The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-02-25

llI was WINTER or he would 90 to hell and
get warm After putting large quantity
OF dry wood upon the fire, and with great
difficulty, on account of his intoxication,
seating himself before it, the children left
him alone about three o'clock, p NJ. About
ten O'Clock in the evening his sister having
slept away the fumes of her rum, came to
herself, awoke and went into the room /: and
10, the awful spectacle she beheld, was her
brother burnt to cinder as lolU as his hips
1t appeared he fell asleep pitched forward
on the fire, and was too drunk either to as
slst himself, or call for aid or if he called,
all IN the house were too drunk to hear or
too dead to go to his relief
He was laid out the room where his father
lay dead-all but breathing. Late in the
morning he awoke, went out, and asked his
daughter what corpse that was in his room
Alter hearing the story, without making any
reply, he went in pursuit of his bottle and
recommended his drinking!
Reader, do you drink ardent spirits !?
How do you know but such may be your
awful end Remember God has said, "Wine
IS mocker, and strong drink raging, and
he that Is deceived thereby is not wise"
HINTS To THE LADIES. It has always
been remarked, that the generality of fe-
males have many admirers, at the same
time, few or no lovers; and they wonder at
lt--but the reason is obvious--if thev
thought, but thinking has become quite I'M
fashionable. All !" said venerable
maiden, lamenting the degeneracy of the
age, counting is nothing to what 1t was
when was young. The firts now a-days,
make the fellows SO saucy, that there is
hardly to be found a respectable lover"
The observation was just. The ladies ofthe
last age were mole respected, because thew
were more reserved. For want of a proper
reserve, they are treated with Indifference.
which is nearly allied to contempt. They
make themselves too cheap to keep I'D their
consequence, without which thew can never
be respectable. To speak philosophicallv.
lady must repel before she can attract
All thls advice may sound oddly to female
ear; but she who laughs at it, paws no
great compliment TO her Understandings
OVID, who knew human nature tolerably
well, discovered not a little penetration
when he made Daphne fly so fast from her
laurelled lover; for his passion was ncreas-
ed by the pursuit. Our Ddphnes are quite
another sort of people. Instead of flying
from, they run into the arms of their Apoi-
los, and are afterwards surprised that they
grow cool to their charms. Lovers are
like sportsmen, to whom the possession of
the game is nothing to the pleasure of the
chase. lfladies would study less to please.
they would give more pleasure. This is a
paradox which those for whom throw out
these reflections cannot comprehend. and
until they can, they will never make their
fortunes by their faces. The roses of
youth are not long in bloom, and when time
has torn them away, there is an end to love
at first sight and on that they may seem by
their manner of setting themselves off chief
ly to depend. To be stared at few sea
sons, and neglected, and in a few more,
sink into oblivion, is The lot of thousand
snowy girls, who have only external APP
pearances to recommend them. Without
prudence and discretion, even the most sub
stantlal ornaments, though they excite adj
miration, will never procure esteem. Pru-
dence is superior to pearls; and there is no
kind of comparison between diamonds and
discretion Fools may be caught by the
shell; but the man worth having will make
the gem the object of elaboration.
Norfolk Herald.