with snow; or wash them with cold water; but not near a fire, or in a warm place, it being of great consequence that the heat be communicated very gradually. If the breathing has stopped, blow into the lungs as already described; and when recovery takes place, be cautious of giving spirituous liquors, except in very small quantities, and well lowered with water. STILL-BORN, OR SMOTHERED UNDER. BED-CLOTHES. 1. In cases of still-birth, fill the lungs with air, by blowing into the nostril or mouth through a quill, then gently press the chest with the hand; and repeat this till natural breathing begins. Also rub the body gently with the warm hand, before the fire; put it into the warm bath; or wrap it in flannels well wrung out of water moderately warmed; and stimulate the nostrils with spirit of hartshorn or mustard. 2. When a child has been smothered in bed by overlaying, &c. if (as is generally the case) the body be too hot, expose it immediately to a current of air for a short time; also blow into the lungs, and use gentle frictions. No other means than those here recommended, are ever to be used, except under the immediate direction of a medical gentleman; but the above means are to be continued six hours, if not sooner successful. POISON. Until medical assistance can be procured, endeavour to produce vomiting, by giving large draughts of warm milk or water, mixed with oil, melted but'ter or lard. A CHEAP FUEL. ONE bushel of small coal, or saw dust, or both mixed together, two bushels of sand, one bushel and half of clay. Let these be mixed together with water, like common mortar: the more they are stirred, and mixed together, the better: then make them into balls; or, with a small mould, make them in the shape of bricks: pile them in a dry place, and, when they are hard, and sufficiently dry, they may be used. A fire cannot be lighted with them; but, when the fire is quite lighted put them on behind, with a coal or two in front, and they will be found to keep up a stronger fire than any fuel of the common kind. A. B. X. To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. THE following spirited letter was written by James, the seventh Earl of Derby, in answer to a summons sent in by Col. Ireton, to surrender the Isle of Man to Cromwell. Yours, A. B. X. "I received your letter with indignation and with scorn. I return you this answer, that I cannot but wonder whence you should gather any hopes from me, that I should (like you) prove treacherous to my Sovereign; since you cannot be insensible of my former actings in his late Majesty's service, from which principle of loyalty I am no way departed. I scorn your proffers;-I disdain your favours ;-I abhor your treasons;-and I am so far from delivering this Island to your advantage, that I will keep to the utmost of my power to your destruction. "Take this final answer, and forbear any further solicitations; for, if you trouble me with any more messages upon this occasion, I will burn the paper, tion, and shall be the undoubted practice of him who accounts it the chiefest glory to be "His Majesty's most loyal and obedient subject, "DERBY." "Castle Town, July 12th, 1649.” A CHEAP DISH. To seven quarts of water, one quart of split peas. Sliced carrots, onions, turnips, celery, thyme, parsley, and mint, to be fried in two ounces of butter for a quarter of an hour. Pour these into the peas and water, and let all boil together, until the peas are soft enough to beat through a cullender. Pepper and salt as you like. A. B. X. ON PLEASURE, WHEN any pleasure is forbidden us, it is forbidden for our good. We live under the guidance and governance of a gracious Father, who, out of kindness to us, tells us what will harm us, and what will profit us. God has blessed us with the gift of reason; and, by using that reason, we are kept out of many of those difficulties and distresses which we should fall into if we followed only our own desires and inclinations. And He has moreover given us directions for our behaviour written in his Holy Scriptures. Man should therefore be ashamed blindly to follow that way in which his desires would lead him, instead of reasoning and thinking within himself what is for his real good. Any of the common animals can seize upon that which best pleases its fancy, not knowing, as we may do, what is really for its good! A fish seizes its bait without knowing that it will be its destruction. Though, to say the truth, even these dumb animals often seem wiser than some men. Some men seem as if they had lost their reason, andseize blindly upon those pleasures which will make them miserable for the rest of their lives, and perhaps hasten their deaths, and ruin their souls after death. When God in his Word forbids these things, it is because he wishes us to be happy. Many things appear very safe and pleasant to us, that are in truth full of perplexity and danger. We ought to reckon it then a great blessing to be told what is safe and what is not. A pleasant look is not always to be trusted. Sin often appears very enticing, but always leaves a sting behind. A rose is a beautiful flower, -but beware of the thorn. A beautiful mossy bed of flowers in a woody brake, often tempts us to rest upon it, but take care of the venomous serpent beneath. "Sweetest leaves the rose adorn, Yet beneath them lurks the thorn; X. Selections from different Authors, &c. THERE will come a time, when three words uttered with charity and meekness, shall receive a far more blessed reward, than three thousand volumes written with disdainful sharpness of wit. Hooker. Sin is usually seconded with sin, and a man seldom commits one sin to please himself, but he commits another to defend himself. Dr. South: Rebellion never did, never can, take deep root where Scripture is hearkened to, and the Priests put the people in mind of those parts of Scripture which relate to this subject, and enforce their sense on their understandings and consciences. Lord Clarendon. It should be the practice of all Christians to go immediately to God in all their necessities and dangers, since he will as assuredly help them as he did Jacob of old. Bishop Wilson. I have often observed how contrary the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth, to that reason which ought to guide them. They are not ashamed to sin, but they are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action, for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools; but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men. From Robinson Crusoe. A mau who is in earnest in his endeavours after the happiness of a future state, has an advantage over all the world: for he has constantly before his eyes an object of supreme importance, productive of perpetual engagement and activity, and of which the pursuit lasts him to his life's end. Paley. The luxurious man receives no greater pleasure from his dainties, than the peasant does from his bread and cheese. The Same. Shifting and changing is apt to produce a habit of restlessness, which is destructive of the happiness of every condition. The Same. Happiness does not consist in greatness, rank, or high station. The Same. A seducer practises the same stratagems to draw a woman's person into his power, that a swindler does to get possession of your goods, or money. Seduction is seldom accomplished without fraud; and the fraud is by so much the more criminal than other frauds, as the injury effected by it is greater, continues longer, and less admits of reparation, The Same. The wants of children make it necessary that some person maintain them; and, as no one has a right to burden others by his act, it follows, that the parents. are bound to undertake this charge themselves. Hence we learn the guilt of those who run away |