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THE WHISTLE.

When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, and disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation, and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure This, however, was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too inuch for the whistle; and so I saved my money.

As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.-When I saw any one too ambitious of court favour, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, this man gives to much for his whistle. When I see another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect; He pays, indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth; Poor man, says I, you do indeed

pay too much for your whistle. When I see a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the min 1, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations; Mistaken man, says I, you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle. If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison; Alas, says I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. In short I conceived that great part of the miseries of mankind were brought upon them by the false estimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistle.

Franklin's Essays.
C. F.

TO THE EDITORS OF "COMMON SENSE,"

GENTLEMEN,

The work which you have projected under the above title is one much wanted. I suppose you will be glad of any contributions; and I for one, if my humble services should be acceptable, would cheerfully do my best endeavours. But you should give your correspondents some clue, by which they can judge what sort of communications would be likely to suit your purpose.

I am, Gentlemen,
Your well-wisher,
A LADY.

We think the perusal of one or two numbers will better enable our Correspondent to judge what will be useful to us, than any description we can give. We will offer however one or two suggestions on such communications.

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4. Stories either not to be long, or to be capable of being divided for continuation in a future Number.

5. Extracts from good writers will be acceptable.

6. It is requested that those who contribute articles will put a title or heading to them.

THE EDITORS.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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Fine Sense, and Exalted Sense, are not half so useful as
COMMON SENSE.Dean Surift.

THE TRIAL OF THE CHURCH;
OR,

PETER PLAIN'S VISION.

(Continued from page 30.)

But if with truth his characters he draws,
Even Cæsar shall support the (Churchman's) cause;
The formal process shall be turned to sport,
And you dismissed with honor by the Court.

Horace-Francis.

Order being restored the Judge then spoke. What mean these outrages? what do you require ? We require that Jezebel there to yield her throne and Crown! they roared with one voice.

She is no Jezebel; rejoined the judge. If your demand be founded on truth and justice, bring proofs not revilings, to establish it. Not long ago you professed to seek only toleration and the free enjoyment of your own opinions. You disclaimed all desire to injure her, or diminish ber privileges. You then

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did not deny, what believers in other Protestant countries have freely acknowledged--that she is an holy matron, whose deeds and services have deserved general veneration and gratitude. Those fair and pure white garments, which she wears, are not fairer and purer than the Spirit that dwells within her, nor than the works of love and piety that have proceeded from her. Many of those who profess to be her Servants and Children may have acted unworthily of her profession. But she neither encourages nor sanctions them. At the same time those, who have acted as becometh her true children, and who have left monuments of learning, charity, faithfulness, and piety, honourable to any people, are numberless.

Nay, shouted the prejudiced crowd, those white garments are not hers. See, on the floor her true garments, those scarlet rags of Babylon, which cannot be bidden!

How is that? said the Judge. Hearest thou the accusation of thine enemies? They declare that those white garments are not thine; that thy true garments, are those unseemly scarlet rags.

Those rags, said the Matron meekly, but firmly, are not my garments, nor ever were. They were, indeed, pinned and sewed upon my garments by man's device and folly. But I have torn them off, cast them down upon the ground, and restored to light my primitive and unchangeable vesture. These white garments were given me by my ONLY LORD. I have ever worn them, and ever shall wear them. Though human ignorance or wickedness may have deformed me outwardly with its corrupt inventions, it never had the power to deprive me of these white garments, this pure crown, this powerful sceptre, this everlasting throne! It might add other things, obscuring and opposing these, but these it never did, never could, take away. If it be otherwise, let these men name the time, when I did not

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