{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
which bubbled by his dwelling, afforded him
a wholesome beverage-Every evening be-
held him sinking peaceably to reposse on his
bed of leaves; and every dawning day saw
him rise refreshed and cheerful. In a short
time he discovered that he was happy--The
discovery astonished him. He was isolated
an outcast-depending on the spontaneous
products of the earth for sustenance, and
only sheltered from the inclemency OF the
weather, by cabin, over which the den
of the wild beast possessed many advanta-
ges-Under such circumstances that he
could be happy, was to him incomprehen-
sible.-After musing for some time on the
strangeness of the fact, he found out that all
the miseries of his past life were to be I'M
puted to himself; that they arose from his
own restle.seness and ambition; and that the
true philosophers stone, which converts
every thing it touches into gold, the real
scource of all human happiness, is Content
ment.