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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Dec. IG, 



iifnscEXii.ANzx:s. 



The Literary Gazette contains the following; lines on 

 an Album : 



An Album I — Prylhce what is it ? 



A book, like this I'm shown ; 

 Kept to be filled by others' wit, 

 By people who have none. 



Clcdjucss uf the .Northern Sees. — Notliinp; can 

 be more sur|iri.-iiig iind beautiful tli.in llie singu- 

 lar clearness ol' tbe water of the Korlhern Sens. 

 As we passed slowly over tbe snrrace, the bot- 

 tom, wliicli was here in general of while sand, 

 was clearly visible in ils miiuilest objects, where 

 the depth was from livenly to livenly-five fath- 

 oms. During the whole course of the lour I 

 made, nothing ajipeared lo me so extraordinary 

 as the inmost recesses of the deep thus unveil- 

 ed to the eye. The surface of the ocean was 

 - unruffled by the slightest breeze, the gentle 

 splashing of the oars scarcely disturbed it. 



Hanging over the gunwale of Ihe boat, wilii 

 wouder and delight, I gazed on the slowly mov- 

 ing scene below. Where Ihe bollom was sandy, 

 the diflerent kinds of aslerice echini, and even 

 the smallest shells, appeared, at that great depth 

 conspicuous lo the eye ; and the ivaler seemed, 

 in some measure lo ha\e the effect of a magni- 

 fier, by enlarging the (dijocis like a telescope, 

 and bringing ihem seemingly (he nearer. Now 

 creeping along, we saw far beneath, the rug- 

 ged sides of a mounlaiii ii«ing low.irds our boat, 

 the base of which, perhaps was hidden some 

 miles in (he great deep below. Though mov- 

 ing on a level surface, it seemed almost as if ive 

 were ascending Ihe height under us, and when 

 we passed over ils summit, wliich rose in ap- 

 pearance (o within a i'ew feet of our bo^it, and 

 came again to llie descenl, whicfi on this side 

 ivas suuilcnly perpendicular, and overlooking a 

 watery gnlf as \\c passed gently over ihe lasl 

 jioinl of it, il seeined almost as if we had thrown 

 ourselves down this precipice, Ihe illusion from 

 ihe chryslal clearness of iho deep, actually pro- 

 duced a sudden filarl. Now we came (o a plain, 

 ar.d passed slowly over a sulimarine foies(, and 

 ineaiiows which .ippeared in Ihe exfiati^^e below ; 

 iohiiliiled, douhlless, by ihousaiids of animals, lo 

 wliich they afford bolh food and shelter — ani- 

 mals, unknown lo man, and 1 could someliioes 

 observe largo fishes of a singular shnpe, gliding 

 soflly through ihe walery llmkels, uncotiscious 

 of what was moving above them. As we pro- 

 ceeded, (he ho((oni became no longer visible; 

 ilB fairy scenes gra<lual!y fadi'd (o Ihe view, anil 

 were lost in the daik giecn depth of Ihe ocean. 



[Drooke^s Travels. 



Origin of iht Coroner's Inqnest Trial in Eng- 

 land. — A woman in London, alter she had inter- 

 red six husbands, found one snflicienlly courage- 

 ous to make her a wife for- the seventh lime. — 

 For several months Iheir happiness seemed mu- 

 tual, which cirrumstance militated against the 

 conduct of Ihe former iiosbands, whom she lep- 

 resenled as di-gii'ting, eillier by iheir sodisli- 

 ness or their infiileljiy. In order lo asceriaiu 

 the real characlcr o( his partner, Ihe man be- 

 jj.in lo absent himself from home, to return al 

 uti'^easonnhle hours, and to pretend intoxication. 

 A* first reproaches, and next llireal.", were the 

 result ol such conduct. He however persisted, 



and seemcil more and more addicted to his bot- 

 tle. 



One evening, when she supposed him dead 

 drunk, she unsewed a leaden weight out ot Ihe 

 sleeve of her gown, and having melted it, she 

 approached lo her husband, who still feigned to 

 be in a deep sleep, in order to pour it into his 

 car by means of a pipe. Now convinced of her 

 tvifkeilness, he started up, and seizing her, cal- 

 led for assistance to secure her until next morn- 

 ing, when she was taken before a magistrate, 

 who committed her lo prison. The bodies of 

 hersi.s forn)er husbands were dug up, and marks 

 of violence were discoverable upon each ol ihem, 

 in as far as it was possible to ascertain at the 

 distance of lime. Tlius the proof of her guilt 

 appeared so strong upon her trial, along wilh 

 tjie crime in which slie was actually delected, 

 I that she was condemned and executed. To this 

 I circumslnnce England is said lo be indebted (or 

 i that useful regulation, by uhicli no corpse o( 

 I any person dying suddenly, or found dead by 

 I \ ;olence, can be interred without a legal inspec- 

 I lion. Alhencum. 



lages which now meet Ihe eye on every side. 

 U hat the moral influence niion society will be. 

 lo have such maase< of population collected to- 

 gether, wilhout schools and without churches to 

 counteract the tendency to corruption which all 

 (iromiscuous assemblages of population have, it 

 cannot be diflicult to anticipate.— /i. 



Ji Cpiincclictit Farmer. — .\ friend of mine not 

 long 'iiice was travelling during the bay season, 

 near New Haven, and oliserved that the peojile 

 all made use ofslraighl scyihc siiaitlis wilh only 

 one iiandle or nib n|ion them, and ventured In 

 ask one o( the men whom be met wbelher such 

 were the most convenient for mowing. The 

 man al once precei\ed that niv Irieiid was nol 

 from Conneclicul, and \vilhout answering his 

 question said, with no small degree ol contempt, 

 " Oh, you are from the Bay stale, I'll bet, where 

 they use Ihem darn'd crooked things to mow 

 u'illi." and passed on. — .'Vii.'. .fE^is. 



Connecticut School Fund. — 1 observed that 

 many of ihe school-houses in Conneclicul were 

 small and ol very oidinary ii[)pearance, which 

 considerably sur|n'iseil me, since I had so often 

 heard of Ihe excellency of llieir sdiool system, 

 and the immense advunlage uhich had resulted 

 liom the princely si honi t'uiid belonging to the 

 stale. Bui 1 lie.ird from many ink lligent men 

 Ihat there is not that interest felt iheie in the 

 character and prosperiiy o( their schools which 

 ive had supposed \vas the case. There is a kind 

 ofapalhyand indifference growing out of the 

 very manner in which their schools are support- 

 ed. When ])eople i)ay their money (roni ^ear 

 10 year, lo be expended in their own ninghbor- 

 hood for a pai licular purpose, they will natu- 

 rally feel more inleiesi in the proper a|)plicn- 

 I liou of that money, than ifllicy weicto receive 

 i the same amouni in common with thousands ol 

 others as a mailer of course and which did nol 

 reipiire any care or solicitude on Iheir jiarls. — 

 Such in some cases has Loeii ihe result in that 

 slate.— /6. 



Ithiide- Island. — The most noticeable peculiar- 

 ity in lihode-lslaiid scenery is Ihe great num- 

 ber of I .illon and woollen I'aclories which are 

 seen peeping from every valley whore waler 

 power can he emjiloyed. Villages have groun 

 np in this way in regions (he most sterile and 

 iiniiuitiiig and a large population are there led, 

 where without we ilih which they may almost 

 be said to create, ("ewer families could subsist 

 thau ttie number of thriving aod flourishing vil- 



I .1 mnde.it liinl. — Sir Benjamin Wrench was a 



I relehraled physician aboul a cenlurv ago. in 



I Norlolk. His fee at Ihat period was two guin- 



! ens, a ] roof of the estimation in which he was 



held. On one occasion having received but a 



single guinea, he asked lor a caudle, though it 



, uas noon-day, and began lo search the room ; 



' being asked whal he was looking for, he said, 



lie "believed he had dropped a guinea."' The 



patient took ihe hint, and completed the usu.ij 



■ sum. 



The total amount of coinage al our I\Iint, since 

 ^ils first rslablishment, is only 5^33.650,502 ; a 

 'sum entirely inadequate, in onr opinion, lo Ihe 

 demands of a trading community like ihat of ihe 

 Uniled Slates — averaging, in gold, silver, niul 

 copper,for a national circula'ing medium, scarce- 

 ly two dollars a head for an increasing popiila- 

 lion Would it nol be proper for Congress lo 

 I look into the matter, and exiend the limited np- 

 ; orations of Ihe Mint as national convenience de- 

 mands il ? — IVash. Guz. 



Proditctinns of Michigan — Dr Brown, of (his 

 city, has presenled ns with a Badish, laken from 

 Ins garden, weighing eleven pnnvds. .^ gentle- 

 man has also called at the i^ffire to inform us 

 that he was [iresent al the weighing of a pump- 

 \.hin, on ihe farm of Mr. Tucker, near Mount 

 I Clemens, Ihe weight of which was ojic hundred 

 I and tu-eiiiy j'ovnds. This will sound neW in New 

 ; England, and now the canal is fiui-^lied, \ve invite 

 our eastern brelheren to come ami examine for 

 themselves the extraordinary vcgeuibie |iroduc- 

 tiuus of our soil. — Del rait pop. 



I II is related of Prologues ihat he painted a 

 fine piclure while Ihe enemy was besieging the 

 town. M. (le Laninase romjiosed in the noise 

 ot his wife, children, and domesiics. l^riesllev 

 is said lo have wrillen under Ihe same circiim- 

 slances. I have seen a lady indite an ejiistle (or 

 the I'oit I'olio wilh one hand, keep off an im- 

 porluiiale liille rogue wilh Ihe olher, keep the 

 ; cradle going wilii one loot, an<l now uud then 

 Join in Ihe conversation ol the circle. 



Censure is like a ho« ; and is as much impos- 

 j sible for a man lo guard his repulaliou Irom the 

 1 attacks of ihe one, as it is to prelect his en- 

 closures from the depredations ol ihe olher. 



AD.MI.MSIUATOU'S fiale of Heal Kstate.— By li- 



cense ol t ourl, will be sold by public auctiuii, on Thurs- 

 day the sillMi ol Dtci'inber Inst, on Hit priinists, at 10 

 o'clock A. j\l. fo much ol tlic ual estate of Ala-1 I'helps 

 laic <»f Leominster, dec'sd. in the county ol \\ orccsler, 

 as will raise the sum of l.'jUO dollars, for the pa) mtut 

 of debts and cliaigts — ^'aid estate is pleasantly :i|ust- 

 ed in the north pait of said Leominster, on the road to 

 Lunrnl»ur», and would acctinimodate both the farmer 

 and the mechanic, t or ijarticulars, inqi ire ol W ithing- 

 ton i I'helps, C'onf;res^ street, Boston, ol t^umuti I'helpt 

 living on the premises, or of the sobscribtr. . 



DAVIU WlLDEll.^rfm'A 

 Leominster, Dec. 6, l>t"5. 



