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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[August 4 



]MCxsoEi.i.Amx;s. 



EPITAPH ON A PLOUGHmI. 

 Here lies, with years and toil borne down, 



A swain, his labours done. 

 With sheaves his monument we'll crown, 



The trophies that he won. 



Gen. Riego.~M the late celebration of inde- 

 pendence at Richmond, a gentleman being cal- 

 led upon for a sentiment, gave the following : 



The immortal memory of Gen. Riego, — 



He fell devoted, but undying ; 

 The very gale his name seemed sighing ; 

 The waters murmured of his name. 

 The woods are peopled with his fame. 

 And the lone pillar, sad and gray. 

 Claims kindred with his sacred clay, 

 His spirit wraps the dusky mountain. 

 His memory sparkles o'er the fountain, 

 The meanest rill, the mightiest river. 

 Rolls mingliag with his fame for ever! 



Romantic Story. — There is a cavern in the 

 island of Hoonga, one of the Tonga islands, in 

 the .South Pacitic Ocean, which can onlj be en- 

 tered by diving into the sea, and has no' other 

 light than what is reflected from the bottom of 

 the water. A young chief discovered it acci- 

 dentally v;hile diving after turtle, and the use 

 which he made of his discovery will probably' 

 be sung in more than one European langu:tge, 

 so beautifully is it adapted for a tale in verse. 



There was a tyrannical governor at Vavaoo, 

 against whom one of the, chiefs formed a plan 

 of insurrection ; it was betrayed, and the chief, 

 with all his family and kin, was ordered to be 

 destroyed. He had a beautiful daughter be- 

 trothed to a chief of high rank, and she was in- 

 cluded in the sentence. The youth who had 

 found the cavern, and had kept the secret to 

 himself, loved this damsel ; he told her the dan- 

 ger in time, and persuaded her to trust herseli 

 to him. They gol into a canoe ; the place cl 

 her retreat was described to her on the way to 

 it, — these wnmen swim like mermaids, — she 

 dived after him, and rose in the cavern ; in ihr 

 widest part it is abont (il'ty I'eet, and its medi 

 um height is guessed at the same, the roof hunt 

 with stalactites. 



Here he brought her the choicPst food, the 

 finest clothing, mats for her head, and sandal- 

 wood oil to perfume herself; hfre he visited 

 her as often as was consistent with prudence ; 

 and here as may be imagined, this Tonga Le- 

 ander wooed and won the maid, whom, to make 

 the interest complete, he had long loved in se- 

 cret : when he hatl no hope. Meantime he 

 prepared with all his dependants, male and (e- 

 male, to emigrate in secret to the Fiji i'^lands. 



The intention was so well concealed, that 

 they embarked in safety, and his people asked 

 him, at tlie point of their depapture, if he 

 would not take with him a Tonga wife; accor- 

 dingly, to their great astonishment, having 

 steered close to a rock, he desired them to 

 wait while he went into the sea to fetch her, 

 jumped overboard, and just as they were be- 

 ginning to be seriously alarmed at his long dis- 

 a()pearance, be rose with his mistress fiom the 

 Water. Thi-^ story is not deticicnl in that which 

 nil such 8torie»t should have to be pril'ecllv de- 

 ■''ghtlul, — a fortunate conclusion. 'I'he parly 



'M>a,ed at the Fjjis till (he oppressor died, 

 • returned to Vavaoo, where they eu.l 



joyed a long and happy life. This is related as 

 an authentic tradition. — Quart. Review. 



Jerked Beef. — Capt. Hall in his Journal of 

 travels gives the following account of the man- 

 ner of preparing jerked beef in South America : 



Three men who had been employed in cut- 

 ting up the bullock, now commenced an opera- 

 tion, peculiar, ,1 believe, -to South America, 

 namely, the preparation of what is called by us 

 jerked beef, a term probably derived from the 

 local name charque. The men seated them- 

 selves on low stools in the dillerent cells, and 

 began cutting each of the detached portions of 

 meat into long strips, or ribbands, unit'orm in 

 size from end to end, some of them cut froB) the 

 large jdeces being several yards in length and 

 about two inches in width. To perform this 

 operation neatly, requires considerable expert- 

 ness. The piece of meat is held in the lelt hand 

 and at each cut is hitched round so as to offer 

 a new place to the knife, and in this way the 

 strip of meat seems to unwind itself, like a broad 

 tape from a ball, till at last nothing remains. — 

 We tried to perform this ourselves, but contin- 

 ually cut the strip across before it had attained 

 any length. When the whole has been cut in 

 this manner, it is allowed to hang under cover 

 for a certain time, dining which it acquires a 

 black colour, anH owing to the heat and dryness 

 of the air, speedily loses much of its moisture. 

 The strips are afterwards exposed to the sun 

 till thoroughly dried, and then being made up 

 into great bales, slrongly tied round with a net- 

 work of thongs, become the jerked beef of com- 

 merce. 



Anger. — The passion of anger ruffles the mind 

 distorts the coimlenance, hurries on the circula- 

 tion of the blood, and disorders the whole vital 

 and animaj functions. It often occa.^ions fevers; 

 and other acute diseases, and sometimes even 

 sudden death. This passion is peculiarly hurt- 

 ful to the delicate, and those of weak nerves. — 

 1 have known such persons frequently lose their 

 lives, by a violent tit of anger ; and would ad- 

 vise tliem to guard against lh« excess of this 

 passion, with tiic utmost care. 



It is not indeed alwa\s in our powQr to pre- 

 vent being angry : but we may surely avoid har- 

 boring resentment in our heart. Resentment 

 preys upon the mind, and sccasions the most ob- 

 stinate chronical disoiders, which gradually 

 waste the constitution. Nothing shows true 

 greatness of mind more than to torgive injuries; 

 it promotes the peace of society, and greatly 

 conduces to our own ease, health, and felicity. 



Such as value healtli should avoid violent gnsts 

 of anger, as Iheyvvould the most deadly poison. 

 Neither ought they to indulge resentment, but 

 to emlfavour at all times to keep their mind 

 calm and serene. Nothing tends so much to 

 the health of the body, as a constant tranquility 

 of mind. — Buchan's Domestic Medicine. 



Anecdote. — Rose, the private and confidential 

 Secretary of Louis XIV. had married his daii.^h- 

 ter to Mr Rottall, President of the Parliament. — 

 The husband was constantly complaining to him 

 of (he temper and dis|)osiiion of his daughter. — 

 " You are right," said Kose, " she is an im()er- 

 linent jaiie, and if 1 hear more coinpl.iiiits of her 

 I will disinherit her." 'I'he husband raacU no 

 more complaints of his wife. 



Merry Tales. — A preacher in pulpit which pre- 

 chyd the word of God, amonge other matters 

 spoke of mennes soules, and sayd that the soule 

 was so siibtyll that a Ihousande soules might 

 daunce on the space of the nayle of a mannes 

 tynger. Among which audyence there was « 

 mery conceyted fellow of small devocyon that 

 answered and sayde thus : May.ster Doctour, if 

 a Ihousande soules may daunce on a mannes 

 nayle, I praye you then where shall the pyper 

 stande ? 



Comfortahle Farm Hovses. — An experiment 

 has lately been made in thi^ county in erecting 

 buildings with the small round stone which is 

 foimd in the helds in some parts of the country, 

 and it is thought they will Answer a valuable pur- 

 pose. To a farmer who has them, the expense 

 of collecting them is nest to nothing, and the 

 land is the better for having them taken from its 

 surface. An artist from England, who has the 

 skill ol preparing a kind of cement, which be-" 

 comes nearly as hard and sulid as stone, has erec- 

 ted a few buildings in this way, and their ap- 

 parent strength and solidity has induced others 

 (o follow the example, and lie is now engaged 

 in building for those with whom he has contrac- 

 ted. The expense, it is said, does not exceed 

 that of an ordinary frame house of similar di- 

 mensions, and they have (he advantage of being 

 cooler in summer, warmer in winter, and from 

 the nature of the materials, must be much more 

 durable. — Monroe Rep. 



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 DSrERSBD AK-nCLSS. 



Professor Rafmesque, at Washington, has otjtainf d a 

 patent for a new mode of raising stock (funds) for Roads 

 Cau;ils, Manufactories, etc. It is called the Divitial 

 Invention. 



The National Road from Ohio to Missouri was com- 

 menced on the 4th of .Inly — and Commissioners are 

 laying out the road through and 'rom Missouri to Mexi- 

 co. I'he Ohio Grand Canal and the Great Road 

 were commenced the same day. 



It has been propojed to establish a new College at 

 Geneva, N. V. in which degrees were to be conferi-ej 



I without the Pupils having studied the dead languages. 

 Atrangements have been commenced with a view to 



I making Canals at the lalli near Haverhill, Ms. to 



! carry mills. 



1 A young gentleman of MountVernon, Chester couD» 

 ty, Pennsylvania, has invented a ".^pinning Mule" for 



1 Cotton whicli promises great advantages in the nau- 

 ufactory of that staple of our Southern States. 



i Mr Owen, the founder of the Tlarmonv Community, 

 is gone to England, and will probably brinj out a new 

 Colony. 



I The last accomts from the Greeks «nounce that 

 they have gained a splendid Naval Victory. >Ve hope 

 all the reports in their favour will prove true, and all 

 others unfounded. But the intelligence comes through 

 so many media, that the public scarcely know what to 



! rely on. 



I |r>ECKlVF.D by the Topaz, anrl for sale at the Ag- 

 j 1%, ricultural Kstallishnient, 103 State .«treet, one 

 f of the London Company's Portable Corn Mills, well 

 calculated for the use of the practical farmers, for the 

 pi sent dry season. July 29. 



71 PARSONS &, CO. City lurniture war«hoi>sc. 



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Ji» Union Street, near the Union Stone, keep con- 

 stantly on hand for sale, a general assortnunt ol" furni- 

 ture, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, fire 

 si'lB, brushes, bellows, &c. &c. 



The F.AK.VIKIt is puliUshcd every Friday, ly JoBi» 1j. 

 Kussfii,!., at $%.&() per anuum, in adv.ttice. 



