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DON'T KNOW WHAT WE

ARE COMING TO," saying that I have frequently d used, particularly among

.Farmers, on the bad prospect

crop ; but as they are so peirly blessed this year with a and abundant harvest, I think proverb may be better applied omc other occurrences in lire.

JVhen I sec so manv of our

Hem Farmers, out of mere

plaisance to the times, substi-

:ig Brirish finery for American tantials in their wearing ap-

p.it makes me think that they

tnave the art 01 making mobetter than their Diedeceors,

Ic'se, I don't know what we

coinine to."

rhen I sec a respectable Yeo-

eated with nejrii'iencc, on

hunt of hw habiliments being

i'omcstic manufacture, I s'.rug

shoulders, and think, " I ''t know what we are coming

Vhen I rro into some of our

f'Kand see so many finely at-

i ana apparently doina: no-

n sets me a thinking that

7 must be support ei by somey aiul wlio can it be but the

rmer$ ; I guess if this is the way,

s. Know wnat we are comVv'hcn I visit New-York and 5-4 of those large towns, as I Clinics do culrr on buiness 'J'itciwisc, and see the extrava-

of the times in living, the

price of board, &c. and compare it with what it was 30 or 40 years ago, when I used to be in son c of those places, it makes me pui my hand to my purse, and think vhat it will be 40 years hence, & whether people will be able to live at all two or three generations to come ; finally it so confuses me, that I exclaim voluntarily, fc I don't know what we are coming to." When I see some of our modern Ladies (not in any better circumstances to live than their grand mothers were) fleering at a young Farmer, because he is not so gaily dressed as some young Bucks, I think "I don't know what we are coming to." When 1. see so many girls of the present day, who don't know the use of a milk pail, and who are as fraid of a Cow, as if she was a Bear, and from their prim ness, I am led to think that they were born with fewer joints than their mothers, and their nerves are of a more delicate texture, & naturally cry. out " I don't know what we are coming to' When I see effeminacy so evidently depicted in many ofrnir young men, particularly in the large towns, the growth of luxury, and compare it with what it was when I was young, before the revolutionary war, when our race was robust, and our desires not great. I tremble for fear of our country's future welfare, and think "I don't know what we aie coming to." When I see so many of our youths parading the streets with their long Surtouts, and small brim'd Hats, I compare it with some of the ludicrous fashions when I was a bov, and without condemning, smile at their folly ; but think if I was their, Daddy, that I would cut a part of their tails off, to stop this contagious fashion, of having them where they were not necessary, else, " I don't know vhat. we are coming to." An Old Farmer.

Important to the Ladies ! The question has frequently been asked by the fair sex, why no female was ever initiated into the sublime mysteries of masonry ? And indeed it has sometimes' furnished ground of" complaint to some worthy htdpnutes, that their husband should pi esumc to perform any action without submitting it in all its bearings and consequences to their consideralion, and obtaining their appro- - baiion. And no satisfactory rea. son has ever been assigned, tho', it has often been attempted, and

some fictitious objections have been plau3ibly,though imprudently sugerted to the infinite prejudice ot the female character, such as their utter inability to govern their tongue, &c. But at a late celebration of St, John's day, in a neighboring town the true cause was happily developed in the following toast, which it is presumed will supercede the necessity of all other enquiry. "Thepair skx Whose smiles alone make life desirable, &i who are excluded from our lodges, not because they are deemed . unworthy, but because their virtues are so stedfast as not to need artificial support. Pcughkccpsie Observer. SINGULAR SCARECROW!

A farmer near Herkimer, (N. Y.) last spring manufactured a sort of likericbs about the size of one of the would be kings' of New-England, to which he aluxed this label in large letters " HARTFORD CONVENTION." The' consequence was, that neither crow nor Uu k worm destroyed a single blade at corn in that field, norior any considerable distance round. -Alb. Argus. MODERN FAN A IIC3. Tranx the New. Jersey tipsier, cf September 15. Unknown Sect -Passed on Wednesday last, te. Pilgrims, isix men and four women , from " Woodstock in the state of Vermont, on their way to the southward, possessed cf' very singular appearance and deportment. They profess to be the only true followers of Jesus Christ, 61 his gospel, and are in a special manner called of God to go forth into the world to do, and that continually, his will j for which purpose they have forsaken their houses and lands, relatives and friends, and all this world's enjoyments, and after the manner of the apostles are travelling from place to place doing good to the children of men. They have a prophet or leader among them, who occasionally preaches, and most exhort in the streets and ways as they pass by. They seem all devotion and humility, and are continually engaged in the service of Christ ; holding forth the power of his holy spirit, as communicated unto them, saying that the milleniurn is near at hand, and that the lost tribe of Judah is now beginning to be gathered in ; apd the way is fast opening when the four quarters of the world will be gathered into one fold of such aj will receive the true 'spirit of

faith; not that which is received by christians of the present day, but such as is accompanied with holy fire. They have no abiding place in view, but travel as the Lord may direct. They say the people of the' world are of the devil, for they cannot serve the Lord and be ChrisiV.r? 1 hey ask no charity, move very slow with a cart, yoke of oxen, and one horse, and say the Lord will provide for them, for where they go, rhere he is. Their dress is very singular, long beards, close caps, and near skins tied around them. The writer believes them set of deluded enthusiasts. WONDERFUL FISH In a history of Kent, published in England a few years ago, after an enumeration of severe; uncommon fishes, we find the following account of one. . . . .. " He shot himself on shore on a little sand bank, where for want of water he died the next day, before which time his roaiing was heard above a mile. His length was twenty-two yards, the isethtr jaw opeping twelve teet; one' of the eyes was more than a cart & six horses could draw ; a in, 1 a stood upright in the " place fron . which the eye was taken ; th" thickness 'from the back to'ti.; top of the belly was fourteen fee, his tail of the sarrc breadth ; t?.--distance between his eye, c, twelve feet ; three men si. .. .J if. -right in his mouth ; so irf. ribs were sixteen teet lo.vr ; -V' . liver was two cm load., ,u man could creep invu i ;" trils." : It is asserted as a fact that 13 duels have been fought near l-am. ikon's monument, in New-Jersey, opposite New. York city siucc May last. . MAMMO I H PEAR ! Maj. IV. Baylor of the vicinity of this place, lately took a Fear from one or his trees, ineasufir." 17 inches and a half 'in circumference lengthwise, 14 inches the other ,way, and weighing two' pounds ! Western' Citizen.

From the Niagara Journal. ' A very heavy gale of wind wa-i experienced on La .e Erie, on Tuesday last. Several vessels were driven down the lake, and some considerably injmed. 'The schr. Nautilus from this port for Sandusky, was upset about fifty miles above Erie. 1 he passengers and crew succeeded in saving themselves upon the side of the vessel until she drifted down the lake nearly off Erie, 'when lieuu