Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 99, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 August 1833 — Page 4

POETRY.

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Time and hi Children. Time paused one day as he went his round For he felt an inward pain, And he took his seat on a lofty ground, With a melancholy strain; i "O that my daughter Tiuth so bright, With Falsehood couM hefp pare; j For ! fee he troubles the world outright, And covers with woes his face." And his heart beat high as he turned around. At thf noise of footsteps nigh, And he knew as he heard the thundering sound, It was Falsehood speeding by. Sir,"' eric (! Falsehood, "since we met. ! have busily been engaged; 1 have made a bitach m the kingdoms each, And the woild I left en r Aged. "I met, jost now, a poor old man, And his locks were turning gtey; 'No merry,' I cried, 'for your guill ii dyed And caniiot be washed away.' "So the old mart perished in despair, Where he hum My kneeled to pray; And then came up a maiden lair, Whose lover was far away: - told her he lay by another's side; And so she faded away ; But her lover rctuin'd and found her not. And be died yesterday.'' Then the old man shook like a leaf, and wept When he heard this tale of woe: And he turned to Truth, and said, '-For-sooth, O daughter, what can we do? '0 sire," she cried, "my eyes are dim With my weeping, night and day; For Falsehood is stiong, and he flies a long. Like a lightning's flash away. 'And he will not stop a moment for me. But madlv on he goes; And wherever I go, it is ever so. He had filled the world with woes.1' And the old man wept again like a child. At what he heaid her say;

Then he tnnk his course on his fiery horse,

tor he could no longer stay. So Time passed on in his eagle flight, And Falsehood followed fast;

But Truth went slow, and her heart beat

low, To think how her lot was cast.

exerted by the swordfish, by means of Portland yesterday morning, about 10

o clock, four miles N. E. of Nahant, he saw three Sea Serpents, one of which was about 100 feel long, and the other two between GO and 70. On his passage down, on Friday evening, he and his pas senger3 saw the serpent spoken f in ano iher paragraph in this paper, from the Transcript. Capt. P. until within a few days, has been an unbeliever in the ex istance of feea Serpents; his description of the monster he saw agrees in the main with those which have been heretofore given to the public. We learn that he proposes to fit ut an expedition to cap ture one of these "ancient and fish-like" visiteis. Boston Courier. The sea serpent in verity. Extract of a letter to a gentleman in this city : Portland, July 6.

Dear Sir, I arrived in safety this morning, at 8, having passed an hour or

more, yesterday afternoon, among a shoal of Sea Serpents, three of which, measure from 80 or 90 to 120 or 130 feet, I distinct ly saw with ihe nakeo eye, and af

terwards carefully examined through a

glass. They were laying full length on

the water, occasionally luting their heads

four or five feet above the surface., and

showing i'O or 30 buuehes, or stiake like

indubtuons at a time. Their heads bore a resemblance to the pickerel's, and the crease of the mouth, marking the d i vision ot thejaws, was like

that of a common snake. The engine of

the boat was stopped, and for three quarters of an hour w e had a cool and delibe rate view of these monsters. Such looking objects 1 never beheld. fjr Since th above was received, we uae conveisi-d with several people who

cmne up in the Connecticut, yesterday, and they all state that they saw, about

10 o'clock, yesterday morning, a little below Nahant, three or four ot the pents, one of which was certainly 100 leel in length. Boston Morn. Pest

nis peculiarly rormea tan, wnen ascendii g in a perpendicular direction, through the water. Of the habits of this fish, very little has hitherto been known. An experienced fisherman has lately stated to us some facts in Ihe business with

which we were much interested.

They live upon mackerel, or any other

smaller lish which swim in shoals, obtaining their prey in a most singular

manner. Commencing their pursuit

in a roundabout style, like some cunning logicians, they take a wide cir

cuit, gradually lessening the periphery

ot their circumnavigation, and increasing their speed, uniil the numerous ob

jects cf their appetite are huddled in

to a close mass, when the pursuer bolts for the centre, sinking a moment, then

coming up swiftly, sword first, and com

monly transfixing three or four victims.

Some species of whales, we believe.

are in the habit of surrounding their

prey in the same manner. After the

swordfish has secured one or more of

the smaller fiy, in the mode above re

lated, he may he seen with his head partly above w ater, leisurely thrashing his prize about, as: it were in play, until the victim is torn in pieces, when,

and not befoie, he sets about devour nig it secundum artem. In almost every olher respect, this fish appears to

evince but little sugacity. It must in deed be a stupid exploit to stick one's

horn through a ship's bottom, without

the power of extraction and the slug gisli indifference with which they re gard the harpoons and lances empiov-

fd against their own lives often torn

lug, as it were, voluntm ily to receive

second or thud wound, instead oi

4oing offal full speed to the ends

he earth, argues no sort of discre tio-:

N hen these lish are brought to n a

ket, (hey are cut into transveise s!i ev of the ordinary thickness of a beefsteak

and cooked after any of the divers

fashions applicable to anv other fish.

There is less bone in the body of the

swordfish than in the halibut; ihe back

bone, or rather centre bone, running through without branches from stem to stern, like the wick of a candle.

Their eves aie much larger than thort

of largest wh iles. We have seen them

when stripped of the external coat,

big enough to fill a tea cup. When first taken fiom the head, they may be

made to answer the purpose ol a powful burning glass. With a swordfirTs eye, we once set fire to a cigar in less

than half the time usually required to

perform that operation by means of a common glass lens.

One ol these gigantic warriors of!

Black Hazck It is rumored that this lamous roue eloped the other day with a fashionable married ladj, whom he met on a visit to the fails of Niaga

x no scanuaious coterie at daralo

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ga Spiings are inclined to believe that

the ladv tarried otl the copper color

ed gentleman, rather than the gentleman the lad), What will the illustrious squaw Mrs. Black Htnk say to this? .V. Y. Courier.

thirty acres more, situated in the cer.-

tre of the city of New York, which, with the other lands, will not only embody i.e chuirh, but its revenues, a? well as some of the most Valuable real estate in that city. This property has been a subject of dispute ever since the Ameiican revolution. Phil.Chron. The senses fallible mlnesses, When we bathe in the sea, or in a cold bulb, we are accustomed to consider the water as colder than the air, and the air colder than the clothes which surround us. Now all those objects are, in fact, at the sarre temperature. A thermometer surrounded by the cloth of our coat, or suspended in the atmesphere, or immersed in the sea, will otand at same temperatuie. A linen shirt, when first put on, will feel colder than a cot ton one, and a fiannel shirt-will actually feel warm; yet all these have the same temperature. The sheets of the bed feel cold, and blankets warm; the Slanket3 and sheets, however, are e qually warm. A still, calm, atmospheie, in summer, feels warm; but it a wind arises, the same atmosphere feels cool. Now, a thermometer sus pended under shelter, and a calm place, will indicate exactly the same temperature as a the imomeler on which the wind blows.

in the course of the marriage service.

the Minister asked the bridegroom, in

the usual form, Wilt thou hav e this

woman to be thy wedded wife?" He

coolly answered, " To be sure 1 will; I

come o purpose.

TwoScoteh gentlemen,who were ret so long headed as they themselves imagined, met one day at the turning of a

street, and ran their head together uaawares. The shock was rather tfin.

ning to one of them, He puilcd IT his hat, and laying his hand on his forehead, " Sich a blow, my heed's a r'ti!"--in' agin." " Nae wonder," said h?s companion, ")our heed was ay e bosa, (empty) that makes it rin; my heed disna ring a bit." "How could it ring,' said the other, "seeing its cracket; Cracket vessels never ring." Decisive argument. At a debating club, not far otl", the question was discussed, whether there is more happiness in the pursuit or possession of an object, and was decided no doubt in favor oi: the following: "Mr. President," said the orator, s'pose I was conrt'm a ga!, and she was to run away, and I war to run arter her, would'nt 1 be happier when I cotch her than when I was runnin' artcr her."

A Szcord fish captured by two young Eadvs. It is not commonly known by travellers in metropolitan cities and other region, that the swordfish, the natural enemy of the whale, is often taken m this vicinity, and that its flesh is held in such great estimation b) piscivorous epicures, that it alwavs commands a high pi ice in our hb mar ket. To those who delight in devouriug the inhabitants of the deep, a slice of this formidable sea warrior affirds

a meal of great delicacy. In shape.

ihe swoidusti is

the deep was captured on Saturday

last on the south shore of our island, in

. . i,i , , ithe tongue or the pen it is a hadprobablygivenchasetosomestrag L We

gimg uiuciiiii or ecuppmig ij auggy, as the New Yorkers call them) which

instantly Jled towards the shoal water,

where the pursuer got aground; when

Mrs- Ann Royal. It is now confi denvly slated in the best informed lit erary circles, lhat this accomplished lady, who is ju'ly denominated the Mrs. Walter Scott ot America, is on ;he eve of a voyage to Great Britain, for the purpose of challenging Ms. Trollope to a trial of skill. Sue leaves to the latter the choice of weanons

II one to

that if the

Lnglish virago accepts the challenge,

our cnampiou will give a good account

!of her; and hereby otter a bet of two

the surf rolled him further up the

(lo one on the "Black Book" heroine,

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exposure in another element. In this' situation he was discovered by two females in a calash from Siascous-t. It certainly required some nerve to attack a monster of Ins dimensions, gro

velling and floundering just within his

with the rev. mr. Ftdler, aftt

finishing the old Trollope. J.Y.Cour.

A short way to be married. A oung

couple went, not long since, into Ihe

the study ot a late judge of our su

nearly cylindrical.

handsomely tapering from the head downwards, and terminating in a wide scolloped tail, in w'drh, as in Samp son's hair, lies its chief strength. It has a black and shining skin, without scales, similar to that of the spermaceti

wh.le. They are commonly from 10

to 13 feet in length, weighing from 200 to 500 lb. The sword, as it is called, or hone, projecting horizontally fmip the head, is the principal in strumei.t which it employs, either as

a weapon of attack, or as a means of;

procuring food. This "sword" is ex

tremety hard, with a rough grating surface, tome 4 to G feet long, 5 or 6 inches w ide, two-edged, and through the centre about 2 inches in thickness. This weapon seems to answer the pur

pose of the swordfish as r loverly as Ihe trunk of the elephant subserves the

convenience of that sagacious animal

Instances are quite common of whales

being found wounded on Ihe under sid, 'loubtN ss by ihis instrument ; and whale ships have frequently been at tacked in like manner. V e havo seen

a plmk taken from the bottom of a whaler, through which the sword of one of these lih had penetrated, leav

ing nearly a foot inside the vessel, and

twice that length outtide. Unable to withdraw it, the weapon of course be came forfeit, and the head of the ad venturous assailant must have expe

rienced much pain in parting with it; for it was found broken olT near its junction with the skull. So tightly

did it remain in the wood, that no per

ceptible leak occurred in consequence, though the ship must have had stili a considerable portion of her voyage to accomplish. From this fact, an idea may be formed of the tremendous force

uncivil us justice oi me peace, was

authorized to solemnize mairiage, and

marrv them. "Vet

native brine: and the elder of the twoPmne coul1.' who b vi,lue of Cl,ni

felt rather disinclined to engage in such sport. But the younger went manfully to the scratch, and her corn pamon followed. They took him by

the horn, and by the dorsal, but he would'nt stay taken in that ignoble

sl)le. At length, after tugging and struggling for half an hour the tumbling billows the only witnesses, to see fair play and clear the ring all the

parties being alternate half in and hall out of water ihe amphibious combat terminated in favor of the assailants. Swordfish had unluckily got canted sideways, just as one of bis antagonist was advising an abandonment of the battle-ground; hut the ounger of the amazt.ns vowed she'd cut bis throat

first; and seizing this auspicious moment, she plunged into his gullet thf

deadly weapon her scissors! It was all she could do for the glory of the

conquered! So leaving him with an

awtul gash in the thorax, writhing ur

on the beach, the victors trudged half

a mile to the nearest farmhouse, where they procured more effective imple

ments, and returning, finished their

work, by decapitating the prostrate

sea-dragon, chopping him into porta

hie sections, and sending about half

"the spoils" (upwards of two hundred weight) to market. When the women first told the story of their having ta

ken the prize, they were asked if they

felt sure that the tish was not already dead when discovered? One of them

replied, "I guess vou would'nt ha"

thought so, if you'd ha" seen the sand

ny.' "wen, added the inquirer,

"none would have attempted to secure

so huge a subject, with just such a wea

pon, except a woman, or an editor. n

Jantuckct Lnquircr

desired him to

well, ' said his honor, whom they found writing, "pass me your certificate and

you may go. 7 i he man handed a cer

uiicata tliji! the tanus bad been published, but remained. The judge con linued his employment, until the im

patient bridegroom again announced

the intention of his visit. "Very well," said the judge, and again pursued his

tasK. Alter some further delay the neglected applicants once more remained his honor of their desire to be married. "Why go home," said the magistrate, "you have been tnarried this half hour." And it was true.

The law only requires an acknowledg

ment of intention before a lustice of

the peace, and a recognition of that

intention by the justice in his official

capacity. There is no form or words

necessary to the purpose, nor any

ceremony, other than a simple dec

Maration, which the judge did not per

mil lor a moment to disturb his medi tation. Ohio Examiner.

A native HodmanOn passing the new buildings now being erected upon the

site i the late fire, on !lain street, the other day, we were not a little surprised to see a steam engine busily engaged in the laudible employment of passing up bricks and mortar from the ground to the workman above. Anon the engine grappled with a timber or two, and hauled them aloft to their places, and then retired to its tubs of mud. It proceeds with all the gravity of n l urk in its task; and, by means of ropes and pullies, distributes materials through buildings upon either side of the one in which it is located. It is one of the most orderly, temparate and industrious laborers upon the premises and has thus far secured the good will of the employers. Buffalo journal

Mons Tonson come again ! Weare in

formed, on authority which we dare not

dispute, that the fea Serpent has again appeared off Nahant. He was first seen on Saturday afternoon, passing between Egg Rock and the Promontory;

wending his way into l.ynn harbor, and

again on Sunday morning, heading for outh shore. He was seen by fortv

or fifty persons, (ladies and gentlemen)

who insist that they could not have been

deceived, i hey will all take their

corporal oath" that the object seen by

them was the veritable, bonafide Sea Serpent, and no other. They scout the idea of having been deceived by sharks, whales, porpoises, grampus or

horse mackerel, and compel us to ac

credit their assertion Evening Tran

Pretty consithrable of a " i?ore" A

Southerner had a large shaggy dog of

what is commonly called the cur spe

cies, of whom be gave, in presence of a

number of persons, the following char

acter.

"He's a leetle the keenest critter

you ever did see; real wild cat mus cle and grizzle all over can eat t

hedge-hog dodge a thunder clap, and

w hip any four legged animal that ever

walked the earth.

Beech trees prooj against the ekctric fluid A correspondent f the American

Farmer states, that it is a very common

opinion among surveyors and woods

men of the western states, that the beech tree possesses the non-conducting power, ascribed to the cedar; "I presume," says ho, " I have passed a hundred oaks which have beeu stri ken

and although beech is more common

than any other timber, I have not dis

covered onecf that kind."

Pears. -Pears rn;y be graffej on

stocks of the Mountain Ash and the service tree; both of which will grovr

ind thrive where pear tree stocks will

not. I have also seen apples grafted

on quince stocks, and planted in a soil

o wet that an apple could not live; but

they are doing very well, and makinexceedingly fine shoots.

The number of drunken persons whe

during the year 1832, were taken into custody by the London Metropolitan

police, an discharged when sober, id

2V03 of whom 15,111 were male;, 10,291 females. And this number is

but a part, a fraction, of the host of London tipplers.

flozo lo manage him. A gentleman a

day or two since, was very much vex

ed with the stubbornness of a horse

and endeavored in vain to get him for.

ward, the annimal having stoutly resol

ved within himself to go backward.

The gentleman sat in tiie gig for some

time venting his rage in lashes and curs

es, until an Irishman tendered his servi

ces, exclaiming "sir the baist has forgot where his tail lies, or else, by the powers he never would act so contrary and all Ihe w hile be getting forward, while he's going backward. If ye'il be so good as to take a bit of advice from one who knows a thing or two. ye'll jist be after taking him out of the. gig and then harnessing him in anin with his head where his tail now is; and I'll wager ye he'll be going backward all the while he's going forward !"

He must be a scrowger," said a hog

mcrcuant present " but 1 11 bet you a cool ten dollar?, that I've got an old

boar in the field out yonder, that he

cant make run, no day."

"Done!'' exclaimed the Southerner;

taking out the money, which was covered by that of the hog-driver. It was

a cold winter-morning, and the company had to wade through the snow ere they could reach the old hoar. When they arrived at the field, he was pointed out he was standing passively in a corner; and no sooner did the dog per

ceive tiia antagonist than he seized him

by the throat and they both rolled into the snow together.

"He's a screamer!" shouted the

Southerner " May be so," replied the

hog-driver, holding out his hand for the

stakes, "but he aint agoing to run

for he was frozen to death last night

and dead boars dont use their lerS

now a days.

Six Iiichmonds m the Field.' We learn

from Capt. rorter,ol the steam boat Con

necticut, that on his passage up from

An immense estate. We extract the

following from ihe news books at the

Northern Liberties Free Admission

News Rooitu of Tuesday: "We no ticed a few dajs ago a rumor whirl

prevailed in this city, that the chancel

lor of New York had decided in favor of the claimants in the important case of the Trinity church, which has been

contested in law for many years, and

which involves property to the amount oft wenty-five millions of dollars; one of the principal heirs to which, we

learn, is Mr. George Brewer, of Ken

sington, in this city, nn elderly gentle man, in moderate circumstances, for

merly a clerk in the old United States hank. It is slated that they have made a further claim to one hundred and

A good example. The candidates in

Edgecomb county, North Carolina, for

seats in the next General assembly of that state, have entered into an agreement to dispense with the practice of treating at the various muster grounds

previous to tne day oi election.

Yankee Notion. A Massachusetts

paper observes, "there is not a native

that cannot read and write; every child

is educated ; the rich tax themselves to educate the poor; by her constitution

and laws, schools must he every where

euppuiic-u in Buuicieni number to ed

ucatc the whole population. We wish

such yiotims as these were more pre valent in other States. Rakish Re.

A few years ago, a couple went to a

country chuch lo be married. When

n Irishman meeting an acquaint

ance, thus accosted him: Ah my dear

who do you think I've just been speak

ing to? 4 l our old friend Patrick, faith and he is grow n so thin, I hardly knew him: to be sure, you are thin, and T am thin, but he L- thinner thun Loth of us.

put together.

Technicalities. We believe there is no profession more fond of using technicalities than that of the physician; and too many people arc apt to think a doctor skillful when he makes copioususe of them. It has been told us that a lady, after having been bled by a physician, saw, with great alarm, that the akin around the wound caused by a lancet, turned blue (a common occurrence.) She immediately discharged the doctor, and sent for anothor to ak advice concerning hvrperiloit.i situation. He said that it was only caused by the blood remaining between the skin and the flesh, and that she needed no reme

dy. She turned him off as ignorant of his profession, and employed a third,

who, giving her the same answer, re

ceived the same fate. At length a doc

tor was found who came up to her ideas of a great man. He looked at the affected part, and exclaimed, with a

well assumed look of horror. " Good

Heavens! what an Eccamasis! I will

immediately go to my office and mix

you some Ligrntumdiajvftgahs.n The mortification was, of course, eradicated and he become the family physician.

If you see a person get offended at the publication of an aiticle thai was not intended for him, it is a pretty sure sign that he hns been guilty of a likrT crime.