The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-05-25

vita his whole househo wv appears
to have possessed III no "a uls &c that
propensity fpr inlitatins He sag. done,
for wsehhjs fpeciss are 9 he had
noticed ahaorst other th insT az which
the butler drew from uSnfy valued
by his master, for its az n. One day
while tie servants we've employed TO
watch has nctions, rug 10 the cellar.
went 10 the vessel conta uucd liqIor,
aud in imitation OF tn, .,a,.-r, urew out the
spiget. bat beng ignorant how % stop the torrent
~ replacing it lac ran l over the house, alarm
Jag the servants by has cries. .-'A M
sellis anecdote brings TO our minds a number Of
reflections, (which the present CRISIS of affairs
within this district, and ITS present political
.iitios.. sseaAsts The old toPltk OF a separation
upm aassa thusetts is again revived, aud the
subject is sghin canvsssed by the respective par
tles who are opposed 80 the measure or in iaVour
fiF. with 1.-the zeal and interest which distin-
1Euishej our public prints, duTing'the winter sad
summer. previou. to the meeting ri che COnven-
ton at BTsnswick, that mountain, which after 50
Ieng groaning, soloas IN travail, DEousht iorlh an
insignificant mouse, in the famous Report OF hr
jehlf HoEines by which. like the Oxiord scholar,
whe offered to demonstrate by his profound lear
ning.that two roasted chickens made thrae, he
.rdisting uished himself as wonderful and unpar-
alieHed logician and arithmstician,--t hrst Of
modern mathematicians, and was recommended
20 Governor Plumner, and hIs new tangled
government of the literary institution at Hano-
yer, 1--WE at loss by what nase to call it,
whether college or unipeysity, and therefore drop
both for another which will serve full as well,
to fill in conjunction with Mr.StePhon Burroughs,
famous democratick exile ia Lower Canada,
the vacated professorships, connected with those
subjects, for pre-emnence IN their acquain-
tanee with which these scientlhCk gentle men
had been long and deservesly celebrated.
But not To wander from the subject. Most q the
adyccs - Of the proposed measure, and eSPe-
cially the leaders, Oh the separatIOnlsts, bear a
strikil-a resemblance to the unfortunate monkey,
in the restless disposition they have uniformly
manifested, and in their bungling attempts al
remedying thezevils TO which they have ALREADY
been In part the instruments OF giving birth
These gentlemen, If we mistake NOT, were tn,
supporters and advocates Of all those lAeasure
by which the prosperity OF this district received
sc heavy blow, such as eHlbdrgoeS, latsy
courses, toecys &c. DC. not to mention those pret
ty little things, called gun-bOats; and wtVs tn;
very scavensers OF the administration 0i Mr. JeI
ferson. Having lived long enough to sI,e al
those Pbahi0us wkich Tie Fery fertile 4, = iaa
uou OF the philssci her and Sage Of Aont~ cello
ccuJured up, at4 y l4ch their dazzIed sy cs1nls
tnoE tor real substances, like the lUckleei Adj
MAJ We have just mentioned, they ha - sea-
e&Pisying their iLyehtroIs, and their vfts .ltso
tht latter, they possess any gus Atity detisiHg
scnpmes 70 remove the evils they CreaJcc, Ba IA
the't attempts, like tsose OF poor pug So sci "a,
ale isst making its escape from is loug cost AZ
neil- o. " tended to increase tAesl, aua l1 lsl
averv cnilnon, but expressive par'tae to hH.s'
Dad 4. r~e. Frigh tened, aiar .@, as. All Il
e0AiY1nasd. coAiG5cd, ike frsl e..ed Iss.i, 2ts