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'Two priests, who were of the party, endeavoured to re- present to the captain the sinfulness of persisting in his resolution ; but the Portuguese were obliged, finally, to C 3
carry him away by force, after having removed his son a little apart. So cruel, however, was the separation, that the captain never recovered it. The violence of his grief was unabating ; and he actually died of a broken heart, one or two days after reaching the Cape.
Advantage of Time .- A merry but poor man being laughed at for wearing a short cloak, said, " It will be tong enough before I have done with it."
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
When your child plies you with questions, do not dis- courage him ; for curiosity, well turned, is the mainspring of knowledge ; he will probably ask more than you have skill to answer; if this be the case, acknowledge it honest- ly, and do not save your own credit, by chiding or laugh- ing at him for his impertinence ; if the thing be above his comprehension, or not proper to be known, or too trifling to deserve pains, show him that calmly ; if none of these obstacles interfere, explain the matter clearly to his capa- city, or, which is better, where it can be done, follow So- crates' method, by leading him dexterously to find out the proper answer for himself .- Tucker.
Numerous reasons render it necessary to grant rest and recreation to children ; as, first, the care of their health, which should be preferred to that of knowledge ; and, to this, nothing is more prejudicial than too long and too con- stant application ; for these insensibly wear and weaken the organs, which in that age are very tender, and incapa- ble of great exertions. And this gives me an opportunity of advising and entreating parents not to use their children too much to study in their early years, but to deny them- selves the pleasure of seeing them make a figure too soon. For, besides that such early fruits seldom come to maturi- ty, nothing is more pernicious to the health of children, than these untimely efforts, though their bad effects be not immediately perceived.
If they are prejudicial to the body, they are no less dan- gerous to the mind, which exhausts itself, and grows dull, by a continual application ; and, like the earth, stands in need of alternate intervals of labour and rest, to preserve its force and vigour .- Rollin.
Children, who are very fond of telling stories, become adepts in the arts of invention and exaggeration ; in which species of falsehood they are too often encouraged, and even applauded. Thus, the principles of veracity daily grow weaker and weaker, habits of falsehood are acquired, and the story-teller, who first lies only to amuse, at length repeats the transgression whenever it may serve his turn. Let not a blind parental partiality, then, or the pleasure of seeing our pupils admired for their wit and invention, lead us to neglect our duty on this subject. Let us carefully watch every intentional deviation from a strict veracity, and check the rising vanity by a severe reprehension .- Ma- caulay.
Parents must utterly avoid all distinction of favourites among their children ; for their partiality, if shown, it is more than probable would greatly injure, or even undo, a whole family. The darling is liable to be ruined through indulgence; the rest, through neglect and ignorance. Chil- dren, by this unequal treatment, conceive a hatred to one another, and often to the parents themselves, which, per- haps, lasts as long as their lives. But, besides that this injurious treatment debases their minds, it is productive of many evils ; from hence proceed, not only inveterate ma- lice, but confusion, lawsuits, and poverty ; and hence, too, proceed rash, precipitate, and disgraceful marriages ; with many other calamities, which it would require a volume to enumerate.
Another indispensable duty of parents to their children is, to teach them never to dare to sport with the natural defects of others .- But the defects of the body are not alone the subject of our ridicule, we sport, too, with those of the mind. Providence, for wise reasons, does not give to all alike; are we therefore to hold another in contempt, for not knowing so much as ourselves ? Are we to laugh at a man, for not knowing what he had no opportunity to learn ? no, surely. A neglect to improve, and the abuse of, natu- ral talents, are the only things that deserve the scourge ; and even here, it often happens, that he who exercises the rod, deserves it more than he who feels it-Nelson. .
It is a wise rule, but seldom sufficiently observed and practised, to spend where discretion bids thee spend, and to spare where discretion bids thee spare.
A MELANCHOLY MAN,
Is one that keeps the worst company in the world, that is, his own ; and though he be always falling out and quar- relling with himself, vet he has not power to endure any other conversation. His head is haunted, like a house, with evil spirits and apparitions, that terrify and frighten him out of himself, till he stands empty and forsaken. His sleeps and his wakings are so much the same, that he knows not how to distinguish them, and many times, when he dreams, he believes be is broad awake, and sees visions. The fumes and vapours that rise from his spleen and hy- pocondries have so smutched and sullied his brain, (like a room that smokes) that his understanding is blear ey'd, and has no right perception of any thing. His soul lives in his body, like a mole in the earth, that labours in the dark, and casts up doubts and scruples of his own imagi- nations to make that rugged and uneasy, that was plain and open before. His brain is so cracked, that he fancies himself to be glass, and is afraid that every thing he comes near should break him in pieces. Whatsoever makes an impression on his imagination, works itself in like a screw, and the more he turns and winds it, the deeper it sticks, till it is never to be got out again. The temper of his brain being earthy, cold, and dry, is apt to breed worms, that sink so deep into it, no medicine in art or nature is able to reach them. He leads his life as one leads a dog in a slip, that will not follow, but is dragged along until he is almost hanged, as he has it often under consideration to treat himself in convenient time and place, if he can but catch himself alone. After a long and mor- tal feud between his inward and his outward man, they at length agree to meet without seconds, and decide the quar- rel, in which the one drops, and the other slinks out of the wav, and makes his escape into some foreign world, from whence it is never after heard of. He converses with nothing so much as his own imagination, which, being apt to misrepresent things to him, makes him believe that it is something else than it is, and that he holds intelli- gence with spirits, that reveal whatsoever he fancies to him, as the ancient rude people, that first heard their own voices repeated by echoes in the woods, concluded it must proceed from some invisible inhabitants of those solitary · places, which they afterwards believed to be gods, and call- ed them Sylvans, Fauns, and Dryads. He makes the in-
firmity of his temper pass for revelations, as Mahomet did by his falling sickness, and inspires himself with the wind of his own hypocondries. He laments, like Heraclitus, the maudlin philosopher, at other men's mirth, and takes pleasure in nothing but his own unsober sadness. His mind is full of thoughts, but they are all empty, like a nest of boxes. He sleeps little, but dreams much, and most when he is waking. He sees visions further off than a second- sighted man in Scotland, and dreams upon a hard point with admirable judgment. He is just so much worse than a madman, as he is below him in a degree of frenzy : for, among madmen, the most mad govern all the rest, and re. ccive a natural obedience from their inferiors.
CUT WORMS OR GRUBS.
Some years ago a Frenchman arrived in this country, who advertised a specific for killing bugs. All the old women, and young ones too, who were pestered with bugs, flew to him and purchased his murdering potion.
The Frenchman filled his pockets with money, and lived in clover. But a short time, however, had elapsed, when his customers returned, and declared unanimously, that these bugs were as troublesome as ever. "It is impossible," ex- claimed the Frenchman, " there must be some mistake. How do you use this mixture ?" " Why we pour it in the joints of the bedstead, and wash every part of it." " Pho, pho, that will never do ; you must catch the bugs, and pour it down their throats, and it cannot fail. I have tried it a thousand times."
Several articles which I have lately read in the papers on the subject of Grubs, have recalled to my memory the bug killing Frenchman.
One paper recommends a strong solution of nitre, or saltpetre, to be poured round the mound of corn, declaring that the grub will come to the surface, and then all you have to do is to walk over your fields and kill them !!! If this does not equal the Frenchman, I am mistaken.
Another recommends a solution of tobacco to be used in the same way, and reasons that it must answer because the grub never injures the tobacco plant ! I have seen it tried,. and it has no more effect than pouring so much water on the mounds. They leave their holes to be sure, but return
to them again in a short time, and to conclude, the water of boiled potatoes is declared to be infallible. Mirabile
dictu !
The interest of agriculture is the dearest of our country, and every attempt to improve or render it more perfect is praise-worthy. But the recommendation of such means as have been just mentioned, are calculated to do much injury : experiments should be fairly made, and facts ascertained, before the farmers, generally, should be led, into expense. Several farmers, in my neighbourhood, have wasted their money and time in trying the saltpetre and tobacco solu- tions, but all to no purpose. They have thrown them aside, in the belief that those who recommend them were either knaves or fools.
RECIPE.
Consumption-Completely to eradicate this disorder, I will not positively say the following remedy is capable of - doing, but I will venture to affirm, that by a temperate mode of living, avoiding spirituous liquors wholly, wearing flan- nel next the skin, and taking every morning half a pint of new milk, mixed with the expressed juice of green hoar- hound, the complaint will not only be relieved, but the individual shall procure to himself a length of days beyond what the mildest fever could give room to hope for.
I am, myself, a living witness of the beneficial effects of this agreeable, and though innocent, yet powerful applica- tion. Four weeks' use of the hoarhound and milk relieved the pains of iny breast, gave me to breathe deep, long, and free ; strengthened and harmonized my voice ; and restor- ed me to a better state of health than I had enjoyed for many years.
SHEEP.
As our manufactures are so rapidly increasing, great quantities of wool will be wanting. This will be encour- agement for our farmers, to raise and keep as many sheep as possible, inasmuch as the wool will always command a high price in cash.
Mr. Hammond, in the state of Ohio, one of the most wealthy and extensive farmers, raises and keeps a numer- ous flock of sheep, and supplies the Steubenville Manufac-
tory with wool. In a letter lately published in the Ohio papers, and in those of Philadelphia also, he says, that with 100 large sheep, he makes more profit than with 100 acres of wheat, and does not give the tenth part of the trouble. He mentions further, that he prevents the rot getting among them by giving salt three or four times a weck. This keeps them, as well as every other domestic animal, perfectly healthy.
In the state of New Jersey, the farmers begin to keep very large flocks of sheep, and feed them at the distilleries, from the same offals with which the hogs, oxen, and other animals, are fed. As this is something new, and but lately brought into practice, it creates some surprise. But, let me ask,-why not feed sheep with the same provender as other domestic animals ? Some people prefer the milk and butter of cows fed from distilleries.
The writer of this has had conversation with numbers of persons, who are well acquainted with, and have often wit- nessed, the above mode of feeding sheep, and they positive- ly assert, that the meat has a more delicious taste, and the wool is finer, longer, and softer, than when the sheep are fed in the old way.
N. B. The sheep must not be penned up as hogs are ; it will be necessary to let them range into the fields when so inclined, and occasionally put to hay. Turnips are excellent food for sheep.
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An easy and certain cure for the Rheumatism.
Take as much Oil Skin, (silk oil cloth,) as will cover the part, and wrapt it tight round, if the legs or arms be affected. If the head or shoulders are the seat of the dis- ease, have a tight cap made for the head ; or a piece stitch- ed inside of a flannel shirt, or under garments, for the shoulders, or any other part of the body, will answer the purpose.
Lambs .- Bleeding is recommended as the best mode of preserving the health of lambs, in autumn, or when slight frosts commence,-the operation is to be performed by piercing the nostril with a pen-knife.
John Kilburn, a person well known on the turf as a list seller, &c. being at a town in Bedfordshire, and according to a turf phrase, quite broke down; it was in harvest time, the week before Richmond races, near which place he was born, and to arrive there in time, he hit on the following expedient ;- He applied to a blacksmith of his acquaint- ance to stamp on a padlock the words "Richmond Gaol," which, with the chain, was fixed to one of his legs, and he composedly went into a corn field to sleep. As he expect- ed, he was soon apprehended and taken before a Magis- trate, who, after some deliberation, ordered two constables to guard him in a carriage to Richmond, no time being to be lost. Kilburn saying he had not been tried, and hoping they would not let him be till another assize. The con- stables, on their arrival at the gaol, accosted the keeper with -" Sir, do you know this man ?" " Yes, very well : it is Kilburn; I have known him many years." " We suppose that he has broken out of your gaol, as he has a chain and padlock on with your mark ?" " A prisoner ! I never heard any harm of him in my life." " Nor," says Kilburn, " have these gentlemen, Sir. They have been so good as to bring me out of Bedfordshire, and I will not give them any further trouble. I have got the key of the padlock, and I'll not trouble them to unlock it; I thank them for their good usage." The distance he thus travelled was about one hundred and seventy miles.
The Importance of Punctuality.
Method is the very hinge of business ; and there is no method without Punctuality, Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a fami- ly : the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty. The calmness of mind which it produces, is another advantage of Punctuality : a disorderly man is always in a hurry : he has no time to speak to you, because he is going elsewhere; and when he gets there, he is too late for his business; or he must hurry away to another before he can finish it. Punctuality gives weight to character : " Such a man has made an appoint- ment ; then I know he will keep it." And this produces Punctuality in you ; for, like other virtues, it propagates itself. Servants and children must be punctual, where their leader is so. Appointments, indeed, become debts. I owe you Punctuality, if I have made an appointment with you ; and have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.
The Biter Bit .- A member of one of the learned pro- fessions was driving his jennet along the road at Tooting in Surrey, when he overtook a pedlar with his pack, and inquired what he had to sell. The man produced, among other things, a pair of cotton braces ; the price, he said, was sixpence. The gentleman paid the money ; and then said, " You have, I suppose, a license." " Yes," was the reply, hesitatingly. " I should like to see it." After some further delay, it was produced. " My good fellow, all's right, I see. Now, as I do not want these things, you may have them again for three-pence." The bargain was struck : but how surprised was the querist to find a summons to attend the Country Magistracy sitting at Croydon. The gentleman was convicted in the full penalty, for selling goods on the king's highway without a hawker's license. He is a lawyer.
A Parson's Dread .- In a storm at sea, the chaplain ask- ed one of the crew, if he thought there was any danger ? " O yes," replied the sailor; "if it blows as hard as it does now, we shall all be in Heaven before twelve o'clock at night." The chaplain, terrified at the expression, cried out, " The Lord forbid!"
The harmless Threat .- An obscure physician, quarrel- ing with a neighbour, swore in a great rage, that some time or other he would be the death of him. "No, doctor," replied the other, "for I shall never send for you."
Matrimonial Concord .- " I wonder," says a woman of humour, " why my husband and I quarrel so often, for we agree uniformly in one grand point: he wishes to be mas- ter, and so do I."
Powerful Preacher .- A certain reverend drone preach- ing a very dull sermon to a congregation not used to him, many of them slunk out of the church one after another, before the sermon was ended. " Truly," said a gentleman present, " this learned doctor has made a very moving discourse."
A First Appearance .- The late Duke of Norfolk was much addicted to the bottle. On a masquerade night, he asked Foote, what new character he should appear in. " Suppose you go sober, my lord," replied Footc.
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A Commission .- A felon, who was just on the point of being turned off, asked the hangman, if he had any message to send to the place where he was going? " I will trouble you with a line," replied the finisher of the law, placing the cord under his left ear.
Hat and Wig .- A fellow, walking down Holborn-hill, on a sultry summer evening, observed an old gentlemen, without his hat, panting and leaning upon a post, and very courteously asked him what was the matter ? "Sir," says the old man, " an impudent rascal has just snatched my hat off, and ran away with it; I have run after him until I have quite lost my breath, and cannot, if my life depend- ed on it, go a step farther."-" What, not a step," says the fellow. "Not a step," returned he. " Why, then, by Jupiter, I must have your wig," and, snatching off his fine flowing caxon, the thief was out of sight in a minute.
A Deficiency of Evidence .- A son of Galen, who was very angry when any joke was passed on physicians, once defended himself from raillery, by saying, " I defy any person whom I ever attended, to accuse me of ignorance or neglect."-" That you may safely do," replied the wag; " for you know, doctor, dead men tell no tales."
Difference of Opinion .- A lunatic in Bedlam was asked how he came there. He answered, " By a dispute."- " What dispute ?" __ " Why, I said the world was mad- while they said that I was mad; but they being the strong- est, outvoted me, and I was sent here."
Plebeian Pleasantry .- An Abbé who was very fat, ap- proaching a fortified city late in the evening, and appre- hensive that the gate might be closed for the night, inquir- ed of a countryman whom he met coming from the town, if he could get in at the gate ? "I believe so," said the peasant, looking at him jocosely, " for I saw a wagon of hay go in there this morning."
Upper Stories .- Lord Verulam, being asked by James I. what he thought of Mr. Cadares, a very tall man, who was sent on an occasional embassy to the monarch of France, answered, that "some tall men were like lofty houses, where the upper rooms are commonly the most meanty furnished."
A Looking-Glass .- A spark being brought before a ma- gistrate, on a charge of horse-stealing, the justice, the mo- ment he saw him, exclaimed, " I see the villain in your countenance." " It is the first time," said the prisoner, very coolly, " that I knew my countenance was a looking- glass."
Resemblance and Representation .- A prince, rallying the fatness of a courtier who had served in many embas- sies, said he looked like an ox. "I know not," said the courtier, " what I am like ; but I know that I have often had the honour to represent your majesty."
Punctilios of Honour .- Two Gascon officers disputing on some particular subject, one of them unhandsomely contradicted the other, by saying, "That's not true." The asserter of the fact instantly replied, " You are very bold, Sir, to dare to give me the lie : if I were a little nearer to you, I would box your ears. to teach you better manners ; and you may consider the blow as already given." "And I, Sir," rejoined the other, " to punish you for your inso- lence, would run you through the body ; so consider your- self deud."
- Transparency .- Dignum and Jack Barrow sitting toge- ther in a room that was rather dark, Dignum, being next the window, prevented the light from having free access to his companion; upon which Barrow called out, " Upon my soul, Dignum, I cannot see through your jaws." " I do not wonder at that," said Dignum, " for mine are not lanthorn jaws."
The doctor of admiral Onslow's ship was remarkable for prescribing sea-water on all occasions for the complaints of the crew ; and returning lately with the admiral and some of the officers from Yarmouth, where they had been to dinner, the doctor, being quite groggy, fell off the jetty- head into the sea; when one of the crew standing by, and ever mindful of the doctor's regimen, instantly exclaimed to the admiral, " Your honour, shiver my timbers, if our doctor ha'n't tumbled into his own medicine chest."
Mr. R. walking along the earthen mound at Edinburgh, some years ago, when the price of bread was excessively high, observed a basket of loaves fall off a baker's head. · " I am glad," remarked Mr. R. "that bread has fallen."
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FEDERAL COURTS OF LAW.
The Supreme Court. At the seat of government, the first Monday in February, annually.
Circuit Courts. For Newhampshire, on the 19th of May and 2d of November, at Portsmouth and Exeter. Vermont, at Wind- sor and Rutland, alternately, the 1st of May and 3d of October. Massachusetts, at Boston, on the 1st of June and 20th of October. Rhode Island, on the 15th of June and of November, at Newport and Providence. Connecticut, on the 13th of April and 17th of September, at New Haven and Hartford. New York, at New York, on the 1st of April and September. New Jersey, at Tren- ton, on the 1st of April and October. Pennsylvania, at Philadel- phia, on the 11th of April and 11th of October. Delaware, at Newcastle and Dover, on the 3d of June and the 27th of October. Maryland, at Baltimore, on the 1st of May and 7th of November. Virginia, at Richmond, on the 22d of May and November. North Carolina, at Raleigh, the 12th of May and November. South Ca- rolina, at Charleston, on the 20th of May, and at Columbia on the 30th of November. Georgia, on the 6th of May and 14th of De- cember, at Savannah and Louisville. District of Columbia, at the city of Washington, 1st Monday in June and 4th in Decem- ber, and at Alexandria, 1st Monday in July and 4th in November.
When any of the above fixed days happen to be on Sunday, the court is opened on the Monday following. In those districts where two places are designated for holding the sessions of the Circuit Court, the first terin in the year is always held at the place first named.
District Courts. Maine District, at Portland, 3d Tuesday in June and the 1st in December, and at Pownalborough, 1st in March and September. New Hampshire, at Portsmouth, 3d Tuesday in March and September, and at Exeter, 3d in June and December. Vermont, at Windsor and Rutland, 1st Monday in February and August, and 2d in May and November. Mas- sachusetts, at Salem, 3d Tuesday in March and 2d in Septem- ber, and at Boston, 4th Tuesday in June and 1st in December. Rhode Island, at Newport and Providence, 1st Monday in Feb- ruary and August, and 1st in May and November. Connecticut, at New Haven, 3d Tuesday in February and August, and at Hartford, 3d in May and November. New York, at New York, 1st Tuesday in February and May, August and November. New Jersey, at Burlington, 1st Tuesday in February and August, and at New Brunswick, 1st in May and November. Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia, 3d Monday in February, May, August and Novem- her. Delaware, at Dover, 4th Tuesday in February and August, and at Newcastle, 4th in May and November. Maryland, at Easton, 1st Tuesday in March and September, and in Baltimore, 1st in June and December. Virginia, at Williamsburg, 3d Tues- day in March and September, and at Richmond, 3d in June and December. North Carolina, at Newbern, 1st Monday in Febru- ary, May, August and November. South Carolina, at Charles-
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