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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



from Ike Hancock Gaulle. 

 POT-LUCK. 

 Yankees are famM for " everlasting dinner-." 

 So call'd by John BnlTs g:r>rmaudiziag sinner?. 

 Whene'er of such a Frenchman comes in view, 

 He cries at ouce nith wonder — '■ O, mon Dicu 1" 



The Yankee still is modest and polite ; 



And when a favorite guest he would invite, 



'Ti«, " come and dine with me, good sir, to-day, 



In a snug, family, familiar way :" — 



Or, " take pot-luck ; I promise not a treat ; 



But commonly can something find to cat." 



A traveller once from France, all nice and pretty, 

 ArrivM in famous Boston town — now city ; 

 Caird at a merchant's counting-room, and there 

 Says, " Sare, me have one letter to you sare." 

 The merchant o'er it cast a careful glance, 

 And found 'twas from a faithful friend in France. 

 " Dear sir," says hr, " call in at four and dine 

 With me on pot-luck., lake a glass of wine. 

 Then at our leisure wc can talk the better 

 About the contents of this pleasing letter." 

 " Sartaiu, good sare, my compliments I pay ; 

 Sartain I tall," then bow'd and went away ; 

 Thinking in French, " what is this ;;o/-/uf/i dish? 

 Is it made up of flesh, or fowl, or fish ? 

 It sure must be a dainty in this nation ; 

 I'll dine agreeable to iuvitation." 



The Frenchman watch'd ; and when the clock stiuck 



four, 

 lie gave four knocks upon the merchant's door ; 

 Was usher'd in ; — by all was kindly greeted, 

 Soon at the table honorably seated ; 

 A table groaning with a vast variety. 

 Where gluttony might stuff e'en to satiety. 



Says merchant to the Frenchmen, " Sir, you see, 

 We treat our friends sans ctre-mo-ni-c. 

 What from this quarter shall I to you pass? 

 There's a boil'd turkey here, and oyster sauce. 

 Sir, you must look about you — there, by ma'am. 

 Are some boil'd chickens and a decent h.-un." 



*' O sare, me take von very Icetel piece 

 Of ham and shicken, sare, if madame please," 

 'Twas handed, and he nibbled, as unable 

 To relish any thing upon the table. 



This course remov'd, another soon appcar'd, 



Which even Epicurus might have cheer'd ; 



Roast turkey, goose, ducks, chickens, partridge, brants ; 



The merchant fell to carving. — " Come, who wants 



A piece of this, or this, or that, or t'other ? 



I'll help each guest as tho' he were my brother." 



The Frenchman nibbled, as he did before. 



But look'd as though expecting something more. 



Next in came puddings, custards, jellies, pies ; 



He nibbled still, and star'd with wondering eyes, 



When told on these he must attempt to dine, 



A? there was nothing more, but fruits and wine. 



'■ -Vo more !" cries Frenchmen ; " den I plainly see, 

 1 make mistake, kind sare ; you pardon me ; 

 Your language I no understand ; O, vat luck ! 

 1 vailed all dis time to dine on poT-i.rrK I" 

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From the UniUd States Gazette. 

 HYDRAULICKS. 

 Description of the Took used in Boring for Water. 

 " The first tool used is an anger ; the shell 

 part, wliicli forins llie hole or bore in the earlh 

 or strata thro' whicli it ().nssef>, is mostly from 

 2i to 3 inches in diamcttt ; the hollow part of 



it being about one foot four inches in length, 

 and constructed nearly in the form of the car- 

 penter's common auger. The rod parts are 

 formed in separate pieces, of four feet long 

 each, which screw into one another by means 

 of what is usually termed a male and female 

 screw, to any suitable length, one after another 

 as the depth of the hole or bore may require. 

 The size of the stem above the auger part is 

 about an inch square, except at the joints, 

 where, for the sake of strength, they are a 

 quarter of an inch more. There are also a 

 chisel and punch for screwing on, in going 

 through hard gravel or metallic substances, in 

 order to expedite the passage of the auger, 

 which could not otherwise perforate such hard 

 bodies. The punch is often used when the au- 

 ger is not applied, to pierce or open the sand 

 or gravel, and give a more easy issue or dis- 

 charge to the water. The chisel is an inch 

 and a half or two inches broad at the point, and 

 made very sharp for cutting stone, and the punch 

 an inch square like the other part of the rods, 

 with a sharp point also. There is a shifting 

 handle of wood which is fastened with two iron 

 wedges affixed to it, for the purpose of turning 

 round the rods in boring, and also two iron keys 

 for screwing and unscrewing the rods, and for 

 assisting the handle when the soil is very stifT, 

 more than two men being required to turn the 

 wheel ; sometimes a windlass is used. The 

 manner of using the auger in working it, is 

 simply thus : two or three men are necessary. 

 Two stand on a stage, erected about 12 or 14 

 feet above the ground, who turn it round by 

 means of a wooden handle, and when the auger 

 part is full, they draw it up out of the hole, 

 and the roan below clears out the earth with an 

 instrument for the purpose, and assists in pull- 

 ing the anger up out of the hole or bore, and in 

 directing it into it again, and can also assist in 

 turning with the iron handle or key, when the 

 depth and length of the rods require additional 

 force to perform the operation. The workmen 

 should be careful in boring, not to go deeper at 

 one time, without drawing an exact length of 

 the shell of the auger, otherwise the earth, clay 

 or sand, through which it is boring after the 

 shell is full, may make it difficult to pull out. 

 .\ cylindrical pipe being placed in the hole and 

 driven downward with a mallet, and the boring 

 continued, the pipe may be i'nrcod down to a 

 greater depth, so as to reach the water or 

 spring. Wells made in this manner are supe- 

 rior to those constructed in the common meth- 

 od, not only in point of cheapness, but also bv 

 affording a more certain and constant supply of 

 water. In case the water near the surface 

 should not be of good quality, the perforation 

 may be continued to a greater depth, till a pure 

 Huiil can be procured. 



The pipes should be either of cast iron, or 

 other metallic substance, and made to fit, with 

 great exactness, the aperture made by the bor- 

 ing auger, or they would not be durable, but 

 speedily become leaky and out of order. The 

 best mode would therefore probably be that of 

 having metallic pipes cast for the purpose, and 

 formed so as to lit exactly upon each other, to 

 any depth that might be necessary in boring 

 for water. When old wells have become in- 

 jured or tainted from any circumstance or acci- 

 dent, being previously emptied, the bottom may 

 be perforated in a similar manner, so as to 



reach the lower sheet of water or main spring. 

 The water will then rise in the cylindrical tubei 

 in a pure stale, and flow into the body of thelf' 

 well or pump lixed for the purpose of briogingi ii" 

 it up." ° p 



From the Providence Gazette. 

 .•\ machine for removing the sick has been 

 invented by Mr. .Tohn C. Jenckes, of this town, 

 which, where it has been in operation, is pro- 

 nounced to he of great utility. A person con- 

 fined to his bed, may by this machine be raised 

 with perfect ease to himself, and with little ef. 

 fort or labor on the part of attendants, to such 

 a height and for such a time, as to give an op- 

 portunity lor making the bed and for changing 

 the linen ; and in warm weather the patient 

 may be much refreshed by being raised and 

 kept at a distance from the bed. The motion 

 is so regular and easy that it is stated a person 

 asleep may be raised without being awakened. 

 A committee of the Association of Mechanics 

 and Manufacturers of this town, having examin- 

 ed the machine, made a favorable report res- 

 pecting it ; and by the recommendation of that 

 committee, the Association have ordered one to 

 be procured for the use of the members. 



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From the Detroit Gazette. 



CoAi,. — There has lately been discovered in 

 the vicinity of Flint river, in this territory, a 

 quarry of Slate Coal. We were furnished with 

 a specimen of it, and found that it burned ea- 

 sily on applying the blaze of a candle to it. Its 

 grain is very fine, and it does not soil even the 

 whitest paper when rubbed upon it. The flame 

 which it produces is considerable, and of a 

 white appearance, and the effluvia of the smoke 

 is much like that which is thrown out by the 

 English cubical coals, used in some of our com- 

 mercial cities. Its ashes are white, and not 

 abundant, and from its durability and heat in an 

 igneous state, it is believed that this coal will 

 become, in a short time, an article of conse- 

 quence to the people of the territory. 



We have been informed that the quarry is of 

 considerable extent, and that gentlemen have 

 already gone to examine it. 



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Saint Foix tells a story of a young woman, 

 who, on a promise of marriage, suffered herself 

 to be seduced by her affection and the tears and 

 intreaties of her lover. He immediately after 

 became rich and broke his promise. Her rela- 

 tions, in spite of her opposition, sued the seduc- 

 er, and he was condemned either to marry her 

 or pay her one tiiousand francs. When they 

 came to announce to the high-spirited girl the 

 result, " I refuse both," said she ; " 1 will nei- 

 ther sell my virtue, nor be the wife of a scoun- 

 drel.'' She took the veil. 



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