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one's pen,or reftrain the fallies of imagination. 17. This idea of the Supreme Being, catts Delicious? a delicious fragrance over all the enjoyments of life, it gives an inexpreffible poignancy to friendship, and to the affection, with which, I fhall ever feel myself, inviolably yours.

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"At ten, a child; at twenty wild ;
"At thirty Brong; (if ever)
"At forty wife; at fifty rich;

"At fixty, good or never.”

ERE is the picture of man, and my Piature. firft addrefs fhall be to thofe of the

firft clafs. Now is your time, by a careful attention to reading and inftruction, to lay the first. foundation for a happy life; time runs faft

and will foon carry you out of the world, or make you old in it.

2. Mark how foon an hour paffes on the hour. clock, or the fun dial, and there fee the fwiftnefs of time; recollect how many months, and weeks, and days, you have already spent of weeks. your portion, and every minute advances your age,and fhortens your life. Let this be the first leffon that is written on your heart, "The fear minute. of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;" and the pleatures of virtue are eternal.

3. To the fecond clais, who are wild with perilous? paffion, and ignorant of danger, for want of experience-Now is the most perilous peri- pulfe. od of human days; your pulfe beats high with health, and bids you forget every thing but the brilliant fcenes of time,altho millions have fallen victims in the path in which you tread: Thofe millions are forgotten. Experience was defigned to be the inftructor of man; and

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the wifdom of the young is manifested by their attention to the maxims of the wife.

4. A thousand circumstances concur to lead: you wrong; and it is "hard to ftand when all the paffions move, but it may be done." Habitual confideration before you act, and a con-ftant thought of death and eternity, are the beft prefervatives from error, and the best means to attain happinefs in this life: Without thefe, your life will be folly, and your end de-. ftruction: With thefe you may expect glory and felicity in both worlds.

5. The third clafs are in that period of life: which may be called man's meridian, or strength of body, tho perhaps not of mind; and we are hereby taught an early attention to health, and all the means for acquiring and preferving that vigor of conflitution fo effential to our welfare and ufefulnefs. For want of this attention, thousands and tens of thouf ands are miferable and uselets beings.

9. The fourth clafs are in that period in which the mind can exert its full vigor; but unless a man has improved the preceding pe riods, he is not likely ever to acquire the appellation of a wife man. Wisdom is a treasure two precious to be acquired by chance, or the idleglance of a thought, we must "dig for it as for filver,and fearch for it as for hidden treasure." 7. The fifth clafs are looking out for riches, and if they find them not in this meridian, the evening of life gradually clofes an unfuccefsful fearch. As "money is a defence," and a competent portion of the world, is ncceffary to perfonal independence, & independence effential to dignity and happiness, it is good to be laboured for and faught after; but in the ftraight line only of truth and justice, left the curfe of Heaven cleave to what is ill-gotten, and therefore bring poverty and a curfe with it.

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3. The fixth clafs now," good or never,"

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Three-fcore years and ten, are called the age Optics ? of man and they who live three-score years unchristianized, are not likely, with their dim optics and the faint rays of life's fetting fun, to discern the "narrow way which leadeth difcern. unto life eternal." If, as dives tells us, man is naturally more inclined to evil than to good, what moral chance, what human probability, that he will choose "the ways of choose. wifdom," when confirmed in error by the ftrong cords of fixty years habit.

9. And therefore, the moralift, may preach in the church yard to dead Cæfars, with nearly the fame profpect of fuccefs, as to the fixty year old finners. And this may apply to every dark character. Was it ever known that a itingy wretch, when old became liberal? or the peevish and paffionate ever acquired the habit of fweet ferenity; or the rude churl,politeness; or the difagreeable became amiable?

10. It is not in nature to form fuch changes, at fuch a period. He only, who first made man of the dust, can new mould him at fixty. Therefore, in the spring of life, plant every virtue, cultivate every principle which adorns and fweetens life, then fhall precious fruits cluster in glorions profufion round thy happy days, whilft heavenly hope gilds thy calm evening, with beams of blifs.

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Neighbor Winrow's advice to Haymakers upon drinking.

FELLOW LABOURERS,

WHEN we fweat moft, we thirt Sweat.

most, and drink most abundantly thirst..

-You will all pronounce that liquor belt, which makes you moft ftrong and healthy.

2. Then do not drink FLIP-The body in this fultry feafon being extremely heated,acts

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like a still and the rum immediately flies off, and the heavy clammy dregs of the beer and fugar remain to clog the ftomach, render the labourer dull and weak, and often excite ininflammatory?flammatory disease.

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3. Do not drink Toddy or Milk-punch, for the fame reason..

If Rum, Brandy, Whisky, Gin, or other ardent fpirits must be drank, take half a gill at a time, unmixed, and immediately drink large draughts of water after it. For the fame reafon, when a man is crack brained enough to throw a fire brand into a magazine of powder, he cannot do better than to throw water upon the burning coals as falt ́as poffible.

4. Drink Switchel-that is, Molaffes or Maple fugar mixed with water.

Drink whey, or milk and water, two thirds water, fpruce or hop beer.

Drink cyder. Not boiled-if you would be merry, but cyder and water, if you wouldbe healthy, happy and wife. The acid in cyder, is the belt preventative against all pu trid disorders.

5. Drink vinegar and water for the fame

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Drink PURE WATER you have been told of many people whofe fat has been cooled,, and who have died fuddenly by drinking cool water. Set the pail in the fun, half an hour before you use it or rinfe your mouth three or four times with the coldeft water,. and you may then drink freely from the coldeft fpring.

6. If the water is much colder than your bodies it will then do you no harm; it will frengthen and quicken your animal functions, will make you fweat copioully and freely; your nap at noon, and flumbers at night, will be pleasant and refrething, and you

you will need, at the next dawn, no other Chirping ? call to awake you, than the chirping of the early bird you will arife to the next day's labour like a giant, refrefhed with wine.

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7. Do you doubt what I fay, let the ftouteft grog bruiter come and try a fan at wreit. ling with me, a temperate water drinker of temperate? fixty five year of age-or ftake out an acte of fowl meadow,and fee who will cut it first. acre. 8. Fellow labourers, when you work for yourfelves, you will readily allow that the infpea? diufe of trong liquors will be a g eat faving. to your puries.. If you want to know how great, go and infpect your accounts at the liflen. traders, if not, liden to my calculation.

9. Say the Hay Seafon laits, taking the after growth into calculation, one month, fay growths that you have three hands at work-allowthem each half a pint of rum each day. This will amount, by a rough calculation, to fix rough. gallons, which at twelve haling, a gallon for Weftindia Rum, would colt twelve dollars,

befides the expenfe of Ingar. Newengland expenfe. Run, it is true, would be fomething, leis, butbrandy fomething more.

10. Now the Tum of twelve dollars in thiefe purchase. hard times, would do many valuable things for a farmer-it might purchase three calves, which would threebie in two years. It would calves. pay the minifterial, the town, the county, or ftate taxes of a fmall farmer. It would ruy

many a comfortable matter for his wife and buy.. family.

11. It might effect a valuable fwop in oxen,

or perhaps pay two or three small notes or fra?
accompts, or fuch part of them as may pre-
vent the lawyer from making two or three

bills of coks, each larger than the original original ?
debt, and 10 fave the favorite mate, or the
likely two year old, from being taken by the

fheriff, and fold for half their value at the Sheriff

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