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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Oct. 



xazscz:i.i>ANXss. 



LAW DUST AND SAW DUST, 

 Or shaving the blocks. 



To furnish a village with tackle for tillage, 



Jack Carter betook to the saw, 

 To pluck and to pillage this same little village 



Jo Pettifog took to the law. 



They angled so pliant for gull and for client 

 As sharp as a weasel for rats. 



rine concretions in common milk. Oiher.- limit 

 themselves to les.=, seldom (akins more tli.m sev- 

 en lumps of sugar. Others iigain lake still less, 

 until at last they arrive at' the pure essence of 

 unadulterated (ca. 



The effect of tea in increasing national acute- 



Incrcasc of height. — It is said that a person is 

 considerahl)' taller (sometimes an inch) at his 

 rising in the morning than at night, in conse- 

 quenro of the cartilages between (he joints of 

 Ihe hackbone yielding to the pressure of iho 

 body in an erect poslure, and expanding during 



[House have exerted all their ingenuity m vam. 

 The wisdom of statesmen and the skill of the 

 I exciseman have been «et at nought by Ihe tea- 

 That what with their saw dust and what with their law inspired dexterity of some simple, venerable 

 dust, 

 Thej blinded the eyes of the flats. 



ness is truly wonderiul. Governments have the repose of night. 



hurled their vetos against its introduction into j ^^= 



their ports, and the underlings of the Custom- r-ijs o//s-'i(rs.— One codhsh was found to con- 



tain .■),6o6,7U0 eggs; a flounder 1,357, 500; a sole 

 ipO,jG2. 



Scarlet Fever. — The Oernian physicians pre- 



Jack brought to the people a bill for the steeple ; 



They swore they would not be bit ; I 



But out of the E!iw pit, just into a law pit, 



Jo ticklfu Ihem up with a writ. 



Says Jack the saw rasper, I see neighbor Grasper 



We both of us live by the slocks ; 

 While I foruiy savings turn tjlocksinto shavings, 



You lawyers are shaving the blocks. 



....e@e*— 



The Clip of Good Tea. — The industry, avarice, 



& luxury of man have induced him to visit almost 



every portion of the globe, for the graiilicalion 



of some particular passion. y\ir, sea, and earth 



have been plundered of their inhabitants and 



production, to please his palate, to interest his 



fancy, or to subserve his use. B'^t of all that he 



has imagined, or discovered, or concocted, or 



combined for satiating a luxurious taste, ihore is 



nothing can be set in comparison with a cup of 



good tea. 



If lie who first taught the use of a flannel or I formality, construes 

 velvet shoe, deserves the praises of him whose i iji-opriclv. 



gouty toe sulfers Ihe punishment of a loo greedy | Wlulo'thc vounger part of the assembly cheer- 

 mouth; if ho who lir*t duly commingled the in- p,| 1,,. t[ic fragrant drauffbt, give a loos.e to the 

 gredienls ol a flowing bowl of CEfg-Pog deserves exuberance of their natural disposition, and 

 the oft-given thanks of College Sludenls; if that ! o-iMvilv and ceremonv melt away, before the 

 hagaciou'id.inie who discovered that a cup of tin- : pcrfutiis j)nd flavour of a cup of good ten. 

 cgar and molasses is an infallible traji for those | How jovially has Horace sung the praises of 

 vile insects, llies, Ihat so often u'Int themselves i (he oblivious Classic, the generous Chian, and 

 with dainlies not llieir own, and soinbe ('urni- i (|,r. pjch Falernian wines; liut how rapturously 

 ture, which an Iiour'.sfoil bad just rendered " lil would he have tuned his lav. had his limes been 

 to be seen;" and that elder leaves would always ' |||ps| „;||, ((,» in-ipiration of the Chinese shrub, 

 drive otT cock-roaches, meels her reward in the ^ What a comfortaMe picture does Cowper 



spinster. 



How joyfully visible is Ihe eflicncy of tea al 

 a party, in unbending the stately, in enlivening 

 the low-spiriled, and in letting loose Ihe full tide 

 of that unpremeditated branch of conversation 

 commonly called ''■small talk.''' Go to one ol 

 these parlies, seal yourself in a corner as I have 

 often done, and you will see something to amuse 

 and instruct. 



The guests enter, and bowing formally, be- 

 take Ihemselves to a scat to wl^ch thoy appear | Street, 

 to cling as to a last hojio. Scarce a hand is 

 moved, scarce a wonl escapes to break the aw- 

 ful stillness. But offer to their willing grasp one 

 fragrant cup, and, as if Ibt; wand of magic had 

 been waved, Ihe spell is broken. The philoso- 

 pher descends from the aerial regions of specu- 

 lation, and deigns In liold converse with mortals. 

 The staid matron unbends somewhat from the 

 dignity of iier attitude, and ceases to be perpet- 

 ually chiding her youthful daughter for silting 

 at case on her chair, or laughing with a gentle- 

 man, or some other trifle, which rijier age hav- 

 ing bid adieu to the more free and social pleas- 

 ures of conversation, and donned the tramels of 

 i;ito an awful violalion of 



tend to have discovered a mode ol inoculation 

 to prevent scarlet fever. They administer the 

 extract of belladona Ion days; this produces red 

 spots on the skin, burning in the throat, &c. 

 which are said to be a certain {irotcction against 

 the scarlet fever. 



THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. 



f^IlIS day published by CU.M.MIN'GS, II1LU.».RD 



ipprobatinn of our busy house-" ives; surely, ho 

 Reserves our cordial Ih.inks and highest praise, 

 who first found out for us that delicious bever- 

 nge — a cup of good tea. 



Oh I thou gr.iteful essence ! thou true .balm of 

 life I thou exhiliralnr of exhausted .spirits ! thou 

 sworn enemy of blue-doviM ihou inveptener of 

 the biitorness of sorrowl ihou warmer of the cold 

 bosom, ;md — cooler of the heated one! ill sjioak 



draw when hispircd with the fumes of the deli- 

 cious intusioii. 



Now stir tlie fire and close (he shnlters Hist, 



Lc t hVi the curtains, wlici-1 I lie sofa round. 



And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn 



Throws up a steamy column, and the cups 



AN'hidi cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, , 



Ho let us welcome peaceful evening in. : 



lie CO, for the Proprietor, Xo 134, Washington 



COi\TE-\TS. 



.Ar.T. 1. Claims of the United States on Naples 

 and Holland. 



1. .Message of the President of United States to the 

 House of Representatives, relative to the claim on Na- 

 ples. 



2. Message of the President of the United States 

 transmitting the Correspondence relating to tiie Claims 

 of the C'itizens of the fJnited States upon the Govern- 

 .iient of the Netherlands. 



'J. Lord Byron's Cha>acter and ^Vritings. 



1 Recollections ofthe ijife of Lord Byron. By the 

 ki'e K. C. Dallas, Fsq. . 



'2. Correspondence of Lord Byron with a Friend : 

 hirUiding li'is Letters to his Mother; in 1G09, 1810, 

 and 1311. 



3. Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron. By 

 Thomas Medxvin, Esq- 



,;5. Wayland's Discourses on the Duties of an 

 AmericanCtizen. 



The Duties of an American Citizen; two Dicourses, 

 delivered In tl>e First Baptist Meeting House in Eos- 

 ton. By Francis Wayland, jr. 



4. Pinkney's Poems. 

 Poems. By Kdward C. Pinkney. 



5. English Common Law Reports. 



Reports of Cases argued and determined in the En;;- 

 lish Courts ol' Common Law. Edited by Thomas Ser- 

 geant and John C Lowber, Escrs. 



I 6. Orphic Poetry. 



I Orpheus Poctiarnm Grsecorum Antiquissimus. .\iu:- 



\ tore Geortrio Henrico Bode. 



7. Colnmbns. 



Coilice diplomatico Colombo-Americano, ossia Rac- 

 cclta di Documenti originali e incditi, spettanti a Cris- 

 toforo Colonibo, i-c. Genova. 1['2.>. 



8. Gold and Silver in Mexico. 



A Report of the Expediency of Augmenting the Dii- 

 j ties on the Exportation of Gold and Silver, presented 

 to the General Constituent C'ougress of Mexico, by the 

 Coigniitlee of Finance and Mines, Aug. 9, \liZ4, 



9. Critical Notices. 



, Palfrey's Historical Discourcs— Perkins' History of 



Does S04T0W weigh heavily on you, dilute it I the Late War — Wrifford's Mercantile Penmanship— 



not thy qualities in Strains of suiliciciit exaltation. I witli a full cup of lea. Doe« ennui cloud your ; .Summary View of America— Addresses before tli'>icw 



iillribule il not lo want of inclination, but lo in- 1 i'— - ' ■' >,.;..:..-. 9 r>' k„i,ii., «m,i t. ! Y„rl,- Arndemi- of Fine Arts— Bacon's Plea for Atnca— 



adequacy ofabiHiy, or rather lo my last cujJniitN 



being of due sirenglli. in lUe Iragrant cloud oi vape 



Willi a lull cup of lea. Does ennui cloud voiir ; .Summary View of AmGnca-.^ilrlresses oeiare in" .>c» 

 ; ideas and dami> vour Sj.iiils ? qnaff boldly itnd il ! Y<.rk Academy of Fine \rts-Bacoa'.. Plea for Vtr.ca--- 

 1 11 -.1 II . ',v. -1 . .■ 1 J 1 I Pnrnard's Polvlot Grammar — Craft's Address neforo 



' will, with a Its !it ing lost o blue imps, vanish ' ""^ „', ^ ,. v,' ' . „, -■%vi,:...c'> «;„^«Uh V-irie- 

 ;.■,,. . 1 ? /■ ,1 . I the Palmetto Society— Blanco^u hitcs' bpamsh \ ant 



in the Iraijrant cloud of vapour that ascends ,.„. 

 1 i- • ,. lies. 



Let il be remembered, that, w!u-u I speak of from the surface of a cup often 

 a cup o( good tea, 1 iricau not Ihat anomalous j In :.hort. if, in some very benevolent frame of 

 mixture of it, wilh the iUiini.il and vegetable pio- 1 mind. I should ask a particular favour for a 



duel? called in vulgar [lail.mce, sugar and cream. I friend, I would wish ll.at he miyht ever be 

 IS a diversily worthy of remark 1 greeled wilh a cup of good lea. On the contra- 

 ry, the direst cup I can wish an enemy is a cup 

 of bad (ea. If I disliked a man, I should desire 

 that liis sugar might be exhauitod, his cream 

 curdled, and the whole mixluri:'! unlit to bear the 

 title of a cup of good leu. — Trcuiion paper. 



And heie the 



in Ihe taste ol lea-driukiiig men — and womrn. 

 Some cJinnot imbibe the iuscions draught (doubt- 

 less tiie ncciar ol" the gods) without airunmensiir- 

 ed quanlily of ihoiR extraneous arlicles, so that 

 in faC- it is litlle more than ;t solution of sacchti- 



^arlcrli/ List af.j\rw Publicalions—Indcr. 



Otrt I. 



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 ture, chairs, looking glasses, fe,%lhers of all kinds, fire 

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