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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 26, 1828- 



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MISCELLANIES. 



Egotism. — Those people who have nothing 

 else HI Ihem are, generally, full of themselves. 



A good man is a useful man. — The blessings 

 of education, wealth, rank, leisure, authority, and 

 reputation, are granted to a few, that they may 

 employ them for the good of the whole commu- 

 nity ; so that those who labor may have no cause 

 to reproach those who do not work with their 

 hands for being drones, and a useless burthen to 

 the community. 



Responsibiliti/ of men of talents. — When a 

 talent is given to any one, an account is opened 

 with the great Giver, who appoints a day in 

 which he will arrive and rederaand his own with 

 usury. 



Success and its consequences. Prosperity, 



which hardens weak souls, softens generous 

 hearts ; and nothing can be more gentle than a 

 hero after victory. 



Poverty and Knavery. — The poorer a man 

 is, the more necessity there is for his being 

 honest. A rich knave may, perhaps, prosper 

 tor a time in worldly affairs; but a poor knave 

 will snon have as little credit as cash, and will 

 not only suffer but deserve all the evils, which 

 poverty can inflict. 



w3 queer mistake. — When the late Admiral Cros- 

 by was dining with Col. Fitzgerald, at Merrian- 

 K(|uare, London, he happened to lay his liuge 

 brown fist upon the table ; at that moment Dr 

 Jenkins, who was very short sighted, casting his 

 eyes around the table in search of a loaf of bread, 

 liapjioned to rest them on tlie Admiral's fist ; and 

 mistaking it for a loaf, thrust his fork plum)) into 

 it. The Admiral smarting with the ..ound, said 

 in a rage, " do n't trouble yourself to reach — I 'II 

 help you," and raised the same fist to demolish 

 the doctor. The doctor perceiving his mistake, 

 cried out, "only a slice, sir, it wont go round." 

 This disarmed the Admiral of his wrath, and so 

 convulsed the company with laughter, that, all the 

 dyspeptick cases at table were discontinued. 



Fontenelle At the close of a fine summer's day, 



Fontenelle was discovered by a friend reclining 

 on the sunny side of a hill, contemplating a flock 

 of sheep, which, anxious for the arrival of their 

 shepherd, kept bleating. " Why so melancholy, 

 sir 



leason, they will have sound minds, learn anything 

 you (lut before them, and they will, in a trice, 

 overtake the little masters that have been perched 

 upon a form fiom three years old to fourteen." 



In 1697, the corporation of New York order- 

 ed lights to be placed in their windows, during 

 the dark time of the moon. At this time, the 

 city contained COOO inhabitants, 000 of whom 

 depended upon bolting for a living. At a sub- 

 sequent period, in the same year, it was ordered 

 that every seventh house hang out a pole with a 

 lantern, to light the streets. 



In 1757, Staten Island was sold by the In- 

 dians to the Dutch, for 10 shirts, 20 pairs of 

 stockings, 10 guns, 30 bars lead, 30 lbs. powder, 

 1-2 coats, 2 pieces duffii, 30 kettles, 50 hatchets, 

 25 hoes, and a number of knives and awls. — 

 Two years after, the Indians complained that 

 the terms of the sale had not been complied 

 with, and the Dutch were obliged to add more 

 trinkets, when the island was formally delivered 

 to Thomas Lovelace and Mathias Nichols. — New 

 York Gazette. 



The Catskill Republican of the 26th ult. says 

 that more than three thousand firkins of butter, 

 made principally in Delaware county, came into 

 that village in one day. Schoharie has sent a 

 vast quantity of wheat this season, to the same 

 place. Toast, we imacjine, will be plenty in 

 Catskill this year. Will old Berkshire send 

 them some cheese to eat with it ? 



C'obbttt.—'niU extraordinary man alluding to 

 the number of his " works," observes— If any 

 young man wish to know the grand secret relative 

 "to the performance of such wondrous labor, it is 

 told him in a few words— be abstinent— be sober 

 —go to bed at eight o'clock and get up at four — 

 the last two being of still more inipmlance than 

 the two former. A full half of all that I have ever 

 written, has been written before ten o'clock in 

 the day ; so that I have had as much leisure as 

 any man I ever knew any thiug of. If young 

 ujen will but set about the thing in earnest, let 

 them not fear of success ; they will soon find that 

 it is disagreeable to set up, or to rise late. Litera- 

 ry coxcombs talk of " consuuiing the midnight 

 oil." No oil, and a very small portion of caudles, 

 have I ever consumed, and I am quite convinced, 

 that no writing is so good as that which conies 

 from under the light of the sun. 



The merchants in Boston have come to a res- 

 olution to decline in future to give a discharge 

 to their debtors, either in Boston or in the coun- 

 try, for less than one hundred cents on a dollar, 

 in case of loss by fire, unless their property is in- 

 sured to near the amount of its value. 



Anew State Prison, in the vicmity of Westches- 

 ter, N. Y. has just been completed. It is built of 

 white marble, is 482i feet long, 44 broad, 4 stories 

 high, and cont-ins 800 cells. 



no doubt, 

 — ." "You are 

 ilosopher, inter- 

 that noisy flock 

 and I am just saying to myself— that 

 them 200 sheep, it is very probable there 



ir?" inquired bis friend, " ruminatin 



on human vicissitudes and . 



very right," said the amiable pi 

 rupting him ; " I am examining 

 before us, and I am just saying 

 araon 



is not to be found one tender shoulder of mutton ! " 

 — London Weekly Review. 



Cobbett on Early Education.—'^ I have just now 

 put my French Grammar into the hands of my 

 youngest son, who is 14 years and a half old — that 

 being about the age that I think it best for boys 

 to begin to read books ; and as to girls, they will 

 always begin soon enough, if you suffer any books 

 to be in the house. I have no opinion of settling 

 little creatures down to pore over printed letters, 

 before it is possible for them to understand any 

 reason which you give for anything. The first 

 thing in my mind, is to do your best to cause them 

 to have healthy bodies ; then, as soon as they can 



" A Salt River Roarer.''— One of those two- 

 fisted back-woodsmen, " half horse, half alliga- 

 tor, and a little touch of the snapping turtle," 

 went lately to see a caravan of wild beasts. Af- 

 ter giving them a careful examination, " he of- 

 fered to bet the owner," says the Western Mer- 

 cury, " that he could whip his lion in an open 

 ring ; and he might throw in all his monkeys, 

 and let the zebra kick him occasionally during 

 the fight ! " 



Indign. — It is proposed to revive the cultiva- 

 tion of Indigo in Florida. Formerly much was 

 produced there, which was only rivalled by that 

 of the Caraccas. In former times, nearly 

 8180,000 were paid in London, in one year for 

 Florida Indigo. 



The first Paper Mill in England, was erected 

 at Dartfort, by a German, in 1588, who was 

 knighted by Elizabeth ; but it was not before 

 1713, that a stationer, one Thomas Wathers, 

 brought the art of paper making to any perfec- 

 tion. 



A nectarine scion, inserted in a peach stock, 

 on the farm of Mr W. Elliot, of Northford, 

 Conn, grew five feet six inches the last season, 

 handsomely proportioned, with fine thrifty 

 branches. 



From the year 1821 to 1825 inclusive, the value of 

 silk croods imported into the U. States, was upwards 

 of thtrtyfive millions of dollars. Nothing is wanting 

 but proper attention paid to the subject to enable the 

 inhabitants of the U. States not only to supply do- 

 mestic consumption with this costly article, but to 

 export it. 



Old proverb. — " He who whistles much has an 

 empty head." 



We learn, says the Williamstown Advocate, 

 that all the merchants in six towns in Berkshire 

 county, have determined to retail no more ardent 

 spirit. 



Large orders for silks have been received from 

 America at Lyons and St Etienne. 



SUBSCRIPTION 



Vor impaling Grirpc Vine Roots frcm Fnmcr, at a moderate 

 price, and encouruging the inlroductioa o/tlut culture into the 

 United S'utes. 



Mr Alphonsc I.oubal, having: consiilprably enlarged his V ine- 

 vard, ou Long Island, whore he now has, in lull cultivalioD, 

 ihiily-fivc acres of ground, conlaining 72,000 Grape Vine 

 Roots; having also llie peculiar advantage of bein^ enabled to 

 procure Ihe best specimens of roots from his father's extensive 

 vineyards and nurseries, in (he districts ol Hordrlais, Clerac, 

 and 'iJuzet, departments of Girondc and Lot and Garonne, m 

 France. (15° N. Lat.) proposes to the numerous friends lo the 

 cultivation of the grape vine in the United Slates, a subscrip- 

 tion will be opened on the first of August, 1828. 



Mr A. L. will engage lo furnish subscribers with the Grape 

 Vine Roots, before the first of March next, and tbnvard them 

 free of expense, to the difTerent cities where subscription lists 

 shall have been op"!ned. The roots will be three years old, and 

 will produce considerable Iruit the second year from the lime o! 

 'liieir being planted. They will be carefully classed and packed 

 in boxes, with some of the original soil in which they have been 

 raised, which will greatly facilitate the thriving of the roots, 

 when transplanted. . . 



Orders will be punctually attended lo : the subscribers desig- 

 nating the c|uantilies and species of the grape vine roots they 

 wish to have. Thev will engage to pay lor 1000 roots or more, 

 at ihe rale of 12 1-2 cents for each root; for less than 1000, at 

 the rale of 15 cents; and 25 cents per root for less than 50.— 

 Roots only two veais old, shall be paid for at the rale of 9 cents 

 each, for 10 or inore ; 12 1 -2 cents for less than one 1000 ; and 

 13 cents for less than 50 roots. Payment to be made on deliv- 

 ery of the roots. Letters not received unless post paid. 



Subscription lists are open at New York, with Alphonse Lou- 

 bat, 85 Wall street; Boston, E.Copeland. Jr— .Albany. R. 

 M'Michael— Philadelphia, Van Amringe— Baltimore, W illard 

 Rhoads— Washington City, Wm. Pairo. Richmond, Daven- 

 port, Allen &. Co. Savannah, Hall, Shapter Sc Tupper— .^e«' 

 Orleans, Foster &, Hutton Charleston. (S. C.) J. & J. Slreel 

 Co Mr A. Loubat's book on the Culture of the Grape Vine, 

 and on the Making of Wine, may be found at the pnncipalbnok- 

 sellersof the United Slates; and his agents will furnish them 

 gratis lo subscribers. '^^•" 



Wanted Immediately, 



Six or eight Journeyman Chair Makers, at the Ncwburyporl 

 Chair Factory.— Cash and the highest price given.— Apply >• 

 Nathan Haskell, Agent for the Proprietors. 



Newburyport, Dec. 19. 132S. " 



