^I)c JTarmcr's i^ToittljIn llisitor. 



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odciiiie hiirvcst, Jiiid scarcely suffice for epii^ 

 Mini|iliiiii. 



•' III ilie wet^t of Gi TMiaiiy, we first find Saxn- 



<y, where tliu luirves;! lias not exaclly laiU-il, Inil 



llias licen far fruiii aliiiiiilaiit. It 1^ tliejjaiiie 



Iwiili the |)roviuces o( Biaiidebour^li rind Ma^de- 



lairjili. . • . 



" Bavaria, like other troiiiilries, lias siiffir'ed 

 iniirh this year from hail and water s)JOMts. 'I'he 

 |iMiuity oi the harvest has lieeii reduced IVoiii 

 iliis cause, and from the state of the aimos- 

 [ilicre which has been luiliivorahlc to the culture 

 jf ;:r.iiu. 



" Wurtetuluu'i, iiie coiiiilry of Haden, Wcst- 

 >lialia and (he Rheiiisli (iruviiiccs have lieetl 

 ■ill i: favor* d, hut the <liftaBi; iu |io!aIaes has 

 irev.iiled iliere. 'J he crop of [lolatues has,.h.ow- 

 vi-r, heeii ^'eueraliy f;ooil in the we<t ot Gei-- 

 iiain, anil they wjll ;;ii liir lo sii|i|ily olher dcli- 

 •ieiHii s, hut the cnllivalion of them i.s not s(i(li- 

 •ieiitly exieiisive to enable them lo do so eveiy- 

 vhere. 



•• 'I'lie harvest has licpir had in JJeigium aifd 

 lolland, and in France il is.said not lo have lieen 

 laiMlaiit. 



'■In Italy it has lieen !;ood in soinc connlrie.x, 

 ad iu oihers. In sieily il has' he.en very Miiall. 



" Spain occupies but an inferior, rank aniouf.' 

 rain prpdiiciuff couulries, nieanlime it iloey 

 ot apjieur thai the harvest is very insuftrcient 

 here. 



" Eiijjiand, where the sl/tles of the European 

 onliiient tfeneralfj' finds a market for llie surplus 

 f their f.'iain, appears now seeiui; respeeiini' her 

 ilppiy for hoiiii; consumption, nr ;jl least |l;e re- 

 eiit alariniii^ news lin.,11 that couiiliy has. been 

 illowed by niore favorable iuli Ih^'ciice. A de- 

 ciideiice on arrivals by iheBillic ,sea, aud ihe- 

 vniih sea will howexer Jie found liilhrt'ioiis ; ihe 

 rice of Ibis supply will be very liiiih at firsi,aiid 

 lierwai'ds the ipiai.iiiies lo be hrou<:ht from that 

 ireciion will he very small. Alucbof ihe.t'iaiii 

 lis y«ar has been alliu'ki*<l by in.-it. 'I'ln- ;.'rain 

 iioii;.'liiMit the, vvlmle of Gi-riuatiy, in P<>lan<l 



il llmi;;arv . has siift" red fioiii this disease, 

 li''cli.lia> (liiiiini:-tied ihe crop in qnaliiy and 

 itaniiiv. It cai.tiot moieoxer lie eeilaiii thiii 

 Injlaiul will 101 be reiiiii'id lo iiii|iort giaili fi om 

 rei;;n eoimiries, lor if is m II known that il is 

 Illy iu iMi-e ihe liarusi is very abimdalil (iiefu 

 at her ow 11 snpplie.s are snflicie.nt for ihe wauls 

 f the coniiin. In conliary case, she will iiiru 

 i'reye.- lo Ameriea, ra- perhaps ilraw her siip- 

 lies from ihe enuiiiries about tlie Black Se.i. 



•'In ."'caiidinavia, ilnil is to say in Denmark, in 

 iirnav, in Sweden, the harvest lias not lieen 



ii-l;iclor\. Il may be affirmed upon the whole 

 at fof a \itiiu liiiic! ihere has not been a ycai so 

 iiliivorable as ihe pie.-en(,aiid if il is cousidered 

 hit hi<it year Ihe harvest was very inseffii-ieiii, 

 lal ihe stores on hand are le.-s cousiilerable ihaii 



preceding years, it is 10 be hoped iliat niea- 

 nes may be taken which may prevent the dan- 



r with vi'bich Europe is threaieiied. 



he Kuyghte and the Taylzeour's Daughter. 



KY BON GAULTIEB. 



Did you ever heir the story — 



Old the leg 'lid is and true — 

 llo«' a knyghte of f iiiic and glory 



All .■side his armor threw; 

 Spouted spe.ir and pawned habetgeon, 



Plsdged hii! sword and sureont g,iv, 

 Sate down cross-legged oii the siiop-board, 



Satd and slitched'the. live-long dav? 



"Taylzour! not one single sTiilHng 



Does my bre'eches pocket hold, - 

 ' I to pjv are reallv jviding 



If I only hid the gold. 

 Earniers none cnn 1 eaoouflter,' ' 



Graziers tJiere :ire none to kill; 

 Therefore, prithee, gentle taylzeour, 



Bother not about the bill." 



" Good Sir Knygljte,. just 6ar.e teooflen, 



Haye you tried that slippery trick; 

 Hearts lik-e mine you cannot soften. 



Vainly do you ask for lick. 

 Cbrislmiis and its bills are roadn", 



Soon wiir lliey be slfowering in; 

 Therefore', once fjr .ill, iny ruui 'un, 



I ei£p.3ct you II post the till. 



'■'Mark, Sir Knyghte, th,.t glooiiiv baylirie, 

 In the pahiicr's amice brown; 



91, 



He shall load yoii unto jiiil; if 



Vou don't inslantly stump down.'* 



Deeply swore the young crusader, . 

 I^ui the taylezour would not he.ir; 



And the gloomy, bearded hayhtfe 

 Evermore kepf sneaking near. 



"Neither groat nor.niaravedi,- 



Have I got, my soul to bless; 

 And l.'d feel e.vtremely, seedy'. 



Languishing in vile distresse. 

 'I'herei'nre listen, ruthless taylzeour, 



M'ake my steed and am, or free. 

 Pawn them at ijiy llelirew uiiMes, 



And I'll work the rest fof thee." 



Lightly lea^ied he on the shop-hoard, 



Lightly crooked his Jiianly limb, 

 Lightly drove the glaneiiig ngedle, 



'I hroiigli the grovving nouhlefs riiu. 

 Gaberdines, in countless number. 



Did ihe taylzeoftr knyghte repair! 

 .And entirely on en-umher. 



And on cabhagi; iived be there. 



Once his weary task- beguiling 



■ \\ itli a melancholy sokg. 



The good knyghte O'er iiiiies of hroodolo'.h 



. Drove the bissi.ig goose aioiig; 

 Froiii her lufiy latii.'e window 



■ Looked \hc t,.y.zeours daughter down, . .• 

 Aixl she'inst .iitly diajivered 



Ihat her heart was not her ojvn. 



" Canst tho.u love ine. gentle, sfranger ?" • ■ 



Blushing li!ve« ro.se sh; stood — 

 !\nd llie knyghte ;it ones adn.ilted, 



'1 h t hej-atlier thought he could.. 

 " He who vyeds me sh.ill h,,ve riches, 



Gold, and lai^ aral houses b'ee." 

 "'For a single p.iir of — imati clothes, 



I would roa'ni llie world with ih'ee. '■' 



Then she Hung him dovvn the ti-^kets — 

 Well the knyghte their import knew — ' 



." Take this gold aud .win thy. armor 

 • From the unbelieving Jew. :■ •' 



-Though in garments mean a'nd lowlv, 

 Thou woubist foam the world with me. 



Only r.s a belled warrior. 



Stranger, will 1 wed with. thee!" ■ 



At the feast of good Srdnt Albmi, 



In the middle of tlie fc'priiig. 

 There was some superior jousting 



By the order of the king. 

 " \a:iant knyghtes!" exclaimed the monarch, 



■" You will please to.uiiderstan.d, • 

 He who bei.rs himself mest bravely, 



■Shall obt in my daughter's hand." • 



Well and bravely did they bi-re them, 



Bravoiy biiltled one and-all; . 

 But the bravest ia the tourney 



W as the warrior slout and tidl. 

 None could tell his naii.c or lineage, 



None could nieethiiii in the Held, 

 -And a goose reg:.rdiint p.op^r 



Iiissjd upon his azure shield. 



" Warrior, thou h ist won my daughter!" ■ 

 Put lire eh. impioii. bowed hi.s knee, 



" Princely blood may not lie wasted 

 On a siiig'e knyghte like me. ' * 



She-I love is meek-and lowly; - 

 .But her haart is high and frank; 



And tliere must be jiu_.forthf;omiug, 

 Tlwt W'iil do as well as rank." 



Slowly roseThat nameless warrior," 



Slowly turned his steps aside. 

 Passed tbejattice' where the princess 



Sate in. beauty and in-pride. . - • 



Passed the row of noble lathes, 



Hied him to an humbler seat, . 

 Arid in silence laid t^ie ch,iplet 

 , At the tayiezour's daoghtsr's feet. ' 



41ariiillon Co. one of 300 feet lour lo jiin 15,- 

 (100 spindles; ami the Aiiibllcsex Woolen Coiii- 

 pany are also about luiilding a large milk At 

 Dover, the Cocbeco Company are erecting the 

 lar;;est Calico Printery in llie coiiniry. 



The walls of ihe two new mills in this town, 

 are compleled,. and llie machineiy all coniracied 

 for, so that lliey will ho in operaiion early next 

 sniniiicr. 'I'lie Globe i\lill will have 13,OU0 spin- 

 dh^s and ;J-2,T loom,*, nml the Oceau Mill 8, .00 

 spindles and '2H> Itiom^. 



In adililinii 10 all these, we learn by' a Rejitle- 

 nian fj-oiii .Lowell, jbatlhe Directors of llle. Low- 

 ell IManuficlmini.' Company, voted last week to 

 erect n liew mill 230 (eel Iouk and 'JOO wide, 5. 

 stories. bifib, for the Inaiinbietiire ol Power Loom 

 pirpels.' It'will contain .'jU Brussels and 250 lu- 

 griihi Looms. — .Yewburypwt Herald. 



Croto.s Watrr Works. —The n;ct>i|»fi! for 

 the half year from ihi; Ist of iMay have been 

 .$ I4(I,('.W 7(i, beiiii; ail increase over llie corres- 

 pon'(li.njr monibs in 1844 of ,«!;j(i,5(;S()2. 'I'lieex- . 

 pendiii. res ilnrilig the same lime Ibis yi;ar have 

 been .$3I.5,C.1(I'37, be.iim a duel 1 .i.^e from lasl \ ear 

 ot S20,t)!II '■/!. " . 



•The usual half yearly e.vaminalion of ibe in- 

 IVriiir of till' atpiednil .was maile in October, and 

 il. was Ibnnil Ihat but very few -repairs were re- 

 quired. The water Was sliul ofli'liir only lli'irleen 

 difys, duriii:.' which time the .(fmjnijiy of w-itef 

 used and uiiisltJ was at llie. rule of ten millions 

 of :.'alloiis' per day'. 



VV'lien the v\aler was shut off', bnlli reservoir's 

 iu Ihe ciiy were InH — the upper roiilainin;: one 

 .bundled and liliymilliou.^, anil lln- lower twenty 

 millions, iiuikiii;: lo^elbj^r one liundrcd .'unl sev 

 eiMy millions !if ffnllons; and when ilie water 

 .•i?;ain reached the receiviu<r reservoir llicre were 

 .rem.iiiiilii,' in bolh lirniy millions of gallons; 

 which shows tliiu 130,000,000 gaHons were drawn 

 frojii them iu thu:teen day.s..eipial lo iweii't.y-five- 

 ffalLons a d.iy fore;lcli of n populalioii of 400,000 

 *-ou!s.— ,/\. Y. Com. 



Boston VV'.itf.r Rf.port. — Tbis Joii^ looked 



Jbr docnmcnl is published. The Coiuuiii.sioiieVs 



report, eonclusively, in .favor of Loiif;- Pond, as 



I bejn« lilt beat wain; and capable oflurnisliingan 



J .fuiple stippiy tor the fntjire wants of llie citv. 



T'liey estimale the expense of inlidduring and 



distribulin;;- one and a half millions g.-illpns of 



water from Spot I'oud per d.-iv, (whicji is all ihat 



this I'oud w.ill yield.) at $1,37(";,(;4I ; five-iuilJions 



of .iral Ions from Charles River, ai .*'2,38().i)G8 ; the 



same fpiaiility .from Long Pond, at S2,.51I,C43; 



seven and a half millions' from Charles River, at 



.$2,733,580.— Bos(. Trans. 



New Factories. — ilaiiy liew liictorie.s of the 

 laiigest class, wilL go into operation within fijiy 

 (;r si*ty mrb.s'of tbis limn, during thc'next sea- 

 .son. Pidbably a |,arger liuiii'lier are going up 

 within this circle, than iu any xMbe;' portion of 

 tbe-erumtry! There-iv fjie ftiainmoilr mill at 

 Pprtsinoiilb, with 5L',OLO spiuilhvt, alijiost .-(s imt- 

 iiy as all I he .MX (actories jii tbis town will have 

 when ctniipleierl ; and that at S.ilem, rminiiig 

 40,000 spiiuJle?,. High up' tlic Alerrimack^ ai 

 .^limcbe.-ier, two or Ihiee new iiiills.of the Ijirge.st 

 '•lass aie In i'l;; erected. . At .Va'shn.i a..l;ij-ge miif 

 s also linildin.:. At t,o.\'ill, iiiir ;M..rrimacU 

 .Vlannl.ictiiriii^ Comp.uiy .iia; piKlni^ up a mill 

 400 t'eel long, to run .20,000 spindles, anil the 



TakIiNO A Hi.NT. — It is very surprising to si o 

 how slow men are to take a him. The liost de- 

 stroys about Iwll'tlie bloom on fi'nit. trees: every- 

 iiody prognosiicaies the lo.'-s ol froit; instead of 

 lli.it, the halt' thai remains is larger; fiiircr, aud 

 higbe'r-fiavored ihali usual ; and the Iree.^, instead 

 of being exhausted, are ready for nimiher crop 

 the ne'x; year. Why don't llie owner lake tlie 

 hint, and lliiii out his fruit every bearing year ? 

 Bill no, ilie next Si:ason sees bis orchard over- 

 loadeil, fruit small, and uot well formed ; yet be 

 alw.-iys bousis of lliat first nieulioiied crop, with-' 

 .0111. profriing by the lesson it ieaclM;s. 



We beard a niail. sayjng, ."the best cro|).of 



celery I ever saw, was raised Jiy oh'l .loliii , 



on a sptit of ground win re Ihe viusli liom the 

 bariiyaid .ran iiiio it after every bard slio*ver." 

 Dill he take Ihe hint, and y[i|ily^liipiid manure 10 

 bis ccbry-lrenches? Not at all. 



We knew )i e.iae where a biruier siibfoiled a 

 field and raisedi'iops iu coijse<|iiciici- which wert 

 the adriiiralion of the iieighhni food ; and' for 

 year.s the fit-Id sjiowej iPie julvniriagc§ of deep 

 haiidlin:.'. ■ But jve e(Tuld not learn that.a sin:;le • 

 farmer iu the iieigirborboojl luoli ilit; hint. The 

 man vVbo-aeied ibiis wisely, sold his laum, and . 

 bis successor pursued the .ohf way of ^iirliice- 

 sf.ralcbinf. ' • ' . ^ . • • 



A slaMiich farmer complained to us of liis «oil 

 as Ipo loose "aiid light: 'vp meniionrd ashes aa ' 

 worth trying; "well, now yon uiei.lion it, I I i'- 

 lievi; il v\ill do gofd/ 1 brtnght a i.art ol my 

 IJ.rui'from a .man who wasa woii.b riirl li'llow 10 

 ^ave nil a-lii'S- aful ari-i-iid i.i> '-.iUni. il uiv i.i 

 heaps. I look ijway the. Iiuii...e- ai.d oideied iho 

 ashe* to iJe scattered', ami lo ib'S day I iiotice that 



