NATIVITY TIDE. 253 



SEPT. 9. St. Omer, bishop, .a.d. 607. 



SS. Gorgonius, Dorotheas, &c. martyrs, 304. 



St. Kiaran, abbot in Ireland, 549. 



St. Osmanna of Ireland, virgin. 



St. Beltelin, hermit. 



St. Omerine. — Flem. Cal. 



Obs. St. Omer gave the name to the city of St. Omers, of which 

 he was bishop. 



St. Dorolheus was first chamberlain to the Emperor Dioclesian ; 

 Gcrgonias and Peter were under chamberlains. Dorotheus and 

 Gorgonius, after suffering many cruel torments, were strangled; but 

 Peter was hung up naked in the air, and whipped on all parts of his 

 body; his flesh was torn in such a manner that the bones started 

 out; he expired on a gridiron, on which they broiled him. The 

 bodies of these martyrs were thrown into the sea. 



St. Betlelin, otherwise called Beccelin, was patron of Stafford, 

 where his rehques were kept. He was the great friend of St. 

 Guthlake of Cioyland Abbey. He led, it is said, an anchoretical 

 life in a forest near Stafford. 



Canadian Golden Rod Solidago Ccmade/tsis full fl. 

 Flaxleaved Fleabane Conyza linifolia full fl. 

 Oval Fleabane Conyza bifrous full fl. 

 Mariland Fleabane Conyza Marilandica full fl. 

 Umbelled Starwort Aster umbellalus full fl. 

 Onecoloured Starwort Aster unicolor full fl. 

 Smallflovvered Starwort Aster parvijlorus fl. 

 Red leaved Starwort Aster lividus full fl. 

 Peachleaved Starwort Aster glaber full fl. 

 Pilose Starwort Aster pilostis full fl. 



In late years we have known the Oat Harvest not yet finished. 

 We observed Oats cut and laying on the ground at this time both 

 on the coast of France and of England in 1823. 



Some curious ceremonies are still (b-eived in various parts of the country 

 when Corn is housed. But the "harvtst liome," like other customs of olden 

 time, is fast wearins out ; and, if practised at all, scarcely deserves the name 

 of that festival, when, as Pope says. 



Our rural ancestors, with little blest, 

 Patieiitof liibour when the end was nst, 

 Indulued the day that housed their annual e:rain 

 With fi-asts and off' rings, and a thankful strain : 

 The joy their wives, and sons, and servants share, 

 Ease of their toil, and partners of their care : 

 The laugh, the jest, aliendantson the bowl. 

 Smoothed ev'ry brow, and opened ev'ry soul. 



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