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MISCELLANY. 



The following Wis SU115 nl the lalilc in rhnrlfslown, Jliiss. Ip 

 Mr J. IV. Newell, m celeliriiti.ig the late iiniilversary of tin 

 4lh of July. 

 JONATHAN AND JOHN BULL. 



A FESTIVU SO.N'n. 

 BY T. G. FESSENDEW. 



By Siifots coerced and by Tyrants oppressed, 

 F.iir Liberty fled from the minions of Power, 



And found an asylum in wiids of tile \^'est ; — 

 The glade was her mansion-house, forest her bower. 



But John Bull, (in mischief not apt to demur, 

 A churlish curmud^eor^s bread ever broke,) 



Declared that he meant to annihilate her. 

 And make her bold offspriiig pass under his yoke. 



But Freedom's son Jonathan, subtle and stout. 

 Said BuHwas the mostbrutal bear evercubb'd, 



' Then quicker than li£;htning i^'ee off and back out, 

 Or I rather guess you'll get decently drubb'd. 



' Taxation no Tyranny,' that's true enough. 



As Doctor Pomposity says, ne'erlheless. 

 To tax without representation is stuff. 



We sojfs OF Columbia sha'nt swallow, I guess. 



'I've been for three months to a nice winter-school. 

 Have heard of Man's Sights, and I know what is 

 wrong, 



With leave of your bull-ship, I'm not such a fool. 

 That my birth-right I'll swap for a sop or a song. 



' By my laniin I've found out a thing and a half, 

 Of consequence knoiv that ' all men are born free;' 



And if I'm old Bos' legitimate calf. 

 Like a. stag in the stancheons you can't tetherrae.' 



Bully Bull but re-butted rough words with tough horns. 

 Bade cannon ru-beltow Ihe logic of power; 



Thus might treads on right — thus strensth ever scorns 

 Strong reasons, tliough plenty asdrops in ashower. 



Jock couldn't stand that, and so — at it they went, 

 .•\nd fought like two catamounts seven long years; 



By the least computation the combatants spent 

 An ocean of blood, and a deluge of tears. 



Independence we won, and establish'd at last. 

 This brightest and best cf our Festival days ; 



And the 4th of July should never be past, 

 Unhonor'd by Gloi y's .-aost splendid displays. 



:^ut the Memory of Heroes, who blod on yon height. 

 Should chasten and hallow festivity's mirth. 



And bid the philanthropist hail with delight 

 'Ilia era when loar shall be banished frojn en ih. 



Th^ epoch's approaching, we hope it 'snot far. 



When nations shall shudder at national crimes, 

 And Witchcraft and War-craft be place.l on a par. 

 In ann,-,ls of bye-gone and barbarous times. 



M.iy I.ilicrty's lambent innocuous blaze. 

 Lately liglilcdin Europe, the wide woild illume, 



But may its most vivid and ardent displays, 



Like the flame in thebush, BUR^—but never con- 

 su-iie. 



From the Waisaclnisetls Journal ami 'Inbuno. 



A DISCRIMINATrNG MONKRY. 

 Annuloslriotis German in th.o neiirhborhootl of 

 Philaaclphia, beforo tlic revolution, had laid up a 

 considerable sum of money in guineas, (at that time 

 the common and favorite currency in the colonies, 

 as well as m the mother country.) His gains were 

 chiefly obtained by carrying milk to market every 



NEW ENG Ly\NI) J^AIlMrCll. 



morning, for t'.ventyfive years. Hearing of tlio death 

 of a near relative in Germany, of whose property he 

 was the heir, he determined to quit his milk cart, 

 take ship, and revisit the land of liis fathers. Ac- 

 cordingly having put on board lii.s inosi. valuable ef- 

 fects, dt'posited in a pine chest, and having also em- 

 barked an American bison, for the purpose, as he 

 expressed it, of ' making de show niit his Buffalo' — 

 he set sail. 'Here vas,' said he, 'ein mun in ter 

 sheep, I dono vat de teivel nation he vas; they call 

 liiin Mungy — I spose dat mean leetil mun." To 

 this animal, which was a monkey, the German from 

 the beginning showed the most decided aversion. — 

 He could not endure his mischiefs and grimaces, and 

 the monkey seemed to have a sense of revenge in 

 doing all sorts of ill turns, and practising his most 

 conteinplible mimicries upon tiie German. One 

 day when the latter had opened his chest, and tak- 

 en out a bag, of which he was busy in fingering and 

 counting over the contents, a sudden and strange 

 noise on deck so alarmed him, that he ran up to see 

 what was the matter, dropping his bag into the open 

 chest. After ascertaining that there was no cause 

 of alarm, he was descending to the cabin, when he 

 saw Mungy ascending the rigging, grasping his own 

 bag of guineas ! The German roared for help, and 

 the sailors went aloft to rescue the bag, but Jacko 

 skipped from rope to rope, and perching .safely on 

 the e.Ktremity of a yard, he began to overhaul the 

 contents of the bag, while the pour German watched 

 his motions with a breathless an.viety. 'Mungy put 

 his hand in de bag, and take mine guinea ; he put 

 him to his nose, den cliatter, chatter, chatter, and 

 drop him in de vatter I take an^jther, chatter, chat- 

 ter, chatter, and drop him in de bag ; take another, 

 and chatter, chatter, chatter, and drop him in de 

 vafer ; I wonder how de teivel de tarn mungy know 

 dat I put vatter in de milk ; for vat belonged to de 

 vatter, he give it to de vatter, and what belongit to 

 de milk he put it in der bag.' 



After the monkey had amtised hitnself sufficiently 

 at the German's expense, and separated the milk from 

 the water, being left to himself, he quietly descend- 

 ed and replaced the bag in the chest. 





A Hogstii Disgraced. — The following anecdote is 

 extracted from an address delivered before the Tem- 

 perance Society in Bristol, Conn: — ' A certain per- 

 son, whose relative gave me the information, return- 

 ing home one evening intoxicated, mistook his hog- 

 sty for his dwelling liouse ; and on attempting to 

 enter it, a little error in calculating the comparative 

 height of the door sill and his toes, caused him to 

 make a speedy fall at full length within. Instantly 

 relieved from tlie burden of carrying his head high- 

 est, lie gave himself up to the full enjoymcni of 

 drunken inaction. Startled at his abrupt intrusion, 

 the inmates of the sty liad made a precipitate retreat 

 to the remotest part of it; but seeing no furtlier 

 movement, then began to reconnoitre the animal 

 which had surprised them by conduct so mucli more 

 grovelling than their own ; an I, by degrees, ventur- 

 ing to approach him, they came up around him at 

 length, and commenced a c oser examination by 

 gently rooting him up alternately on each side. 

 This hoisting by the swine, at length became so vio- 

 lent as rather to disturb him • at which time the 

 comfortable condition in which he imagined himself 

 may be conceived from the exclamation that he slug- 

 gishly uttered — ' Do leave off tucking up, and come 

 to bed.' " 



Croly in his life of George the Fourth, states that 

 George the Third, in the height of his popularity, be- 

 came so sensitive to the attacks made upon him by 

 the opposition, in consequence of the appointment o'f 

 Lord Bute as prime minister, that he is said to have 

 conceived the idea of abandoning England, and re- 

 tiring to Hanover. At one time, !iis inclination to 

 take this stop was so great, that lie communicated it 

 to the Lord Chancellor Thurlow, who honestly told 

 him, that ' though it might be easy to go to Hanover, 

 it might be diflicult to return to England.' 



■luly 13, 183 1, 



Valuable and Cheap Land — fur Sale. 



The subscriber olfer.- for sale, 14,0110 acres of Choice 

 Loml, silualeil in ihe loWn of Piirckney, county of Lewis 

 Olid state of New Voik. Some 0) the lanrl is improved 

 ami uinler cultivatioir. The country is reiirarkably heal- 

 thy, being pniirely tVee fiorrr the fever ami ague and from 

 the coirirrion bilious lovers which often afflict Ihe towns 

 upon Lake 0.',ta:io, this town being 18 miles east of the 

 lake. The soil is piurcipally a saiiily loam, much of it 

 coreicd with rich bi.ick mould. The limber is chiefly 

 Sugar Maple, lil.ick Ash, Butternut, Beech, Elm, Sac. 

 The land yields lii^t rate crops of Grass, Rye, Oats,I3ar- 

 ley, l^otatoes and Flax; and on soine |ols, good Wheat 

 anil Corn may be grown. To those wishing to obtain su- 

 perior grazing farms, a line oppoiluirity now offers itself. 

 The pioiluce of pasturage anri hay from an acre of this 

 lar.d, is very large, fully equalling if not surpassing that 

 froirr the sarrte quaniity of land in any oiher of the Black 

 River townships. The land is adrrrirably well watered, 

 there beiirg nut few lots which have not durable running 

 streams upon them. The land is well adapted to Orchard- 

 ing — Ihe Apple tree thriving very well in this county. 

 Slock of all kinds itray be disposed of with lite least possi- 

 ble liouble, atrd to the greatest advantage, the drovers 

 purchasing at !he very doors of Ihe farmers, and paying 

 the highest cash pi ices for their cattle, which will readily 

 find purchasers at all seasons of Ihe year-. Several far- 

 mers at present residins on this town, were originally 

 from the New England States, and soiire of them from 

 Massachusetts, who are in thriving circumstances. The 

 above desoribed land is offered for' -sale at the very low 

 price of lio.ii two dollars and a half to three dollars per 

 acre, lor the unclearerl land, and frorrr three dollars and a 

 lialf to five dollars ami a half tor the improved lots. The 

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

 to five years' credit for payment in annual instalments, 

 will be given. As a further convenience to purchasers, 

 the subscriber will receive in payrrrent, Cattl.', Sheep, 

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

 allow the highest cash prices. The title to Ihe land is 

 indisputable, and good Warranty Deeds will be given to 

 purchasers. Person-i desirous of pmchasrng will please 

 to apply to the subscriber, at Henderson Harbor, county 

 of Jefferson, State of New York, or to David Can field, 

 Es-i. on the town. JAMES H. HENDERSON. 



March i). cpl6t 



Ammunition ,_/3) 



01 the best quality ai.il ii.7(ies< 7)n'cc.s, for sporting — 

 constantly for sale at COPELAND'S POWDER STORE, 

 6 Broad Street. 



IV. B. If the quality is not found satisfactory, it ma 

 be returned, and the money will be refunded. tfJan. y 



Hickoi-y. 



This astonishing fleet horse was raised in Montreal, is 

 from an English blood mare, (sire unknown,) is not in- 

 ferior to any in the U. Slates for speed, action and beau- 

 ty. He is a fine sorrel, well built, good size, and pro- 

 nounced by (good) judges in every respect a first rate 

 horse ; trots a 3 minute gait, fast walker, and has paced 

 around the trotting course. Long Island, in 2 minutes, 34 

 seconds, and was offered publicly to match against any 

 horse that couid be produced. It is considered unneces- 

 sary to say niore,a3 his qualifications are too well known 

 to be doubled. 



He will stand at Abbott's Inn, H olden, during the 

 season. Terurs ^S, the season. Gt jMay 11. 



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