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MUSES RETREAT.
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on TO TIM E.
1W HY droops the downy wing of Love?
f w ‘" thus unftiuug his careless bow ?
S , Shall Ino more, enraptur’d, prove
The bliss that made my bosom glow ?
I Do beauty’s foft allurements fly,
And all her rosy charms decay ?
Kl The tender glances of the eye
With beamy luftre cease to p?ay ?
Ah, no ! Tis Time’s chiil grasp I feel;
He bids the transient joy depart,
ii,| And makes the current backward steal,
That ifllied from my throbbing heart,
f Yet bo., ft not, Time, thy iron power
My mind is from thy empire free;
For memory fltall rccal the hour
hi which I lov’d —nor thought of thee.
ON THE VOLUBILITY OF WOMEN.
Yourrc women fltould not tittle-tattle;
if Like fun-dials never fltould prattle;
Just tell what they’re alked, and be dill;
But girls are so idle,
Their tongues they won’t bridle,
So gallop it goes like the clack of a mill.
i We gentry you never hear rattle
Like furies enga'd in a battle;
Os talking we soon have our fill:
But girls are so idle,
Their tongues they won’t bridle,
So gallop it goes like the clack of a mill.
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From a A'ete- York paper.
THE STRAW BONNET;
Or } The Vicissitudes of Fashion.
AN EPIGRAM:
WE whilom law the Bonnet spread
Like an umbrella o’er the head;
Sometimes hwas fltap’d like a bell ;
At others, like a cockle/hell ;
Now like a c»nl-Jkuttle appears
Inverred o’er Maria’s ears;
Qrjorden turn'd auite upside dowtk
And fitted to Maria’* CK/wi.
'“Who but mull momri |£aria’s lot,
That Ices her head thus “ gone to POT ?”
ARABIC PROVERBS.
There are persons mho Jet out vigoroufy , but
soon flag , and go bad ; like afar which pro
mises rain , and immediately leaves the Jky clear.
This poetical thought Schultens interprets
of fttch as make large prohnifes, and even
dclign to execute them, but fall fliort for
want ofconftancy and resolution.
Everyone living is cut (loam by Death : hap
py the man mho is mowed denvn green ! This
beautiful fentimeut requires no illustra
tion.
Why are you displeased at the words of one
r "io advifts with fncerity ; fsnee fuc/i a person
mends your torn cloaths f Here it is observed,
that mending what is tom t is applied, in a
figurative fenic, to the ill condition of the
mind.
The cure of a proud man is performed by
driving out his buzzing fly, and taking Satan
out of his nofrils. Here Schultens remarks,
that the noifv boaftingsof the haughty
Man are beautifully represented by the
troublesome and inlignificant buzzing of a
large fly.
The dam of the roaring Beast is not very
prolife; but the dam of the barking Beast
produces many whelps. By the roaring Beast ,
is here meant the Lion; by the barkim
the Dog. }he sense of the Proverb
is— l hat perionsof great and elevated ac
eomplilhments are but few; thofc of a
contrary character very numerous.
A SLU T.
Smf. is all grease; and I know not what
uf* to put her to, but to make a lamp of
rr, and run Irom her bv he. own light,
I; J warrant her rags, am i the tallow in them
• till urn a Poland winter. Iffhe lives
■ 1 IV.omVday, flie’ll burn a week longer
than the whole world.
Ay EG DO TES.
| ( A TANG IR, being much addifted to
vuif w:v telling of the many countries
if tuivi vit.es lie havl been in ; when one of the
voiitpanv rdked, if he had ever been in
' us*ict,RARHY? The ft ranger thinking
> > t;ie name of a ritv, fa id, “ We law it
t iHi.-mce, but conld iu»t visit it being
;Vn pP Uy top Iw-ing in company with L—v
• V't ' 3n " T"« I,is ,crva «t. cried out
/ ,’i Y c !, I,u h ' >c khead ?'• *. up on vour
•—replied the lady.
K
a
kuxs fot' Use p/c/criaticn of the
Teeth and Gums.
The teeth are bones thinly co
vered over with a fine enamel, and
this enamel is mere or less fubftan
tialin different persons. Whenever
this enamel is worn through, by too
coarse a powder, or too frequent
cleaning of the teeth, or eaten
through by a scorbutic humor in
the gums, the tooth cannot long re
main found, any more than a filbert
kernel can, when it has been pene
trated by a worm.
The teeth therefore are to be
cleaned; but with great precaution,
for if you wear the enamel off fafter,
by cleansing the outside, that nature
supplies it within, your teeth will
fuffer more by this method, than
perhaps by a total negledl. A
butcher’s skewer, or the wood with
which they are made, muff be
bruised and bit at the end, til! with
a little use it will become the fofteft
and best brush for this purpose; and
in general, you must clean your
teeth with this brush alone, with
out any powder whatever; and once
in a fortnight, notoftener, dip your
skewer brush into a few grains of
gunpowder, breaking them firft
with the brush, and this will re
move every {pot and blemish, and
give your teeth an inconceivable
whiteness. It is aJmoft needless to
fay, that the mouth must be well
washed after this operation; for be
sides the neceflity of so doing, the
faltpetre, &c. used in the composi
tion of gunpowder, would, if it
remained, be injurious to the gums,
&c. but has not, nor can have, any
bad effetft in so short a time. I have
constantly pra&ifed this method for
twenty years, and am thoroughly
convinced it is fafe and effectual.
It is necessary to observe, that
very near the gums of people whose
teeth are otherwise good, there is
apt to grow a falfe kind of enamel,
both within and without; if neg
lected, puflies the gum higher,
till it leaves the fanges of teeth quite
bare, above the enamel, so that
found teeth are destroyed, because
the gum has foftened that part
which is not sheathed and protected,
in consequence of such negleft: this
falfe enamel must therefore be care
fully sealed off; for the gum will
no more grow over the least parti
cle of this falfe enamel, than the
fiefh will heal over the point of a
thorn.
From the Mercantile Advertiser.
Agricultural. — Turnips.
In England large fields of tur
nips are annually Town for the sup
port of cattle during the two last
months in the year, which produce
is esteemed as highly beneficial to
the farmer; but very frequently,
and particularly in dry seasons, they
are destroyed by an infeft which is
there called the Fly. An experi
enced and relpe<slable farmer some
years ago, advertised in the public
prints, that if a fubfeription was
raised to the amount of I think 500
guineas (to be deposited in the
hands of a banker and left to a com
mittee to determine whether he was
entitled to the premium) he would
publish a certain remedy against
these deftruftive infers; the fub
feription was soon made on the con
ditions proposed, and accordingly
: the farmer published to the \vc?ld
; > n substance as follows: u The
turnip is destroyed by the fly fhert
ly after it appears above ground ;
! the P ,ant ,n ft ate will bear the
■ premire of the foot or any other
j Smooth substance, and rails itftlf
? again. This infe<si is definitive |
only in the right season, and is so
tender in its nature, that the ieaft
touch puts an end to its exigence ;
■ I therefore recommend that you
take the shoes from your horse, and
put him to a large wooden roller ,
1 and go carefully over your field of
turnips at midnight: This in all
probability will secure you a crop,
and thus amply compensate for
your labor.” —This simple remedy
was received with aftoni/hment, and
immediately put in pra&ice by
thousands, who on experiencing
its good effects, reported favorably
to the committee, and the premium
was adjudged to be justly due to
the inventor.
FEMALE BENEVOLENCE.
THAT intelligent and unfortu
nate traveller, Ledyard, pays a very
sincere and animated tribute of gra
titude to the female sex, even in the
most barbarous & uncivilized coun
tries, for their benovelent and hospi
table attention to the forlorn stran
ger. Mr. Park, who has been in a
fimilarfituation with Ledyard, men
tions the following anecdote in the
short account of his travels, lately
made public by Mr. Edwards :
Mr. Park one evenining, in tra
velling along the banks of the Niger,
was overtaken with a storm of thun
der and rain, which drove him to a
tree for shelter. As night approach -
ed, a poor negroe woman, returning
from the labors of the field, observ
ed that he was wet, weary, and de
eded, and taking up his saddle and
bridle, told him to follow her. She
led him to her cottage, where /he re
galed him with an excellent supper
of fi/h, and corn for his horse, after
which /he spread a mat on the floor
for his night’s repose. Having done
these kind offices, she called in the
female part of the family , wiio /pun
cfetton for the greater part of the
night, and relieved their labor by
songs. One of them which was sung
in a sweet plaintive air, must have
been composed extempore, as the li
teral translation of the words is as
follows •
“ The winds roared and the rain
fell.—The poor white man, faint
and weary, came and fat under our
tree. He has no mother to bring
him milk, no wife to grind his corn,”
Chorus. “ Let us pity the w'hite
man, he has no mother to bring him
milk, no wife to grind his corn.”
“ ALAS ! THE BRITTLE CLAY.”
E\ r ERY fnuff taker, it is said,
ought to be seriously alarmed at the
abominable mixtures with, and a
dulterations of that manufacture. It
is asserted by credible people that
the coffins of Old Maids and Bat
chelors are now made into Rappee.
It is fufpeded, however, that this is
done to raise prejudices in the noses
of our citizens, an intention very fe
lonious at this time, when every se
ditious person pretends to smell a rat
in our constitution. There is no
doubt but that fnuff makers use cof
fins ; what fignifies that ? fnuff is
fnuff, let the ingredients be what
they may, and it a person takes a
pinch now and then out of the bills
of mortality, what is that to any
man; Every body knows that a cof
fin, as well as its contents, is a very
useless thing, and to render them use-
is the oufinefs of a good citizen.
Even suppose whole families to be
fnuffed up, what is it, after all, but
duit to dufi r In Fiance a scheme ;
has beer projeded for calcining dead :
oodies, and making their bones into
guns we do not find that any of our
glasshouses have availed themlelves i
oi this invention, but we are sure it
| would Le very comfortable to f ee
one’s ancestors displayed on a fide
board.—All members of foakino
clubs vve would recommend to be
made into wine glafies—beaus and
petit maiters into ice-cream glafles
—fianderers and backbiters into
vinegar cruets —old maids and bat
chelors into mustard pots, and your
belles and fine ladies into smelling
bottles —all members of f——. r
ferapts we would have made into
porter bottles and decanters, and
your poor dogs who cannot drink,
into tea cups and flop bowls.
[F, cm the New- York Gazette .]
PASCAL PAOLI ,
GENERAL OF THE CORSICANS.
[Born at Ro/Uno, in Corjica .]
The reputation of this great
ring-leader of a fadtion, partakes of
that chain of circumstances, where
the man of genius is formed, when
he finds liimfelf placed in the midst
of a new and turbulent people, who
groan under tyranny and are impa
tient of the yoke in proportion to
the distance which their tyrants are
removed from them.—ln sain did
the Republic of Genoa increase the
weight of her iron yoke on Corsica;
her people still half savage, almost
always in a state of revolt, had so
many times raised their heads and
France had so often lent afliftanceto
bring them under, that the Genoa,
no other way to acquit herfelf to
wards her than in ceding to her the
rights she had over Corsica.
After which France was obliged
to obtain by force of arms, the pof*
feflion of the property that had been
ceded to her; for the Corsicans pof
fefled fouls too proud to ratify a fi
milartranfadHon. Paoli was at their
head; but although he bore among
them the title of General, he was
oftner seen to diredl their‘movements
in the Central Council, which he
had established in Corsica, than to
command their armies in person.—»
He had all the confidence of an Isl
ander, the grdht adl of fomenting
their enthusiasm, and the talent of
drawing resolution even from the
weakness of his means. He knew
so well how to manage them, and
he profited so ably of thefuccoursfe
cretly furnifhed him by England,
that he reduced France three times
to the necessity of renewing her ar
my. It was necefTary to lay waste
the Island to conquer it, and Paoli
abandoned it only when he could no
longer defend it. He took refuge
in Great Britain, and the love of his
fellow-citizens followed him in his
asylum. The French Revolution
in recalling him to his country, ren
dered him all his authority and made
him appear in the eyes of all France,
as the Apostle and Martyr of Liber
ty. We still remember the unani
mous applauses he received at the
National Afiembly, when La Fa
yette felt a glory in introducing him
there, inasmuch as every body was
pleased to fee near the liberator of
America, the hero w r ho deserved to
render Corsica free; but the face of
our government having changed to
wards the end of the year 1792, the
hatred he had conceived for the Re
public of Genoa was, without doubt
what hindred him from acknowledg
ing the laws of ours ; and while the
English brought on another fide the
P art ,?* Toulon, Paoli delivered to
her his country, that she might not
live under a system which he held in
abhorrence. He is unhappy, as
might be expeftedin a man who ap
peared so well made for liberty and
who knew little enough of the En
glilh, to throw himfeif so ftiameful
lv in their arms.