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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Nov. 28, 1826 



MISCELLANIES. 



IMPROMPTU ON WASTE. 



B¥ THE LATE EDWARD KNIGHT, ESQ. 



Oh ! wasle not thoii Ibe smallesl Ihing 



Created bj' Divi.:ily ; 

 For grains oriands tlie mountains makcj 



And atomies i;'.f;:;i!y. 



Wasle thou not then the smallest time, 



'T is imbecile infirmity, 

 For well thou hiiows'i, if aught thou knows' 



That seconds form eternity. 



searching, they found a hive full of honey ; the 

 : bird immediately perched in a bush over them, 

 and waited patiently until they had the honey, 

 when it flew down, and took possession of the 

 nest, and eat what was left for it. The honey 

 bird is larger than a sparrow, with brown feath- 

 ers. The quantity of honey taken every year is 

 immense, and its flavor is very delicious. The 

 bees seldom or never sting if they are not hurt. 

 The Hottentot is very particular in his manner of 

 leaving the honey for the bird, as he says that it 

 will then remember him, and lead him another 

 time in preference to any other person. When 

 ( the bird has eaten the honey, the young bees -are 

 Advice. — A nobleman in Ayrshire, has the fjl- { carefully closed up with stones, to prevent the 

 lowing very proper advice placed over his kitchen i ratel (a kind of badger) from taking them out, and 

 fire, in large letters : "JVeither waste nor want" I as there is always a quantity of flowers, the bees 



Sir Walter Scott has placed the same useful | never want nourishment Scenes in Coffer Land. 



advice over the same place, in his kitchen at Ab 



botsford, but has adopted the more emphatic and 

 classical words of Blisj? Edgeworth — " ff'asie not, 

 want not." 



One of the crew of the Macedonian, having re- | 

 ceived the wages of the lato three years' cruize, I 

 went with the money in his liand, into a store, and 1 

 having purchased a pocket book, put the roU of 

 notes in his waist-coat pocket, and the book into 

 that of his round jacket. The store keeper told 

 liim that it was the fashion to jiut the money into 

 the pocket book, but the sailor atiirmed, he was up 



..^nti-tariff example, — AVe were highly gratified 

 at the sight of several ladies in church on the 

 last Sabbath whose wealth would entitle thetn to 

 the most splendid productions of India, attired in 

 dresses of domestic manufacture. Their neatness 

 does honor to the character of the sex, and affords 

 an example worthy of imitation. AVe are pleased 

 to see so much of the anti-tariff" spirit already pre- 

 vailing in this part of the country, and would re- 

 commend it stiU more extensively. — Jllaha. Jour. 



Lithographic printing. — AVe have seen an excel- 

 to the tricks of the landlubbers, and went off". — 'eit likeness of Doct. Holyoke, which was drawn 



on stone by two of our ingenious townsmen, and 

 was surprized to learn that this was their first 

 experiment. It gives us pleasure to add, that 

 the citizens of this town have evinced a laudible 

 prom])titude to patronize this meritorious produc- 

 tion— — Salem Oliserver. 



The next day he returned to the store exclaiming, 

 in great glee, " They've got it— give me anoth- 

 er !" H« had indeed lost his pocket book, but se- 

 cured his notes. — Aurora. 



Shut the door! — Now that cold weather is com- 

 ing in good earnest, and the mountains begin to 

 be white with snow, we beg leave to renew our 

 hint to those who have doors, to keep thein shut. 



Do. do. do. do. 5 months and 2 days, 508 



Do. do. do. do. 6 months and 22 days 484 



R. Latimer, Bull, 1 year and 8 months, 1064 



J. Stockton, Yoke O.ven, 5 years, - 2968 



Daniel Leet, do. do. 6 years, - 2772 



Moses Bell, do. do. 5 years, - 3072 



Do. do. Bull 1 year, - - 1008 



Joseph Aikin do. 1 year 8 months, 1260 



Robert Moore, do. 2 years 6 months. 1460 



A. AVier, do. 2 years, - - 1344 



Do. do. do. calf 8 months, - - 558 



Do. do. A^oke Oxen, S years, - - 2688 



Do. do. do. Steers, 3 years, - 2408 



Thctnas Porter, Bull, 3 years, - - 1708 



J. & J. Strait, Bull Calf, 2 years, - 1148 



Jatnes Burgan, Bull, 3 years 3 months, 170S 



Kenrick .N'urseries. 



100 Choice varieties of Ornamental hardy trees and shrubs, 

 just received from New York, and selected in June last. 



This establishment situated but an hour's ride from Koston, 

 contains a very extensive assortment of Apples, Pears, Plums, 

 Peaches. Apricots, Quinces, Grape Vines, Mulberries, Cur- 

 rants, Raspberries, Strawberries, &c. and a general assort- 

 ment of Ornamental trees, shrubs, &c. 



Also, the following fruit and ornamental trees of extra siz(s, 

 viz. Flowering Horse Chesnuts, IMountaiu Ash, Weeping Wil- 

 lows, Ailanthns, Catalpas, Purple Acacia, Dutch Cork Elm (a 

 new article) Butternuts and Silver Firs. 



300 Isabella Grape Vines; and White .Mulberry Trees by the 

 thousand. 



Written orders addressed to John or William Kenrick, and 

 directed to the Newton post office, will be promptly attended 

 to, or they may be left at Mr Joseph Bridge's Grocery and Seed 

 store, Court street, Boston, where lists of the above may bt- 

 seen. Trees will be parked in niatts for shippmg, when order- 

 ed, and delivered in Boston free of charge. 3t Pvov ^21 



IVinter Keeping for Horses in the vicinity of Boston. 

 Where the most faithful care may be relied on, may be had 

 on application to Major Samuel Jaqucs, Charlestown, or Mr. T. 

 J. Niles, School Street, or to Mr. Kussell, Publisher of the New 

 England Farmer. An early application js desirable. 



It is a fact, that the agent of a manufactory to 

 be established in Prussia, lately ordered machine- 

 to save fuel, and make thetnselves comfortable. | ry to be made at a New England manufactory, to 

 It is no trifling matter, when wood is dear and j the amount of $100,000, preferring it to what he 

 money scarce, to warm all out doors. But if you j could obtain in England, 

 are resolved on warininj; the country at large, the 



other 



better way will be to take your doors from their 

 hinges to prevent them from slatnraing by the 

 rude north-easters, and lay them up stifely till 

 warm v.eather, when they may be needful as a 

 barrier against beetles, flies, and mosquitoes. But 

 if you would keep the frost without and comfort 



Prof. Hitchcock, of Amherst College, has ob- 

 tained a globule of tin, from a specimen of ore, 

 found in the town of Goshen. This is the first tin 

 ore found in the United States. 



The orange tree There is an orange tree in a 



within, recollect this homely but useful maxim :-: ^'"1°" at Versailles, which is well ascertained to 



be above /our hundred years old, having been sown 



The hindmost shut the door ; 



But, behind or before. 



Be sure to shut the door. — Berk. Anier. 



The honey bird. — The manner of finding honey 

 is very singular, as related to us by one of our 

 ])arty who had accotnjiaiiied a Hottentot in search 

 of some. The 1 fottentot went to a place thttt he 

 thought likely to contain the hives, atid immediat- 

 ly whistled with a sort of call tliat the honey bird, 

 or indicator, is accu.stomed to, when the little fea- 

 thered attendant made its appearance, chirping 

 loudly, and hovering about tliem. It then flew 

 forward, still chiriiing and then v.iitohing to see 

 if they followed. It tried twice to lead them a- 

 cross a kloof, flying back a;id again forward to en- 

 tice theui to follow ; they liowever, not liking to 

 go that way, aud the Hottentot continuing to whis- 

 tle the call, the bird at length flew back and led 

 another way, still watching and chirping to them 

 to follow him, which they now did, and very soon 

 it hovered over a place in the rock, where, on 



in the year 1420. 



WEIGHT OF CATTLE. 



The following is a statement nf the weight of! 

 the cattle, weighed at the AA'^a.shington (Pa.) Cat- 

 tle Shows on the 16th. ult. — all, except BIr. Bur- 

 gan's Bull, the oxen, and Mr. Reed's three first 

 Cows on the list, are of the improved Short Horn- 

 ed stock. 



If 'eight. 

 A. Reed, Red Cow, - - - 1434 

 Do. do. do. do. - - - - 1400 



Do. do. Spotted do. - - - 1264 



Do. do. " Nonsuch" Bull, - - - 2100 



Do. do. Dun Heifer, three years and six 

 months old, - - " - - 1264 



Do. do. Red do. 2 years and 2 months, 1003 

 Do. do. do. do. 1 year and 8 months, 840 

 Do. do. do. do. 1 year and 6 months, 840 



Do. do. Btill, 1 3'ear and 4 months - 850 

 Do. do. do. calf, 6 months and 7 days. 570 

 Bo. do, do. do. 7 months, - - 55S 



LINN^AN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NUR- 

 SERIES, near New York, Willmm Prime, Pro- 

 prietor. — The new Catalogues of this establish- 

 ment are now in the press, and may soon be ob- 

 _ tained from T. & J. Swords, New York, and of 

 Agents. The collection of Fruit IVees has been 

 nearly doubled since the last edition, and comprises all the 

 choicest varieties of every country. The assortmeins of Orna- 

 mental Trees, Flowering Shrubs and Plants, Greenhouse 

 Plants, &.C. have also been greatly extended, and in fact every 

 department has received the utmost attention both to their ex- 

 tension and improvement. The grounds occupied by the es- 

 tablishment have been extended to 40 acres, and the proprietor 

 can now justly state that orders for every description of Trees 

 and Plants will be executed in a manner superior to all former 

 periods. The ChetTies. Peaches and most other Trees are or 

 large size — many of the Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines are 

 on Plum stocks. The collection of Grapes consists of above 

 ';I0,000 ready for sale, comprising all the choicest varieties, and 

 will be shipped in quantities at reduced rates, aud 100,0f)0 more 

 are expected shortly from France and Germany. Without in- 

 tending invidious comparisons, the propnelor appeals to tho.se 

 acquainted vvith his establishment as tons decided superiority in 

 every department. The whole management and supervision is 

 attended by himself and sons, antl orders received fr.^m anj- dis- 

 tance receive the same pointed attention as if the persons were 

 on the spot to make their selections. The trees are packed in 

 the best possible manner to ensure success, and with the great- 

 est despatch, and are shipped to any place designated. And to 

 those interested in Horiieultui'al pursuits, he has only to say, 

 that the same unremitted attention will be paid to the execution 

 of its business, which has hitherto characterised the establish- 

 ment. N. B. Plants of Wilmot's Superb Strawberry, and the 

 celebrat ed Greville Rose can be supplied. nov 14 — 8 



Kew England Farmer's Almanack, for 1829. 



In press at tlie New England Farmer office, and will be pub- 

 lished to morrow, the New England Ftuiner's Atmamxck for 

 liK9. By Thomas G. Fesseiiden, Editor of the New England 

 Farmer. For sale, wholesale and retail, at the N. E. Farmer 

 olfice. No. 52 Noi1h RIarket street, by Eovyles & Dearborn, 60 

 Washington street, and by the booksellers and traders generally. 

 Some copies interleaved with writing paper, which will be vejcy 

 serviceable to farmers, will be kept lor retail at the Farmer offk-e 



Pear Trees and Grape Fines. 



For sale at ih.- house of Samuel Downer, in Dorchester, 200 

 Pear Trees of the choicest varieties. liWIsabella and Bland's 

 Virginia — 200 native and 200 Sweet Water Grape Vines from 

 2 to 3 years old. Also, a variety of Rose Bushes, Ornam»nial 

 trees, white lilies, &e. Apply to Riifus Howe on the premises, 



Dorchcsler Nov. 21. 3i. 



