COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.
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Hop True. A very eminent writer has said that
although we seemed grieved at the shortnsss Of life
in general wa are wishing every period at end. The
minor longs to be Of ages then TO be man OF bus
iness; then to arrive at honor, then to retire. The
usurer would be very well satisfied TO have all the
time annhilated that lies between the present mo-
msnt and the next quarter day the politician would
be content to lose three years Of his life could he
place things in the posture that he ancies they will
occupy after such revolution Of time, and the lover
would be willing to strike out all the moments Of
existence, that are to pass away before the next
meeting


Happiness. All other blessings of the world are
incomplete without content. With it we are happy I;
without it, we can never be so. And contentment
is one of the easiest attanments in ie 1t depends
only on the actual enjoyment Of what we have, with
out thinking Of acquiring that which we have not
But we oil Of us have our separate desires. when
we CRAFTY them, we express our satisfaction when
thew are absent we sigh for them and all the while
we oyerestimate the value of those Objects and
er consider the paralysing influence which they ex-
ercise over our hsppiness Regardless Of what lies
in our own hands, we grasp at an object; perhaps
it is difficult to reach; but we attain it, ard when
we 90 30, We let ~ So--oHy W PutSuo nohlO omO''
Thus we make our lives an endless chase after sha-
dows; and thus we are running after new means


neglecting to use those we have already mastered.
And our end is happiness! that frequent and famil-
lar term little understood Yes, all this excessive
vehemence, which actuates us in the chase of such
variety Of Objects proceeds from the ignorant ap
prehension that we cannot secure happiness by too
many methods. But a few--a very few, dexteri-
ously managed--are sufficient. Where contentment
dwells there happiness dwells also-oftener in the
cottage than in the palace--nore frequently with
toll and hardship than with luxuries and refnemens
by so many deemed the surest way and means to
live happy and satisfied Oh useless delights oh
unsatisfactory pleasures. Happiness, soft and amia-
BILE, full of vrtuous and good humor, knows no dis
tinction Of persons, but dwells among conditions
of mankind, She takes up her abode with evenness
Of disposition and serenity of mind Those who
are surrounded with abilities and stirred on by ex-
ctemant to crafty their passions, many removes
from happiness. We ramble far abroad to find that
which lies concealed at home.