Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-20
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"To shs0 the pery age and body Of The Tine"

"7o shs,o the very age and body Of The Tine"
A YANKEE NoTIoN OUrpoNE.-A pa ent has
recently been iaken out 10 Paris for machinr
by which the smales, needle may De threaded
Immediately with the grearrs' ease. The IN
ventor says that even bind person tan make
use of it. l,is called Fefarc and costs only
aalf dollar. /; promises To be a much more
useful instrument, than the numerous labor
saving uicknacks for making pens, peeling ap.
piles, pairing corns, striking light or any
o,her apparatus which requires months
practice to learn 10 manage, aud then is found
10 be utterly useless.
The Editor Of the Kennebunk Gazette in re.
la,iog he feats Of some travelling perf"rmer'
Who were skilled in black art says, soon al
ter the periorma were commenced, down
wen, the foor aud with il, men, women. girls
and BOYS ell tumbled in heap into the cellar
An old gentleman smong them who had inn
pIici, faith in the skill of the black r., perform
ers, while the women and Children were
Dreaming and crying, -xhor,ed them 10 be 81
lent.
"Lay siiR,' said he in an under tone. Lay
sii this is only part Of The ploy,-thcyH raise "a
all up again in minute
SAVINGS BANKS -rhese Institutions have
been established IN nearly all he TOWNS IN
Sweden, and in many parts OF The country
where the prOprie,ors and the owners nt mines
permit the peasants and miners TO deLosie
their earnings IN them at reasonable inter
es, The B 4nk Of Savings al Stockholm has
fund OF 10000 francs.
Editors of Newspapers are not sufficiently
aware Of heir responsibility; they do not con
slider how much good, and how much evil il
is in their power 10 do; they do u"' consider
tia, when they indulge in habl's Of lou seurrih
tn. or coarse satire, O: gross vitupera ion, they
not only impure the reputation and wound the
| feelings Of she individual so assaileG, but thew
are minis,ering TO the worst passions OF the
soul, and by indulgng, are strengthe ming the
an petite for de ,raction which all should strive
to repress.
TIE PLEASURES OF BLINDNEss.--A blind girl
| in France, upon saying mat she had no wish 10
see, was asked the reason, to which she repl,'
d." II could see, I should then have only
| my own eyes; now enjov The eyes OF every
body. am Obliged in some way by every
person, and l am every moment GRACEFUL
Alas! if were TO see, people would speak Of
| me no more"
The same girl, hearing of the misconduct
| Of a certain individual, whose speech was un-
| sualiy pleasant, said-"who would have though,
/, Of him, with so stoeei q votce!"
Troy Sentinel.
TRINITY CHURCH. The sale Of pews in
Trinity Church Boston, amounted 10 nearly
| Sso. 1000. appraised value. The first niue pews
averaged $1,000 each. The premiums, for
| right Of choice, amounted to 1000 dollars.
"The "Courier des Flats Unis," valuable
paper published, hitherto, Deekiy, in New York,
| will hereafter be issued twice 4 week, viz
Wednesday aud Saturday. We are glad thar
patronage sufficient for such an additional
expense has been extended 10 so useful pa.
per.
A LEADING ARTlcLE.-The public would be
saved the trouble Of wading through many a
long and wordy disquisltion "signyfying ao,h-
ing," were all editors 10 adopt the commend
able frankness Of the Farmers Record, Of the
5'h ins,. whose leading article" as IL il call.
ed, consists Of the following brief annuucia.
ton:
EDrroHAL.-Not having any thug to say,
] have soncluded to say nothing.-The best
We, l. the world to ge' along.
Coon The Legislature Of Vermont has
abo'is ed military trainings, ex. epi one in
eicn year; o hook =, the locks and pick iLe
flints. The Vermonters know think or two.