Squanders, in pleasure and dissipation those sume which toil and application acquired: but if she unites in mutual endeavors, or rewards his labor with an endearing smile, with what. spirit and perseverance does he apply to his vocation: with what confidence will he resort either to his merchandise or farm fly over land; sail upthe seas; meet difficulty and encounter danger--If he knows he is not spending his stregth in vain, but that his labour will be rewarded by the sweets of home! How delightful is it to have a friend to cheer, and a companion to soothe the solitary hours of grief and pain! Solitude and disappointment enter in to the history of every mans life; and he is but half provided for the voyage, who finds but an associate for happy hours, which for his months of darkness and distress no sym pathysing partner is prepared. formed for sympathetic kind ness. S. C. B. Kimbleton August 10, 1810, For the Lady's Miscellany. To Lauretta, the Widow. VERILY I say unto thee, for these thirty long years, and upwards, have I been seeking an help mate, but alas! during that long lapse of time, have Ï sought in vain, and thy friend who now addresses thee, had almost given over all hopes of ever accomplishing this desirable object, but thy notice, or friendly invitation that was issued forth in the last seventh days Miscellany, revived my almost sinking spirits. I did not much like the queer experssion, that was made use of by thee, about the leap into Rosamond's Pond, &c. because it was totally incomprehensible to me, having never before heard of such a place in all much inclined to think, that thyself and myself will be under the pleasing necessity of entering into that ancient and honorable mode, of living together, called, if I mistake not, the marriage state. Prudence and foresight can neither ward off the stroke of disease nor prevent the calamimy life. However, notties which are ordained by Hea- withstanding this little prelimven. Affluence cannot purinary objection, I am very chase release from pain, nor tenderness cool a fever in the blood yet there is an ear o pen to the married mans complaints a heart ready to sympathise in his sorrows: an eye bedewed with the tender drops of compassion; and a life that is absolutely bound up in his : and as enjoyment derives additional relish from participation, so misery loses the poig-tions, be correct, thou art the nancy of its barb, in the bosom For it really appeareth unto me, that if thine own description of thyself and qualifica person almost exactly suited to my notion; as to the charms of thy person there can, with no truth or propriety be any fault found with. I will take thy own words. "I am a thick short, brown, hard featur'd woman," precisely to a shaving what suits me, for I do not at all like these slender, long, softly looking females, who are in danger of being blown away, whenever the wind happens to blow a sweet little breeze, and as for the roses on thy cheeks, why I care not a straw about that, because I cannot see the use of women's having Roses on their cheeks when the Garden, I take it, is the proper place for the propagation of that flower.As to thy capacity to perform the necessary duty of a housewife, there again every thing I think perfectly corresponds with my way of thinking. I love dearly of a first day, when about to repair to the meeting house, to have a clean shirt, cravat, etc. to put on, and when I return, it is extremely pleasant to sit down with a good dinner in front, and a clean floor underneath ; that thee has a peculiar talent for making Rag Carpets, I was very glad to hear, for perhaps, thee may know, that we plain folks always choose these like arti. cles of our own make in pref. ference to those that come across the water; all thy other qualifications suit. I think, no mistake is made in calculation, except one, and that I request of thee to abstain from, for the sake of getting thyself a good husband, I mean thy scolding quality-but, however, I will not say any thing further on that subject at present, because, that thing can be easily enough arranged after our marriage. As to myself, I do not think it worth while to go into a specification of my qualities, in a word I am every thing thee desires. Farewell. Thee may rest assured, I shall remain thine as long as a scrap of binding remains on the edge of my big brim'd beav er. Hezekiah Smootheface. 20th of the 8th mo. For the Lady's Miscellany. HAPPINESS is what all mankind are in search of, but which few seldom obtain, a man may enjoy happiness for a while in the society of his friends, but soon something overtakes him that robs him of all his joys and blasts his momentary felicity; man is bora to endure misfortunes and trou bles in this world. I have fre. quently heard persons exclaim upon viewing superb and stately mansions of some wealthy man, "If I possessed the Riches that he does, then should I be completely happy.' poor mortals, do they think that riches creates happiness? As if to measure the extent of a man's happiness by the length and breadth of his purse; do they not know that many a rich man is miserable, if they do not know let them look abroad into the world, and then laugh at the folly of their exclamation. "The heart is deceitful above all things," and consequently it requires more than human capacity, or ordinary abilities to determine whether a man is happy or not, he may appear so when, perhaps if we could look into his heart, we should find that misery dwelt there. O Conscience, thou art the sole arbitrator of a man's happiness. Thou sitteth in judgment, and art to de termine whether he shall be happy or miserable. If morality and pure religion are seated in his breast, then he regardeth not the buffetings of misfortune, but can lay his hand on his heart, and say, "although disappointment follows all my actions, and adversity attacks me from every quarter-yet here is peace-here I feel a consciousness of the rectitude of my conduct." The rich man frequently passes a sleepless night in ruminating and thinking that perhaps the property he has risqued to the troubled waves of the faithless ocean, has met with some unforeseen accident and all is lost, this man is miserable, very miserable, in the midst of affluence. He enjoys not as much happiness as he who earns his bread by the 66 sweat of his brow," who after he has finished his daily labor returns home at eve and is met at the door of his MAXIM....A rich fool is wiser cottage by his loving wife, and " than a poor genius. Invisible Petticoats. 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A habit of serious thinking, arms us at all points, and plants security round our virtues, in the moment of greatest danger, when our minds are careless and unbent, and most accessible to passion and vice. He who serves God has the best master in the world. Despise riches when obtained by base means, |