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% POETRY. ANGEL VISITS. BY MllS. HUMANS. No more of talk, where God or Angel guest With man, as with his friend, familiar used To sit indulgent, and with him partake Rural repast. Milton. Are ye for ever to your skies departed? Oh! will ye visit this dim world no more? Ye wh'se bright wings a solemn splendour darted . Thro’ Eden’s fresh and flowering shades of 3. JBBZ M5h> BF<r» 4d*Z Sr BP" daily tour of his agricultural concerns. yore Now are the fountains dried on that sweet spot And ye—our faded earth beholds you not! Yet, by your shining eyes not all forsaken, Man wandered from his Paradise awai; Ye, from forgetfulness his heart to waken, Came down, high guests! in many a later And with the Patriarchs under vine or oak, Midst noontide calm or hush of evening spoke. From you, the veil iof midnight darkness rending, . , Came the rich mysteries to the sleeper’s eye, That saw your hosts ascending and descend ing, On those bright steps between the earth and skv* Trembling he woke, and bow’d o’er glory’s trace, And worshipped awe-struck, in that fearful place. By Shehar’s Brook ye pass’d; such radiance wearing, As rrtortal vision might but ill endure; Along the stream the living chariot bear- With itsfusrh crystal arch intensely pure!* Aftd the dread rushing of your wings that hour, Was like the noise of waters in their pow- Butinthe Olive-Mount, by night appear ing, Midst the dim leaves your holiest work was done! Whose was the voice that came divinely cheering Fraught w‘th the breath of God to aid his Son? Haply of t hose that on‘the inoon-lit plains Wafted good tidings unto Syr.an swains. 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D<f G(»y KG, SC5R IpV. lie . ode upon iiis uums entirely unat tended, opening his gates, pulling down anil putting 1 up his fences, as be passed, visiting Ills laborers at their work, inspecting all the operations ol his extensive agricultural establish ments, and superintending them in their progress, lie introduced many and valuable foreign, as well as do mestic modes oi improved husbandry, shewing, by experiment, their practie- the corsets so generally worn at pres- j meant is strong beer, which you rus cut by the - better part oTcreatioi are productive of the saine elfects at by the - better part oTcreation, I tus make iu meat, A apparel, L liber- .— fy, & T treasure—the literal is aecor- B’-t may ve not, unseen, around us hover, W ill gentle pvomptings and sweet influ ence yet? Though the fresh glory of those days be 0- ver, When, midst th” palm-trees man your foot steps met? Are ye not near when Faith and Hope rise high, When love, by strength, o’ermasters ago ny? MISCELLANEOUS. Are ve not near, when sorrow unrepining, Yields up bfe’s treasures unto Him who gave! When martvrs, all things for His sake re signing, |>ad on th“ march of death, serenely brave ? Dream:-!—hut a deeper thought our souls may fill, One, one is near—a spirit holier stilll * Ezekiel i. Pslam 51, 2 1 part. L. M* 1. TRAP GST’T, jSPG,, SBO-URj GBAP«)J PRT 0°G.R D£PdtSd®AA> 2. ;<ry oao^AJea opener (PBrja; L 9AVPBi5)F*V* ^P BEXa©d®B. GEN. WASHINGTON. HIS LIFE, HABITS, AND MANNERS. Gen. Washington, during the whole of both his public and private life, was a very early riser. Whether as Chief Magistrate, or the retired citi zen, we find this man of method and labor seated in his library from one to two hours before day, in winter, and at day-break, in summer. We won der at the amazing deal of work which he performed. Nothing hut a method the most remarkable and exemplary, could have enabled him to accomplish an amount of labor, which might have given pretty full employ ment to the lives of half a dozen ordin ary, and not idle men. A single ser vant prepared his clothes, and laid them in readiness, also combed and tied up his hair; he shaved & dressed himself, giving but very little of his precious time to matters of that sort, though remarkable for the propriety and neatness of his apparel. His lothes were made after the old fash al utility, iiuu peculiar adaptation to oul rural atlairs. The tour of the farm might aver- ageu'rom ten to fifteen miles per day. lie rode in plain drab clothes, a broau brimined white hat, a hickory switch in Ins hand, and carrying an umbrella with a long staff, attached to his sad dle bow. Precisely at a quarter be fore three, the industrious farmer re turned, dressed and dined at three o’clock. At this meal he ate heartr- lj, but was not particular in his diet, with the exception of fish, of which he was excessively fond. The afternoon was usually devoted to tiie library. At night, Ins labors o’er, the venerable citizen would join his friends and family at the tea-table, and e ljoy their society for several hours—took no supper, and about nine o’clock retired to bed. When with out company, he frequently read to his family, extracts from the new publications of the day, and, on sun- day, sermons and other sacred wn tings. He would frequently, when sitting withhis family, appear absent his lips wcfdd move, his hand be rais ed, and lie would evidently seem un der the influence of thoughts, which had nothing to do with the quiescent scene around him. This peculiarity is readily accounted for, since it mus. be no very easy matter for one who so long had borne the cares of pnbli. life, at once to lay aside all thought for others, and become content with in dividual concerns. Tbus, in the seldom varied routine of useful industry, temperate enjoy ment, and the heart-felt gratification of domestic felicity, sped the latter days of the Father of bis Country. On Sunday, no visiters were admit ted to the President s House, save the immediate relatives of family, with only one exception: Mr. Speaker Trumbull, since Governor of Connec ticut, & who had been confidential Se cretary to the Chief in the war of the Revolution, was in the habit of spend ing an hour with the President, on Sunday evenings. Trumbull prac ticed the lesson of punctuality which he learned in the service of the olden time, with such accuracy, that the Porter, by consulting his clock, could tell when to stand ready to open to the Speaker's Bell as it was called in the family, from the circumstance of no hand, other than the Speaker’s touching the bell on the evenings of the Sabbath. Forty years an husband, General Washington retained an old-fashioned habit of husbands, as he always did the ease and elegan.e of old-fashioned manners. He wore suspended from his neck, by a gold chain, and resting on his bosom, the miniature portrait ofliis wife, from the lime of his mar riage until he ceased to live in na ture.—Custis’ Recollections. Almost, every professional man has witnessed the fatal results of this a- bominatiou. The author has many limes attributed disease tight la cing, and in the only two instances where he was permitted to dissect the bodies of two young females of this class, the suspicion was shown to he well founded. The adhesion of parts and derangement of structure were truly frightful, and they had always been defending themselves from the charge by saying, “7 am sure l do not lace so tight as other girls;" and when accused of violating prudence' in this respect, when almost suffocated, would elevate the shoulders, and say; Indeed I am not vei'y tight." Thus persisting in their hateful intemper ance in dress, they prepared for them selves a premature grave. And it is a problem which would puzzle aJe-- ding to the letter, M much, A ale, L little, T thrift, much ale little thrift— the theological is accordiijfe to the ef fects which it works, which I find in. my text to be of two kinds;—1st, in this world, 2d, in the world to come. 1st. In this world, the effects which it works are in some M murder, in oth ers A adultery, in some L looseness of life, in others T treason. 2d. In the world to come, in some, M misery, in others, A anguish and in some, L languishing, in others T torment.— Wherefore, my first use shall be ex hortation—M my masters, A all of you, L leave T tippling,—or else, 2d, by way of commination,' 1 say, M my masters, A all of you, L look for, T torment. So much for this time and text—only by way of caution, take this, a Drunkard is an annoyance to modesty, the trouble of civility, the suit, to prove that suicide is less crim- spoil of wealth, the destruction of rea- inal, when knowingly persisted in by son, the brewer’s agent, the ale-house light lacing, than that which is effected benefactor, tiie beggar’s companion, by a halter or a razor. The ingenuity of | the constable’s trouble, his wife’s woe, TIGHT LACING AND THIN CLOTHTNG. From a small volume entitled “strictures on health,” by Dr. Reese, the follow ing remarks are extracted. u Thc barbarous custom so preva lent among our females of tight lacing the ladies perhaps could ndt be better exerted than in contriving some method of preventing such havoc as is annually occasioned among them from tight, lacing and thing dressing. Sure ly the fair sex may invent some form of dress which may prevent bad ef fects on the constitution, while at the some time, their elegance of figure may not suffer in the smallest degree. And she or they whose ingenuity should effect this contrivance, in a manner satisfactory to those for whose bene fit it is designed, would save more lives ihan did|Rush,or even Hipocrates him self, & the fair inventor vVohld obtain as well as deserve a mortal immortal ity among the benefactors of our race. “Next to this crying evil, in point of magnitude, we may enumerate ti e sparing quantity of dress used by ma'- iy of the fair sex, and particularly by the young, this being highly destruc tive to the strongest constitution, and very often, indeed almost universally, this practice is connected with the for mer in the same individual. To lace the body in corsets sustained by whale hones and steel busks, and at the same time to expose the arms and neck, and only cover the body with thin dress, and the feet with thin shoes, in cold weather, is emphatically to light the candle of life at both ends. “ No part of the body ought to be so well protected from cold and mois ture, as the feet, and yet by our fash ionable belles, no part of the body not absolutely naked, is so exposed. To wear Morocco or leather shoes, eveir in cold and wet weather, would be considered an absolute vulgarity; and hence in cold rain we find that silk stockings and stuff shoes are the or der of ihe day. And after both the one and the other are thoroughly drenched with water, they will sit for hours in a theatre, in church, or elsewhere, although all females know that there are weighty reasons, which with them should be paramount to a- ny and every other consideration, why they should not suffer their feet to be either cold or wet. And y#t when disease is enveloped, they rather as cribe it to any and every other cause than to their own imprudence and in temperance. Thus thousands, annual ly, are their own murderers—the sil ly victims of pride and fashion.” his children’s -.sorrow, his neighbour’s scoff, his own shame, a walking swill tub, the picture of a beast, and the monster of a man—and to conclude— Say well and do well both end with a letter, Say well iB good, but do well is better. 3. 1C lro®T.«V* 0>yE, do*v» D«T <ftys, DiT ATffSA ,|5P BEyo-GS. 4. D<T R•V*',**’* I-B, D** D<f Bins; ic rryo-s-u; DySFC=OJ (Ph. 5; BH DIA1VM 0>yF. 8'U*v*.icr, G(»y*V* (PG.RAGT DyCvJ“»R EBT*. •M<v, F.dBrSB (ftRa** otyAFCsT; TG^lTriO^l ovtyc? Tasig/u. ioned cut, of the best, though plain- by-the corset, busks &c. is adopted est. materials. When President of in lieu of the stays formerly worn, and the United States, the style of his is no less hurtful or criminal. The household and equipage correspond- stays were laid aside and abandoned by ed with the dignity of,his exalted sta- our female ancestors in consequence tion, though avoiding as much as was of the obvious mischiefs resulting to possible every thing like show or pa- health, but our moderii ladies have rade. The expenses of Iris Prcsiden- changed the name and shape of the in- cy, over and above the salary of gov- strument, but they retain all its de eminent, absorbed the proceeds of the structive characteristics. It was dis sole of a very considerable estate, covered by the observations of profes About sunrise, General Washington sional men in England, during the last invariably visited and inspected the century, and by them publicly declar stables. He was very fond of horses i ed, that by the stays then generally and his equipages were always of a worn, “the free expansion of the lungs superior order. The horses which | prevented, the breasts becafne cance he rode in the war, w ere said to be superb. The Library, and a visit to the stables, occupied the morning till the hour of breakfast; this meal w r as without change to him, whose habits <6B(r ©z?<r» rs o’Wjuwo-t. Dc3A*4T I. JtT) AtWW O-JPriSWO-R BV SGAiP 5© (PAS" fe RX (PAJB. 2. RT.Z 0»A)B Rl.y RByZ O’JUBTS'IP, t«7PZ JA5B <BB D(f D6M>;G, 1 were regular. Indian Cakes, hooey and tea, formed his temperate repast. On rising from table, if there were guests, and it was seldom otherwise, books and papers were offered for their amusement: they were request ed to take eare of themselves, and the illustrious Farmer proceeded to the rous, the ribs and spine, from constant compression, become distorted, short ness ofbreath followed, and in many instances terminated in consumption •the disgestive organs suffered derange ment. and frequent nausea and vomit ing followed.” All these declarations W'ere made public after having dis tinctly traced these several results to Ihe use of the stays by observations made during the life, and confirmed hv inspection after death, of which they had numerous instances, Now (t As an itinerant preacher was out on his circuit, he was overtaken by two scholars, (who had heen taking a cup of ale too much,) with whom he was soon drawn into conversation.— They at last dared him to preach— when contrary to their expectations, he instantly dismounted from his horse, and getting into a hollow stump, preached the following sermon. Beloved, let me crave your atten tion; for I am a little man, come at a short warning, to preach a brief ser mon, upon a small subject, to a thin congregation, in an unworthy pulpit.— And now beloved, my text is <J\fult, which I cannot divide into sentences, because it has none-—nor into words, because it is but one—nor into sylla bles, because upon the whole matter, it is but a monosyllable; therefore, I A meal is a Meal.—A traveller some* time ago, stopped at a tavern in Rhode Island, at the decline of the day, when his appetite^ began to be rather clamorous, and asked for a cold cut—at the same time prudently inquiring the price. “Twenty five cents,” replied my host. “That’s ratlier high,” replied the other, “as l merely want a cold bite.” “No mat ter for that.” replied mine host, “a meal is a meal, and I never charge less than twenty five cents.” “Well, if that be the case,” replied the travel ler, “I may as well have a meal cooked.” Accordingly the grid-iron was placed over the coals, and a steak of respectable dimensions, was soon $ broiled and placed on the table. The stranger sat down, and like a man who works by the job, soon de spatched tiie steak together with ac companiments, and called for more, observing at the same time “a meal is' a meal you know.” Another steak of goodly size w'as forthwith cooked and. placed before him. This also disap peared, in a short time, and yet unsatis fied the traveller bawled for more, still repeating, \amcal is a meal, sir.” A steak larger than either of the for mer was now cooked, and without the least appearance af satiety in the -i eater sent to accompany the rest, and i the demand was reiterated lor more, accompanied as usual, w r ith the un- ( lucky phrase of mine host, “a meal is a me&l, sir.” Thus mine hostess was kept cooking for tw'o full hours, and steak after steak disappeared with the most appalling despatch, each time accompanied with that ill omen ed sentence, “a meal is a meal, you know;” until at last, the innkeeper, hopeless of satisfying his guest, and heartily sick of the operation of his own rule, told the traveller if he would quit then, he would charge him nothing for what he had eaten; to which the other, feeling that he could not hold out much longer, consented without much show of reluctance, and merely added, as he w r as washing dow r n the last morsel with a mug of cider “a meal is a meal, you will rec ollect.”—Berkshire American. The Sun Flower.—The value of this plant, which is easily cultivated, and ornamental to the garden, is scarcely known in most parts of the kingdom. The seeds form a most excellent and convenient feed for poultry, and it is only necessary to cut off the beads of the plant when ripe, tie them in bunches, and hang them up in a dry situation," to be used as wanted. They not only rapidly fat ten every kind of poultry, but greatly increase the quantity of eggs they lay- When cultivated to a considerable ex tent, they are also capital food for pheasants. The leaves when dried form a good fodder for cattle, the dry 8 > stalks burn well, and afford abundance must, as necessity enforces me, divide I of alkali, and when in bloom, the flow- it into letters, which I find in my text er is most attractive to bees. The to be only these few, M, A, L, T, properties-of this ornamental flower Malt.—M, my beloved, is moral, A is render it peculiarly valuable in the allegorical, L is literal, and T is theo- cottager’s garden.—Northern Whig. logical. The moral is w-ell set forth 1 to teach yon drunkards good manners— Quick Work.—A royal quarto was therefore, M my masters, A all of you, stitched and hound in thirty-fire.min- L listen, T to my text. The allcgo-1 utes, at the corner of Broad and Wall rical is when one thing is spoken and a- streets. N. Y. Any hinder who will nother thing is meant. Now the thing \ beat this shall be called great*, spoken of is bare Malt y but the thing