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JOB THE TIMES. Mr. Xappel , The following lines were written during the destructive season of 1820, which swept a way so many from this city. The subject of the effusion, had not attained his 22d year; was married to an amiable woman, who had a son . (the infant mentioned in this piece) which was born three or four days previous to the father's death, who never saw his child. A Widowed Mother, to her Infant. Sleep, sleep my husband's image dear, Assuage my burning bosom’s pain ; Come, let thy infant head rest here, Where oft thy father's head has lain. And when thine eyelids clos’d shall ope, To calm a mother’s breaking heart— Let those eyes speak her fondest hope, ‘Thou’rt born to soothe the rankling smart.’ Thou'rt all to me that’s left of him, Who will to me be ever dear; From these red eyes by weeping dim, Through life will flow the silent tear. * His form appears before me still, In youth and manly beauty drest, As it was wont my breast to thrill, In days when I was sweetly blest: O ! they are gone ! *tis fancy all, * And sorrow is my husband now— Yes, yep, these tears so fast that fall, Tell ever dark will be this brow. O! may thy fife, my infant be Less checker’d than thy father’s prov’d, May all his manly soul in thee Be ever by gen’rqus feelings mov’d. And when thou’rt call’d by Him above, To realms where peace and joy are found, May’s! thou be ble&t with smiles of love, And all the sweets which there abound. J. H. ron THE TIMES. On one,'who would Joke, but could not take a Joke. You wick you jokes, Sir T.— And would the world should laugh at them. *TiS well ( and the world does laugh, But then, the world retorts; —There’s the rub!— Ish. tor this you’re sad ? Why then do you crack j our jokes ? For sure ; if you joke, others will joke. The example you set, others will follow, — Ai.d some will be wittier, than even yourself. Sir, you frown but that’s no affair of mine— —And though jou may smart, — i care not a jot. ’Tis strange, SirT the constitution of our minds And what little it lacks to make us all wise, — Ycu, Sir, are privileged; (or you thiuk your seifso,) Which makes you the vainest man in the world. But, wits, are but fools, who think themselves wise, And vanity, the folly of this world. Learn then this truth, the which you should avow ; A man must take—just as much as he gives. T’ avoid unpleasantries, study well yourself, Nor ever presume your wit to display; You’re too frail to enter the lists with the gay. ’ sis gravity becomes you, because it imposes, — Therefore, like the fool, who was taught by his sire, Ever to be silent, lest his folly should be scann’d, You’ll do well, mighty Sir, ever to be grave / ’Twill save you the mortification Os being outwitted by a witling. DIOGENES. Pi om the Hancock , (~Mass J Gazette. FAIR RECKONING. Os those aho run in debt, or those who trust, ’Tis difficult to say which fires the worst, There's so much overreaching, bantering, coax ing, Fibbing and promising, lying and hoaxing Beta een them both—that we may well repeat— ’Tis pleasant to be cheated, as to cheat. Witness and ime Bustle —She had lost her spouse, Heceiv’d her dower, and kept a boarding-house. Among her boarders she received Tom Dash, Wanting in probity as well as cash, Tom was genteel, engaging and polite. And reckoned every Saturday, at night, With host* s, that both he and she might know How much, each week, to her he chanced to owe; Declaring on his honor he would pay Most handsomely, before he went away. ** But madam, sure you can’t afford to keep Your boarders'on such fare, so wondrous cheap! Three dollars fora week ‘ upon my score 1 must insist that we insert it four. Punch too, but five-and-twenty cents a bowl! You’ll soon grow poor at this rate, my good soul. Mine must be thirty; and my bitters double What you have charg’d, to pay you for your trouble.” “ Kind sir,” says sbe, “ I like to manage so: “ Long friends are by short reck’nings made, you know.” When other boarders told her to beware Os Tom, she said, “ no fear, he reckon* fair Ere long, on foot, on horse, or board a ship, Or in some other way, Tom gave the slip To hostess, and was off—the Lord knows where; Says she, “ well be it so Ido not care; He was the best I’ve had, to reckon fairl ” Epigram. —The following epigram on the Duke d’Angouleme is read in the saloons of Paris: Intrepid a l'eglise, et pious, au combat, D’Angouleme se fait paraitre; ‘ C’estun saint’ dit le soldat; C’est un her os, dit le pretre. [translation.] Intrepid in the church to kneel and pray, Devout and pious on the battle day, O, what a saint the astonished soldier cries, And tvhat a hero straight the priest replies. TRITE SAYINGS. Plato said “that physicians'were the on ly men that might lie without’ control, since our health depends upon the vanity and fallacy of their promises.** The World. —When young people are too rigidly sequestered from the world, their lively and romantic imaginations paint it to them as a paradise of which they have been beguiled; but when they are shown it properly, and in due time, they see it such as it really is, equally shared by pain and pleasure,, hope and disappoint ment. Birth-days should be uniformly kept.— They are like mile-stones on the road of life, and remind us of the progress of our journey. If men have been termed pilgrims, and life ajourney, then we may add, that the Christian pilgrimage far surpasses all oth ers, if) the following important particulars: in the goodness of the road, in the beauty of the prospects, in the excellence of the company, and in the vast superiority of the accommodations provided for the Christian traveller, when he has finished his course. The duties of every individual, with res pect so society, are: to live in absolute sub mission to the laws—to obey and respect the legal acts of the constituted authori ties: to maintain liberty and equality.— To contribute to the public expences. To serve the country in all its exigencies— and, if it becomes Decessary, to render to it the sacrifice of property and life; in the exercise of these virtues consist genuine patriotism. Lend me your paper. —He who is con tinually borrowing furtiiture, or the neces sary implements of trade, especially if it be Renown that he is able to procure them for hitnself, is justly regarded by man as a contemptible sponger, a penurious wretch. How much more contemptible most he be who feeds his curiosity upon the avails of another’s industry or generosity; who bor rows his neighbor’s paper as soon as it is left, and frequently before the owner has had an opportunity to read it himself. A man of wit who is ugly, is pretty much like an oyster; the shell is sh’ eking at the sight, but the inside is excellent. FASHION. It may gratify some Os our ftur readers in the country, to learn that the latest articles of dress adopted by the belles of Boston, is the Morocco Belt. This elegant and superb appendage to the female costume of the day is very comfortable when the thermometer stands at 95. It is a strip of Moraeco leather, two to four inches wide, drawn tight rcur.d the waist and buckled, not exactly in front, but a little on one side. It may be of any color to suit the ta6te of the wear er ; and some very neat ones are made of cer tain parts of worn out harnesses, after receiving a coat or two of Day & Martin’s genuine black ing, laid on by the brush of an accomplished boot-black. The most fashionable buckles too, we perceive, are in the form of harness buckles Farmers in the vicinity have an opportunity of turning to good account the remnants of the girths which once encircled their working hors es, and which have hitherto been thought use less. Fashion and economy are, for a rayity, united. Boston Galaxy. USEFUL RECITES. Cure for the dropsy. —Take winttugreen or chequer berry leaves and vines, and boil them down very strong, and drink the li quor frequently and plentifully. The croup or hives. —Take four ounces of olive oil, and add from 15 to £0 grains of ipecacuanha, well incorporated with the oil, and give one or two tea-spooos full every 15 minutes; bathre the feet and legs in warm water; let the patient drink the following decoction, viz.—take a pint of water, in which put a roasted onion with some oil, and English saffron boiled togeth er, and continue the above till the patient is relieved, which is generally the case af ter the second or third dose; if ihe croup should assume a serious character, you may apply a blister to the wind-pipe. To preserve apples through the season. Gather them about noon, in the latter part of September or beginning of October;— spread them in a chamber or garret, where they may remain till about the last of No vember. Then remove thpm into casks or boxes in the cellar. Preservation of Grain, fyc. from, mice. Mr. Macdonald, of Scalpa, in the Hebri des, having, some years ago, suffered con siderably by mice, put at the bottom, near the centre, and at top of each stack, or mow, as it was raised, three or four stalks of wild mint, the leaves on, gathered near a brook in a neighboring field, and never after had any of his grain consumed. He then tried the same experiment with his cheese and other articles-kept in store, and often injured by mice; and with equal ef fect, by laying a few leaves? green or dry, on the articles to be preserved. J&awtp* From gay to grave, from lively to severe....vovk. Extracts from x Lacon or Many Things in Few Words. y ‘He tli&t studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men will know how things are.’ ‘ln all societies it is adviseable to associate if possible with the highest: not that the highest are always the best, because if disgusted there, we can at any time descend ; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible. In the grand theatre of human life a box-ticket takes us through the whole house * ‘None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet se crets as a spendthrift covets money, for the pur pose of circulation.’ ‘Hurry and Cunning are two apprentices of Despatch and Skill; but neither of them ever learns his master’s trade.’ ‘The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest about thirty years after date.’ ‘An act, by which we make one friend and one enemy, is a loosing game, because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitud* * ‘There are no two things so much talked of and seidem seen, as virtue and the funds.* ‘There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he’ shat thinks himself the happi est man really is so; but he that thinks hitnself the wisest, is generally +he greatest fool.’ To solicit patronage is,‘at least in the event, to set virtue to sale None can be pleased with out praise, and lew can b“ praised without falsehood; few can be assiduous without servil ity, and none can be servile without corruption. An Irish gentleman going to the post-office a short time since, inquired if there were any let ters for him ‘'Your name, sir,” said the clerk, ‘‘There is a good one, now,” replied the Hiber nian ; “why, won’t you see it on the back of the letter ?” Eulogy on Mother Cresswell.— That whatever evil reports had passed current during the life time of this worthy matron, malice itself could not deny, that she was born well, man ied well, lived well, and died well; sinco she was born in Sl.adwell, married Cresswell, lived in Chamber well, and died in Bridewell. Pevenl cf the Peak. An ignorant fellow being about to be married, resolved to make himself perfect in the respon ses of the service, but by mistake got by heart the office of baptism for riper years; so when he was asked in church, Wilt thou have this woman ?” &c. he answered, “ I renounce them all.” The clergyman said ‘‘ I think you are a fool,” to which he replied, ‘‘All this I steadfast ly believe.” SNUFF. The Boston Statesman contains an article on the subject of taking Snuff The writer thinks it a very foolish practice forsnuff-takers to pur chase cheap snuff because they can get more for the same money, as “the number of times you sneeze is the thing to be regarded, and not the number of pinches you take. The loudness of the Btpo+t in sneezing should also be taken into consideration.—A man with poor snuff in his nose, makes but little noise at all. There should always be an impressive depth, a strong, sonorous emphasis to the sneeze of a well bred man, more especially if he mingle with genteel society. The goodness of the snuff is all im portant. Take for instance the nose of a man of small stature. You Jill it up with snuff.—ft tickles his smellers, but stuffs up his head a great deal, and his nose becomes ve- y sore Take on the other hand the G 00D SNUFF You cram your thumb aw: fore fingers with good snuff It explodes like a bomb in you’ nostrils, and affords instarfyneous relief. —The whole frame of the little man is con vulsed ; his eyes are filled with tears of joy; his nose and mouth are overflowing with gratitude In order to test the advantages of good snuff over poor; lie proposes the following experi ment. Let five men stand in one row, with their hats off, and their noses elevated. Let them charge and fire regularly, at the word snuff-takerß, take care to fire with Rappee— ready—aim-sneeze! Then let them charge with their Yellow Scotch, &c The loudness of the Report, and the promptness with which they diseharge their pieces shall decide the strength of the different kinds of snuff. Religious Sects. —As friends of tolera tion, we never look with jealousy on the growth of a weak sect. The multiplica tion of creeds, which is viewed by many with alarm, as the germ of future discord, is regarded by us in a very different point of view. Despairing of unanimity in mat ters of faith, we look for the preservation of religious quiet in the infinite variety of belief. The maxim of the poet, that ‘•All nature’s difference makes all nature's peace” . may with strict analogy be applied to the present case. With these sentiments we consider every new sect as adding strength to the common barrier against tyranny.— Weakness is always tolerant; but we shall think the death blow of religious freedom given, the moment that any one sect, be it which it may, is strong enough to dictate to the rest< N. A. Review. The first time that Mr. Pitt went to Cambridge after his election for the Uni versity, the sophs appeared naturally gap ing tor the good things in the youthful min ister’s gift. Dr. Paley, who preached be fore him, chose this text: “There is a lad here that hath two barley loaves and three [small fishes, but what are these among so many ?” Extract from a Sermon on ‘domestic happiness/ by the Hero. William Jay. Oh, what so refreshing, so soothing, so satisfying as the placid joys of Home ! ’ See the traveller. Does duty call him for a season to leave his beloved family ? The image of his earthly happiness contin ues vividly in his remetnbrance; it quick* ens him to diligence; it cheers him under difficulties; it, makes him .hail the hour which sees his purpose accomplished, and his face turned towards home; it com munes with hitp as he journeys; and he hears the promise which causes him to hope, “Thou shalt know also that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shall visit thy habitation and not sin.”—- Oh the joyful reunion of a divided family; the pleasures of a renewed interview and conversation after days of absence. Behold the man of science. He drops the labor and painfulness of research, clo ses his volume, smooths his wrinkled brow, leaves his study ; and unbending himself, stoops to the capacities, yields to the wish es, and mingles with the diversions of hi# children. ‘‘He will not blusli that has a father’s heart, To take in childish plays a childish part, But bends his sturdy back to any toy, That youth takes pleasure in, to piensehis boy.” Take the man of tra.de. What recon ciles him to the toil of business? What en ables him to endure the fastidiousness and impoitance of customers? What rewards him for so many hours of tedious confine ment ? By and by the season of intercourse will arrive ; he will be embosomed in the caresses of his family ; he will behold the desite of his eyes and tHe children of his love, for whom he resigns his ease ; and in their welfare and smile, he will find his recompense. Yonder comes the laborer—He hasborne the burden and heat of the day the de scending sun has released him from his toil, arid he is hastening home to enjoy his repose. Half way down the lane, by the side of which stands his cottage, his chil dren run to meet him ; one he carries and one he leads. The companion of his hum ble life is ready to furnish him from his plain repast. See his toil worn counten ance assumes an air of cheerfulness; his-, hardships are forgotten ; fatigue vanishes, he eats and is satisfied ; the evening fair, he walks with uncovered head round his garden ; enters again and retires to rest, “and the rest of the laboring man is sweet whether he eat little or much.” Inhabit this lonely low ly dwelling, who can be indifferent to thy comfort ? “Peace be to this house.” “Let net ambition mock thy useful toil, Thy homely joys and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful arnile, The short and simple annals of the poor.” THE STEAM-BOAT. The following sentimental view of Steam-Boats is from a Work “Letters on England, by Count de Soligny.” It is an amusing bur lesque of the reality: “Wfc went to Richmond by the Steam boat, and I have scarcely yet recovered from the effect of the journey. You know I hated this self-willed machine when first I saw it hurrying and clattering along be tween the wharfs and coal barges, and through the muddy- water, at Blackfriar’s Bridge; but now I have not common pa tience with it. It is, to be sure, a most atrocious invention, and fit for nothing but to transport convicts to Botany Bay, or condemned souls across the Styx.—To see a huge noisy monstrosity like this, breathing fire and smoke, come insolently trundling itself up the clear stream, beneath the willows and alders, and between the classical banks of Pope’s Twickenham, and treating all one’s feelings, fancies, and associations, past, present, and to come, with contempt, is intolerable, and ought to be forbidden by act of Parliament. It jolto .worse than a French diligence over the pave, and roars like a corn-mill—and, in stead of being able to look at the scenery along the banks of the river, which I so much wished for an opportunity of seeing, all I could do was to sit perversely count ing the abominable strokes of the steal* engine, as they jared and vibrated on every nerve about me. But really the bodily in convenience attending a voyage in this new ‘infernal machine’is nothing compared with its insolent violation of all one’s most cheer ished notions of keeping and consistency. Think of a drunken Dutch boor in the midst of one of Claude’s r eposes; or imagine a great rough cloven-footed Satyr in Titi an’s Bath of Diana; or conceive a herd of porpoises tumbling about in one of the Ital ian takes, and you may gain some idea of the effect of seeing a London Steam-boat intrudingitself upon the Thames at Twick enham.” Gentleness of manners and softness of heart, are the most amiable characteristics of a woman. Let man, like the strong oak, brave the storm, and stand unmoved amid its rage; let woman, like the weeping willow, yield to every blast ■, 1 or, like the sensitive plant, shrink from ever/ pressure.