Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-10-28

/" Il was no use io ihwan the poor child,
I Who 'rOuid have her way" Thea call
ing im s"shcr dish, the poar father
placed the shiqeiipg saddle upon II, and
kfin9 hat from the tntie containing the
I gravy, carried Il 60 a remote corner OF
ilhc r"S.p,, where hc was followed 10y the
=" little duck" uho after a pcrsuaH,og
| kiss from the goose her father, consent
cd to have her sb"rs rcmored, and I" 10.
| main splnshing about until the desert APP
| peared up"n The taitc. When tie lntic
nuisance graciousiy allowed her foo,
! hath 10 bc taken away, she re-ascended
| HE Meh chair. and there showed how
| hate iui iovciy inisacy Iaay bec"me from
! improper indulgence, by pushing about
Rpd kuockiRg down whatever vas oif'r-
ed that she dd nh approve. Scream
iRg toth her preference, she at rng'h
! declared N favor II large pear, az"
Iargest IN the dish, upon whirh size had
placed her affections Ncs Quick, un.
/ wiling 80 iocur By fresh denial sRother
contest witt, her powerful superior, wuh
! Ismopt kiudaess placed Ihe coreied prnr
! 9pon her daughters ria;c /; VIXEN, to the
alarm al tive brholders, the if''c fury
! threw II hack upoa her mother with all
ihr lrrociiy of lnll. grown termageat,
| ryciainNng, as she did so, "Why do you
! gre Il 81 ne wanted 10 snatch il :"
| Mr. Quick himself related the story 10
Ihe rvrsoa oow telling il, at the same
time congra'uiaiing himself tl,st his child
| had grown INTO sc1siblc, rational wo-
maU, nmwiths' andins her parents early
cndcavOrs 10 make her food.
II Coop Books. "A young man who has
a iondness for books, az taie fer the
works 81 nature and AT; is no, only pre-
pairing TO appear with honor aud useful.
ncss az a meriher oi society, but rs So
cured from thousaud temptations aud
| evils 90 which he would otherwise be cy
! posed. lie knows What TO do wiih his
leisure tinre. Il does not hang heavily
on his hands. tie has no inducemcw
/, to resort Ia bad company, ar the haun-
Of dssi patton md vice ne has higher
and nobier sources of enjoyment in hn-
self. AT pleasure he can call arouod aim
I the best oi r0mpauy--,hc wi.est aud
! greatest nrn of every age and country
! and feast his nind with nch stores Of
knowledge which they spread before him
a lover good books can ncrrI be- in
want "a! good saciety, nor IN much dan
ger Of scekins enjoyment in the loa
I pleasures of scnsualry aad vice.
\ We found the following, saws the New
York Mechanic, ia the Waldo Signal
as an extract II is excellent, whoever
may he It's author:
!, MEcNaStcs. IF there is any situation
in life truly honorable, i, is that al an in
dvstrinus mechanic, who, by his owu
exeniuns, has established a respectable
place ,n society VITO, commencing 10
poverty, by his skill aud perseverance
nyercnneS every obstacle, vnnqnishes
every PfeIudice, and builds up for him
seifa rrpw auon whose value is enhanced
that this situation is aiiainnblc 10 all who
have heallh aud a practical kno~!cJge
of their business. Industry and viriuons
ambili"n are seldom exencd without pro-
ducing the happicst results.
| RIENCE.-Experience alone teach
cs vs. the instability Of iniiHnes. We
hear al IL, we think we understand, and
we believe st; bot when we find our
selves precipitatcd lroa height ofhap-
pincss into an abyss OF misery, it Is then
! for the first time that we discover the
Sligh,ncss of our former perceptions
1 The adversely Of others we write on
sand our own VIC ongrave on brass.
INDUSTRY. Industry is not only the
instrument of improvement, bDt The
foundation of pleasure. lie who is
stranger to it, may possess, but can
not enloy-lor it is labor only which
gives pleasure. jt is the Indispensable .
condition Of possessing Il sound mind in
a sound body.
Real men and women never snccr al
mechanics and operatives. But self
styled gentlemen and ladies' not unrc-
qucntly do. We have heard of lady
who once iclt a ball room because a
mechanic entered. She married bas-
ket maker, and died n wash woman