Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-08-14
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on The farm Of Mr.. DAVIS, both love. a
better the little room where she had !.
long aud anxiously watched over The sicI
bed of the houseless stranger. Mr.. vii
son was rich. but never forgot those VIII
were 10 want.
Cheeted By the hind and sffsc.iona,,
attention Of his children. Old Simon Da
Wis almost seemed to have renewed hi,
existence. He lived many years. anc
long enongh TO tell the bright eved son O
Charles and Lucy the story Of the FOR.
GED DEED. And when be told lbe lis.
tening boy how his father. when poor and
iriendless. was taken home and kindly
treated. and in turn became their benefac.
tor. be impressed upon The. mind Of hi.
grsndchild, that even cup 81 cold water
given from q good motive STALL not lose
its reward.
DIGNITY OF PRlNTinc God was The
6rst printer! He gave from bis hand, a.
mid the blackness Of SInti, the mind Of
God! The decalogue Of all moral law
the claim OF man upon man and God up.
on al. .fs
Printing The art that shall hand
down to latest year, to remotest ppsterity,
tpinnumerable millions yet unborn OF God,
the thoughts Of men who are living now !;
Of men who lived centuries since; they
defy time, and the printed transcript Of
these men shall live, too full Of soul to be
Put in the same grave with their perisha.
pie bodies. twas a bright thought OF
hat author, who 10 bis dying moments,
was just able 10 ask if The proof of bis last
work was corrected--ah corrected. Yes
Ill! Then shall have complete edi.
lion in glory.
TRUE CoURTEsY-'Man SAYS the
eloquent Edmund Burke, are of more i'm
'or'ance than laws. Upon them 10
,reat measure. laws depend. The laws
ouch US here and there-now and then
are what vex or soothe, corrupt
II purify, exalt or debsse, .barbarize or re.
Inc, by constant, steady, uniform, in
ensible operation, like that Of the air we
'reathe in. They give their whole form
md color TO our lives. According to their
lnality, they aid morals; they supply
hem, or they totally destroy them"
FRIENDSHIP, Friendship is flower
which the devastating hand OF time can
lot crush nor the lightning seattle. It
ears its beautiful head in the morning OF
and casts its nec,arine odour on
be sensitive heart and when the night
i adversely sets in, and its flexible leaves
nd humble stalk is not seen TO sink be-
cath The oppressive load bit like the
Fss Of gemS'o KISS The 6 6ttsslf :pb6. shsu;..s
eauty and its .fragranceimpar! charm to
II around. "
A HARD CAS- E Ii is hard sometimes
i, is confessed!y hard b deny craving
ppeiite, or to subdue vicious habit but
it not hwdsr 10 lose everlasting happi-
Tess for monen,ary Indulgence, and,
Ike the wreiched Esau. 70 sell heaven in
aversion for mess Of pottage!
Men are born. With lao eyes and one
onsue, in order tina: they may see twice
- much as they say from their conduct,
3ne would suppose thatthey were born
With Two tongues, and one eye: for those
ak the most who have'obseryed the least;t
and obtrude their remarks upon every
hing, who have seen iElo nothing. =
How many bitter moments pay for our
sweet onestin this life, and yet how will
ipg are We all to make the purchase what,
ever be the price! The ambitious spirit
Of enjoyment is upon US, and must still
enlarge the sphere OF our delight, though
-as when a conquerer stretches the
bounds of@his empire. and thereby only
exposes wilder frontier TO protect-each
new hope, each new pleasure, each new
possession, but lays US open 10 loss, TO re
greet and disappointment.
There is in The Heart Of Man native
sense OF beauty. latent ~ mpaihy, a bar
mony with ell that is lovely on the earth
which makes him unconsciously seek oul
spots of peculiar sweetness, not only fol
bis Temporary resting place, and for the
mansion Of bis long repose.
Pleasure isio a woman wha, the sun Ii
to a flower Il il moderately, enjoyed, I
beauties, itretreshes, and il improves |
inmoderaiely, ii wi,hers. deteriorates snc
destroys. Butths duties Of domestic life
exercised as they must be in retirement
and calling forth ell the sensibiiiiies Of IL,
female. are perhaps as necessary 10 th'
full Development Of Der charms. as th'
shade and .he shower are 10 the rose. con
frming lis beauty and increasing IT'S fra
grance. IS
EYEs.-Nothing can be more certain
than The black eye indicates loquacious
ness. Is not the sky black before il ihun
ders31 But who could be satisfied with
sky forever the same blues And VIII
would dwell in 4 climate where the hea
vens were always with tempest. There
fore. we incline to The halle or grey
which liehteus 10 anger and melts 10 goo
humor. When pair Of these grey one
fasiet upon us. We feel Undesirable emo
,ionsl We feel a. We suppose those flie
do in warm weather, who tnrn over o
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