^AJ4ljW4JA!4lAl4' | 4i A ' A i 4 I A lAlA IA iJiJA i AV/# Vol. 3. No. 5 .] an ASTRONOM I CAL D IA RY for 18 37. [Whole No. 21 POP. T33 MIDDLE THE FARMERS ALMANA€ E FOR THE YEAR OP OUR LOUD AiND SAVIOUR 183 Idog leafier Leip Yc ir, and6lsi of the hulependrtnceof the IfSiL CnlcuUned tor Ntty Yor: hat. 40° -13', but will serve tor the Mioolk Statkk, Oii iQ^fepiA NA^aml jrugwots. Conlairiinp; all necessary for an Almanac, and a vuijfet y of other mat te rs. 3Y THOMAS SPOFFOHI>. A ■■ ■ u. , year has wiug*d Still wrapt die fuiu. An eager h.e-.e We tone, we lijpe, „ Juquiri:i« aak, w .ilej What 1 nay t.i What may ii not • „ v , To his U,» home. ... Bi ins: oilier, lu our vi*„ — f.ay thuusaniU low in death — alaa! n-pl.ice Full many a well known an-J Uineulcd iut, IJy forms enli. ely new. »«jjply I ' one aad hour would view die raiud p>rpleiM ; 'hangs relieved, ami tree f. nu caie the next, ti e yet that tear was dry 1 ihouzh weak mail alone, can truly see, it Imih been, i., u ii what yeA may 'je ; We'll fondly faint lite boat ; "VW1I Lid the radiant dawn of hope appear, 'Hirer* ill Ja.r •« bo smnlar In making up the mi^cSa*;^ SX £T* be oBgmal, yet all ought to be useful and true ; and i bbel c^ed that , f T i» ao, and also ,/e d '' " rr;aff ' Astkoxomv ha. just l«e>. published. {sZnJxi va*!7fZ n ?i tllC C, ' !l1 " 7 ' who wish, i„ theshortot possible time J^Z^Z ti^TfV V*2 U,n a practical knowledge of this subline scene, o r J v ' If t "7 ? ft br»nehe« ot mathematics, will find this little book £2.^52^ tl liT ^ Price, fifty cents. Any person enclosing one dollar tn.l, ' V two copies in pamphlet form, immediately fllr^r J bV Li! *t! "f ^ any part ,>f the U. S does not exceed tun cents per copy ° l ° tX LIPNKS 1;\ THE YEAH 18 3 7 a== " ^^the'Lt;^^ o?^ 1 ^ : IH *~ - ! r The first will be of the So. at ippi^^^^fi^ itnno ol new moon n April; a verv The irrnnt^ * ^ , ' lhe north - tadl eclip M , aj ri,ib.e Jly ii a .SilW r^'' * % "" »?» part of the *„„t!, e rn 0«ean, about 10UO northwert coL* „ "aCi »* " " ea !'- tl,e iture.aoulhol^anDieiA.n's Land. Inortli S-rfK o"h America, a littl. II. The «co„dwill he of the Moo.vjcoun r y of U,e KahZh * part of Kuropc, Africa and Asia. Ths moor* in silver jlorv shone And uot u cloud in sii'ht, ' Wluii suddenly a shade b-S tiiidxl 'o frt: Hm< the Moon it south, to find the time of High Water al the following placet: aUo tit£ nse of Hit teaser in feet. February 1st, when he will be in opposiJ Bu.ck uiand. J . „ ri r V,. Bl ii; Hill Day, ttion to the Sun; thence Evening Star u, ^• 1,0 > [be Morning Star through the year. Mars ($) will be Mor.\i\g Star till February 5th, when he will be in oppo- sition to the Sun ; thence he will be Evening Star to the end of the year. Saturn ( b ) will be Morning Star till May 4th, when he will be in opposition to the Sun ; thence Evening Star till his conjunction with the un, November 12th ; and then again Morning Star. 3 31' 8 Id 11 li 1 36 7 37 10 45 12 00 7 3-. 11 00 11 30 10 51 V t> 5 . 11 0ok5 h. m. ft. 11 30] 5 11 15 10 COMMON NOTES FOR 1837. Dominical Letter . A. No. of Direction - 5 Roman Indiction - . 10 Dionysian Period - Solar Cycle - . 166 . 26 Lunar Cy«le - 14 Epact - . . 23 Julian Period 6550 Cn:>e (Smi les, Ca|,e C.j.1, Cupe Fear, Cn\>e Hnlleras, Cap» flenlopen, ' 'npf. Henry, Cape Lookout, '>\\ie MdUbar, Cystine, Me. Charleston, Basiiort, Me. Harbor, great Eeg Hartrar, little, Rfizdbeth Island, Eliza'ielh I'oiut, Fairfield. Coon. Uuilrif inl, Conn. Hacicensack, Halifax, N. S. Unm^ton, N. BT. tUmuion R>» days of New and Full Moon. In the first and third qnai- •s, it is ton late, at most, 1 hour and 9 ininuies. In the second d foiHlli quarters, it is loo early, al most, 21 minutes. 11 30 7 V> 11 30 8 I 9 I 8 45 7 51 9 4 11 30 10 11 00 Ik 7 15 5 II 30 :io 31 5 10 3 5 8 40 j 5 8 .57 10 5' 10 2d 11 57 7 30 11 15 1-2 8 81 o 9 5-' 4 10 48 10 11 15 10 '2 30 3 1 1 30 2g M o le 11 3<> U 7 37 7 2 23: 7 S3 11 2 25 12 II 8 2 5 7 39 8 II 15 5 10 17 I 6 % b 7 31 8 rs 6 10 51 10 56 2 10 45 1 11 15 10 8 25 i 8 12 9 52 11 30 II 6 37 5 11 30 25 12 00 o0 11 43 iS 10 47, 12 EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. All the calculations of this Almanac arc in apparent time — time shown by the Sun. The Plinets', Moon's, and Sun's declination, right ascen- sion, place, &c, are all for 16 minutes past 7 o'clock in the morning at Boston, which is equal to 4 minutes past 7~at New York, or noon at Jxmdou. jThe term morn, in the column of the Mocm'ftrising and setting, shows that the moon does not rise or ASPECTS. (4 Conjunction, or in the same longi ude — ss. Semisextile, or 1 sign distant— 5|C Sextile, or 2 signs — □ Quartilc, 3j*jt at all on that day, and that the time of her next ^o-ns — ATrine, 4 sio-ns — Vc. Quincunx, ! rid ^ ys » le 7 1 g th . M. shows the minutes day breaks, or morning iwj. lending Nodc- 6 signs- ■£5 Descending .Node. SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 1 " Aries Ram 2 8 Taurus Bull 3 n Gemini Twins 4 25 Cancer Crab 5 TTJ? Leo Lion 6 Tl v i r £ Virgin 7 ^ Libra Balance 8 iT[ Scorpio Scorpion 9 ^ Sagittarius Archer 10 V5* Capricorn Goat 11 'so Aquarius Waterman 12 X Pisces Fishes Head Neck Arms Breast Heart Belly Reins Secrets Thighs Knees Legs Feet light bos'ins after, or evening twilight ends before the hour, on each s'.deof the minutes; 4th, 5th, Gth, and 7ih. Sun's, Venus', Jupiter's, and Mars' right ascension, in hours and minutes; 8th, 9th, lUtii, in I I lth, Seven Stars', Venus', Jtrpiter's, and Mars' rising and setting or southing ; I2:h, Sun slow or ^IfasH of the clock, in minutes and seconds; 18th, 3' ^un's place in the ecliptic, in degrees and minutes ; 14th, Sim's amplitude to the nearest degree; 15: . 16th, 17th, and 18th, Moon's, Venus', Jupiter's, and Mars' declination. The other articles, it is pre- sumed, are sufficiently plain from their titles, and need no explanation. PLANETS. or © Sun ; @ O D > » C (ft or ® IVIoon ; ^ Mercury ; J Venus ; © Earth Mars ; 2£ Jupiter ; ^ Saturn ; J# Her «cUel. TO RAIL ROAD COMPANIES. The subscriber respectfully offers his ser- vices to the Public as a Surveyor and Civil Engineer : having been much in the practice or more than twenty years, he feels confiJent of continuing to give ontire satisfaction to his <»tnployers References of the first respectabili- ty iu the city. THOMAS SPOFFORD, New-Yurk, Jaly, 1537. First Mont ft, J ATCFARY, begins on Sunday. I The namo of this month was derived from the hparlirn pod Jnnna. wlio is represented «s jlstirnliiic heiweon the two years, und provided with a double face, looking forward and back, that hs might inculcate upon Ins worshippers the wisdom of being retrorpecttre as well as provident j How rt?*plendent the uhjhu at this reason often appear! The air, refined by the intensity of the ! i frost, affords the most di«tiuct views and extensive prospects ; and when the fair queen of heaven I withdraws h«r silr»ry shining, the whole firmament appears thickly studded with brilliant span- j/l es, s ome di gnified by superior lustre, w hile others seem a lmost lost in the depth* of . ken-hearted— | over all— | All things recolve — .1 change rome» Or, as die old "New-England 1'riia- Very Low Tides. 2d Sund. aft. Epiph. D Apogee. 6 I> 7*s. or rends. |Krcat and small " •' Time culs down every one, both Old Time ; s a shaver who doe>- mighty deeds I Diligence is a fair fortune, and industry a good estate. £ Gr. elon. and in Q Long light nights. Sept'gsma. D U 6 ) $6 . HighTides. Deliberate lonf on that trAkA you can di kut once. v in Perihelion, . Stationary. Shins S s ;fZ: >f [sou'. 10. 15. Fine for the season. Sexagosima Sunday. t| T. j Attempt by Lay " V O • reno* to nisassinnte Low Tides. J^iS?' U.lf). Ir iTwil'tK r.al '? r.aJzjr.ai d'r.n |7*t.i ? a .iil bo.| S mo..^8.|0 L I | D Peel. ? 1 9 S 3 47 7'IM 4->!l(i 23 9 IS 10 18 52 9 37 3 32 3 15 3 5?' 280 5>VM 9 20 Bp. 11 » 30 3 43 7 19 31 1 17 17| 9 14 9 57 8 8 9 48 1 45! 2 28 8 20 291 9;3()| 5 45 8,92 21 9 M\5 3ti 7 20 141 18 10 9 10 9 47i7 25 9 5fl! 57| 1 3 » 9 42 301 20 28 25 20 N ,23 Zll "1«»i KlMned is 19,300 feel above the level of the sen : here (heir furlhur progiess was arrested by u chasm S(KI leet wide ; and H.ey were sinrutiiided bv a thick and freally Inortnmotled by Ihe esir.m* tentiliy "I the air. which was also fell inttriN y OOld and piwro ng : rtaptmlton WM dlmoult, und ilia blljod oOMJ from their eyrs. then Ilia, and their gums, rbl* va« mouDlaln, with IU top covered with peepeninl inow, presenu a most magnificent sperta le, when viewed rrorn •.. »',..ie. of the Pacific Ocean, iiIii.l' the western ^ou^l nf Columbia, with its enormous circular summit pr.Jeeie-1 upon he di tp nun blue ol the ■qnnim 1 d sky. m ii i iitr sin ii . ' i i in i n ■ t — ~i — ; 2d Winter Month, JANUARY, has 31 days. 1337. Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years- Gal. iv. 10. Standing upon the ruins i of the old yoar. or, as we might say, upon the ruins of ages, we cannot but be impressed With I the vicissitudes and transient nature of all sublunary things All around us is in a state o I constant fluctuation : neither nature nor art continues long in one position ; the heavens above y as, are in perpetual motion ; the earth beneath us, is ever changing its external appearanco ; and individuals, and families, and nations are continually altering and assuming new aspects. Uli those ol our frail fellow mortals who began the pint year with us, more than thirty millions are now numbered with the mighty dead : and before the close of the present, thousands probably of] the readers of this little manual will have found their last cold bed in the narrow house appointed for all the living. Lord, make us to know the measure of our days, and how frail tee are! Adieu, Old Year ! — a last adieu, \o more thy smiling face we'll view; Vet memory oft shall visit you, As down the past ye travel. Ay— oil across Time's changing soa, We'll cast a wi«tful gla-ce to thoe ; Ihoul't be remembered oft, while we Life's merry path un avul. Tis said that blessings grow more bright, As they elude our anxious sight, And thu» thou see Dl est in thy flight, Now that thy race is run ; And as we bury in the grave With all our friend*, what faults they hare, — So we'll forget aught of thee, savo The good deeds thou hast done. Thou'rt passing from us, and wilt seem Like the past ripple on the stream, Or the faint outlines of a dream, Which waking thoughts dispel. As the brief summer flowers die — Or like the light wind passing by — O clouds that melt into the sky, Thou'r' gone ! — Heaven rest thse well ! As the rich sheaves of li uvesl come * Pull ripened to their autumn home ; — Thou now art gathered to thy doom, Again to greet us, never' Or like some old gray-headed man, Whose days aro numbered, and whose span Of III'.- is measured, — pel* and wan, Thiue eye is closed forever. We'll lay thee on thy snow cold bier, — l>rcp for thy sake the parting tear, Then turn to hail th.) opening year, Whoso scroll is soon unrolled. Thou'rt welcome, stranger! — though thy form, Eucireiad in the Tempest's arm, ( iQoes rushing down the midnight storm, So cold — so very cold. To the* !— to thee !— who frosh and strong, Mim rva like, from Time ha h sprung, We yield our * early tribute song, To greet thy visitation i \o puling, swaddled babe art tlion, I'hy cloak isof the wintry snow, And with stern voice, and sterner brow, Thou rtilest o'or creation. jTliou wih re| w though when the spring llaih fannnl thee with her wanton wing — When the *weet vern . songster* sing, And all the Knrth i» glee Andn'eti th. brow wilt wax more bright, As thou dost bosk in summer ■ light, Though very aw, II her fairy flight, As all bright visions, flee. ( • nd th*n in Autumn'* richer rr'pn, Tbou'lt »mil«, to see the plenteous traia 'H'lintrd fruit and folflVn (nun, O'xrflow the bounteous earth. r\od when ngjiili ri>|,| w.n'nr's renin, o strip from off thy ohseh it* bloom, FARMER'S CALENDAR. Agricultural Patrons and Friends .' Again have the rapid seasons completed their round — on engle pinion* has another annual period of our frail fleeting lives passed away ; and once morewi'.h a new calendar, before you ap pears jour old friend of twenty yours standing Twenty yk.rs! where are they? So swiftly have they glided by that they seem almost like- j. yesterday; and yet within this brief space, more' 1 than six hundred millions of the human family ' have been called to their long home. "Oui lift is a vapour, which ap -eareth but a little time and then vanisheth away." "Few and tctl have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage," eaid the venerable Jacob to the Egyptian uion arch and he mourned thut he had nut attained to the ago of his fathers. ".My days," said Job, are swifter ta.m a weaver's shuttle, and are. spent without hope." When Moses struck the lyre to the praise of the God of Israel, thtf> was the burden of his song: " Thou carriest away the children of men as with a flood. Thiii arc as asleep. H r e spend our years as a ta/t that s 'told Our strength is rut off, and we jly away. " Ami when Fsaiah called the nations as the voice from heaven inspired : M .ill Jlrsh is grass," he, cried, " and all the guodhncss thereof it as the flower of the field. The grass withertth, the Jlower fadtth ; surtly the people is grass " "Remember how shou say time is," sang the shepherd poet and king. And than this, thero is no truth with whose importance the sacred w iters were more deeply impressed. Yet did' not there sages of old waste in idle lamenta- tions the lime destined for nobler purposes. " -Irise, " they cried with a warning voice toj their fellow men, " rid, em the time ! li hy stand' 've here all the day idle J lie sober, in rigilant! " Let us emulate their example, ami seeing that " our days are an hand's breadth, and our age is as nothing : " w hile we attend du'v to all our secular concerns, and see tiial " rest-}' thing is done deetntly and m order, " 1st us by no' means omit the weightier matiers that concern our eternal welfare. Farmer's Life. — What a happy DOUntfy this would be, if every farmer's llOOJe really enjoyed all UM pear* and neppiaessj which i> picture. I in the mind of the Write! of the following. How many thousands <>f farmers wuu hi bo happy if they cmefu'Jy cultivated those I'eolinjs and de sires that produce happiness. W« should ihmk tin* fanner's life mint he o*s}| lofhappioees < 'outdoor friends auioogst thst alsjsj look 111 upon ii*. mid witness the "doing*" of a priuling titlice they would lhank their St ir*, that they pursued •, different ralung If ihtfS i* anv time when we mo looltaad lo lndu!»c frrliug* of envy, i| is M lirn wr get loom tr,,:i. our confined and *<7 M >8 T 36 34 33 32 30 29 28 45 5 15 y 16 j 17 3 19 t> 20 o 21 24 26 27 2S 30 31 32 3 35 4 47 5 52 6 45 sets. 6 56 8 14 9 24 10 30 11 4a morn. 43 1 49 2 49 3 45 4 37 5 21 5 59 6 29 rises. 6 37 7 39 8 41 9 49 10 56 morn. 9 1 24 8 7 4 42 17 4 9 11 6 7 16 47 V? 10 16 7 13 16 29 V5 11 23 8 5 16 1 1 :a aft. 25 8 53 15 53 vv 1 22 9 32 15 35 X 2 14 10 6 15 16 3 2 10 47 14 57 Cf 3 46 11 23 14 38 op 4 33 aft. 7 14 19 °P 5 18 55 13 59 6 5 1 47 13 39 6 51 2 57 13 19 n 7 44 4 14 12 59 n 8 36 5 3^ 12 38 2c 9 2S 6 31 12 17 2c 10 16 7 16 11 56 2c 11 4 7 56 11 35 a 11 50 8 28 11 14 a moru. 9 10 52 33 9 32 10 31 1 15 10 2 10 9 n 1 5S 10 33 9 47 2 39 11 8 9 25 3 24 11 46 9 3 4 10 morn. 8 48 5 1 30 8 18 *i 5 58 1 33 7 55 i Weather, &c. A 4 9 & . a storm Bull's eve sets «. 15 » <4 * .[ ? in 5th > Per. V Inf. rj . 0. Quin. Sun. $ High Tides. 6 D Shrove Tues. Fine. AshWednesday.. lock! Oh Thou who Ud. lb. Sun } *hin. TtK! glittering landaeapM iigtn, While mognlaiiu, vtlee, and hil In Vflatar'a tro»»-wuik bright. Ph. imploring treet itrelch lurtu Their trusting ami i Thee, 1st Sunday in Lent. Custom in infancy r ft W|f Very Low Tides. r«c< VYho shield'tl th* naked iu lbe:r Of cold Hdveieity. thoui tf sta.Y'd L. s.7.26. D Ap. 3 ? rj . Signs D U 6 . rj D f . [o! 2dSun.inLent.[sno\v fhou o'er ike lender genu Th l «;urluiii:ng«no\ifdoih iprend And give 11 uliuni-er like a b*be Oeep in U. cradle beJ. Hi"-hTide»- ^ DeuU a r* nijjlUIUO. fruiU; word. % 6 . l " r< iut Uavcs k chain ia on the »trenm«, Aod on die lUismirCood h Stationary. Jp&S.^ 3d Sunday in Lent. » in 15- [ D * • Vet still their Fparkl : rtg eyea look And l e.nn with graiitntle [un D.le Twil't 0M| Vr..:I}r.a| ir.a 7*s.| 9 so.iZJ.so.i iao.lc S I pLI : | D Dec' V 9 58 5SB 721 19 1019 4 9 32 3 10 10 9| 6j D 36 13 57 312 30 24 26 13 S|22 1U20'5 18 7 21 40J20 3 | 8 59 1 9 I6[l 20|l0 23|even |ll 33\U 35|322 38] t9 16 9N|21 10 4G'5 5 7 22 19.20 54 | 8 54 | 9 1(0 50 10 35 10 33 !0 4o|l3 55 332 43 ' 15 ; 10 22A* IF 18 IS 18J2! 18 22 Feb. 24. A. D. 79. First volcanic erapti'jn, on record, of Mount Vesuvius In Italy, by w-hicli the mcient Roman cities tlerculaneum and.Poniptii were overwhelmed and destroyed The forruei vas covered with a mass of eolid lava, to the depth of more than 70 feet ; and the latter buried mor- han 100 feet deep in sand and ashes. Gvar the former now stajids the village of Portici, and ov«i he latter are fruitful vineyards. Subterranean passages have, in modern times, beendu^ to these i:ics; several streets have been opeaed ; and numerous ancient monuments of every kfnd hav> been discovered, such as temples, theatres, statues, dwellings with their furniture and paiminga. md some contain the skeletons of the unfortunate occupants. The-e venerable objects seem t ■ oine forth from their tomb to instruct us concerning the limes in which they were interred. Feb. 20 1717 Great snow in New- England ; more than tan feet deep on a level. Thousand; >f caUle and sheep perished. Feb. 23. 1826. Murray, the Grammarian, died. 8d Winter Month, FEBRUARY, has 28 days. 1837. | He saith to the snow, Be thou upon the earth. Job, xxxvii. G. Jls birds flying he scattereth the -snow; and the falling down thereof is as tUv, lighting of grashrppers : the eys marvellcth \at the beauty nf the whiteness thereof; and the heart is astonished at the raining of it. The hoar frost also as salt, he poureth upon the earth; it lieth upon the top of sharp stakes. ' ffhen the cold north, mind bloweth, and the water in congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together cf Water, and clothes the water as with a breast plate Ecclesiasticus. xliii. 17, &c. He casiclh forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold ? We'll lay thee in thy icy tomb, j Thy burial and thy birth. And we, as thou dost onward spoed; As down Time's changeful path ye tread, Shall chronicle each deed, Whether they're good or naughty. And yo must no exceptions take, Nor such offence or friendship break, Because a few kind words we speak, To 'mind ye of your duty. Borne thousand years old Time hath seen, And many a one bath ushered in, Whose prospects full as fair have been, As thine appear to be now ; But somehow, some wrong steps they mado, And very vicious lives they led : — !What thine will be, may not bo said, — "Tis what we eannot see through. Kentucky Journal, THE SNOW. ,Tbe silvery Snow ! — the silvery Snow ! Like a glory it falls on the fields below the farmer with the ghostly appearance of o brethren of the ink and types — see the fruits of industry ripening before us, and ohscrve the look of good nature and happiness shining thre' jevery feature, as he gazes upon the growth of that which his hand has planted, and hear the voice of health, and joy, and plenty from his farm house — we are almost led to believe that the good things of this life are not equally dis- tributed. It is the truth, thai mankind are not half sensi- ble enough of the farmer's situation in regard to happiness, over every other class in the commu- nity. While the merchant, mechanic, and the professional man, are harassed with care and anxiety, the farmer's life is as free and clear as tl»e air that meets him when he goes to his field After the labors of the day are over, the husband- man can retire to his home, and enjoy tho " lux ury of rest." Not so with the man of business: he only exchanges perplexing toil for anxious re flection : and while the lord of the soil is dream- ing of fat oxen, and agricultural prizes, his eyes are unclosed, and his mind is upon the stretch |in an emlt-a^or to invent means of taking up And the trees with their diamond branches appear notes at the bank, or some such equally pleasan Like the fairy.growth ofsomc magical sphere ; jcogitations. — Old Colony Press. While soft as music, and wild as white, It glitters and floats in the pale moonlight And spangles the river and fount as they flow ; Oh ! who has not loved the bright, beautiful snow Tho 3ilvory snow, and tho crinkling frost — How merry we go when the earth BOems lost , Like spirits that rise from the dust of Time, To livo in a purer and holier clime ! ( A new creation without a stain — Lovely as Heaven'* own pure domain, But ah ! like the many fair hopes of our years, It glitters awhilo — and then melts into tears. TO A WARM WIND IN WINTER. Low, sweet wind, whose melody Floats along the rippled. sen, Why, to ridu the curling foam, Didst thou leave thy pleasant homo 1 For thy motion soft audsiow, And thy voice so sweet and low, Toll of milder climes than this, Far beyond the blue abyss i Farmers possess the mean? of living within themselves, and are not under the disagreeable necessity of fawning for patronuge, or stooping to flattery for a livelihood, or bartering opinion, reputation and conscience, for gold. Their oc- cupation is. therefore, such as naturally to pro- duce independence of thought, of feeling and action; and by means of this acknowledged in- fluence, it may, we think, be remarked without subjecting ourselves to the just imputatipn of forming invidious comparisons, that no class ot community are so free from deceitfulncss, be- cause free from all motives to dc eitl'ulness, — !so correct in their judgment as to the honesty 'of public men, and the consistencv of public measures, and so entirely independent in their iviews of legislative and national policy. They are, therefore, estimable members of the com- munity, especially of a republican communi- Jty ; — for they are the main pillars which sup- jport the fabric of her government and free insti- jtutinns: — they constitute the nerve of war, the stability of peace, and the spring of a country's 'prosperity; they are, in short, the grand foun jtain head, whence all the streams of wealth 'power, influence, and safety flow : — And the pro position will generally be found to be true, that Dost thou como from Araby, Where eternal summers bo 1 Or where over ocean isles Everlasting verdure smiles? Sporting under spicy trees, Singing where the roses blow, — ■ Couldst thou leave them, wandering breeze, las f mirt the rurul scenes and bowers of the farm w i ers happy home. 11 there is any where on eartl a terrestrial Paradise, it is here For the land of cold and snow |no where can domestic quietness and happiness |be discovered, so pure from an alloy of misory, farm- earth Dost thou bring from. Eastern bowers, Tidings of tho birds and flowers '? For tlx? birds away have flown, — And the flowers are shruuk andgono ! Go, and tell them how we long For the roses and the song : Now, sweet wind, 1 warn thao go* — Here is only cold and snow ! Pasture and Kay. — He who wishes to have good pasture throughout the season, and good crops of hay, must keep his stock in the barn yard until his pasture fields are wel' grown over with grass, aim' by no means turn his cattle or horses into the meadow. Some farmers come short of hay, anj rather than buy, feed off the J 1S37. Third Mosth, MARCH, begins on Wed n eiiqg, Among the BOQISJM tins month wan ihe fart in thfl year. Its name tru derived from Man Um lira hen god ol war and conteniion Marriage* made in it were UftOally accounted milium, v I'he wind* of Maich, which come careering over our field* und ro.nl* and pathway! lithuu/h " cutting winds ' to ihe invalid, are highly beoefieiaJ, as they te:U to dry up the damps that tL thaw* have let loose, and the previous frost* have prevented from sinking into the earth they also " pipe to the spirit ditties" the words which tell tales of the forth coming flowers. The fa<-> of nature gradually changes ; the sap ascends, and the embryo MoMoma are almost visibly ■true gling towards light and I lie, he.icath their rough and unproiWtlog Outer co.it*. it New Moon, Mond. 6th, 3. 21. e, s.w.jmrk ihe crv Zi ■uSeriM sailors D First Quar. Monti 13th, 11. 2. e. w J Full Moon, Wed. 22nu\ I. 53. m. s.w. a Last Quar. Wed. 29th, 8. 16. m. s.w. Hear the dreadful wfiirl-md* roar; See the •rrrek Uy ivretlmg »urge* Dhs'.M in frafinei'U ufi t!.r s'.nre. \1 f^W Sun rises. Sun Bets. Moon ri»en. Moon South. H.gh Water. Sun's decl. D a X V * 6 2b 5 34 2 35 6 58 3 ( 7 3o I St J. 6 25 •5 35 3 42 8 2 4 36 7 IC 6 23 ) 37 4 37 9 6 6 2 6 47 4 S 8 22 .5 38 5 22 10 8 7 4 6 21 6 21 5 39 5 58 11 7 7 53 6 D 111 6 19 5 41 sets. aft. 8 3 3 5 37 \s A 7 T 6 18 5 42 7 1 51 9 1 1 5 14 7t 6 17 5 43 8 13 1 39 9 46 4 51 T V J. (i 15 5 45 9 21 2 25 10 22 4 27 1 U J 6 14 5 46 10 29 ' 3 13 10 58 4 4 i 1 < 6 12 5 48 11 40 4 2 11 41 3 40 1 9 m\ 1 Z 6 11 5 49 morn. 4 51 aft. 27 3 17 a 1 O ill. G 10 5 50 43 5 42 1 23 2 53 n fi 8 5 52 1 44 6 34 2 29 2 29 n 6 7 5 53 2 36 7 26 3 46 2 6 1 fi T l O 1 6 G 5 54 3 24 8 16 4 59 1 42 £ 1 7 T? 6 4 5 56 4 4 9 5 6 6 1 IS ft 1 o o 6 3 5 57 4 37 9 52 6 5.3 5j rt 19 A 6 2 5 58 5 7 10 36 7 34 31 n 20 M 6 6 5 32 11 20 8 5 s. 7 21 T 3 59 6 1 5 52 morn. 8 37 X. 17 22 W 5 58 6 2 rises. 2 9 S 40 23 T 5 56 6 4 7 47 44 9 34 1 4 24 F 5 55 6 5 8 57 1 29 10 15 1 27 25 S 5 53 6 7 10 8 2 15 10 53 1 51 ; a ; 26 A 5 52 6 8 11 22 3 6 11 35 2 16 ii 27 M 5 51 6 9 morn. 4 morn. 2 3b t 28 T 5 49 G 11 35 4 59 26 3 1 i 29 W 5 4S 6 12 1 41 6 1 1 38 3 25 75 ' 30 T 5 47 G 13 2 40 7 4 3 3 4S 31 F 5 6 15 3 25 8 5 4 4 4 U Weather, &.c. Low I ule*. bluster. ? gr. elon.W. [ing. ' Adieu !" Kilher Winter .md, l'u world when about iu qjoM It; D Perigee. £ D . 'j, Jint ( Mid-Lont Sund. With hU oltl while wig half ofThi A. if never made to lit it. |head, High Tides. \SXS£ t ' Adieu I I 'in going to ihe rockt sn 1 caves, Aphelion. J/~ffli d D 7*s. ? Aphelion Sunshine and show- J Aphelion. [ers. Very Low Tides. D Apogee. [rick. t J> U 6 . Si.Pat- S V. Y'd L.s.11.22 $ Stationary. #ent. PP2. 39 aft To leave all here behind me ; )r piihap. I sha.ll sink in the north-j ern wave. So deep that none can find me tiood 'riday. [6 $ U. 6 D b. Good luck, good luck, to you; hoary locks t" " Sai'l ihe g-.iy young Sprint advancing ; (and rwekk. Go, t=«ke y.,ur nap, mid ihV cavui- While I c er the earth am dancing Deep river otto : .--hnl/n D.lD.le. 1,11 21 12 2 84 11 36 4 Twil't • r.a' V r 55 8; 22 49 41 8 23 26 4 27 8| 3 i+r a, 7*s. 21 34 8.50 8 52 018 22 -^3 8 47j 8 45 eve. 23 9 8 44* 8 44:11 r so-i 4 8 • I A so.j .v 37© pi. c 1 D Decl \t\ii\ 10 45 9 59 10 1 12 38.340 45 10 27 35 S 15j 19!2» 10 5619 19 1 11 7 8 40i 9 18 10 151350 45 8 40 7 «1 41| 2 19 22 X 11 1 19 2i Of 6 26N 7 19 22 March 5, 1770. Boston Massacre. lis aooiversary, for manj years, was observed with greal solemnity ; end the most eloquent oraurs were successively employed to deliver an annual oratioi .0 preserve the remembrance of it Iresh in their minds. On th»*e occasions, the blessings of liberty, the horrors of slavery, the dangers of a standing; army, the ri|hjs of the colonies, etc., were repre- sented to the public view unler their most pleasing and ahrmins forms. 1st Sprinrr Month, MARCH, has 31 days. 1S37. ! .111 the birds of the heavens tcrre ftrd. .Ter. iv. 25. The birds will soon return to cheer us with their melody. Who conducts tliora ? Who is their pi lot through the long journey ? How 'manifest it. tliat power which is shove all animal instinct ! VVc see God in nil his works. — These : little warblers, that wing their way through the devious air, have their instinct, it is true, but who 'g.ivc them that instinct 1 Is it a matter of chance altogether ? (J, no ; the life of the sparrow !alone will rcfr.to all infidel schemes. These annual migrations are conducted by a power Supreme, the country, the plain, the hill-tops, tl>e accustomed tree, the sate shelter and secure retreat, are all pointed out by the ringer of Him, whose care and regard is ever extended to the minutest of his works. Tl is no small alloy to that most charming delight of the mild season, the ■Susie and twittering of the smaller birds, to hear the surrounding hills reverberate with the report of guns thnt wanton and insensible men and boys are aiming at their lives. The utility to thel agriculturist, of severnl kinds of bird*, the robin in particular, in so obvious, that even lcgisla-j live interference is imperiously demanded, t« rescue it from the bloody fangs of the fowler. Til K SPRING. The Spring— she is a blessed thing ! She is the mother of the flowers ! She i^ the mate ef birds and hues, The partner of their revelries, Our star of l^pn through wintry hours. Tho littlo brooks run on in light, As if they had a chase of mirth ; Tho skies aTO blue, the air is warm, Our very hearts have caught the cburm 'That sheds « beauty over earth. She comes with more than present good — With joys to sto r e for future years, From which in striving crowds apart The bowed in spirit, bruised in heart, May glean up hope with greateful tears. Up — and let us to tho fields away, Aud braathe the fresh ami balmy air; The bird is building in the treo, The fluwer bu op-ned to the boe, And health, and love, and pouco are there THE TORNADO. Dost thou love to hear the rushing Of the tempest in its might 1 Dest thou love to see the gushing Of the torrent at its height ? Come then forth beforo the gloaming Deepens into darkest night, While tho troubled sea is .foaming In it* wild phosphoric fight. Lo ! the long unopened fountains Of the clouds have burst at lust, And the echoes of tho mountains Lift their sounding voice* fast. How u thousand rills are pouring Down their clamorous waterfulls, And tho wrathful stream is roaring High above its rocky wnlls. No longer hoary winter reigns, No longer binds the streams in chains, Or heaps with snow the meads; Array'd with robe of rainbow-dyo, At last the spring appears on high, And, smiling over earth and sky, Her new creation leads. The snows confess a warmer ray, Tiie loosen'd streamlet loves to stray, And echo down tho dale; The hills uplift their summits green, The vales moro verduhfc spread between, The cuckoo in tho wood unseen Coos ceaseless to tho gale. The rainbow arching woos the eye, With all the colours of tho 9ky, W Uh all the pride of spring ; meadows ; the consequence is. their next crop o hay is ruined, and the spring following they are eom|>elJed to do the same ; thus they are ever straitened for hay, and their forms impoverished — it is just the same with pasture fields. He who turns out his stock ca>ly will never have good pasture ; and his fields are kept bare by close grazing until they too are exhausted ; and what grass roots the horse and 9hcop do not pull up in the Ml are so exposed by their nakedness, that the frost of winter destroys them, and thus! the grazing part of the farm is ruined. Let himj who wishes to have a vigorous and early growth I of grass, permit hit fields to go into wintei quar-; tors, with a good cover of oh! grass; keep the bars rAl up, the shrep off during winter, and he can ncvir .'ail. Strawberries. — As soon as your beds arebarci in the spring, spread over them a slight covering of straw, and set fire to it. This will consume all 'the decayed leaves, fee left last season, and 1-ave tho whole neat and clean. Then spread on a little fine manure from the yard, or ashes, which will answer quite as well : and then a covering of chaff, say two inches thick. This method is said to bring the plants and fruit forward earlier, aufi to make the latter larger and of better quality. l! keeps the fruit clean, ami ripens it finely* The Potato, says a writer in the Horticultural Register, is the most important of the plants hitherto known and tried by the inhabitants of temperate climates ; producing on iti equal space of ground, so many more times the amount of farinaceous and wiioicsomc food for the subsis- tence of men, than can be obtained from wheat, Indian corn, or any other variety of grain. It svas introduced into Europe, from South Ameri- ca, soon after the discovery of the new world ; in consequence whereof, millions, have been added to the population nnd those dreadful famines prevented, which were formerly of such frequent occur/once. It was carried to Ireland in 158G by Sir Walter Raleigh, and that eountry is sup- posed to contain double the population it could have supported but for the cultivation of this root. A valuable and highly nutritive starch is prepared from the potato, which, by a certain process, may bo converted into sugar. Rhubarb. Tiiis valnablo plant for tarts is ob- tained from seeds sown in March, or from off- sets. The plant should be covered by a barrel or jbox, and heating manure put over the barrol. |Very early in the spring 'he leaves of a rooted plant will be sufficiently large for use. Appe:he—\ relish lwtowed t.pon the poorer classes, that they may liko what ihey oat —while it 11 suldom en- joyed by the rich, Iv-cause ihey may eat wh.it ihey like. 1837. Fourth Month, APRIL, hc^riiis on Saturday. With all rtt caprice- we l.ke the month ol April; tho B e laughing ami eying day., when Md shade MM to r.*e m b.llows over the landscape. We l.ke to .<» .ud/eo XweV cour^S jv. r .he moa.Jovv, and g,v ; ,.g al natu.e a gre. ner K mile ; and the bright .UD beam* cheeilTIK Hy .g cloud and um.ng aU .to drop, into diamond.. The reeled, of Gird* now wwm\i upon S ear lor once ... the year they are u* buny a- the be** are alwuv- They are getting heir h u"'-. ow. Each aucceeding week pottM lorlh fresh betUliej Iron, the lap ,1" flora. • New Moon, Wed. 5th, 2. *T. m. n.k.I uLtiurw lucrum* vtitu ard... , is i lr ZK? uar '™ H *' 12lh ' 6 - c> 8 - ! Shadw % »wHU« o'ei Ibe fold, , O * oil Moon, Than. 20th, 3.44 e. n.e.1 Showw* revive ibe drooping veidure q Lflgf Q«qr. Thaw. *7th, -2. 3. e n.w I 9<*mi the sannv upland virlds. M Sl vv Days. Ts" 2 A 3 M 4 T 5 \\ 6 T 7 F 8 S 9 A 10 M 11 T 12 W 13 T 14 F 15 S 16 A 17 M 18 T 19 W 20 T 21 F 22 S 23 A 24 M 25 T 26 W 27 T 28 F 29 S n A 44 6 1 6 436 17 41 6 19 -it)., 20 39,6 21! 3T16 23 36 ( 6 24 35i6 25 33 6 27 5 32(6 28 5 30*6 30 5 29 ! 6 31 5 28 6 32 5 27|6 33 5 25 6 35 3 24'6 36 5 23j6 37 5 22 6 38 5 21 6 39 5 19 6 41 5 18 (5 42 5 17 6 43 5 16 6 44 5 1416 46 5 13|6 47 5 12 6 4S 5 116 49 ? ioJg 50 8 6 52 7 6 53 Moon i Mono rises, south. 4 34 9 56 5 2 10 48 High water 5 59 6 53 7 43 5 26 sets. 8 20 9 27 10 34 11 39 morn. 37 1 26 2 7 2 42 3 15 3 42 11 36! 8 13 aft. 23] 8 51 1 111 9 27 1 58] 10 1 2 48110 40 3 39 1121 4 33 alt. 13 5 25 6 15 7 4 7 54 8 38 9 22 4 5 10 4 4 26 10 47 4 48 11 31 rises. 8 1 9 16 10 29 11 41 morn. 41 1 33 2 11 2 44 3 10 morn. 17 1 2 2 4 5 6 7 5 7 5S 1 5 2 5 3 9 4 28 5 35 6 23 7 6 7 40 8 13 8 47 9 25 PHI due l. 4 35 4 58 5 21 5 44 6 6 6 29 6 52 7 14 7 37 7 59 8 21 8 43 9 5 9 26 9 48 10 9 10 30 10 51 11 12 11 33 11 53 12 13 710 3 l! 10 43 12 33 12 53 13 13 13 32 13 51 14 10 14 29 14 48 58 11 34 1 morn. 4 31 6l 1 45 3 3 4 30 8 48, 5 43 Holy U.iyn, Aapucta, Tide*, Weather, «tc. i> Perigee. [ D *JL Low Sunday. |iSaS£| ? 6 • U Stationary! ? D d . H. storm C- eclipsed, invisible.) High Tides. An ye»! I know 'lik Spring; (chain, I For Lac brook* have burn ihenj 6 D 7*s. Pleasant.] 2d Sund. alt. Easter.j «n'l glu'lly now their t •mo. luxury nm ny, fQ 07 < and oeorfce KLL \y z • • !> eclipsed, invisible. D . Sh'ers in many High Tides, [places. 11 33! 6119 143,' 2 19121 04.5 8 43 8 55 9 4441 26. 7 23! 7 35 1 4 21 23 11,28 5.\ N|l9j20l 1 31 8 45 9 6| 9 8 11 34| fi 48! 7 9 ^ F. 31 9 10 "15 12S 8jl9!19 April 19, 1775. On this ever-memorable day, the grand crisis arrived, the signal of war warn iiven, and the blood shed at Lexington opened the first scene in the zreat drama that absolved thest Jnited States from England, and riised them from the humble character of British colonics, t' ) iha*. ol a sovoreign indej>endent nation. April 6, 1930. Joseph White murdered at Salem, Mass April 2, 174 i. President Jefferson born at Chesterfield county, Va. April 2:5, 1830. Remarkable high tide along the coast of New England ; much damage done or the wharves and in the stores. Auril 21, 323 B. C. Alexander the great died. 2d Spring Month APRIL, has 30 days. 1S37. . The time of the sinking of birds is come. Cant. ii. 12. The return of the birds is in the most 'undeviating order 1 hose who left us last, who seemed unwilling to depart from their accus- tomed haunts, and to turn from those whose friendship they were wont to experience, are the that to greet us with their vernal melody. Thus, as soon as the spring opens, we hear the blue- jbird chirping upon our housetops, and the song of the robin awakens us from our morning drow- siness The marsh-lark, too, is seen skimming through the air, and the black bird returns to his Ifavorite meadow lands. — The air is soon re peopled with its multitude of songsters, and the fields land woodlands resound with swelling notes of music. What a signal example to man also to jjoin in the Anthem, and to make the song of praise- universal ! Man is the only reasoning creature on «*arth ; yet seems to be the only doubling and thankless creature among the vust millions that • he Creator has formed. The warbling world which has slept so long, is now awake, and from every grove their varied and boundless song bursts upon us in all its richness and melody. Now heaven descends in sunny showers, The sudden lields put on the tiowers, The green leaves wave upon the bowers, And birds begin to sing. The cattle wander in the wood, And rind the wanton verdant food, Beside the well-known rills; Blithe in the sun the shepherd swain, Like Tun, atones the pastoral strain, While many echoes send again The music of the hills. At eve, the primrose path along, The milkmaid shortens with a song Pier solitary way ; She sees the fairies, with their queen, Trip hand in hand the circled green, And hears them raise at times unseen, The ear- enchanting lay. Maria, come ! Now let us rove, Now gather garlands in the grove, Of every in:w sprung llower ; We'll hear the warblings of the wood, We'll trace the windings of the flood; O cbme, thou fairer than the bud Unfolding in a shower. THE ARCTIC LOVER TO HIS MISTRESS. Gone is the long, long winter night, Look, my boloved one ! How giorious, through his .depths of light, Rolls the majestic sun ! The willows, waked from winter's death, Give out a fragrance like thy breath — The summer is begun ! Ay, 'tis the long bright summer day : Hark, ru that mighty crash ! The loosened ice-ridge br laks away — The smitten waters flash- Seaward the glittering metuntain rides, While down its green'tran^-lucent sides, The foamy torrents dash. See, love, my boat is moored for thee, By ocean s wacdy floor — The'petrel does not skin: itae *«a More swiftly than my car. We'll go where, on the rocky isles. Her eggs the screaming sea-fowl piles Beside the pebbly shots. Or, bide thee where (he poppy blows, With wind-flowers frail and fair, While I, upon his isle of snows, Seek and defy the bear. Fiei ce though he be, and huge of frame, This arm hit savage strength shall tame, And drag him from his lair. When crimson sky and flamy cloud Bespeak the summer fled, " GIT YOUR OWN LIV1N." " Go home about your business, and git your own living' said an industrious and worthy son of Vulcan, to an improvident cousin-in law who had been for some i ime taxing his hospitality Jat an unreasonable rate ; '' take your family and Igo home, and practise industry and frugality ac cording to your anilities, and >ou will have no 'reason to be sponging your linin out of others in this way. 1 thump away at the anvil early and [late, to provide a competence for my wife and •little ones, and I won't submit to see them depri- ved of it by those who are too lazy to work ! I git vmy own livin, and you may do the same." The jforcible manner in which the foregoing exhorta ition was delivered, caused it to be remembered in the neighborhood of our hero, where it is often !n pplicu, as a lash to the idle, or a stimulus to the thrifty. As I journey through life, and behold the vast multitudes who are striving by every means in their power, with might and main, by '.out and crook, o gain a subsistence from the avail of the labor of others, I cannot refrain from ex- plaining, what a pity it is that people are so loth to '■git their own livin .'" When I see the unnumbered hosts that throng our legislative assemblies from year to year witl pe'itiDU upon petition for acts of special legisla- tion, to assist them, through a protence of '■'■pub lie good," to ride upon the shoulders of the peo pie ; I would say to them all, " go about your business ; git your own licin." When 1 behold Lawyers and Doctors, uniting hoart and hand to perpetuate a monopoly of law and physic; branding as pettifoggers and quacks all who have the audacity to pi act ice witi out the seal of their approbation, and calling upon com- munity for exclusive patronage ; I think to my self, Gentlemen, stand upon your own merits. Let the victory of skill establish your claims ; " git your own lioin." When I reflect upon the swarms of sturdy beg- ?ars who are roving abou\ from house to house, vith pitiful stories, to excite the sympathies of the ompissionate, and to draw from " the man of •.eling" a portion of his wealth, and from the in- ligent widow her " two mites ;" 1 say to myself, •hanty should never become the dupe of knaves. For aught I know they are a set of impostors ; a' all events, lei them "git their own lie in." 1 When 1 am called upon by a friend, who, dis carding the occupation of his youth, wishes to embark in uncertain speculations upon the strength of " bank facilities," and solicits my name to assist him in carrying his schemes into operation, 1 frankly answer, No! should you be unsuccessful, your misfortune would involve me in ruin also. J might as well loan you money without security, as to become responsible for the fulfilment of your engagements with others. "J git my ownlivin ;" you must do the same. 1837. Fifth- Month, MAY', begins oft Monday. | What production of the most skilful artist can compare with that i imitable pictuie whicn na-i lure presents on aline Mat morning ? The blossoms of the different fruit tree* mingling their tints! I of pink and wuite with the more sable green that surrounds them ; the numerous flowers which! I meet the eye in varied succession, regaling the sense; with their rich perfume, and displaying in! ! their endless variety the skill of that Divine Artist from whose hand they proceed; the melodious j songs of the feathered tribe, exulting in their liberty, greatly increase the effect of this scene, which lis rendered perfect by the glorious and everlasting source of life and heat rising majestically above I I be horizon, and diffusing his cheering and life-giving beams on all around. gfNew Moon, Ttmrs. 4th, 2. 9 e. s.w. Pearly beams the eye of morning ; | j) First Quar. Friday 12th, 0. 47. e. e. Child, forbear the deed unblest * O Full !Yloon, Satur. 20th, 2. 3G. in. s.w. Hawthorn every hedge adorning - r Last Quar. Frida. 26th, 7. S. e. n. \ Pluck the flower.?, hut spare the nest. Sun Sun Moon Moon n s» Sun 's 8 Holy Days, Asoeets, Tides, Days. rises. sets. ris es. south. water. decl. i vT •3 6 6 51 ~3~ 9 36 6 34 15 6 x" All, )t> ! 1 know 'tin taring, Uy lha ikiea that gn.w so fair ; 9 T 5 5 6 5o 3 58 10 22 7 19 15 24 I see it i u the IdosnoiuiDg. I feci il in the *ir ; 3 \V 5 4 6 56 4 23 11 9 8 4 15 42 T i Fine graving TO t $ veaitker. [_ ° r • -± j. 5 3 6 57 sets. 1 1 55 8 31 15 59 8 .Ascension-Day. > 1 tv p Holy Thursday. S O F + • 5 F 3 2 o 58 8 24 aft. 44 9 7 16 16 O o 5 1 6 59 9 28 1 34 9 44 16 33 n A % ft FlitrhTiflps 7 A 1 59 7 1 10 30 2 27 10 24 16 50 n ^ 1 1 ti /I nft \ wppncinn OUllU. till. - \ M. C ll> IV 11 . 8 M 4 5S 7 2 11 24 3 19 11 6 17 7 375 1 hexr it in the melodies That waken nie from sleep, Q T <7 J- 4 57 7 3 morn. A 12 11 52 17 23 25 And in the Lbouttnd li.irin..in«3 'flint o'er my spirit ci«ep- 1 u v> 4 56 7 4 8 5 3 aft. 43 17 39 33 ft 4 nntrpp M liar u thl J Apogee, \aeourgtoftlu 1 1 T ill 4 55 7 47 5 51 1 3ffll'7 54 ft" 1 v> F 4 54 7 6 1 21 6 36 2 31 IS 9 £1 > * ]V * A pleasing verdure U O f • { appears ou th« l.icc loo 4 53 7 7 1 52 7 20 3 36 18 24 "5 r,nwTiflp< [of the eaarth i j A 14 j£±. 4 52 7 g 2 11 S 2 4 40 18 39 Pentecojrt^ or Wlnt~Suiiday. ID lU 4 51 7 9 2 3-i 8 44 5 42 18 >> nil-JlOn. J sou ih J. 15. i O JL 4 50 7 10 2 55 9 26 6 28 19 7 Whit-Tiif^rlii v 1 7 Vv 4 50 7 10 3 16 10 11 7 13 19 21 Jh, the merry May has plexsani And dreamily they glide, lhour>. 4 49 7 11 3 40 11 7 49 19 34 "1 OLip. O + • Joulcasl oy 1 Q V 4 48 7 12 4 6 11 51 8 28 19 47 iU j T Tv S Heaven, and tin; O V " • f subject of the devil. 20 S 4 47 7 13 rises. morn. 9 10 20 Ok \s if they floated, like the leaves, Upon a silver tide. 21 A 4 46 7 14 9 30 49 9 54 20 12 b Trinity Sunday. 22 M 4 45 7 15 10 3a 1 51 10 40 20 24 V? Very hi<»h Tides. 23 T 1 41 7 16 11 3u 2 56 11 30 20 36 V5 n Ppri $ Begwlnt, or ihe IA- 24 W 4 44 7 16 mom 3 59 morn. 20 47 V5 The trees *re full of crimson huds, And the woods iire full of birds, 2 > T 4 43 7 17 11 4 59 15 20 58 v station. ^S'wj.pS! 26 F 4 4-2 7 lfc 48 5 55 1 32 21 9 ^ p j£{ [son, if not loo dry. 27 S 1 41 7 19 1 16 6 46 2 41 21 19 X Low Tides. A 4 41 7 19 1 40 7 33 3 55 21 29 X 1st S lukL aft. Trinity 21) M 1 40 7 20 2 2 8 19 5 6 21 38 HP 2inQ. D¥«k 50 T 1 39 7 2] 2 26 9 6 3 21 47 cp Vnd the waters fl'>w to nnisic,. Like » tune with pleusant words- Jl W 1 1 30 r 21 2 48 9 49 6 49 21 56| 8 iJe nol a judge bctwien fri*nds. D.'D.le. Twii't.l ^r.al 9r a /Jr.a t r.a 7*se. 1 I 4 so. 0Fj© pi. 13 58 A -21 91 > -M\ > 17, 8 48 9 20, 8 28.11 41, 6 101 (i 42 3 5 40 32 14 III 3 A <) :» 12 3 (»' 8 51 1 9 35 rise. 11 49! 5 34 6 18 3 53 50 32 14 28 2 47 lOj 3 52, 3 55 1 8 5 ti\ U 53 i 4 l(i| noonl 5 0( 5 5B13 45100 10 May 2a 0| ft Decl. | 9 21*1 2 40S.i 13 25 23 :i5N.il7 28 2(i 22S. 20 if. i 19 18 IS 101 18 ! 15' 35, Old Stvle. llnlr, Burnaraed the Venerable, an-EngliBli n»onk, and an eccle- siastical writer ofadme note, died, aged 02. He was also an eminent astronomer, and gave ;iirtsiiaa names to the planets and signs of the Zodiac, which it could bi wished hud been re- auied ; but later astronomers think the ancient names wight to be continued, to avoid contusftn. ind to preserve the ancient nstro'riSmv. Mav 19. 1 7K0. Memorable dark day in New kngland. 8d Spring Month MAY, has 31 days. 1SS7, He sendi.th the springs into the valleys, which run among ths hills. Thnj give drink to evrrti beast of the field : by them nhall the fowls of heaven hare th'-ir habitation which sing among the branches. Pa. civ. 10, 11 and 13. in the retirement of tlie country we hear none or tin wanton and corrupting airs of the opera ; bo, nw the majestic and ennobling melody of the oratorio. Hut we hare a band of muiic stationed in the grove, and a concert of native harmony warbling from the boughs. W« are entertained with the music which charmed the human ear. long beforej Jubal found out his instrument*, anil thousands of yearn before Handel composed bis notes. Birds, when the cheerful morning rises, or the gentle evening descends, perched on a thousand boughs, play a thousand airs, wildly, yet sweetly harmonious And did ever nitric exceed their •prightly untaught warbliugs 1 Or can any colour outvie their gay nnd glossy plumage ? And snows, that melt no more, enshroud The valleys white and de.-id, I'll build of ice thy winter home, With glistening walls and lucid dome, And floor with skins bospread. The white fox by thy couch shall play ; And from the frozen skies, The meteors of a mimic day Shall fluah upon thii>e eyes. And I — for such thy vow — mcanwhi'c, Shall hear thy voice and see thy smile, Till that long midnight flies. i When T ace an amiable and arcompiished > young lady, upon the point of uniting her de*-i tiny for life witn a contemptible fop, whose' chief digni'y consists in his goggles *ud a walk ' ing ftick ; or with one who loves his bot-' tie better than bis fair ono : beware, my dear,' .thinks I, you had better " git your own livin"\ than throw yourself away in tins manner. The; lone will bring you to poverty and want, the; other, to misery and disgrace, i When 1 see a fond father, lavishing upon an on'y son large sums of money, to he spent in bRTAST. idleness mjm dissipation ; miii'aken man, say I, — you aro bringing ruin upon the object of your The Sprino'i scanted buds all around me are fond idolatry; you had better, by far, teach swelling : him to " git his own /inn." He will then know There are songs in the stream — there is heajth how dnly 10 appreciate inherited wealth, to en intbr^gale; joy, in a becoming manner, tho smiles of for- A sense of delight in each bosom is dwelling, tune, and to meet, with tin- fortitude of a phi Am float the pure day-beams o'er mountain loriophcr, the buffefngs of advorsiiy. and vale ; I saw, not lo>>g since, a tender I -tub of the Law The d-*olate reign of Old Winter i* broken — 'wielding Mis axe with all the seal of a liack wood* The verdure is fresh upon every tree ; num. I inquired the cause with astonishment. Of Nature's revivnl the charm, — and a token He had been offered the penerous sum of five Of love, oh thou Spirit of Beauty I to thee. AN EVENING HYMN. Thtrt is a tinge in the sun-light yet. BY MRS. <;. R. DAPOftTE. There is a tinge of sun-light yet Un every waring flower, And day its colden beams has left On hill and mountain bowor. Tnore is a gentle wind that wafu The ripples to the strand ; And stirs the blossoms and tho leave* In this delicious land. There is a sweetness iu the air, A richness on the sky, A thrilling SoftnoM breathing round, That wake* a deeper sigh — As on tho silent heart the tuara Of quiet rapture fall, And nil the loved of oth«r years, With louder thoughts recall. NIAGARA. Nlavara, Niarara — r ireet ing in Its might, the fierce and free Niagara shall be my llvenn to-nifht ; Atglonoun thrine -a glorious home, Nia-ara an mine, llearrn'i fire i- nr, >>y (1 i* "n" wave, Its iIhiimIi l hlriula with thine. The clouds ar« nursling fearfully, the rocka b*- nuaih m« quiver : Bot thou unscathed an hnrrylng on, for over anil for erer. Tear* touch thee not, Niagara I — ihon art a chanfa|fw« linns; — ror vtlll I'm same ooep roundelay, thy eolcmri | _ waUra aing, - • T - t m> — (dollars, by his brother chips, to prepare a load of wood for the fire of his own otn>e. Not scorn- ing the occupation of his ancestors, he prompt- ly accepted the challenge, was pleading Ins own| icause; and never before wsrc his pleadings half; .so forcible. Well done, Charley, thought 1 ; "go iaheud," and for the fir*t time In your life vou I Will be victorious. Those who mahe themselves Imerry at your expense, are fools laughing at their jown follv. Well would it be for Ul all, if they too, wottid subdue their propensity lor ease, and by the sweat of the brow ih git thctr own licm." Bat, alas ! they aro too fond of "fat geese." Whoa — haw buck ! says the farmer, and on- wnrd he jogs through life, the most independent man anion.' us all. His nmtto is I inipii w of virtuous pride flushes across Ins sunburnt visage, he exclaims, " Thrae arr inrne ! the bonrfirent rewnrd of my toil." He "git* his own linn." Anil no doe» llie trades man nnd mechanic And if. in iinilolioii of lhi» wortiiy trio, every member of sorietr won id spend six h'nir- enHi dav, at something really IMRH wo should then lie in fact, what we hum *r« irt neeti titctixlt.'iy, p*atcM>ic, and kapj>> pioflt. J ki t Tlamb. Desire of know le.!er, mriaaee* with ka nripn i em. I'hoae who kn -w ino^i, ar* MOM aoxioii io know more. Bin Ignorant tx-npia think the> i.iva fimhm^ io Ira. ii, Utnui"" ih'y hare Iwiin-. •a h>nj. 1S37. Sixth Montr, JUNE, begins on Tknr.ulnij. What gorgeotia scenery do wo witness on a fine morning in thm " primr of the year!" The country ia now in perfection ; every bush is a ixxcgay, and all the ground a »ieru of embroidery The air is enriched with native perfume, and the whole creation *••*,»* to amile. On every tree we hear the voice of melody, niul in every grove a concert i>f warbling mimic Each herb and shrub ib clad in ita rich';*t garment, and alunei forth in youth and loveliness The tre.es and fields look proudly in the lustinesa of their young green ; au4 the ascending glorious MM mils majestic- ally thiough the deep blue depths, exulting in his everlasting brightness, and shoots out his sultrj slrengih, muking the birds wanton and noisy with the exuberance of their joy. # New Moon, Sat. " 3d, 2. 50. in. n. e D First Quur. Sun. 11th, 5. 35. m. n. |0 Full Moon, Sun.lSth, 10. 55. m. n. d Last Quar. Sun. 525th, L L in. K. School boys In the brook disporting, S]). ; nd the suhry hour of play ; While the nymphs and swains are courting, Sealed on ti t new- made hay. Sun Sun Moon Moon High Sun's :> Days. riM-s. ► els. rises south. water. decl. 8. 1 T 1 38 7 22 3 16 10 3o 7 3* 22 4 a 2 F 4 3S 7 22 3 46 1 1 25 8 8 22 12 n 3 M 4 37 7 23 sets. aft. 16 8 47 22 20 n 4 A 1 37 7 23 9 13 I 9 9 27 22 28 n 5 M 4 36 7 24 10 1 2 2 10 7 22 34 25 6 T 4 36 7 24 10 42 2 53 10 46 22 40 2c 7 W 4 36 7 24 11 18 3 43 11 30 22 46 8 T 1 35 7 25 11 45 4 29 aft. 11 12 52 9 F 1 3.3 7 25 morn. 5 13 54 22 57 10 S 4 35 7 25 11 5 54 1 37 23 2 ii A 4 34 7 26 34 6 35 2 3] 23 6 12 M 4 34 7 26 55 7 16 3 31 23 10 13 T 4 34 7 26 1 17 7 58 4 35 23 14 14 W 4 33 7 27 1 36 8 43 5 38 23 17 - 15 T 4 33 7 27 1 58 9 32 6 31 23 20 16 F 4 33 7 27 2 28 10 29 7 26 23 22 17 S 4 33 7 27 2 58 11 30 8 11 23 24 t ISA 4 33 7 27 rises. morn. 8 59 23 26 I 19 M 4 32 7 28 9 17 35 9 46 23 27 Y? 20 T 4 32 7 2S 10 5 1 41 10 31 23 27 Y? 21 W 4 32 7 28 10 41 2 44 11 17 23 28 22 T 4 32 7 28 11 14 3 43 morn 23 28 23 F 4 32 7 28 11 38 4 37 4 23 27 24 S 4 33 7 2- morn. 5 27 5S 23 26 25 A 4 a3 7 28 3 6 13 1 55 23 25 cy> 26 M 4 33 7 27 26 6 57 3 23 23 op 27 T 4 33 7 27 48 7 41 4 8 23 21 28 W 4 33 7 27 1 12 8 28 5 20 23 18 29 T 4 33 7 27 1 42 9 15 6 15 23 15 30 F 4 33 7 27 2 17 10 6 7 6 23 12ln U.;D. Ic. Twi.'t. • r.a I 14 44 2 36 10 4 36, 11(14 51 2 29 10 5 181 -ill 14 56 2 25 10 5 59' 6 J) 7*8. fteastiM. Til June, 'lit merry muling June . 'Tit blinding S'immer now . 6 ? D & S. Rain., SL.9SSS I High Tides. The ro«e i» rf ,i —i he MaOSi i» dead— The fmii it on the bough. 4 Aphe.& Inf. 6 &. The bir.l-c ir« hai'gs upon the wall. Amnl lli« clusi'riiig fine : I Apogee. 6 U 1> . 6 D t . Showers. I'he rustic teal It in the porch, Where honey .net le» twine. 3d Sund. aft. Trinity. Low Tides, stat. The rosy ragged urchin* play Iicue;th Sund. af. Trinity. LowTides. [sunt for [the season. <)t, baskng, tnrows her dapplei To court the waraien rays, [lorin J t) 7-*,; SThe star Kas-AI- * * bag-it so. at 11. e. I'he jpen'd casement. flinging wide. Gmanw gi* e to view ; Withchoices; posies rang'd between Still wet n-illi mo ruing He x. •- r a _r a ' r.a T^n. ! so _ ro ' mj. i F • j»l. : 1 Q Oecl i 9 |/i | <* 4 53 9 2 10 12 3 35ip. m. 4 23 5 32 2 35 70 43 31 19 8N. 23 18 13 5 46 1 9 9 10 31 -2 33 27 1 3 50 5 12 F 49 80 17 32 6 34X 24 17 11 6 40! » 16 10 50 2 13 421 3 17 4 52 1 18 SB 49 33,22 41 B. 24.17 J Holy Duvb, AsjiecLt, Tide*, VV. at her, &.c. ju.ieb, / ,&aiiuy, iaio. iitfiuariuiuie lor ine degree oi cold and Iron in .New bo^laDd n re:ord ; the moon being entirely invisible during the whole time of total obscurity ; although the, venin» was perfectly fair and clear, and the atmosphere entirely free from haae, smoke, or cloude of any kind. 'I'he oldest person linns, we presume, does not remember a rumilar instance. 1st Summer Month, has 30 days. 1S37. Let us go forth into the field. Cant. vii. 11. How delightful are the scenes of rural nature. In the country, it is true, there are none of the modish, I had almost said meretricious ornaments of that false politeness, which refines people out of their veracity, but an easy simplicity of man-| ners with an unaffected einceriry of mind. Here, the solemn farce of ceremony is seldom brought into play, and the pleasing delusions of compliment have no place; but the brow is the real index of the temper, and speech the genuine interpreter of the heart. In the country we are seldom invited to see the mimic attempts of human art ; but we every where behold the grand and masterly exertions of divine power. No theatre erects its narrow singe, surrounds it with puny rows of ascending seats, or adorns it with ashifiing series of gorgeous scenery. But fields extend their ample area — meadows disclose their beautiful bosom, and grooes of various leaf, arrayed in freshest verdure, and liberal of their reviving shade, rise in amiable, in noble prospect all around. I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round ; And thought, that when I came to lie Within the silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that, in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich green mountain turf should break. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away ! I will not think of these — Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet, And the damp mould gently prost Into my narrow place of rest. There, through the long, long summer houri, The golden light should lie, And thiols young herbs and groups of flowers Stand in th«ir beauty bv ; Tho oriole should build and tell The love-tale close beside my cell ; Th* idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife b«e and humming bird. And what, if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come, from the village sent, Or song* of maids, beneath the moon, With fairy laughter blent? And what, if in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument? I would the lovely seeno around light know no sadder sight or sound. I know, I know, I should net see The season's glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music flow ; But if around my place of sleep, The friends I love should come to weep, They might not haste to go : Soft airs, nnd song, and light, and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb. Th«>se to their softened hearts should bear The thought nf what ha* been, And speak of one who cannot share The gladness of the scene ; Whose part in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer lulls, Is — that his grave is green; And deeply would their hearts rejoioe To hear, again, his living voice. Brtaht DOMESTIC ECONOMY". Spare not nnr spend too much, be this thy cars, Spare but to spend, and only spend t<> spare ; Who spenis 100 mi oh, may want, and so complai B>u he spends besi, who spares t» spend again. | Independence of the Farmer — The merchant jor manuf icturer may be robbed of the reward of |his labor, by the changes of the foreign or do- jmestic market entirely beyond his control, and |msy wind up a year in which he had done every thing which intelligence and industry could do to insure success, not only without profit, but with an actual diminution of capital. The strong arm of mechanic industry may be enfeebled or jparalized by the prostration of those manuf .ctur- !ing or commercial interests to whose existence it so essentially contributes, and on whom in turn it so essentially depends. But what has the intelligent and industrious farmer to fear? His capital is investen in the solid ground ; ho draws on a fund which, from time immemorial, has never failed to honor all just demands; his profits may be diminished indeed, Out never wholly suspended ; his success depends on no mere earthly guarantee, but on the assurance of that groat and beneficent Being, who has declar- ed, that while the earth endureth, seed time and harvest shall not cease. On saving time. — A prudent man is as saving of his time as ot his substance. Forj as it is by the use of time that substance is acquired, he "who is slothful in his work, is no better than he who is a great waster." Sedulus, who is a frugal and industrious man, once observed to me, hat there is much more need of econo- my in the application of our time, than our money; tor our money we may keep by us, if we will, and dispose of it when we think best ; but our time is always pas- sing, whether we will or no, and if we use it not, when it is going, we lose it forever. It is a matter, says he, " of principal importance to do every thing in season. A day then is worth a week at another time. love to converse with my friends ; but I never visit them, nor wish them to visit me, in the more busy seasons, when the mind cannot be at liberty Mere ceremo- ny never ought to take place of necessary duty. I so plan my business, that every one in my family may find employment the year round. The school finds busi- ness for my younger membejs ; and the knowledge acquired there, is afterwards 'improved by a proper use of the seasons iof leisure and recess. " I take the newspapers, which always contain something instructive, and give isome useful information. They are a cheap and easy vehicle ofknowledge, and 'I am always glad, when I find in them 1 837. Seventh Month, JULY, be^im on Saturday. All i>t vigor and activity in the vegetable kingdom lid* mouth. The gurden a fiord* many , ty inmates, and the field* glow with every hue and shade of colorific radiance. Ah Summer advan- ces, the vocal niucic of the groves diminishes, and with tins month may be said to MAM, if wc except the chirping of the wren, and two or three other small birds l—Wfti take the pluce of the leathered tribe, and h ing for the most part hatched in the spring , they IN now in full vigor The grain gradually assume* a yellow hue, and the cobrs which decorate the rural scene are no | longer so numerous. The flowers which MOMOBM d in die last month, soon innture their »eeds and haston to decny. A new race succeeds, wh ch demands all the fervid rays of a solsticial sun to ■ring tj perfection. The various fruits that l'ninonu now begins to offW to allay the parching :hirst, gooseberries, blackberries and others, are peculiarly refreshing at this sultry season. # New Moon, Sund. 2d, 4.30. c. w. D First Quar. Mond. 10th, 6. 9. e. s.r.. O Full Moon, Mond. 17th, 5. 49. e. k. fj Last Quar. Mond. 2 Uli, 9. 5. m. s.w, Sun Sun Moon | Moon " High Sun's D Days. rises. seU. rises. south. water. decl. s. 1 s 4 34 7 26 3 ~ olio 5^ 7 4923 b n 2 A 1 34 7 26 sets. 1 1 51 8 26 23 4 to 3 M 4 34 7 26 8 34 aft. 42 9 722 59 S> 4 T 1 3;> 7 25 9 Ill 1 32 9 43 22 54 5 W i 35 7 25 9 4 2 2 19 10 19 22 49 n 6 T 4 36 7 24 10 3 3 10 55 22 43 a 7 F 4 36 7 24 10 33 3 4L 1 1 30 2 2 37 s s 4 37 7 23 10 52| 4 26 .ft. 8 22 3 c 9 A 4 37 7 23 11 12 5 6 43 22 2.1 '9! 10 M 4 38 7 22 11 33 5 47 1 29 22 10 -r- il T 4 3* 7 22 11 54 1 6 30 2 21 22 8 12 W 4 39 7 2 1 morn. 7 16 3 28 22 13 T 4 39 7 21 20 8 8 4 47 21 51 n 14 F 4 40 7 20 52 9 4 6 1 4 21 21 4lr t 15 S 4 41 7 19 1 33 10 7 7 33 t 10 A 4 41 7 19 2 29 11 14 7 59 21 2v v*? 17 M 4 42 7 18 rises. morn. 8 50 21 lo v? IS T 4 43 7 17 8 34 Q 2C 9 81 21 »> 19 \V 4 43 7 17 9 8 1 24 10 16 20 52 20 T 4 44 7 16 9 37 2 22 10 53 20 41 K 21 F 4 45 7 15 10 2 3 15 11 3S 20 30 22 S 4 46 7 14 10 20 4 5 morn. 20 IS r 23 A 4 47 7 13 10 50 4 51 22 20 6 TP 24 M 4 48 7 12 11 14 5 3^ 1 15 19 53 « 25 T 4 48 7 12 11 41 G 25 2 13 19 41 26 W 4 49 7 11 morn. 7 11 3 2l!l9 28 8 27 T 4 50 7 10 15 8 1 4 3S] 19 14 n 2S F 4 51 7 9 54 8 51 5 50ll9 a 29 S 4 52 7 S 1 41! 9 44 6 47,' 18 46 25 30 A 4 53 7 7 2 3310 7 33118 32 31 M 4 51 7 6 3 32111 a 8 9118 17 £1 Maids with each a guardian lover, While the vivid lightning flies, IlaAt'ning to the nearest cover, Clasp t heir hands hefore their eyes Holy Days, Aspects, Tid- », Weather, Sec. ? in Perihe. Fine. St:':, i • in Apogee. 6 I> . Signs of rain. The mower whi.lkt o'er his toil Tb< MB'mM gran mutt yield D Apogee. D "4 . Rather high Tides rhesoythe isotit,lb>- twarth i.down There', incense in the field. D $ Algol ris.10.30. ^tS^.^I Pleasant.] Equivocation is half way to lying, and lym? zhr ichoif icay to hell. [Fine weather. Low Tides. I h D- L"," in the morning early ;— To graei Auror.\'» imilri, On Naturt'i pwj| ponder, A. I'iro' ihi gram you wandar, ' AnJ treaJ ihnr veriur'd ui.le*. , ISi ^stationary. Good weather for D Perigee. [harvest- Very high tides, [ing. 2 in Perihe. fll D d . The lurraer, 'midst his labor .mil -.. F"or hartest soon repays hi. Now henis the loaded grain : .So virtuous soul, their joys hav QthSundafTrin.^ 11 I21W [Y'd L. rises 6 D 7*s. [3. 15. m. LowTides. Showers J O If \ Aluin, or the Ea- 0+^4-. J gle'. Heart, »..uth Sup. 6 * 0. lUdneiBWitli all their labor? crown And peace rewards iheir pain. j 10th Sun. af. Trinity. Time is money. 0. I). le. Twil't j Sr.al 9r.a'Zir.a' Si a T*ri i so 1 14 52 2 28 10! 6 41 7 33, 1 9 23 11 ll|l 33 56! 11 14 44 2 37 10 7 22 ! 8 25| 9 31 11 32 52!l 8| 2l!l4 30 2 48 10 ' 8 2* 9 15' 9 39 11 53 10|l 19! 4 «ol iHoW 81 3 pl.t.- i D Decl. I 9IZJ.I9 2 45 4 33 323 99 21 l 32 l 27 25 N|23 16 6 2 14 4 1515 4 10853 311 9 4 S 21 16 A 1 42 3 57 6 118 26 28 7 25 S 18 15 1 July 3, 1820. Dolland, tlie great optician, died. July 27, 1S30. Revolution in France. July 5. 1830. Algiers taken by the French. July 5, 1100. Jerusalem taken by the Crusaders. Julv 15. IS 1 3. Napoleon embarked for St. Helena. 183' And Isaac teent out tn meditate in the field* at eventide. Gen. xxiv. 63. What a rich pros- pect does rural nature now present ! ample field* exhibiting their various fruits advancing to perfection — meadows yielding a fertile lap for the most luxuriunt herbage aud gayest flowers — the grove of trees like a grand colonnade erecting its towering head and creating a friendly shade for the beasts, and an hospitable lodging fur the birds. — Droves of sturdy cattle, strong for labour or fat for the shambles, and docks of new fleeced sheep with their snowy lambkins sporting at their side. — These compose the grand machinery —this is the school of indus ry — thi6 is the magazine ot plenty — and is it not incomparably more delightful as well as infinitely less dangerous than those seminar es of lewdness and impioty, where sin and ruin wear the mask of pleasure 1 than those temples of profuseness and debauchery, where Belial is daily or nightly worshipped with what his votaries call, modish recreation, and gentoel amusement 1 It is not strange that patriots anil heroes, sages and saints, are so fond of stealing from the glare of grandeur and the dull im- pertinence of man in the noisy city, to solace themselves in the shady grove or the sylvan portico* of the peaecful and silent villa; and to meditate in moss-grown cells, and rocky shades. SONG OF THE BEES. We watch for the light of the morn to break, And colour the Eastern sky, With its blended hues of saffron and lake, Thei say to each other, "Awake: Awake!" For our winter's honey is all to make, And our bread for a long supply. AnJ off we hie to the hill and dell, To the field, to the meadow and bower We love in the columbine's horn to dwelt, To dip in the lily with snow white bell, To seirch the balm in its odorous ce I, The mint, and the rosemary flower. We se?kthc bloom of the eglantine. Of the painted thistle and briar; And fallow the steps of the wandering vine, Whether it trail on the earth supine, •Jr lound the aspiring tree top twine, And reach for a statu still higher. While each on the good of her sister bent, !s busy, and cares for all, We hope for an evening with heart's content, Kor th» winter of life ; without lament That simmer is gone, its hours misspent, Aud the harvest is past recall. THE TUUNDER-STORM. Deep fiery clouds o'ercast tho sky, Deid stillness reigns in air ; There u not even a breeze, on high The gowamer to bear. Tne v«oods are hushed, the waters rest, The lake is dark aed .still, Reflecting, on its shadowy broast, Eack form of rock and hill. Tho line-leaf waves not in the grove, Nor nose-tree in the bower ; ThebirJs have ceased their songs of love, Awel by the threatening hour. 'Tis nocn ; yet nature's calm profound Seemt as at midnight deep ; But, hark ! what peal of awful sound Break, on creation's sleep 1 The thuider bursts ! its rolling might Seems tho firm hills to shake; And, in kTrifick splrmlour bright, The gathered lightnings break. Yet fear not, shrink not, thou, my child ! Thougk, by the bolt's descent, Were the tall cliffs in ruins piled, And th - wide forests rent. Doth not rjiy God behold thee still, With all-surveying eye ? Doth not his power all nature fill, Around, beneath, on high 1 some pieces of moral instruction, adnpted to the taste and capacity ot" youth. I keep a number of books on various subjects, among which divinity has a principal jplace. And I often purchase a new book, ibecause a love of novelty is natural to the !young ; and by gratifying this passion, I jkeep alive their taste for reading. I " Winter evenings, and rainy days in .summer, are as profitable to my family as iany part of the year. They are then em 'ployed in cultivating their minds, and im- proving their knowledge. If I have a 'hired man, who seeks every opportunity bo run to a tavern, and tu mix with gam- jblers, I attempt to reclaim him ; if ffind him irreclaimable, I soon dismiss him, ilest his example should corrupt my house- hold. I never retain in ray service a man who will not submit to order. "I sometimes sit down among my chil- dren and domestics, and enter into fami- 'liar discourse with them, on some subject jthat maybe useful. I encourage them to 'propose questions by my forwardness to answer them. I endeavour to give them a turn for conversation, and to direct it 'into some profitable channel. In such (ways I fill up my own time, and teach Ithem to fill up theirs." I was much pleas- led with the plan of Sedulus, and went home with a resolution to adopt it. Family Economy. — If young people would place themselves beyond the reach of poverty, they must manage their family affairs with econ- omy. It matters not whether a man furnish lit le or much for a family: if there is a continual leak ing in the kitchen or in the parlor, it runs away, h knows not how ; and that demon, waste, cries 'more, like the horse-leech's daughter, until he thai; Iproviies has no more to give. It is the constant Idroppinsr that will wear away the marble, and exhaust the sea. It is the husband's duty to bring, into the house, and it is the duty of the wife to see, that nothing goes wrongfully out of it — not the | least article, however unimportant in itself, for it establishes a precedent ; nor und«r any pretence.; for it opens a door for ruin to stalk in, and he sel-: dom leaves an opportunity unimproved. A man, gets a wife to look after his affairs, to assist him 1 in his journey through life, to educate and prepare his children for a proper station in lile, and not to! dissipate his property. The husband's interest should be the wife's care, and her ambition should carry her no farther than his welfare and happi-j Eighth Month. ATGCST. herring on Tuesday. At the sultry hourof noon, at this season, which may be accounted the hottest in the year, all nature seems sunk in lassitude and repose, and an universal silence reigns around, even deepnc that which waits upon the noon of night. It is then thut we fly to woods, to waters and tocavex dtM8 coolness breathes a delicious b*lm through every nerve, and rfUfHMel the mind to th"| njoyment of fhe scenery itself, which secludes us trom the blaze of day, as well as to the indrl-i genre of those trains of thought which spring from, and lux.iriate in, the realms of fancy oiul| meditation. Animal* are oppressed with universal I inguor, and either bend their way to pool* of] water, the coverts ofthe forest, or to any place that will shade them from the almost vertical sun. | % sew Moon, Tuea. 1st, 7. 81. in. e. D First Qunr. Wed. 9th, 8. 21. m. n e. O Full Moon, Wed. 16th, 0. 3D. in. s. (I Last Quar. Tues. 22d, 8. 17. e. n.e. 9 New oon, Wed. 30tli, 114 e. n. See the reapers, gleaners, dining, Seated on tlie shady grass; O'er the oate the 'squire reclining,] Waiiioii eyes each ruddy Ia3s M *tVV llavs. Sun rises. Sun ■ets. 1 T,4 55[7 2 W 4 56 7 3 T |4 57 7 4 F 5 S 6 A5 7 M 5 8 T 5 9 W5 10 T 5 11 F 12 S 13 14 M 5 15 T 58 7 59 7 16 \\5 12 17 T 5 18 F 5 19 S 5 20 A 5 21 M|5 22 T 5 >3 W|5 20 6 40 24 T 5 25 E ; 26 S n A 21 2 6 58 3 6 57 5 6 55 6 6 54 6 53 8 6 52 96 51 5 10 6 50 6 39 6 34 28 M[5 26 29 T 5 28:6 32 30 \Y 5 29;6 31 31 T 5 3016 30 Moon ■eti. Moon south. High water. ^ on ■ dacl. J) s. sets. aft, 14 8 4; 18 2 8 10 59 9 19 1 7 47 o 8 33 1 9 52 17 31 rru A. 8 54 2 23 10 24 17 16 w 9 15 3 3 10 55 16 59 rr 9 35 3 43 1 1 26 16 43 9 58 4 26 lit. 6 16 26 10 20 5 10 46 16 9 HI 10 48 5 58 1 38 15 52 r l 11 25 6 51 2 48 15 35 V morn. 7 5C 4 22 15 1 7 I 13 8 53 5 50 14 59 1 14 9 58 6 55 14 41 V? 2 27 11 4 7 52 14 23 1 1 3 51 morn. 8 37 14 4 rises. G 9 19 13 45 8 4 1 3 10 3 1 3 26 8 29 1 55 10 37 13 7 8 58 2 45 11 20 12 47 9 19 3 33 11 55 12 28 z 9 46 4 21 morn. 12 8 : 10 20 5 9 41 11 48 : 10 59 6 2 1 44 11 27 n 11 43 6 53 2 52 11 7 n morn. 7 45 4 15 10 46 n 33 8 36 5 31 10 25 25 1 31 9 28 6 30 10 4 2 32 10 17 7 17 9 43 a 3 35 11 3 7 55 9 22 a sets. 11 47 8 25 9 7 18 aft. 29 9 S 39 Holy Days, Aspects, Tides, Weather, fcc. D Apogee, rj I I . Rather high Tides. • d 2 4\Y'dL.ris.2.20. By the finw'reu pale and laced, Uy the leaves with rmtei sinded. / r. w I Warm, wilh thun- <* " • fder, and perhaps Low Tides. JjjggJ- By I he gray and clouded mem, By tue 'trooping ew, and earthward terdinj, 12th Sun. af. Trinity As man, when full of yir. ii bending D Perigee. } I W ft Virgin'i^jikestii O o ■» . 8. 54. e»ei. High Tides. \f££l? rowards hit kindred duit. vher.- he f.owly, foon, shall wi'herhg be ; l!y ihi- silence of each jrro»e, Vocal late wilh uutrs of leve ; 13th Sun. af. Trinity. By the meadows, overspriad M ith the. «pider'§ wavy thread ; 6 D 7*s. Alde.ri.11.41. f Co0,er Low Tides. By the soft and shadowy sky, By the thousand fears tkal lis cVcry weeping bo "Rain aft. Trinity. \ -ivain. D Apogee. K *$0r. 6 D '4 • High winds. ■Summer all ihy charns axe past ; Summer, thou ar: waa.ing fait; Scarcely one cf all thy roses, D. I), le. Twil't ©r.ai 9>.a;ilr.al i r.a 7 114 10 3 3 9: S 46110 8 9 48:12 17 1] 2211 28 j 1 8 11 13 48 3 20 9; 9 24 10 541 9 56 12 40 10 42|1 35j0 37 2113 34-3 37 9| 10 1 11 39110 5) 13 3 10 6,1 40|0 36 ri.i 9so-4«o' 3 so 13-10 pi 1O1 D Ueci.i v 1 4 " "9 128 57 2.5 22 47X. 13 14 3 37 5 59 128. 3 31 4 551 133 33 21 26 5 8. 1 3 5 2 54 148 9 16 15 44N.j 9 13 4il3 Aug. 25, 1822. Herschel, the Astronomer, died. Aug. 18, 1834. Tremendous eruption 0: Mount Vesuvius. Aug. 8, 1835. Great riot at Baltimore. Several persons killed, and rnore wounded. It was occasioned by the conduct of the officers of the Bank of Maryland. 3d Summer Month, AUGUST, has 31 days. 1S37. The sun goeth down and hasteth to his place. Ecc. i. 5. Behold the grand monarch of! heaven as he finishes hi* daily race and hastens to the goal. Ho descends lower and lower, till; his chariot wheels seem to hover on the utmost verge oi the sky. What is somewhat remarkable,; the orb of light upon the point of setting, grows considerably broader. The shadows of objects! jus' before they become blended in undistinguishable darkness, are exceedingly lengthened. Like! blesssings, little prized while possessed, but highly esteemed the very instant they are prepared' for their flight ; bitterly regretted, when once they are gone and to be seen no moie. — Now the radiant globe i's half immersed beneath the dusky earth ; or, as the ancient poets speak, is shoot- j inginto the ocean, and sinks into the western sea. And now the great luminary, entirely sunk, boneath the horizon, totally disappears, and the whole face of the ground is overspread with un- distinguishable shades ; or, with what one of the finest painters of nature ca^ls a " dun obscurity." Know, hadst thou eag e-ptuions, free To track the roalms of air, Thoucouidst not reach a spot where Ho Would not be with thee there! In the wide city's peopled towers, On the vast ocean's plains, 'Mid the deep woodland's loneliest bowers, Alike, the Almighy reigns ! Then fear not, though the angry sky A thousand darts should cast : Why should we tremble, e'en to die, And be with Him at last 7— Mrs. Hekaws. Thou'rt bearing hence thy roses, Giad .Summer, fare thee well ! Thou'rt singing thy Inst melodies In overy -wood and dell. But in the golden sunset Of thy last lingering day, Oh ! tell mc o'er this cheqnared varth, How hast thou pass'd away 1 Brightly sweet Summer ! brightly, 'J hine hours are floated by, To the joyous birds of the woodland boughs, The rangers of the sky. And brightly in the forests, To the wild deer wandering free : And brightly 'midst the garden flowora, Is the happy murmuring bee. But how to human bosoms, With all their hopes and fears, And thoughts that make them eagle wings, To pierce the unborn years ! Sweet Summer! to the captive Tliou hast flown in burning dreams Of the woods with all their whisneriug leaves, And the blue rejoicing streams; — To the wasted and the weary Un the bed of sickness bound, In swift delicious fantasies, That changed with every sound. To the sailor on the billows, In longings wild and vain, For the gushing founts and breezy lulls, And the homes of earth again ! And unto me, glad Summer ! How hast thou flown io mc ? My chainless footsteps nought hath kept From my haunts of song and glee. Thou hast flown in wayward visions, In memoiies of the dead — In shadows from a troubled heart, O'er the sunny pathway shed ; In brief and sudden strivings, To fling a weight aside — Midst these thy melodies have ceased, And all thy roses died. But oh! thou gentle Summer! If I greet thv flowers once more, ness, together witn inat.ol her children, 'ibis should be her i>ole aim, the theatre of her exploiu- Ln the bosom of her family, where sho may do as much in makinff a fortune, as he possibly car. do in th* counting house or workshop. It is not the money earned that makes a man wealthy ; it is what is sav* d from his earnings. A good and pru dent husband maki.s deposites of the fruits of his I labor witu his best friend ; and if that friend be no I true to him, what has he to hope) A wrTe acu- not for herself only, hut she is the agent of many ishe love*. And she is bound to act far their good ; (and not for her own gratification. Her husband's j ood, is the end at which she should aim ; his ap probation is her reward. Self gratification in dress, or indulgence in appetite, be more company than his purse can entertain, are equally perm cious. Tho first adds vanity to ex;rava-auce ; the second fastens a doctor's bill to a long butcher's account, and the latter brings intemperance, the worst of all evils, in its train. RECIPES. To take out iron moulds. — Hold the iron moulds over the fumes of boiling water for some time, then pour on the spot a iittle juice of sorrel and a little salt, and when the cloth has thorough- ly imbibed tho juice, wash it out in ley. To remove grease and oil spots from Silk and other articles. — Put a small portion of the yolk of an egg on the spot of grease ; then put over tho egg a pieco of white linen ; wet the linen in boiling water, and keep rubbing it with the hand. This process, repeated three «r four times, will, in almost all uuses, remove the grease. Paste for chapped hands. — Wash a quarter of a pound ef unsalted lard — first in common, then in roso water — mix with yolks of two new-laid eggs and a large spoonful of honey. Add as much fine oatmeal, or almond paste, as wil> work it into paste. To remove spots of Ink from Linen. — Take a mould candle or some very pure tallow, mel and dip the spotted part of linen in the melted tallow, then put it into the wash, when it wil become perfectly white. This given from expe Glass vessels may be cut in two, by tying around them, at the place you wish to divide, a worsted thread dipped in spirits f turpentine, aud then setting fire to the threaa. Preserving Jlpples - Dr. T. Cooper, in the Domestic Encyclopedia, says that apples may be preserved by putting a laycrof dried fern, [brakes^ alternately in a basket or box (the latter is con- sidered best, as it admits less air) and cover them closely. The advantage of fern in preference to straw, is, that it does not impart a musty taste 1837. Ninth Mottrn. fiftETE>fBEft, hf-gin* oft Frith]. I How quick the transition from Hummer's scorching hent to the rude tad faded glory of autumn ■ , A few months since, and Iho joyful carol of the first bird of spring saluied our ears : the pearly dew was sparkling in the sunshine isf mi April morning, and the air was perfumed with the fro. granco of rlowcrs. To these succeeded the maturing heat of a meridian sun , and now the strength ol nature is spent ; the sun is grudunlly wi hdru wing his vivifying rays, and the chill bla»t is sue ' ceedad by inactivity, torpor and death The rapidly shortening day^ the fast declining s. n, the; changing many colored woods, and I lie faded und falling leaves, arc ill calculated loproduce uu pressions of scnoi.sness and eolcmmty. This is also the season of fruition , others are pines ol' hope und anxiety ; hut now the large wish is satisfied; the granaries are loaded wiih the mu of life, and all the annual bounties of naturo are bestowed upon man. 1 D First Qutir. 'iTliirs. 7th, 6. lb. e. s. Hark, a sound like distant thunder ! iO Full Moon, Than. 14th, 8. 37. m. n.w.I Murd'rer, may thy malice fail ! d Last Quur. Thurs. 21st, 11. 5. m. w. |Torn from all tliey love asunder, % New Moon, Fri. 2Llth, 3. 12. e. s.wj Widow'd birds around us w;nl M . «t w | Hm 1 Sun Moon Moon H„l, Sum's J) llulv-Davs, Aspects, Tides days. rises. lets. sets. south. wuter. dect | IVeatrwr, fee 1 F O 32 6 1 7 26 1 9 9 27 6 17 MO! HigltTides. [helioo 2 S • ) 33 6 27 7 46 1 49 9 56; 7 55 <{ D ¥ & S . ? mAp- 3 A ■ ) OH ,; u 26 8 6 2 30 10 28 7 33 tfb- [I5th Sunday > / t tv aft. Trinkf. { O 6 J> - 4 M • ) 9 fi oo o 25 8 30 3 14 1 1 l.ea.rt arc (rawing pale- Sad proui. of nawn rWWsms ; 5 T 5 o / o 23 9 3 4 11 39 6 493 _/ L 1\ \ /4 Ihouiand pruhn ° » J du not ma*, 6 W o 'K OO y) 2^ j 9 30 4 51 aft. 17 6 26 «{ flowers necm to tail, And lore llieir blooming sweetness 7 T 5 ■J(J o 21 10 10 5 46 1 24 6 4 * Appearance of a 8 F ") A 1 i; 19 11 4 6 46 2 4J 5 41 I Low Tides, [storm. 9 S ') A 9 'j IS morn. 7 48 4 26 5 19 V? ? greatest elong. E. 10 A 3 43 fj 17 10 8 52 5 46 4 56 V5 IV'r/^i Pleasa.it. 11 M 5 44 6 16 1 28 9 55 6 52 4 33 Chilling vapors brraihe Their pl.tmuve s.ghs before us, 12 T 5 1 u Q 14 2 54 10 53 7 4 3 4 10 And baasjly fades from all heneaiL The sky thut uarkeus o'er us. 13 W I 47 6 13 4 17 11 48 8 24 3 47 D Perigee d J> V. 14 T 3 48 6 12 rises. morn. 9 3 3 24 K Oh ! thai aught so fair .Should for a sfSOr BcyMi 1 15 F .3 50 6 10 6 58 40 9 39 3 1 T Quite High Tides. 16 S 5 51 6 9 7 20 1 30 10 14 2 38 Aldebaran ri. 9. 50. 17 A 5 52 6 8 7 42 2 18 10 52 2 15 17' h S-i n.! a > rt * — X aft. Trinity J V M Q ■ 18 1V1 5 54 6 6 8 13 3 7 11 36 1 52 < 6 d 7*s. Y'd L. ri. 19 T 5 55 6 5 8 48 3 59 morn. 1 28 n fine weather for seem- [1 1 cr, :ngth» fruits of ihe earth [ A *»«H* 20 W 5 56 6 4 9 28 4 52 28 1 5 n Rigel rises 11. 40. n T •3 57 6 3 10 22 5 45 1 27 42 n Mui thyr leave no fhare W.th hepei tha. mortals cherish ; 22 F 5 59 6 1 11 19 6 40! 2 37 N. 18 5c QuiteLowTid. 8 sta ^3 S 6 6 morn. 7 32 4 8 S. 5 2c (at lh. <7sa uiom. V< : en. — . 24 A 6 1 5 59 21 8 22| 5 12 29 T&Sgl DApotree. 25 M 6 2 5 Ob 1 27 9 9| 6 9 52 Nay ; the flowen shall bloom, With Spring renew iheir gladness. 26 T 6 4 5 56 2 31 9 55 6 5- 1 15 m And above their transient tomb Shall leave no irace of sadness. n W 6 5 5 55 3 34 10 36! 7 33 1 39 w |on« truth. Dilibera'e *loicly, execute promptly U 28 T G 7 5 53 4 38 11 8 5 2 2 w Algol on meri. 2. 3 1.! 29 F 6 8 5 52 sets. 11 59, 8 34 2 26 St. Michael. U ^SST\ 30 S (5 10 5 50 6 23 aft. 40j 9 2 49 High Tides. 6 2 D .j ll.iD. le.|Twil't 1 c r.a 5 r. a l. r.a ; r.a 7* ri V so /_so.i so.; F pi. 101 J) Decl.l V JZlJ i ! 112 58:3 54 9 10 42 12 27 1 10 14 13 30 9 : J4 1 46 a. m.I 2 43 9 158 4T|li; 4 57 N! 2 13 9 , 1 1 j 12 32 4 9 8 11 18 13 121 10 22 j 13 55 18 47 I 51 1 10 58 1 2 33 3 23 168 30 | 6 23 50 Si T.'ll 12 .'t!l2 6 4 25 ^ 11 541 1:^5710 30, 14 21 8 10 1 56 10 27! 2 20 6 59 178 16 1 28 7X12 10 14 Sept. 19, 1730. Treniountain named Boston. Sept. 13, 1759. Generals Wolfe audi | Malcolm slain at the Battle of Quebec. Sept. 21, 1832. Sir Walter Scott died at Abbotsford.J Sept. 20, 1834. Tremendous Hurricane in Dominica, West Indies. 1st Fall Month, SEPTEMBER, has 30 days. 1837. The harvest is past .* the summer is ended. Jer. viii 20. There is in the decaying year something which asvaken9 the most tender and touching feelings of our nature — which takes ou 1 thoughts ironi earth, and leads them to heaven. Autumn will teach the reflecting and coutem plative mind, by the association which it inspires, and the recollection* which it awakens, "what shadows we are, and whatshadowg we pursue." And there is this "saddening in the Autumn leaf," that it feelingly reminds us that our friends and companions who have departed, will return no more ! — uulike the dying leaf, which, when the spring shall again breathe around us the airs of awakening nature, will be succeeded by the same foliage. il But man dieth and wasteth away — man giveih up tho ghost ; and whore is he ? As the waters fail from tha sea, as the flood decayeth and drieth up, so man licth down and riseth not ; until the heavens be no more, he shall not awake, nor be raised out of his sleep ; Am breath gocth forth, and on that very day hip thoughts perish " 3ring me again thy buoyancy Wherewith my soul should soar. Give me to hail i hy sunshine, With songs and spirit free ; Or in a purer air than this May that next meeting be ! We all do fade as a leaf. Isa. heir. 6. That life is a leaf many sages agree — I A season of trial, temptation and pain; Cure for a Gangrene or Mortified Wound. — Make a strong decoction of white oak bark, thicken it with pounded charcoal and Indian meal ; app;y a poultice of this composition to the part affected. An excellent cure for a Sprain. — Take two pieces of red flannel, soak one of them with beef or pork pickle (beef is bast) and place it on the wrisi or ancle sprained, wrap the other piece over It shrivels, grows yellow,thon drops from the tree, it, and the pain will iubs.do in a very short time. And ne'er is united to flourish agHin. — Then why, oh fond mortal '. indulge in a dream, j . , . _ _ Of lif • lengthened out to a far .listant day ? L ? Un °f Sticking Peas.-Procure a num- How lovely soever thy summer may seem, ,b , er <* slim pole* *'»out five feet long, and drive Deathlike a cold ulast sweep* the landscape away ? iem "vo the ground at the distance of three or, . four yards. Pass a small line along the poles, . There is not a bud on this gay rolling ball, taking a turn round each, within three inches ofj That forms the fair Eden of fashion and pride ; the ground : raise the next turn three inches, and There i» not a leaf, nor a spng on the wall | go on j n succession, till you bave attained the! Of Folly's gay temple, but shall be destroy™! ; {common height to which peas rise. The tendrils The schema* of ambition, wit, pleasure and mirth f the peas seize and twist round these lines, and Ml pensb like leaves on a sap-drained bough,— t j, e - are ^ported in a more attractive and pro-! They fall like an autumn, and cover the earth, finable maiuer than they are hy the common i Or vanish in ether a* silvery dew ! (stakes. When spread regularly along the lines, U was thus as the leaves were successively hurl'd ' he y h * ve a fin. circulation of air, more advan-j 3y the cold sweeping gale on the green sward l »* e . from E. ' antl P" U9 t can b « P u " ed a 'i beneath all times without injuring the straw.— iccta/wan f thought on the millions that people the world, i lJM *** ur * r *"> Like leaves in the forest predestined to death ; I wept as I glanc'd in the > ye of the mind, Over all that are living, and all that are not ; Ah ! why are immortals so errkig and blind, Whose life is a leaf— a sopulchre their lot ? Hew many were flourishing, cheerful and gay, The pride ofthe senate, the bar, the parade, | tit j s greatly increased. The water is not so earlv Last spring— but ©hill autumn hath swept them driven off or evaporated in the baking. Thns mi i R r W - ay 'i ec j * a i _ — . made, there is a saving of meal, and a greater re- Thus lift is a leaf, formed to flourish and fade ! tontioll of rao isture.-(M*art Republican. Yet blow on, rough Boroas, and wither and blight Bread. — Indian meal improves, in the estimation < f almost every one, tho flavor of bread. 1 first boil my meal, instead of simply pouring boiling water on it when mixed with fl ur. Owing to the consolidation of the water by boiling, the quan The pious and holy have nothing to dread ; No roses e'er fade in the landscape of light! No trees their green foliage evermore shed ! Cease, mortals, to doat on this shadow of life! "All flesh is but grass," all its glory a leaf! j Bach gust shakes the tree, evory season is rife With blight, sickness, dying, surpassing belief; | Reflect on the seasons, ihou child of a day ! | Brief emblems of youth, beauty, pleasure and, mu8t take nine pounds of fine salt, two pounds ol wealth. * saltpetre, one gallon of molasses, half a gallon of 'water ; this you must boil, and when cold, pour it upon your hams ; lot them lie in it about three weeks. To Preserve Beef. — Take sixteen gallons of water, three and a half pounds of brown sugar,' quarter of a pound of saltpetre, nine pounds ol coarse salt ; boi! and skim them until there is no appearance of scum left ; this is oalculated for one hundred pounds of beef. # To Onrt Hants. — For nine common hams, you Remember thy autumn in flowery May ! For winter prepare in the spring time of health ! Let truth, faith, an A virtuo. embellish thy prime, Nor wait to be good for the wrinkles of age ; Redeem every hour, seize the forelock of time ! And write thy resolves on his earliest page ; Then hope, (though November may ravage the ™„ grovo ' Till naked and leafless the forests appear) For an amaranth bloom in the regions of love ; | Asummer, encircling eternity's year! The Knickerbocker Pickle. — For one hundred pounds of beef, ham, or pork, take nine pounds of coarse salt, three pounds of brown sugar, quarter of a pound of saltpetre, half a gallon of moiasses. kwo ounces of" nutmegs ; theae boil and skim until there is uo scum appears ; then set it to cuol ; when I cool, pour it on your moat. 1837. Tenth Month, OCTOBER, begin* nn Sunday. The- groves BOW lost) their leufy booori ; but before lliey are entirely mriiisliud an lid vcntitious beiiuty arising from ilial gradual decay which loosens '.lie withering leaf, gilds thfl siutumnul landscape witli a temporary splendor superior to tbe verdure of spring or tl.e luxuriance of cummer American trees and shrubs in general are remarkuble for the rich tioU ol red. purple orc-veublut whiefa their leaves assume belore they fall. Hence the autumnal foliugc of the woods of jNorth America, is beyond all imagination rich ami splendid, and offers a pleasing hpectaclu to tlie eye of the admirers of Nature's varie.i beauties, and gives to tlin philosopher and moralist a subject for the deepest reflection. " Like LKavks on trees the race und D First Quar. Sat. 7th, '2. 29. in O Full Moon, Fri. 13th, 6. 33. o. d Last Qwr. Sat. 21st, 5. 14. m Q New Moon, Bund 29th, 6. 59. nn i. n.w. Now Pomona pours her treasure, B. Leaves AtTTl'MNi l strew the ground s. Plenty crowns the market nieauure, E. I While the mill rurm briskly round M.&VV UN Ull Hood Moun High Sun's P rises. ■eta. sets. south. water. decl. A 6 1 1 5 49 6 44 1 22 9 31 3 12 9 1\T 6 13 5 47 7 9 2 8 10 10 3 36 rn "I O rii O 1 6 1-1 5 46 7 40 2 57 10 45 3 59 "I A V\ 6 15 5 45 8 16 3 49 11 28 4 2'J D 1 6 17 5 43 9 5 4 48 aft. 19 4 46 # R 17 r 6 18 5 42 10 3 5 49 1 25 5 9 rj rr a 6 19 5 4] 11 20 6 51 2 42 5 32 ,_o Vj 6 21 > 39 morn. 7 52 4 24 5 .V *" y it i 6 29 j 38 41 49 5 46 6 lis 1U I 6 23 3 37 2 I 43 6 40 6 41 1 1 >> 6 25 3 35 3 10 10 34 7 o — i 7 3 7i 1 O T 6 26 5 31 4 36 11 23 8 7 7 26 \s i M f 6 27 5 33 rises. ; mom. 8 45 7 48 T 14 ft 6 29 5 31 5 57 14 9 20 8 11 cyi 1 A 6 30 > 30 6 27 1 3 9 59 8 33 8 6 31 5 29 7 1 54 10 43 8 66 1 T HP 17 1 6 33 5 27 7 10 2 47 11 23 9 17 n 1 Q W 1 o >> 6 31 5 26 8 32 3 40 mom. 9 39 n 1 Q T i y i 6 35 3 25 9 2S 4 37 17 10 1 SKI r 6 36 5 24 10 26 5 3i 1 11 10 23 21 S 6 3S 5 22 11 29 6 22 2 3 10 44 22 A 6 39 5 21 morn. 7 10 3 21 11 5 S 23 M 6 40 5 20 32 7 56 4 32 11 27 24 T 6 42 5 18 1 34 8 39 5 36 11 48 25 W 6 43 5 17 2 35 9 20 6 21 12 8 26 T 6 44 5 16 3 36 10 1 7 4 12 29 27 F 6 45 5 15 4 40'10 42 7 36 12 50 28 S 6 47 5 13 5 44]11 24 8 8 13 10 29 A 6 48 5 12 sets. laft. 10 8 43 13 30 30 M 6 49 5 11 5 48 58 9 17 13 501 ni 31 T 6 50 5 1C 6 21 1 50 9 55 14 9\t Holy Deyt, Aspects, Tides, Weathor, tec. 19th Sun. at'. Trinity 4 ? D b & ? . Plea- [sunt for the season. i oi l winter hiiiini on, Pail MWn bail hn crmp ; Inf. d 5 A storm. Wet p» o»er all her beamies t°" r < Awi light iheb jloms pan. So, Hfc, ihy sniumtr M»M will end ; Thine autUIBU, too, will qui.:k decay, 5?TriSf j Low Tides And m iui t r roinc, when thou shal hend 6 i V. Aid. ri. 8. 20 I Perigee. ^2££g (but a |>leas*ni nun Wuhiu ilic tomb to SMHaU away. D eclipsed, visible. High Tides. Vel rrjoice Again, Aod t» h» man c«rei.»'<- Bui ah ! life's »nuiin'r paaied away '"an ut»rr, nrrer nope return I Cold wiuUr coinei, wiih shsfrl— To beam up«i. ill Jreiry urn ! [ray Then may we daily tttk A mansion in ihe >kira, \t greatest elong. W, 1) Apogee. Storm. A K U i Thicker clothing □ *r • • f becomes neoeaaary. >\ here summers ne>er cease, And • lory never die* : There an sternalSprine shall Idaam; With joys as va.l asaugtis' powera! 6 V b.Y'dL.r.9.10. And thrice ten thousand harps in tune Sua! praU* the lore thai ma .« it ours a^Trmi & eel i p. ID vis. HighTides. 6 h D ■ j D $ . Fine weather. D.ID.le. 1|11 38 Hill 10 21110 44' TwirtlOr.a 4 40 8 12 30 4 54 8 13 6 5 8 7 1344 ?r.a|4r.a| ,?r.a|7* 14 43 10 38(14 48 3 15 31 10 45115 16 2 16 21 10 52 15 45 1 so 1 so' ii»o I so| i P. i' pi. | Decl. I 9 |4' < 7,2 3 9 55 2 8:i0 20T88 5, 4 10 51 S IT 10 1 ii 32 2 12'9 23 1 56 13 12!l ( J7 SBilO 1 9 9 S 20 9 19 55 2 22 8 51 1 1 46 15 17 207 54 15 25 33 N 23 f 8 20 Oct. 21, 1805. Celebrated victorv of the Britisli fleet over the combined fleets of France and Spain. In the action, Lord Nelson, the commander of the British fleet, was killed by a musket ball from the enemy, just as victory decided in his favor. This engagement, the most terrible naval battle on record, took place off Cape Trafalgar, near the Straits of Gibraltar. 2d Fall Month, OCTOBER, has 31 days. 1837. We all do fade as a leaf ! Isa. lxiv. 6. Homer, the venerable lather oi puetry, has deduced from the succession of springing and tailing leaves a very apposite comparison for the transitory! aerations of man. "Like leaves on trees the-race of man is tound ; now green in youth, now; withering on the ground," tec. How does every thing around us bring its les:on co our minds l\ ATWRt is the great book of God. In every page is instruction to those who will read. Mortality ...ust claim its due. Death in various shapes hovers round us. We see that all thiugs below come to an eud. And let them perish ! let all that is splendid in the skies expire, and all that is amiable in nature be expunged. Let the whole extent of creation be turned again into one ir-tinguisbable void ; one universal blank. Yet, if God b* ours, we shall have all and abound ; insufficient to make us happy, not only through this little interval of time, but through the mneasurable revolutious ot eternity. Here is our refuge, this m our consolation : 4> Wt know that our RtDttHLR UvUli." ' Table Beer. — lake one peck good mall, one ;pouiiij of hop*, put tlum in twenty gallons of jwau?r, and boil for half an hour; then run iheni into an hair sieve ?r any thing else, only so to keep back the hope and the mall lVoin the won, which when cooled down, add to them two srallons Smiling Summer '. fare thee well, When thy mantle bound us, Soft contentment shed a spell Full of liglu around us. Now that spell is broke and gone, With the garb of gladness, And the blast comes leading on Darker shades of sadness Every wreath that summer brings, From her chaplet shaken, Cooling shades and cheering springs, Silent, and forsaken ;— Who can welcome to the heart, Every noisy folly ; When the very rocks impart Tale3 zo melancholy ? Winds with leaves of every hue Strew i he vale before them, Rustling many a sad adieu, To the boughs that bore them. Naked now the oaks must bear Every blast that shakes them, Till the hand of spring repair All which now forsakes them. Splendour is on the bough ! The withering luaves fall fast ; — Yet wilder beauty crowns the forest now, Than through the summer past. A more resplendent blaze Of rich aud radiant hues, Gleams through the autumn haze, Than 'mid the summer dews. So is it Nature loves In all ber power to part ; So with her passing splendour moves The severing human heart. Calmly through pleasant years, Wc love some kindred mind ; But 'tis only through our parting tears, Its full delights we find. Then, how in form and face, In every act and tone, Beam forth the tend mess and grace That melt us, and are flown 1 THE FALLEN LEAVE3. By Hon Mr*. Si We stand among the fallen leaves, Young children at our play — And laugh to see the yellow things Go rustUng on their way ; Right merrily we hunt them down, The autumn winds and wc ; Nor pause to gaze where snow-drifbj lie, < »r sunbeams gild the tree. With dancing feet we leap along Where wither'd boughs are strown, Nor past nor future checks our song — The present is our own. of molasses, with one pint ol good aU yeast ; mix these with your wort, and put the whole ii clean barrel, and fill it up with cold water within four inches of ine bung hole ; (this space is requi site to leave room for fermentation,) bung down ught,and in a fortnight afterwards it ma" be drawn for use. On the Usr of Ice. — In this highly favored 'country of ours, the skilful and economical far !mer, of industrious habits, may have all the con iveniences, us well as all the necessaries of life. More independent than the Nabobs of India, he lives upon the produce of his own farm ; he has Jfor driuk, a luxurious beverage from his own orchard, or cooling draughts from his own (springs. But at this season of the year, (July,) Ithe sweets of good living are very much improv 'ed by the use of ick; an article which every farmer may collect, and preserve at a small ex pense, since it is one of the free bounties of na ture. He must, it is true, make a store-house of different construction from that in which he deposits the other produce of his farm ; but the cost is trifling, and the advantages great An ici-HousK, sulficicnt to store and retain ice for two or three families, may be wholly made, by the joint labor of two men, in one week. Every farmer throughout the summer, is daily in want of ice. Milk, cheese, and butter are all very much improved by it ; the latter in a particular manner, whether intended for market or family use, is nearly doubled in value by the aid of ice Meat and other provision*, in warm weather may be preserved more than double the time i an ice house, than they can be in a common cellar. Besides tln.se and many other uses to which every good housewife wii appiv the ice he laborers in the field are much invigorated by t ; in all their drink it is extremely healthy and plea-ant ; restores a salutary toue to the stomach debilitated by heat and exercise, and makes unnecessary to swallow such large quantities of drink as might otherwise be desired ; for the mouth and stomach require to be cooled as well as moistened ; so that in this, as well as in man other cases, our health is benefitted by a reason able indulgence of our appetites . But some w say that ice in the summer is a luzuri/, and tha common farm rs can do very well without iu W admit that they can dispense with this, and man other good things, but we can see no good rea •on why they should do so. Melons, cucumber &.c. which we raise with so much care and lat> r are not more pleasant or useful than ice in the hot season of the year; and we trust. l»~forel many years, the good sense of our faim wil make it common in all their families. ls.37. Eleventh Mouth, NOVEMBER, begins on JlWnwhty. Although thin is usually a dull and cheer cm month, yet there arc intervale of clear and pteaMM weather ; the mornings are occasionally sharp, but the hoar froit i« soon diariMtsd l.y the sun, and a fine open day follows. There is a soothing mildness in the last M Knfenag looks ' of Au- tumn, peculiarly grateful to the frelu.-g*, and possessing a melancholy but piuuhing influence. The fields and enclosures arc cleared of their harvest treasure, and vegetation is every whcic pausing rapidly into decay. Surrounded as it is by the ruins of the year, November may be Hid to be peculiarly devoted to contemplation. Deep and interesting impressions are borne home upon the heart, in every breath that soothes, in every twain that gilds, and in every variety of coloring that adorns, as well as in the rude and wintry 'ola-U that ictthcr the landscape. J) First Quar. Sund. 5th, ( J. 43. in. n.e. Now the giddy rights of Cum us, 3 Full Moon, Sand. 12th, (>. 50. m. w. | Crown the hunter's clear delight ; d Last Quar. Mond. 20th, L 52. in. s.E.'Ah ! the year is flitting from us, 0\ew Moon, Mond. 27th, 8. (i. e. n.e., Bleak the day and drear the night Holy Dnys, Afw>ct>, 'i wet, Weather. Ate. ! M.&VV davs. t>un rises. 1 W 6 52 2 T 6 53 3 F 6 54 4 S 6 55 5 5 A 6 56 G M6 57 7 T 6 59 8 W 7 9 T 7 10 F 7 US 7 12 A 7 1 2 4 58 4 57 4 4 56 13 M 7 5 14 T 15 \V 16 T ! 17 F 18 S 19 A 20 M 21 T 22 AY 23 T 24 F 25 S \ 26 A!7 17 27 M|7 18 28 T 17 19 29 W7 19 4 41 30 T<7 20 Hun sets. 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 69 1 55 6 4 54 7 4 53 8 4 52 1 51 4 50 4 49 4 4S 13 4 47 4 46 4 45 16 4 44 16 4 44 4 43 4 42 4 41 4 40 Moon sets. ~1 7 8 6 9 14 10 30 11 47 morn. 1 6 2 2C 3 35 4 47 5 59 rises. 5 35 6 17 7 IS 8 12 9 14 10 16 11 20 morn 22 1 2k 2 2 '2 3 24 4 2£ 5 37 sets. 4 57 5 54 7 1 Moon south. ~2~47 3 4 7 4 49 5 49 6 44 7 3^> 8 30 9 18 10 6 10 52 11 42 morn. 35 1 29 2 23 3 lb 8 33 9 14 9 5& 10 44 11 36 aft. 32 1 36 2 3£ Hijch water. nr 37 11 24 ift. 17 1 24 2 3s 4 6 Sun's decl. 14 29 14 48 15 7 15 25 15 44 16 2 5 20 16 20 6 16 16 37 16 54 17 11 17 28; 17 4i 7 4 7 41 8 21 9 1 9 40|l8 1 10 22 18 16 11 518 32 11 53 18 47 morn. 19 2 4 1 1 1 9 16 1 31 19 30 2 25 19 44 3 24|19 57 4 30 20 11 5 27|20 23 6 13 20 36 6 59 20 47 7 37i20 59 8 16^1 10 8 58-21 21 9 44 21 31 10 30 21 4! 6 ? D .8in.rU 1.14. Stern winIT it eortiinc — his nfni- ceahrar, [km him i>»r- Ther brraih* in the r;al». und beto- Me tvtnrt irom biMden,lr"in trit-u.rl drear) narih, jtilleiy forth : Whence heSrngaall his ■ ormy nr Tr^l Pleasant. Rath, low Tides. <£ D > Perigee. \t»SZZ? lie will pour on the lull, on iIk plain, and the r«lt, l°he mow and ih* iteel, anil the rair and ili< hail; [suetM and atil!. Che MDssjsa at iiii bWsttssj sfaniW Vnd he huihca the voice of ihe Mr- muring rill- bss \ 6 » 7* 8 . e h High Tides, tfsta. Kre Ion* will the broad flesty man- tle ot w hile, |ache« again, ; Wiib the bush where the rosea bio.- — some) in June, Sup. 6 » 0. ^* ot uu ' [pleasant for the season. illu*he' 26 7 £\ 11502 0,7 6 1 21 13 551239 1 28 10 OX'25 7 24 Nof. SO, 1811. A volcano burst out from an unfathomable depth of the ocea*:, near i-hf- Lsland of St. Michaels, one of the Azores. It burned with great violence for several months, and formed an island of considerable height, more than a mile in circumference. This island which was named Sabrina, has since disappeared. 3d Fall Month, NOVEMBER, has 30 days. 183?, I The grass withereth, the klowkk fadeth. Isa. xl. 7. Yes, ye flowery nations, and vegetable tribes, ye must all decay : Winter, like some enraged and irresistible conqueror, that carries 'fire and sword wherever he advances — that demolishes towns, depopulaies countries, spreads slaughter and desolation on every side — so, just so doe* Winter, with his 6avage and unrelenting [blasts, invade the verdarrt prospect. The gathering storms and tempests, mustering their rage, fall upon the vegetable kingdoms and ravage through the dominions of nature, plundering and laying |was:e her charms. The trees stand stripped of their apparei, and the fields are spoiled of their [waving treasures. Tiie earih, disrobed of all her gay attire, sits in sables like a disconsolate (widow. The Sun, too, that lately rode in triumph round the world, scattering gayety from his Jradianteye, now looks faintly from the chambers of the south, and casting a short glance on our [dejected world, leaves us to the uncomfortable gloom of tedious nights. The pretty choristers of I the air chant no more — the harmony of the woods is at an end — the fields are desolate and waste —and silence, unless interrupted bv howling winds, broods over all the dismal scene. We stand among the fallen leaves In youth's enchanting spring — When Hope (who wearies at '.he last) First spreads her eagle wing ; We tread with steps of coimcious strength Beneath the leafless trees, And the colour kindles in our cheek As blows the winter breeze ; While gazing towards the cold gray sky, Clouded with snow and rain, We wish the old year all past by, And the young spring come again. We stand among the fallen leaves In manhood's haughty prime — When first our passing hearts begin To love "I he olden time;" And as we gaze, we sigh to think How many a year hath pass'd, Since 'neath those cold and faded trees Our footsteps wandered la6t; And old companions — now perchance Estranged, forgot, or dead — Dome round us, as those autumn leaves Are crushed beneath our tread. We stand among the fallen leaves In our own autumn day — And tottering on with feeble steps, Pursue our cheerless way ; W T e look not back — too long ago j Hath all we loved been lost ; l Nor lorward — for we may not live | To sec our new hope crossed ; i Rut on we go — the sun's faint beam j A feeble warmth imparts — Childhood without its joy returns — The present fills our hearts! lie comes ! he comes ! the Frost-Spirit come: from the frozen Labrador, j From the icy bridge of the bi orthern seas that tin while bear wanders o'er ; \V here the fisherman's sail is stiff with ice, an the luckless forms below, In the sunless cold of the atmosphere into marbl statues grow. . lie comes ! becomes! the Frost-Spirit comes, 01 the rushing Northern blast, And the dark Norwegian pines have bowed as hi; icy breath went past ; With an unscorched wing he hath hurried 01, where the fires of Hecla glow, < »n the darkly beautiful sky above,and the ancient ice below. He comes! he comos ! the Frost-Spirit comes, and the dimpled lake shai] feel, 1 ho torpid touch of his glazing breath, and ring to tho skater's heel ; And the streams thai danced on the broken rocks, or sang to tVe leaning grass, Shall bow again to their winter chain, and in mournful silence pass. The long cheerful winter evenings are ap~ proaching. These constitute one rederming trait in our cold, varying climate. Our winter even- ings are sufficient to reconcile us to our locality on terra firma, so valuable are they as the seasons for fire-side amusements and intellectnal improvement. What a pity it is they are so generally wasted. We have known many an indolent mechanic who would tumble into bed by eight o'clock, while his pains-taking spouse worked till eleven or twelve; and many a far- mer's wife will work till midnight, while her husband dozes in the chimney corner. This dozing is a bad habit. If you need sleep, go to bed and have it, and then be wide awake when you get up. Don't allow yourself to snore in the corner — it is ill-bred and indolent. A man who will sleep like an animal while hia wife is hard at work, don't deserve to have a wife. Take a book or newspaper and read to her these long winter evenings. It will be a mutual benefit, ft will dissipate much of the gloom and inquietude too often engendered by care and hard labor; it will make you more happy, more useful, and more respected. Our farmers are too apt to mis- spend these long evenings in idle grumblings at bard times, high taxes, and modern degeneracy. indiug fault won't mend the times. 1 hey must read, improve tliemselves, and educate their children, that the next generation may be wiser than their fathers. Our farmers are but half acquainted with tbo rich resources of their soil. Were they familiar with the most improved system of husbandry, and they might readily become so by devoting these long winter even- ings to the reading of books which treat on this subject, they would have less cause to complain of the times. Some of the greatest and best men of onr country were sound practical farmers. But they were not ignorant farmers. They were men whom great emergencies called from the seclusion of private life to take part in great national affairs, and when the state of the coun- ry no longer required the exercise of their alents, they returned again to the healthful and mnorable labor of the farm. When our farmers ire better informed, and not till then, may they ;iope to take that rank, and exert that influence m society, to which the respectability and im- portance of their occupation so justly entitle them. We again say, let our apprentices, our mechanics, our farmers, read — spend their winter) «veuings in acquiiing knowledge, as the best.' preservative from folly, vice and dissipation of rive.y kind. — Portland Courier. When faith is strong, and conscience clear, And words of peace the spirit cheer, And visioned glories half appear, 'Tis joy, 'tis triumph then to die. 1 ■■ , Tm ; lfth Month, DECEMBER, begins on Frirhrtj. •ir win !,, H " its beauty and grandeur, Ins flown ; the. vivid and grateful luxuriance of i i JJ ! . 'ff*?* W.; '•»«« the variegated hue* and tints ofaobS Am"SS£3 bhghledby the blu 8 .,ng breath OfBorea* Not . .OUOd ofong.n*! noli £ heard in SjJJS »re » Minii uolu ol I*, jay and the h6 , M eawingl of the jackdaw. Tbi trVo- areVho n of thetr loltage-tne bodge* arc aid bare-the field- have lo,t the.r a.tr c.iou.-thr-aak/rv.Hd \ged umure Wither! and did. All her late gay ncener'y fa ray the hcmoii. ol /t//.-, and thda MM return to bu i.ari nt .-nrth no perfume and offer le vede d with the dust . thus pas* aw O Full Moon, Mon. 11th, 9.28. e. a k. d Last Quar. 'l ues. 19th, 11. 19. e. e. 3 New .Moon, Wed, 27th. 9.36. m.i. e. Briag more wood, and w t the glaniea ; Jom, my M — fig, our Christ mas cheer ; Come, aad catch, and kins the la^se*. CuHi» r>tA8 (Mai but once a year. BUM rises. SUII sen. Moon 8CU. -Moon south. Hifb water. duel. r 21 4 39! 8 16 3 sslii lsjiTla 7 22 4 3»| 9 34 4 30 aft. 6 22 U 3 A 7 22 4 38 10 51 5 31 1 2 22 6 4 Mj7 23 4 37; mom. 6 21 2 4 5 T 7 23 4 37| 7 7 9 3 17 6 \V 7 24 4 36! 1 19| 7 57 4 32 7 T 7 24 4 361 2 311 8 40 8 34 8 F 7 25 4 35 3 37| 9 2s 6 26 9 S 7 25|4 35 1 4 48 10 18 7 15 10 A 7 20 1 34 5 5ti 11 9 7 57 11 M 7 2614 34 rise*, morn.! S 3S Sun - * J) Holy Dav*, Aspects, Tides, Si Weather, Ate. 12 T 13 U 14 T 15 F 16 S 17 A 18 M 19 T 20 W |21 T 22 F 23 S 7 26 4 31 4 54 7 27 4 33 5 50 7 27 4 33 6 51 7 274 33 7 52 3 9 17 5S 9 54 1 52 10 3S 2 43 1 1 18 7 27 4 33 8 55 3 30 11 57 7 27 4 33 9 56 7 28 i 32 10 57 7 28 4 32 11 57 7 28 4 32 morn. 7 2s,4 32 5^ 7 28|l 32 1 59 7 28 4 32 1 3 3 24 A 7 2S 4 32 4 14 25 MJ7 27 4 33 5 40 10 26 T 7 27 4 33 6 53 1 1 27 \V ! 7 27 4 33 sets. aft. 28 T 17 27 4 33 5 40| 1 2 30 16 4 4 5 6 7 8 21 9 9 15 morn. 56 30 1 19 56 2 59 37 3 3 ! 4 5 6 iO F 7 27|4 33 6 58 JJ S 7 26 4 34 8 23 31 17 26!4 34 9 40 4 3 7 10 10 10 & 6 3 51 22 17 22 24 22 32 22 39 22 45 22 51 22 51 23 2 23 7 23 11 j3 15 23 IS 23 21 23 23 23 25 23 20 2 6 23 27 23 28 23 28 23 27 iS 26 23 2c 23 23 7 40 23 21 8 25 9 S 9 51 1 10 32 23 18 23 14 s3 11 23 7 I ? I.J 2 D Perigee. A storm 1st Sund. in Advent t£ hymn for CHHISTMAS. What »'ar ii that o'er Bethlehem 7^ M lovely a,^ , | ullr) w !LowTides.i • , ," / " r "' That »l> iie» like a cele.tlal gam, l J' I Or hlazing MppMn Hoi* 7 lib Ikt »ur ■ h.ch *jo<1 ha» lent O To point the amend plac», y : d D 7*s. □ « £S£Z} Pleasant. iWhere sleep! an infunl innocent, LI Born to redeem our race. |Aml who are they with i-hinlnr il That gleam along the »ky 7 [wing They are dn tiearenly hull, who lint 05 I " Ulory tu Uod, Mull High I" ;Thi» day M horn, in lielhl, hem, j I A ,nr, who ->h.i Jl he j The wearer of ihe diadem, j " ne " Zion ahull he tree. ^ D Apogee. Fine. The aheptier :» leave the pa»mre "J{ wild, l D 2| Aid. s.10.45 Where with their flocks they — I atrayed, Low Tides. 6 V $ . * USE.* [$ ent. V?. And h itte ta set ihe holy chd J, I'L I Wiihin the mangar laid. / Christmas. ^^.'.Ut ;,Ainl then wa> heard iht song again. I Alone ike distant sky j |iucn! " Pe.ice to ihe worht I good will to rj Glory io God, Mo.l H igh I" tfj High Tides. d?5. C D Perigee. Fine t A ? [weather [>£ IstSun.af.Christmas. U. D. le.iTwiTt] • r. a 9 r.a ^r a ar.a 7* boi 9 boiZ+boi d boi cF it pi. , t- 1 I) Decl. 1! 018.5 43 7!l630 1950:11 J4jl7 55;il 6 3 10 6 31 1 15 10 42 249 9 30 26 22 S 11 9 8 5 48 Tj 17 14,20 37lll 17 Id 29 1021|3 17,5 55T 101 6 27 259 19 32 ;26 12 N j Dec. In uie year oi (lie world huu4, 1006 years a^u, in tne tetjiti ot Augustus Caesar 1 ithere w >s a universal |ieace among all nations ot" the eanh. The glorious epoch arrived! : The piomise of God, and the pr-ipiiecies of his prophets, concerning the Messiah, were ac eomplished. The glory of the Lord shone round nbout ! The star appeared in the east ! h I Bethlehem, the wise men, directed by the star, witnessed and published this gloiious event — ■ ithis fulfilment of prophecies in all ages of the world. 1st Winter Month, DKCE^IBE'R, has 31 days. 1837. The time is nuic past. Mat. xiv 15 The mantle ol obiivion is about tailing forever upon the pro- em year. In the short and rapid period which has swept away all the beauties of vegetable nature, ither changes and revoluions have spread their ravages around us. JHow many, perhaps our riends, or kindred, have made their cold beds in the grave of the year. We survive! how long? Xo doutn we dream of long life and prosperity; our.-., we may think, will be perpetual sunshine ; the beams of heaven will play around our habitation; and when the evening of our days is come; our sun will go down in cloudless .-ereuity. Pleasing but fafal delusion ! A few days will tell ;he talc of our departure — a few more, and our memories will have perished — yet a few more, and the unwary passenger will tread on our graves, and know not that we are there. The current of time is rapidlv rolling on— why need we urge the headlong torrent ? Our days are swifter than the eagle they pass away like the nimble ships which have the wind in their wings, and skim along the waiefy plain. u fVe spend our years as a tale tjiat is told." le comes! he comes' the Frost-Spirit comes let us meet him as we may, And turn with the blaze of the parlor fire hi9 evi step away : / And gather closer the circle round W».are that fire-light flashes high, And laugh at the voice of the baffled fiend as his gounding wing goes by ! The bright and glowing sumrn^r's past; 'Tis winter, and in storm and rain The day was darked-- now at last The sun appear* again — Just for a moment glads our sight, \nd seen midst clouds seems doubly bright. \gain look upwards- once again behold the wintry sun has 3et ; Xone oi these summer barques remain: A nobler image yet Strikes on the Christian gazer's mind, And leaves all others far behind. The sun. whose way through that expanse Has been, since first his course beyan, Through storms and clouds, seer.is to our glance A fitting type of man ; For thus the Chris'ian's narrow way With clouds is darkened day by day. Thus as the sun in winter's gloom Sinks more than ever bright, Tbo < hristian's hopes his ways illume, And gild his path with light : As the sun sets the I hristian dies — Both on a brighter, happier day to rise. THE DYING YEAR. The dying year ! the dying year ! Its melancholy wail Sighs fitful through the crowded mart, And down the rustic valo ; It breath s of vanished hopes and fears, Youth's dreams, d parted r;uite ; It warns old age, whose day-spring's tied Of coming darker night. The dying year! the dying year ! How sorrowful we feel, As parting from an ancient friend He sighs his last appeal — Companion on a weary road ! Lightcner of carking care ! Live long within our memories Forever cherished there ! The coining year ! the coming year 1 It fills the eye with tears, To deem tha> ' tis its lot to pass, As have the buried years. That all those visions cherished so, So trusted ; c-ue by one Must melt away, as melts the snow, Belore a mid-day sun. I And now, friendly reader, as the present year 'has nearly fin shed its destined course, and is 'about to be numbered with those before the Iflood; while its glimmering light yet trembles in the socket, and before it is forever extinguished, I let us dedicate a few moments to serious medita tion. Let us solemnly consider that the termina jtion of our time is also near at hand ; that at no [distant period ire, .too, like the year we contem- plate, must resign our stations aod give place to a new generation. Let us reflect that though ice may indulge the fond hope that we have yet many years to spend here, the vain wish will not ward off the shafts of the mighty destroyer !— that though we may neglect to obey the divine com- jmands, death will not neglect to obey the divine commission ! — that though ice may put off the work of repentance, death will not put off I be I 'work of destruction. The race of man, saith a Jewish writer, is like the leaves of the trees. [The come forth in the spring, and clothe the , woods in robes of green. In autumn they with- jer, the winter wind scatters them on the earth |The wise and good in every age. have felt the benefit of seasons of retirement from the cares of the world to the consolations of solitary and calm re-rlec.ion. Thus Abraham retired to the mountain of Bethel — thin Laac went out into the fields to meditate at eventide — thus Moses sought communion with heaven upon the heights o 1 Sinai — thus did the Apostles fortify their faith and invigorate their zeal— and thas, even, did th Saviour seek the garden of Geihsetnan", and other solitary scenes, to prepare himself for the mighty sacrifice he was to make for mankind. W'itii such illustrious examples before us, let us improve every opportunity to purify and fortify| our minds, to prepare them for the unavoidable struggles of life. And what better season can present itself for communing with ourselves than the* point of time in which we are forcibly ad- monished of our progress to the grave — that pointi of time in which one >ear with sli its cares and comforts departs, and another commences, whos< jdevious and untried paths we must travel jwbother they are strewed with fragrance and flowers, or with thorns and obstructions. To sum up all, my friends, the time is short — we are as guests in a strange land, who tarry but one night. We wander up and down in a place of graves. We read the epitaphs npoi the tombs' of the deceased. We shed a few tears over the ashes of the dead : and in a little time we need from our surviving friends. lh« tears we paid to the memory of our friends departed. Time is precious The hours are at this moment on the wing, which carry along with them our eternal happiness, or e ernal mUery. The clock is wound up, the hand is advancing, and in a little time it will strike our last hour. The day of grace will soon be over, and we shall all be called to the bar of God. ADVERTISEMENT. ASTRONOMY.— Those Unacquainted with mathematics, who take an interest in this sublime and beautiful ici aa c a, and wish to learn most in the shortest possible time, u ith, or without i lit- aid of u teacher, will lind a little work by the author of this Almanack, exactly at commodated to tln-ir wants. 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Also, Spofford's Pocket Almanac for 1836, and 1337; Containing in double Calenda r pages, arranged in a plain intelligible manner, all the Astronomical Calculations in the larger Al- manacks ; a Tide Table, or time of High Water at. the principal places in the United States, and the British Provinces; the COUNTING ROOM ALMANACK; and a greater variety of reading matter, Poetry, Anecdotes, Chronology, &c. than the common pocket Almanacks, done up in a smaller compass, and sold at a lower rate. Pries, die same as the Table Book. ALMANACKS AND REGISTERS. The author of this Almanac, and also of the astronom*- cal part of several of the most popular Annual Registers and Almanacs in the United States an a the British Provinces,) respectfully informs the public that he is prepared to furnish the Calcnla* tions for Almanacs and Registers for any place, and for any year Having made them for this place for fifty years in advance, he is able to alter them to suit for any other, at far shorter notice and less expense than any astronomer who lias to calculate originally for a particular place. Nbw-York, Jrr.Y, 1836, THOMAS SPOFFORD. IKXSCELX. THE PLAGUE IN LONDON. Mr. Thomas Vincent was one of the few ministers who had the zeal and courage to abide in the city of London the mute belfries : — silence was univer- sal, save when some infected wretch was seen clamouring at a window. For a time, all commerce was in coffins and shrouds ; but even that ended. Shrift: amidst all the fury of the pestilence, in th(jre were none . churches an d chapels 1665, and pursued his ministerial work; were Q but neither priest nor peni- in that needful but dangerous season entered . all wen t to the charnel with all diligence and integrity, both in houge _ The gexton and the physician public and private. His account of the were ca$t intQ the game decp and wi(]e Plague, in his treatise called "boos the testator and his heirs and terrible voice in the citv,' ^ is very g^gg^tors were hurled from the same affecting. It began, he says, in May, cart mto the game ho]e together. Fireg and in the first week in July the num. became extinguished, as if its element ber of deaths was ,2o; the first week tQO had expired;— the seams of the s i- m August, 2817; and in the first week , orless shipsyavvne d to the sun. Though in September the number of deaths was doorg were and coffefg unwalch . 6988 ; and though in the second week ed there wag no lheft ._ all offenceg the number decreased to 6o44, yet in ceased< and n0 crime5 but the universal the third week it rose to 7135, which WQ of the pestil e ncei was heard of was the highest. In its malignity it am men< The we] , g overflowed> engrossed the ills of all other maladies, &nd conduits ran to waste . the d and made doctors despicable Of a po- banded thtimselves together, having lost tency equal to death, it possessed itself masters> and ran howling over all of all Ins armories, and was itself the tfae ]and . horges perished of famine in death of every other mortal distemper. their ol( , fnendg bul loooked at The touch, yea the very sight of the Qne another when they met< keeping infected was deadly ; and its signs were thcinselves far aIoof . little children wcn s t so sudden, that families seated in hap- wandenng u and down> and numberg piness at their meals have seen the were SM * (]ead in all corners> Nor plague spot begin to redden, and have wag u only in Kngland lhat the j wildly scattered themselves forever.^ ra . • h lravelled oyer a th £ d * The cement of society was dissolve.! by of tbc who]e earlh? Hke lhe shadow of it Mothers, when they saw the sign an edi as if sonie dreadful thing had of infection on the babysat their bosom, been Jnter osed between the world and cast them from them with abhorrence thc sun , the source of life. * * » * Wild places were sought for shelter; ; At that h? for a ghon u therQ some went into ships and anchored . & silence> and T n in the themselves afar off on the waters. But for a moment gtoo(] gtin and the angel, that was pouring the vial, ; London was as du nib as a ghurch-yard. had a foot on the sea as well as on tho, A • the gound of a beH wag hea ; d dry knd. N o place was so wild, that fo J ft wag ^ gound? gQ , unheard> the plague did not V1 sit,-none so secret; w]lich arrested the f ugitiv e multitude that the quick-sighted pestilence did not !fmd caugcd their gllence# At the third discover,— none could fly that it did notj toll a universal shout aros g 5 as when a overtake. It was as if Heaven had re- herald proclaima the ti d in g S of a great pented the making of mankind, and was shovelling them all into the sepulchre. battle won, and then there was n second silence. '1 he people fell on their knees, Justice was forgotten, and her courts and with anthems G f thankfulness re- deserted. The terrified jailors fled from • iced fa the disma] gound of that tolli the felons that were in fetters :- the m. death bel , . for it was a gi al of the nocent and the guilty leagued them- - • fc bei ngBoabated that men might selves together, and kept within their M mourn for their friends> and M _ prison for safety,— the grass grew *^ow their remains with the solemnities the market places; — the cattle went £* bviria.1 moaning up and down the fields, won. — dering what had become of their keep^Z^^^^Zx^Z^^^ er9; — the rooks and the ravens came may •« procure * guod cowhide and pro t i t „ j . .i • _ . . cee4 to settle the fo'lowing question ez-ptr-imentally : — into the town and built their nests ln^eiy, which u the zuoatdiu-abis.cowhiae or esf/ttm? 1 ' 3* 30 SOUR GRAPES. My lore, tliou'rt fairer than the dawn Of April'* brightest day : And the beauty of thy chuck outviea The loveliest tints of May ; The odoriferous perfume* Which load the spicy gale, To thy sweet life-inspiring breath, Are virtueless and stale. O, how enchantiugly around That polished oeck of thine, Thy artlt'sj raven tresses bright In glossy ringlets twine! And they wave su feulingly O'er lieldsof purest pearl, Ten thousand beauties spread around Each captivating curl. Those eyes, do turn them, dcir, away, So ravishly thoy roll, Those sun-eclipsing diamonds, That pierce my inmost soul ; Those lips, how they do sparkle forth Tho ruby's b< ighlest glow ; And thy breast outshines in purity Tho wiutor'» drifted snow. Thv voice, oh how divinely sweet I 'Tis liko the seraph's note, And fairy like, a perfect form Sec ins o'er the air to float ; Words cannot tell, nor thought can dream Tho pangs I undergo For thee, and wilt thou not be mine, My heavenly angel 1 — u No /" What! zounds ! thou red-haired freckled slut, Thou garlick-brcath'd — old maid, Thou squinting, raw boned, overgrown, Ungainly croaking jado ! What! rid of thee! ye lucky stara! I'm thunderstruck with joy! I would not marry such a chub, For all the wealth ofTroy I • Dick, ' said a master to hi* servant ' have you fed the pig* 1 ' ' Ye*, mm*, mc fed M. ' ' Did 70a co-ini them DickV ' Yes, me count um all but one ' ' All Ml one 1 ' Yes, ■ , all but one — dare i< one little fpeckled pig he frisk about §o much me could'ni co«ut u».' FOP A NT) FAUMRR. fop. Where lios the path to honour, ease, and wealth 1 PARMER. Leave that to fools, — be mine the path to health : 1 trace tliM plough, an I 1 1 k •: t hrr Chinese king, set an exam pie worth man'i folio wiug. fop. Who g-jides the plough? who but the vulgar raoe, With dirty hauus, old cloliics aud sua burnt lac- 1 PARMER. Let mc be vulgar, — foud of industry, This 1 esteem the true nobility. Be my hands tarnished, aud my conscience clean , Old be my Clothes, they're not so old as sin. Will summer suns the manly skin disgrace ? Let ifien be men, and spurn the infant's face; The thought of tanning scarcely would affright The males for freemen, though loo fond of while. FOP. Well, you may toil and sweat, who must and can, I m us<* not, cannot, — I'm a gentleinau ! FARMER. Well, we will keep the good old honoured track, Xorgcntlc sloth uor pride shall turn us back. G oe J bye, dear sir, if Wisdom finds me now, She'll smiling ask, why 'Lisha left his plough. Keep Kim till you tcanf Aim.— Some Jovial fellows pass- ing a chcrful evening together, on* af theiu having oranlc loo freely fed faal asleep ; which his companion! perceiv- ing, obtained n tack, into which ihey put 1'ieir .irovk .y fri.-ud, and conveyed him to a well known surgeop, from wnoni ihey rece.ved a guinea ; and was ciestrad in put the subject 111 tbe cellar, which having been done, ami lefi '.lie hnese, our surgeon went 10 examine his purchase. The Jamp air, witu lb« men. on of coming from the sack, had rou.e I the Sleeping subject, and he wa* endeavoring 10 se jusl xs our surgeon entered the cellar ; who suspected the trick, and immediately followed the person who brought the body, wnoni ne overtook at the corner of Uie treet, and slopping linn he exclaimed, "The man is alive." '.So much t.ie belter,'' answered the other, "you may keep him till yon waulhun, " aud ran otf. " 1 feel quite unwell, and will take a little brandy and w iter," sai.i a member 01 the lemprrance society, who wad promised to use no ardent spirit, nnlf— he was sick. "1 am very nuwcll, my dear; hand me a little snore brandy." " llti e Li the brandy," -ays the wife, " an J I wi.h the so- ciety tur'.her off; lor you have net had a well day sines you joined it" A wsj stepped into a cellar in South Market street, Al- bany, and inquired the price of oranzea. " One cent a piece usholesaU, and sixpence retnU. "—" Then, il you please, (at the same lime throwing a cent upon the coun- ter) I'll take that fine plump lellow at vkoletale." An tvigic. anttrer. Wall, Mr. M. (asked an acnuain- lance of a celebrated horse dealer, who was leaving Long Pole Wellesley the Other day>haveyou been paid your bill? No, (replied the hero of the manger,) 1 always gels su evasiee answer, when I axes for it. What was bii ex- cuse to-day 1 (asked the inquirer.) Vy, he said he'd see me hung first, (rel 11 rued M.) The invention of Shoes. — Sandals were most common among the orientals. As they wore mere soles of wood or leather, fastened t lh J^t^^tT^^^^AS foot with stripes, they were no protection from lhe mother . he's enJtled to half, aint he?' Yes, ma'am,' tho dust ; hence arose tho hospitable practice of|,aid the boy, 1 hm how should you like to have him tike washin" the visiter's feet — a practice so much out all the soft for hi* halt 7 He will have his half out of insisted upon by public opinion, that if anv one -he middle, and 1 nave to sleep bo', .idea of bim r passins out of a' house beat the dust from his feet, it showed that th6y had not been washed, and BEAUTY, left on the house tho reproach of inhospitality, W"hat is beauty 1 Alas ! 'tis a jewel — a glass — which was the deepest of all dishonor. The A bubble — a plaything — a rose — Greeks and Romans added the moccasin or bus- ; Tis the sun. dew, or air; 'tis so many things raro kin to the sandal; — the former was worn by That 'tis nothing one well may suppose, tragic a'tors. The *« make, quite a figure tn ^ & . , , . fc , , brokcn English history. In the time ot Richard L, says Stow, " began the detestable use of piked shoes. the toes being tied up to the knee with chains of silver or gilt. Edward IV., says the same histo- rian, ordained "that no man -weare shooes or boot* having toes passing two inches long; no pcakes of boots or shooes to pass that length on pain of cursing by the clergic." A bubble that vanisheth soon A plaything that boys cast away when it cloya; A rose quickly faded and strewn. Like the air it is felt ; like snow it will melt ; It refresherth the earth iike the dew ; And as nothii.^cau vie with a brilliant blue eye, Tis like nouiing, sweet lady, but you. 31 A PARODY. Frrese girls are all a fleeting show, For man's U.usion given ; Their smiles of joy, their tears of wo, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, There's not one true in ssveiu And false the flash of beauty's eye, As fading hue of even — And love and laughter aU's a lio, And hopes awakened nut to die ; There's not one true in seven. Poor mushrooms of a stormy day ! Yet bloom and be forgiven — For life's >it best a dream — away, Dull drowsy thought — I'll join the gay, Aud romp with alt the seven. ANSWER TO A PARODY. Oh! men! you're all a fleeting show, For our amusement given, Your smiles and tears are false, tee know, Though at our will they shine and flow : We trust not onein scvoi. The seeming worth in which you plume Fades like the hues of even, The mask of kindness you assume, But faintly hides your real gloom : There is not one good in seven. Poor wanderers through life's changing day ! From fair to fair you're driven, And while we flirt the hours away, And when we're tired, 'tis but to say, Good by, your chain is riven. Variation of the last verse. Poor creatures ! Yet when on our way, By accident! you're driven ; We light your darkness with a ray — A ray of hope — and kindly aay, you're foi Go, wretches ! torgiven. RIDDLE, I am always in the mountain. Ever at the fountain, May be seen in every look, And found in every book, Aud there is no crook without me. I am ever with the old, And in every story told, May be seen with the young, And also with the strong, And there is no wrong without roe* May be heard in every sound, Found alway3iu the ground, Seen in every cloud, Ever with the proud, And there is no crowd without me.- I am always in the ocean, And ever in commotion, Always in society, Ever with propriety, And above all, am a fit emblem of eternity. A good om. — A gentleman in his eagerness at l»ble lo iswerarall for S"mc apple pie, owing to the knife slidin» i the bottom of the dim, lo md his knuckles buried in U:e crust, when ii wag, wWo was scaled just opposite to him, very gravely observed ,wh;L-t he held his plate, " Sir, may I trouble you f»r a. bit, whilst your hand's in ?" EPITAPH OX A COUNTRY SHOPKEEPER. Cotton and Cambrics, all adieu, And mutlins, too, farewell! Plain, striped and figured, old and new, Three quarters yard or ell— By yard and nail, I've measured ye, As customers inclined ; The church i/ard has now measured mo, And nails my coffin bind — But my kind and worthy friends, Who dealt with me below, I'm gone to measure time's long end, You'll follow me, [ know. An English gentleman was complaining bitterly once] U j s re l-ucd of .Sheridan, that one of his physicians rs • loan itinerant fisherman who scca_-iiunally suppl.ed h:m monslrai'wgw itb him .hi his h ib.t of drinking ardeut spirit*, with fUh, that a lobster, which he' had purchased of him telling him that the b.andy, orbnebuscake, anc! eau de co- the day before, was not ' ; quiie fiesh. " Yell, mister, "logne ha swallowed, would burn off the coat of his stom- cried the fisherman, " and whose fault's thai, 1 ronder> ?'ach, he replied, "Then my siomach must digest with ita I've cried hnn by your house «very day for a fortnight ;' w*ifitcoal, for 1 cannot help it." yon might have bought him before if you're so wery pe-j . tii;kler - " ! Very natural— Married at Hobertville, Me. by the Rer iThomas Thaw, Mr. Edward Spring to Miss Margaret A country pedagogne once having the misfortune to have 1 Winier. A thaw, we find, generally turns Winter intfl his school-.iouse burnt down, was obliged to remove to ^Spring. new one, where he reprimanded one ol "the boys, who mis-' spelt a n imner ol words, by telling him he did not spell as well as wheji he was in the old school house. "Well, thome- how nothcr," said the urchin with a scowl, " I can'i ■ethackly git the hang of this ere new school house." -Epigram on a large fleshy person. Ail flesh is grass ! thus doth the scriptures say: All grass, when cut, and dried, is lurn'd to hay ! Angler — A stick and a string, with a worm at out enJj and a fool at Uie other.— Dean Swift. The late Judge Peters, who, with many excel- lent qualities, possessed facetiousness in a gro3t degree, used to relate a joke at his own expense, which is too good to be lost : The Judge having rode into Philadelphia from his cuurury seat ia Thculo ! to ihee, when death his scythe shall take; the vicinity, dismounted from his horse oppos Oh ! conscience, what a hay-stack thouwilt make! t | ie dwell' An Eastern e litor says he has which he wishes to swap for a farm. first-rate headache, KISSING. And if it wore not lawful, The lawyers would not use it ; And if it were not pious, The clergy would not choose it ; And if 'twere not a dainty thing, The ladies would not crave it ; And if it were not plentiful, The poor girls could net have it. of a gentleman m Market -street, [with whom Tie had business; not finding a con. 'venience for se-euring his horse, he beckoned to a ,man repairing the street, who, touching his hat, jasked in the dialect of his country " What'll yer Ihonoi be plazed for to hav ?" " Hold my koiss, my lad," saitl the Judge, "whil* I just go into It his house for a few minutes." a Plaze ye? h'"-iror, will he bite;" «*Oh, no." "Will he kick;" ■■ No, no.' 1 " Can one man heuld him V' « Y^ my good fellow, easily." " Well, than yer lo*&fc or'll be plaz-sxi to be after hotildin htm y«^&eif. ,, The Jtdses dc ighted with kre wit, Uirw him a pieoe of salvor in testimony his eaiiffkctiau. t 32 *.V)mt Innfl Is fhm, po nleefy bound fdy Massachusetts ami the Sound, Rhode bland and New York, around; Where Yankee" thick as hops arc found, Ami hasty. puddings do abound 1 What land (hat, where George, the King, Did <>'c r the sea his fetters fling. And think to link us in their riflg, Which gave tlie cry, " !/>/ e'.v no such thing,' Whose sons did Yankee Doodle sing? What land is that, where folks are said To bi so scrupulously bred, To he bo steady habited ; Where hearty girls and boys are led Willi pumpkin pies, ami gingerbread 1 Wnat lan I is that, wher»> old Time walks In steady 'pace, o'er maple blocks ; FotaBkei his glass, for wooden clocks ; Where beads too nigh, will meet with knocks? And laud were more, if (ewer rocks? What land is that where onions grow, When- maidens' m ck- ar> v. hii«- as snow, And cheeks like roses, red you know ; Where Johnny canes are baked m dough, That land where milk and honey llow ? What {and is that, whence peddlers come, A thousand miles or more Irom home, Wi;h tin, with bass wood trenchers; some Wnti [Miii-rn nutniL".'«, and m w rum ; T > Batntt up the coppers / hum ! What I ind is that, where 1 can trace My nineteenth cousin by his face; Where onoe I fish'd for little dace, And never learn d the deuce from ace, Where grandmamma this Digkl says grace? What land is that, where parsons live, Whan mm hear gospel, and believe; Where humble sinners seek reprieve; Where women stay at home and area re, Nor gad withoul their husbands' leave ? What land is that, when we behold, And all jts history unfold, And all abOUl the land is told, We like most things, but some we scold? Ah ! gentle reader, that is old Co WJCTtrtTT. A gentleman ai ,| tor a I. v.nf J bomb What Ibfld recollections thou brlngestto rlow, Dear home of my childhood I ol pleasure", that jrrew On lov.'.s shiuine altar and friendship's fair shrine! <), could 1 return, and again call you mine! Methinks from thy gardens bedecked with tweet (lowers, Whan roaqwd I, delighted, in yf.uth's sunny I hwar the u'lad voires of fi iends ever dear Jhours, Haying, come, O, return, thei* is happiness here. Thy fir I.N and thy forests in beauty arrayed, With spring's brightest pictures of sunshine and shade, Siill haunt me liku visions of ni those acenea my fond heart oft invits. Thy lawns tinged with crimson and green I still v»ew ; Thy vulleys and meadows bespangled with dew, Are liiv-h i.i mv senses, and lam would I lly To greet theo again 'neath my youth's sunny sky. The atream, bj whose waters delighted I roved, in lifo'a happy morning, with friend* that I lovud ."•till sparkles and smiles 'mid the sunbeam and But I am not there to behold it again. [rain : fafe ! thou art cruel to tear me away 1 r un aeenea thus endeared by a happier day : lint though I'm afar, and may never return, I'll sip these rich pleasures from memory a urn. Thy gardens, thy meadows, thy forests of green ; Thy valleys, thy hills, and thy waters serene ; Fhy flocka and thy herds, and thy dew-spangled lawn, [and scorn. Have charms, which defy the world's sneering And when o'er the bleak northern mountains I roam, I'll sometimes revisit thee, home, happy home I _ Or through the deep valley 1 wend my lone way, .el« ilule barest boy n*!mi hi* mother.* 1 / Uioughts back to childhood's sweet scenes SUe taia old victuals, *.r,' was ihe reply. I Shall Pit Stray. ~~ n , , , wk.. a . „• ,, .„ .„ o .„, i,\ An Irishman going lo be hanged, beeg.-d thai ilie rope jp u 'em dere lo try y >n.> i down agai I only , Kur thai il said Pal, 1 I am M remark 'lily ticklish in the throat, tied there, I'll certainly kill mys. If wiih laughter.' An avaricious tiypnehon driac il gentium tn f oicied hiraselfl 1 to He very much out of health ; Inn being too penutiOM to| a gentleman in the country lately addressed a panion- pay a doctor's lee, ihonght he would steal an opinion con- , ue billet do'i* to a lady in the same t..wn, adding thU bernlng h's case- Accordingly, one day, bmng in familiar;,., , r ; ul postscript—' l J le..se to send a speedy answer, at I c..uver*auon with one of the facul'y, he aske-l him what I have somebody cl.c in my eye.' lie sho il.l lake lor such a e- imp. aim. '• 1 will tell you,", '■ .aid ihe doctor. " you should tuke advice.'' | Pickling eld Pork I — Married, at Liberty Town, 111., -r—TZ TT\ ; Bewail S. tackle, Esq., aged 2&, to Mis, CUn Maria Ways and Means — Two Irishmen who were,p rk, aged G-2t travelling together, got out Of money, and beine in i ' ' , ~~ — .-ant of a drink of whiskey, devised the following Jlgg^Sl tS w..Tc'cV,? T ll^VZ ways and means ; PaliuA catching a frog out ol u s , n .„ oeri!a i MUt1 . drnmrnitj round a corner, and skh the brook, went forward, and the first tavern he like — he'd drum the shirt tail otl'of any thing ever I heard, came to, asked the landlord what creature that was. 'Itisa frog,' replied the landlord. 'No. sir,' said Pat. ' it is a mouse.' 'It is a frog,' re joined the landlord. ' It is a mouse,' sail Pat Tit for Tat. — A fellow who was sparring with an open hand, without muflers. struck his'oppi)- nent a savage blow in the face, which brought the and I will leave it to the first traveller that comeslblood from his nose ; and perceiving his antago- alonsr, for a pint of whiskey.' ' Agreed,' said thelnist was about to retaliate in the same unceremoni- landlord. Murphy soon arrived, and to him wasioua style, he exclaimed, ' What, can't you bear a the appeal made. After much examination and thump 3' 'Yes,' replied the other, 'I'll let you deliberation, it was decided to be a mouse; andisee that I can not only bear a thump, but thump the landlord, in spite of the evidenc* of his senses, la bear;' and turning to in earnest, he gave the paid the bet. _ rullian a hearty mauling. 33 THE HILLS. °" The hills! the ' everlasting hills 1 1 How peerlessly they rise, Like Earth's gigantic sentinels Disaoursing in the skies ; Hail ! Nature's storm proof fortresses, By Freedom's children trod ! Hail ! ye invulnerable walls — The masonry of God ! When t!ie dismantled pyramids Shall blend with desert dust, When every temple ' made with hands' Is faithless to its trust, Ye shall not stoop your Titam crests — Magnificent as now ! Till your almighty architect In thunder bids' thee bow ! I love the torrents strong and fierce That to die plain ye fling, Which gentle flowers drink at their goal And eagles at their spring ; And, when arrested in their speed By winter's wend of frost, The brilliant and fantastic forms In which their waves are toss'd. Glorious ye are, when noon : s fierce beams Your naked summits smite, As o'er ye Day's great lamp hangs pois'd In cloudless chrysolite ; Glorious, when o'er ye sunset clouds Like broider'd curtains lie — Sublime, when thro' dim moonlight looms Your spectral majesty. I love your iron-sinewed race — Have shared your rugged fare ; The thresholds of whose evrie homes Look out on boundless air ; M Bold hunters, who from highest clefts The wild goat's trophies bring. And crest their bonnets with the plumes ^ Of your aerial king I ^fl I It ve the mountain maidens : Their step's elastic spring Is light, as if some viewless bird ^ Upbuoy'd them with its wing ; Theirs is the wild, unfet*?r'd grace That art hath never spoil'd, And theirs the healthful purity That fashion hath not soil'd. Mountains! I dwell not with ye now, To climb ye, and rejoice ; And round^uie boometh, as I write, A ciowded city's voice : But oft in watches of the night, When sleep the turmoil stills, My spirit seems to walk abroad Among ye, miffhtv hills ! Wit on a dealn-bcd — Swift's Stella, in her last illness, being visited by her physician, he said, 'Madam,. I hope we shall soon get you up the hill again.' ' Ah,' said she, * I am afraid before I get to the top of the hill, I shall be out of breath- 4 A Worthless Gift.-VtA.Unte tells of a beggar asking alms in the suburbs of Madrid, when a passer-by saiti to him, 'Are you not ashamed to follow that infamous employment, as you are able to work ? ' To which the beggar smartly replied, ' Sir, I ask your charity— not your advice/ WHY DON'T HE COMET Why don't he cornel 'Twas yesternight I met him on the green ; The moon was shining mildly bright The fleecy clouds between ; The girls came out so merrily, From every cottage door, And wished us joy so cheerily, And talked "the matter" o'er. Why don't he come 1 'Tis Thursday night, The stars begin to shine, Oh ! 'tis a melancholy light — 'T>3 but nn hour of nine. Why don't he come 1 The wedding dress Has been prepared for years ; How pretty it will be — alas, I'm smiling through my tears. Why don't he come 7 The bunch of flowers I ve culled with so much care, Are on the stand — oh where is he For whom 1 placed them there 1 Why don't he come 1 If he were ill He'd surely let me know : My throbbing heart, lie still, lie still, "He will not leave thee so. Courtship. — A gentleman feeling a stron? par- tiality for a young lady whose name was Jfoyes, was desirous, without the ceremony of a formal courtship, to ascertain her sentiments, For this purpose he said to her one day, with that kind of air and manner which means either jest or earnest, as you choose to take it — 1 If 1 were to ask you whether you are under matrimonial engagements to any one, which pan of your name (No— yes) might I take for an answer 1 ' 'The first,' said she in the same tone. 'And were I to ask if you were inclined to form snch an engagement, should a person offer who loved you, and was not indifferent to yourself, what part of your name might I then take as an I tell you that I love you. and ask you ich an engagement with we, then what ur name may I take ? 1 en,' replied the Blushing girl, ' take the me ; as in such a csae I would cheerfully resign it for yours.' It is almost needless to add, that they were soon after married. A TOUCHSTONE FOB THE TIMES. Midas, (we read,) with wondrous art, of old, Whate'er he touched, at once transformed to gold ; This, modern statesmen can reverse with oas<> Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please. Two things are difficult for man to do : 'Tis, to be selfish and be honest too. Bait.— One animal impaled upon a ho*k, in «rd«r U torture a second, for the amusement of a third. Thou speakest ill of me, And I speak well of thee ; Luckless art thou — luckless am I, For every body knows. --both lie. 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