A MORAL AND PHYSICAL THERMOMETER ; OR, A SCALE OF THE PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE AND INTEMPERANC Drawn up by the ingenious Dr. Lettsom. LIQUORS, with THEIR EFFECTS, in THEIR USUAL ORDER To the Editors of the Cheap Magazine. GENTLEMEN, IF the following lines are worthy of being preserved in the pages of your valuable Miscellany, their insertion will confer an obligation upon your constant reader, and sincere well-wisher, Leven-Street, Edin. 22d. Dec. 1813. MA VIGIL OBSERVATOR. ARK hapless MARY, as she sits beneath When heav'n propitious smil'd, she had to spare Her liberal bocn.. Nor to the soul distress'd Yet, ah! how oft the streams of providence How How oft the night of dire adversity Beclouds our fairest prospects, and destroys The sunshine of the breast.' Such was the fate And all was peace, but ere the orb of day As sorrow seldom comes alone,' the grave She lives upon the charity of those Whose hearts feel for another's misery. Ye fair! in beauty's bloom, to whom kind Heav'n Hath lent a liberal store of worldly goods, Reflect on MARY's fate; such fate ere long May be your own;-she once was fair like you, And once had wherewithal to soothe the lot Of virtuous poverty: that task be yoursDo ye as MARY did; and when the storms Of ruthless winter chill the darken'd air, Affliction's daughters gratefully shall pour Their blessings on your head; and ye shall know, This sacred truth- To bless is to be blest!' TO M. D.—WITH A MELON. MADAM,-I do present ye here The first that ever I did rear, This melon, nurs'd with tender care, Was never doom'd to know The plagues of pestilential air, Nor killing damps below. 1913. While others shar'd a common lot, No nipping frosts its foliage waste, Its odours sweet, and comely hue, But why caress'd? why thus ador'd? REFLECTION. Ye mortals read the moral here, Of fate, till Death alike devour, And mix us all at last. R. GARDNER. THE DISTINCTION OF AGES. THE seven first years of life, (man's break of day) Then life burns steady, and with temp❜rate fire; Deaf and Dumb Institution. FROM THE EDINBURGHI STAR." WE are informed, that at the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Deaf and Dumb Institution, held in the Assembly Rooms. George Street, on Wednesday, which was attended by the Duke of BUCCLEUGH as president, the Earl and Countess of LEVEN and MELVILLE, the Earl of ANCRUM, &c. the children (thirty-two in number) gave the most satisfactory proof of the very great progress they had made, since the last meeting, in articulation, writing, arithmetic, composition, and accurate definition of words., At the conclusion, some of them were called upon to recite the Lord's Prayer, and one of them the following verses, which they did with great distinctness and propriety TH HOUGH harsh my sounds, my voice tho' weak, What I, once dumb, attempt to speak, With patient candour you will lear. And mourn its thoughts in darkness bound, As I, alas, am deaf to it. I came-nor knew to speak or read, Lost to myself, my friends, and man;` I'll shortly go-to earn my bread, And shew the world your useful plan. NOTES TO CORRESPONDENTS. "THE BEACON, IN A BLAZE AGAIN!" by the Observant Pedestrian, will appear soon, and we will be highly gratified by the remainder of the affecting story of Tom Bragwell. A Tender Plant blasted in the Bud-Directions for managing Bees and the favours of H.-D. M. and a Well-wisher are received. HADDINGTON; Printed and Published, MONTHLY, by G. MILLER & SON |