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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



April 6, 1831. 



31 I S C E L, L. A N Y. 



From Hood's Comic Annual. 



THE DUEL. 



In Brentford town, of old renown, 



There lived a Mister Bray, 

 Who fell in love with Lucy Bell, 



And so did Mr Clay. 



To see her ride from Hammersmith, 



By all it was allow'd 

 Such fair outsides are seldom seen, 



Such Angels on a Cljud. 



Said Mr Bray to Mr Clay, 



You choose to rival me, 

 And court Miss Bell, but there your court 



No thoroughfare shall be. 



Unless you now give up your suit, 



■You may repent your love, 

 I who have shot a pigeon match. 



Can shoot a turtle dove. 



So pray before you woo her more. 



Consider what you do ; 

 If you pop aught to Lucy Bell — 



I'll pop it into you. 



Said Mr Clay to Mr Bray, 



Your threats I quite explode ; 

 One who has be*: a volunteer 



Knows how to prime and load. 



And so I say to you unless 



Your passion quiet keeps, 

 I, who have shot and hit bull's eyes. 



May chance to hit a sheep's. 



Now gold is oft for silver changed. 



And that tor copper red ; 

 But these two went away to give 



Each other change for lead. 



But first they sought a friend a-piece. 



This pleasant thought to give — 

 When they were dead, they thus should have 



Two seconds still to live. 



To measure out the ground not long 



These seconds then forbore. 

 And having talien one rash step. 



They took a dozen moi'e. 



They next prepared each pistol-pan 



Against the deadly strife. 

 By putting in the prime ol death 



Against the prime of lile.. 



Now all was ready for the foes. 

 But when they took their stands. 



Fear mailo them tremble so they found 

 They both were shaking hands. 



SaiiJ Mr C. to Mr B. 



Here one of us may fall. 

 And like St Paul's Cathedral now. 



Be doom'd to' have a ball. 



I do confess I did attach 



Misconduct to your name ; 

 If I withdraw the charge, will thou 



Your ramrod do the same ? 



Said Mr B. I do agree — 



But think of Honor's Courts! 

 If we go off without a shot, 



There will be strange reports. 



But look the morning now is bright. 



Though cloudy it begun; 

 Why can't we aim above, as if 



We had call'd out the sun ) 



So up into the harmless air. 



Their bullets they did send ; 

 And may all other duels bare 



Tbat up-shot in the end! 



From the Tyne Mercury, Newcastle, England, Dec. 12, 13.30. 

 INTERESTING AND AUTHENTIC STORY. 



In our paper November 16th, we extracted froia 

 Mrs. Alaric Watt's New Year's Gift, a rather ro- 

 mantic story respecting the ship Ravensworth 

 breaking from lier moorings, and going to sea 

 with only a little boy on board, which possessed 

 a local interest from the event stated, occurring at 

 Shields. We find that the circumstance excited a 

 great sensation here, and is perfectly remembered 

 by some gentlemen older than ourselves. It may 

 be interesting, therefore, to record the facts which 

 took place, as they differ from the fictitious nar- 

 rative in several particulars. The Ravensworth, 

 in the first place, was not an old Greenland what 

 ler, as she is represented, but was a small ship of 

 about 200 tons, belonging to Messrs Mosley and 

 Airey, coal fitters of Newcastle, BIr Robert At- 

 kinson, commander, regularly employed in the 

 coal trade, between Newcastle and London. She 

 was light and not laden, having just arrived from 

 the metropolis. She was driven from her moorings 

 at North Shields, while there was a strong fresh 

 in the river. All the crew as stated, were at the 

 time on the shore, except the cabin boy, a lad about 

 eleven years of age. This occurrence, which, as 

 we have observed, excited great interest in the 

 neighborhood, took place about 1792 or 1793. 

 Soon after it was kn»wn that the vessel had gone 

 to sea wit!) only a little boy on board, the Unity be- 

 longing to Mr N.Clark went out witbcapt. Atkinson, 

 the master of the Ravensworth, in search of her. 

 Tbey did not succeed, however, in meeting with 

 her, and returned. It is net true, as stated, that 

 the Ravensworth was th/ee weeks tossing about 

 on the German Ocean and was then driven on the 

 coast of Holland. The little sailor who constitu- 

 ted her sole pilot, had the prudence, as mentioned 

 in the tale, to lash the helm, so as to keep her froin 

 the shore, and he not only hoisted the, forestaysail 

 but hoisted what is called ' a Jack' on the fore-top- 

 mast rigging. This attracted the notice of a Har- 

 wich smack, when she was near Flaniborough 

 Head, on which she went to her assistance, and as 

 we are informed, took her safely into the harbor 

 of Harwich, after she had been buffeting with the 

 waves for five days. It is worthy of note that the 

 ballast port was 0[)en at the time. The little fel- 

 low was busy frying pancakes when the Harwich 

 smack came to the Ravensworth. It i.s perfectly 

 recollected here that when the jjonng sailor return- 

 ed to Newcastle, he was taken to the Exchange 

 and .shown as a litt-le hero, and several of the mer- 

 chants gave him silver in token of their admira- 

 tion. The author of the story in Mrs. Watt's An- 

 nual, represents him as an old gentleman in his 

 wig, recounting his adventures. This is not quite 

 correct ; if he is now alive, he must be under fifty 

 years of ago. 



Valuable and Cheap Land — -for Sale. 



The subscriber oilers for sale, 14,000 acres of choii 

 Land, situated in the town of Pinckney, county of Lew 

 and state of New York. Some of the land is iinprov- 

 and under cultivation. The country is remarkably he; 

 tXq, being entirely free from the fevei and ague and fro 

 the common bilious fevers which often afflict the tow): 

 upon Lake Ontario, this town being 18 miles east of tli S 

 lake. The soil is principally a sandy loam, much of 

 covered with rich black mould. Tlie timber is chie8 

 Sugar Maple, Black Ash, Butternut, Beech, Elm, & 

 The land yields first rate crops of Grass, Rye, Oats.Ba 

 ley, Potatoes and Flax; and on some lots, good Whei 

 and Corn may be grown. To those wishing to obtain si 

 perior grazing farms, a fine opportunity now oilers itsd * 

 The produce of pasturage and hay from an acre of I 

 l.iTid, is very large, fully equalling if not surpassing! 

 from the same quantity of land in any other of the BI 

 River townships. The land is admirably well watei 

 there being out few lots which have not durable runn 

 streams upon them. The land is well ailapted to Orchi 

 ing — the Apple tree thriving very well in this coui 

 Slock of all kinds may be disposed of with the least po 

 ble trouble, and to the greatest advantage, the droi 

 l>nrchasing at the very doors of the farmers, and pay 

 the highest cash pricesfor their cattle, which will rea< 

 hnd purchasers at all seasons of the year. Several 

 mors at present residing on this town, were origin; 

 from the New England Slates, and some of them fl 

 Massachusetts, who are in thrWing circumstances, 

 above described land is offered for sale at the very 1 

 price of from two dollars and a half to three dollars 

 acre, lor the uncleared land, and from three dollars ai 

 half to five dollars and a half for the improved lots, 

 land will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, and from 

 (o five years' credit for payment, in annual inslalmtf 

 will be given. As a further convenience to purchasi 

 the subscriber will receive in payment, Cattir, Sheep 

 Perk, Grain or Grass Seed, for which products he wil 

 allow the highest cash prfces. The title to thi 

 indisputable, and good Warranty Deeds will be givei 

 purchasers. Persons desirous of purchasing will pli 

 to apply to the subscriber, at Henderson Harbor, coul 

 ofjcfferson. State of New York, or to David CanfielB' 

 Esq. on the town. JAMES H. HENDERSON, 



March 9. epl6t 



Early Potatoes. 



For sale by Samuel Pond, near the Universi 

 Meeting House, Cambridgep^t, a few bushels of 

 prime, early Polatoes, which took the premium at 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Shows last se: 

 and are considered the earliest variety in this vicinity^ 



Also, a fine milch COW, with her calf; a superior an- 

 imal as a milker, and perfectly gentle Feb. 23. 



Ammxinition ,_£]() 



Of the hest quality ai.d lutrfsf ;)nces, for sporting 

 constantly for sale at COPELAND'S POWDER STOEE, 

 G5 Broad Street. ' 



7i. B. If the quality is not found .latisfactory, it may 

 her and the money will be refunded. tf'Jan. 7. 



Farm to be let on Halves. 

 About 30 acres of good land, with house, barn, fmil 

 trees, &c, situated in Roxbury, near the city. Apply It 

 this office. Marehi. 



Sympathetic Ink. — -Dissolve a small quantity of 

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 liKe common ink ; when dry no trace of the writ- 

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 be developed only by a weak .solution of iodine in 

 alcohol, when they will appear of a purple color 

 which will not be effaced until after long exposure 

 to the atmosphere. So permament are the traces 

 left by the starch, that they cannot (when dry) be 

 affected by Indian rubber, and in another case a let- 

 ter which had been carried in the pocket for a fort- 

 night, had the secret characters displayed at once, 

 by being very slightly moistened with the above- 

 mentioned preparation. 



Published e ry Wednesday Eveuing, at $i per annum, 

 payable at the end of die year— but those who pay within 

 sixty days from the lime of eubscribing, are entitled to ad»- 

 duction oflifty cents. 



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 being made in advance. 



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 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet th 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. 

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