Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-08-12

and perhaps burst the parchment that en-
cases all their wrath and fury. Self
love my hearers, like good vine, may
be INDUCED ~ moderately, without harm;
as II serves TO keep bod, in good
Spirits, and stimulates him to make lauda-
bile enterprises; bat too much scli-love
makes man SD brnZen faced, that the
delicate tints Of modesly, wont stick, Tor
want Of suitable ground. IL causes
him TO look taller, IN the sight OF his
own eye., than any Of the two legged
girafirs about him: 1t makes him look
upon his own shadow us the very para
gon Of beauty-too choice and lovely lc
be led over the vile dust OF the streets.
lie needs no high heeIed boots to raise
hnselfi in his own estimation No, my
friends he - altogether too lofty for his
own good. lie fears the opinions ofihe
world-kisses The great toes Of syco-
phants--kneels at the alter OF haltery -
finally dies disguised with himself, and
al enmity with all creation. Ambition
and thirst Of praise, are attended with
similar Effects and | advise you all
iimy brethren, 10 keep clear Of them as
much a, possible, unless YOU wish to
have the felicity of dancing occasionally,
"a bare footed double shuttle on bed Of
young IelIles.
| Now, my hearers, must doctrinisc
the women lttle. They are tender
subjects 10 handle. and perhaps ought
20 put on the siken gloves OF sentme nj
for the purpose: but they have their
inuiis, faiIings, and foibles, as well as the
men. | always analyze all their lovely
blossoms Of purity, and dcposite them in
the most congenial corner of my heart;
but It Is my present intention to strip Of
the corrola of all those which ave pois.
onous-sh show them how the stamens of
vice are inserted on the receptacle ol
their natures, and teach them the diE
ference between roses Of loveliness and
the swamp grown flowers of vco. As
| my text implies, envy, jealousy and
pride, are the foul spectre that wait on
woman; but these, my friends, all con-
| cenirate in one evil-nnd that is slinder
| am sorry to say, that women will back
bite with more than commendable eager
ness. They appear To have been en-.
dowed with the gilt of CAB for this very
purpose. Instead of giving a mild tone
TO society, they often produce discord-
ant buz III The mansions of peace, similar
to that created by loud rap on the bee
hive. Scandal is the wan,on weapon Of
many female, too good looking 10 be
censurod by persons less frank and cour-
ageous than myseIt-but It takes me to
do ~ 4 a, -, e. a. 4
When ] was travelling, my dear friends,
through the state OF Quaker honesty,
Dutch simplicity, and feminine fraiI,y,
called Pennsy lyanla, young girl stun.
bled into the pathway of my knowledge,
whose very teeth had become oosened
by the aqua iortis Of scandal. Her
tongue was iurred with the mould OF
gossip, and she spit cambric needles when
her dander was above the summer heat
Oh, she was an angel in form, but
Sataness at heart! a beautiful flower to
look at, but dangerous one to pluck. -
My friends, this delightful spec Of mis-.
chief would attend her rou,s, her bills,
her evening parties, and fancy herself
the only animate object worthy the al.
miraton of fashionable throng; and all
because she had cheated her maker out
of some OF the best material that was
ever wasted in fitting up feminine fig
ure Of vanity The next day she would
gad about from house TO house to tell Of
the attentions paid To hcr--the number
of beaux she had reJectcd-how she
had fascinated all the young men pres.
en,-how other young Indies had became
jealous Of her--and string out whole
skeins Of other yarn too trihing to men
ton, but sufficient TO set the whole vii /
Iage by the ears. Now, my friends,
what do you think became Of this girl?-lI
Did she marry and become happy |
bride, wife and molhef' No! she
was often snapped at but mover picked
up. Her folly, scandal and Rirta,ion
were her RUN. She sits in her desolale
corner, "A dlsconsolaie old maid Two
cats, Poll Parrot, and a little yellow dog,
are her bosom companions. She must
end her days in mIsanthropic solitude. -
Oh, If had ouIy begun to preach when
she begun to nlrt, | might have saved
her! But It's all over now she's a gone
child
My dear females-don't, pray you,
take offence at what have said-u is |
all for the best love you with all my
youth; for | know that you are not all
unworthy of being beloved by the wise
and the good; and for the most part are
well calculated 10 smooth down the NOR
al asperilIes Of man, and 10 render him
as happy through lie as You are virtuous
and lovely. So mote il be!
GONE AND TwENrY."-Wnh yonth no
period is looked forward 10 with SO much
lInpa,ience, ~ the hour which shall end our
manhood, none Is looked back II
to with so mnch regret. Freedom appears
to young man as the brightest star 10 the
hrinanent of his existence, and is never lost
sight Of until the good for winch he has been
SO long travelling is reached. When the
inlnd aud spirit are young, the season Of
manhood Is reflected with brightness from \
the future, which nolhlbg can dun bat its
cold reality. The busy world is stretched Il {
out before our boyhood like the exhibition off
mechanical au.omata-wo behold the mrr. II
chant accnn ulating wealth, tho scholar plant. II