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     ,Massachusetts, which the traveller Would 
     
     nounce the most pleasantly situated and 
     
     at village this State att'ords; it has a beautiful 
     
     no church about 6 or 8 dwelling houses, 
     
     MO or 25 other buildings in which are car- 
     
     don the various branches of mechanism, 
     
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     Slate of Female smug in Purim—Accord- 
     
     gto the doctrine inculcated by Mahornet 
     
     women in Persia are not only excluded 
     
     m all society, but go about so little, that a 
     
     roller might pass through the whole Conn. 
     
     and not see a female face: as the Per- 
     
     as are, perhaps, even morejealous than the 
     
     rks. The Armenian and other christian 
     
     men living amongst them, are obliged to 
     
     alarm to Mahometan law in this respect. 
     
     dcover their faces, and wrap up their figures 
     
     alarge sort of domino or feradgee, in the 
     
     me manner as the native Women, or they 
     
     uld be insulted. So naturalizel are the 
     
     ristians to this custom, that it was the 
     
     use of a great disappii ttmnt to us upon 
     
     e occasion. An Italian doctor, who had 
     
     ely been married to an Armenian. was po- 
     
     eenongh to induce his bride to uncover her 
     
     e for our curiosity and amusement; but 
     
     bestel'forts to persuade her it would not be 
     
     proper were in vai'n- The lady even smoked 
     
     aliaun(the Persian‘hooka) whilst we were 
     
     company with her, but kept it under her 
     
     il; it was altogether a most ludicrous scone, 
     
     vain we told her that it was unfair she 
     
     ould have the Opportunity of seeing us 
     
     rough the little holes ofher dress and that 
     
     pcould not be permitted the advantage—of 
     
     sing her,‘ even with herhusband‘s consent. 
     
     he felt it would be extremely indecent to 
     
     ow her face, and we were obliged to satisfy 
     
     nelves with the assurance of her husband. 
     
     atrhe was not worth seeing. and the great 
     
     obability, that she would accidentally have 
     
     topped aside her veil if shc‘bad any hopes of 
     
     [citing our admiration. The singular state of 
     
     misty among these people will be illustrated 
     
     rbaps, by another trifling anecdote; for we 
     
     ere nota little amused during a sumptuous 
     
     ltertaiument given its by a rich Persian, near 
     
     nmudan, having in the course of conversa. 
     
     n,aslted our host how many children he had, 
     
     perceive him turn round to his servant for 
     
     e necessary information._.dlcoclc's Travels. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Napoleon and the Voltaic Battery—4t is well 
     
     nown thathonaparte during his whole reign, 
     
     hsin the habit ofpersonal intercourse with 
     
     e Ievansof Paris, and thathe not unfrequent- 
     
     attended the sittings of the Institute. Upon 
     
     In: Informed of the decomposition of the 
     
     illicit by Davy. he asked with some impe- 
     
     inn how it happened that the discovery 
     
     d not been made in France. * We have 
     
     "Constructed a Voltaie battery of suflici- 
     
     il’o'el'f was the reply. ‘ Then,’ exclaim. 
     
     Bonaparte, ‘ let one be immediately formed, 
     
     thout any regard to cost and labor.’ The 
     
     Winds of the Emperor were, of course, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     obeyed:and on being informed that it was in 
     
     full action, he repaired to the laboratory to 
     
     witness its effect. On his alludng to the 
     
     taste produced by the contact of two metals, 
     
     with that rapidity which characterised all his 
     
     motions, and before the attendants could in- 
     
     terpose any precaution, he thrust the extreme 
     
     wires of the battery under his tongue, and 
     
     received a shock which nearly deprived him 
     
     of sensation. After recovering frouiits effects 
     
     he quilted the laboratory without making any 
     
     remark, and was never afterwards heard to 
     
     referto the subject.—Part's’ Life of sir H. 
     
     Davy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brerily the Soul of W't't—Colonel S—e, of 
     
     the Royal Marines, was always distinguished 
     
     for the perspiCuity and brevity of his speeches, 
     
     of which the following is a specimen, which 
     
     was delivered when going into the battle of 
     
     the Nile:-—Sir James Saumarez, who command- 
     
     ed the man-of war to which he belonged. had, 
     
     in a lengthened spetch, wound up the feelings 
     
     ofthe sailors to the highest pitch of ardor for 
     
     the fight. by reminding them of the duty they 
     
     owed to their king, and country; and. thOugh 
     
     list, not least, he desired them to call to min I 
     
     their families, their parents, anl sweethearts. 
     
     and to fight ar ifthe battle solely depended on 
     
     their individual exertions. He was answered it) 
     
     looks and gestures highly expressive oftheirde- 
     
     termination; when, turning toout hero. he said, 
     
     ‘Now S e,lleave you to speak to the 
     
     marines, Col. S—4—e, immediately dtreu 
     
     ted their attention to the land beyond the 
     
     French fleet. ‘Do you see that land there?’ 
     
     he asked. They all shouted, ‘ Aye, aye, sir!‘ 
     
     . Vow my lads. that’s'the land of E;ypt; an! if 
     
     you don't fight like devils, you"ll soon be in 
     
     the house of bondage He was answered by a 
     
     real British chcsr fore and aft. 
     
    

    
     Earl Filmoilliam--The following little story 
     
     is so pretty in itself, so creditable to both 
     
     parties. that we cannot refuse it a place in our 
     
     Columns, though it has appeared elsewhere. 
     
     A farmer called on Earl Fitzwilliam, to repre- 
     
     sent that his crop of wheathad been serioust 
     
     injured in a field adjoining a Certain wood. 
     
     where his Lordship's hounds had, during the 
     
     winter, frequently met to hunt, andhe estima- 
     
     ted the damage his crops had sufferedut 501. 
     
     The Earl immediately gave him the money, 
     
     As the harm st, however, approache'l, the 
     
     wheat grew, and in those parts of the field that 
     
     were most trampled, the corn was strongest 
     
     and most luxuriant. The farmer want again to 
     
     his Lordship, ‘ I am come, my Lord, respecting 
     
     the field of wheat adjoining such a wood' 
     
     ‘Well, tny friend, did I not allow you suffi- 
     
     cient to remunerate you for your loss." ‘ Yes. 
     
     my Lord.t have found out i have sustained 
     
     no loss at all, and have therefore brought the 
     
     50L back again.’ ' Ah!’ exclaimed the vene. 
     
     rable-Earl,‘this is what! like, this is as it 
     
     ought to be between man and man. He then 
     
     entered into conversation with the‘farrner, 
     
     asking him some questions about his family, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'reglnated spectators. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     how many chidreu he had, he. His Lordship 
     
     then went into another room, and returning, 
     
     presented the farmer with a checls for tool. 
     
     ‘Take care ‘of this, and when your eldest son 
     
     is ofage, present it to him; and tell him the oc- 
     
     casion that produced it-’—Eng. pa. 
     
    

    
     ‘ .Mnm‘ed Walk—There is pot an expression 
     
     in the English language more wretchedly 
     
     abused than this mdrricd well; it is abused, be- 
     
     cause it is misapplied. When properly used, 
     
     it tells ofa heart and hand connexion; a blend. 
     
     ing together of similar tastes and fancies for 
     
     the journey oflife; a giving away early in the 
     
     sping of years the afl'ections of the heart; and 
     
     ajoiuiugthen ofthe sexes in marriage, with 
     
     the determination of adding a joy to each 
     
     other. But this is all forgotten in the race of 
     
     selfishness. We'live to be happy, we ponder 
     
     much upon the best mode of becoming so; yet 
     
     it we wander from the true path in marriage. 
     
     we get lost in awild ofmisery, where the sun 
     
     .ight ofenjoyment scarcely ever find its way. , 
     
     Now lfor one, do not believe that money is 
     
     the grand pan-secs for every ill of marriage, or 
     
     that it will create a smile of joy upon the brow 
     
     where atl'ectiun does not dwell. Take the 
     
     word of an old fellow for it. he who woes and 
     
     wins modest merit; who seeks a partner for the 
     
     social circle, and a helpmate for the domestic 
     
     concerns oflit'e; who uses the voice of reason, 
     
     .mdl have no objection to his listening at little 
     
     to the warblings of fancy in his choice, will mar. 
     
     ry well, although he may not obtain a copper 
     
     with his bride. yet shebrings to him a willing 
     
     heart and a free mind: and these are of infinite 
     
     Value, to have around.us, as we journey through 
     
     the world. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dancingd.‘ I am an old fellow,’ says Cowper, 
     
     in one ofhis letters to Hurb, ‘ but I had once 
     
     my dancing days as you have now ; yetlcould 
     
     never find thatl could learn halfso much of 
     
     a woman's real character by dancing with her, 
     
     as by ‘conversing with her at home. where 
     
     I could observe her behaviour at the table, at 
     
     the tire side, and in the trying circumstances 
     
     of domestic life. We are all good when 
     
     we are pleased; but she is the good woman 
     
     who wants no fiddler to sweeten her.’ 
     
    

    
     The facetions Mr. Sheridan. on hearing his 
     
     father speak of the antiquity of his family, 
     
     stating. at the same time, that the original 
     
     name was O‘Sheridan, humouronsly observed: 
     
     ~ No doubt of that, father; no one has a better 
     
     right to the 0, for we owe every body.‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Evacuation at the Bowery Theatre—On a 
     
     holiday night. particularly when a great milita 
     
     ry mustcrhas taken place, it usually happens- 
     
     that the Theatres are filled to all overflowing, 
     
     and not always with the most orderly or well 
     
     If Mrs. Trollope could 
     
     have witnessed the spectacle at the Bowery on 
     
     Monday evening, she would have had materials 
     
     for another octave. Booth played Richard the 
     
     Third, and the house was crammed to such an