Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-17
EXTRACTS FROM sTHE GOOD AND
HtD.s
BY NICHOLAS BRETON, LONDON, 1916.


: BY NICHOLAS BRETON, LONDON, 1916.
WORTHY MERCHANT is the heir OF a
: venture, whose hopes hang much upc
the wind; upon wooden horse he ride
through the world, and in a merry gal
makes path through the seas; lie is
discovercr OF countries, and finder OF
OF commodities; resolute in his attempts
and royal in his expenses. he is the liz
: OF traffic and the maintainer OF trade. IN
: sailors master and the soldiers friend
he is the excise of the exchange, the hon
CT OF credit. the observation Of time. AM
the understanding Of thrift; his study i
number. his case his accounts, his con-
fort his conscience. and his wealth hi
good name: he fears no Scylia, and sail
close by Charybdis, and having beaten OF,
q storm, rides at rest in harbor; by hi
sea gain he makes his discoveries, an,
from his eye-observations brings I'll,
models of architecture; he plants. tn,
earth with foreign fruits, and knows a
home what is good abroad: ne is neat il
apparel. modest in demeanor, dainty ia
diet, and civil i'll his carriage In sum
he is pillar of a city, the enricher of q
country; the iurnisher Of a crest, aud the
worthy servant Of king.
A QU1ET WOMAN is like still wind
which neither chills the body nor blows
dust IN the face; her patience is virtue
that wins the heart Of love. aud her wis.
dom makes her wit we'll worthy regard !:
she fears God, and Aieth sin, sheweth
kindness, and loyeth peace; her tongue is
tied to discretion, and her heart is the
harborer Of goodness: she is q comfort
Of calamity, and in prosperity compan-
ion; phys ician in sickness, and musi-
clan in help: her ways are the walk to-
wards heaven, and her guide is the grace
Of the Almighty: she is her husbands
down bed, where his heart lies at rest,
and her children's glass in the notes Of
her grace, her servants honor in the
keeping Of hershouse, and her neighbo,s'
examples in the notes Of good nature,
she scorns fortune, and loves virtue, and
out Of thrift gathereth charity: she is
turtle in her love, lamb in her meek
ness. a saint in her heart, and an angel
in her soul. In sun, she is u Jewel un-
prlzeable, and JOY unspeakable; com
fort IN nature incompatible, and wife
III the world unmatchable.
An UNQU1ET WOMAN is the misery OIL
man, whose demeanor is not to be describ-
ed but in extremities: her voice is the
pricking Of an awl, her eye the poison of
a cockatrice. her hand the claw ola croco.
die, and her heart cabinet Of horror:
she is the grief Of nature, the wound Of
wit, the trouble Of reason, and the abuse
If time: her pride is insupportable, her
.a,eer unquenchable; her will unsuitable,
- her malice unmatchabe; she fears
;, co,onr. she cares for no. counsel, she
pares no perso.., nor respects any time 9.,
er command is mus, her reason cas-: n wlH'
er re solution shall, and ger : :.L az n
J: she looks !, :! no law, and tn. : ,a,ns
,rd: admits Of no command, and !. -
0 good order: she is a c.Isss, oul nos O.
hrist; and word, but not OF S race;
but not Of wisdom; and Sc.
ant, but not of God. In sum, she is the
led Of trouble, the fruit Of travail, the !,
ste Of bitterness, aud the digestion Of I
eath ),
A VIRGIN is the beauty fnature, when 9
lie spirit gracious makes the creature i
lorious: she is the love OF virtue, the
onor Of reason, he grace of youth, and
e comfort of age: her study is holiness, i
sr exercise goodness, her grace humili a
!, and her love is charity: her coua,e- r
ance is modesty, her speech is truth,
sr wealth is grace, and her fame con-
ancy: her virtue confluence, her la.
,ur patience, her diet abstinence, and
n care science; her conversation heav- q
lly, her meditations algel-like, her L
ayers deyout, and her hopes divine: her :
lrents' Joy, her kindred's honour, her !,
untryss tams.. and her own felicity: :
g isStke blessed ofthe highest, and the /
arrest 10 the best: she is Of creatures :
q rarest, Of women the chiefest, Of ma. ]
ire the pures., and Of wisdom the choic- :,
I: her life il . pilgrimage, her death ),
i passage, her description wonder, l.
ID her name an honor. In sum she is !,
9 daughter Of glory, the mother Of /,
ace, The sister Of love, and the beloved "
life. j
A YouNG Man is the spring Of time. 1,
hen nature in her pride shews her q
auty 10 the world lie is the delight u
the eye, and the study Of the mind; the N
bour Of instruction, and the pupil Of rea- II
n: his wit is in making or marring; his q
salth in gaining or losing; his honor in n,
vancing or declining; and his life III I,
ridging or increasing, he is a bloom !.
Ut is either blasted in the bud, or grows
good fruit, or bird that dies IN her
st. or lives to make use Of her wings i
is colt that must have Bride, ere -,
be we'll managed, and falcon that =. :,
lst be we'll named, or he will never be =
claimed: he is the darling ofnature, !,
4 the charge Of reason, the exercise Of :
tince. and tho hope Qfharity; his ex -
else IS either study q actioa. and his :; !.
,dy either knowledge or pleasure; his. Il i
,position gives great note Of his gener- - =.
on, and yet his breeding may either /,
tier or worse him; though to wash - :.
lck moor whites he the loss Of labor, and l. l.
nat is bred in the bone, will never out =,
the flesh. In sum, till experience has /, !
asoned his understanding, heis rather : :
child than a man, prey Of ila.ierv. or !. :.
praise Of Providence; in the way of s
ace to prove u saint, or in the way OF !,
i 10 prove devil. :
1t was said Ola lady, who had Just com L
etcd her fourth decade, and who played :