Page images
PDF
EPUB

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,
Its life is only lent to me:

Then teach me with thy heavenly skill
To wait obedient to thy will.

And while I train its thoughts to rise
From earth towards its native skies,
Oh may my trembling heart prepare
To yield it to thy heavenly care,
When thy sad messenger shall come
To bear it to its safest home.
But if thy mercy spar'st it now

To childhood's bloom, to manhood's glow,
Still let thy precepts be its guide,
Still let thy law and love abide,
For none but those who own thy sway
Can safely tread the narrow way.

[blocks in formation]

And some condemned to equal misery.
If conscious that we met, and but to sever,
Now say to whom you bade farewell for
A RIDDLE.

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;
My second is a putrid state;
My whole, it is a bird oft seen,

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 Riddle, Acrostically.
Surely, thou art a welcome guest;
Perfumed, thou comest richly dress'd,
Robed in a veil of beauteous hue,
Incensed by the sparkling dew;
No other season in the year,
Gives pleasure as when Spring appears.
Ash-b-m.
A. J. C.
Answered, also, by W. H. B. Jr., L-n-g.

Answer to the Enigma. A DOLL; hy
A. J. C. and W. H. B. Jr.
The Charade-FEATHER-BED.

[blocks in formation]

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?

[graphic]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]

ROADS

To some of the principal towns, with their distances from BOSTON. NOTICE, that the distances inserted

are from one established tavern to another.

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors]

Stratham

3

Portsmouth.

7 N. Gloucester

[blocks in formation]

12 Dixmont

6 Newburg 5 Hampden

5 Bangor

5 Mansfield .8 Coventry 8 Bolton.

6 Manchester.

E. Hartford

70 Hartford

96

3

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors]

4

[blocks in formation]

5

Meriden

6

5 Marlboro'

10

[blocks in formation]

7 Northboro'

North Haven

5

5

Freeport

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

1

Brunswick

.6 Corratwick Falls

9 Shrewsbury

4

132

[blocks in formation]

2

Bowdoinham

7

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

Albany Worcester Turn.

over

Gardiner

45

pike.

[blocks in formation]

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

[ocr errors][ocr errors]

South Leicester

8

Charlton

2

Sturbridge

Holland

[blocks in formation]

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

[blocks in formation]

Northport

8

Hartford

234 Belfast

3

Ware village Ware

Belchertown

Amherst.

To Portland, thro' Prospect.

6

99 Hadley

4

Portsmouth.

Bucksport.

Orland

[blocks in formation]

14 Northampton

3

3

[blocks in formation]

Surrey

New Haven 16 Milford

29

9

Ellsworth

Beverly

Stratford

Trenton

Peru

Wenham

Bridgeport

[blocks in formation]

Ipswich

Fairfield

[blocks in formation]

Chesterfield Worthington.

Hinsdale

Dalton

14

6

6

Rowley

Greenfarms.

Steuben

Newburyport

8 Norwalk

Pittsfield

Salisbury

[blocks in formation]

7

[blocks in formation]

Middlesex

Hampton Falls

7

Harrington

3

Stamford

Lebanon Springs 2

Columbia

8

Greenland

10

Greenwich

Brainard's Bridge. 9

[blocks in formation]

Rye.

Nassau village

5

192 East Chester

10

Schodack

6

[blocks in formation]

8 West Farms

[blocks in formation]

W. Machias

[blocks in formation]

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.)

[blocks in formation]

York

5

Eastport.

3

4

Perry

[blocks in formation]

Robinson

6

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

9

Portland

[blocks in formation]

Hartford and N.

From Hallowell to Medfield
Bangor.

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

[blocks in formation]

6

3 Albion

5

6 Thompson ditto

[blocks in formation]
[ocr errors]

9 Unity

... 9 Pomfret

[blocks in formation]

Saratoga Springs, 38 miles. Albany to Niagara Falls, 316 miles.

Haven. Roxbury,

40

262 Dedham

ditto

3

3

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

The following is an estimate of the numbers of each religious denomination in the

United States.

[blocks in formation]
« PreviousContinue »