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There liv’d an hionest fisherman,
I knew him paasuig well—
Who dwelt hard by * little pond,
Within a little dtiL
A grave and quiet man was he,
Who lov’d hi* hook aad rod—
So eten ran his line of fife,
Uts neighbors thought it odd.
For science and for books he said
, He never had a wish—
Ko school to him was wofth a fig,
Except a “school oftis:..”
This single-minded fisherman
A double calling hats
To tend his flocks in,wintcr time,
In summer fish for shad.
In short, this honest fisherman
Alt t'tiier toils forsook,
And though no Ingram man was he,
He liv’d bjp‘ hook and crook."
All day iffiftfisherman would sit
Ohio an ancient log,
sLnd gaze into the water, like
*f Some sedantury frog.
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A cunning fisherman was he,
His angles all were right;
And when he scratch’d his aged poll,
You’d know he’d got a bite.
To charm the fish lie never spoke,
Although his voice was fine;
He found the most convenient way,
Was just to "drop a line."
And many a “gudgeon” of the pond,
If made to speak to-day,
Would own, with grief, this angler had
A mighty ' taking way."
One day while fishing on the log,
He mourn’d his want oflttck---
W hen suddenly he felt a bite,
And jerking—caught a duck.
Alas! that day the fisherman
Had taken too much grog,
And being but a landsman, too,
He couid’nt “ keep the log."
In vain he strove with all his might,
And tried to ga n the shore—
Down, down, he went, to feed the fish
He’d haited oft before!
The moral ol this mournful tale
To all is plain and clear-
A single “drop too much” of rum
May make a watery bier.
And he who will not “sign the Pledge,”
And keep the promise tast,
May be, in spite of fate, a stiff
Cold-water-man at last.
On Kcelng Child: eu at Play.
I love to look on a scene like this,
Os wild and careless pi ly ;
And persuade myself that I am not old,
And my locks are not yet gray ;
k For it stirs the blood in an old man’s heart,
And makes his pulses fly,
V To catch the thrill of a happy voice,
§ And the light of a pleasant eye.
I have walked the world near fourscore years,
And they say that 1 am old,
And my heart is ripe for the reaper death,
And my years are will nigh told.
It is veiy true, it is very true,
I’m old and 1 •* bide my time,”
But my heart will leap at a lime like this,
And 1 halt renew my prime.
Play on, play on, I am with you there,
In the midst of your merry ring :
I can feel the, thrill of a darling jump,
And the rush ot the breathless swing.
I hide with j|ou in the fragrant hay,
And 1 whtiop the smothered call,
And my feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And 1 care not lor the fall.
I am willing 'ddie when my time shall come,
And I shall be glad to go,
For the world, at best, is a weary place,
And my pulse is getting low;
But the grave is dark and the ueart will fail
In Heading its gloom away;
And it wiles my heart from its dreaiiness
To see the young so gay
From the Columbia Washingtonian.
The Envenomed Worm.
“ Outvenoms the w orms ot Nile.”— Shakipeare.
Who has not heard of the rattlesnake or cop
per head 1 An unexpected sight of either of these
reptiles will make even the lords ot creation re
coil. But there is a species of worm, found in
various paits ufthis fctute, that conveys a poi3on
so deadly, th?t compared with it even the bite of
the rattle-snake is harmless. To guard our read
ers against this foe ol human kind, is the object
of this communication.
This worm varies much in size. It is frequent
ly an inch through but as it is rareiy seen, ex
ci*pt when coiled, its length can hardly be con
jectured. it is ol a dull lead color, and general
ly lives near a spring or small stream ot water,
and bites thi* unfortunate people who are in the
habit ol going there to drink. The brute crea
tion it never molests; they avoid it with the same
instinct that teaches the animals of Peru to shun
the deadly coya.
Although numerous have been the instances
that reptile has inflicted its injuries; and fearful
beyond description its effects, yet such is the spell
in which the senses ol the sufleier are bound by
it, that no sooner has the unhappy patient recov
ered from the paroxisms produced thereby, than
he seeks out the destroyer, for the sole purpose ol
being bitten again.
The symptoms of its bile are terrible. The
eyes of the victim become rul and fiery—his
tongue swells to an immoderate size and obstructs
his utterance. Anil after having been repeated
ly bitten, deleriun-of the most horrid character is
the ii evitable consequence.
it is not unsehlom that every fripnd deserts
him when n this state; leaving him to t'.c fear
ful exercise of his ungovernable rage. His fami
ly are generilly his truest friends; but if he ha?
a tender wife and helpless children, they seldom,
it ever, escape becoming the objects of his traritic
fury. In a word lie exhibits to the life, all the
detestable passions that rankle in the bosom of a
savage, divested of thi redeeming trails thal
characterize the inhabitant of the wilderness.
1 have seen a good old father— his locks as
white as snow -his sle[w slow and trembling, beg
in vain of his only son, to quit the lurking place
of the worm That son once loved his father,
and would listen to every word ol his kind advice
and gentle reproof. Oh! how my heart hied
when he turned away, for I knew that the fond
hope, that his »on would be “ the staff of his de
clining years,” had supported him through ma
ny a sorrow.
Youth’s of Columbia, would you know the
name ofthisreptile: and knowing, will you shun
its withering, ruining sting] It is the Worm oj
the Still. F.
The Joys of Home.
O! what so refreshing, so soothing, so satisfy
ing, as the placid joys of home 1
i>ee the traveller. Does duty call him for a
season to leavo his beloved family circle —the
image of his earthly happiness continues vividly
in his remembrance. It quickens him to dili
gence; it cheers him under difficulties; it makes
him h..iithe hour which secs his purpose accom
plished, and his face turned towar.ls home; it
communes with him as lie journeys; and he hears
the promise which causes him to hope “ thou
shalt know also that thy tabernacle shall be in
peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation arid
not sin.” 0! the joyful re union of a divided
family—the pleasurq ot renewed interview and
conversation after days of absence.
Behold the man ot science. He drops the labor
and paintulness of research, closes Ins volume,
smooths his wrinkled brow, leaves his study, and
unbending himself,stoops to the capacities, yields
to the wishes and mingles with the diversions of
bis children.
He will not blush that has a father’s heart,
To take in chilifoh play, a childish | art >
gut bends his sturdy l<ack to any toy.
That youth takes pleasure in, topleasehisboy.”
Take the man of trade. VV hat reconciles him
to the toil of business] What enables him to
endure the fastidiousness and impertinence ot
customers] What rewards him for so many
hours of tedious confinement] By and by the
season of intercourse will arrive, he will be em
bosomed in the caresses of his family, he will
behold the desire oftns eyes, the children of his
love, for whom he resigns his ease; and in their
welfare anil smiles, he will find his recompense.
Yonder comes <he laborer. He has home the
burden and heat of the day; the descending sun
has released him from his toil, and he is hasten
ing home to enjoy repose. Halfway down the
lane, by the side of which stands his cottage, bi
chiidren runs to meet him ; one he carries, and
one he leads. The companion of his humble
life is ready to furnish him with his humble re
past. See, his toil worn countenance assumes
an air of cheerfulness; his hardships are forgot
ten; fatigue van shes; he eats, and is satisfied;
the evening fair, he walks with uncovered I ead
around his garden; enters aoain, and retires to
rest, and “the rest of a laboring man is sweet,
whether he eats little or much.” Inhabitant of
this lonely, lovely dwelling, who can he ind fler
ent to thy comfort 1 Peace be to this house.
“ Let not ambition mock thy useful toil.
Thy homely joys anil destiny obscure :
Nor grandeur ln ar with a disdainful smile,
The shoit and simple annals of the poor.”
Dr. Franklin’s Wife.
Franklin, in his sketch of his life and habits,
relates the following anecdote of his frugal wife.
A woman could scarcely make a prettier apology
for purchasing the first piece of luxury.
“ It was lucky for me that I had one as much
disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She
as-istrd me checrlully in my business, hiding
and stitching pamphlets, and tending snop, pur- .
chasing old linen rags for making paper, &c
We kept no idle servants; our table was plain
and simple; our furniture ot the cheapest sort.
For instance, my breakfast for a long time, was
bread and milk, (no tea,) and I ate ii out of a two
penny porringer with a wooden spoon ; but mark
now luxury will enter families, and make a pro
gress in spite of principle; being called one
iiiumiug to breakfast, l found it in a china bowl,
with asjioori ot silver. They bad been bought
foi me without my knowledge, by my wife, and
had cost the < notnmtis sum at three and twenty ]
shillings, lor which extravagance, she said she ;
thought her husband deserved a silver spoon as I
well as any of her neighbors. This was the i
first appearance of plate or china in our house, I
which afterwards in the course of years as our
wealth increased, augmented gradually to several
hundred pounds in value."
Cute hr Consumption.
The following communicate n come from a
source entitled lothe fullest confidence:
Messrs Editors —A letter fiom a distinguished
friend in England, recently received, tn ntams the
following remedy lor consumption, which a
sense of duty impels me to give to your readers.
My correspondent states that it was given by an
eminently skilful German physician, who had
tested ds efficacy on many patients; amongst oth
ers, on his wife.
1 mention it to you, says my correspondent, in
the hope that it may he usrlui to some of those la
boring under that afflictive, and indeed, hitherto
incurable malady, on your side the Atlantic. It
was discovered in Russia, and has been tried
with astonishing success in Germany. “Rub
the body round and round, from the ni ck low
down on tile body, for hall an hour morning and
night, with the fat of bacon cured in snioki —-
Flannel must be worn during the course of the
cure, and not changed more than once a month at
the soonest. '1 he cure occupies trom four to six
months.”
Should any ofyour readers be suffering under
the above named disease, and be apprehensive of
a hoax being practised in the remedy specified,
you are at liberty to mention my name. Yours,
&c.— Charleston Courier.
On board the schooner Stauch, Upton master,
from ISt w York to Mobile, the officers, passen
gers, and crew, all save one, signed the temper
ance pledge, resolving never again to use’ strong
drinks of any kind. At the request of the cap
tain each passenger and officer brought up ad the
liquor they had purchased, and threw it into the
sea.
The ladies of Baltimore are al out to present a
splendid Silver Pi chei to William K. A,itch
ell, one ol the immortal SIX wi.o organized the
first W ashington Tempeiunce Society. '1 he
firemen ol Philadelphia will offer Mr, Mitchell a
similar token of esteem.
PROSPECTUS
or
STM W&PBZS&fiMTO&r&AIHr.
OK, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE,
Devoted to the Cause of Temperance,—published
semi-monthly, in the City oj Augusta ,
BY JAMES McCAKRERTY.
The determination our citizens have evinced,
to drive the Destiny er trom the land,ha; awakened the
most intini|eiate toasmseof nut). This should be
hailed as an i nu n and harbinger of good. The spirit
of Reformation is aw akened thioughontthe length and
bieadtb of our country—the Temperance. Cause is
eveiy where happily advancing, healing down all op
position, scattering blessings on every hand, drying up
the teat s ol the distressed and causing the heart of the
w idow and the drunkard’s w ife to sit g for oy. It is a
gluiious cause—the cause ol humanity and virtue: our
country's highest good is involved—her prosperity,
honor anil saiely. Oh! then, let us not prove recreant,
but come boldly to the tescite, and with united heart
and hand, assist in del vering „i beloved countr) from
slave*) to the worst, most cine! of enemies.
To impress the necessity of such a work upon the
friends of Temi i ranee, nothing can tie more appropri
ate than t< e closing paragrai h of a report from Mi. S
S. t hii’Man, an indefatigable Tem|>uruiice agent.
“Whatever other agencies ma) be used, the Cause
must languish w ithout publications to diffuse informa
tion and keep up an interest ; they alone keep the sub
jert blaring before the public mind. 1 emperauce lec
tures may arouse the people from iheir slumbers,
strengthen the weak, confirm the wavering and re
claim the wanderer; hut the temperance publication
comes too often with their cheering accounts ol the j
onward progress of tbeiause, with their interesting
tacts and anecdotes, and with their storing appeals, to
pi imitthe interest wholly to subside, or the slumbers
of the temperance men lung to remain >.ndistui bed If
the arrival of the temperance paper docs not excite a
special inteiest in the breast ol the father, the children
hail it as they would the return of the long absent
friend ; they gathei around the domestic firesid.—
the) devour its pages, and its contents are read and
repeated w ith all the glee and * nthusia m of childhood
and youth and with the stated return ol such a mom
tor, the inteiest is kept up and the cause advances.'’
The W.shiVotosian has, up to'his date, attained
its thnteenth No., and has now a circulation of nearly
five hundred subscribes. This nun her can leadily
he incieased to a thousand if the f.lends ol the Tcni.
peiance cause w ill aid us in procuring subscribers—
which will enable the publisher, at the close of the
presi nt volume,to makeit a cheap and v aluablefamily
papi r. as well as a warm advocate of th- Washingto
nian Temperance Refoim. We respectfully ask of
each friend to our | aper, to endeavoi to procure one
additional subscriber, if not more, and forward to us
immediately.
J• All communications, by mail, must be post paid
to receive attention.
December Bd, 1642.
SANDS’S SARSAPARILLA,
FOR the removal and permanent cure of all dlieaae
ai ising from au impure state of th> f lood, or hablta
of the system, namely, Scio/uta, o- King's Evil, hfitu
mutism, Obstinate l at aneaus Eruptions, Pimples, or Pus
tules use the Jace, tl tckes, Biles, t Art me Sore Eyes,
Jii/i" H mm or 7 titer, Scold Bead, Eh arg. ms-t and / am
of the bones and Joints. S attain Ulce,s, Syphilitic
Symi toms, Sciatica, or Lumbago, and diseases arising
train an injudicious use of Mercuiy,Jiscielts, or Lnapsy,
eaposui tor imjnudtnct in lift* JitsOg Chioiiic , Count*
tutivnat Lisoi act s mill lei emoted by , his prepur aiion.
Its timely auministtatton ha> heen attenuv d w ith the
ha I piest tesults in many anomalous, i Iteclious ; hut it
is chiefly intr luted to till the \ uio w hie h exists hclw eta
cathartic and aj eueat medicines, hence its modus-per
andi is that el an alteiatne diiectty indir.ctly piuv
,ng a lasting tonic to the sy stein. Diseases el the osse
ous and glandnlat System, also ol the joints am; liga
ments, aie sal; ly auo ceitumly cuieo by its use, as the
peculiarity ol its operation consists in it moving the
germ or cause ol disease, and the health ol the palivZtWl*
speedih restored.
Sarsaparilla has enjoy ed a high reputation in the
treatment and cute oldiseases foi many years, hut the
value ol no ethci aiticle in thematena Aieuita, that at
onetime held so high a rank, ha»at others been placed
so low : the cause of which is chieliy owing to the
gieat variation in the manner of its pieparation, ai d
want ol caieiu selecting the proper article. A d.stin
guisheilmedicalwiitei wholesiued many yeais in the
sec.ion ol countiy which [loduces the Lest quality of
SaisupariUa, nuly observes, l 'elsix 01 eight species of
thi toot which I lounugrowing in the woods, l never
found hut one .0 manifest to the taste any ol the sensible
nr>.|.erti«| ol the genuine medical Sarsaparilla,the lest
being Insipid and neatly iueit ” As the nieuiv al j ro
fessiou do not act as theirowu I’haimaceutists.hut lely
on the skill ol ihe Aiothecaiy lor pieparing and
Comi onm.ing dilleient foimulat, it is a m.itter ol the ut
most importance that thi le should be a conect stand
ard pifqaiation of bartSf ai ilia, ou which the‘Faculty
and pul.lie general) can rely with implicit continence;
—such is the article now otleied. It combines the
Utile cum BuU e, and in numeioea instances has given
speed) relicl atm made a jeilecl cue w hen. the patient
was appaiemiy fast veigiugtorhe 6iaie ’J he propn.
etuis hate devoted many years in expel imentiug and
testing vauoiis n o-ea of pieparation to enable then; to
conceiitiate lit the must elhe'ient luim all -he mecicinal
value of the root, and this most desitalle result has
Lee*n at last trium) hantly accom| lishevl by means of an
entiiely new, ingtuious and eostly ajpaiatus. 'J he
Saisa| aiilla is combined with other aitnles selected
wholly fiom the vegetable kingdom, all of which a;e
the most jow eiiul puiihers of the Lli od: and these are
concentiated into a liuid extiact of great power. The
patient therefoie who uses thispie}aiatiun hasullcum.
bilieu tliat can he used for the removal of hiact-m)laint.
The uhmeious objeciiousto diheientfuims ill which
Saisaj.aiilia has been heretofore piesciilied, aie well
founded ( the quanlily of sugar contained in the sy tup
w ill in must instances nauseate and auifcit the stomach,
if a sufheihut dose he taken to be ol any l eneht- the
decoction aim infusion being so liable lo sj oil, ceml in
ed With the ilifHculty of preparation, rentier them both
Com} arativ ely useless and inert; beuee, the superior
v alue «nd efficacy of the article now under considera
tion.
In addition t« the other advantagesofthis preparation
it will be found exceedingly palatable, so that even to
a child it may b* reai ily auministeied, and to the most
delit ate person itmiglit lie given, without otlending or
disagret ing vv i 1 lithe stomach.
Asilie audition of ntineial poisons is frequently ob,
jectedto,this pieparation is guaianteed entiiely »W
Irom any thing ol that nature leaving ii to the judge
ment of tin , physician or patient to make such addi
tions, and in such quantities as the ease may legible.
Sard's Sahsafabilla Is adapted to all the various cates
w here the medicinal virtues of the root are requiiid,
and in order to derive the spill adv antages ol the |r> ] a
tiun, it it recommended td |tay legardto the diet, avoid
<ng salt food, high seasoned meats and stimulating
drinks, and to keep the bow els regular
In mai y cases ol Diseases of the Skin, au external
application is also neccssaiy in such it is recoin
mended to use Sands’s Remedy for Salt Ithcum, which
together with the use of the S.usai aiilia internally,
cannot fail to cure and et adicate the disease.
{jQs- '1 he most satisfactory testimonials may he seen
w’herethis medicine is sold.
Prepared and sold at w holt-sale and retail, ar.. for ex
portation, by A B. SANDS h. t o. Druggists and Che
mists, liianitc Buildings, v 73 Bio»du..\, coiner of
Chamber sti ert, N« w Yoi k. Price, One Dollar.
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