MISERIEs OF WEALTH.
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Suggested 6y reading HnzIfs +" ,Fsers. IF Poverty"


It is to have q subscription psler handed you
every hour in the day, and be called a niggard, il
you refuse your name. 1t is 10 eat turkey and
drink wine at dearer rate than your neishbors
1t is to have every college, nfrmary, and asylum.
make run upon the bank Of your benevolence, and
then wonder at the smallness Of the dividend 1t
is to have sectarians contend for the keeping Of
your conscience, and lawyers struggle for the keep
ing of purse. 1t is to be embered from Sc
guin to Talbot Island, whenever dinner or a loan
Is wanted. L. is to be taxed for more than you are
WORTH and never to be believed when you say So
Il i. to have addition ofdoars, subtraction of com


forts, and multiplication Of anzietles end in divs


ION among spendthrft heirs. II Is 70 have the in
terest of every one about YOU exceed tier princi


pie It is to make up to the merchant all the prof
its he loses by knavery, or frugaity. 1t is never
70 be allowed to be upon easy terms, even with a
coat or shoe. 1t is to be married for your money.
or have wife always casting up the sum total OF
the dollars size brought. II is to have your sons
steps surrounded By " nanttaps,' and your daugh-
ter made target for the speculating and selfish 70
aim at. It is to measure friendship BY the length
Of your purse, to buy hattery, ard sell happiness


!. is to have debtors smile upon you, and knaves
shake you BY the hand. i is to have dyspeptic
wife aud pale children, 1t is TO have sons 90 to
college to buy themes Of wiser heads, and dauSh-
ters' brains turned By the flattery af fools 1t i
20 be invited to drink poor wine that you may give
better in return. It is to have your lady's peace
disturbed BY higher feather, brighter dia-
mond. It is to buy green peas at nine shillings.
and relish them not, because your neiaibor gives
two dollars, II is to have relations wish YOU a
short life and 3 long will Itistot have your widow
mourn bitterly provided her fortune depends on
perpetual widawhood. !; j. to have more tempta.
lions in this world than other men; and lastly, &c
find the entrance to better more difficult than tc
the rest Of mankind Mass. journal.