Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-10

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Not in the least i don't think you
would ever give up your sensible wife
for poor poetess, said Mary.
No, truly but wish my sensible wife |
could be poetess, too, just by way Of or
nanen,,' said her husband.
well, since YOU admired her so much,
/ thought would try-here is my hum
BILE eifort-see how it will compare with
hers said Mary, handing him manu-
script. ss
IT'S sweet along life's chequered path
To find, unsought, some cherished flower,
Within whose perfumed chalice lies,
*@ balm for many an anxious hour
Which, while to outward sense it brings
Oblivion Of aktorturing pain, a
Sends FIRE shee life through every pulse,
And makes the heart feel young again.
The worlds false and heartless prove,
And all our fervent hopes betray,
And those who with our fortune smile
May with our fortune pass away.
Yet, while one eye in kindness beams,
While one true heart is twined with ours,
Our path OF life, tho chequered still,
Is cheered BY the sweet smile Of flowers.
s 1t may be that the rose we loved,
Long withered and forgotten lies;
And all the dreams OF early years
Have proved but fattering prophecies-
Yet here and there, along our path,
Some blossom meets our earnest gaze,
In which the eye of faith can read 3s
The joyous pledge Of brighter days. 4s2 s5i
MATTE MEANwELL.
This is really strange quite won
der at you Mary said her husband.
you will learnto wonder at nothing az
ter a time,' said Mary.
But you always seemed matter of-lact
little body
'And so am. But have earned silk
dress?' asked Mary.
You shall have the prettiest one in the
city, Mary said her husband-'we are
no longer poor, thank heaven!'
Thank heaven ,ha: we have been poor
long enough to use wealth wisely said
Mary.
The possesser of half a million could
not remain long in obscurity. 1t was real
ly astonishing how some people seemed
to remember, all at once, they had always
thought the Smiths were genfeel people, and
now they kneu IT, Mrs Prim and Mrs
Fry and Mrs H. said so, and even Mr.
H.-now he knew Mr. Smith was able TO
pay his debts and buy his own tobacco
profiered him some Of the very best Cav
endish, and felt quite honored that he ac-
cepted it. But Notwithstanding that Mrs
Prim and Mrs Pry called and Mrs Hau-
ton sent an invitation to her elegant party
and people began TO bow who seemed
as if recovered from a temporary oblivion,
10 full knowledge Of the real gentility Of
the Smths--they had found out in their
obscurity, that the true secret Of happiness
is independent of outward circumstances.
The rumored Cabinet Difficulty. eve
are often amused and not seldom instruct
ed" says the National Inielligencer Of
Saturday, Thy portion Of the correspon-
dence carried on from this city BY gentle
men who reside here for the purpose OF
communicating to distant journals whatev-
er they think worthy Of note at the seat
of Government. Naturally eager to give
interest to their letters, some yield more
ready credence o-rumor than others, and
are in constant danger Of substituting fam
cy for fact, and giving to "airy nothing
the importance Of sober reality. In gene
raj these things are not worthy Of serious
notice. If they excite momentary inter
est or transient belief, they soon sink
into forgetfulness, without. any formal
contradiction. Occasionally statements
are made which, however unfounded, the
distant public have no means Of detecting,
and are of too grave character to let pass.
Such is one which we observe circulating
in regard to alledged divisions and dis
contents in the Cabinet, Of the new Ad-
ministra,ion. This, we beg leave to say,
in The classic phrase or our neighbor the
Union, is emares's nest" We can un-
der,ake to say that there is not, and has
never at any moment been, the slightest
foundation for any such statement. On
the contrary, we are confident that there
has never existed in this Government a
more harmonious Cabinet. The gentlemen
who compose il are personal friends, with
an entire agreement on all the great points
Of political faith and it will require deep
er intrigue and much more party rancor
than their opponents are believed capable
of to ALLEVIATE them from each other, or TO
estrange one man among them from the
riehtminded, brave and honest chief under
whose direction it is their pleasure and
their pride to serve their country.
Human .Nature.-'Is that the priso-
ner?' said one spectator 10 another, during
a trial for. lnanslaughter.. !. 4
Yes was the reply. "A
'Ah! indeed! What dreadful look
he has, especially about the eyes! But
WHO'S that respectable looking young man
at hi. side, in the green vest p
In the green vest /? Why that is the
prisoner himself. The other man is his
lawyer ...
well, now l do begin to see that the
fellow in the green vest don't look SO res
pectable after all. Indeed he has just the
air of an old offender
Woman. lis the presiding genius Of
hnme-ic she Is false to her trust, no