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Rural Cabinet.
VOL. 11.
THE CABINET
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I was very tired and went to bed
about eleven.—lt was a hot summer
night, and so light was my room with
the soft yellow beams of the moon,
that it was long bes re I could win
nature‘s sweet restorer* to mine eye
lids. As lam a gentleman of an ex
ceedingly though ful disposition, 1 was
Hot at a loss for amusement. 1 begin
to run over the events of the dyy that
was gone; and after some little pre
amide, my meditations gathered a
round the pretty form of a certain la
dj of your city, and hilled myself in
to a gentle slumber by thinking id
her. I lay for some time in that most
luxurious state between sleeping and
waking, just on the boundary line of
mortality—with half my senses yet
clinging to this earth, and the rest
already beginning to rove in the lit?li
ness of freedom through the realms
of fancy. 1 was indeed in a lints; de
lit* fitful state of mind, and scarcely
fdi the couch that gave rest to my
weary frame. Fairy visions, beauti
ful hues of the rainbow, floati and in
luine imagination. The com upturns
of faery embodied themselves—the
veiy wishes of my Waking moments
were half accomplished; and I became
as it were the mighty ruler of a World
of mine own. Sometimes 1 thought 1
was failing through the immensity of
spate, and passed by planets in my
w.ij; hm n w, s pleasant to me, au
] s< nod to be wheeling in graceful
ci*rles in the air, as in my younger
days I have seen the eagle do far a
way in the calm sky. Sometimes 1
thought 1 was sporting in the gree*
UK allow, romp ng anti vn< i*.g wiM
the im st lovely maidens 1 had ever
beheld; and in a ‘pro pudur’ 1 dream’
eo I Wrs at lu ily k ss, g Mis. L.
]n short gemlc reader, some kind spir
ii had lifted me far above the scenes
of earthly degradation, and I was re
veiling in the gay pleasures of anoth
er wot id,
Ai length my fancy began to cut
terrible c pern. The pm y girls
tin green meadows —and Mrs. JL— s
rosy lips—passed awa)J and me
though’ I beheld a battle. I sfowu
upon the brow of a rugged mountain.
Qhe sea dashed aim foamed on one
side, and the crash of v arose on
the other. The wind til win roaring
whirl winds, and bore the white foao
of the o<ean in snowy wreaths along
tin i ir, ‘l he sky was blackened with
huge < lauds, that rolltd like a trout)'*
led ocean immediately over our
heads. The lighting hurst through
the gloom in bright sheets of fire, or
quivered in terrible lustre along the
dark sky, as though its mighty vault
hao been iein in twain. The thun
der (cashed along the heavens with a
noise as if ten thousand w rids had
tumbled together and shivered into
luinS. I turned mine eye from the
ft* imy clouds to gajge upon the fight.
1 saw warriors bestride lierv horses
they rushed over tiie shi irking bo
dies of the dying aid tingled their
nogiit in one terrible thunder ot ruin.
♦Scores flashed —h* thunder and the
cannon shook the earth with their
mingled tutpult* Shrieks* shouts,
and the < Irsbing of an. s. sourfded in
mine ear* anu I wus about to fly a-
VVarrenton, August it, i ( s fl.
way from the scene, when I saw,
in the very midst of lie b *ttie, the
form of a beautiful wo nan; her ra
ven ringlets were streaming in the
wind, and lier white hands uplifted in
terror at the desolation around, 1 was
rushing to her relief, when 1 saw a
huge ruffian approach to her side—
he seized her silken ringlets lie tore
them from her head—and dared, in
the insolence of his triumph, to grasp
tier troaf; and tee shriek, that arose
above the storm of War, was answer
ed by a laugh. Another, roughly
seized the beautiful being; until I
shouted revenge, and rushed to her
rescue. Many a bright blade flashed
round me, many a swift, bullet whiz
zed by my ear, but 1 tore the falchion
from the clenched hand of a dying
wretch; and mingled in the battle,
l'he lofty figures of my enemies bore
back at my approach. 1 cut my
way to the teri ilicd gin; and when
she saw Iter brutal ittsuiters gnashing
their teeth at my feel—she sprang to
my side; and clung to my bosom, A
giant monster struck at hei white
foreherd. I turned my wrath on
him; his blade shivered into a thou
sand atoms —1 cleaved his coward
‘.kull to the jaw, and he fell shrieking
from his horse. Dreadful w re my
struggles—terrible was my revenge.
1 bore her ba< k amidst the maddened
fury of all around—sprang with my
lov-ly burden upon a fleet steed; th
t oble animal fled like the wind; ill*
< It-uds disappeared as we rode; the
sun shone again in bright cheenul
ness—the birds sung music to our
way—and in a lew moments im
thought we were iu one of-the most
beautiful countries 1 ever saw, aim
heard the Clang of war only as some
gemlc breeze bore at intervals to our
ear. Reader, reader, who shall tell
the happiness of my- bosom, when 1
bore u*y pretty maiden from the sad
die, and felt that we were free! Roses
clustered in (flushing wr allies around
us, and perfumed breezes kissed a
way the drops that exertion had
gathered to my urow. 1 looked upon
the being I nad rescued; and looking
I joved. bhe smiled upon me—uti
ups parted, she was beginning <•
speak, wlieii the voice of a distant
trumpet broke upon our ears. N'ur
er and more near, came the lalai
sound; sometimes breatning soft mu
sic, but as it approached it gave a
1 mg, thundering twang, and—l a
woke, me fairy scene vanished; but
the sound of the trumpet eou n ued.
1 Idled my sell in my couth—;nd
gi a IOUS fa Mel's! it W'aS a (liosquil <!
a little vile rascally mu quilo was
flourishing in all the glory ot long
I, gs, and a sharp sung around tin
very pinnacle of mine unhappy nus< (
iNow, was ever such a inisfortuioi
To be dragged down Irom Me laiiy
realms of imagination —Irom blushing
cheeks and ruses; ftom lame, and nc
lory —and love—to ue torn away
from all these pleasures by the hum
nmig of a mosquito! at whose ap
proach the enchanted spelt was oiok
en, and every vestige of my happy
vision melted away—it was too b<..u—
it was miserable. 1 lay upon my
couch in a state of most pitiable mei
ancfioly, mourning over the sad cer
tainty that 1 was only my poor hum
bit seif, that 1 had not been the won
drr of the world, that 1 had nut even
been a battle. 1 had not rescued
lovely innocencefrom ruin; 6c in
sttau of cleaving the brutal ruffian
from his steed, l had been, in all hu
man probability, flourishing away ,i
i my poor unoffending bed post, or beat
mg may-hap, the meek and unresist
mg form of mine own pillow. * * *
; 1 tried to catch some of them as
they flew uy me I wlirled around
the clothes, inii tp-, of burying them
in its I'tlds. Al is! I had no sooner
comp >se<| myself to rest again, under
the foolish supposition that / Ii ,and driv
en them away, tU m toe same ever
lasting bum came whizzing about
uiioe ears, and sailing in [lie most
provoking comp mute around every
featur'd of my face. At length I
sprang out of bed in despair—opened
(lie 1 , windows and doors of my room,
mil paced tile floor iu angry sleep
lesnes's. A gentle breeze came mur
muring into my chamber; and bore
away my tormentors, /looked out
upon the silent world. The beau i
tul streaks of morning were just
stretched along the eastern sky I
felt a little soothed by the beauty of
the scene niy irritation gr.idully sub
sided—l flung myself again on my
couch and the bright beam of the
uorning sun awoke me from my re
freshing slumber. When 1 arose. Jt
happened to cast my eyes upon tin
white washed ceiling, and there
/heih* Id a mosquito reposing his del
icate frame, alter the fatigues of the
night. I mounted a table and two
• hairs—softly and carefully raised
my extended palm, and gave a most
terrible slap. There Was blood on
lie place when l got down, and hap
petiing to look in the glass, 1 found my
teeth set together, iu a most revenge
ful mariner.
FROM THE “PHILADELPHIA ALfiUxM.*
TIIE SLUGGARD.
Shall 1 rise, or shall 1 in s ill; said
I to my sell one morning, as 1 raised
my inert corpus on an elbow. By
the movement, the covering ot the
bed, was partly thrown off, and the
i uol rooming air ( hilled me. Tin-*
wassuffii lent, I had before only made
the exertion, because a com i usn as
of duty to myself required uie to be
stirring. But now, 1 was furnished
with an ex use for longer tarry. 1
was out of wood, and my room would
iave been uncommonly utn omfortable
without a fife. Ii vv<*s with a seesa
* lOn of true epu u* tail safislat lioiiyiuai
.ny limbs dropi down on the enro ll v -
gain, and nestled in the tiro k
i Ids of the blankets.
-Oi! how delightful the sweets of
laziness,* 1 exclaimed, ‘when enjoyed
with an apology to ones s fit lor the
indulgence, now deii> ions is a mol
ding reverie in bed, when mind and
uody, attcr being refreshed Oy sleep,
reunite, (ike two alieauateii trieods,
with belter feelings than ever, and a
suit luxurious indolent bliss creeps
over the frame,, pervades the nerves
and beautifies wmle it enfeebles tfie
wli de system. Not an intruding care
ruffles this quiet hour of rumination.
1 have not even to think unless 1
please. At this moment, 1 glanced
,ny ey e from the window, and beheld
the beautiful scene without, jusi light
ing up with the merry ra ; a of the ris
ing sun; the distant hill, the lofty
spire; and the inonart hs ot the wood
were gilded in succession, until every
Aijwt glowed and smiled beneath the
joyful radiance.
1 gazeu at this scene with much
pleasure, until my attention was ar
r< sfi and by the voii e> ot tbe councellors
within me* These soon grew to be
earnest altercations.
• Waste no more time in this slug
gish repose,* quoth reason from her
turone, in no very mild or pleasant
one. ‘Nature calls upon you to be
,tir yourself. There in* lunger re
mains even the flimsey pretext of
cold to detain you. The sun himself
will furnish you with heat enough,
■ veil though you should not find suiti-
| cient energy to produce it by exer
l cise.*
I shrunk at her reproach, and felt
in lined to obey li*t dictation; but
before my design could be put into
execution, the | w soothing voice of
Ind-denre reached my ear, insinuating
opposite counsel.
•Rise not yet,* she said, you will
break the < liain of delights, that [
have been forming for you, before yoU
have reap! half the enjoy ment. —Lis
ten not to that austere d*mes adviser
1 she would comp-| you to deny your
self, innocent. p|.tfsure. What t>lis< hag
she ever conferred, one half as sweet
as this; besides, herein a gentleman,
who will justify indulgence.*—
The gentleman referred to, was a
trim precise personage wearing tlio
app*'arance of a thorough and udy.
“The lady advises right,’ said Fash
ion, pertly,‘my votaries ever) where
practice the habits of morning indul
gence, and especially at my head
quarters in the metropolis. *n<l sic,
let me suggest you may as well be out
of the world as des -rted by me.’
Reason regarded these coons* llorfl
with an air of cool contempt. Ii is o*t
at all Surprising,* she s id, *flat this
gen’leman, who has presented himself
so opportunely, should support ihe
course of condo* t re< omm* ml* and hy
Indolence. He has alw vs been dis
tinguished for f.lly and flckl* ness, re
commending habits totally <ljfl'. rent,
at different periods, and sometime*
in*'r*'during such as are distinctive to
health and life. Il l mistake not, tins
is the. satin* sapient individual, who
has been the -ns *.f destroying so
many of th e fair ones of the land, un
der the pretence *<f impr *ving tin s> m
meiry of their firms. Hos come, ro'.>so
yotirsi If—Remember the sayings f
the Americana <ge. He. that ri eg
late shall trot all and y, and 8* >ri• ly
overtake Ins business fiy night; and
as foe sleep, you will find enough of
that ih the grave. List* n not to the
insinuations of these insidious advis
ers. Let Indolence pr-v- i! but a few
times more, and she will bring in hab
it to h* r aid Y<u know his power,
you will he incap .ble if visi.'i* g their
combined attacks. Fven now. every
moment Mat you linger here, you are
be< timing bss master of yourself *
Imped'd by these admonitions, 1
attempt* dto rise, hut could not. 1
found myself totally be* aimed not
a out* le moved, and its uned as
though the conn* xion betwein *<ty vo
lition and nerves, were s d,
1 was coiepletely encircled by the in.
visible w* b, that my t eacherous ad i
ser. Ind lence, lik* Vulcan of old, tiad
contrived to throw around me So
then I laid, while conscience, by the
command of Reason, was pritkim; my
side to avenge my neglect of duty.
But all in vain—the dominion of the
lazy power w'as complete, and 1 know
not how I mg it might have continued,
had not the college bell rung. No
sooner w s the first stroke heard than
C impulsion rusht-d into my room, and
sans ceremonie kicked me out of bed ia
an instant. A Student*
rno M THE B -STON BULLETIN.
SINGULAR FACTS
Some years since a young gentleman
of Massachusetts, Mr. S ■ ■—t ‘then a stu
dent at College, happened in company
with a young lady; the con equenca
was, a mutual affection took place.
Kach was conscious of a deep and root
ed passion, but neither knew the sen
timents or affections of the other Mr.
S—— oeingat. that time under no cir
ca .1 stances to marry, thought it not
proper f k o pursue his inclination, or reveal
his affection to the lady. She on her
part not imagining that Mr. S—— had ag
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