The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-04-02
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I He quickly perceived number of voung pigs
I IN The ccnue OF The herd and that the h3gs
we're arranged about them 10 conlCa hsurr.
having her heads all turned outwarCs. AT
| the apex If this singular cone, huge boar
bad placed himself, who, from lis size, seem
I'd 10 be the master Of the herd The travel
Ter nuw observed that fam-hed wo'i was
attempting by various mlnRuvres 10 seize one
of the pigs in the middle but wherever he
made al attack, The huge boar Al the apex ot
the cone presented hnusef-the hogs dexter
ou,ly arranging themselves on each side OF
him, 50 as to preserve the osition Of defence
just mentioned.
The attention IF the traveller was for
moment Withdrawn, and upon turning to yiew
! The combatants, he was surprise 10 hnd tba
herd Of swine dispersed. and tie wolf no lon
ger to lie seen. On riding up u The spot, the
wolf was discovered dead on tie ground, 4
rent being made in his SIZE, more than foot
in engh-ihe boar having, no doubt, seized
a favorable opportunity, and with a sudden
plunge dipatcbeI his adversary with his for
miIaLle tusks.
L is little remarkable, that the ancient
Romans, among The various methods they de-
vsed for drawing up their armies ID battle,
had one exactly resembling the position as
sumed by The swi inc above mentioned. The
mode Of attack they called the Cunesu, or
CaPus POr ciaum.
The OuHgdW Cock.-Ohserve that Cock !
said toe wealthy and Plodding Apicius.-He
has found way into my granary and though
he stands upon large heap Of corn, where he
may crafty all his wants, without pains or
trouble, yet he scrapes with as much eoger-
ness, as if he were earning bis scanty pitta nee
on the dunghill. And is not his master, an
swered !, daily chargeable with the like fol-
Iy, though he boosts Of reason, and ridicules
the undistinguished operations Of instinct
Providence has furnished him with abundance,
but he tolls with anxiety Cor more. He i'm
patiently searches for new treasures, whilst He
should De enjoying those which he possesses
And in the midst Of ailuence he suffers lbr
evils Of penury.
The Parasite Ptunt-There i nIant =
The West indies, called the Caraguot1 which
clngs round the free thai i nearest 10 lis roo,.
N AZ.
branches with q foreign verdure, robs thsm uf
nourIshmenI, and at last destroys its sup
porter
The distinguishing characters or The Cara
g~ntG are not confined TO The vegetable king
dom, nor peculiar to any climate. They Ate
found m the human species, and may be Oh
served IN every country. The.nonarch Wiz
eNaIts his own power by The debasement "
The people, from whom it is derived the
statesman, who builds bis greatness on the ruin
OF bis country and the prcnigate youth whose
eAtaVagance reduces 10 penury a TOO indul-
gent talher all belong to The class OF the Ca
raguGta.
The pert and he ignorant prone 10 ridicule.
gentleman, Of grave department, was
Dusty engaged 10 blowing bubbles Of soar aud
water and was sltentively observing them az
they expanded and burst in the sunshine. A
pert youth fell into fl Of loud laughter. al a
sight 50 strange, and which showed. AZ he
thought, such folly and insanity. Z" Be asl,am.
Cd, young man." said one who passed by.
" OF Your udeness and ignorance. You now
behold the greatest philosopher Of the age,
Or Isaac Newton, investigating the nature Of
right and colours, by series of Experiments no
less curious than useful, though you deem them
childish and insignificant.
FoP7ery-Suetonious relates, that young
ollcer, TO whom Vespasian bad given com.
mission, perfumed himself when he went "a
court to thank the emperor fUr the honor con-
tered upon him. should have been less Of
Tended II you had smeIlsd Of garlic. said Yes
Pasiao, who was 50 disguised with his foppery
thai ne Immediately dismissed bin from his
employment.
1T y by comparing ourselves with worse
men, that we grow vain, and with more fnrtu-