sigh, kind of a woman he should choose for a | To some I gave the bliss that knows no wife. "Indeed I cannot advise you," said the cynic: "if she is beautiful, she will deceive you; if she is ill-favored, she will disgust you; if she is poor, she will ruin you; and if she is rich, she will domineer over you. Indeed, my young friend, you must be your own counsellor in this matter." DECEMBER MUSINGS. Cold sweeps the blast from hill and moor, Through the rough hovels of the poor, While swift the snowy drift is piled, Like pigmy mountains, drear and wild. Now evening, with unusual haste, Spreads deeper shadows o'er the waste, And over every out-door form Falls the white mantle of the storm; Man loads in vain the hungry fire, In vain draws near the aged sire, In vain around the cheerful ring The giddy throng the button fling; Or in the ample corner woo Caloric from the wide-mouthed flue; While o'er his mug of foaming ale The veteran spins his oft-told tale Of battles fought, of victories won, When he, a stripling, bore a gun. Tired with the business of the day, The house-dog snores the hours away; While the good dame, with firm intent, Sits knitting out her evening stent, Watching, with eyes that never tire, The apples squttering by the fire, And turning round for equal heat The bowl all smoking at her feet. (To be continued.) A MOTHER'S PRAYER. Father of all, whose love has given The boon that lifts my soul to heaven, Teach me to guard with watchless care The treasure thou hast sent me here; And while my purest feelings flow, With warm affection's fullest glow, Oh let thy strength pervade my heart, And teach me all a mother's part. This cherished babe, which fills my arms, And cheers me with its opening charms, is thine in death: Is thine in its latest breath Its carliest Came and must go at thy decree, Then teach me with thy heavenly skill And while I train its thoughts to rise To childhood's bloom, to manhood's glow, And some condemned to equal misery. ever. By Miss H. M. B., aged 13 years. I'm often seen within the street, And many admirers I meet, Many lovers have I made, Though I soon and often fade; They seem in me to put their trust, Though I'm as worthless as the dust; Many youth for me have sigh'd, And some have even for me died. Ye fair ones, tell me, if ye can, Of what descent, and who I am. S-1-g. 1839. CHARADE. My first does equal value mean; That chatters loud, with noisy prate. A PUZZLE. I am a word composed of nine letters. My 2, 1, 5 and 2 is the reverse of living. My 4, 5 and 6 is an animal. My 1, 2, 1 and 9 is the place where man first sinned. My 8, 9, 7, 8 and 9 is a vegetable. My 9, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 is what there are many of on the earth. My 7 and 6 is a pronoun in English. My 6, 7, 2 and 1 is a curious phenomenon in the sea. My 2, 5, 6 and 1 is a rich fruit. My 6 and 8 is the sign of the infinitive mode. My whole is that of which no one should be destitute. A. J. C. ANSWERS to the RIDDLE, &c. in our last. Answer to the Enigma. A DOLL; hy ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS. 1. A person being asked what hour in the day it was, answered, It is between 5 and 6, and both minute and hour hands are together; required the hour of the day? 2. A checae in one scale weighed 76 lbs., but in the other scale it weighed only 56 lbs.; what was its true weight? ROADS To some of the principal towns, with their distances from BOSTON. NOTICE, that the distances inserted are from one established tavern to another. Stratham 3 Portsmouth. 7 N. Gloucester 12 Dixmont 6 Newburg 5 Hampden 5 Bangor 5 Mansfield .8 Coventry 8 Bolton. 6 Manchester. E. Hartford 70 Hartford 96 3 4 5 Meriden 6 5 Marlboro' 10 7 Northboro' North Haven 5 5 Freeport 1 Brunswick .6 Corratwick Falls 9 Shrewsbury 4 132 2 Bowdoinham 7 Albany Worcester Turn. over Gardiner 45 pike. 7 From Portland to Eastport. Hallowell Augusta Vassalboro' Harlem. Fairfax 6 Freeport. Post Road to Hart- Brighton and N York. Newton Worcester, over the Needham 39 Natick. 7 Framingham 3 Southborough Westborough Worcester. 5 6 6 ford 9 turnpike South Leicester 8 Charlton 2 Sturbridge Holland 39 Stafford. 1 Waldoboro' 10 Newburgh 8 Warren do. Springs. Leicester .8 Tolland. Spencer Hampden 9 Thomaston 6 Brookfield Vernon Bangor 6 Camden 12 2 Lincolnville Northport 8 Hartford 234 Belfast 3 Ware village Ware Belchertown Amherst. To Portland, thro' Prospect. 6 99 Hadley 4 Portsmouth. Bucksport. Orland 14 Northampton 3 3 Surrey New Haven 16 Milford 29 9 Ellsworth Beverly Stratford Trenton Peru Wenham Bridgeport Ipswich Fairfield Chesterfield Worthington. Hinsdale Dalton 14 6 6 Rowley Greenfarms. Steuben Newburyport 8 Norwalk Pittsfield Salisbury 7 Middlesex Hampton Falls 7 Harrington 3 Stamford Lebanon Springs 2 Columbia 8 Greenland 10 Greenwich Brainard's Bridge. 9 Rye. Nassau village 5 192 East Chester 10 Schodack 6 8 West Farms W. Machias 8 Harlem Bridge. 5 (Round by Dover, coming in at Wells, E. Machias 4 New York 161 8 Whiting. 18 From Albany to 12 miles further.) York 5 Eastport. 3 4 Perry Robinson 6 9 Portland Hartford and N. From Hallowell to Medfield From Portland to Stage Tavern. Norridgewock and Outlet Corratwick Falls. Chia Road to Petersham. Taft's 6) Shrewsbury Medway. 2 Bellingham 6 Mendon 6 Holden 3 Rutland 6 ditto 6 Oakham 5 Barre ditto 7 Petersham 6 3 Albion 5 6 Thompson ditto 9 Unity ... 9 Pomfret Saratoga Springs, 38 miles. Albany to Niagara Falls, 316 miles. Haven. Roxbury, 40 262 Dedham ditto 3 3 |