Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-08

fit, The owner has man or two trav-
cling about the country prrchaling new
ones, coming into milk the owner, too
keeps farm, which the cows manure
enables him to dress WELL. In this way
I the bufinefs goes on like clock work, il
b~iGg but (econdary to his weaving trade,
and has gone on for eight years--no buff
tie, no confuGon and he (slls his grafs
milk for half the price the Londoners
fell their Daufsous mixture, though land
is dearer around Glasgow than around
London. 80 Al.
n fggal1r Fan,ily.-A remarkable
1tranfactlon, and of which there exits no
example, has jud occurred in the COM
muue OF Choify ACCOMPLISHMENT of Cler.
mont.
A brother and two Gitcrs, united By
Emiarify OF habits. lived in solitary
houle. fanounded by conliderable piece
OF ground, which they cultivated in CON.
mon. They were of respectable fami-
ly, and taeir parents had given them
good education. One of the filters had
lived for fome time in Paris, where
ihe had acquired fuch tate for the foii-
cite, as to eclipfe the richelt farmers
wives of her neighbsurhood On return.
ing however, to live under the paternal
roof, Che fpeediiy Ienounced the elegant
dress and cothed herlelf in the fame
gatments as her brother and Glier. The
brother wore neither fockings nor
brooches, and ufually dreGed in a long
tunic of coarfe cloth, faitened round the
wait by belt Of itraw In winter he
added to this habi'iment fome fkins Of
animals. - The coltune ofthe lilte,s was
ouch he fame, except that iuaead of
itiaw they ufed pisces of cord fer their
Igirdles- ln'ernaIly their houie exhibit
cd the appearance Of the mcA extreme
wretchednefs. There was neither bed,
rabe, nor chair, nor any article of fuIpi.
ture whatever. The only things to be
l~~" wvsS a Iasgc wooden crucIfIx, and
an old pail filled with mucdy wafer,
) v hich lerved them for drink They
lsp, together OH the floor, ard in cold
wearher, laid their heads 70 clofc to the
emb:rs in tie fire place, thar the linnen
: which ieryed to cover them in lieu Of
nisht.caps, were frequently burned
In the month Of December the brother
d,ed. and as the entrance to he houfe
was generally intsrdieted, it was long be-
fore his deceafc was known. he COLI
, lettor Of the taxes, however, now finding
, when h. called, only tbs two filters, be.
, gan to entertain fome fufpicions, which
he communicated to tbs Mayor of the
Commune, who on his part, ranfmi,ted
the information to the superior Author.
ties
i Accordingly, on the 24th of June, M.
! Havey, the lubititute of the kings a.tor.
ney, viGted the Commune On akine
one of the women what was become OF
her brother, fhc cody replied-He is
there. Some fraw, which Covered the
5 lpace pointed our, being carefully remo-
we'd, there appeared The dead body of a
r man in fate of putrefa6fion, and which
! had been lying in the fame frot for about
q fix months The two filters declared
/ that their Brother died OF old age and
hunger, and that they lay down every
, might cloie to the corp(e. in the hope. by
J prayer and faiting. to obtain from hea-
{ ven his refurre6tion, which they contiz
, IDENTITY expected.
t The reiult Of the invcftigation fhewed
: that the two fifers tenderly loved their
brother, and that it was as much from a
deife of not Operating from him as from
the hope of feeling him come to life, that
they had 70 long preferved the body with :
out dreading the danger which might
, have been the conlrquence Of iuch pro.
ceedipg.
BeGdes the fuperAi;ions practif.d bv
theie Grange beings, they had the mott
iingular habits and notions for example
they had laid it down as principle thar
whatever God fent them ought TO be
preierved with care. On that account
they kept numerous generations of dogs.
pigs, bullocks, ahrs, &c becaufe they
believed they would offend heaven if they
killed one Of thefe animals Their car.
zen exhibited the effects of the fame fyf-