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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 30, 1829. 



MIS CELLANIES. 



WINTER. 



BT T. G. FESSENDEN. 



The sullen moiiarcli of'' Ih' inverled year," 



Bilvers the forest, desolate and sear, 



Sol, paie and powerh'Ss, with his slanting rays, 



Scarce marks the hoinuiaries of nights and days; 



The Norlhwind, sallyinj from the frigid zone. 



Threatens to sieze tlie ahdicated throne 



Ol Heaven's bright regent ;— binding earth and main 



In one all imwerful, all pervading chain, 



Whose liny links, though viewless, serve to make 



Bands v\hich Omnipotence alone can break. 



7'he snow-capp'd cottage, and the hoary hill, 



The palsied landscape, desolate and stdl, 



The bitter, biting, brawling, brumal blast. 



The flitting, fleecy frost-work, falling fast. 



Through many a dark dull night, and dreary daj 



Proclaim stern Winter's unrelenting sway. 



Though Sol his annual circuit has begun, 



Mature stdl weeps the absence ol the sun, 



In many a frozen, but fast falluig tear, 



Which decks wnh silver sheen our hemisphere. 



FOR THE NEW ENGL.iND FARMER. 



Dram Shops. — Otjr benevolent rulers have made 

 a number of laws to favor the poor. How far 

 they have succt:eded in bringing about tlie desir- 

 ed end, does not yet appear, at least, to the writer. 

 It has iiidii-eclly atforded them facilities in obtain- 

 ing ardent sjiirit, which is, at this time, destroying 

 thousands, rendering their families wretched, and 

 increasing more than all otlter evils, the pauper 

 bst. To assist the [)oor is a christian virtue ; but 

 to help tliosc, who will not help themselves, is cold 

 encouragement, especially, when it is rather an 

 inducement to idleness ami other bad habits. 



The Legislature, while assisting the poor, and 

 wisely enacting laws to prevent the destruction of 

 fish and small birds, wt)uld confer a groat favor on 

 the community at largo, and especially on the 

 youth, if they should by law correct the dran 

 shops. Almost every retailer's shop, within the 

 knowledge of the writer, is a drain shop, and 

 some of the retailers, in direct violation of law, 

 have adtniltcd every species of low gtitnbling. — 

 To correct the habits of a confirmed drunkard we 

 do not e.\pect, for that requires a higher power 

 than is vested in man. If, however, he will be 

 druids, let him be drttnk at home. If he vvill de- 

 grade himself beneath the stupid nss, let his de- 

 pra\ity be exhibited at his owit cot, and not shock 

 the feelings of his connexiotis and tliose of sober 

 — habits. The same argtiinents, which are used 

 against the public cxectnion of critiiinals, will ap- 

 ply it) the present case. The exhibition of either 

 is truly appalling to the benevolent ntind. And 

 were ptiblic executions as common as intoxication, 

 the forir.er would be viewed, by many at least, 

 with the same indiirerence as the latter. 



The retailer's shop ought to bw so regulated, as 

 that the most modest youth might have access 

 without fear — without danger of imbibing any 

 bad impression. We are astonished, and we 

 should not believe it, if facts did not stare us in 

 the face, that any retailer would, in viulation of 

 law, keep n dram shop to the destruclion of his 

 fellow creatures — allow himself to be surrounded 

 by day and by night, with a nutiibcr of heings in 

 human shape, whose god is liquid fire, and whose 

 language is perfectly suited to the nether regions 

 — ai.d to hold out every inducetnetit to attract the 

 youth, by admitting various species of gaming. — 



All this has a direct tendency to idleness and 

 every concomitant evil ; and that yotith must be 

 nerved with more than manly courage and self 

 command, not to be in danger, when in the pois- 

 oned atmosphere of such a ])lace. 



We do not care how many retailors there are, 

 but we sincerely wisli that their shops might be 

 so reguhited as not to be ptiblic ntiisances, schools 

 of intemperance, nurseries of gaming, nor hot- 

 beds of patiperism. 



Having taken an outline of the disease, which is 

 gaining strength and graditally undermining the 

 constitution, we would suggest a remedy. 



Let the Legislature invest the Selectmen with 

 power, and make it their duty to inspect licensed 

 houses once every three months ; let thetn appro- 

 bate none but such persons as the law respecting 

 licensed houses directs ; and let them be sworn to 

 the faithful discharge of their duty. Let every 

 retailer be annually sworn to the observance of 

 said law. Let the penalties, for the violation of 

 said law be increased.* And lastly, let the licens- 

 ed person on 'conviction of the violation of said 

 law forfeit his license, never to be renewed again. 



Here we leave the sid)ject, hoping that some 

 abler pen will do it justice. VERITAS. 



Mansfield, Jan. 7, 1829. 



A Frenchman has invented a new mode of pre- 

 serving grain of all descriptions, by means of sub- 

 terranean granaries at a low temperature, closed 

 herntetically. He has also exhibited the model 

 of a cellar with a double current of air, to keep 

 wine ; both inventions are expected to succeed. 



Old Fashioned Corsets. — The only healthy cor- 

 sets, says the Editor of a Georgia paper, for a 

 lady's waist, is a husband's arm. 



disserted Seeds for Families. 

 For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store small boxes 

 of assni ted Seeds lor Kitchen Gardens. Each box contains a 

 package of the following .Seeds: 

 Enrly Washington Peas 

 Dwarf iJlui- Imperial Peas 



Roguery and JiEsery. — Junius in one of his pri 

 vate letters asserts that he " never knew a rogue 

 who was not unhapi)y." Uidiappy people are 

 very apt to find fault and grundile ; therefore, let 

 our readers who wish to avoid the suspicion of 

 roguery avoid grumbling. — llilliamstown Mvocate. 



Gypsum, or plaster of Paris, is said to be most 

 beneficial to dry or sandy soils if sown in the win. 

 ter or early in the spring : — The reason is that by 

 the action of rain and frost it is more completely 

 incorj)orated with the soil than it can be when 

 sow'n late in the season. — Ibid. 



Late ."Marrowfat Peas 



Early Mohawk Dwarf siring 



H.;ans 

 China Dwarf string and shell 



iScans 

 Lima, or Saba Pole Beans 

 Long niood Beet 

 Early Turnip-rooted Beet 

 Early York Cabbage 

 Large late Drumhead Cabbage 

 Cape Savoy Cabbage 

 Red Dutch Cabbage (for pick 



II".!:) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange Carrot 

 While Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 Early Cucumber 

 Early Silesia Lettuce 



Bets — The Su])reme Court of Pennsylvania 

 have decided that bets of any kind about any hu- 

 man being are not recoverable in a court of jus- 

 tice. The reasoning is that such bets are either 

 malicious, indecent, or indelicate, and, therefore, 

 illegal. 



A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, re- 

 lates, that a young man who was in torture from 

 having thrust his hands twice into a bed of coal,;, 

 cx]!erienced immediate relief from plunging ihem 

 into a ])ot of tar. His hands healed free frum 

 scars. There is a fan)ous burn salve made in 

 Philadelphia which heals without leaving a scar, 

 one ingredient of which is believed to be tar. 



In Wales, recently a farmer's son was poisoned 

 by drinking cider, which had stood in a leaden 

 vat: acetate of leail having been formed. 



Tea Plant. — It is said this im()ortant shrub 

 flourishes in Java, to the danger of the Chinese 

 monopoly. 



A gentleman in W^ashifigton has recently 

 brought from the south 52 varieties of grape vines 

 indigenous to the United .States. Among 

 them the Sctippernoiig, a native of North Caroli- 

 na, growing in a swamp. A single vine jn one 

 instance, yielded eight barrels of wine to a farm- 

 er, who has four acres of them under cultivation ; 

 the wine improves much by age. 



Long Dutch Parsnip 



Largo Cabbage Lettuce 



Long Green 'i'nrkey Cucumber 



Pilie-appic Melon 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



iVastuilium 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Curled Parsley 



Flat Squash Pepper 



Early Scarlei Short-top Radisf^ 



White Turnip Radish 



Salsify 



Early Bush Squash 



Early White Dutch Turnit) 



White Flat Turnip 



Yellow Stone Tunnp 



W'luier Crook-neck Squash* 



POT HERB SEF.DS. 



Thyme — Sage — Marjorum. 

 The abo\e list, it will be seen, comprises all the common ve- 

 getables, besides several new varieties of recent introiluclion, 

 and uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted of Ihe 

 very hrst quality, as to h eshuess and purity. Each box contains 

 directions lor the management of the diflerenl sorts. Price ^3 

 per box. 



To the Public. 

 The subscriber would inform the public, that certain persons 

 did, some time since, obtain a certain Patent Right, claiming 

 for their iniprovemenl, a Iteaction principle, oraction two ways, 

 vainly supposing they were about to alter one ot the lundamea- 

 tnl laws of mechanism, by gaining in lime without a loss of 

 power, or gaining in po\\er without a loss ot time. Tliis Iholish 

 ulra ti.ey atlcmptetl to deinoiistraie by constructing a Press for 

 Hay, &.C. with two fixed horizontal boxes, one on each end of a 

 horizontal frame In these boxes the hay or cotton was to be 

 put, or stowed vertically, and the reaction power applied to 

 both boxes at the same time, horizontally; thus they expected 

 to press two bales with one and the same power, in the same 

 time that it look to press one ; but ihey failed in their purpose, 

 both mi account of reaction, and mode of slowing and pressinff, 

 — for it was found impossil^le to confine fibrous materials with 

 bands, that are slowed and pressed at right angles with ihe 

 stowing. 



It is well kno>vn in Maine that Mr Moses R. Bliss, of Pittston, 

 Kennebec county, has recently made an importaiil and useful 

 improvement ill the construrlion of a Pros* lor Uay and other 

 fibrous materials, and secured to himself the extensive properly 

 'if said iniprovemenl, b^ taking out Letters Patent lor the same 

 under the Seal ot the (jiiited States, vvbich property he claims, 

 principally, Irom having made his box to revolve on irunioiis, 

 « Iiicli project fiom near the centre of its largest sides, so that ii 

 may be turned l<- an upright position for the convenience of fill- 

 ing and stowing, and then to a horizontal otie lijr pressing. — 

 'i'lie other part of his speeificalioiv has liolhlng very particular- 

 in it, except in looviiig the machine by means ol gear-wurk and 

 a small cog-w heel a!hxf-d to the axle of a large pair of locomo- 

 tion wheels. 'I'his Press Mr P.liss has had in succes.slul use for 

 many moi.lhs, ami it has been fully listed by those well quali&* 

 ed to judge of us mei its, and met Iheir decivled a[tprohation. — 

 1 le has ellecled in this machine what has long been a i.'esidera- 

 lun), viz, to have a niovealile press ; and to have it moveable, it 

 is iiece-ssary that ii sliould he horizontal, and to have it horizoo. 

 tal, there nii.st be a tevolving box. 



Why I would draw the attention of the public to the .specifica- 

 tion above, is, because the said persons have abaiult)ned their 

 [itess on the reaelioii plan, and imitated Mr B'iss in every par- 

 tiiular except the revolving box, and are now alteioptiiig t(v 

 palm off this imitation press under their credentials for a reac- 

 tion power, 



'Pile public are advised lo compare Ihe specifieaMons w ifh the 

 moilel now exhibiting, C.-iLVLN W1^G. 



Gardiner, Dee, 31, 1S2S. Jan 16 3i 



Pulib^lied e\ery Friday, at ,?3 per annum, payable at the 

 end ol the year — bm those who pay within sixty days from th« 

 time of suh^erihing, are entitled lo a deduction of fifty cents. 



Printed lor.I. [',. Uussei.l. by L R. Butts & Co.— by whom 

 all deseri|il:ons of Printing can be executed lo meet the wishes 

 ot customers. Orders for prinling received by .1. B. Rl'SSELZ., 

 at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Stre«( 



