The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-03-19
CHARLES LAMBS WARNING


| Charles Lamb tells his sad experience aa
warning TO young men, in the following kn-
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"Ihe waters have gone over me. gnt nm,
| Oh the black depths, could be heard, I would
cry oul 10 all those who have but set foot in
lhe perIlous flood. Could The youth to whom
Tue IaVor oil his first wine is delicious as the
opening scenes of life, or the entering pnon
some newly discovered paradise, look into INV
ueSoiatIon and be made TO understand what a
dfeary thing IL is when man shall feel him
seh gong down precipice with open eyes and
passive Will-to see bis destruction and have
no power 10 stop ii, and yet feel it all fbe way
ehanatlng from himself to see all godliness
emPied out OF him, and ye: not able 10 forget a
tinie When 1t was otherwise ; 10 bear about the
PieouS spectacle Of his own ruin could he see
my ieyered eye, feverish with the last nights
drinking, and feverishly looking for TO nights
repetition OF the folly could be but feel the
oody ol death out of which | cry, hourly
with The feebler outcry, to be deivered-it were
enough 10 make him dash the sparkling bever-
age TO the earth in all the pride OF lis nanting
tetnptatiou.''
II you have young friend who may be in
THE SLANDERED.
A venerable old man says: tsLet the SANDER
ed take comfort-t is only at fruit trees that
thieves throw stones"
The old man is right. Who ever saw thieves
throw stones at the birch, maple, or elm-tTeel
The more fruit the tree bears, and the richer
il is, the more it is likely TO attract the atten-
tion Of the thief.
No man that tries to do his duty TO his fel-
lows and endeavors to live TO bear the fruits of
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ment suppose that be will pass along through
life " ithout being slandered more or less. Such
a man will of necessity have some enemies;
and these enemies will Try in every way TO in
iure him, and among Others, they will not be
slow in stirring up the polluted waters of defa-
nation and SANDER.
A man who has no enemies is merely milk
and-water nothing. We would not give three
figs for such man.
He who is anything, who makes his mark in
the world, who does good, will have enemies;
and, if he have them, he will be sure TO be SLAM
dered.
perpetual .Notion-A western eorrespon-
dent Of Harper'S Magazine gets oifthe follow
''good 'un" -
81 was travelling in Virginia by stage, and,
spending the night at country tavern, was
greatly entertained by the talk of. The stage
driver and others sitting about the baF-room 6te
in the evening. One old Codger worked offs
good thing
s.When was down to the fair, good many
years ago, there was prize offered to the one
who would come the nearest 10 make a perpet-
ual notion Well, all sorts of machines, Of all
shapes and material, were fetched there and
shown, and the makers of :tem told how long
they would rum As ] was walking about a.
mong them I seen a sign over tent :-s.4N
,rho rant to see perpetual motion and no mis-
take, meet here So paid the admission fee,
and went in. Very soon queer little man got
up on a box that served for platform, and ad-
dressed the audience: sIadeS and gentlemen,
Pm gon' to exhibit 10 you The most wonder
fullest invention you ever seen. 1t has been
runnin' for fulI three years, and il nobody stops
it it'll run on for ever And here he unrolled
long strip of paper. This is taiior's bU'
And, as he held il up 10 the gaze of the people,
they admitted that, whether the bill was ever
paid or not, they had all been sold."
Clear Distinction. An anecdote is related
of young preacher al city church, who had
for his text verse from the parable OF the ten
, virgins, and in the course ofhs sermon explain
ed
.sThat in old times il was customary, when
the bridegroom and bride were coming, for ten
VIRGINS to 90 out and meet them, and escort
them home.-,fre ofthsse virgins toere males
and fue females.
IEIn what does the American Indian diff
Ter from modern lady? The one whoops in
time of battle, the other hoops in time of peace,