I_______POETRY, J> THE PILGRIM. THE night was dark, aid d;car the heath, And horrid liowl'd iln- wind, When o'er the wild a pilgrim itray'd. Some friendly inn to find. l-Ieha{Wd to a feeble light That glimmerM from afar, By whicli he vievv'd a fign pioje&« And found it was iht Star* Grand fare was there for man and horic, And rd\ for weary bone* ; A fam'd and lon<r cttablifl.'d houfe, • And kept by Mary Jonee. Three gentle taps the pilgrim gave. When Mary op'd ihe door, And ufher'd in her weary guell, Not knowing he was poor. He ate, he drank, he prais'd the ale j Molt fumptuoufly he fed ; And when he heard the clock (li ike twelve, He inarch'd up ilaivs to bed. jXext morning breakfaft was prepared, Of which he ate his fill ; When Mary Jones, in peat array, Brought in the pilgrim's bill. He heeded not the items there ; But onto Jones did fay—- •' I bear a pilgrim's ancient name. And ne'er bripgcafli to pay. ** To touch the vile polluted ore, My confcieiice would urfVnd : I neii her borrow cafll nor plate, Nor either do I lend. Cl Daughter, I likM the fnpper much5 An<l much I lik'd the drefitng ; 1 have thee, child, my bUiling." Pot Mary Jones aftouifhM Hood, To fse the jrodd man pray : At length the hollefa lilenee broke, And thus to liim did fay : 41 I ne'er a pilgrim hous'd b.fote, Nor fuch like holy folk ; BtU, as you fay ilie cultorn'a old; i bend beneath the yoke. €i No doubt you have a conference good, Noi do I mean to flunk it ; |3ut, pt)|*ricn9 when you * all again, JBrirg n:'»:-y iafQur p<iJ* AGRICULTURAL. , - 4- - ■ • -■.: lizW method of cultivating andprc- fsrirgREMP, [By the Aube Brallf.] Printed in 7£nghvitl* hy onkr oj the Z*Qnh of ike Comnutlte of Gaunriljhr Ti\uL:aud For- IT is fufficiently known, that land inten¬ ded lor a crop of hemp mull be well manur¬ ed well ploughed, cleanfed, and gotten fine ; zud the fcaf<m being arrived ; which varies much according to the foil, weather, and Gonvenicnev of the cultivator, extending from the 25th March to the 1 5th June ; low the hemp feed, which ought always to be new feed, thin, not exceeding two bufhels to an acre, and if you have the advantage of a drill plough, Hill lefs will do. After the land is fown, go through the whole wuh a JhoveUnnd with it mok* Utile path's at feven fcsCt diftance from eaeb other, the length way of \ our piece, lo that at the proper lea- for, you may reach the female hemp, -vhich rou wiUha.e occaHon to pull out, without trampling on the male, which muft Hand at J call a month longer to ripe 1 its feed. The female hemp, (which is that which bears on¬ ly flowers and no feed) is known to be ripe by the flowers fading, the farina foecundai falling, nndjbtm of the ftem« turning yellow, "You muft then draw out carefully the whole of the female hemp, breakingaalittle ay pofli- ble the fteihs of that which you take, or that which you leave. Immediately as it is gathered, take it in en large handfulsas you can, and either cut¬ ting the roots off, or leaving them OM,a» you like bcfl (1 prefer cutting them off) bold the root end upperraoft, and with a wooden iword drefi off ihe flowers and leaves, which you leave in the field, fine* they afhll in manu. 7,ng/ P^k out any weeds or fpoilt plants; put twelve handfuls, orgiipes, together to make a bundle ; then lay the bundles in water ; it U much the bell to be a running and clear "vatc;, and if (haded and overhung with trees the better ;lay poles, or planks, or whatever ".Ifc yon have thit is fuiiable, aciofs a large J>umbei together, to as to keep them at leall Iwu inches under water. Take particular nolle* which yon lay in firft, and how you lay the bundles, in order that you may be a- jU to gtt tficm out again lure flivlj aathey vere laid in, without bteaking or tangling- At the end of lis dap, villi the hemp, and fee whether the reed will draw out from fome of the bundles. The time required for foak- ing depends very much on the nature of the hemp, the weather, and of the water it h foaked in—from fix days to nine, or even to eleven. It i-* a trouble th »t is not ill bellow¬ ed to foit the hemp for foaking, if it is of un¬ equal li/ea, the (lendet ell generally requiring rnoft foaking. When you find toy quantity fufficicnlly foaked. take it with care, putti Jg the hands under it to prevent breakage, and tranfport it to a trough or to a "table ; for there arc two methods of working it. If you work n in a trough, you mult be provided with one fomewhat longer thnn any hemp that you mean to work in it—twelve, or fourteen in¬ ches deep, and of what width yea think pro¬ per according to the number of perlbns you employ at it, as one, two, or four. 1 o this trough mull be fitted two pieces of plank, of about a foot length, bin of luch width as to (Iretchovtra bundle ofthe hemp as it hes open in the writer : Thefc plank* mult he fet on one tide with teeth of brnfs wire, and when the hemp is ready for drawing, muft be laid on it as if lies in the water, to ke. p it ftrninht and immersed. If you work the hemp on a table, you mod, before taking it out of the Water, open a lit¬ tle the bundles and nib the iKrn-i btuvvn your hands to get off what you cap of the fliine, and to loqicc the ii'ffd. You mull likewife pulh the bundle along in t'ue walcr, v.iih the l.u.fe cud f-.ien ll, to loofm the rind at that end v.heie ti e opctUUon i>iol>C begun. Ifynti *'o not thus rub and Lour your hemp in the water where you ioak it, you mail do it in the trough. But in either cafe yoti muft he careful to keep an even and fteady h.nnd to avoid breaking the reed, which, as many times a** it hip; ens, renders the opc-anon of getting the recda out tedi¬ ous. If if is wrought on the table, the bun¬ dle Ut U it tit XIV.J'.IW !-!> it»V* igll ll'^hvl) Ir.fct- ted. If any fuitable method could he taken to make water diip gently on ii, it would be heft. A plank muft belaid on the bundle to keep it ffceady- All matters being properly difpofrJ, et- th:i .-•» the tab'c or in the Uough, you n.uit begin at tht roft erd Lo pttfh back a little of the timl from ilie denj ; then inking hohl ot one ikm at a lime, and rather near the ojit- fidd than i he middle ofdiC bundle, kvep your hand and the ued un.i.rr water (if you wo'kin a trotigh) and 1 aw it out fium the bundles as limit hs O'-Fible. yon will lind it oh e mi as ckhh ;•• a [word fcuim ts Icho- !:aro. As you pjnci 0 1, y ui may take two, aileiwaid fom\ up to Cxa ov more recd.s at "i time, whirh will oi%» out dill more wfily. When y .;• have drawn wit all the r&<dii'tha& yon *75?n \\n<\ al ihe root end, lift up the fpi- ktd plank which Win al the upper end, leav- ing on that which w<\> in the midille, nntl (haw out fuch pieces or lvcl as you may find ht the up;?'r em!, ami which, have remained ahn d»r*wing out what you could at ihe root i y K a \'t t'-i v w i? b .•!;.!■» I.afllv, take off the plank which lay mi the niiddlc, and takeout all the relicksot reed yt.u can perceive* If your hemp wafc in good eon-i;- liiin foi drawing, you will find all your reeds pe:he.t!y clean on the floor, and the iind, which is the hemp, l>ing in lit ait thread*, in the water or ou the table. You will perceive that amofrgthe hemp there is a great quantity of gum left, look¬ ing like a jelly ; this you will wulli out ;is if you weic waihing any lonq Urait piece of el'lh, i/bfervijijj not to dilplaee, or twill the threads, which would thwart the futur-: i>p- cration at dreffrng, or heckling. The finei and whiter you defire the hemp t*>be, the n;ore waters you will run it through, fqueez- ing it out at each time of watliing ; but I think it afoiuiys right at the lafl to run it tlirongh a water tn which afmall quantity of f»ft foap has been beat up, after llu* rat-of an ounce of luft foap to three pounds of ;he hemp when dry. Do not fqueetfe it out from ihi* foap water, but hang it to drain, and when a little dilfened, open a litMc thi bundle, and lay it to dry on a grafs plat, or floor ; the former is preferable This foap water is not ablulutely ncccftary, but is cer¬ tainly of great ufe for fofteoing the hemp, and rendering it plea fan t and eafy to drefs ; but may be dilpeufed with win re it is very in¬ convenient, and where the lump is intended torcoarfc purpofes, It is obvious that all thefc operations would be carried on to the moft advantage near to forne running U cam, or large lake, if it be a Handing watei, mi ac¬ count of the great ufe that is made of that element, and tofave a great deal of the trou¬ ble of tranfpoitation. When thua dried, the hemp h proper ei¬ ther for dieffing, or Soring ; if the latter, particular care mull be taken that it he tliOf oughly dry, it will otherwifc hfaJ and fpoib As the hemp peculiarly intended to be h'th erto fpoken of is th'; female, or jflnw 1 h a1- jng hemp> which 13 intended for lir.t ufec, i; isto w w be obferved thot it muft M worked with heckles, or hatched fiwli is are ofcd for flak drifts* and may be brought to an extreme finenel-o ; ami the fhorti* huving no pieces of a.aw, at rted among them, maybe card.dand fpu^anH brought u.to nu ior all the lame purptfe&a3 cotton, and the fame methods nfedfor bleaching and f.ftcrmg. It isbkewife requifltc to work this he«rp a« foon as pulled, without which the greateft Ibfinef; and whiteneG cannot be obtained ; and as this fort generally falls ripe between hay time and bam&, when the weath-r is warm and hue, atid the women molt at liber¬ ty, it will be a fuitable oecalion to ^raw and cleanfe the hemp—the da fling may be re- ferved for winter. j now proceed to fjpeak of the male hemp, which being a move eonfiderable crop, can- nut all be worked as faft aa.it n pulled or cut. It is known to be ripe enough by the (Veira becoming pale ; for if yon lUiy till the tuft containing the f'-'^J appeal ft ripe, or ihe ftem turns brown, the hemp will be in a great mcalure fpoiled. When it is come to a pro- per maturity, you muft get a good number of hands, io as to expedite the bullnefs*be- caufe fncli as remains llanoing after it i^ ripe, will have its rind fixed ro the reed, the gum turned hard and dark coloured, and the whole operation of drawing become*difficult, trou- bieibme, and ungrateful. The haves arc to be llripped (^ff with a wocden fword, in ih: fame manner as thofcoftSe female hemp, as are likewife the fe^d, the bhmched whicii grew laterally, and even thetui't bea.in;; f-ed at the top : but if Urn- latter fimuli hot come 01T clean, it null be 1 hoot off with an iron imuu-iKi.t. All tbwmufthe done over a cloth, or on a fpot of ground 11: the field* well levelled and fiiioothvd, io avoid luting any of the feed- And it is propofcJ. and j';»id to be fueecfshil, to h *ve lite fe d ivroa I, covered with the leaves and chaR lt»\••\,.t on the land. This ccrtainiv laves trouble, and is prftifed in many parts, hut lecms to me to a barn ; but 1 would ccitainly but'n all the roots, and fuch pnrts as are to » hard to rot eafilv, a>»d ilrcw the afhes as well as the leaves, and fuch other parts as will eafily rot, upon ths ground, as the!e matters arc reek- one] to go hair way t wards manuring the land for next year's ciop. The male !/• 1 n, tlnis fttipt of leaver nnA f cd, will generally dry for lloring in twenty Pnu flours ; hut at any rate muil not be left long abroad, but. rather taken into lb;ds to dry, which thus llript, it will fpei'dily do. Sun and min wouhl Coon fppil it. That which can be tvrQi;&hi ffreer. muil be tveated a> bcfo'C fet foiih foi ihe female hemp ; and ir 15 obvious that it i> a grvat adv intake to lvui k i' rn tliia maniiti", rther than to dry cud iVnc itj which caufes muck trouble and cs-peilfe aud produces lefs and wovfe he£p ; l*t'i where the crop 4"s confidcrable, and the bunds few, it is unavoidable. If, however, m n h rain cor v s it 1^ impiaelnahle to cry it U.r ilmhi^ witliout fpo;!i:>g, as syery year's e';peri--nec lhu'v/s m the prelVnt received method ; \#herc« M the tvofkirit? the h-irp rrrecu cutuviy a- void* 11os diiauvantage and iuc\in«eiiUMi:y.| and die hnuds enga^.d mry continue their employment under the (helter oftreis, or of a temporary fhed m:ido of a f^v* rough :>»!:; and trnrdle-., covered wi'h llraw rccd^, S.c All the fame pr iccdore is to be tiled with the male, as with tlt4 female hemp, a^ to dtaxring, foonring, 5cc. but»fl the i».-.'da <^f it are left brittle, and the r;nd coarfer, it re- Guites more I^akir-g, but h vafier ro draw, and produces much more and llroxrger hempi What is flared muft, wlscn v-uued t« be wrought, be foaked, peeled, v.alh.d,a;?d in geueial treated as before faid. In cold w-it- thcr it takes long foaking. Fioma Loudon paper. Extraordinary inftancc ofFdndtlr'sm. A foreign journal has the follow¬ ing relation :—u Matthew Lovat, a Ihoemaker at Venice, prefents^n example of religious melaneholv, equally extraordinary as deplora¬ ble. His firft dd of iniaaity was an imitation oftheearly Christians, to dikrin the temper by mutilating bimielf. Shortly after, he conceiv¬ ed that God had ordered him to die upon the grot's ; and he imme- di.itely began ro employ hLmllf'in preparing all the uilLruiTients of liis martyrdom. For more than two years he meditated in lilence upon the means for ex,:.-mint'- his pirpole. At tail the fatal day ar¬ rived ; no preparation had been pmited ; Lov.it was crowned with thorns, oi'which three or tour pen¬ etrated the .:-.-.:criorliuh.—lie fca- ted himfelf on the middle of the crofs, adjuftcd his feet to the brack. et at the bottom, pafling a riail of 15 inches in length through theia with a hamer. He next tied him. lelf on the crofs round the body, and, provided with two other Ion* •and lharp nails, he pierced then through both hands by placing the point in the centre of thcpalm, and knocking the head againftthefioor. After this he raifed his hands to¬ wards the place where he intended to fix them, and put the nails through the holes he had before perfor.itcd, to the extremity of their length. He had previously infiiefsd a deep wound in his iide with a ih comaker's knife in order more clofely to repreicnt the iunlr. iiiXTS ofthe Redeemer* KotbiM now remained but to expoie lum- felf to public view. Loyat had contrived ropes'to let himiel: for¬ ward ; and by feveral ftrongmo- tions of (he body, the crolj?being placed on the edge oi tho wind ••.- cafdv ilinped and fell outfide, rei- trained by a cord. In tins :.:u- tion he remained iome h«^rs. 1'arly n°>:t jaiptningljieiKi^nkW were attnniflved rt the ip-.^.u!-. that prcient itlelf. Kis c- tniK- nance pa! \ but calm ; liis bc-$ naked, and covered '.vithMteti; he appeal • ed, notwii! i :iaua- n; > » itreamir.L: wounds, to I s fuf^ » • to pain The populaceratvmci '^'! to view to extraordinary a hgi i. lie was at length cut down, and conveyed to the Imperial School, under the direction of IVbPenziori, None of his numerous wound:- proving mortal, he was cured of them, but not ofhisfollv. In his third exninit, he imagined Irimfclf to have fallen under the Divide dHpleafurc for not having truftcd to miraculous means of beins: fed : he determined to Oarve himfllf: but imagining one niffht he Heard a voice commanding him to ^o - fori h and feed like,NehucKadoczx.tr v hh the l)eafts of the field, h, dil- pofed of everv thine: he had- retir- cd loa defolatc foot, and t'er fif¬ teen months t':d upon v\ -Id fruits conftantiy crawling upon bis iiards and feet. The:'e voluntary ar: 1 repeated abftinetu'es ar lcr,^: • haulied hi'3 body, and ho died ia T Rl • " A Gcntloma^ font for \\U t.iv- lor, and told him he had madeli coiii and Vvaifteoat fo little, that h: could not wear them, and order¬ ed him to take them heme, and let them out. The taylor preraif- ed to obey the order ha had recei¬ ved, which he did in a very extra* ordinary manner. Some aavs if- tervrards, the gentleman vraadx* irv-r the tavlor did not brinir hi; clothes home, altered according to his dTrcetioiiSj <:nt for him, and when he arrived, ail^cd Iran what was come of his coa: and waiileoa;: ? * By inv fhou)," i>a! he,L-) hweobevedyourcor.rmartf and have Jet tliem out, and the de¬ vil burn me hut I chink I haveniade a very good bargain too, for thev happened to fit a countryman ot mine, and i have let them ouc to him at eiglitcen pence a week, and he has engaged to wear thenrat that price tlire: months ccrtiiwi whether he-lives or dies." 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