The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-19

Humanity to Brutes, IS recorded the
following anecdote Of a Newfound-
land dog:
"a vessel was driven on the beach
of Lydd, in Kent. The surf was roll
ing furiously--eight poor fellows were
crying for help but not boat could
be got off to their assistance. At
length a gentleman came on the beach
accompanied by his Newfoundland
dog. He directed the attention Of
the animal to the vessel, and put d
short stick into his mouth. The in
telligent and courageous fellow at
ance understood his meaning, and
sprang into the sea, and fought his
way through the waves. He could
not, however, get close enough to the
vessel to deliver that with which he
was charged; but the crew joyfully
made fast rope to another piece Of
wood, and threw it towards him. He
saw the whole business in an instant;
he dropped his own piece, and imme-
diately seized that which had been
cast to him, and then, with degree
of strength and determination almost
incredible, he dragged it through the
surf and delivered it to his master. A
line of communication was thus form
ed, and every man on board was res
cued from a watery grave"
AN H1sToR1cAL ANEcDoTE-.It is
said that some months before the &C.
centric and brutal Paul, Gear of Rus
sia-was murdered by his subjects in
his palace-he gave his eldest SON A.
lexander, leave to ask any favor he
thought proper, promising to accord
it to him. The young Archduke, beg
ging that his father would not be Of
Tended, thus nobly expressed himself:
81 request, sire, that any verbal or
der against any subject, may not be
put in execution until four and TWEEN
|ty hours shall have elapsed" This
was a severe rebuke to the tyrant.
whose caprice, ill-temper, and unjust
acts are matters Of history. Never
theless, he granted the bold request
of his son, and confirmed it by proc
lamation.
The RAT Acr.--About ninety years
ago Boston was infested with rats to
such degree, that the General Court
deemed it necessary, for the protec-
ton of the inhabitants and their pro-
perty, to pass an act, allowing boun-
ty to every person who should kill
rat, provided the ears were brought
to the selectmen of the town. On
the LIST of September, 1742, the Sc
lectmen gave certificate to the Pro-
vince Treasurer, that there had been
paid out of the towns stock, to sun
dry persons, f18 les. for four thou
sand nine hundred and sixty-eight
rats, killed in this town since the 9Th
day of the preceding April. From
the 31st August, 1742, to January
1st, 1743, there were nine thousand
two hundred and eighty rats killed in
this amount paid as bounty
for the same. ELSA 13s. I'D. In the
same year it was voted by the town
to pay Mr.. Lowell f1O, old tenor, for
his trouble in receiving and paying for
rats ears.-Boston Weekly Magazine.
OLD NEws.-A paragraph is going
the rounds stating that the Earl Of
Dartmouth has recently presented to
the Institution in this State which
bears his name, a splendid portrait of
his grand father, its founder, togeth-
er with collection Of books. That
the portrait is splendid, we admit, hav-
ing seen it several times, but unfortu
nately for the rest of the statement,
these donations were made about ten
gears ago! Verify, there must have
been dearth of news with the edi-
tor who first put this old item in mo-
ton, and a dearth of something else
with those who have copied it as new
in which category, between our
selves, reader, we are placed, as the
paragraph in some unaccountable
manner, slipped into the Eagle of last
week.-Claremount ~. III. Eagle.
PERILoUs s1rUATloN.-Novel use of
a Fire Engine. A man named Sam
uel Drew, while digging we'll lately
near Ypsilanti, Mich, struck vein of
quicksand, and was partially buried.
His neighbors endeavored to rescue
him, but the well became so impreg-
mated with carbonic acid gas, that no
person could remain long enough be-
low to render any service. The man
was speeches. from the gas when
pure air was pumped into the we'll by
a fire engine, which in few minutes
enabled him to give directions for his
release, which was effected.
VALUABLE RECIPE. Deacon III.
(who was something Of wag in his
day. used to say his wife had GER