Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-03-19
IYos the 1p.srlrsnseFl
OF HUNTtANs LIFE.
rRASs1ArED FROM mn ORES OF eEp&s. s.

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a. I'VE Tarll walking In the temple Of Saturn,
and Sbseryina seyefal Of the presents dedicated
"A t1,st rod. Ne were particularly struck wilma
ictIITc 6,inp M before one of the chapels Both
the manner and subject Of it seemed to be for
eign; so that we were at q loss to Know either
whence. or what it was What it represented
Llss ascAmp; hut IN Enclosure
containing two other Enclosures the one larger
and the other less To the outer inclosurc, there
T-uoTtal, swithsar great number persons
standing before.it and several females standing
within and an aged man standing by the
mortal. In the attitude OF giving directions to
those WHO were going in. After We had been
debating among ourselves for some fflnc, what
all these things should mean, an elderly person
Who happened torbe BIZ, addressed himself to MS
IN the following manner:
Old Gitissn.-.is you are strangers, 'tls no no
wonder that You should be at loss to ma OUT
the meaning of this picture; siEcc several OF the
natives Of this themselves kno" not the true IN
tent Of it-Rnd indeed it was not placed mere y
any Of our citizens but by stranger yt ISL,
ed these parts several years ago. Tic wasa very
sensible man, and "a gTeatPl philosophers and ootn
in his conversation and practice, seemed 10 APP
,55rroach nearer to the doctrines of PythagoraS
and Parmeuides, than 10 any other of our sccts.i
Il was he who built this temple, and dedicated
this picture init to Saturn.
] jSRrdnger--HaYc YOU then seen the very per-
4 =
! OFGz2Yes. i was both well acquainted with
him. and admired him very much for though
he was rather young, his conversation was full
| of wisdom and among other things, have Of.
| ten heard himexplaining the subject of the pic
! ture before US. .aa f,ft47 --5.s.
| ST. intreAt you, If will not be, too trouble
| some. toiacGuaintns with hiSaC1planation oft,
o. CMThat wiz besratheris o a r pleasure than
! anv trouble to me; but ought to fOrewarn you
of one thing before begin, which is this, that
| hearing it is attended with some danger.
C-Sylat danger can there be In that? -
| n p-It IL no less than this. thatif you OBJ
serve and follow the lesson that it gives you, it
will mako Won wise and happy: huff you neg
kIcct r. Won will betnost nisera and wretch
al ali yon, 1aI.s So that the eS biSinfns of this
800 y,,I;l- IN. riddle soid tothayes been pro-
nosc5s to neonIr by the Sphynx, which If the
,oaSor ,,rfcTftooI he Was saved: but if not. lie
,.as 10 Le deStrovcfl tits much the samein the
nrescnt case: for Ignorance is full as dangerous
h iiG rs the Spbyax was supposed to he in the
49, w. +bc n;ctnrs beI;,re us includes all
a. Jo,4r,o &c ,rb,t is mod in l;E. what isbad
anJ hot l. in5fEarent. so that if YOU should
take # wrong YOU will be DESTROYED by it; not
iindeed all At once. as the people were BY that
a" he, a. nv little tbrorpb all the residueo
IF ms those Who are piYen IN to be put to
JeatI, Lt9 SLOW. tortures on the contrary. ifyou
nde-sfar r. arirht then will your5 ignorance
=" ,Snstro,oJ and Won will be sayc and become
tbsn, and biest for ali the rest of yo,lr DAYS. DO
n ..o ten, careIv to what shall saw 10 YOU
~, vi c .IeeS,.,, It. nc Hon onrbt.
""S g ~ b.oTsn how yoIr have increased our
70 besr what NAV. he of such very great
;uoTo+{ancs n ne,
u TI.;s Certainty of fine GREATEST that can
tbo :.
S.-ExnI,in If then TO us immediately, we be-
and he assured that We will listen to
t Il, anu c, re a a9 attention that matter
yyybicb ,tcl1 ms so greatly must demand
SYo" se Ss his trent inclosure All this
circn;t ia the Circuit Of Human Life, and that
S,root ',,n,h. of nponlc standing before the por-
~ tl,So ,.bo are IN enter. into life This
o.rs ,'orson Who stands bv the entrance holding
in ono Of his hands and pointinc with
tha nther il The Genius who directs all that arp
EsrSI 5 into I;Es and shows them which way they.
o,',.t,+ - +oie orlar tn he hanny in it.
a ,ri,;cb 10 the yray that he shows
i.t -, - = $40
' 70 CNno Won see that seat on the other side
| hAFora Tho norfal. and the woman sitting on it,
nth n cnn in her handp She who is so fully
'IressSd ont and makes so plausible an appear
o,,on
To-, lo,. aud .,rs,, whole shop
n 81 = I no.a;t +bs ,risleoder. of man.
SIrd rrbat 5oes she do there?
N "a tbc,. are entering into life she of
c,r. tbo,, ~ 5r;nL If her Gun.
'4 s'lS I'll ~ ,,.ba+ ,loas Ssr c,,n conts;ns
%'rSrs .nJ crror. Of which when
.,o1: To- Is"Ui ti,o., sntcr into
a. A,,,1 Jo III irinls of tli;s cnn
I n n vi III ~; &c r. hut some more and
Ia, a I;t4Ie f3rthcr within tEiG Mortal.
5nI,'t ,so' 500 !. comnanv Of loose women with
o,res} i.oI ~ vsricry, 10th in their dress and
a''S coo ti,.-,
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