208 



NEW EiS€rLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. 20, 



no:xscEi.i.A27xz:s. 



AN OD E, 



BY THOS. C. FF.SSENDEK. 



THE ART OF PRINTING. 



Blest be the memory of the Sage, 

 Who taught the typographic page 

 To teem with symbols, heaven-dcsiga'O, 

 Tht mule interpreters of mind. 



The world at length hail learu'd to prize 

 The art of speaking to the eyes^ 

 Which had, by modes, which Cadmus taught. 

 Giu'n immortalil y to Ihougkt ; — 



When Faustus, by celestial skill. 

 Found means to mulliply at will. 

 Those silent heralds of the kind, 

 Which ^-ice ubiquity to mind, — 



Explor'd that Ait, which brings to vit-w, 

 All that we know — our fathers knew, — 

 And which developes every hour 

 That knowledge, which rcsuUs h.t power, — 



That Art, which gives (o man's control 

 Celestial treasures of the soul, 

 Transcending, many thousand fold, 

 Golconda's gems, and Ophir's geld. 



What but the Printer's Art sublime 

 Can register the deeds of Time, 

 Recording all that's said and done 

 Most worthy note beneath the suti ? 



The Poet, Patriot, .-^aiiit and Sage 

 Have haliilations on his page, 

 Are never absent when you call, 

 Alike accessible to all. 



He introduces man to man, 



Of every nation, trilie or clan. 



The humble to (he high— MOST HIGH, 



In palaces above the sky. 



Then bless the memory of the Sage, 

 Who taught the typographic page 

 To teem with symbols, heaven-design'd, 

 The silent heralds of the mind. 



From the Xalionat Journal. 



H is sl.ited {hut 15,000,000 fopt of iiimber is 

 -Hiiniinlly hrouglit IVotii Bniiiswick and Topsliam 

 to liatj), and llience sl.ipped to (he South. A 

 large portion of it goes to tlm West Indies. 



On the " Town'..; Farm" ot Havorhill, Ms. 70 

 buishels of corn was raised on one acre. This 

 farm is worked li^' the paupers. 



A sugar maple tree now standing near West 

 Rutland, in Vermont, measures ;>5 feet and 1 1 

 inciies in circumference, two feet from the earth. 



yiriiinia.— U is slated in the Rhode-Island Re- 

 publican, (hat James Riinipney of Virginia, in 

 1782, invented a steam apparatus (o propel a 

 boat, hy drawing water into a trunk placed 

 lenglhui-^e the boat and forcing it out of the 

 stern. Willi ilijs machinery he propelled a hoal 

 on the Potomac, at the rate of:; miles an Iv'iir, 

 against the curient. In 1784, he patented his 

 ri^ht in Virginia and Penn.sylvania. In 1705 he 

 inveiiled a (ube boiler (now called a generator,) 



bll)^'h''"!?,'V'"r "■'■•;""', '"'i " '" '"" "" Se'^ Hatred; Prospcni;, Pride; Security, D 

 boa.d ht.Meam boat, a paiticular descr.pl.ou ol |ger ; and Fainil.arity, Contempt 



which, witii a drawing, is given in the Colum- 

 liian ftlagazine for May, 1788, printed in Phila- 

 delphia, by William Spotswood. 



An Engiisli Naval .Architect, of some emi- 

 nence, now on a visit to this country, says, that 

 the ship of the line (the Pennsylvania) nearly 

 linished at the Navy Yard, in Philadelphia, will 

 he the finest vessel in any navy. For beauty ol 

 model, useful and elegant proportions, strength 

 of construction and general arrangement of the 

 interior, he believes that she will he inisurpass- 

 ed — certainly not equalled by any BritisJi ship. 

 The materials worked up in her are of the 

 choicest description, and her ornaments, allho' 

 rich, will subserve utility. She has a round 

 stern, and w;ll he capable of mounting 1.30 guns; 

 when completed she \vill be the largest vesselin 

 the ■world. 



T'ennessee. — In the year 1780, a small colony 

 of about 40 lamilies, under the c;u"e of James 

 Kobertson, cros'^ed the mountains, and passing 

 I through a wilderness of 300 miles, settled on 

 j Cumberland river, and founded the town of 

 i Nashville. In 1782, the Legislature of North- 

 Carolina appointed commissioners to explore 

 the western part of the .Stale, and to report to 

 the succeeding Legislature which part was most 

 suitable for the bounty lands protnised to the of- 

 ticers and soldiers of the continential line. — 

 According to their coiiimcndalion, the Legisla- 

 ture, in 1783, laid off a tract of land on the 

 Cumberland river, for the discharge of the mil- 

 itary bounties. This district included the in- 

 fant colony of Nashville, a small tract having 

 lieen allotted to each of the settlers. In 1705, 

 the inhabitants of this district, feeling sensibly 

 (he inconvenience of a government so remote as 

 that in the capital of North-Caridinn, endeavor- 

 ed to form an independent one, to which they 

 intended to give th(> name of '• the State of 

 Franklin," luit differing among themselves, the 

 sclieme was abandoned for a time. In 1789, the 

 Legislature of North Carolina passed an act 

 ceding the territory to the United Stales, on 

 certain conditions. Congress .iccepted the ces- 

 sion, and provided for its government, by an act 

 undei the title of" the Territory of iheUniled 

 States South of the Ohio." On the iilh ot Jui'.e, 

 1791, the President ap[iuinted William Blount 

 Governor of the territory, which ofTice ho held 

 during the continuance of the territorial gov- 

 ernment. Six years afterwards Tennessee was 

 admitted as a sovereign State into the Union. 



Illinois. — The descriptions given by French 

 writers of the Illinois country, when it was first 

 visited by French settlers, were of the most cap- 

 tivating kind. Its beautiful scenery, its fcrlile 

 praiiies, its supposed mineral wealth, wen; 

 painted in glowiuLC colours, and a new paradise 

 seemed to open for Frenchmen on the banks of 

 the illioois. A monastery of Jesuits was eslnh- 

 lished at Kaskaskia, which is said to have had at 

 one time upwards of 400 converts. The French 

 ol the settlements on (he Illinois, like those of 

 Indiana, siuni d'-generatcd, and by ilegrees as- 

 similated their manners to those of the luilians, 

 among wJiom they resided. 



There are four good mothers, of whom are 

 often born four unhappy daughters. Truth l>e- 



an- 



Clerical Rejlections. — Nut long ago, a young 

 preacher was holding forth in a country congre- 

 gration, with rather more show, in the opinion 

 of Pome, than substance. After discussing cer- 

 tain beads in his way, he informed his audience 

 that he would conclude with a few reflections. — 

 An old man, who it seems was not highly grali- 

 lied. giving a signiticant shug of his shoulders, 

 was heard to say in a low lone of voice, — " Ye 

 need na, tash, there 'II be plenty o' reflections, 

 I'so warn ye, though ye dinna make ony your- 

 sel'. — Perth Courier. 



The woman that depreciates her husband, sJill 

 more depreciates herself ; tor, if a woman wonlil 

 have the world respect her husband, she ought 

 to set the e.Kample. 



The bill confirming the ai t Ibr (he relief of the Jews 

 in .Maryland, has passed the Senate. of that state by an 

 almost unanimous vote. 



The iVIiner's Journal announces the discovery in 

 Piiiegrove, on the banks of the .Swetara river, of a bed 

 of bituminous coal nhich is supposed to be of consid- 

 erable extent. 



The Legislature of Delaware bssembltd at Dover on 

 Tuesday, 2d January. No i.ewspaper is published at 

 the 'eat of government of that State. 



roll SALE, at the Agricultural Warehouse 108 

 State Street, one of WILLIS' improved and very supe- 

 rior Cylindrical MAY and S fit AW CUTTKRS. 'J hia 

 machine will lut with (he greatest ease from 75 to It J 

 bushels of hay or straw per hour with the labour o( '.nc 

 man and a boy. This cutting may he varii d from one 

 half to three inches in U nglh. 



A great improvement in this machine is in (he side 

 gearing, which enables one person to work and tend the 

 machine and at the same time cuts four strokes with one 

 revolution of the %\heel. 



Likewise, one of KASTMAVS Cylindrical STRAW 

 CU I'TI-JRy, Witt) a general assortment of improved 

 Horizontal and Vertical machines. 



SAFFORD'S Improved ditto,— DUTCH HA.NDdo. ' 

 with best east steel knives. The very little kibour re- " 

 quireil in working these several mat bines (o advantage 

 and lIiE great saving made in preparing fodder in this 

 way, render them among (he most useful with the prac- 

 tical and e.Nperimental tanner. 



JAQllEt-' Improved Corn Shelter with fly wheel and 

 conical cylinder ; the most approved machine for the 

 purpose in use. \\i(ha vciy general assortment of 

 wrought and cast iron ploughs. 



HOW.VRD'.S Improved Pa ent wrought and cast 'ron 

 Ploughs. I'rom the suptriour workmanship and peculiar 

 ' form of (he mould board, and land side, it is considered ■ 

 the most ' erfcct })lougb now in use. 



About 50 dozen of very superionr patent Steel .\IA 

 NURE anri HAY FORIvS,— ( ommon do. 



One London made patent COli N-.MII.L for grind- 

 ' ing or cracking corn, or well calculated lor pulverizing 

 [ soda, Sic. 



j improved patent CHURNS, — the best thing; of the 

 kind we have ever set n. 



I About aOOOsettsof Willis' Patent BLIND SPRING 

 of various sizes, calculate d to suit every description ■ 

 Blinds, with hingi s to fi(. 



The ufilKy of (hese springs has been fairly tested i.i 

 course of the past season, and proved bt yond doubt 

 (heir superior advaidage over the common mode of fas- 

 (ening. l-y pi rfectly securing (be Rlind, and jirevindn^- 

 that dis(ruc(ioii ol Blinds and W indows, that so com- 

 j monly (ake place. 



Likewise a great rariely of .Agricultural tools, i:c. 



j i'j:j- Published ivery I riday, at TliR>-.E Uoi.i.,\i,r, 

 j pur annum, payalyle a( (be end of the year — Imt (bo.'e 

 who pay williin si.Tly days [rom thetimt of subsciibirj ,| 

 will he entitled to a de duction of I* I^T^ Ceats. * 



Gendemen who procure. Art responsible subscriber.', 

 are entidnt lo a si.>lh volume gra(is. 



New subscribers can he furnished wih (he preeed-. 

 ing numbers of the current volume. 



