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NKW ExN'GLAxND FARMER. 



On the scnsibilily nf the Brute Creation to the va- 

 rious changes of the xvcalhcr. 



\Vf.t weather scKIoni huita the most unwise, 

 !?o plain the si^ni", such prophetj are the skies ; 

 The wary CViihc foresees it first, and sails 

 Above the storm, and leaves tlic hollow vales : 

 The Cow looks up, and from afar can fnul 

 The change of heaven, and snuffs it in thy wind. 

 The Swallow skims the river's watery face, 

 The Frngs renew the croakings of their race ; 

 The careful ^tnl her secret cell forsakes. 

 And drags her eggs alon^j the narrow tracks ; 

 Huge (locks of rising Rooks forsake their food, 

 And crying, seek the shelter of the wood. 

 Besides, the several sorts of fVarry fouls. 

 That swim the seas or haunt the standing pools. 

 Then lave tluir backs with sprinkling dews in vain, 

 And stem the stream to meet the promised rain. 

 The CVou; with clamVous cries the show'r demands, 

 And single stalks along the desart sands. 



VinciL. 



GEN. WASHINGTON. 



The following' authpiitic letter from Gen. 

 \Vashing'ton. to Dr. Cochran, Director General 

 of the American military hospitals during the 

 revolutionary war, is extracted from the num- 

 ber just published of the London Magazine. 

 West-Point, Ausr IG, 1779. 



Dear Doctor — I have asked Mrs. Cochran and 

 Mrs. Livingston to dine with me tomorrow ; but 

 ought I not to apprize them of their fare ? As I 

 hate deception, even ivlicrc imagination is concerned, 

 1 will. 



It is needless to premise that my table is 

 large enough to hold the ladies— of this they 

 liad occular proof yesterday. To say how it is 

 usually' covered is rather more essential ; and 

 this shall be the purport of my letter. 



.Since my arrival at this happy spot, we have 

 had an ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to 

 grace the head of the table — a piece of roast 

 beef adorns the foot, and a small dish of greens 

 or beans (almost imperceptible) decorates the 

 centre. When the cook has a mind to cut a 

 ligure (and this 1 presume he will attempt to 

 do to-morrow,) we have two beef-steak pies or 

 dishes of crabs in addition, one on each side of 

 the centre dish, dividing the space, and reduc- 

 ing tiie distance between dish and dish to about 

 six feet, which, without them, would he near- 

 ly twelve apart. Of late, lie has had the sur- 

 prising luck to discover that apples will make 

 pies, and it's a question if, amidst the violence 

 of his efforts, we do not get one of apples, in- 

 stead of having both of beef 



if the ladies can put up with such entertain- 

 ment, and stibmit to partaktr of it on plates, 

 once tin, but now iron, (not become so by the 

 labor of scouring,) 1 shall bo hap()y to see them. 



/ am, dear sir., your most uhvdicnl servant, 

 GEO. WASHINGTON. 



To Dr. Joii.v Cochran. 



Extract of a letter from an officer in the British ariuy 

 to his brother, at present in tliu city of Pittsburg, 

 I'enu. dated Secundrabad, near Golconda, Kast In- 

 dies. 



'■ 1 arrived here after a march of five hun- 

 dred miles throut,'h a delightful country. We 

 encamped each day on the march, and were 

 three months from Madras to this place. It 

 would astonish you to see au army on its march 

 through this country. The elephants aro like 



moving mountains ; but they are the most do-i 

 cilc of animals. A young one, about two years 

 old, following its dam, being full of play, hap- 

 pened to throiv down a child. The dam turned 

 round, took up the child with her trunk, and hav- 

 ing put it in a place of safety, beat the young one 

 most srvcrcty. 



" The pagodas, or places of worship, are 

 some of them astonishing structures, and are 

 from one to ten stories high. The sculpture 

 of some of them would do honor to our modern 

 artists. The natives are divided into castes. 

 Some castes worship the elephant, others the 

 cow, the sun, the tire, k,c. but they all believe 

 in a future state." — Genius of Liberty. 



The Dog nf Pera. — The house of a Greek in- 

 terpreter at i'era, in the suburbs of Constantino- 

 ple, being on tire, he had saved nearly all his 

 property by the assistance of a few Janissaries, 

 but more anxious, without doubt, for his money 

 than for his family, he had forgotten an infant 

 in its cradle. No one could enter the house, 

 for every thing was on fire. The father, re- 

 duced to despair, believed that his child had 

 perished ; when, of a sudden, a large dog, which 

 he kept to guard his dwelling, emerged from 

 the flames, bearing the innocent little cieature 

 suspended by its linen from his mouth. They 

 reached towards the dog to take the child, but 

 he would not abandon it, and eluding their ef- 

 forts, he ran through a number of streets, until 

 he reached the house of an intima'.e friend of 

 his master, where he deposited the precious 

 burden, and remained till the door was opened 

 to receive it. 



Can yoxi imagine what was the reward of this 

 faithful and generous servant ? The owner 

 strove to recompense him — but the mode that 

 he devised wa.s equally absurd, afllicting, and 

 incredible. With a barbarous gratitude he kil- 

 led the dog, and had him served up at his table 

 at a splendid feast which he gave on the occa- 

 sion. 



" My dog," said the Turk, " has behaved too 

 well to be the food of worms. Men only deserve 

 to cat him. And as for you," looking at his 

 friends and relations, " you cannot but gain by 

 it- -it will render you more benevolent." 



There is in this attested fact, more of bar- 

 barism than of feeling ; — it would have been infi- 

 nitely better to have caressed and taken care of 

 his dog until extreme age, than thus to devour 

 him like wolves. In India, a dog, after such 

 an act. would perhaps have obtained a temple. 

 This would have been, no doubt, ridiculous, but 

 it is better to err by being over grateful, than to 

 sin by the excess of ingraliude. . 



Mr. Curran was once asked what an Irish 

 gentleman, just arrived in England, could mean 

 by perpetually putting out his tongue. " 1 sup- 

 pose," replied the wit, "he's trying to catch 

 the English accent." 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS. 



FOR sale, by GEO. MURDOCK, No. 14, Market 

 Square, a great variety of English and .American 

 (r.\m)FN SEEDS, of the last year's growth ; consist- 

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 and late Cabbage ; early and late Cauliflower ; Sweet 

 -Marjoram, Thyme, &c. with every other Seed suitable 

 for a Kitchen Garden. J}Lio, 40 lbs. Mangel Wurtzel 

 or Scarcity — 100 lbs. Uuta Baga or Swedish Turnip — 

 a quantity of Aioiack or Carrot. March 29.— 6w 



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TIIE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAN 



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