; but. after all, ii was
"a mere ebony and topaz concern, Ie-
ling nothing more nor less. than a ia.
gro fellow named Gould. black as SCOT
with set oftssth IS white as sea ele.
Is'nhant's.o
Col King, whose name has been so oil 20
mentioned ia coanexion with the Morga, Il
fair. dad sslr51anfsr Of as.fr4aw. -