Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-11-11

As TO Susan -, she ia a short time had dis
! appeared. True, the iavorise skiff in which she
and Henry had often amused themselves on the
lake, was picked up far from the shore. The
waves Of that lake had covered her fair form-a
lamenied offering ut the shrine Of blighledl love.
The prudent Fiead.-There is stoft which
that excellent sportsman and jolly companion US.
ed to relate, that should follow by way Of moral,
and to guard Us against being by any want Of eau
ton down upon our luck.n During nights
play at Frascatis young man had lost a rutnous
sum at Rouge Ell NOR. Having. however.
hundred Napoleons remaining he rushed into the
Roulette room, with fifty in his handi and was
reaching forward to place them on ntmero 20,
when his foot coming in contact with chair, he
and his gold1same to the ground together just as
the ball settled on the number which he had Sc
lected. But for this e0nfre temps he had won
thirty-six times the amount Of his stake. This
was enough 10 fit most people for straightforward
coat A friend, who had endeayored TO dissuade
him from playing on with the run so obviously
against him, quoted the last coup as proof that
he was moi TO win, and besought him no longer TO
persevere. This well intended, but not we'll ex-
ccu,cd interference served only to irrtate the play4
er, and render him more headsirong. Stung TO
desperation he deposited his last fifty Napoleons
upon the table, and turned aside in nervous ago.
ny. unable to witness the result. His prudent
and considerate companion. however, taking adj
vantage Of his averted regard and resolving to
rescue his money from its perilous position, sue
ceedcd in snatching from the board at the crit
zeal moment when the numero upon which il had
been staked came up! The player upon the re-
suit being announced, turned with triumphant
countenance to seize his thiry-six times doubled
stake and found--noihng Well might he have
exclaimed Save me from my friends"
Dependence. Political freedom is destroyed
by dependence, and tho safety of,he state endar-
gered thereby.
ChGriers.-Itis pcrverslon Of terms, 10 say
that charter gives rights. II operatcs by q con-
trary extremity in all its inhabitants but charters,
by annulliDg those rights in the majority, leave Il
the right, by exclusion, in the hands OF the few.
.fparice.--Men whose political opinions are
founded on ayarice, IRE beyond the reach Of rea-
| son.
a Johnsoniaa .Manitamaker. The following
sign was found on the house Of a paltry mantua-
maker at Whitch,rch, in Hampshire, England:
'Microcosm s habliments fashionably fabricat-
cd, invisibly renovated, metemorphosed and depu-
| Gated, ny II. Nayte, cosmopolitan.
DEFINITION or DENTIST.
| A Dentist love, makes teeth of bone
| For those whom fate has left without,
And finds provision lar his own
Bypullng other peoples out
Parallel of he Seres-The North Amcn-
can says. there is an admirable partition Of
qualities between the sexes, which the Author Of
being has distributed to each, with wisdom, that
L hall IA ad al
Man is strong--Women is beautiful.
Man il daring and conIdent--W Woman is diff
dent and unssumng. ss#
Man is great in action--Woman in suffering. !
Man shines abroad Woman at home.
| Men talks TO convince Woman to persuade
and please.
Man has rugged hcau--Woman a soft and
tender one.
Man prevents miscry--Woman relieves it.
| Man has scence--W oman taste.
Man has judgement Woman seisibiliy
Man is being OF jus,ce--Woman nm angel Of
mercy.
Truth is stronger than fciion. There are
two dogs in Montgomery county, N. G., Of
which this fact is related They had been hum
ted together after deer for several years-at
length the elder got his hind leg caught in steel
trap on the river, which caused him TO loose ii just
below the hook joint. This did moi prevent him
running, however, after il healed. But his young
friend and pupil, from that time forth, ran upon
three legs, holding up the nd leg corresponding
with the injured leg Of his companion. For the
truth Of this, we youch Dr. Montgomery, John C..
Atkins, aud half dozen highly respectable gem
temen about Lawrcnccyille. Salisbury Watch
Donl Quarrel.-One Of the earnest, the most
common and the most perfectly foolish thing in
the world, is to quarrel, no matter with whom.
man, woman, or child-or of what pretense, pro-
vocation, or occasion s0cver. There is no kind
Of necessity for il, and no species or degree of
benefit 10 be derived from it. And yet, strange
as the fact may be, theologans quarrel, and poll
tcians quarrel, lawyers, doctors, and ministers
quarrel, printers and editors quarrel, the church
quarrels, and the state quarels, nations, tribes
and corporations quarrel. men women and chill
dren quarrel, about all manner Of things, and on
! all manner of occasions.
Starting Children IN The World.-Many an
unwise parent labors hard and lives sparinely all
his life for the purpose of leaving enough to give
his children start in the world, as it ia called.
Setting young man afloa, with money left him
BY his relations is like tying bladders under the
arms OF one who cannot swm--ten chances to
one he will loose his hadders and 60 to the bot.
tom. Teach him to swim and then he will never
need badders. Give your child sound educa-
ton, and you have done enough for him. SEQ
!; 10 il that his morals are pure, and his nlEd cult
yated and his whole nature made subservient to
' the laws which governs man, and you have given
q him what will be Of more value than the wealth
y The Indies. You have given him ssiart which
!, no misfortune can deprive him of. The earlier
YOU teach him to depend upon his own resources
: the better