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Miscellaneous.
Verses addressed to a little girl named
•Margaret whom the author met
at Scarborough.
BY J&MKS MoNTOiMenr.
Margaret, we never met before,
And Margaret, we may meet no more !
Wh it shall I say at parting?
Scarce half a inoon ha* run its race,
Since first I saw your fairy face,
Around this gay and giddy place,
Street smiles and blushes darting;
Yet from iny heart 1 freely tell,
I cannot help but wish you well.
I dare not wish you stoiea of wealth,
A troop of Ihenda, unfailing health,
And freedom from affliction!
I dare not wish you beauty’s prize!
Carnation lips and bright blue eyes!
They speak through tears, and breathe
through sighs!
Then hear my benediction:
Os those good things he tliou posscot,
Just in the measure tiOl) thinks beat.
Hut. little Margaret, may you be,
All that His eye delights to -ec,
All that he loves and blesses;
The Lord in darkness be your light,
Your strength in sickness, shield ia light,
Your comfort in distresses;
T|k hope of every future breath,
Ami your eternal j >y in death!
THE WORTH OF MAX'; OR, MAX’
OF WORTH.
When one man is worth a
thousand pounds another ten
thousand, in common language
we say the latter is worth ten
times as much as the former.
If this meant no more than sim
ply, that one had ten times as
much property as the other,
time would he ill spent in cav
illing with the expression. Hut
when people estimate the
worth of a man by the weight
of his purse, the extent of his
farm, the number of his ser
vants or size of his house, with
out examining either the fur
niture of his head, or qualities
of his heart, measure their
bows and deal out their civili
ties and honors accordingly,
Common Sense smiles at the
delusion and seems solicitous to
correct the error—ls the man
a mere cypher all this time?
Docs lie count nothing of him
self? Shall he not be rated so
high as the purse or chest, that
contains the common standard
of liis worth ? May none of the
endowments of nature, or ac
quirements of art, have the ho
nor of being inventoried with
the stock of his farm, his mer
chandize, or household fur
niture?—Here is a small mis
take says the world, or its
careless computers; we really
left out his mental ware, in
making our estimate. How
shall we correct the error?
What is the average worth, of a
man, stripped, like Job, of his
external property? —\ hard
question truly, and but little
th night 01. I should suppose
it as easy to find an average
size for all the animals appen
ded to the earth. I know of
no wav to estimate his value,
except by what he is worth to
the community, or his friends
By this standard, there would
be as great a diversity in the
worth of men, without proper
ty, as with. A Franklin, though
ponyless,'would rise higher than
a * possessed of a hun
dred thousand: the one a pub
lic honor; the other, a private
disgrace. Innumerable instan
ces might he penned; hut they
arc under every ones observa
tion.
Wealth is a good thing, con
nected with a liberal mind.
Merit has its value, wherever
it is found; hut is generally
prized lowest by those who
value money the highest. To
do it some degree of justice,
let a moderate price be agreed
upon and set down against a
list of the most obvious public
and private, and useful acquire
ments. This will introduce a
new kind of calculation. —
Men’s estates may he invento
•
ried as usual after their decease;
hut there will he a considerable
difference between what they
arc worth while living and af
ter they arc dead. Let people
while alive be lankcd accord
ingly to the sum total ol their
real personal and m
perty, and while pride justly
humbled, took its place in the
kitchen, merit would be called
to the parlour, and receive its
duo honor from men of real
worth.
* I 110 author translates thU per
plexing blank *Lord is it IV
HI I.IT I I IKE TO SE E .1X1) ft HIT
I DISLIKE TJ SEE
I like to see young ladies, af
ter they have left school,
scss sufficient Modesty, to ktfep
them out of the streets, asul
not expose themselves to the
gaze of the idlers, who have
nothing to do but to stand at
the corners and make remarks.
The brightest gem ceases to
attract admiration when too
often seen.
I like to sec the waist of a la
dy, as the hand of her creator
made it ; and not laced as if to
correct deformity. Artifice may
please the vulgar, but men of
sense despise it.
I like to sec young ladies lead
the fashion of their sex. Mr r-!
ried ladies have enough to do
if they will attend to their hus-j
bands and children. Old ladies;
look ridiculous in gay attire,
and should consult their case
more than fashion.
I like to sec a lady’s cheeks
their natural color. Paint is
easily detected, and sure to dis
gust those whom it was intend
ed to captivate.
I dislike to sec young ladies
blush at double entendres—
they should never put any im
modest construction on any
thing that is said. If there is
any thing to blush at. leave the
room, or for conscience sake
affect ignorance.
I dislike to see married la
dies, walking the streets with 1
men other than their husbands,
it looks ugly; therefore ladies,
do not practice it. The world
is censorious, and the less you
give it to talk about, the better.
| I dislike to see young fops
stating about in church, and
smiling at every one who
chance to look at them. Quit
it hoys, for be assured it is
nothing to your credit.
I dislike to sec married men
going to taverns and beefsteak
houses. It looks as if “happi
ness dwelt not at home.”
Os all things 1 like to sec the
gentlemen court the ladies—
but of all things l dislike to set
the ladies court the gentlemen.
This is sure to beget disgust on
one side and disappointment
on the other.
XE V/ 8I S TEM of rU. VC TV.I VIOX
At a dinner table a short time
since, one of those nondes
cripts called a Dandy was seat
ed at the top, and an honest
plain dealing farmer at the hot
tom. liming dinner time, a
great many affectedly polite
were made by the
beau, and a great many coarse
ones by the farmer. When
cheese was introduced, the fop.
in an affectedly mincing tone,
asked the company whcthci
they prefered the pure or Im
pure ? Cn asking the iarmci
this question, the old man re
plied—“ Hang your pure or
impure , give me some of the
tjtusiy! ‘ “Sir,” says the dandy.
* I must beg leave to tell you.
tiiat you Have made very many
insolent speeches during dinner
—and sir, if I have any repe
tition of your insolence, I shall
place my thumb and linger on
each side of your nose and
make a parenthesis of it.” “A
parenthesis! shall you?” says
the old man—“then I shall put
my list in your face, and make
a full slop”
A lady who had been just
three days married, perceiving
her husband enter, stole secretly
[behind him and gave him a kiss;
the husband was angry, and
said she offended against de
cency: pardon me, exclaimed
she, I didn’t know it was you.
A profligate young Oxonian,
whose knocker was nearly
worn out by the incessant raps
of a host ol needy duns, affixed
the following irreverend quota
tion on the door of bis room ;
*•! know your necessities before
ye ask, and your ignorance in
asking.”
The following elegant Epi
taph, commemorative of the
luckless fate of an unhappy
lover, is to be found in a church
yard in “ Modern Athens ”
The wedding day appointed was,
And wedding < Mhfs provided
But o'er that day did mine ala?!
He sickened and he die did!
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