Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-01-12
NO. 48.

headed piee Of humanity, having
little or nsbsains, large stock Of van
ity, and an unreasonable quantity OF
pride. Let him be Eve or six fee,
high, and about ten inches round the
waist. Send him to q :ashiopsbic
tailor To be enessed in buekrsm, &c.
He must then have q huge patch oc
whiskers glued on each cheek 90 As
to look savage Is . meat axe; sfix a
safety chain to o tursip, 20 hang
round his breast, with q Bit Of pow
termounted glass attached to one end.
He must then be furnished With q
hat shaped like . paint pot With no
handle, aud abous the Same dimen-
sions.-Mount him on Q psir Of
square toed boots, sprinkle the whole
with little cologne water, snd you
have dandy Of the year 1881.
Ambition" says the author Of q
late Memoir Of Cardinal Waisey,
(Lardner's Cabinet Biography 'siike
the air We breathe, expands a. wa as
cend above the ordinary level Of hu-
manity, and continues, at rapidly in
creasing ratio. to enlarge its dimen-
sions, till its victim reaches region
moral Mont Blanc-cold, barren,
and cut of from human sympathies.
where he perishes heart-frozen, and
unmourned Of his fellows"
Haffery.-Delicious essence! how
refreshing art thou TO nature how
strongly are all its powers snd all il.
weaknesses on thy side. how sweetiy
dost thou mix with the blood, and
help it through the most difficult and
tortuous passages to the heart!
tSier7I-
a Fashionable Fiat is the criterion
OF credit, showing that man is neck
to neck with his neighbors in the raco
OF prosperity; but let him wear bea-
yer that is sir months out Of fashion.
and he is distanced and dashed; he
might as we'll haul up at once, for he
has forfeited his stakes, and no one
will bet upon his head! But if YOU
see fellow with two year old eva
ter proof" rely on il he is foundercJ
no longer fit to be on the turf, aud
had better be Under il.
Be studious i'm your profession. AMI
you will be learned. Be industrious
and frugal, and YOU will be rich. Be
sober and temperate, and you will DO
healthy. Be in general virtuous, and
you will be hsppy.--Dr. Franklin.
Sam's L0si. As the workmen were
the other day erecting the statue ot
William Pitt, in Hanover Square, n
inquired whether they were
sinking a wells Upon which sam re-
piled, . No, they're raising Pit"
Troekcif. The last aucctlete told Of
the worthy Col. runs thus: he happen
ed once to be travelling in a steamboat,
(where, the depohent saith not,) when.
discovering the vessel went too siow
Tor his calculation, he ordered the boat
ashore. took II up under his arm, and
trudged oil through the woods at The
rate Of ten knots an hour. IL is said
that he was SD well pleased with this
performance, that he gTDaned the bark
of three large trees in secession.
=" Well, squire" says Tom, "siIaII
we have rain or snow about these
timesi" "Oh. don't know, +" replied
the squire, looking wonderOus wise,
50 but ! AIN inclined TO think we shall
have rain, ot it may snow, bot that will
depend very much on the state Of tia
weather."
Bncm Of he Springs. lady
brought child to physician IN Utica,
To consult him about It's precious health.
Among other things, che inquired if
he dad not think che Springs would bo
useful!
"Cerfainlr. mahnm.v renii.L il,n