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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



August 17, li 



Jttfeccllanics. 



Pope. — The following compliment to the genius 

 and beauty of this immortal poet, is extracted from 

 the notes to his Dunciad. They are supposed to 

 have been written by Lewis, an usher in West- 

 minster School : though their authorship is dis- 

 puted : 



" While malice, Pop<., denies thy page 



Its own celestial iire ; 

 While critics, and wild bards in rage, 

 Admiring, won't admire : 



While wayward pens thy worth assail, 



And envious tongues decry ; 

 These times, though many a friend bewail. 



These times bewail not I. 



But when the world's loud praise is tliinc. 



And spleen no more shall blame ; 

 When with thy Homer thou shall shine 



In one unclouded lame ! 



When none shall rail, and every Isy 



Devote a wreath to thee ; 

 That day (for come it will) that day 



Shall I lament to see." 



" I looked up to the orator in a reverie of wonder ; 

 and during that space I i'elt myself the most cul- 

 pable man on earth." Had the sentiment conclud- 

 ed here, our readers would not believe it w^as in 

 the manner or language of Mr. Hastings. " But," 

 continued he, " I recurred to my own bosom, and 

 there found a consciousness which consoled me 

 under all I heard and all I suffered." 



Punning. — A young lady reprimanded her shoe- 

 inaker for not following her directions respecting 

 a pair of shoes whicli she had ordered ; and among 

 other charges, insisted that they were nai fellows. 

 Honest Crispin acquiesced in the propriety of this 

 remark, and stated that he purposely made them 

 so in order to oblige her, well knowing the purity 

 and chastity of her disposition, and that she was 

 not fond of fellows. 



Complaisance. — The great Henry the Fourth, 

 of France, being asked by one of his haughty fa- 

 vourites, why his majesty gave himself the trouble 

 to return the salute of so many beggars, who made 

 their obeisances to him in the streets, replied, 

 •' Because I would not have my beggars in the 

 streets exceed me in complaisance." 



A Gold Mine has been discovered in Union dis 

 trict. South Carolina, in the waters of Tiger River 

 The ore is said to be of such extent, as to afford 

 employment to 500 hands at good wages. A 

 specimen of the gold has been pronounced by Dr. 

 Cooper, equal in purity to any he ever saw. A 

 company is e.xpcctod to be foi-med to work thf 

 dust. It is asserted tliat the members of the Com- 

 pany formed to work the mines of No.th Carolina, 

 have divided each ISSOOO. — Charleston Patriot. 



Mr. Burke — When the trial' of Mr. Hastings 

 oorainenced in Westminster Hall, the two first 

 days were wholly taken up in reading the articles 

 of impeachment against him ; and four more were 

 occupied by Burke in opening that celebrated 

 case, and stating the grounds of accusation. Never 

 were the powers of that great man displayed to 

 such advantage as ontuis occasion. The contrast 

 which he drew between the ancient and modern 

 state of Hindostan, was sketched with the hand 

 of a master, and wrought up in a manner that 

 could not fail to fi.x the attention, and to command 

 the admiration ; when at length, ho came to speak 

 of Mr. Hastings, no terms can describe the more 

 than mortal vehemence with which ho handled his 

 tnanifold accusations against him. He seemed for 

 the moment as if armed to destroy, with all the 



lightnings of the passions. The whole annals of i ^ wag passing a livery stable one day, in front 

 judicial nations contain nothing finer than his Lf ^.-hj^h several horses were tied, stopped sud 



Bustle in Business. — The Duke of Newcastle 

 was a person of great bustle and appearance of 

 business — always in a hurry, and indiscreet, tho' 

 quick in conversation. It was this manner that 

 induced the Dowager, Lady Townsend, to say of 

 him that " he always put her in mind of a man 

 that lost two hours in the motning, and was look- 

 ing for them the rest of the day." 



On Thursday night last, a JVight blooming Ce- 

 reua, belonging to Mr. Jacob Beck, of this borough, 

 ccpanded its beautiful flower, and was visited by 

 crowds. That was, we believe, the third time it 

 has bloomed. It may be remarked as one of the 

 " singular coincidences" which have of late be- 



Chinese Anecdote. — A man who was actustoci 

 ed to deal in marvels, told a country cousin oi 

 his that he had three gicat curiosities in his pos- 

 session : an ox that could travel 300 miles a day. 

 a cock that told the hour of the night, and a dog 

 that could read in a superior manner. Says the 

 cousin, " these are extraordinary things indeed : 

 I must call upon you, and beg a sight of them.' 

 The liar returns home and tells his wife what ha(. 

 happened, saying he had got into a scrape, t'.nU 

 did not know how to extricate himself ' Oh nev- 

 er mind, says she, I can manage it.' The next 

 day the countryman called, and inquiring after 

 his cousin, is told that he is gone off to Pekin. — 

 And what time is he expected back ? ' In seven 

 or eight days.' ' How can he return so soon ':' 

 ' He's gone off upon our ox.' ' Apropos of that,' 

 continues the guest, ' I'am told that you have a 

 cock that marlcs the liour.' A cock happened just 

 then to crow. ' Yes, that's he ; he only tells the 

 hour of night but reports when a stranger comes.' 

 ' Then, your dog, that reads books ! might I beg 

 to borrow a sight of him.' ' Why, to speak the 

 truth, as our circumstances are but narrow, \vc 

 have sent the dog out to keep a school !' 



An infallible remedy for the Tooth-Ache. A 



lady of this town has favoured us with the follow- 

 ing receipt, which, she says, has never failed to 

 produce the desired effects although tried in innn- 

 msrable instances. JIake a solution of Camphor 

 come so common, that a plant of the same species ' and Cayenne Pepper ; dip therein a small quantity 

 belonging to the Rev. Mr. Duffield, of Carlisle, | of raw cotton and apply it to the affected tootli. 



bloomed in t!ie same night. — York Paper. 



conclusion. 



" I impeach Warren Hastings," said he, " in 

 the name of the Commons of Great Britain in 

 Parliament assembled, whose Parliamentary trust 

 he has abused. 



' I impeach bim in the name of the Commons of 



denly and gazed at them for some lime witli a phi 

 indicating the utmost astonishment, and then ad- 

 dressed the owner, who was standing near, and 

 asked him " if ho made horses" — "make liorses ?" 

 said tho knight of the broom and currycomb, "no! 

 why do you ask such a question ?" " Only," re- 



Great Britain, whose national character he has piigj jj^^ u because I observed you have several 



frames set up ! " 



dishonoured 



" I impeach him in the name of the people of 

 India, whose laws, rights, and liberties he has I Common place events. — The last Darion Ga 

 subverted; whose properties he has destroyed ; Uette announces the return of its editor. In the 

 whose countries he has laid waste and desolate, .course of eight or ten days he had sustained two 



"I impeach him in the name of human nature "'^^"^''^ of fever, one attack of gravel, one attack 

 itself; which he lias so cruelly outraged, and op- °^ violent abuse, and one robbery. Mere trifles 

 pressed. And I impeach him in the n^me, and by '"°'" '""* editor 

 virtue of these eternal laws of justice, which 

 ought equally to pervade in both sexes, every age, 

 condition, rank, and situation in the world." 



The agitation produced by this speech was sucli, 

 the whole audience appeared to have one convul 

 sive emotion ; and when it was over, it was some 

 time before Mr. Fox could obtain a hearing. 



Amidst tho assemblage of concurring praises 

 which this speech excited, none was more re- 

 markable than the tribute of Mr. Hastings him- 

 self "For half an hour," said tliat gentleman 



and it will give instant relief To prevent the 

 composition's getting to tho throat, lay a bit ol 

 rag over the tooth for a few moments. 

 ^ [Wilmington Herald.] 



A lad on delivering his milk a few mornings 

 ago, at Portsmouth, was asked why the milk was 

 so warm. " I don't know," he replied, with much 

 simplicity, " unless they put in warm water in- 

 stead of culd !" 



Cathedral in Montreal. — The Roman Catholics 

 are now building, at Montreal, a cathedral .'Jl!o bv 

 •iW feet, capable of holding 10,000, and having 

 four pulpits. It is intended to be the most mag- 

 nificent of anv in America. 



Saxony Sheep. 



On Friday the 2-tth August UfXt, at 3 o'clock P. JF. 

 at Brighton near Boston, will be sold by public auc- 

 tion, a choice stock of about 101) Saxony Rams, just 

 imported in the brig Cornel, Capt. Meef, from Ham- 

 burg. 



These sheep -Were selected from the purest blood in 

 the kingdom, and will be found at least, equal in poinf 

 ..f fineness of fleece and symmetry of form to any here- 

 tofore imported. The sale will be perfectly free and 

 unlimited. 



Samples of the wool from different parts of each.an- 

 imal may be seen at No. 40 Central street, or at the 

 office of the auctioneers, at any time previous to tht 

 sale^ COOLIDGE, POOR & HE.\D. 



On Thursday, the 23d of August, aT the lower divis- 

 ion of the hall over the new .Mtirkct House, under the 

 direction of the .Xac-England Socjely, will be sold, a 

 large assortment of American fleece WOOL. Woo', 

 £;rowers and others, who wish to benefit by this favour- 

 able opportunity fordisposing of their Wool, are infarm- 

 ed, that we are prepared to receive it, any time previ- 

 ous to the 17th of August, at which lime the catalogue 

 will be closed. COOLIDGE, POOR & HEAD, Auc'rs. 



Boston, July ^7, 18S7, 



I he Karmer is uuldishtd ivrry I- riday, at JJ3.00 

 per .tnnum, or $2,50 if paid inadvaore. 

 Gentlemen who pvocure^re responsible subECribcrs, 

 are entifleJ to ■A.n.rlh volume gratis. 



