Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-04-25
SACRED
To the memory of
MR.. JONATHAN nooLITTLE.
Aged 81.
Born. IT,.
Died Is
MR.. JONATHAN 7
Died, IS.

Died. IS. -.
I'm honest mans the modest aoork Of God"
By his side sumbered his aged and way
worn companion. "They were lovely and
pleasant in their lives, and in their death
they were not divided" i turned away,
with an over-burdened and aching heart
As retraced my steps, passed by the
old mansion. The stranger had been
there-and the sorrowful night-wind, as it
swept by in mournful gusts, told, in Ian
guage that my heart understood, that the
joy Of the village had departed. It was a
dreary spot for me, and rested not till the
hustle of the city had revived me.
FAREWELL old man Thy name is linked
with the earliest, the dearest associations
ofmy heart Thy life was like the flowing
Of a pleasant stream The prayer of the
widow, the thanksgiving of the orphan,
attest thy worth and happy is he who shall
merit as thou dost, thy simple epitaph !
Strange Occurrsace An English paper
says that the following occurrence actually
took place some time since. 1t will res
mind our readers OF
''IIim who took the Doctors bill
And swallowed itinstead of the pill,
"a man servant in the employ of the
Rev. Dir. Palmer, of Yarcomb, near Chard.
being taken i'll, the medical attendant Of the
family was sent for, who prepared for the
man, a bolus from the family medicine
chest, and having wrappednp in paper the
small weights used in weighing out the
proper proportions of the drugs, left them
on the table, and near to them the bolus,
which he desired one of the house-seryants
to carry to the man servant, with instruc-
tions TO take it Immediately in treacle.
Some hours afterwards, his master came to
enquire about the patient, and found him
suffering under very uneasy symptoms,
which the man attributed to the strange
kind of medicine the Doctor had ordered
him, and which he said che should never
have got through with, had he not cut it
into smaller pieces y but " he thanked
God that though it was rather rough and
sharpish he had got it all down." This
account puzzled his master exceedingly,
| who, however, soon discovered that the
man had actually swallowed in treacle a
complete set of brass grain weights instead
of the bolus, which was found lying harm
lessly on the table in his masters room.
Proper rene dies were Immediately adopted,
for dislodging this uncommon dose from
the mans stomach, who subsequently re-
covered from his illness. s$
TIE United States .Nacy The Army
and Navy Chronicle says that the official
Navy Register for 1889 gives the number
of each gradeof officers in the navy, las
follows
Commissioned Captains, SO Com
manders, 55; Lieutenants, 285; Surgeons,
60; Passed assistant Surgeons. 16; As
sistant Surgeons, 81 Pursers, 49,; Chap
lains, ll.-Total, SO.
Warrant.-Passed Midshipmen, 1876;
Midshipmen, $50; Masters, 81; Profess
sors of Mathematics and Teachers of Lam
guages, IS Boatswains, %; Gunners,
30; Carpenters, q; Sailmakers, 60
Total, SOC
Ofthese, two Commanders, one Lieu
tenant, one passed Assistant Surgeon, and
one passed Mdshpman, are nominatedto
the Senate for promotion. s.
Ofihe vessels composing the navy,there
On the sfocks.-Ships of the line, A
Frgates, LIST class, Go.
Ia commission Ships of the line, 9
Race, ! Frigates, LIST class, Including
two, preparing for sea- 3; Frigates, I'd
Glass; Shops of war, 10; Briggs, 3;
Schooners, 6; Steam ship, | +; Store ship,
l.-3l.
In orIiacry-S Ships ofthe line, s. Frig-
aies, lst class, 8 Frigates, Cd class, 4;
Shops Of war, 8 Briggs, : Schooners,
I2-17.
Eueasipe Claim.-A poor journeinan