short time to secure it, and may be secured at bottom by assistants, or fixed to a stake. By this means, linen of all kinds, wearing apparel, papers, and many articles of furniture, may be safely conveyed to the earth. Children thrown into it can receive no material injury; and even the sick and decrepit may, by this means, be placed, in a moment, out of danger. The cylinder may, in some situations, be conveyed into the window of an opposite house, or carriage placed for that purpose. In short, I offer this in the cause of humanity, as a hint, which, perhaps, may be found capable of many im-provements. A SAFE AND SIMPLE FIRE-ESCAPE. FROM THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. THE following simple machine ought always to be kept in an upper apartment. It is nothing more than a shilling or eighteenpenny rope, one end of which should always be made fast to something in the chamber; and at the other end should be a noose to let down children or infirm persons, in case of fire. Along the rope there should be several knots, to serve as resting places for the hands and feet of the person who drops down by it. No family occupying high houses should ever be without a contrivance of this kind. Prices of Grain. HADDINGTON......MAY 28th. .48s. to 64s. | Pease............30s. to 40s. 6d. ..35s. to 46s. Oats........... Wheat. .27s. to 43s. 6d. DALKEITH........MAY 24th. Oatmeal, best.......... ..36s. Inferior........ .34s. crop. ..35s. Retail..........2s. 3d. per peck. Work to be done in the Cottager's Garden in June. CONTINUE to plant Cauliflower, Cabbages, and Sayoys, for a late Plant out Leeks and Brocoli. Sow full crops of Turnips, yellow and white. Hoe Beans and Pease; top the former, and stick the latter A few of the earlier kinds of each may be sown beginning of the month, for the latest crop. July.-PLANT more Cauliflower for autumn, and Cabbages, Savoys, and Leeks, for winter. If any vacant ground remains sow Turnips, Carrots, Onions, winter Spinage, Kidney Beans, &c. Dung and dig ground for full crops of winter Greens and Cabbages, to be planted next month. THE AUTHOR'S DESERVEDLY RESPECTED TEACHER. (Communicated for insert on in The Cheap Magazine.) I. My honour'd friend, the patron of my youth, II. Mem'ry! be thou my muse, inspire my lays Then tho' no warrior, bright in armour's gleam, Upon the verdant banks of winding FLEET,, The cot of ALPHION's parents we desery. To guard the flocks, which roam the meads that lie To view these flocks each morn would ALPHION hie, IV. The breakfast finish'd-each ablution o'er, Forewarn him thus-"Neer spend your time in play "With idle boys, despisers of control: "Be ever mindful what your Teachers say, "And 'grave their counsels firmly on your soul: "Thus only can you hope, to reach fair Virtue's goal "Seek ye the social friendship of the wise Which loads their after years with shame, regret, and pain." VI. This said-and now the parent pair withdrawn VII. Bright Phoebus now had midway reach'd his height, The The lofty ash its dark'ning branch o'erthrew, VIJI. Here every tuneful tenant of the grove Cheering the tender partner of his love, Who mid some neighbouring thicket tends her young: Till ALPHION's footsteps, as he moves along,, Upmounts the black'ning train, whose numbers veil the skies. IX. Now far behind, unheeding how the hours Dispells the little warblers of the wood; Whilst here a party search each bush and spray,, Plund'ring the thrush or blackbird's harmless brood;, Or tear their clay-built nests, in barb'rous sportive mood. Alas! how youthful minds, with all the aid Not such was ALPHION youthful passions high XI. The school' conven'd to curb the idle sound 'Tis hard to chain to tasks the infant mind! To gain the favour of his master kind' Was ALPHION's pride, avoiding pranks and noise; Aiding his weaker mates, his leisure oft employs. XII. Tho' light each task-tho' great the master's cares Or Or when the ev'ning sun's declining ray Cheering their homeward path with simple song, XIII. Thus roll apace the fleeting years of youth! He, with a parting sigh, bids friends and home adieu. 66 XIV. "Adieu, companions of my tender years! "My heart shall still be yours-my dreams of FLEET's green shore. W. T. NOTES TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE favours of A. M.-DUNCE.-W. B.--D. R.-T. and H. are received; also, the Wise Shepherd from GAY, Lines on the disagreement of Parents, and Cries from a Jail, &c. The circumstancē said to have taken place in the neighbourhood of B. H. M. may be true; but being of so singular a nature, cannot be inserted on Anonymous information. From the offence taken by A. B. at the story of the MAGDALEN, and the pains he has been at to induce us "to limit ourselves to the communication of that knowledge which is independent of the habits of Society," we have some reason to suspect, that a darling babit has been attacked, and that he is in danger of losing the company of some favourite fair one, in consequence of our having alarmed her fears as to the perilousness of her situation. Should this be the case, we rejoice in our success, and hope our triumph will be complete. We must again remind our Correspondents to pay Postage. HADDINGTON; Printed and published, MONTHLY, by G. MILLER & SON. |