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prospect of bidding an eternal farewell to 'so frightful an The first occasion on which he distinguished himself was apparition, and gladly allowed himself at the dark hour of this :-His regiment being encamped on the heights above midnight, to be led to the calf's grave, when the ghost, after Alexandria, a detachment of Austrians, from the vale of Belbo, again renewing his charge anent the lifting of the bones, during the night. The weather was stormy, and the French were ordered to attempt a surprise, and marched against them vanished with a hideous howl into an adjoining thicket, had no notion any Austrians were so near them. Human suswhile poor Reid was left to escape from his terrible situa-picion, in short, was a-leep, and the camp in danger. But tion the best way he could. Next day he reported the cir- Moustache was on the alert; walking his rounds, as usual, with cumstance to the minister, who, with the elders, and almost his nose in the air, he soon detected the greasy Germans. all the other parishioners, proceeded to lift the bones which Their knapsacks, full of sourcrout and rancid cheese, betrayed they, with due solemnity, removed and buried in the them to his sagacity. He gave the alarm, and these foul churchyard. Both the laird and his man were present, and feeders turned tail immediately, a thing Moustache never did. saw and heard what passed, with no small satisfaction at Next morning it was resolved, nem. con. that Moustache had the success of their stratagem. All the bones except the him a statue; the Romans would have carried him in triumph, deserved well of his country. The Greeks would have voted shanks were decayed, having been buried many years. The like the geese of the Capitol. But Moustache was hailed with minister said, "He had been a strong man," and added, "but the strongest may be overpowered." "I wonder,' a more sensible sort of gratitude. He would not have walked three yards, poor fellow, to see himself cast in plaster; and he said one of the elders, how the skull is not to be seen, for liked much better to tread on his own toes than to be carried I have known the skull to be quite whole when no other breast high on the finest hand-barrow that ever came out of the bone was to the fore; surely his head has been made away hands of the carpenter. The colonel put his name on the rollwith." "No," said William Reid; " for the ghaist told me it was published in a regimental order, that he should hencehe was brought down by the help of a dog, and then mur- forth receive the ration of a grenadier per diem-and Moustache dered with a stick." The murmurings about the absence was "le plus heureux des chiens."† of the skull raised a fear in the minds of the laird and his

man, that the whole affair would be discovered to be an imposture; and to prevent this, they, on the same day, procured a skull from the kirkyard, and laid it down near the place whence the bones were lifted. The Ghaist again appeared that night to Reid, and told him that a bone had been left, which, for his future peace, he must go back and find. Accordingly next day the skull was found, and laid beside the bones of the calf in the kirk yard of Mortlach. When Charlie had finished his story, my father exclaimed, "Weel, if that be true, mony a' ane has been frightened for naething." "There is no fear of its being true," said Charlie, "for Sandy Roy told it to me the night before he went to Germany with the 42d regiment, and from whom could you hear it better than from the Ghaist himself?"

MOUSTACHE, A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

ARMA CANEMQUE CANO! MOUSTACHE Was Born at Falaise, in Normandy, as nearly as can be ascertained, in or about the month of September, 1799. The family being numerous, he was sent, at the age of six months, to Caen to push his own fortunes, and was received into the house of an eminent grocer, where he was treated in the kindest manner.

of the regiment, was hung round his neck, and the barber had He was now cropped à la militaire,-a collar, with the name

orders to comb and shave him once a-week.

From this time Moustache was certainly a different animal. In fact he became so proud, that he could scarcely pass any of his canine brethren without lifting his leg.

In the mean time, a skirmish occurred, in which Moustache had a new opportunity of shewing himself. It was here that he received his first wound,-it, like all the rest, was in front. He received the thrust of a bayonet in his left shoulder, and with difficulty reached the rear. The regimental surgeon dressed the wound which the Austrian steel had inflicted. Moustache in the same attitude, during several entire days, in the Infirmary.

suffered himself to be treated secundum artem, and remained

He was not yet perfectly restored when the great battle of Marengo took place. Lame as he was, he could not keep away from so grand a scene. He marched, always keeping close to the banner, which he had learned to recognize among a hundred; and, like the fifer of the great Gustavus, who whistled all through the battle of Lutzen, Moustache never gave over barking until evening closed upon the combatants of Marengo. from rushing personally upon the Austrians; but his good forThe sight of the bayonets was the only thing that kept him tune at last presented him with an occasion to do something. and this rash animal dared to shew itself in advance of the A certain German corporal had a large pointer with him, But, strolling about the town one day, not long after his arranks. To detect him-to jump upon him-and to seize him rival, he happened to come upon the parade of a company of by the throat-all this was, on the part of Moustache, only a grenadiers who had just received the route for Italy. They bulky, despised to flinch, and a fierce struggle ensued. A musmouvement à la Française. The German, being strong and were brilliantly equipped,-their spirits were high, and their ket-ball interrupted them; the German dog fell dead on the drums loud. Moustache was fired on the instant with a por-spot; and Moustache, after a moment of bewilderment, put up tion of their fine enthusiasm. He cut the grocer for ever, slunk his paw, and discovered that he had lost an ear. He was puzzled quietly out of the town, and joined the grenadiers ere they for a little, but soon regained the line of his regiment; and He was dirty-he was tolerably ugly-but there was an in- Victory having soon after shewn herself a faithful goddess, ate telligence, a sparkle, a brightness about his eye that could not supper among his comrades with an air of satisfaction that be overlooked. "We have not a single dog in the regiment," spoke plainer than words," When posterity talk of Moustache, said the petit tambour, "and, at any rate, he looks as if he it will be said, That dog also was at Marengo." could forage for himself." The drum-major, having his pipe in his mouth, nodded assent; and Moustache attached himself to The recruit was soon found to be possessed of considerable tact, and even talent. He already fetched and carried to admiration. Ere three weeks were over he could not only stand with as erect a back as any private in the regiment, but shoulder his musket, act sentinel, and keep time in the march. He was a gay suldier, and of course lived from paw to mouth; but, long ere they reached the Alps, Moustache had contrived to cultivate a particular acquaintance with the messman of his company, a step which he had no occasion to repent.

had marched an hour.

the band.

He endured the fatigues of Mont St. Bernard with as good grace as any veteran in the army, and they were soon at no great distance from the enemy. Moustache by this time had become quite familiar with the sound not only of drums, but of musketry; and even seemed to be inspired with new ardour as be approached the scene of action.

This story, published in JANUS, is taken, but not translated, from

the Anecdotes du diɛ-neuvieme siecle,

his

I think it has already been observed, that Moustache owned whole regiment. In truth, he had almost an equal attachment no particular master, but considered himself as the dog of the for every one that wore the French uniform, and a sovereign contempt to boot for every thing in plain clothes. Trades people and their wives were dirt in his eyes, and whenever he did not think himself strong enough to attack a stranger, he ran away from him.

"The sun of Austerlitz" found him with his chasseurs. In

rison, thought fit to chain Moustache to a sentry-box. He
He had a quarrel with his grenadiers, who, being in gar-
could not endure this, and took the first opportunity to escape
to a body of chasseurs, who treated him with more respect.
the heat of the action he perceived the ensign who bore the
colours of his regiment surrounded by a detachment of the
enemy. He flew to his rescue-barked like ten furies--did
vain. The gentleman sunk, covered with a hundred wounds;
everything he could to encourage the young officer-but all in
but not before, feeling himself about to fall, he had wrapt his
At that moment the cry of
body in the folds of the standard.

+ The happiest of dogs,

THE SCHOOLMASTER,

victory reached his ear: he echoed it with his last breath, and his generous soul took its flight to the abode of heroes. Three Austrians had already bit the dust under the sword of the ensign, but five or six still remained about him, resolved not to quit it until they had obtained possession of the colours he had so nobly defended. Moustache, meanwhile, had thrown himself on his dead comrade, and was on the point of being pierced with half-a-dozen bayonets when the fortune of war came to his relief. A discharge of grape-shot swept the Austrians into oblivion. Moustache missed a paw, but of that he thought nothing. The moment he perceived that he was delivered from his assailants, he took the staff of the French banner in his teeth, and endeavoured all he could to disengage it. But the poor ensign had griped it so fast in the moment of death, that it was impossible for him to get it out of his hands. The end of it was, that Moustache tore the silk from the cane, and returned to the camp limping, bleeding, and laden with this glorious trophy.

intended going to Jedburgh; " And what business hae ye at Jeddart ?" says Wull. "Oh," says the gentleman, "I am going the road." And observing a pony in the farm-yard, he said, to attend the Circuit Court; but my feet have failed me on « That's a bit nice pony of your's ;—is it to sell ?—would ye like to part with it ?” “A wad'na' care," Wull says; "but ma brother Geordy, he's the farmer; and he's at Selkirk the day. But if we could get a guid price for't, a daresay we might part wi't." stranger. "What do you ask for it ?" says the we hae nae use for, and if we could get ought of a wiselike "Ma brother," quoth Wull, 66 price for't, it would be as weel to let it gang." says it's a thing

and Wull agreed. Says the gentleman, "By the way, I canThere were only two words to the bargain, the gentleman not pay you to-night, but if you have any hesitation about

Such an action merited honours; nor were they denied. The old collar was taken from him, and General Lannes ordered a red ribbon to replace it, with a little copper-medal, on which were inscribed these words :-"Il perdit une jambe à la bat-me, my name is HENRY BROUGHAM, and I refer you to the taille d'Austerlitz, et sauva le drapeau de son regiment." On Earl of Buchan, or Mr. George Currie of Greenhead, who the reverse:-" Moustache, chien Français: qu'il soit partout will satisfy you :"-It will be observed that the places of respecté et cheri comme un brave." necessary to amputate the shattered limb. He bore the opera- Mr. Currie, were in the neighbourhood. On this reference, Mean time it was found residence of this nobleman, and Henry's brother advocate, tion without a murmur, and limped with the air of a hero." without making any inquiry, honest Wull immediately gave the gentleman the pony with the necessary trappings.

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As it was very easy to know him by his collar and medal, orders were given, that at whatever mess he should happen to present himself, he should be welcomed en camarade; and thus he continued to follow the army. Having but three paws and one ear, he could lay small claims to the name of a beauty; nevertheless, he had his little affairs of the heart. Faithful in every thing to the character of a French soldier, Moustache was volatile, and found as many new mistresses as quarters.

At the battle of Essling, he perceived a vidette of his own species; it was a poodle. Moustache rushed to the combat ; Ó, tender surprise! the poodle was a but than Tancred, who had not wit enough to recognize his Clorinda, More happy Moustache in a single instant found his martial ardour subside into transports of another description. In a word, he seduced the fair enemy, who deserted with him to the French camp,

where she was received with every consideration.

This attachment lasted the best part of a year. Moustache appeared before his comrades in the new capacity of a father; and the Moll Flagons of the regiment took great care of his off. spring. Moustache seemed to be happy. His temper was acquiring a softer character. But one day a chasseur, mistaking his dog no doubt, hit him a chance blow with the flat side of his sabre. Moustache, piqued to the heart, deserted, abandoning at once his regiment and bis family. He attached himself to some dragoons, and followed them into Spain.

He continued to be infinitely useful in these new campaigns. He was always first up and first dressed. He gave notice the moment any thing struck him as suspicious; he barked at the least noise, except during night-marches, when he received a hint that secrecy was desirable. At the affair of the SierraMorena, Moustache gave a signal proof of his zeal and skill, by bringing home in safety to the camp the horse of a dragoon who had had the misfortune to be killed. How he had managed it no one could tell exactly; but he limped after him into the camp; and the moment he saw him in the hauds of a soldier, turned and flew back to the field.

Moustache was killed by a cannon-ball, on the 11th of March, 1811, at the taking of Badajoz. He was buried on the scene of his last glories, collar, medal, and all. A plain stone served him for a monument; and the inscription was simply,

"CY GIT LE BRAVE MOUSTACHE."

ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF HENRY BROUGHAM.
For the Schoolmaster.

In the year 18-, as Wull, or William Hall, then overseer
of the farm of Sunderland, in Selkirkshire, Scotland, the
labours of the day being over, was leaning against the dyke
of the farm yard, a young gentleman of genteel appearance
came up to him, wished him good evening, and observed
that the country here looked beautiful.
into conversation, Hall, who was a talkative lad, after a few
The two getting
observations, asked him "where he was ga'in?" He said he

He lost a leg in the battle of Austerlitz; and saved the colours of

his regiment.

and next morning when the business of the farm called him Wull being a man of orderly habits, went early to bed; and Geordy together, says Wull to Geordy, "Ye was unco late in coming hame last night;-Aw selt the powny."

"And wha did you sell it to ?" says Geordy. “Oh, to a having mentioned the price," My faith," says Geordy, "ye young gentleman." "And what did ye get for't?" Wull hae selt it weel.” siller." "You d—d idiot, ye did na' gie away the powny without getting the siller for't; wha was he?" "But," says Wull, "a did na' get the ca'd himsel' Henry Brougham, and he said if a had any jealousin' about him, that the Earl of Buchan, or George "Oh, he Currie, advocate, Greenhead, would say he was guid enough for the money. Oh, he was an honest-looking lad; a could hae trusted ony thing in his hand." Geordy's temper became quite ungovernable at Wull's simplicity. After the whole Southern Circuit was finished, there was no word of payment, and Wull's life became quite miserable at Geordy's incessant grumbling and taunting; the latter ever and anon repeating, "What a dd idiot Wull was to gie the beast without the money till a man he kend naething about ;" and the other as pertinaciously insisting, "that he (the gentleman) was an honest looking man, there was nae fear o' him." In the course of six weeks an order came for the payment he was an honest man, a kend by the look o' him.” "Ld," says Wull, " did na a tell ye

of the steed.

From that moment Wull stood eminently high in Geordy's eyes; and while the one chuckled at his penetration of character, the other was no less humbled at having called his superior judgment in question.

William Hall is still alive, and there is not a prouder incident in his life, of which the present LORD CHANCELman in Britain's Isle, than he is, when he relates the little LOR of Great Britain forms the hero.

A SCOTCH GENTleman and RepUBLICAN.—Laing the toun, which is thus dashed off in a few masterly strokes by historian has celebrated the character of Fletcher of Salof nice honour; brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a Mackay: "He is a gentleman steady in his principles; lion; would lose his life readily to serve his country, and

would not do a base thing to save it."

HYDROPHOBIA.

It de

plies much more properly to that of the human species, where even the sight of fluids often produces violent spasms (FROM A PAPER IN THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.) in the throat; the contraction has been so great that it has been found impossible to swallow, notwithstanding the Hydrophobia in man is of rare occurrence. During the earnest wish of the patient to do so. That a dog should last thirty years only six or eight cases have been known at be called mad in consequence of having the symptoms Bartholomew's Hospital, and among twenty persons, who at one time were bitten, only one had the disease; so that referred to above, is a sad error of language, and leads to the exceptions from the effects of this supposed virulent poi- the many absurd opinions which depend upon this term ; son, here seem to form the rule, whilst the observance of we must consider, however, that the moment such an idea enters into the head of any person (who has a tongue also), the usual laws of cause and effect, if the received theory of the alarm of a mad dog is echoed far and wide; the poor hydrophobia be a true one, are very rare; not more fre- animal is hunted about till its frightened condition gives quent than one in twenty! It is said, that there are ten it the appearance of wildness or madness. There are few animals besides the human species, that are susceptible of this disease. They are the dog, wolf, fox, and the cat; the people who have not, at one time of their lives, felt the terror inspired by either seeing or hearing of such an anihorse, ass, mule, cow, sheep, and pig. The first four only mal in their neighbourhood. Men may call a certain disas it is pretended, have the power of communicating it. ease canine madness if they will; our position is, that this The mysterious and capricious agency with which, among disease is not to be communicated to other animals by a the human species, hydrophobia has hitherto appeared to bite, but by the usual manner in which other diseases that select its victims, has been one fearful adjunct in the caare called infectious are communicated. It may be talogue of its horrors. It has set at defiance all the laws as infectious among animals, as the disease called the by which we reason, either from experience or analogy. By some unknown spell it has seemed to seize upon its distemper among dogs is considered to be; or, possibly, it unhappy choice, and to have exerted its baneful influence may be an epidemic: either supposition will account for peculiarly over the powers of his mind. But on a short the fact, that dogs in the same neighbourhood have freexamination, the solution of the enigma presented itself. quently had this disease, when there has been an almost, if not an absolute certainty that they have not been bitAs far as we know, it has never occurred to any one to ten. In conclusion, we state, that the saliva of the sosuppose, that the cause of this direful malady originates called rabid animal has no poisonous quality. The disin the nature and shape of the wound, and not from any ease named hydrophobia in man is caused by the injury of virulent matter injected into it. A wound made with a a nerve. When fatal effects occur, there are accidental pointed instrument, a nail for instance, in the hand or circumstances attending the wound; and as they more foot, has not unfrequently been followed by tetanus; and frequently follow punctured wounds than others, the the sa me consequences have succeeded a wound where the teeth of a dog are as likely to produce them as any thing nerve has been injured, without being divided. serves particular notice, that the only four animals that else, and the reason why every bite is not succeeded by the same consequences is, because no nerve is injured so as are said to have the power of communicating this malady to produce the appalling nervous excitement that has rehave teeth of a similar form. They would make a deeply; ceived the name of hydrophobia. A witch! the plague! punctured wound, which is precisely the kind of wound and a mad dog! behold the trinity which long held the which more often than any other is the herald of tetanus. dominion of fear over mankind. The days of the first perThough the symptoms of hydrophobia have hitherto been son in this trio are at an end: scarcely can any one be considered somewhat to differ from tetanus, they agree found to pay her homage. The plague, though no trifle, in their principal characteristics; in being spasmodic, in is viewed with less horror, because its nature is better unpeculiarly affecting the muscles of the throat, and, in short, derstood, and it may be, at all events, avoided by not enin producing the same great excitement in the whole ner-tering the fatal locality. A mad dog still exercises a fearvous system. A more attentive examination of the subject ful influence over almost all the thinking as well as unwill perhaps show, that the symptoms of each disease are thinking portions of society; but the star of his ascendancy more exactly similar than has hitherto been imagined; may be on the decline, and perhaps the little that has and that they have been modified only by the peculiar conbeen here said on the subject may contribute to hasten his stitution of the patient. All that is meant here to be assinking below our horizon. How much of anguish-how serted, is, that there is nothing in the symptoms of the one disease which has not, in its general character, been found much of apprehension may be disposed of by the removal in the symptoms of the other. Immense quantities of opium of unfounded fears; and in this effort to dispel them, we can be borne by those labouring under either disease with-anticipate the cordial co-operation of others. out the usual effects. Excision is said to be the only remedy in both diseases; and in each it is equally powerless after the nervous excitement has once commenced. The horrible custom is said not to be yet entirely exploded of smothering the unhappy sufferer between two feather beds, from the fear that he may communicate the disease by biting those around him. It has sometimes happened, that under the influence of extreme terror, the poor wretch has, in his agony, begged to be prevented from injuring his attendants; but we have never known of any instance where an inclination to bite has been exhibited. Hydrophobia is no more the necessary consequence of a bite than blindness is. One word on the hydrophobia of animals, and particularly as it appears in the dog; he is more often the subject of the disease, and his domestic habits bring him more under our observation. There seems to be scarcely the slightest resemblance between any of the symptoms of the hydrophobia of man and those of the brute creation. The dog, under the influence of his disease, generally appears dull and out of spirits, and snaps at any person or thing near him. His aversion to fluids is by no means universal-he has very frequently been known to drink a short time before death; so that the horror of water does not form a characteristic symptom of his malady. It ap-|-Campbell's Memoirs.

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REGIMENTAL SOUP.-The village where Lord Townsend's brigade was quartered on this occasion, had been occupied two days before by the French as an hospital; and it appeared, that to expedite the interment of their dead, they had thrown them into the well of the village. When the soup was served up, a universal complaint was made of its horrid taste; and, although soldiers on a march have seldom an opportunity of indulging in gastronomic fancies, it was agreed on this occasion that some inquiry should be made into the cause which made their meal so unpalatable, when it was speedily traced to the corrupted state of the water in the well. The discovery was sufficient to stay the appetite of most of the company; but among the number present was old Major Hume, of the 25th Foot, then known as the Edinburgh regiment, who had been a soldier from his infancy, and had served with distinction at Fontenoy and Dettingen. After so many campaigns, he had no doubt often been exposed to fare on viands not perhaps the most delicate; and when the company had broken up in a most admired disorder, he proceeded with characteristic indifference to finish his dinner, exclaiming with an oath, that the soup was good, and that it would have been better if the whole French army had been in it.

COLUMN FOR THE LADIES.

FEMALE DRESS.

sessed over European states-namely, the absence of country gentlemen and of a church establishment; for to the absence of these the Americans attribute a large portion of the very great degree of comfort they enjoy. If I understand this lady's principles correctly, they are strictly epicurean. She contends, that mankind have nothing whatever to do with any but this tangible world; that the sole and only legitimate pursuit of man, is terrestrial happidiverts his attention from the pleasures of this life, destroys all real sympathy towards his fellow-creatures, and renders him callous to their sufferings. However different the theories of other systems may be, she contends that the practice of the world, in all ages and generations, shows that this is the effect of their inculcation. These are alar ming doctrines; and when this lady made her debut in public, the journals contended that their absurdity was too gross to be of any injury to society, and that in a few months, if she continued lecturing, it would be to empty benches.

About a century ago Rousseau was preaching to women on this subject of dress, in almost the words of the Phrenological Journal now. There was an interregnum in the reign of stays for about the first twenty years of this century, but the restoration seems to be followed, like other restorations, with greater tyranny than before. "It is wellness; that looking forward to an ideal state of existence, known," says Rousseau, "that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give both sexes those fine proportions of body, which are observable in the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present artists; nature being too much disfigured among us to afford them any such. The Greeks knew nothing of those Gothic shackles, that multiplicity of ligatures, and bandages, with which our bodies are compressed. Their women were ignorant of the use of whalebone stays, by which ours distort their shape, instead of displaying it. This practice, carried to so great length as it is in England, must in time degenerate the species, and is an instance of bad taste. Can it be a The editor of The New York Courier and Enquirer pleasing sight to behold a woman cut in two in the middle, and she have been in constant enmity, and have never failed as it were like a wasp?* On the contrary it is as shock- denouncing each other when opportunity offered. ing to the eye, as painful to the imagination. A fine Wright sailed from New York for France, where she still shape like the limbs, hath its due size and proportion; a remains in the month of July, 1830: and previous to her diminution of which is certainly a defect. Such a defor-departure delivered an address, on which the New York mity also would be shocking in a naked figure; wherefore then should it be esteemed a beauty in one that is dressed!" Rousseau may be content with having emancipated the limbs of infancy from Gothic trammels and ligatures, and may leave the ladies in peace to scold Janet Macdonald for not having tougher stay.laces. Lately some young men in America resolved that they would not marry the wasp-waisted girls, and were very properly answered, that when they left off drinking and smoking, the ladies would not longer insist upon becoming "small" by such rapid degrees. Admiration of the wasp-waist is confined, like that for a fine gown, to the sex themselves. Men at most forgive a blemish, which staymakers' apprentices only can consider as a beauty.

MISS WRIGHT+ THE POLITICAL APOSTLE. From Ferrall's Ramble in the United States. THE person of Frances Wright is tall and commanding; her features are rather masculine, and the melancholy cast which her countenance ordinarily assumes, gives it rather a harsh appearance; her dark chestnut hair hangs in long graceful curls about her neck; and when delivering her lectures, her appearance is romantic and unique.

Enquirer makes the following observations:

Miss

"The parting address of Miss Wright at the Bowery Theatre, on Wednesday evening, was a singular mélange of politics and impiety, eloquence and irreligion, bold invective and electioneering slang. The theatre was very much crowded, probably three thousand persons being present; and what was the most surprising circumstance of the whole, is the fact, that about one half of the audience were females-respectable females.

"When Fanny first made her appearance in this city as a lecturer on the new order of things,' she was very At her first lecture in little visited by respectable females. the Park Theatre, about half-a-dozen appeared; but these

soon left the house."

Mr. Ferrall notices, that this lady had organized in New York, associations similar to our Trades Unions. These held different doctrines, some being much the same as our own Spenceans. Some of the objects sought are unexcep tionable. A just compensation for labour. Abolishing imprisonment for debt. A general system of education; including food, clothing, and instruction, equal for all, at the public expense, without separation of children from parents. Exemption from sale, by execution, of mechanics' tools and implements, sufficiently extensive to enable them to carry on business.

de-alarm from her invasion. It says her doctrines, and opinions,
The New York Enquirer appears to have suffered great
and philosophy, appear to have made much greater progress
Her fervid eloquence-
in the city than we ever dreamt of.
her fine action-her soprano-toned voice-her bold and
daring attacks upon all the present systems of society-and
particularly upon priests, politicians, bankers, and aristo-
crats, as she calls them, have raised a party around her of
considerable magnitude, and of much fervour and enthu
siasm."

She is a speaker of great eloquence and ability, both as to the matter of her orations and the manner of their livery. The first sentence she utters rivets your attention; and, almost unconsciously, your sympathies are excited, and you are carried on by the reasonings and the eloquence of this disciple of the Gardens. The impression made on the audience assembled on that occasion was really wonderful. Once or twice, when I could withdraw my attention from the speaker, I regarded the countenances of those around and certainly never witnessed any thing more striking. The high-wrought interest depicted in their faces, added to the breathless silence that reigned throughout the building, made the spectacle the most imposing I ever beheld. She was the Cumæan Sybil delivering oracles and labouring under the inspiration of the God of Day. This address was chiefly of a political character; and she took care to flatter the prejudices of the Americans, by oc

me,

casionally recurring to the advantages their country pos

We also have the variety sand-glass-made by the squeezing in

"The present state of things in this city, says the Enquirer, to say the least of it, is very singular. A bold and eloquent woman lays siege to the very foundations of society, inflames and excites the public mind, declaims with vehemence against everything religious and orderly. and change in every relation of life-even the dearest and She avows that her object is a thorough and radical reform daughter, in all their delicate and endearing relationships, most sacred. Father, mother, husband, wife, son, and are to be swept away equally with clergymen, churches, banks, parties, and benevolent societies. Hundreds and hundreds of respectable families, by frequenting her lectures, give countenance and currency to these startling prin

of stout girls, to whom nature has denied the power of waspifying.
This lady, originally from Glasgow, or educated there, made a con.
siderable noise in this country before going to Amrica. Extremes
meet. She was the friend or patroness of Mrs. Trollope. Hazlitt, in
speaking of Edward Irving, gives the true key to what is called success
in such eccentric courses as that adopted by Frances Wright. Had
Mr. Irving, he says, been a little man, with a thin small voice, and a
wig, or lanky hair in small quantity, no one would have looked at himciples and doctrines."

a second time.

It is probable that Miss Wright is already forgotten by

all but a remnant of her disciples. There is an immense | ballasting of sober sense and sound principle in Britain and America. The apostle generally long outlives the influence of his creed.

TINCTURE OF ROSES.-Take the leaves of the common rose, or cabbage rose, place them, without pressing them, in a bottle, pour some good spirits of wine upon them, close the bottle, and let it stand until it is required for use. This tincture will keep for years and yield a perfume, little inferior to attar of roses; a few drops of it will suffice to impregnate the atmosphere of a room with a delicious odour. Common vinegar is greatly improved by a very small quantity being added to it.

METHOD OF DRYING CORN IN SHEAVES IN
SWEDEN.

THE weather has been showery, and may continue so, which induces us, for the benefit of all whom it may concern, to publish the following method, communicated by Mr. Stevens of this city, to the Journal of Agriculture :— The simplest method for securing the crop after, cutting it down, from being damaged by standing long in stooks on the ground, is that universally practised by the agriculturists in the woody parts of Sweden and Norway, and which never fails in completely protecting at least ninetenths of the grain from growing in the sheaf, as well as the straw, from any serious injury.

"In those districts, every farmer provides as many "sädes str," corn stakes (i. e. stakes for drying the grain on,) as will be necessary for the quantity of his growing crop. They are generally made of young white pines, 8 feet long, about 14 inch diameter at the top, and 4 inches at the bottom. The upper end is pointed, to admit the sheaf passing easily down over it, and the lower end is likewise pointed to facilitate its being fixed in the ground.

waggon, at a time (by which much grain is frequently lost,) the stake, with the whole of its contents, is taken up, put into the cart and carried to the barn-yard.

"When the crop is all carried home, the stakes are collected and laid aside to be similarly applied the succeeding year; and when they are carefully kept during the period they are not in use, they will last twenty or thirty years. I have known many farmers residing in the plains of Sweden, where wood is extremely scarce, who rather than be without such preservatives of their crop, choose to purchase them at a dear rate, and transport them thirty or forty miles to their possessions. Indeed the practice of staking the grain is there so general, and so beneficial, that the number of stakes used is often taken notice of when a lot of land is offered for sale."

THE GLEANER.

FOX AND GOOSE.-The Duchess of Marlborough, at her evening conversations, occasionally covered her head with a handerchief, and was then supposed to be asleep. She was in that state one evening, at a time which she was much displeased with her grandson, then Mr. John Spencer, for acting, as she conceived, under the influence of Mr. Fox, whose name being mentioned, she exclaimed, "Is that the Fox that stole my Goose ?"

racter.

In one of the latest days of Fox, the conversation turned on the comparative wisdom of the French and English cha"The Frenchman," it was observed, "delights himself with the present; the Englishman makes himself anxious about the future. Is not the Frenchman the wiser p" "He may be the merrier," said Fox; "but did you ever hear of a savage who did not buy a mirror in preference to a telescope ?"

USE OF PERIWIGS.-A barber of Northamptonshire had on his sign this inscription :-"Absolam, hadst thou worn a periwig thou hadst not been hanged;" which a brother of the craft versified :

Oh, Absolam, oh, Absolam!
Oh, Absolam my son !
If thou hadst worn a periwig

Thou hadst not been undone!

THE DRAYMAN AND THE SOLDIER.-A few days ago a drayman was brutally lashing one of his horses. A Life Guardsman interfered. "Arn't you ashamed," said he, "to lash the animal? You have no right to whip him in that manner!" "Why that's true," replied the fellow, "for the beast isn't paid a shilling a day to be whipped as you are!" The Life-Guardsman walked on.-Asmodeus in London.

"When a field of grain is ready for the sickle, the stakes are conveyed to the spot, and, as the reapers proceed with their work, the stakes are put up in rows behind them, in the same manner, and at the same distance from each other, as is common in stooking the crop. A man, with the assistance of an iron, crow, or spit, will set up five hundred of these in a day. The next operation is to put the sheaves on the stakes. This is performed by raising the first sheaf up to the top of the stake, and passing it with the rootends downwards to the ground, the stake being kept as nearly as possible in the middle of the sheaf; the sheaf thus stands perpendicular, and round the stake. The second sheaf is fixed on the stake in an inclined position with the grain-end sloping a little downwards, the stake It is an extraordinary fact, that chalk has not yet been dispassing through the sheaf at the band in a transverse covered in any part of the vast continent of North America manner, and in that position it is pressed down to the first A POETICAL IDEA.-Mr. Jones, the Indian chief, at a Missheaf, and thus forms a covering to it. All the other sionary Meeting in London related several amusing anecdotes sheaves are threaded on the stake in a similar way as the of the early intercourse of the Indians with the Whites. He sheaf last put on, keeping them all one above another, with said that when whisky and rum were first tasted by his red the root-ends facing the south-west to receive as much of brethren, they cried out; Oh, how sweet and delicions it is! the sunshine as possible, on account of the greater quantity I wish my throat had been two miles long, that I might have tasted it all the way.' of grassy substance which they contain at that end. As SHEEP-FARMING.-Throughout, the season has been favoureach sheaf thus acts as a complete covering to the one beneathable for sheep; for, though the spring was bleak and late, the it, and as there is only one which can touch the ground, rain cannot at any time penetrate through them, and it is very rare that any single heads of grain on a stake are injured.

"I have witnessed these operations performed with as much expedition as actually attends the common way of setting the crop in the field in stooks. The number of sheaves put upon each stake is generally fifteen or sixteen.

"The advantages arising from the above simple manner of protecting the crop are many, exclusive of the consideration of the grain and straw being preserved in a wholesome state. The farmer by it is enabled to commence reaping early in the morning while the dew is yet on the grain. Partial rainy weather does not prevent his operations; he can employ all his people in cutting down the crop before carrying home any part of it; and when he does commence carrying it home, not the least particle is shaken out; for instead of throwing a single sheaf into the corn cart, or

flocks, for months continuously, had a comfortable bite, and are at present in high condition. The lambing season was got well over; doublets were very common, and the mortality, we believe, lighter than usual. The clip, too, was a good one, and the loss of the fleece, to the animal itself, a benefit rather than a drawback, amid the heat of the dog-days.

has prevailed to a considerable extent. A simple remedy for this consists in bleeding freely, and in giving a full grown animal about an English pint of common salt, dissolved in 2 quarts of warm water. If this is attended to in the first stage of the disorder, it generally passes away in 24 hours; but if unobserved or neglected, strong purgatives and injections should then be tried, though they often prove unavailing.

CATTLE. In some districts the disease called the red-water

BRITISH INCOME AND TAXATION.

A question is often asked, what proportion of a man's income is taken from him in taxes? Now, the total income of the people of Great Britain may be estimated on data, which we have not room to specify. at L.250,000,000.

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