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A Icn— .bought a pan. of inexpressibles , and ascended a trernMiog stair case in search '6f Jo Bunker — *aw Jonathan loading fas t ^man —enquired the trouble—said \ i >Viot tbe goslin — enquired for uT iie . f l e c t o r ” — was told that it was a — d lie, and that he would fo g the iK saw Hezekiah— said he had • 1 all the way down from Varmount rk State, and that he never lived in 9 /er”—something passed on th<* of th vfnir s e x —h» cried P-Shaw!?! — KOiOg down stairs, my unde pinning gave wav— fell in the mud— haved mv neclc --picked myself up, and went up to ' see if Jonathan had shot the goslin — met a Blass — too small for a man—saw a His ivoty white teeth were ananged Barber— tho’t he did’nt shave very close!vvitb such tasle an(1 **xactn^, that when r>• * i , , c T ihe laughed, which by the b> was of- — went to the Jrier to buv a load of Wood. . . c l 1 . i tue, the} cast a rav ot beauty over his [Written Jar the Reflector.] “ O heaven, were man But constant, he were perfcct: that one error Kills him with faults.\ Cold and dead to every feeling of hu niM»ity must be that bosom which will tri fle with the affections of a virtuou* female merely to gratify its own proud and am bitious feelings. Of this stamp was E d - ward L ------------- He resided iu a small country village not many miles from the shore of Lake Ontario. He .sprang irom a family of small fortune, and of but little celebrity, and consequently hi* opportu nities for procuring an education were veiy limited. But nature had done much for him. She gave him a flush, rosy cheek, and a black expressive uyt. And round his high, open forehead she had tastefully curled the silken raven locks. ood , and saw a young man nith bib and Tuck - er—-tried to bu} a Keeler for my wife, but made no purchase— stop’t at the next Tavern and found “ mine host Bcftt-cm being a decided Republican, and put up for the night. J. S. [ Frorn Rochester . ] T O A T R A C T PE D L A R . Miss M. H .— Inclosed is your Tract , and I will dis p e n s e * ith both them, aud your visits for the future. Inqu sitive gatherers and retailers of iaults> defects foibles,among neighbors, create mischief and discord. A taller I dispise, and it is truly dis gusting to see persons under the cloak of piety going from house to hou-e, pedling domestic foibles, and slander. whole countenance. His form was exact and without fault— his temper mild— his manner facinating and interesting— his carriage elegant and conynanding. do all these external accomplishments which nature had so plentifully showered upou him, concealed a falser heart—while they won for him the love and esteem of every young lady whom he chose to flatter.— Many an innocent bosom he caused to heave a sigh of lamentation— and many a virtuous and unsuspecting heart to mourn over the ruins of blasted love, and unsatisfied anticipations— and many beautiful form, like the sturdy oak, when fanned by a breeze from the Upas, to drop its charms and dwindle away. Edward had just arrived at the age of twenty-one, and was about strewing the last seeds of his unsatisfied thirst for fe male celebrity, when he first became .ac- & To come into my house, and undertake quainted with the amiable and kind hear- to dictate me in what they think right or ted M i s s --------------- She had just past her fii'teentti year, and youth, inno- wrong in matter of Religion, and call me to an account, as to the manner in which 1 govern and instruct mv children, without bein£ invited,—is a species of arrogauce I will never put up with, from a stranger. This kind of modest assurauce I hsve cence and modesty shown conspicuous iij her countenauce. She resided with her parents, in the country, a short distance from thc residence of E d w a r d , in a neat little Cottage, surrounded by a beautiful grove of sugar xnap!es,and overhung with suffered to go on for a year past, and for j 1 *le 8 *aPe vine and morning glory* Her* it was, io tb\s romwiii* Oft a beauti ful evening in May, when the moon was rolling in full splendor through the clear heavens, and ail nature dressed in sweet ness, and every thing at rest, that ----- in the warmth of youthful love, gave her whole heart and affections to Ed war j L — —-they - were •her first a flee- a year to come I shall eudeuvor to guard against such imposition ao has impaired the happio* »» oi my fa oily and the friendship of some of my neighbors. JMv motto shall be, Mind my own affairs, \nd lot ir*v neighbors all attend to theirs. J. **M igul. tions—she had never before kfmwn what it was to love. But oh ! fnlar -hearted and deceitful Edward, no sooner had hB got complete control of her alfectio^^ than he left her, with a broken hf*arrH»tifl dejected spirits, to mourn the loss to whom she had given her first tove, anil in whom >he had once placed the moat? implicit confidence. Edward soon gav#j: hitnsclf iu matrimony to a youn^ lady of great fortune. But in her he did not find the kind-hearted and affectionate Sophia.* No, but the cross-grained temper of one wh'*-* fortune he married instead-of her person , soon created turmoil in the family f and too fr- quent domestic* contentions, soon caused Edward to loathe hi* own'*' little family circle, and to seek for pleas* ure at the grog shop and card table.. He drank deep in the cup of intemperance , that destroyer of the poor man’s hopet*^' nd the rich rnanV happiness. And soojh^’ IiN T E M P E R K N C E cou.id be read in countenance— and that flush which on glowed upon hiB cheek, was now turne to ghastly paleness— his eyes now wej dead and sunken— his frame em a c ialidpl and all his reasoning faculties w*»r> troyed. Sophia lived to witness cline of Edward, and view his in the cold and silent grave.' never again loved, though she ed both by the rich and beai affections were all buried ill I Edward . A smile was ne? to play upon her sweet fcou despair had marked her for his y Sbe was often seen alone, w long the banks of a beautiful tittu p s which glided smoothly along in IMpI'\of. her father’s dwelling— plucking tfcflwild flowers, and occasionally chantin£|i ]ow and solemn strain to the rippling ^flter** She lived in this dejected and state a few months after the Edward, when the death tru^M P ^ a s sounded in her ears, and ine depirted this life, and her spjrfjT was wafted by angles, to the Mansions of the jlest. The primros^lwhich grows aud blossoms in yonder yrave-yard, tells the passing traveller where her body was aid—and the inscription stone, teiis him youth, and ;~..ocence were blaate^ while in full bloom, and untimely^iawegf- from this world into another, by tfce-b^nes* of the rreatcherous and faise-h«»*ffced Edward L --------------------- m f m m __ - - * >-< Black takes n* spots,,. The^rha of some men are so bad that they stained. -U n g r a t e f u l persons V g f n | p ¥ underrating the benefits bestow*# them* ^ '
