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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 16, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



afFjid tliein the liigliest innocent delight. The 

 consideration last mentioned ought ever to have 

 weight ; — enjoyment shonld be i^tiniionsly provid- 

 ed for the season of hfe in wliicli it has its keen- 

 est zest. The true halcyon days are those of well 

 treated children. 



" Gay liopc is theirs by fancy fed, 

 Less pleasing wlien possest j 

 Tlie tear forgot as soon as shed, 

 The sunshine of the breast : 

 Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, 

 Wild wit, invention ever new, 

 And lively cheer of vigor born; 

 The thouglitless day, the eas3' night, 

 The spirits pure, the slumbers light. 

 That fly th' approach of morn." 



Drunkenness and Education. — In the Noctes 



, AmrosiansB of Blackwood for the present month, 



We are glad that private balls for chddren are j jg jj^g following dissertation on drunkenness :— 



becoming more common. These meetings refine . j^„rtli. Drunkenness is the cause of nine-tenths 



their thoughts and manners; exercise them most|o)-tj,g grief and guilt that aggravate the inevita- 



advaiitageously in a salutary acconiplishmcnt,^ndjijlg distress of the poor. Dry up that horrid 



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aloud for joy. In their sober sense, it seldom 

 happens that men, in a Christian country, are 

 such savages. But all cursed passions latent in 

 the heart, and seemingly, at least, dead or non- 

 existent, while that heart beat heartily in sober 

 industry, leap up fierce and full grown in the 

 power of drunkenness, making the man at once 

 a maniac, or rather at once converting him into 

 a fiend. — Shepherd. There's nae cure for that 

 but edication — edication o' the people — clear the 

 head and you strengthen the heart — gie thoughts, 

 and feeling follow. I agree wi' Socrates in 

 thinking a' vice ignorance, and a' virtue knowl- 

 edge, takin' a' the four words in the highest 

 sense o' what they are capable. 



The wife of a man who could ill afford it, hav- 

 ing purchased s. fashionable hat, said to her hus- 

 band, " My dear, do you think my bonnet is of 

 more than a medium size ?" " No indeed," re- 

 plied the husband, " I should say it is nearer the 

 size called /bo/s-cnp." 



Nat. Gaz. 



Hints to the Ladies. — It has always been re- 

 marked, that the generality of females have many 

 admirers, at the same time, few or no lovers ; and 

 they wonder at it — but the reason is obvious — if 

 they thought, but thinking has become quite un- 

 fashionable. " Ah !" said a venerable maiden, la- 

 inenting the degeneracy of the age, " courting is 

 nothing to what it was when I was yoinig. The 

 flirts now a-days, make the fellows so saucy, that 

 there is hardly to be found a respectable lover." 

 The observation was just. The ladies of the last 

 age were more res])ected, because they were more 

 reserved. For want of a proper reserve, they are 

 treated with indiflerence, which is nearly aUied to 

 contempt. They make themselves too cheap to 

 keep up their consequence, without which they 

 can never bo respectable. To speak philosophic- 

 ally, a lady must repel before she can attract. — 

 All this advice may sound oddly to a female ear ; 

 but she who laughs at it, pays no great compli- 

 ment to lier understanding. — Ovid, who knew hu- 

 man nature tolerably well, discovered not a httle 

 penetration when he made Daphne fly so fast from 

 her laurelled lover ; for his passion was increased 

 by the pursuit. Our Daphnes are quite another 



Gardiner Lyeeum. 



Tlic Winter Term, at this Insiituiion, will commence on the 

 first VVcclnesdaj- of January next. The studies of ihe term are 

 as follows ; — 



Regular Classes. 



Third Class — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Book-keep- 

 ing. 



Second Class— Chemistry, Agricultural Chemistry, Calculus, 

 Menstiraiion, Heights and Distances, Surveying. 



Fiist Class— Alaguetism, Constitutional Law, Optics, Astron- 

 omy . 



Winter Classes. 



In Civil Architecture- Linear, Isomelrical and Perspeclfve 

 Drawing, Carpentry, &-C. 



In Agriculture — Chemislry, Agricultural Chemistry, Elemen- 

 tary Principles of Natural History. 



Navigation, and the French and Spanish Languages are also 

 taught to those who wish. 



Students in tlie winter classes will also be allowed to attend 

 to any of the above studies with the regular classes, it ihey are 

 prepared therefor. 



Lectures. 



Lectures will be delivered upon Chemistry, Agricultural 

 Chemistry, and a short course upon the Anatomy and Diseases 

 of Domestic Animals. 



A large and commodious shop has been fitted up for the Me- 

 chanical Department, which will be imder the superintendence 

 of Sir Philip C. Holmes, an industrious and skilful mechan- 

 ic. It has the convenience of water-power, for turning Lathes, 

 Circular Saws, and other machinery. In this shop students will 

 be allowed to work, and an adequate compensation will be paid 

 to them for such work as they may perlbrm. if ingenious and 

 industrious they mav be ableto pay their expenses. 



Dec. 31, 1S28. ' ' 1 



Mr Judd — I have noticed that the enterpris- 

 ing farmers in the north part of Hatfield, are 

 about reclaiming a large swamp, of from 1000 to 

 2000 acres, and have actually succeeded in 

 draining it by a canal from Connecticut river to 

 the swamp. If they are not aware of the dan- 

 ger to themselves and the vioinitv, from expos- 

 ing such an extent of vegetable compound, it 

 may be well to suggest to them, if they would es- 

 cape the fatal diseases of malaria,* that the brush- 

 wood should be cut this winter while the frost is 

 in the ground, and so arranged that it may be 

 fired in the spring, and the entire surface burned 

 over. J. H. F. 



* See remarks on Malaria in our last paper. — 

 Dr M'Culloch says the drainage of swamps and 

 sort of people. ' Instead of living from, they run j marshes is at first, and till they be put into culti- 

 into the arms of their Apollo.s^ and arc afterwards Ration, a source of disease undoubted. Such 

 surprised that they grow cool to their charms.— '^nds are productive of disease before they are 

 Lovers are like sportsmen, to whom the posses- i drained, and they require drainage and cultiva- 

 sion of the game is nothing to the pleasure of the ' ''O" ^s much for the purpose of preventing dis- 

 chase. If ladies would study less to please, they \ ease, as to increase the value of the produce.— 

 would give more pleasure. This is a paradox i'ump. Gazette. 



which those for whom I throw out these reflec- i ' 



tions cannot comprehend, and until they can, they ; " B/m in .?dion."— The all wise Disposer of all 

 will never make their iortiine by their faces.— j things has decreed that man shall find a i)Ositive 

 The roses of youth are not long in bloom, and , l''easiire in the rfuc exercise of his powers and fac- 

 wheii time has torn them awav, there is an end to , "It'^s corporeal and intellectual. But excessive 

 love at first sight ; and on tliii't they may seem by exertions take away all wish for even salutary ex- 

 their manner of setting themselves off chiefly to ! ercise, and he who carries labor to excess, will at 

 depend. To be stared at a few seasons, and ne- 

 glected, anil in a few more, sink into oblivion, is 

 the lot of a thousand showy girls, who have only 

 external appearances to recommend them. With- 

 out prudence and discretion, even the most sub- 

 stantiiil ornaments, though they excite admiration, 

 will never ])rocure esteem. Prudence is superior 

 to pearls ; and there is no kind of comjiarison be- 

 tween diamonds and discretion. Fools may be 

 caught by the shell ; but the man worth having 

 will make the gem the object of deliberation. — 

 J^orfolk Herald. 



Orchard Grass Seed. 



Just received at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 

 52 North Market Street, Doston, — a consignmenr of prime 

 Orchard Grass Seed, raised by Mr Lloyu Jones, of renn- 

 sylvania, who is well known as the most extensive and success- 

 fill cultivator of this valuable grass in this country, as the follow- 

 ing teller shows : 



" Mil Russell, — In regard to the character of Mr JONKS* 

 seed, I have pleasure in saying, that it is the best in this market, 

 and always commands an extra price. Col Powel always 

 purchases of him, not only for himself but for his southern 

 liiends ; and the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, at their 

 lost exhibition, awarded him the premiums for both Oi'cbasd 



f." 53 Qod Clover Seed. 

 Yours, &c, JOHN P. MILNOR, 



Recording Secretary Penn. Agri. Society. 

 Gentlemen who wish to secure a supply of this seed, will do 

 well to secure it soon. 



Also, a most extensive supply of Garden, Field, and Flowet 

 Seeds, raised expressly for us, or procured from the most Utt- 

 questionable sources. 



;th find moderate labor irksome, if not painful. 



Exercise gives strength to every fibre, and en- 

 ergy to all the vital powers. But exercise, like 

 most good ])ractices and habits may be carried to 

 excess. Extreme toil not only shortens life but 

 brings less to pass than steady, but moderate la- 

 bor. It is not, therefore, often advisable for far- 

 mers to undertake to perform what are called 

 " great days' works ;" for one day of over exer- 

 tion may cause weeks of debility, if not months of 

 sickness. 



Canary Birds. 

 For Sale, a few copies of the New and Complete Canary 

 Bird Fancier, containing a variety of useful information, by 

 which the admirers of those beautitu! Birds may be instructed in 

 ilielr management while breeding, and their treatment when 

 diseased; with useful Hints to the breeders of Blules. From tlw 

 latest London Edition. — Price 25 cts. Just received at the 

 Agricultural Warehouse. 

 4t No. 52 North Market Street, Boston. 



Valuahle Real Estate, &fc, For Sale. 



The Subscriber offers for Sale, the following Real Estates In 

 Durham, N. H. viz : 



About 50 acres of land, under good cultivation, with tolera- 

 ble buildings thereon ; — Soil of excellent quality, and capabl& 

 of a high degree of improvement. Also, a Farm on the New 

 liampsliire Turnpike road, containing about 80 acres, with 

 Imildings nearly new. 



Also, a Farm of about 1 10 acres, with new buildings, lying 

 within two miles of the New 31arket Factories. 



Also, a small Farm lying in the Groat Bay containing 30 o» 

 ■10 acres, a very productive and rxcclient tract of laud, in the 

 neighborhood o( tile above named Factories. 



Also three House? in the Village of Durham — one of them 

 possessing excellent acconimodalioiis for a Tavern. 



Also, a Farm in Lee, ontaining about 80 acres. 



Also, a Wood Lot in Barrington, containing 105 acres, weR 

 wooded. 



He alsooflor,! for sale, a Stud Horse of approved blood, and 

 several iMa:e.s and Colts ofililTerenl ages. — All kinds of Farm.- 

 iiig Utensils, and Stock of all sorts. 



'J he aliove described Lands are within a short distance of the 

 large Factory Est-Hlilishments at Dover and New Market. 

 ■ Durham, liee. 26, 1823. JOHN FROST. 



I Published every Friday, at $?> per annum, payable at the 

 1 end of the j-ear- but those who pay within sixty days fromthe 

 , time of subscribing, are entitled to a deduction of filly cents. 



Printed for J. li. Russell, by I. R.Butts & Co —by whom 

 ■ all descriptions of Priming can be executed to meet Ihe wishes 

 ; of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. Rus.sELl., 

 : at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Street.. 



