HUNTING ADVENTURE OF HENRY IVth. OF FRANCE. THE HE education which this great man received, was calculated to make him fond of woodland scenery, and the sports of the field. Sent to a remote castle amid the dreary rocks in the vicinity of the Pyrenian mountains, delicacy had no part in the education of the youthful Henry. His ordinary food was brown bread, cheese and beef. He was clothed like other children of the country, in the coarsest stuff, and was inured to climb over the rocks often bare-footed and barebeaded. Thus, moreover, by habituating his body to early exercise and labour, he prepared his mind to support with fortitude all the vicissitudes of his future life. How much more interesting to the truly sentimental reader (the reader who reflects on what he reads, with a view to extract useful wisdom from it) are the several exploits of the adventurous Henry, amid the craggy rocks of Bigorre and Bearn, than the feats of the plumed hero, in the field of battle, or the deportment of the august monarch, surrounded by his courtiers in the Thuilleries or Louvre. Hunting was ever the favorite diversion of this monarch. He often strayed from his attendants, and met with some adventures which pleased himself, and evinced the native goodness of his heart, and an affability of disposition which charmed all who had an opportunity of observing it. Being on a hunting-party one day in the Vendomois, he strayed from his attendants, and some time after observed a peasant sitting at the foot of a tree: "What are you about there?" said Henry. "I am sitting here to see the king go by." "If you have a mind (answered the monarch) to get up behind me, I will carry you where you can have a good sight of him." The peasant immediately mounts behind, and on the road, asks the gentleman how he shall know the king? "You need only look at him who keeps his hat on, while all the rest remain uncovered." The king joins his company, and all the Lords salute him: Well," said he to the peasant, "which is the king?" "Faikes!" answered the clown, "it must be either you or I, for we both keep our hats on!" 66 VOL. II. Sporting Anecdotes. 3 A 2 ANECDOTE OF GARRICK. HE following account of Mr. Garrick's acting the arduous character ور conception of the part, extracted from a publication, by the well known and ingenious Mr. Murphy, entitled, "The Life of David Garrick," cannot fail, we are persuaded, of proving highly acceptable to our readers. * "It was in Lear's madness that Garrick's genius was remarkably distinguished. He had no sudden starts, no violent gesticulations; his movements were slow and feeble; misery was depicted in his countenance; he moved his head in the most deliberate manner; his eyes were fixed, or, if they were turned to any one near him, he made a pause, and fixed his look on the person, after much delay; his features, at the same time, telling what he was going to say, before he uttered a word. During the whole time, he presented a sight of woe and misery, and a total alienation of mind from every idea, but that of his cruel daughter. "He was used to tell how he began to study this great and difficult part. He was acquainted with a worthy man, who lived in Lemonstreet, Goodman's-fields. This friend had an only daughter, about two year's old; he stood at his dining-room window, fondling the child, and dangling it in his arms, when it was his misfortune to drop the infant into a flagged area, and kill it on the spot. He remained at the window, screaming in agonies of grief. The neighbours flocked to the house, took up the child, and delivered it, dead, to the unhappy father, who wept bitterly, and filled the street with lamentations. He lost his senses, and from that moment never recovered his understanding. As he had a sufficient fortune, his friends chose to let him remain in his house, under two keepers appointed by Dr. Monro. Garrick frequently went to see his distracted friend, who passed the remainder of his life in going to the window, and there playing in fancy with his child. After some dalliance, he dropped it, and burst into a flood of tears, filled the house with shrieks of grief, and bitter anguish. He then sat down in a pensive mood, his eyes fixed on one object, at times looking slowly around him as if to implore compassion. Garrick was often present at this scene of misery, and was often used to say that it gave him the first idea of King Lear's madness. The writer has often seen him rise in company to give a representation of the unfortunate father. He leaned on the back of a chair, seeming with paternal fondness to play with a child; and after expressing the most heartfelt delight, he suddenly dropped the infant, and instantly broke out in a most violent agony of grief, so tender, so affecting, and so pathetic, that every eye in company was moistened with a gush of tears, There it was,' said Garrick, that I learned to imitate madness. I copied nature, and to that owed my success in King Lear." THE WAY TO WEALTH. AS CLEARLY SHEWN IN THE PREFACE OF AN OLD PENNSYLVANIAN ALMA NACK, ENTITLED, "POOR RICHARD IMPROVED." FRANKLIN. Courteous Reader, I as HAVE heard, that nothing gives an author so much pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. I stopped my horse, lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man, with white locks, Pray, father Abraham, what think you of the times? will not those heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to?' -Father Abraham stood up, and replied, if you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; "for a word to the wise is enough," as poor Richard says. They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows: Friends,' said he, the taxes are, indeed, very heavy; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; "God helps them that help themselves," as poor Richard says. I. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the used key is always bright," as poor Richard says. "But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that " The sleeping fox catches no poultry," and that "there will be sleeping enough in the grave," as poor Richard says. If time of all things be the most precious, "wasting time must be," as poor Richard says, "the greatest prodigality;" since, as he elsewhere tells us, "Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough." Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose; so by diligence we shall do more with less perplexity. "Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and, as poor "Early to bed, and early to rise, "Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” Richard says. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. "Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains: then help, hands, for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. "He that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as poor Richard says; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, "At the working man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter; for, "Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them." What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, "Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. "Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, "And you shall have corn to sell and to keep." Work while it is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered to-morrow. "One to-day is worth two to-morrows," as poor Richard says; and farther, "Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day."-If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? Are you then your own master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens: remember, that "The cat in gloves catches no mice," as poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, "Constant dropping wears away stones; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and little strokes fell great oaks." 'Methinks I hear some of you say, "Must a man afford himself no leisure?" I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says; "Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and, since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.” Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for, “A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labour, would live by their wits only, but they break for want of stock;" whereas industry gives comfort, and plenty, and respect. "Fly pleasures, and they will follow you. The diligent spinner has a large shift; and now I have a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow." II. But with our industry we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as poor Richard says, "I never saw an oft-removed tree, "Nor yet an oft-removed family, "That throve so well as those that settled be." And again, "Three removes are as bad as a fire :" and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee:" and again, "If you would have your business done, go; if not send." And again, "He that by the plough would thrive, And again, "The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands:" and again, "Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge" and again, "Not to oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open." Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many; for, "In the affairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for, "If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like,-serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. III. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business, but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, "Keep his nose, all his life, to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will;" and Many estates are spent in the getting, "Since women, for tea, forsook spinning and knitting, "If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her out-goes are greater than her incomes." 'Away, then, with your expensive follies, and you will not then have so much cause to complain of hard times, heavy taxes, and chargeable families; for, "Women and wine, game and deceit, "Make the wealth small, and the want great." And farther, "What maintains one vice, would bring up two children." You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, and clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter; but remember, "Many littles make a mickle." Beware of little expences; "A small leak will sink a great ship," as poor Richard says; and again, "Who dainties love, |