The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-09
DEATH

OF the soul go down into the dark and si,en
grave Oh no. "The narrow house. AM
pail, and breathless darkness, and funeral trair
these belong not to the soul. They proclaim
only the body dissolution. They but celebrat,
the vanishing away of the shadow Of exist
ence Man does not die, though the form.
OF popular speech thus announce his exit
He does not die. We bury, not our friend
but only the form, the vehicle in which
Tor time, our friend lived. That cold
lmpassiVe clay, is not the friend, the pa
rent, the child, the companion, the cherished
being. No, it is not blessed be God that we
can say-H IS not! 1t is the material world
only that earth claims II is the " dust" onv
that -" descends to dust" The grave let u.
break its awful spell, its dread dominion. d
il the place where man lays down his weak.
ness, his iniirmity, his diseases and sorrows
mat ne may rise up to a new and glorious life
II Is the place where man ceases-in all that is
irall and decaymg-ceases to be man, that he
may be, in glory and blessedness, an angel Of
light -
| why, then, should we fear death, save as the
wicked fear, and must fear it Why dread TO
lay down this frail body in its resting place,
ana this weary aching head, on the pillow Gifts
repese Why tremble at this-that in the
long sleep OF the tomb the body shall suffer
disease no more, and pain no more. and hear
no more the cries Of want nor the groaps of
dlstress,-and far retired from the turmoil of
lie, that violence and change shall pass lightly
over II, ana the elements shall beat and the
storms shall sigh unheard around its lowly
BED? Say, ye aged and inhrm, is it the great
est OF evils to die? Say, ye children of eare
and toll say, afflicted and tempted! is il the
greatest of evils to die ?
| oh no. Come the last hour, in Gods own
tme!-and good life and a glorious hope shall
make It welcome. Come the hour of release ,
and ntftletion shall make it welcome. Come
the hour OF union with the loved and lost on
earth and the passionate yearnings of affec-
ton and the strong aspirations of faith. shall
bear us to their blessed land Come death 10
this body-this burdened, tempted, frail, fail.
ing, dying body and TO the soul, come free
dom, light and Joy unceasing come the I'M
mortal life =" He that liveth' saith the con-
9ueIor over the Devil" he that lveth and be.
lieveth in me shall neUer de-"
Christian Ezaminer.
Fashion IN Dress Dress, in its ever chang.
ing and often fantastic modes, is a st8ndno
subject for ridicule and animadversion. Now,
dress, II the attention bestowed upon it do not
consume much time, nor jeopardiGe health is
far less deserving the lash Of eensure than
many other customs and practices which are
silently tolerated. What is it to another. if
one lady prefer blue bonnet or a crimson. a
trl'colored or sept-colored, close drab or an
umbrella'sptead One gentleman sinks the
collar, and another sinks head and ears into It,
"a very good eustem in cold weather,) one is
eioseiy shaVen and Shorn, and another wears his
haIr IN storm, DC. There is nothing in these
different practices that is demoralizinp or un.
healthy, and so far they are innocent. But
when the bounds of morals or health are en-.
eroached upon, it behooves every one TO CIV
aloud and spare not.
we nave Just run our eye over the bill of
mortality for the last year fifty of consumn.
ton it must be an unhealthy climate, and we
almost settled IN our mind to migrate. We
put on our lndia-rubbers, took other wholesome
precautions, and sailed out to scale the snow.
hills We CHANGED to fall in the wake of a
lashionably, dressed fragile form of female.
ooughs ana consumptions! her little feet spurn-
ed the chill snow with no other protection
about them than silk hose and prunella Sins,
those miserable apologies for shoes 1t sent a
chill through our whele frame and we caugh,
severe cold from sheer sympathy. 1t is
downright suicide, and calls loudly for the
enactment OF statute. Fair readers wear
the bonnet and garments of any indefinite
spread, height, fulness, and form, with inpuni.
ty, but guard the feet
In the name of bloom and beauty,-feyers
and ing,-forego, in this inelement season.
| appearances, prunella shoes and clock stock.
lngsj put on gum-elastics and moccasins. and
every good man will bind himself to imagine
the mu1fied feet at the size of the smallest Chi.
nose Standardization Observer.
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS Iremembef be.
ing once IN the country witness of the mum.
l hnF
keeping entails. For want of a trumpery latch
the gate Of the poultry yard was for ever open
there being no means of closing it externally
II was on the swing every time person wen,
out, and many OF the poultry were lost in con
sequence One day fine young porker made
his escape into the woods, and the whole fami
~ gardener, cook, milkmaiG, &c, presently
turned out IN quest of the fugitive. The gar
dener was the first to discover the object O
pursuit, and in leaping ditch to cut off hi.
further escape, got sprain that confined hin
to his bed Tor the next fortnight the cool
found the linen burnt, that she had left huns
up before the fire TO dry and the milk. maid
having forgotten in her haste to tie up the cat
tie properly in the eow-house, one of the loos
cows had broken the leg of colt that happen
cd to be kept in the same shed. The liner
burnt, the gardeners work lost, were wortl
full twenty crowns and the colt about n
much more ): so that here was loss in few
minutes of forty crowns, purely for want of
latch, that might have cost few cents at thu
utmost and this in a household where tn,
strlctest economy was necessary, to say nothing
OF the suffering of the poor man, or the ankle
ty and other troublesome incidents The mis-
fortune was, to be sure, not very serious, no
the loss very heavy yet, when it is consider
cd, that similar neglect was the occasion Of re
peated disasters of the same kind, and ultimate
ly of the ruia Of worthy family, it was de
serving of some little attention.
\ Says Political Economy.
I A CASE OF EMERGENCY An lrishman, WHIT
made an honest penny by swapping horsos, ant
taking something to boot, once attempted l.
cross river at high freshet, with his only re
naming mare and colt. He was washed lrou
the back of the former, and Selling the tail O
the colt, buffeted the angry waves, much to tn
dissatisfaction of the crater" His friends o
the banks of the river, seeing his perlous stu
alton, and his frail support, called out to hir
TO leave the colt and take the mare. ooh
botheration 10 We" exclaimed Pat in nil hi