The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-04-04

SINGULAR INSTANCE OF PERSEVERANCE.
The celebrated Bernard Palsy, to whom
France was indebted, in the sixteenth cen.
tury, for the introduction of the manufacture
of enamelled pottery, had his attention first
attracted to the art, his improvements in
which form to this time the glory of his
name among his countrymen, by having one
day seen by chance beautiful enamelled
cup, which had been brought from Italy.
He was then struggling to support his fam
lily by his attempts in the art of painting, in
which he was self-taught, and it immedi-
ately occurred to him that, if he could dis
cover the secret of making those cups. his
tolls and difficulties would be at an end.
From that moment his whole thoughts were
directed to this object. He spent the whole
of his money, however, without meeting
with any success, and he was now poorer
than ever. Yet it was in vain that his wife
and his friends besought him to relinqush
what they deemed his chmerical and ruin
Gus project. He borrowed more money,
with which he repeated his experiments;
and when he had no more fuel wherewith
to feed his furnaces, he cut down his chairs
and tables for that purpose. Still his sue
cess was inconsiderable. He was now actual
| ly obliged to give person who had assisted
him, part of his clothes by way of remuner-
alton, having nothing else left; and, with
his wife and children starving before his
eyes, and by their appearance silently re-
| proa ching him as the cause of their suffer-
! ings, he was at heart miserable enough
But he neither despaired, nor suffered his
friends to know what he felt and at last,
after sixteen years of persevering exertion,
his efforts were crowned with complete
success and his fortune was mnde.
The Pursuit o hnO,eledge.
ANEcporE. In the small town of R,
in this State, lives DR.. w., an old soldier Of
the Revolution, who is highly respected by
all the inhabitants, and has been several
times elected member of the Legislature.
Dr. WIS. greatest enjoyment was smoking,
and in this he INDUCED himself frequently;
in other respects he was very temperate, he
drank nothing of any kind of spirits, and Of
wine but very seldom. As he was one
morning purchasing his favorite cigars at
the only tavern in the town, he encountered
q neighbor, one who was once fiourishlng
farmer, but whose farm was n short time
mortgaged for nearly its value, and its pos
SCISSOR was fast Fastening TO ruin by the use
Of ardents the glass was just raised TO his
lips" All !" said W., I" still at the old ha5-
H." "Dr.," says the other, little nettled
at the remark, "if you will agree to smoke
no more, will leave off drinking" "Done,"
said W., 81 take all present 10 witness
and the bunch Of real "Havanas" was i'm
mediately deposited in the stove-the other
; paused, then dashed the glass from his lips
| and from tina. day has not drank a drop Of
t spirits, the mortgage has all been paid of,
: and his family rescued from destruction
i The old veteran has strictly kept his prom
n Use, and can still be seen drawing his chaiI
n close as possible TO any one smoking, in or.
" der still to inhale the fumes Of the fragrant
weed-while the landlord complains that b.
has lost two Of his best customers. Csnf'ns'