The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-02-11

and perished. The other Newfoundland dos,
upon being threwp overheard, shared a SIM.
lar fate; but the bull dog, though not habitu.
ated TO tho water, swain triumphantly to land
and thus saved tho lives Of tho persons o.
board. Among them. was his mastor. a mil.
i,ary officer, who s,il has the dog in his pos
session.
Don't be discouraged. If in the outset
Of life, things do not GO on smoothly. n
seldom happens that the hopes wo cherish
of the future are realized. The path of
life in the prospect. appears smooth and
level enough, but when we come 10 travel
it, we find it all up hill, and generally
rough enough. The journey is laborious
one, and whether poor or wealthy, high or
low, we shall find il so to our dlsappoint.
ment, five have built on any other calcu.
lation. To endure cheeriully Whist must be.
and to elbow our way as easily us we can,
hoplng Tor little, yet striving for much, 10
perhaps the true plan. But
Donfbe discouraged, il occasionally vou
| slip by the way, and your neighbers tread
over you little; in other words, DON, let a
failure or two dishearten accidents
happen misc SOLICITATIONS will sometimes bo
made things will often tuin out different.
ly from our expectations, and we may be
sufferers. II is worth while To remember
that fortune is like the skies in April, some.
times clouded, and sometimes clear and
favorable, and rs il would be folly TO dcs-
pair ofagain seeing The sun. because to-
day IS stormy, so il is equally unwise 10
sink into dependency, when fortune
frowns, since, in the common course Of
things, she may be surely expected to smile
again. And again
Don't be discouraged If you are deceiv.
ed in tho people Of the world il often hap.
pens that men wear borrowed characters
as well us borrowed clothes, and sometimes
those who have long stood fair before tho
world, are very rotten at tho core. From
sources such as these, you may be most un-
expcctedly deceived and you will natural
ly feel sore under such deceptions; but 10
these you must become used; if YOU fare no
most people do they will lose their novelty
before you grow grey, and you will learn 10
trust men cautiously, and sxemine their
characters closely, before you allow them
great opportunities to injure you.
Don't be discouraged under any circum.
stances. Go steadily forward. Rather
consult your own conscience than the opin.
ions Of men, though the last is not to bs
disregnrded. Be industrious. be frugal, bo
honest, deal in perfect kindness, with all
who come in your way. .ersrcising o ..:s.
eorly and obhging spirit in your whole in
tercourse, and ifyou do not prosper a. rap.
idly as any ofyour neighbors depend upon
it you will DO as hOppy.-- Emporium.
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Somndmbulism.- have read mnnv
remarkable and some Of the IN well oitesi.
ed stories of sleep walkers but we do not
recollect my that imposes larger tax on
credulity thun the ono which we meet with.
told in late number of an Ednburg pa.
per. Tho hero Of this piece Of might er.
rantry was ono Of those sons Of Vulcns.
much more remarkable, like tho lame god
himself, for strength than agility; yet from
the account before us, il seems that though
both drunk and fast asleep,he performed a
feat which there was but ono man TO he
found in all Ednburg who could equal
when wide awake and sober. Early ohe
morning, the inhabitants Of a particular
noIHhborhood Of TINT city were nstonishcd
and alarmed at bcholding on the roof Of
ono OF the lof,icst houses and the houses
in Edingburg are proverbinl for their great
height, some Of them being eleven stories.
the figure Of man, apparently lying wrap
ped in profound sleep. How hc got there
was passed conjecture but how ho would
get down, unless assisted by some adyen-
turons hand was matter so obvious, that
every spectator shuddercd. At length.
with all the Mechanical assistance which
could be obtained, a person belonging 10
the fire department, rnd noted as dex-
ferrous climber, was found willing to un.
dcrtske the difficult ascent, and after ma
ny arduous and dangerous efforts, succeed
ed in reaching the place where the sleep.
er lay snoring, doubtless dreaming that bs
was comfortably ensconced in bed, with
his wife by his side. A rope was carefully
fastened around him, and by the assistance
Of this il was contriyod TO release him from
his perious situation. Il will be supposed
that he did not reach the ground without
becoming wide awake and one may rend-
lily imagine what strange fancies must have
passed through his mind, on bis finding
himself suspended like Mabomct's coffin
between heaven and earth. Tho only ac-
count he could give Of himself or ofhow
he attained his unenyiable elevation, was
that he was a blacksmith, and had been in.
dulging rather too freely tho night before
in administering 10 the thirst with which 10
was his misfortune to be afflicted. He sta
ted, however, that he was subjee, to walk
ing in bis sleep, nad had on one occasion,
risen from his bed, walked deliberately 10
the river Forth, and swan across. without
awaking till he had nearly reached the op-
posite shore.--tN.Y Y. Eve. Post.
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