Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-08-26

Resoiution.-For soldier TO meet theI
enemy in battle, where leaden deaths are whiz- o
zing on every side, must require no faint reso-
luton; for lover to pop the question OF ques- S
lions to his deary, when his heart goes pit-a- a
pat and his tongue threatens to prove recreant
to its Office, requires no every day ehortof res-e
olution; for a topper to quit the beloved bottle,i
and endeavour to stem the strong tide OF his
requires mighty resoluton-andl
many man, having proved victorious for mo-
ment goes back again to 'tredt resolution"
but Of all the situations in life requiring de-
terminad, heroic and prodigious effort Of reso-I
lutiorf, that of getting out of warm bed, in a /
keen cold morning. caps the climax-we mean
one of those mornings, when the windows are
crusted over with frost, when your fingers
freeze fast to the door latch, and the very airI
Itself seems stiffened with cold.--BcrkshireI
american.
We extract the following from Masonic
paper, printed at Rochester, called "TheI
Craftsman"
Anecdote--An old quaker gentleman. very
much prone to wholesale censure of Freemsons,
with member of the fraternity not long since,
when the following dialogue ensued:
MaSon-But, my dear Sir, YOU are un-
generous in censuring the whole of our order
for the faults of the few.
| Quaker.--Thou art wrong; thy whole fra
lternity deserve to be censured for not turning
the sinful out from among ye,--why don't
thee get rid of the wicked, if We are not all
wicked?
1 Musoa.--Why, my friend, if your story is
to be believed, we did get rid ourselves of one
lof them, but you kicked up such ID Of a
row about it, that we tho't it best to let others
remain as they were.
A stage driver who was no ways remarkable
for swift driving, one day, when almost arrived
lat the place of his destination, overlook lame
Imam with crutches, who made rather slow pro.
Igress on his journey. The driver did not regr
lup his steeds, for they always slackened theil
pace instinctively, when meeting any one. The
lwayfaring man was hailed with Halo, friend
: lyou don't seem to make much Roadway; sham
: II give you lift? At (which he with the crutch
. es turned round, and after having deliberately
surveyed the establishment, replied, No, thanl
i lyou, I'm in something of hurry!
Mr.. A5eyncthy.--A lady very much afflicted
with nervous complaints, went to consult til,
celebrated Surgeon Abernethy. The rougl
and caustic manner in which he characterised
her, so 'discomposed the fair ones weak spiris
i THAT she was thrown into a fit of histories. Oh
Ilparting, she put the usual fees into his hands
:, lin the form of sovereign and shilling. Mi
!, Abernethy pocketed the sovereign with on
hand, and with the other presented the shillin
"a to her, saying, gravely-" Here, Madam, tax
,s this shilling. go to the next toy-shop, buy
skipping rope, and use it every day-it will d
n you more good than all my prescriptions.
i Craniology.--After death, Professor POI
sons head was dissected, and to the confusio
in of all Craniologists, but to the consolation c
n. Iall blockheads, it was discovered that he ha
is the thickest skull of any Professor in Europe
lel Professor Gall, on being called upon to explai
S, this phenomenon, and to reconcile so tenaciou
S, la memory, with so thick receptacle for it,
I'd said to have replied, how the ideas got int
e. such skull, is their business, not mine; hav
lie nothing to do with that but let them once &c
lgln, that is all want: once in, will defy ther
ntIever to get out again."
e. SAYINGS OF GREAT MEN.--Beware of Sc
ie lcret ociations.-George Washington. lar
1 decidedly opposed to all Secret Societie
whatever.-SdmuelA adams. 1 am opposed t
all Secret Associations Hancock. al
not, never was, and never will be Free Ms
1 SON.. O. adams. That masonry is some
., times applied to the acquisition Of polite;
" power, cannot be denied.-De Wiz Clinton.
IN Falsehood is the leading principle. of fire
to masonry; the system is false in its origi
att from Heaven;) false in its dates, the crratio
j. Of the 1vOridi) false in its record (book Of Co,
Mt stitutons;) false in its history. (tale Of Hira
mi AbiH;l false in the indncement il nresents /