The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-08

almost necessarily hang on the hands OF .
man of my age, propose 10 write to yo"
weekly, or al least orce fortnight. ! will
not have news enough TO fill my weekly
sheet; and shall therefore try TO assls, you
in your studies, or attempt to give
YOU some information in regard to morals,
politics which las hope may be of use
10 you in the regulation of your conduct in
regard to ind, iduas, aud to society m gen
eral Old men are not necessarily gloomy
and moroso, and 20 hope you will moi,
6nd nv letters so grave as to be forbidding
though trust they will not be so light as
to be irnlng.
You are now on that happy, but danger
Gus hillock in the pathway of human life,
from which men rei,her look on the past
with regret, on the present with dis,aste,
nor on the future with solicitude. Review
ing your life from the earliest recoleclions
to the present, yon find no dark stain, no
irre,ri evable error, TO cause you TO shrink
from the review. May you in every parl
Of life be able TO look back with similar
feelings! The presen, does not press upon
you with multitude OF cares 10 distract and
perplex the mind, and the future, have no
doubt, appears to you like a garden Of
sweets OF indefinite exlen, and matchIess
beauty, opening to receive you. Hsppy is
the season of youth, and hope you enjoy
all its innocent pleasures; bu, it is neither
desirable nor possible that its peculiar pleas
ures should last. Childhood bad its raptu.
rous delights, but they passed away gradu
ally, and wihou, causing you sorrow al
heir departure, for you lost taste for them
You can now find no amusement in chas-
ing butterfly or in riding on nexile reed.
lhough you are stronger, and better able 10
bear the fatigue Of such sports row than IL
childhood. In a similar manner will the
amusements of to day, in few years cease
10 afford you pleasure, bu, they will be fol
lowed bv the more solid, ard sober engage
men,s of middle age | say this, not to
cause you TO neglect and despise the pleas
ures Of youth, since that would be to insu !
him who has given you the desire and abil
Ii,v to enjcy them, bet to teach you, ,hs
manhood is coming, and that it is proper 10
make some preparations for II.
Nature, while we are unable 10 choose
being gnorant Of the nature, and relations
of objects around US, kindly gives to lh'
most ridlng objects, the power to charm
A straw is enough to call forth joyon:
Iaughfrom child yet unable TO walk, and :
top, whip or a paper cap delights those I
little older. Nature takes care lha, we shal
be happy while we are unable TO help our.
selves, but when our minds become able II
compare. and choose between objects sh'
takes from butterflies, and tops ;her powe
| 10 charm US. in order that our happines,
may, to a certain extent, depend upon on
own choice. If you are then to choose fol
yourself, what will best promote your hap
lpinesS, lin this word | sum up all you
true interests of every kind) you perceive
it is necessary, that you know the nature
properties and relations Of all the object
around you, since without such knowledge
your choice will be only guessing,
What field Of study is before you, per
fectly unbounded! What have said is only
round.a 5out-way of telling you, that
knowledge is of nestlmabe value, and tha
your happiness, and usefulness in life very,
much depend on what you kno,o.
The thought that SO much remains to b,
learned perhaps may lrighIen you. as
have known il do many Others; but yol
should rather rejoice than gIieve. AS breat
is the food of The body,sO knowledge is ih'
food of the mind and as one loaf of breat
will not sustsi' lhe body long, so smaI
stock of knowledge will keep The mint
in heath and vigour but short time
Therefore, when you see that so much re
main, to be learned, you should rejoice I,
thipk that there is 70 danger Of menla
famine, if you are disposed to reach ON
your hand TO Ihe splendid banquet beior
you.
Your aftCIionale Uncle,
AMOS CORBON