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KEW ENOLAND FARMEIl. 



MISC£2:.I.ANX£S. 



EPITAPH ON A POOR, BUT HONEST MAN. 

 Stop, reader, here and deign to look 



On one without a name, 

 Sfe'r entered in the ample book 

 Of fortune or of fame. 



Studious of peace, he hated strife ; 



Meek virtues filled his breast ; 

 His coat of arms — "a spotless life,"— 



"An honest heart" — his crest. 



Quartered within was innocence 



And thus his motto ran, — 

 ''A conscience void of all offence 



Before both God and man." 



And in the last great day, though pride 



Now scorns his pedigree. 

 Thousands shall wish they'd been allied 



To this great family. 



many hours after five balls were lodgfd in its 

 body and a «pear run through it. '• One of it? 

 murderers," says the Gazette, " asserts thai i( 

 had mouslachio? as well as a beard, and yet it 

 was shot and speared in a biirbarons manner, and 

 its head g;iven to the cook of a vesspl to boil and 

 clean oif the hair 1 Is wonUl be fatal to some of 

 our exquisites weie these Sumatra hunters to 

 take a day's sport in the Park.'' 



Harvest Home. — The good old firactice of cel- 

 ebrating the Harvest Home, is still kept np in 

 some parts of Pennsylvania. The Bunks Coun- 

 ty Patriot now before us, gives an inlcresting 

 account of one of Ihese celehralions, in which a 

 large number of the yeomanry farmers with 

 Iheir wives and daughters, and sons, with their 

 healthy cherry-cheeked sweet-hoarls — joined 

 in the rural festival. A beautiful wood was se- 

 lected for the occasion on the bank of a river. — 

 It was pleasanlly shaded by stately forest trees 

 interwoven with evergreens. At an early hour 

 the citizens began to assemble. Cheerlulness and 

 gratitude sat on every countenance. An abun- 

 dant harvest, which it had plea-^ed Almigbly 

 God to bless them with, had been successlully 

 gathered — (he peripd for the husbandman had 

 huen most trying — his labors, under a degree ol 

 heat very unusual were incessant — Ihey had 

 now terminated — his Harvest is Home — and the 

 opportunity presents for him to evidence his 

 thankfulness. We wish Ihese rural spnrls and 

 I'uslivals were more general. Tiiey bring friends 

 and neighbours into more clore riiuimunion,and 

 if properly managed dilTuse health and chcerlul- 

 ness, and a sound moral tone of feeling. 



[Sept. % 



Qiiaintness. — A clergyman of Massachusetts 

 (says Mr. Tudo.-) being in the habit of preach- 

 ing sermons (hat had no connexion with his 

 texts, one of his parishioners observed, that, 



^^if kin sermon had the small-pox, his text could not 

 catch ity 



i^OR t^At^K, by Richardson & Lord, the Agricultu- 

 ral Reader, price 75 cts. 



On the Preservation of Salt rrhich has been used 

 in Salting Meat. — The following method of re- 

 covering salt, which has been used in brine for 

 preserving beef, pork, &c. is taken in substance 

 from an English publication. 



F'lrst add such a quantity of boiling wafer to 

 the brine or drainings as is sufficient to dissolve 

 all the particles of the salt. This solution should 

 then be placed in either an iron or earthen ves- 

 sel, over a fire, which by boiling will force -,,11 j husbandry. 

 ,1 /• , , 1 . 1 .• I !.» .!,„ 4„„ i fhr most nnpnrlant kn 



he fecu ent and animal particles lo the lop,, . , „ j ,t , • . 



,. , ' , , 1 • ' Pi'^ctical ; and that is not i 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



I have taken a cursory view of the ^gricvltvral 

 Reader, by Ur. Daniel Adams. Its subjects are, in my 

 opinion, judiciously selected, and treated in a manner, 

 which gives much useful information to the farmer. — 

 The Hook is designed for the use of schools, and it ap- 

 pears to he well calculated for their benefit. The va- 

 rious, interesting, and entertaining mnttcr, which it 

 contains, cannot fail to command the nttcniion ofpu- 

 pils, who have been nccnslomed lo the labors of a farm, 

 or expert to obtain a livelihood by the occupation ot 



owledgc is that, which is 



,,,,,, ,. ,, , , ,. praclicai; and tnal is not the least important, which 



which should be carelully removed by a skim- ^^,^y,f^^^ o^e to obtain from the soil not orjy the ne- 



mer or perforated ladle. After the liquor has 

 become clear, set it aside for twenty-four hours, 

 in a cool [dace that the colouring matter may 

 subside. But as the combination it had formed i 

 ' with the boiled liquor is extremely tenacious, it ! 

 j may be separated by either of the following' 

 j ways. 1. A solution of alum in water, (one pint 

 ] to an ounce of alum) may then be gradually drop- 

 1 peil into the cold liquor, in the proportion ol a 

 liable spoonful of the former to a gallon of the 

 I latter; and the whole allowed to staml for sev- 

 jeralhours; or 2. If lime and circumstances will 

 I permit, filter the liquor by means of long flnn- 

 |ne! slips, cut longitudinally by the web, bulpre- 

 j viously soaked in another strong and perfectly 

 1 clear solution of salt. These slips sliriubl be so 

 I immersed in the Hiiid that the projecting exter- 

 : nal ends should enter another vessel, which had 



cessaries but the comforts of life. As the principal 

 part of the rising generation in all the inland towns of 

 this county will prosecute the husintss of hushandrv, 

 it is necessary that fhey should be early acquainted 

 with the principles of the art. This will give them a 

 ri-lish for a farmer's life, and inspire them with ambi- 

 tion to excel in their orrupatinn. The .Agriciiltarat 

 Rtacler is well ad.ipted to produce this rfTect ; and I 

 heartily recommend it for the use of schools. 



HUMPHREY MOORE. 



Francestovm, Xovembtr 1, 1824. 

 Dear Sin, 



I have examined, with as much attention as the 

 shortness of the time and the avocations of business 

 would permit, the first 23G pages of your v^gn'f u/^nraj 

 Jitcidtr. Judging from the part thus examined, 1 have 

 no hesitation in saying, that I think the work is calcu- 

 lati'd Ki be eminently useful to the agricultural, and 

 consequently to every other, class of Ihe community; 

 that it should be read and under.'tood by every farmer ; 



been previously placed Ijiunh lower tbnn that | and that no scholar, or young man who' intends to de 



containing the brine, or draining.s. The brine ! vote his time or adenlir.n to agriculture, should consid- 



wiU be drawn over the cdo-e of^one vessel into i ''' "^'^ <'^"'^^''"" ''"'"P"'^''^^ '"''^«'"' =^ thorough knowl- 



' ■ " T. KROWN. 



ed^e of its contents. 



Yours 



EMOlRSof the Pennsylvania Agrirnltural Sorie« 

 ly; with selecliiins from the most approved au- 

 thors, adapted to the use of the practical Farmers of 

 the United Slates ; lfl24. lllnslrated with several cop- 

 perplate engravings of ani.Tials and tinmeious cuts of 



England and the Holy Mlianr.e, — The London 

 Literary Gazette states that a pamphlet has late- 

 ly appeared at Paris, which contains a furious 

 attack upon England t'or having recognized the 

 independence of South Auienca. The writer 

 alTirms that the words "• civil ami religious lib- 

 erty"' so often used by the Knglibh, mean noth- 

 ing more than forgetfnhiess of (iod and con- 

 tempt tor kings, lie says that Enjjiand is faith- 

 less, exhausted, physically and morally rotten. 

 Jic. and calls upon llie sovereigns of the Holy 

 Alliance to declare war againal her, and renew 

 Ihe continental blockade 1 



Ourang-Outang. — The London Lilernry Ga- 

 zette cuntains an extract of a letter from Suma- 

 tra, describing an ourang-outang lately killed on 

 that island. It measured six feet in height, and 

 and its foot fourteen and a half inches in length. 

 The skin was covered with brown hair about a 

 foot long ; its face wa.s quite human with a Innu' 

 curled beard; one of the eye-teeth measured 

 three iuchei and a fourth jn lengtli. It lived 



: the other by cijtillary attraction, and the [irinci- 

 ple of the sy[ihon. When these particulars are 

 properly attended to, the absorbed liquor be- 

 comes almost colourless and pellucid. Having 



: thus procured a clear liquid solution, nothing 



I more is required than lo evaporate it to dryne.s^ i ^^^hines and agricultural implements.-Fnr sale by 

 in order 10 re-pioduce Ihe salt in its original! CUiM-MlNC^, MIU.I.VRl) i- CO. 



' gr.inulaled form. The second method of dis-j Price $1.25. No. 134 Washington street. 



I charging the colour is said to be preferable, as i W-.<mj c ITZ k ,,■, . ,. . „ 



1 , ,". ^ , ,, , • , I ■ 1 ; ¥j^"'^ sale, a very line Mitch Cow, not five year? 



by this no alum will be required which cou- j t' old, that has given the present season on grass 

 ; laminates the salt. j feed alone, fig/i/e«i qnarts of milk a day. t^he is a 



L ' fine looking animal, in perfect health, and is not ofier- 



Sir William Jones.— SW William .Tones, among I ed lor sale for any fault. Inquire nt this office. 

 the objects of his all grasping mind, contemplat- j ^ I'ARSONS & CO. City Furniture wanhouse, 

 ed a history of the AnieriCMii war, on the model , Jji • Union Street, near the Union Stone, keep con- 

 i)f Thiicydides and Polvbius. We can never siil'- ! staidly on hand for sale, a general assortment of furni- 

 liciently "regret that de'alh lui» deprived us of a ture, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, fire 



work which, from such a mind, would have e- 

 qually interested the man of the profoundest po- 

 litical science, and the gayest wanderer among 

 the roses of literature. 



sets, brushes, bellows, tc. &c. 



.\ gentleman passing through a rivor which 

 he supposed deep, bid bis servant go before 

 him. — But ho to shoxv his politeness, replied, 1 

 never will be guilty of such ill manners; — pray 

 sir, do you cross over (irst. 



The Rochester Telegraph mentions that n 

 canal boat has arrive-l in that village, witli be- 

 twccD 4, d 5UU water-melons from Long Island. 



TO PRINTERS— For sale, a font of Pica, hut little 

 worn. Inquiry may be madi of the Publishi r of 

 j the Farmer ; or a liiu may be droppid lo .M. H. Boston. 



Ircy'Siibscriliers to the J\l'cw England Fanner are 

 \ Informed that they can have their vohnnes neatly 



hound and Ictltred at "ih cents, or half bound at 6i 



— hi) sending them to this office.. 



TEif'i.^ Ol- 'iTnrTAHA l.li. 

 {■(^Puhlished every Friday, at Ti'Rv.r Dollars, 

 per annum, payable at the end ol (hi year— hut ll.os'; 

 who pay within SLrtij rfniMfrom Ihe time of .suhsc^ibirg" 

 will be entitled to a d'duction of Fjftv Cksts. 



