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NEW i:,nt;lvno faioieu 



May 7, 1830. 



MISCKLLANIES. 



Vuioru of Blake tht Artist.— I'o describe the 

 ooiiversatioiiB whiili Bluk- lii-ld in prose with de- 

 mons, and in verse with unguis, would fill volumes, 

 and an ordinary galkry could not contuin all the 

 heads which he drew of his visionary visitants. 

 That all this was real, he himself most sincerely 

 believed : nay, so infectious was his enthusiasm, 

 that some acute and sensible persons who heard 

 him expatiate, shook their heads and hiiiled that 

 he wa.s an extraordinary man, and that there might 

 be something in the matter. One of his brethren, 

 an artist of some note employed him frequently m 

 ilrawiiig the portraits of those who appeared to 

 him in visions. The most propitious time for those 

 ' angel visits' was from nine at night till five in the 

 morning ; and so docile were his spiritual visiters 

 that they appeared at the wish of his friend.s. — 

 Sometimes, however, the shape which he desired 

 to draw was long in appearing, and he sat with his 

 pencil and paper/eady, and his eyes idly roaming 

 in vacancy ; all at once the vision came upon him 

 and he began to work like one possessed. He was 

 requested to draw the likeness of Sir William 

 Wallace : the eye of Blake sparkled, for he ad- 

 mired heroes : ' William Wallace '.' he exclaimed, 

 ' I see him now— there, there, how noble he looks ; 

 reach me my things !' Having drawn for some 

 time, with the same care of hand and steadiness of 

 eye as if a living sitter had been before him, Blake 

 8toppe<l suddenly, and said, ' I cannot finish him 



Edward the First has stepped in between him 



and me.' ' That 's lucky,' said his friend, ' for 1 

 v»aut ;!;<; portrait of Edward too.' Blake took an- 1 

 other sheet of paper, and sketched the features of 

 Plantagenet ; upon which his majesty politely van- 

 ished, and the artist finished the head of Wallace. 

 'And pray, sir,' said a gentleman who heard Blake's 

 friend tell his story, ' was Sir William Wallace a 

 heroic looking man ?' The answer was, ' there 

 they are, sir, both framed and hanging on the wall ; 

 look for yourself.' ' I looked,' says my informant, 

 ''and saw two warlike heads of the size of com- 

 mon life. That of Wallace was noble and heroic, 

 that of Edward, stern and bloody. The first had 

 the front of a god, the latter had the aspect of a 

 dcmou.'— Lives of the Painters ; Family Library. 



n^NTERMENT AT SEA. 1 



One of the most solemn and gloomy sounds 

 that arrest the ear of a man-of-war's-man, is the 

 voice of the boatswain and his mates calling ' all 

 hands to bury the dead.' It has really a sense- 

 appalling sound. Immediately all the crew are 

 seen hastening on deck, and assembling in the lee 

 gangway. 



The body of the deceased manner may be there 

 seen, covered with the national jack, extended on 

 a plank, the ends of which rest on two shot boxes, 

 on a l<!vel with the gangway. Should there be u 

 chaplain, (and if not, some proper person is ap- 

 pointed to read the burial servici) upon his ap- 

 proach, the jack is removed, and all heads uncov- 

 ered. The body is then seen, merely sewed close 

 up in a hammock ; the poor fellow's chief posscs- 

 non when living, his only comfort when turned in 

 afcr a stormy and tempestuous watch, and his 

 winding sheet when dead. In the foot of it are 

 cnelosi d two 321b. shot. 



Upon con ing to that part of the service, ' we 

 therefore commit his body to the deep,' the plank 

 IH tilted, and the sueeeediiig spliLsh soon warns us, 

 that the relict of mortality has entered its future 



element, never more to be disturbed by human 

 means. It always hud a remarkable sound to me, 

 that splash ! And 1 was foolish enough the first 

 time I was present, to stretch my neck out, to see j 

 if 1 could discover the body after it had reached 

 the water. But the wave had settled calmly over 

 it, and from human eye it was forever shrouded, 

 '•ripe down, sir,' is the word given to the boat- 

 swain, and in fifteen minutes all recollection of 

 what had just occurred, is completely absorbed in 

 the routine of ship's duly.— RecMcctious ofacruist 

 in the Pacijie. 



PRICES OF COVXTRY PRUDLCE. 

 (Reported for the New Eogland Farmer.) 



Educate your children early. — What is the object 

 of Education? To form the character. How is I 

 this to be done ? Not by lessons, but principally 

 through the influence of example, and circumstun- 

 ce.s, and situation. How soon is the child exposed 

 to these inOuences ? From the moment it opens 

 its eyes and feels the pressure of its mother's bo- 

 som—from that time it becomes capable of notic- 

 i ing what passes around it, and knowing the differ- 

 I ence of one thing from another. So powerful are 

 the gradual and unnoticed influences of these ear- 

 ly months, that the infant, if indulged or humor- 

 ed, may grow into a petty tyrant at ten months 

 old, and tottlc about in two years, a selfish, discon- 

 tented, irritable thing, that every one but the mo- 

 ther turns from in disgust. During this period, 

 every human being is making its first observations, 

 and acquiring its first experience ; passes his eariy 

 judgments, forms opinions, acquires habits. They 

 may be ingrained into their characters for life. 

 Some right and some wrong notions may take with 

 firm hold, and some impressions, good or bad, may 

 sink 80 deep as to be with scarcely any force cradi- 

 I cated. There is no doubt that many of these in 

 curable crookednesses of disposition which we at 

 tribute to nature, would be found, if they could be 

 traced, to have originated in the eariy circumstan- 

 ces of life ; just as a deformed or stunted tree, not 

 from any natural perversity of seed, from which it 

 sprung, but from the circumstances of the soil and 

 situation under which it grew. — Journal of Educa- 

 tion. 



AIMM.F.S,t>e«l, - ■ - 



ASIIt.3, poi. BrMwrl, 



IVarl, firtlaorl, - 

 UE.\N.S,»liae, 

 BEtK, ni<M, 



Orgo, No. I, 

 ('argo, No. 2, 

 Ut'TTKK, iiw|)rclfil. No. 1, new, 

 CliKKriE, new milk, - 

 Skimmcil milk, 

 FLOLR, Baltimore, Howard-Hretl. - 

 Geiiese,;, - - • 



Rye, be»l, - . • - 

 GRAIN, Corn, .... 



Kvc, 

 1 Barley, - 



Oils, .... 



HOr.S 1,ARI>, Crsnort, new, 



Ll.Mi:. 



I't.AISTF.R PARIS retails al 

 PORK, clear, 



Navy, mess. 

 Cargo, No. I, 

 SEEDS, Herd's Craw, - 

 Orcli-trd Grass, 

 Fowl Mtadow, . 

 Rvf Crass 



Tall Meadow Oals Grass, 

 Red Top (northern^ 

 Lucerne, . . . - 

 Wliile Horicysuckle Clover, 

 Red CI(iver,'(noriheni) 

 FrcDcli Sopar Reel, - 

 WOOL, Merino, fulfblood, washed, . 

 Merino, lull blood, unwashed, 

 Merino, ilirec lounhs w ashed, 

 Merino, hall blood, 

 Merino, quarter washed, 

 Nai'vc, "ashed, . 

 Fulled, Lamb's, first sort, 

 I'ulied, Lamb's, second sort, 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort, 



ART OF DOtKO GOOD. 



Mothers, can you not teach your children the 

 art of doing good .' It is only to uid, by your ex- 

 ample as well as precepts, the development of the 

 noblest faculties of your children — the affections, 

 reason, conscience; while you repress, as much 

 as possible, the selfishness of animal instinct 

 and appetite. Begin early. You have the key 

 of their affections— open their little hearts only to 

 sweet impressions of love, which is benevolence. 

 Never hire them with money to perform their tasks 

 of any kind. If you have managed them rightly, 

 they will do your requirements for you because 

 they love you. Oive gifts to your children as oft- 

 en as you think best ; but neyer pay them for be- 

 ing good. Let the consciousness that they have 

 done good, have gained knowledge, and that you 

 approve their conduct, be their reward. — Ladies' 

 Magazine. ' 



A Yankee pedlar recently passed through Sc- 

 linsgrove. Pa. with a wagmi load of lo}nbstones. 

 finished, excepting the name, age, and epilapli. 

 These ho did to order. It is eaid he found it pro- 

 filablo business. He may bo a relative of the 

 stoiie-ciilter in this city, who once agreed to ex- 

 change hnrd ware with a countryman for a load ol 

 wood. — Pat. 



PROVISION MARKET. 



connrcTEP evert week bt uh hitwabd, 



(C(ert 0/ Faneuil-hait Uartet.) 



REEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL, - - - 



■MUTTON, 

 POLLTKY. - 

 UUTTER.kegandlub, . 



Lump, best, 

 EGGS, . - . 

 MEAL, Rje, retail, - 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIUER, (according toqualiiy,] 



-.5 

 4 bO 



Seeds for Country Dealers. 

 Traders iu the country who may wi^h lo kcipan assort- 

 ment of Garden Seeds for sale, are informed they can be 

 furnished, at J. B. Russell's Seed Store, cooneclod 

 with the New England Farmer, 52, North Market-street, 

 Boston, with boxes of various sizes and prices, from 10 to 

 £50. coDUining a coiipletk assortmknt of the »ceds 

 mostly used in a kitchen garden, on as favorable terms a« 

 they can be procured in this country, of equal quality, 

 neatly done up in small pncKapes, ready for retailing, tcilli 

 short direction!! on each /.acAra^e for i«.i culture and 

 management— viirmuUd to be of the growth of 18'29, 

 and of the purest quality. tf Feb. 12. 



Fublishcd cverv Fn.lny.at fiS per annum, payable >t th* 

 end oflhevear-bu. those who pny ...Ih.nsi.ljdavs from lh« 

 lime of subscribing, are entitled 10 a dedjctioo ol (ifiy cells. 



dj" No paper will bo sent to a distance wuhoul payment It 

 ine made in advance. , „ „ . . 



Primed for J B. Ri'ssri l, by 1. R. BoTT»-by *ho» 

 all descriptions of Prinlinp can be eiecuied to meet the wishes 

 of customers. Ordersfnr priming received l.> J. B. RISSILL, 

 at the Agricollural Warehouse No. 62 North Markeiblree' 



acests. 

 Vne York—G TuoiiHiiis fi .Sow, (T? Liberty-street. 

 l'hi\uMphta-\).fi C L»KiiKr.Tii.85ChcJlnutJireet. 

 It,llimort—r, H Smith, Oltice of the Americau lormer. 

 .4'\ini/— ll^n J*"'"" B''»^'- _ . „ .r. J 



Fliulnng. \ y \T M PIU.S.K &SoHs, Prop. l.ia. Eol. Gardea 

 //.irfA'ri/— GoonwlK A: Soss. 



Il.tlifir N. H — P. J. Hoi.i »!>n. Esq. Recorder Office. 

 ' MoMmd, L. C— A. BowinaD, Uookaeller. 



