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From the Pc it Boy.
f< Reverence thyjelj ft*— Sterne.
In this JhortJcntencc is contain
ed the ejfence of morality. I know’
of no abtion either good cr bad but
is implicitly enforced or forbidden
by it. There is no man or wo
man that in every situation of life
reverences themselves but mnfi ne
eejfarily be good—they must do
honor to themselves and to the
bighefi ornament cfjcciety.
I would ask my fair country
women % when they ajfemble round
their tea-tables , and every idle
tale they henry though big with
deft ruction to someone's reputation
or happinefsy whether they reve
rence themselves ?
I would ask the gambler, when
he leaves his home , his wife and
little onesy and passes the night
with knaves andJharpers whether
he reverences himfelf?
1 would ask the drunkardy when
he nightly boozes in fome bar
room over a mug of flip , when he
ctmftantly lifts to his mouth that
cup “ whose very ingredient is a
devilf* if he reverences himfelf ?
.1 would ajk the wanderer from
the jweet and holy wedlock's bedy
when he jpends his money , bis
Jirengtb, and his confiitution upon
Jlrange womeny if he reverences
himfelf.
I would ask the maiden jujl
blooming into life 3 when floe hears
with patience the coarse jejly or
the injidicus entendre 3 whether
jhe reverences herfelf ?
1 would ask the lawyer , when
with artful cunning and low de
ceity he cajoles his client into hope
lejs lawJuit —if he reverences him
jelf P
I would ajk the chrifiiar.y when
for faking the heavenly precepts of
his majter, forgetting charity and
fotfaking mercy , he hears and tells
tales of flandery or dooms to per
dition his mistaken neighbor , if he
reverences himfelf ?
I would ajk the hufbandy who
inflead of cberijhing with fondcfl
care the wife of his bojom, with
unkindtiefsy moroseness and fever i
tjy annihilates the Jweet concord
of domejlic love } if he reverences
himfelf ?
I would ask the wifey whose
duty it is to j often and annihilate
the cares of her partner , to fmocth
,u iiir^uv,,.
the molt illustrious characters.—
Jefterfon, who was cradled in
liberty, will live to lee his ca
lumniators covered with univer
lai contempt.
IVaJkingtm. —That- man has
nfen beyond my higiieft hopes.
Anu what is more, were it pof
ftb!c to assign turn a higher sta
tion, he rtchly deserves ft.——
Happy the country that has loch
a clue i rnagiurate, and ldill hap
pier the nation that is warhtv
of him.
Franklin . —The American ho*
I'ilon is not altogether without;
• ‘a ■ O - ■cr
but Wat which is right , which is
virtu.'Us cr profitable—whether
they reverence themselves ?
* ‘OOkD**
Behaviour cf aperfon born blind\
on receiving his fight at twenty
years of age by the operation of
an Ocul’ji.
The operator Mr. CJrant hav
ing c bferved the eyes of his pa
ti nt anu dccl ued to his friends
and relations it was highly pro
bable he iliould be able to re-
move the obdacle which pre
vented the tife of his fight ; all
his acquaintances, either out of
regard or curiosity, assembled
on the occasion. The Rev.
Mr. Cafwell, minider of the
place, desired the company, in
case the operation fhouid suc
ceed to keep quiet, and fuffer
the young man to make his own
observations, without the direc
tion of any thing he had receiv
ed by his other senses, or the
opportunity of discovering his
friends by their voices. Among’
others, his mother, his brothers
and lifters, and a young lady for
whom he had a passion, were
present.
The operation had the wiftied
for luccefs. When the patient
fird received the dawn of light,
there appeared such an extacy
in his action, that he seemed rea
dy to swoon away in the furpiife
of joy and wonder. I'he sur
geon stood before him with his
instruments in his hands. The
young man observed him from
head to foot: after which, he
surveyed himfelf as carefully,
and seemed to compare him to
himfelf; and, observing both
their hands, feemeefto think they
were exactly alike, except the
instruments, which he*took for
parts of his hands. When he
had continued in this amaze
ment fome time, his mother
could no ionger bear the agita
tions of so many paflions as
thronged upon her, but fell upon
his neck, crying out, My ion !
my for. ! The youth knew her
voice, and could speak no more
than, Oh me ! are you my mo
ther ? and fainted. The *hoie
room, you will easily conceive,
were very affeddonately em
ployed in recovering him ; but
above all, the young gentlewo
man who loved him, and wl ora
he lived, shrieked in theloudeft
manner, T hat voice seemed to
have a ludden efFctft upon him
as he recovered, and he Hie wed
a double curiosity in observing
her as she fpokc and called to
him j till at lafthe broke out,
what has been done to me ?
Whither am I carried ? Is all
this about me the thing I have
so often heard of ? Is this the
light? Is this feeing? Were
I you always thus happy, when
you laid you were glad to let
each other? Where is Tom,
who uted to lead me : But I
could now me tfunks go any
where without him. He offered
to move but seemed afraid of
i every thing around him. When
they saw his difficulty, they told
him, till he became better ac
quainted with his new being,
he must let the servant ftili lead
I him. The boy was called for,
and presented to him. Mr. Caf
well asked him, what fort cf
thing he took Tom to be, be
fore he had leen him. He an
iwered, he believed there was
not so much of him as himfelfj
but he fancied him the iame
fort of creature. The noise of
this sudden change made all ihe
neighborhood throng to the
place where he was. As he saw
the croud thickning, lie desired
Mi. Cal well to tell him how
many there were in all to be
leen. The gentleman, finding,
anlwcred him, that it would be
very proper for him to return to
his hue carnation* and hi.
eyes to be covered, til! they had
received strength; for he
might remember well enough
that by degrees he had by little
and little come to the ftrengh
he had at present in his ability
of walking and moving ; and
that it was the fame thing with
his eyes, which lie said, would
loft the power of continuing to
him that transport he was in,
except he would be contented
to lay aside the ule of them, till
they were strong enough to’
bear the light, without so much
feeling as lie knew he underwent
at present. With much reluc
tance he was ore vailed on to
have his eyes bound, in which
condition they kept him in a
dark room, till it was proper to
let die organ receive its objc&s
without farther precaution. Af
ter fome days it was thought fit
to unbind his head, and the
young iady whom he loved was
inftrudted to open his eyes accor
dingly, as well to endear herfelf
to him hv such a circumfiance,
as to moderate his extacies by
the persuasion of a voice which
had so much power over him as
hers ever had. When this be
loved young woman began to
take the binding of his eyes, she
talked to him as follows .
< Mr.— , I am now tak
ing the binding off ; though,
when I Gpnfider what I am doing,
I tremble v/ith the apprehenftqn,.
that (though 1 have loved you
from my very childhood, dark
as you were, and though you j
had conceived so strong a love \
for me) you find there is filch j
a th i g as beauty, which may j
c fnaic you into a thousand paf
r r 1 ‘ L r . !
lions ot which you are now ig
norant, and take you from me
forever. But, before I put my
fclf to that hazard, tell me in
what manner that love, you al
ways profefied to me, entered
your heart; for its ufuaj admis
sion is at the eyes.*
The lover answered * Dear ’
Lydia, if I am to left by fight
the foit pan tings which I have
aiway felt when I heard your
voice; if I am no more to dis
tinguish the step of her I love,
when fire approaches me, but to
change that sweet and frequent
pleaiure for such an amazement
as I knew the iiule time I lately
law; or if I am to have any
thing befiicie?, which may take
from me the sense I have of
what appeared mod {dealing to
me at that time, (which appari
tion it sterns was you) pull out
these eves, before they lead me
to be ungrateful to you, or un
do my felt. I wiffied far them
but to lee you; puli them out
if they are to make me forget
you.”
Mammoth Fish.
On Tuesday la ft was taken in
Shaliop Cove, near the eastern
part of (his town, the Tunny y of
an enormous laze. It had en
tered the Cove, and had been
caught upon the Flats, where it
labored to find its padage to the
sea again, in vain. ‘ Ic agreed
perfectly with the deft notion
given by Pennant and Cepede,
excepting in his lize. Pennant
ays, the one wh c i was whig ;ed j
for his information ac Inverary, |
• was cf 46c potjnds. T v ffth j
IT” r ir, t • .• i •’ H *
¥ ib\
greatest circumference five ft ver
and the least, near the tail ou.r
foot fix. The one taken on
Tuesday weighed 925 pounds,
was nine feet five inches long,
seven feet two inches in its great -
est circumference, and 27 inches
in its least, near the tail. The
tips of the tail firs were .3 feet
apart. The firft fin on the back
had 13 strong spines, which
-■could bo concealed in a flit upon
the back. The spurious fins of
a bright color, w'ere 3 in num
ber, agreeably to the Linntan
delcription. Pliny mentions
one seen by him of equal weight,
as noticed by Cepede. This
natural!ft observes, that the arri
val of the Mackarel announces
that of the Tunny which pur
sues them ; and the Mackarel
have been i;i unusual plenty this
season. Ihe Tunny fifliery has
been very profitable in the Me-
fo that this fifhery
has been laid to have yielded the
lJuke of Medina Sidonia, a reve
nue of ducats. The
body of the Fish is cut in piece?,
broiled and preserved for the
market, wirh olive oil and vine
gar. Cepede lays, from an an
cient writer, that formerly they
laired the Intestines, as well as
the [pawns and that this use is
ftili continued in several places,.
particularly In Greece*
The videos this fifh exc.ted
‘great attention, as it is the firft
which has been leen here in the
present generation.
Salem Regifler
Mammoth Beet.
Sauce for the Fish.
Samuel Badger, Esq. ofChel
fea, in this state, has railed in his
garden this season, a Beet, mea
lu. ing-feven teen inches in cir
cumference, and weighing nine
‘pounds and eleven ounces, and
perfectly found.
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