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l f I t V I i i 3. j in- 1 i - ! Ii i4 ii - ' - J f. - "4- v t " t . ! . i. f Tl J1 , ' I I 1 ' XT ' i ' 4 ' i. - i 3 - f ... 11 - r .:-. - ' j If I I ' ,4 I I" f ' I From Titan. IX IIEAVKN LAST NIGHT. Liit night there was feitiral ia he&ren: Th ky burned with a most majestic light; Orion, Aqua, and the might Seven, FUmed like the banners of lome awful fight The atari bunjf cluiterinj? like white Itj round The oriel window of the curtained ikj, Ai thonzh God bad with festoom Rajlj bound The cloud-draped arcb through which bis Angel Terchance, the Master in pome distant place, Dad hung raid-ikj ft new-created world Or with another suu had garu'uheJ space, Streaming below like a gaj flag unfurled. Or It might be some great returning day, When an Archangel, by a holy feat, Gained for hi mighty crown another ray, By mastery at the games where Angels meet The wind at sunset had an organ's sound, And softlr plated a low religious tune. It mar be at that hour some saint was crowned, Who died when through his window looked thfe moon. Whatcrcr was the cause, there was in heaven A display rare and grand of pomp last night: 1'erhaps the S;nriour and the great Eleven , llcrcaled themselves unto angelic sight "Phrenology became the town-talK in isjo. the loss of the pigs. VVIiiIa hei wosi thinkiDg lid say to his father, and 'wringing ?pr fhft mnV!nff rimn:inti nf ou nf rratitirtnr in th RfMPnf . dined ODfi QST at the house where Colonel Burr resided, when those untimely sufferers, an odor ssajd his it occurred to the landlady to give him an op-1 nostrils, unlike any scent which he hadibefore )wer of reading character, exrwrionrpd What muU it matteeA from? "Phrenology became the town-tain in ijo. tne loss or th It was a new thiug with us then, and had few wht he shoul adherents ! The young poet Barlow, one of the h- . . f first practitioners in the science, dined one day ; " u J nortunitr to test his power She said to hini, ' W e .have an old gentleman from the country upon a visit to ! us, whom I should like you to j see. He seems to me to have quite a remarkable head, thotigh he is not a hitrhlv educated man." .'!!'"' i The phrenologist having intimatedtis willing ness to. examine him, she went below to prepare Colonel Burr for the interview, cautioning mm The thing" took wing, and now there was nothV pg to be seen but fire in every direction. Fuel; and pigs grew enormously dear all ov? the district.- The insurance-offices one and all .shut; slight er. not from the burnt cottage rhe had smelt that smell before indeed this was by no meins the,, first accident of the kind which had I occurred throngh the negligence of this unlucky syoung firebrand. Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. I A preraoni- j Foil the Leisure Hour. LIPElOF AAHON BTJRB. BY PARTOX. to say nothing and, above all, to keep still, less I tory gioistening at the siimo time overflowed a bow or a gesture should betray hira. lie was his nether Up. He knew not what.to thtnk4 reclining in a chair, attired in a flannel dress- Ue ne gtQ d f , h i h ing-gownJ -when Barlow was ushered into his 1 m , , . apartment1 His nurse, who, was sitting at a were any igns of lifm it. He burnt h floa table sewing, was to personate the daughter of ers, and to cool them he applied them 'tin, hfe the old gentleman. i ; boobv fashion to his mouth, i Some of the "This gentleman, sir," said the lady, is a crambg of th(j feCQrehed &kin had wine Saway h.A with his fingers, and for the first time in his life uaau j w v uvwvi - - He noddedl and the examination began. "What! a head!" waa the phrenologist's first whisper. " Who is he? : WThere doe3 he come from 7 " ) . Y. . . ij "Oh," replied the lady, " he is an old friend of my tather'a. .He lives in Connecticut, and as it were, upon (he tongue of my friend, j But a stop must be put! somewhere. One would not,like Lear, 4 'give everything." I make' my stand upon pig. j Methinks is an ingratitude to the Giver of all good flavors, to extro-domi- up shop. People built 1 slighter and the very c& dilate, or send oqt of the honse slihUy funder long time ri 'pretext of frien&hip or I 'know not what), a heavens. Nol I would sooner take him tor a man nf war than a man of peace. If he had We have recently read this boqk with a high been an educated man, he could have set the desreo of cntcrlat'jment and satisfaction e6- world in arms! This . is a Van Jiuren head, . ,i B.,.i- r nmnna;i;i only ot higher ambition and greater powers." tertinment because the style ot composition j a j 1 .t. lerviiniivuk, jvv- r ( "lift would have made a crood soldier, then. is penial and fascinating satisfaction, beeauie -f had been called upon to fijrht?". inquired v - ' I- A w . . (in the world's life indaed, for before hm no man had known it) he tasted craclclikgh Again he felt and fumbled at the! pig ft did not hum him so much now, still ho licked his fingers from a isort bf habit. The truih at has come ito the city for medical; advice. But length broke I into, his slow understanding, that ry object, that pretext and excuse migh 1 won't tell you any thing more auout mm u a . . . t , , tho-Di.j that found in roast pig you have given U3 his character. X ou wouldn t r , i . J ,.i - t.e suppose him to be a clergyman, would you?" , tasted so delicious ; and surrendering himself "A clergyman" exclaimed uariow. " ureat up to tne new-oorn pleasure,; ne ieii to leanng every day, until it was feared that ence of architecture would in no lost to the world. Thus thia custom! of Erins: houses continued, till iri propesa of time, says manuscript, a sage arose, like ouf Locke, who . made a discovery, that the .flesh of swine, or in-; deed of t anyi other animal, soight be cooked vurni, as ineyeauea ui witnjut me necessi ty of consuming a whole bouse to dress it- Then first began the rude ibrra ef a grid iron! Roasting by the string or spU came in.a centu ry or two later, I forgot in whose dynasty. By sucn siow aegrees, conciuaes me manucripi do the most useful, and seemingly the most obj vious arts, make their way aityong mankind-f--4 Without placing too implicit faith in the aci count above given, it must be agreed,; that if aj worthy pretext for. so dangerous an experiment as setting houses on fire (especially in these; ciaj:j;i;yuiu oe assigueu m iayur ui aiiyi cumw bo we have for a long while believed that te character of Burr was viewed through jaundiced eyes by the people of onr country. The harsh ness of the judgment of his countrymen towards thU unfortunate man, was beyond doubt more vcra than YiU conduct merited . Mr. Partoiss if he had been called upon to fight? the lady, 1 1 . .. !!i,;rj, " Such a head as that," said the phrenologist, might have led an army, and; conquered a worldl It is a great headl a very; great head! What a pity h& should have lived. in obscurity! ith many noble traits ot character, however, he has some bad ones. -He is generous to a j up whole handfulls of the seorched. skin? with. the flesh next it, and w;is cramming lit down bis throat in his beastly fashion, Iwhen his sire en tered amid the smoking rafters, armed with re tributory cudgel, and finding howiaffairs stoad, began to rain blows upon the young rogue's shoulders, as thick as hailstones, which Bo-bo i V' ' " ' - - - ' i i :" i- I heeded not any more than if they had beenfltes. The tickling pleasure, which-he experienced in his lower regions, had rendered him quitqcal- lous to any inconvcnicnces.he might feel in .IUnnirlinfimnarti.-vntVr. MAUlt He takes pleasure in giving, whether moe remote quarters. . i . - i i l ?i:f!a r,nt L his own r other's property. He is very secre- 0n, but he could not beat hiut from his pi& thoush at times he obviously palliates, not to . . n ' Jll jmon ftWAm . . . . . . . : , . I .t . j--.- . .""-. : -T. V , he Had tairlv made an ena ol it, wiien, " swerTOd or the advice ot others. ' lie ieeis mat nar excuses, some 01 ine ueicci wiu wuini the reputation of Col. Burr. He had goodu bad qualities of the most con picuous kind, yt if tne roask had ha v.e been lifted, and hi charajy tcr rilitly idcrsto'od, Jiis name would have never been over loaded with shame and obloquy, as it is. j Whilc-his passions were . quick and impulsive, and often led him astray, his geneV osity was unbounded overgushing. His purie could hardly be called his own- It was perpe tually unclasped, when the hand ot poverty w, he was born to command, and 'm as' brave a3 a lion. He would have made a great scholar, a great statesman, a great orator, a grea t any thing, if he had but had the chance. Vet he ran descend to dunlicitv to cain his ends, lie is not ovep-conscientiou3 when his passions or his feeling? are concerned., ' As a statesman, he would pave been diplomatic and firm: , as a rock, whether for evil or for good: A firm friend, without boasting or presuming. More . It! 1 t 11 - . If . 1 J yet wouidiscarceiy oe an unoeiievcr. i xns neau i ' . j i! - n . . i j : Of all the delicacips in the whole I munduk edibilisi I will maintain it to be the most deli cate princeps afrsqnwrum. ji j it speak hot of your grown pokers things bei tween pig and pork those hobbydehoyspOut a young; and tender suckling underj a riiportj old guiltless as yet of the sty with ;no origi. nal speck of the amor immunditice. the heredii lary failing! of the first parent, yet manifest his voice as yet not broken, hut something be- tween! a childish treble; and a grumble the mild forerunner, or prcdudium of a grunt. ' .! He must be roasted. I am not ignorant tha His father might lay our ancestors ate th"em seethed, or boiled rbuti till what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument. ecom- l ncro is n no navor comparaoie, l wm cof ino- a little mnrrt ensi?)!ft nf hi wtnafinn, srne- tend, to that of the ctiso. tawnv. well-watched.i thing like the following dialogue ensued. i not over-roasted, crackling, as it is rwell-eallecf J' "You graceless whelp, ? what have you got j -thejvery S teeth are invited to thcir share of there devouring? ts it not enough that !iybu j the pleasure at tins banquet fa overcoming the. . . . - i !" . "i ; ' . . i I iU.ii '. i -'...ii.it. n . . ' i . r '. your j coy, Dntue resistance- wimme aunesivej Oieagi-u but vou rous-i-0 call.it not fat! bnt an indefinable what sweetness growing up to it the tender bios blessing so particularly adapted, predestined, I may say, to my mdi vidua! palate it argues an insensibility- V x I i '-y I remember a touch of consicince in this kind at school. My good old aunt, who never parted from meat the.eiid, of a holidajf without stuflV ing a sweetmeat or, some riice ! thing, into my pocket, had dismissed me ode evening with a smoking plum-cake fresh ifrom the oven. In my way to school fit was over London bridiry) " -41"' t a grey-headed old beggar saliited me (I have no doubt, at this tiuje or day, that be was a coun terfeit.) I had no jpenee to Iconsole him with and in the vanit of self-dejiial, and the very c'oxcomby of charity, schooboy-like, I made him a present ofr-the whole' cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occa sions, with a sweet soothing Jof selfsatisfac iion ; but before I had got o I the end of the brjdge, my better, feelings retnrned, andl burs' and .who might knew; and then aelf, and not another and what shou When in her home of tjoom, she met tempU- "tron," listened, earth bad ha wonder, and began its woe. i ?' $ " ; Tlie bowers : withered and dropped amid dark" weeds; music ras loit idiscord; gloom wove its shadows aroond the rerW; and death went forth to Kpread,hu blackiwinj; over every dwell. ing of mortals and extojt the whisper from the pallid lips of myriad vScms.; 'We are ruined f ne burouu was prepares, me grave aoj , ana dust returned to dust, f . , jThough woman fell, yet her fall was not like that'of a star stricken from its inhere, to fchine no more.; She-passed lato a lower, region of Iho'rnoral hemisphere, to journey round with nian through the cycle of his course, a sharer of his toil, his mirgled joy and woe,; r , She suddenly sank away from her original brightness inb a total eclipse ; but still he was destined !to thine again. Though once unfaithful to her own "soul, she waa to walk in fidelity beneath roofs of worn and weary one, to smooth the ow couch of sickness, tread the riath of, pestilence, and 'bend with affectionate kindness ever the bed of death. . j , Old history,; gray with the faded glory of mm ana wastea, centuries, records her daring into tears, thinking jhow niigrateful I had been and her deeds :of blood. While the earth bloo- med iii the juvenescent beauty of. its Tounsr days, she sat in its Eden-bower, - close by the to my good aunt: to go and give her good rift' away to a stranger that I had never seen before, be a bad pan for aught T I heart of man, with Unshrinking and unabashed All.. ll.5i.ll ..- ' 1 ' Jf .! 1 1 Mf 1 . ... rnougut ,oi me pleasure my rftenenaence. inen sue Knew her position, was aunt would be taking in tbinking 4hat I I my-1 satisfied with it She bad no aspirations to would . I . . i i! . . . j . ' i j : outstretched to him. for help. .The name Jt 3 - J. ... , o . Jc have burnt me down three houses with dogs tricks, and be hanged to you ! must be eating fire, and I know inot Lwhat h:ir vnn rrnt 1 hern f sn ! i ? i s j 0; father, the pig, the! pig! .i do come iand taste'how nice the burnt pig eats.": j ! Burr has Kcldom been uttered in the United conlr'ol States, without calling up an expression qt Oraciona oit And that 8 ence! One Would almost think it; impossible The ears of Ho-ti tintrlcd with hnrrfir. I He TT! '1.11. J '.-' l! 4. -f . I.. l . !. r i ! !!,: lie is very imoie, anu iinpaue.it m cursed hi3 gon and he ge , himseIf that ev- .1-1 a nnn ii rrtlr intn t ha nn a rj mn I i .- ' i; soming of fat tat ; cropped in the bud taken;; in the shoot in the first innocence the cream and quintessence of the child-pig's yet pure food the lean," no lean, but a kind of I animal manna or, rather, fat and lean (if it must be satisfied with it She . i eat her nice cake, crown or throne, nor' once dreamed in her id I say to hier the next time 1 1 brightest days ! that both were hers. While -S sawrher how naughty I was to part with her innocent, she knew not that in after years the H prelty present l7-and the odor I of that spicy voice of ! stern I multitudes would call her to J cake came back upon my recollection, and the exercise the prerogative of royalty. But on pleasure! and the jjuriosity I had taken in seeing te selfsame day in which she. listened , to the her make it, and"herjoy when she sent it to the tf nfpter, she felt a pow.er she knew not of till oven, and how pisappointed! she. would feel that moment; a power to ow, man before her, , that I had never pac a bit of It in my mouth aC as before old kjngs they have since often bowed, last and I blamed my impertiBent spirit of ' ! With the consciousness of this 1 newly dis-alms-giving, and out-of-pla;e hypocrisy of -eovercd power j came the new hope of struggle- goodness; aud above all I w ished. never to see Sand rivalry with man, . In thisntruggle, disdain. the face again of thatinsldiousj cood-for-nothinjr. I insr the tender might' of tears, she has 'dlu-eXto - old grey impostor. Our I ancestors sacrificing those pigs whjpt to deal as we hear of an horror as if he were a demon of the , mo fiendii.1i propensities and had not a single feej ing in common with human nature, buch n tions are wide of the mark kindness and affec tion in the home circl all admire and commen These qualities were displayed by hira to pro-eminent degree. He was kind to his ser vants, and felt much anxiety for their welfare, and who ever witnessed more attachment mor overweening affection for a. child than wa manifested by him towards Theodosia the wift- ty, beautiful and accomplished Theodosia who what a lawyer he wpuld have made ! er be should, beget a son that.should eat burnt so) so blended and mnning into, each; other, his daughter, is it? AVhat a differ- pig. ' - ' ,N" 1 , - I. that both together make but one ambrosian re- . ii i . .i t . .. . I. - . -1 - -. . ;'. !-?! i H i - .. ! ' , ,- --!- -. : - f I .-;t! : Bo-bo, whose scent was wonderfully sharpen. .. . 1 . , ii . ' . it ed since morninc root. rike;i out nnother Bier. nossib e. ana win aare an to train a point, ne 1 i 7 f ' has been fond of the fair sex, too,! in his dav. and fairly rending it asunder, thrust the lesser But his bid qualities are. overtopped by his half bv main force into the ffsts of Ho-ti. Itill . . ..." - 1 .1 I . . ..i : . ' S. - good onei; And now, pray tell mewho this lsj,outing oiit, 'Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, falh- fc "Oolonfel Aaron Burr, sir." replied the lad v. on7 taste-O Lord!" w,ith such-like bar- in triurapjii . - - barous ejaculations, cramming all thejwhile as The phrenologist started back,1 with' a curious if he would choke. 1 ' , ! 1 ' V his face aid attitude. .1 i ViiU L H-tl trembled in every joint while he gragp- "Oh, str, pardon me," he said: ;'if I had known who it was that I was :examininsr, I was the centre and circumference of his hopes I should ndt have presumed to say what I have - - . (II . i t i .i i t i .' i-i and happiness, after the decease of Mrs. Bimi and who met with an untimely end on theocean while cn route to pay a visit to her father. J Read the following extract from one of The Ouosia s leuers, -una jfuu win ov.-c uui ouc ci ciprocatcd a father's love. She writes: I witness your extraordinary fortitude wit now wonder at every misfortune. Often afte reflecting on this subject you seem to me s superior, so elevated above all other men ; 'contemplate you with such strange mixture o humility, admiration, reverence, love and prid that very little superstition would be required t make mo worshipyou as a superior being; sue enthusiasm does your character excite in m When I afterward revert to myself, how insign ficant do my best qualities appear. My vanit would have been greater had 1 not been place so near you 5 and ye my pride is our relation' shin. I had rather not be born than not be th i 1 daughter of snch a man." This heroic woman stood by her father an shared the odium visited upon him until he ta the at mi i 1. t t.- 1 11 i .t - j..i i tnocK. iiir. 1 anon icus 01 me uuei oeiwee Burr and Hamilton, and the causes of it, in a interesting manrer. The Biographer does no ceci to entertain undue prejudice or hostilit gainst the latter, yet the disclosures in thi said. But this is an honor I have ; long wished for, and nothing could have given me greater delight." j - r'. r .', r ! :!! ? - , "Sir," whispered Burr, in his Jbl'andest man ner, "you have given me noonense.: This ended the interview. The next day, the lady said (to him that she thought Mr. Barlow suit or wimmnn fiiihia nf i i ! I ! ! Behold him, while he is "doing"- itseemeth' ratheri a refreshing warmth, than a scorching heat; that he is so passive to. How equably he twirleth round the string! Nowheis just! done, 1 To see the extreme sensibility! of that tender age 1 he hath wept out his pretty eyes radiant jellies shooting stars. 1! j- J See him in the dish his second cradle how meek he lieth ! wouldst thou have had this in nocent'grow up to the grossness and indocility whichi too often accompany naturer swinehood ? ed the abominable thing; wavering whether he should not put his son to death for an unnatijral rnnnnr mnnsiter wVipn. tlin t-oi.t-lin rr Bpfirr!i tnir his nngers, as it had uone his son s, and apply n ! T T . r ., K- , ..b r 1 ing the same remedy to them, he in ;his turn the sterns elements in which tyrants lire i were nice in their method of -'l and have their being.- She ascended the throne, - ' li.il I. i i ' ' . . tender victims. '""We read of and kingdoms quaked. Her voice, which God th with somethint? of a shotk, I has set to the tune of nature's meltincr melodies. ! x yobsolete custom. The age of became loud ini command as tho startling blast . discipline is gone by, or it would be eurions to of the camp-waking trumpet.'. -Under her role, ; inquire-(in a philosophical light merely) what gained by the invasion of, man's rights, one by j effect thjs process might have towards intenera- f Sne, the lights jof mercy became extinguished, ling ana auicitying : a substance, naturally bo ana gross aaricness Drooaea over tne una; mua ana auicet as the nesh or. young pigs.. It: na nisiory naraeu ner ;me- niooay queen - looks like refining a cautious, while we how we censure the might impart a gusto violet.! Yet we should be I -i Again, she has been seen under tossinar plume condemn the inhumanity, fend streaming banner, grasping with her own ! .1 L iL - '3 f. ' ' wisaom Ot the practice. It nanu me ni.ii 01 me sworn, waving 11 over em . I J j r ji I latUed hosts and smoking fields, leading in the , I remember an hypothesis, argned npon by thundering van; to victory or a grave of blood. . the young studepts.whenil was at St. Omer's,, In aU this there was a witching spell like an j and maintained with much! learning and plea- Atmosphere around her, .which bound man to santry on both sies, ".Whether, supposing that Q shrine as an idol worshipper. Though aho v ; the flavor of a pig who obtained his death by J bad lost the pure light of the sky whence she whipping (per fldgeUationem 'fixtremamJ super had fallen, yet there was ft brightness about her, added a pleasure upon the palate of a man more call it the ignifatuu it you choose, that daz intehse than any possible suffering we can con-l xted -and lured tnan to hei bondage. had hit his character very correctly.' I, u ITo, niadame, ' he replied, with unexpected gravity, "he made some great mistakes, said I .wa jrritablei I am hot irritable."' 1 The phrenologist was riht; ihowever. had been irritable in his way. t i. He He "VENTOE. , A DISSERTATION UPOU EOAST PIG. BY CHARLES tasted some of its flavor, which, make what sour mouths he would for a pretence, proved not al gether displeasing to him. i In conclusion Qfor the manuscript here is a little tedious)! both fa ther and son fairly- sat down to the mess, and never left off till they had despatched all that remained of the litter. 1 ' 1 1 i j i Boho was strictly enjoined not to let the se crete scape, for the' neighbors' would ;certainly have stoned ihem for a couple of abominable wretj ches, who could think of improving upon theggod strange stories got about. 1 It was observed tat Ho-li's. cottage was burnt down, now morie fre-i LAMB ' ' . I uieau vyiiiii uuu uau scui iiicuj. , iiurciiiicicna, . T 1 11 . I - ' ; - : , 1, I J - P-- ! j I . Maskixo, says a Chinese manuscript, which rriv fr'iori1 XT wna n.l.mi.rr pnniTtrH tn rpad and .. . I ! - " , ,) 'iiv--j Lquen'.ly than ever. Nothing but fires i from this -Tnlun n mo tnr Inn first .oWnttr I hrtilfinrtn . J i . S . i ; : I ill. ... . v:,:,. u time forward. Some would break out in-broad from the livinz animal, iust as they do in Abys- othrs m ihe ne- Aa t e- proach hei-like lovers' kisses, she biteth- she is a pleasure ooraering on pain irom tne nercey sloven, an obstinate.' disagreeable animal wal- lowirg in all manner of filthy, conversation - from these sins he is happily snatched away -J Ere sin could blight of sorrow fade, Death came with timely care j his memory is odoriferous no clown Icurseth-j vvhilei his stomach half rejecteth, the rank ba- con no coal-heaver boileth him in seeking Ssau-; sages-t he hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure -and; for .sucE a tomb might be content to die. v 'i.A) is the - best ofi sap o rs. Pine-apple is She is indeed -almost too transcehdant a dtlight, if not sinfulj yet so like to ; sinning that really a tender-conscienced person would do well to pa-use too ravishing for mortal taste, He great. . t she wouudeih and excoriateth the lips that ap sinia to this day. This, period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius! ini chapter of his Mundane Mutations, sow farrowed, so sure was the ; house of.Hd-li .; i .1 ceive in the animal, is man justified in using thau method of putting the animal to death?" I for- got the" decision.! ;; ' . I j ' j i. :: His sauce shoutd be considered. Decidely, a few bread crumbs, done , uppwjth liver- And brains, and a dash of mild Wire. But banish. i 9 I If woman would now Jift up the sceptre she once bore in primal daysjj which she yet holds half hidden, bui 8tUl clothed with power, arid wave it over rtide .man,' she mnst leave the throne of secular dominion to others : cease to sound the eharrin!r trumpet: "lone her ro'ce- dear Mrs; Cook, 1 beseech yo, the whole o'nioni't,ct tbe harmonies of domestic life; and bo. inoe- Asaroecue yours wnoie snogs to your pal- nerseu aganu i I ! ate, steep them in shalots, stuff ; them out with j Then her smjuV -iould win man from, hie" plantations of the rank and eluilty garlic :! von ipostacy ; re-opei JSden on the stream of his poison ittem, or make jthem stronger years; ana iure uacK. ine woria irom tne crow are -hut 'considerJhe is a weakling ded path of woe.. '- V: ' s fongue, her lave, her hatred! Some poetic genius, in the vj-fld rhapsody of a fine phrenry", cannot than they a flower. We copy from '.the N. C. Christian Advocate', the ten - ,, J . i j . I . , i - . ., !. .'. ! has saitb Love lis a tempest in a sigh an ocean following artide which was evident y writ- . . .. . - . , - . b no ordinal" n T jn a. tear- eternity lr a moment. If there be y o. i "p Pen-... 2 : i the least semblance bf truth in such hyperbole, WOMANA MYSTEEY. & 0nlr anpiicalion is to woman's love. If there J I ..4,1.. 1,1-.-. TT J l.!m. aIT V.;K i.n. . i J . e . . 1 i r i 1 . i. t ' . . . hintcdat bytheir great Confucius in the second 10 ue m ness anu. msanuy 01 uer reusn ont sne siop- utatibns, where he more reiuaiiwuuic, mswau imwu.iu-; peia at me paiaie sne meacyem noi who m the coarsest hunger. miant barter i : - r - . - t0 j:. for a mutton chop. ' " speak his praise is no les3 pro: appetite., than he is satisfactory. inconsiderable assize town. ' Evidence was giv- t0 the criticalness of the censorious palate. en, the obnoxious food itself produced in Court, The strong man may batten on him, and; the and verdict about to be pronounceq, when we weakling refuseth not his mild juices. , ., 11 . - - . 1 onn cr.omui 1 11 irifiw limit. 1 1 1' I ui " c. I tt. lu iji uul a rri m i To-.ni l eUncholy tate as mentionea aDove. . men, in- w'81MW. - Vl n&. ffj -.-'. "... . .u i, .. n..Av..t Va , I . 4 .. k . 1 I - ...... . . .. t thnn Bvpr At lpnrrtri t ip. V; were Avatcneu. trie I v.n. i.rtii.ic.ontlu m..:in.t. Arm v. n..M m.. inUnuii nto-fmir. iten r ithe wok'j tlo idav. The . : ' 1 - , , . . -I I . v . .v-i. .il j. tcrriulB mVSierV UlSCUVercu. ailUL liimci aim syu i - finr iot. me v.i:u;.. nPiUa ..,,-,. u , .oari mamiscriDt coes onto sar. that the art of roast- lcIuuis -' -' . i , . . "6;"V4 . v .T . -Al" u.au.llt.u t HiilL summoned to take their trial at Felon, then an vorative of the w il bah n v n l vinrin n - nr w v n r- rm vn n iiur is bi , n-M m vr 1 1 i 1 1 kb m. u i ; lii iiii m tr . . ; i w w o. , u w Hivaiv v y i uw vava mwu m I ""rSl " m r - i elder brother) was accidentally discovered in the manner following. . The swine-herd- Hoti, hav- . riAn Anf intn fliM Wood"? O Tlfi -ITIO mm ff na B i " . 2 -L- i.i.. foreman of the iurV beinred thatr some Of the .; TTnlike to mankind's mirivl rhnrnrtprt a bun V tninni.. rr.g In PfiIltH.L TIIlLSL IUr Uti IIUTS. 1IL I ' " i , -.a .1. i r" ' TT :,-r"- r his eottatre in tho Care of his eldest son Bo-bo, volume seem to be at variance with the current a great lubberly boy, who being fpnd of playing f - l' . .i l ,t i'l .li 1 t V.t . i. viimrVinnlir mm lniormauon rcspuviui vue origin 01 tncaimcuij wiui nre, asyouuivera u. """b5.'.'''''''.'; ty between the two distinguished rivals being let.some riparks escape into a bundle of straw, less favorable to Hamilton. Nearly every one which kindling quickly, spread the conflagra- in this country has imbibed unjust prejudice: i tion over every part of their poor mansion, till it against Burr matured, chronic prejudices, dif- was reduced to ashes. Together with the cot- ficalt of eradication, but we defy any one to tage (a sorry antediluvian mike-shift of a build peruso Mr. I'arton's work, and not be disposed ing, you may think: it) what was of much more to throw the mantle of charity over .the foibles importance, a fine litter of new-farrowed pigs, of one who possessed a few of the noblest traits no less than nine fn number, perished. China that gives tone and dignity to human nature, pigs have jbeen esteerned a luxury all over the notwithstanding his frailties during his eventful East, from the remotest periods that we read of. career often reached a point that excite hu- Bo-bo waa! in the utmost consternation, as you xniliation. ' . j J may think, not so mnch for the sake of the te- AVe give tho following excerpt which we thin1 kiU off tho character of Barr in a' truthful and felicitous manner; :- . i nemcnt, which his father and he could easily build up again with a few dry branches,' and ihe labor of an hour or two, at any time, as for The wbrld is full of mvsteries. "Amonrr Kte be a star that nfiver 'charfHe?. a current that ev- "' enigmas, none is erhaps, greater than woman, r flows, a dream that ends not, it is the love . If one in heaven, clothed with: the the sun J was jejf womanV beirt If there be a tempest light a -wonder to an in spired man, jwhy should it be a!nd harmless othe mountain mist, that quickly thought incredibl. , that one on tarth, clothed: passes and leatcs the blossoms of earth with . without it, should be a wonder to ; uninspired fcarly dew drops, it Is the storm whicb, woman men! ; Her; primal eniinna lis1 1 connected ! with t raises. Tf there be a hatred like a sin?le noxi'- ' are8 flower -"that cannot long without drinking np the - . ... , . : i -. A . ... i -I - 1 ; .. . '.i-i .- -- ... ." ;-.- burnt pifr. of which the culprits stood accused, die of virtues and vices, ! inexplicably intertwis- might be handed into the box. -Tie handledt ted, and not to be unravelled without - hazard, and they all handled it ; and buping their' 'fin- he is good throughout, i No part ot him is bet- gers, as Bo-bo and his father had done before, j ter or worse then another. He helpeth, as fas them, and ru-.ture prompting to each of them the j as hi? little means' extend, alt around.! He . is same remedy, against the face of all jthe facts, J the least envious of banquets, f He is all neighf; and the clearest charges which indtre had ever i bor'sfare. : i ; i .f;':-U-:"i-S'i:-.iKXl- -. . i " ,. i r i i .: ., i- ii .'"- r.' "'.j-' 'i! i. " m ;i :-..!.: -' i -, i r -:.'!i-'- ; given,- -to the surprise of the whole court, town I am one of those, who freely and Sungiudg- folks, strangers. reporters, and all present-f--; ly imparta share oflhe good thing3 of this life without leaving the box, or any Other mantfer. which fall to their lot (few as mine are in; thia of consultation whatever, they' brought in a i- kind) to a friend. I protest I take as great an multaneous verdict of Not Guilty. ! r, : interest in my friends pleasures, his relishes, and i ! Thel' iud?e. who was a shrewd fellow, winked proper satisfaction, as ia mine own, i "Pres. at the manifest inquity "of thd decHoni ad" ents.'f-1 often say, fcendear Absents.w Hares, when the court was dismlssedf went priviljr, pheasants, partridges; snipes bara-dMr chickr and bought up all the . pigs that coiild be . had ens (thoae'tame. villatic, fowl), capons, ploT. for love or money. In a few days his Lord ers,; brawn, barrels-of oysters, t dispense as shin's town-house was observed to be on fire freely as I receive them. I I love to taste them, the mystery of sleep; for while the first j man jous weed in tia lay with his physical sense locked up in deep! grow in luxuriance slumber, she sprung from his side,' free from soil whence it tarings, it. Is : woman's hatred. " the grossness which attaches to him; whose If there be" one harst note in an angel's song, ";- fr.ame-wbrk was simple modified dust. Her first tt is the discord! produced by a scolding Voman. aoDearance was amid the W oOm ana 1nvi.Tinpi i And if there be one solitarr Cre-shiD amid a ' of Eden, when jcreation Was youngf and her J ftonsami gallant barks,; that covers the, sea of. presence added a 'nAor vVi if. V. a f-aV . nil I son. 1 Man was there! the monarch of earth. ing rnanMife with smoke and mips, it is a termagant, . , .r p woman ! love, and hafe? pot ; smile, and scold rith not! And though. thou be a mystery, thou V V all things, under Ills dominion.. Great as be fsbalt be a blessed -one; jind the unfolding of . was and happy irl his paradisaical home, he waa thy character shall te light and gladness to the X ; aione. n was notgooa mat ne snouia remain pewiiaerecu-. " , : j s -' ' . in this solitude, surrounded by such frlicitious j m 1 " ' circumstances. So said his Maker, and woman. ; How many common fignrature ex-pressions in . came to completes his bliss.! She came like an- pur language afe borrowed frdm the art of car- , - - gel of mercy,.rbbed ia beauty and dignity, be- pentry, may be! seen' -from tlje following sen- yond all that poetic 'fancy ever visioned of love- tence i" The lawyer who filed a bill, shaved a ;. " uness ana worm, ner orow, tne throne of noie, cuiau ciuaiuiauce, spuia nair, maae an. . Divinity j her eye, illumined from the fount of entry, got ap a case framed an indictment, in t light; her tongueange panelled a jury, put them into a box, nailed & ; pertect than .clusfed ' work, if hearen-guided -witness, hammered a judge, and bored a whol ivisi, a. uuuc wv iuii l ivwa; -coiuinmui. , auu coun, au in ui aar, na$ imce uia oown law t joy of man Xi-X'An' ';N v"'i I-"";-'; and turned carpenter r. I I 1 : 1 ... 1- 2 si. r j. i i 4 i f i .1 u . ; ' -!: ; ( J i. :' :i 4' ' - J Ii 1 i 'A .
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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March 4, 1858, edition 1
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