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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ANECUOl'ES— Selected from 'lliachiji's Journal. 



When the Count D'Esfaing's fleet appeared 

 near the British batteries, in the harbor of 

 Rhode Island, a severe cannonade was commen- 

 ced, and several shot pa«sed through the houses 

 in town, and occasioned greal consternation a- 

 mong the inhabitants. A shot passed through 

 the door of Mrs. Mason's liotise, just above the 

 floor. The family were alarmed, not knowing 

 ■where to flee for safety. A negro man ran and 

 sat himself down very composedly, with his 

 back against the shot hole in the door, and be- 

 ing asked by young Mr. Mason why he choje 

 that situation, he replied, " Massa, you never 

 nnow two bullet go in one place." 



A criminal was executed who had been guil 

 ly of forging a number of discharges, by which 

 he and more than a hundred soldiers had left 

 the army. He appeared to be penitent, and 

 behaved with uncommon fortitude and resolu 

 tion. He addressed the soldiers, desired them 

 to be faithful to their country and obedient to 

 their ofiicers, and advised the officers to be 

 punctual in all their engagements to the sol 

 diers, and give them no cause to desert. H<: 

 examined the halter, and told the hangman tin 

 knot was not made right, and tliat the rope wa; 

 not strong enough, as he was a heavy man 

 Having adjusted the knot and tixed it round his 

 neck, he was swung off instantly. The roi)e 

 broke, and he fell to the ground, by which he 

 was very much bruised. He calmly reascended 

 the ladder and said, " I told you the rope was 

 not strong enough, do get a stronger one." An- 

 other being procured, he was launched into 

 eternity. — 



At an attack on Charleston, Sir Peter Parker, 

 Commodore in the British fleet, had a material 

 part of his breeches torn awaj', and was other 

 wise wounded. In a southern newspaper were 

 inserted the following lines on Sir Peter's dis 

 aster : 



" If honor in the breech is lodg'd, 



As Hudibras tiath shown. 

 It may from hence be fairly judg'd 



Sir Peter's honor's gone." 



We were invited to visit a curiosity. Thi: 

 is a monster in the human tbrm. He is twenty 

 seven years of age, his face from the upper part 

 of his forehead to the end of his chin, measure 

 twenty inches, his eyes and nose are remark 

 ably large and prominent, chin large and poin- 

 ted. His features are coarse, irregular and dis- 

 gusting, and his voice is rough and sonorous. 

 His body is only twenty-sevep inches in length, 

 his limbs are small, and much deformed, and he 

 has the use of one hand only. He has never 

 been able to stand, or sit u|(, as he cannot sup- 

 port the enormous weight of his head ; but lies 

 constantly in a large cradle, with liis head sup- 

 ported on pillows. He is visited by great num- 

 bers of people, and is peculiarly fond of the com- 

 pany of clergymen, always inquiring for them 

 among his visiters, and taking great pleasure in 

 receiving religions instruction. General Wash- 

 ington made him a vt, ;(, and asked, "whether 

 he was a whig or tory ?" He replied, that >- he 

 had never taken an active part on either siile." 



WAR HORSES. 

 At the battle of Germanton, General Wayne 

 rode his gallant voan, and in charging the en- 



emy, his horse received a wound in his head, 

 and fell, as was supposed, dead. Two days 

 after, the roan returned to the American camp, 

 not materially injured, and was again fit for 

 service. 



During the battle of Waterloo, some of the 

 horses, as they lay on the ground, having re- 

 covered from the first agony of their wounds, 

 fell to eating the grass about them, thus sur- 

 rounding themselves with a circle of bare 

 ground, the limited extent of which, showed 

 their weakness; others of these interesting an- 

 imals were observed quietly grazing in the mid- 

 dle of the tield, between the two hostile lines, 

 their riders having been shot ofl' their backs; 

 and the balls that flew over their heads, and 

 the roaring behind and before, caused no res- 

 pite of the usual instinct of their nature. — 

 When a charge of cavalry went past, near to 

 any of these stray horses, the trained animals 

 would set oft', form themselves in the rear of 

 their mounted companions, and though without 

 riders, gallop strenuously along with the rest, 

 not stopping or flinching when the fatal shock 

 with the enemy took jilace. 



The Address of the Hon. Dewitt Clinton, re- 

 cently delivered before a literary Society at 

 Schenectady, New York, is warmly commended 

 in the New York papers, as a choice specimen 

 of learning, eloquence and patriotism. Mr. C. 

 closed his address with the lollowing noble and 

 eloquent peroration : — 



" Finally, whatever may be our thoughts, our 

 words, our writings, or our actions, let them ali 

 be subservient to the promotion of science ami 

 the prosperity of our country. Pleasure is a 

 shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageam 

 — but knowledge is extatick in enjoyment, pe- 

 rennial in fame, unlimited in space and intinitt 

 in duration. In the performance of its sacreil 

 ollices, it fears no danger, spares no expense, 

 omits no exertion. It scales the mountains, look> 

 into the volcano, dives into the ocean, perforate.^ 

 the earth, wings its flight into the skies, encircles 

 the globe, explores sea and land, contemplates 

 the distant, examines the minute, comprehends 

 the great, and ascends to the sublime. No place 

 too remote for its grasp — no heavens too exalted 

 for its reach. " lis seat is the bosom of God, its 

 voice the harmony of the world. All things in 

 heaven and earth do it homage, the very least as 

 feeling its care and the greatest as not exempt 

 iVom its jiower. Both angels and men, creatures, 

 of wlwl condition soever, though each in different 

 sort and manner,yet all with uniform consent ad- 

 miring it as the parent of peace and happiness." 



is growing very intemperate. I know tl 

 said Mr. A. but he is a good fellow to work, : 

 when he has cleared up land, and made all* 

 betterments he can, I mean to take the fa 

 back again. Soon alter this B. came in as us 

 for his grog. The Innholder related the c 

 versation, which bad passed between him ■ 

 Mr. A. This proved a powerful scrmo7i. B. 

 tened with attention, received the mug wit 

 trembling hand, and said, this is the last sp 

 I will ever drink. He has reformed, paid 

 debts, and is now living in the rational enj 

 ment of the good things of this life and in 

 bosom of a happy famil}'. Ye, who are lab 

 ing hard to pay for your land, be entreated 

 learn from this incident aa important lessor 

 instruction. 



English Fogs. — The fogs of England hav( 

 all times been the complaint of foreigners 

 Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador, when so 

 one who was going to Spain, waited on hifft 

 ask whether he had any commands, repli 

 " Only my compliments to the Sun, whoi 

 have not seen since I came to England." C 

 accioli, the Neapolitan minister to the Eng 

 Court, used to say that the only ripe fruit 

 had seen in England, were roasted apples, 

 in conversation with George 11. he took 

 liberty of preferring the Moon of Naples, 

 the Sun of England. 



A Windsor chair manufacturer of New Y^c 

 a few days since received a letter from an 

 acquaintance residing in the interior (an ecc 

 trie kind of a gentleman, perhaps not actuall 

 Johnson in literature) who among other corr 

 tions of dialect, had imbibed that of pronounc 

 he word chair as if written with double e 

 CHEER. The old gentleman's daughter was 

 !>earer of this epistle, which informed his ( 

 friend of her recent marriage, on which acco 

 she called on him " for twelve cheers." T 

 receiver of the letter perused it attentive 

 and was not a little surprised that his Irii 

 should request so rough and boisterous a felic 

 iion, on so lender and delicate a theme, 

 knowing his correspondent's eccentricity, 

 thought it best to humor his whim, and accc 

 ingly saluted the astonished lady with a do; 

 huzzas, with such tremendous vociferation, t 

 she shrieked with terror, tied from the sb 

 and has not since been heard of. 



An elegant writer has said, " that the per 

 of our courtship is the happiest of our I 

 If this position be true, it is impossible not 

 admire the prudence of a couple lately marri 

 who protracted this period of felicity for 

 years. That they should at last think it nec 

 sary to unite in the bands of wedlock, is a str 

 ing proof that all human felicity must soi 

 time or other have an end. 



An Innholder a S'uccessful preacher. 



Mr. A was a speculator in lands, and 



sold a farm to Mr. B , who was an active 



industrious young man, but in the habit of mak- 

 ing too free use of ardent spirits. He seltleil 

 upon the land and was much engaged in getting 

 out lumber to pay for it. Wiiile on Ids way 

 with his team from the lot to the wharf, he 

 would never forget to stop at Mr. C's tavern, 

 and take what he would call a good drink of 

 ijrog. The habit of excessive drinking grew 

 upon him until he was frequently seen intoxi- 

 cated. At length Mr. A had occasion to call 



the same inn. The landlord observed to „,^Us, and m the same proportiou for a 



him B. will never pay you for your land j he 'number. 



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