The
MEDLEY.
PORTLAND:
BAILEY & NOYES
THE
MEDLEY.
PORTLAND:
BAILEY & NOYES.
ANCHOR.
I love to look on an Anchor. Like a good friend who helps you introuble, it holds the ship steady in a storm. Its flukes sink deep into[3]the bottom of the sea, or cling to the rocks, and nothing but a greatstorm can separate it from the cable which is fastened to the vessel.Anchors are of solid iron and very heavy; and cables are made of hemp orof iron chain. Large ships have four anchors, small vessels two. Hope iscalled the anchor of the soul, because, as the ship is held by the[4]anchor which lies in the sea, so the soul is supported by Hope which iscast in Heaven.
WIND-MILL.
The Wind-Mill has sails fixed to very long poles, and when the wind[5]blows strong, round go the wings. As the wings blow round, they carryround a large stone inside the house; this stone rubs on top of anothermill-stone, and corn is put between them, which is thus broken andground into meal. We cannot eat corn till it is ground; but horses can.Some mill-stones are likewise carried round by a stream of runningwater, and some by the steam of boiling water. There are a number of[6]water-mills on the Mill-dam which leads from Boston to Roxbury.
There is a wind-mill in Boston, which stands in Sea-street, near the newbridge to South-Boston.
There is a steam-mill next to the iron-works at South-Boston, whichgrinds corn and grain.
FLAG.
Here waves the Flag, which all nations respect. It is sometimes calledThe Colours. In war, the soldiers carry a Flag waving over their heads,[8]to show, that, as long as it is raised, they are not beaten; and thesoldiers look to it as a place or rallying point where they must alljoin if forced to separate. Flags are hoisted on a ship's mast to tellto what nation she belongs, and every nation has a different one. TheAmerican Flag has thirteen stripes, to show how many States first formedthe United States, and it has as many stars as there are States at this[9]time.