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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[March 10, 



iti];scz:i.i.ANxz!S. 



MARCir. 



The stormy March has coine at last, 

 With wind and cloud and changing skies, 

 riiear the rushing of the blast 

 That through the snowy valley flies. 



Ah, passing few are they who speak, 

 Wild stormy month I in praise of thee ; 

 Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, 

 Thou art a welcome month to me : 



For thou to northern lands again, 

 The glad and glorious sun dost bring, 

 And thou hast joined the gentle train 

 And wear's! the gentle name of Sprinj. 



And, in thy reign of blast and storm. 

 Smiles many a long, bright, sunny day. 

 When the changed winds are soft and warm. 

 And heaven puts on the blue of May. 



Then sing aloud the gushing rills 

 And the full springs, from frost se.t free, 

 That, brightly leaping down the hills, 

 Are just set out to meet the sea. 



The year's departing beauty hides 

 Of wintry storms the sullen threat ; 

 But, in thy sternest frown, abides 

 A look of kindly promise yet. 



Thou bring'st the hope of those calm skies 

 And that soft time of sunny showers, 

 When the wide bloom, on earth that lies. 

 Seems ofa hrigliler world than ours. 



Brtakt. 



Swgnlur C»s/om.— The southern part of De" j OYSTER COMPANY. 



von is remarkable for its excellent cider. For; The Bridgeton Wiiig slates that the commis- 

 the purpose of insuring a good fruit harvest, the (sjoners of the New Jersey Delaware ojster 

 following custom is almost universall}' kept up j company opened their books for receiving sub- 

 in that part of the country. On the eve ol the i scriptions for slock, on Monday, 30lh ult. and 



Epiphany, the farmer attended by his workmen, 

 with a large jug of cider, repairs to the orchard, 

 and encircling one of the best bearing trees, 

 they drink the lollowing toast three several 

 limes : — ■ 



' Here's to thee, old apple tree ; 

 Whence thou may'st bud — whence thou may's! blow ; 

 And whence thou may'st bear apples enow '. 

 ISats full ! caps full ! bushel, bushel, sacks full : 

 And my pockets full too '. Huzza ! huzza I 



that notwithstanding there were three times 

 and places mentioned in the law, for receiving 

 subscriptions, the whole of the stock was taken 

 within an hour after the books were first opened. 



CAN.\L IN EGYPT. 

 .According to the estimate of the French en- 

 gineers who were in Egypt with Bonaparte, (he 

 whole expense of a deep c.ina), which wotjid 

 connect the Arabian gulf with the Kile and the 

 Mediterranean, make Africa an island, and short- 



Some are so superstitious as to believe, that if en the voyago from Marsnilles to Bombay, one 

 they neglect this ancient custom, be the weath-' hall, woul d not exceed 700,000 pound s. 



er what it may, the trees wil 

 that year. 



bear no apples! 



Santieucl, the French poet, reluming' one 

 night to Saint Victoire. at II o'clock, the por- 

 ter refused opening the door, saying he had 

 positive orders to admit no one al that hour. — 

 After much allercalion, Sanlieuel slipped half a 

 louis d'or tindor the door, and he obtained im- 

 mediate entrance. As soon as he had got in, 

 he pretended he had left a hook upon a stone 

 on the outside, on which he hail rested himself 

 ■while he waited for the door to be opened. — 

 The officious porter, auimnled ivith the [loel's 

 generosity, ran to get the book, and Sanlieuel 

 immediately shut the door up<in him. Masier 

 Porter, who wa^ half naked, knocked in turn. 

 when the poet started the same difficulty as he 

 had done. " .\ye, but masier Sanlieuel (said 

 the porter.) i let you iu very civillv."' " So 

 will 1 you as civilly (replied Sanlieuel.) you 

 knovi' the price — in or out is the word — and 1 

 can dally no longer." The porter finding he 

 was to sleep in the street, iialf naked, and run 

 the risk of losing his place, slipped the piece 

 of gold under the door, saying — I thought a 

 poet's money would not stay long with me — and 

 accordingly purchased his admitlance. 



Dr Lcllsonrs manner of signing his prescrip- 

 tions, "/. Lrltsoui.'''' gave birth to the following, 

 with which thf Doclor himself, is said to have 

 Ijeen highly amused, and which may, therefore, 

 be introduced, to the credit of his great* good 

 hutnour: — 



When patients sad to me apply, 



I physicks, bleeds, and sv.'eats 'cm ; 



IfaiU'r that tliey choose, to die. 



What's thai >n me '-—( h(l:>'''n. 



Hiiunied Houses. — The notion of houses haunt- 

 ed by the troubled spirits of their former ten- 

 ants, is very ancient. Suetonius informs tis that 

 the house in which the emperor Caligula died 

 was haunted after his decease. Pliny mentions 

 a house at Athens which no one durst inhabit, 

 it was so troubled with spirits. Augustine knew 

 such a house near llipjio. It would be an end- 

 less task to cile modern (eslimonies. Luther's 

 credulity is well known. All this may be true 

 with a little alteration. When it is said by an 

 old author that a house was haunted with spirits, 

 for spirits we ought always to read rats. 



The Canal Sausage beat. — Mr Amos Holbrook, 

 of Jamaica Plains, (Roxbury,) who is celebra- 

 ted for his excellent sausages, lately made one, 

 which he had the curiosity to measure, weigh, 

 &c It was found to be niiietij four and a half 

 feet in length, contained 47 pounds of meat, and 

 when brought to market wwi ixeistcd into 225 

 links. 



Rail Roads. — " The s|)irit of impravemenf is 

 abroad upon the land," said Mr. Adams, in his 

 message. And he spoke truly. In the papers 

 from (he east and ihe sonth.canals and rail roads 

 are the standing and leading topics of discussion. 

 Am\ notwithstanding the canal fever in our own 

 slate, Ihe rail road symptoms are appearing,and 

 a petition is now betore the Icginlalure, praying 

 lor ihe incorporalion ofa com|>an_v, to construct 

 a rail road from Albany to Schenectady. This 

 is an important and desirable work. — .\'. Y. pap. 



A notorious punster, limping into a room 

 with a long face, that seemed to supplicate for 

 sympathy and condolence, was asked what ailed 

 him ? "I am a small garret." ''Pray explain,'' 



said the inquirer. "Why 1 am 

 atic" — (cowm aitic^) 



little rheura- 



Important Failvre. — The other day a black 

 barber, who is somewhat noted for his pompous 

 language and attempts at gentility, closed his 

 shop, and with grief-marked phiz proclaimed a j i'rince, 



Tread .Mill. — A committee of Ihe Council of Balli- 

 more, have reported in favour of erecting a Tread-Mill 

 to be connected with the Aims-House of that cily. — 

 They have observed that '^ the superio) ily of the Tread 

 Mill over all other instruments ol discipline, over oth- 

 er means herelolbre resorted to, both as regards its rem- 

 edial and prevt ntive etiects, seems now sidiiciently 

 ascertained and acknowledged in this country as well 

 as Europe." A society instituted in England, some 

 time since, for the purpose of improving prison disci- 

 pline, have taken great pains to ascertain all the facts 

 whicli have resulted from the experiments, made on 

 this subject in that country — and to inquire into Ihe 

 validity of those objections which have been urged a- 

 gainst Tread Mills as a mode of punishment ; and their 

 lesliniouy is decidedly in its favour. In N. York also 

 tl/B testimony has been equally favorable. Tread-Mills 

 have been chielly used lor grinding corn, and of 

 course, would be very useful in connexion with an 

 Alm^-House. ., 



AMES BLOODGOOD & CO. have for 



sale at their nursery, at Flushing, on 

 Long Island, near New York, 



tliUIT and FOREST TREES, 

 FLOWERING SHRUBS and PLANTS, 

 of the most approved sorts. 



The proprietors of this Nursery attend personalli/ to 

 the inoculation and engrafting of oH their Fruit Trees, 

 and purchasers may rely with confidence, that the 

 Trees they order will prove genuine. 



The subscriber, agent of the above nursery, will re- 

 ceive orders for any quantity of trees, plants and shrubs 

 and transmit the same, and the bills may be paid to 

 iiim on the delivery of the trees inthis city, the freight 

 ^c. to he paid by the purchaser. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis, and any inform- 

 ation respecting the condition of the trees, &:c. impart- 

 ed on application to him. Z. COOK, jr. 



Boston, Feb. 10, 1826. epIOt 44 State street. 



0;5=CRUUE ROCK SALT.— The Subscriber has 

 for sale at No- G9 Broad Street, , 



5(1 Tons Crude Rock Salt, — in large lumps for cat- 

 tle, or for sheep. 



This article deserves the attention of Farmers, both 

 for its economy and utility ; being less than half the 

 expense of the common salt, and less liable to waste. 



Feb. 24. 3m. F. WILBV. 



(3:5=FRESH SF:EDS.— For sale at this OIHce, Man- 

 gel Wurl/el and Sugar Beet seeds, raised this season, 

 by John I'rince, Esq. Roxbury. Also a few bushels of 



nuine Orchard Grass seed, likewise raised by Mr. 



failure. Being asked how much ho owed, he 

 answered, " six shillings." What amount have 

 you due ? " Only tour and six-pence," respond- 

 ed Tony with a sigh. And to what do you at- 

 tribute your misfortune ? " O, its ovving,iikc all 

 our failures noiv-a-days, to (hat mischievous cot- 

 Ion speculation .'" 



Jan. 27. 

 Farmers will do well to supply themselves soon, 



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