NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From Ihe N. Y. Enquirer. 



THE WOODPECKER. 



The pyc-bald woodpecker, with sturdy beak, 



Will, liuoyant, pierce Ihe lieerh in quest of prey, 



And make ihe hamlcl echo wilh the stroke. 



Yet not the hcollhlul trunk w ill he assail, 



But one that 's girdled, thunder-smote, and dry, 



Whose vital sap is neutralized and thin, 



Extracts from rottenness unnumbered worms. 



Behold yon oak, the victim of a blast, 



It fell when Boreas in a partial rage 



Condensed his force to lay the giant low ; 



While shrubs, less arrogant, though less renown'd. 



Escaped th' appalling terrors of the gale. 



So 't is with man, who envies those more high, 



More palpable to demolition's dart. 



While he, in insignificance,'Js safe. 



Humility 'slhe sentinel of peace. 



Look at Jove's tree, now withering at its length ; 



The fallen Polyphemus of the grove, 



How like a prodigal bankrupt he appears. 



Crushing the sapling 'neath his ample sides. 



SELECTED FOB THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mr Editor — If the following splcction is wor- 

 thy a place in your paper, you will pU^ase to s've 

 it room, and oblige ' "' 



Wtston, March 3, 1829 



A SUBSCRIBER. 



Ruies and Maxims for Promoting Matrimonial 

 Happiness. — The likeliest way either to obtain a 

 good husband, or to keep one so, is to be good 

 yourself. 



Never use a lover ill whom you design to make 

 your husband, lest he should either tipbraid you 

 with it, or rettirn it aftorvvards ; and if you find at 

 any time an iiiclinutioii to play tlic tyrant, remeju- 

 ber these two lines of truth and justiee : 

 " Gently shall those be ruled, who gently sway'd, 

 " Abject shall those obey, who haughtily were obcy'd."^ 

 Avoid, both before and after marriage, all 

 thoughts of managing your husband. Never eji- 

 deavor to deceive or imiiosc on his tinderstandini, 

 nor give him uneasiness, (its some do very foolish- 

 ly, to try his tetnpcr) — btit tieat him always be- 

 forehand with sincerity, and afterwards, with af- 

 fection and respect. 



Be not sanguine before matriage, nor promise 

 yourself felicity without alloy ; for that is iiicpossi- 

 hle to be attained, in this presetit state of things. 

 Consider belorehaml, that the person you are go- 

 ing to spend your days with, is a man, and not an 

 angel; and if when you come together, you dis- 

 cover anything in his humor or behaviour that is 

 not altogether so agreeable as you expect, pas^s it 

 over as human frailty ; smooth yotir brow, com- 

 pose your temper, and try to amend it by cheer- 

 fulness and good nature. 



Remember always, that whatever misfortunes 

 may happen to either, they are not to be charged 

 to the accoutit of matrimony, btit to the accidents 

 and infirmities of human life ; a burden which 

 each has engaged to assist the other in supjiorting. 

 Mid to which both parties are equally exposed. — 

 Therefore, instead of murmurings, reflections, and 

 disagreements, whereby the weight is rendered 

 abundantly more grievous, readily put your shoul- 

 der to the yoke and make it easier for both. 



Resolve every morning to be cheerful and good 

 natured that day : and if any accident should 

 Lappea lo breali that resolution, suffer it not to put 



you otit of temper with everything besides, and es- 

 pecially with your husband. 



Dispttte not with him, be the occasion what it 

 will ; but much rather deny yourself the tnvial 

 satisfaction of having your own will, or gaining 

 the better of an argument, than risk a quarrel, or 

 create a heart burning which it is impossible to 

 know the end of. 



Be assured, a woman's power, as well as hap- 

 piness, has no other foundation but her husband's 

 esteem and love ; which consc(inently, it is her 

 undoubted interest, bv all means possible, to pre- 

 serve and increase. ])o you, therefore, study his 

 temper, and command your own ; enjoy his satis- 

 faction with him, share and soothe his cares, tind 

 with the utmost diligence conceal his infirmities. 

 Read frequently, and with due attention, the 

 matrimonial service, and take care, in doing so, 

 not to overlook the word obey. 



In your prayers, be sure to add a clause for 

 grace to make "a good unfe ; and at the same time, 

 resolve to do your utmost endeavors towards it. 



Always wear your wedding ring, for thoiein lies 

 more virtue than is usually imagined ; it you are 

 ruffled unawares,assaulted with improper thoughts, 

 or tempted in any kind against yonr duty, cast 

 your eyes upon it, and call to mind who gave it 

 you, where it was received, and what passed at 

 that solemn time. 



Let the tenderness of your conjugal love be ex- 

 pressed with such decency, delicacy, and pru- 

 dence, as that it may appear plainly and thorough- 

 ly distinct from the designing fondness of a harlot. 

 Have you any concern for your own ease, or 

 for your husbami's esteem ? Then have a due re- 

 gard to his income and circumstances, in all your 

 e.\;)enses and desires ; for if necessity should fol- 

 low, you run the greatest hazard of being deprived 

 of both. 



Let not many days pass together, without a se- 

 rious e.xainiiiation how you have behaved as u 

 wife ; and if, tipon rellection, you find yourself 

 guilty of any foibles, or omissions, the best atoiie- 

 jneiit is to be exactly careful of your lutnre con- 

 duct. 



March 27, 1829. 



Scions of Jlpple and Pear Trees. 

 For sale, at the New Kni;land Farmer Seed Store, No,. 

 52 North Market street, Boston, a large collection of Ap- 

 ple and Pear Scions,— among which are the following : — 



Jlpples. 



Gardener's Sweeting, 

 NonBuch, . 

 Gi-and Sachem, 

 C.it-head, or Large Sum- 

 mer Russet, 

 Rhode Island Greening 



He.nthcot, 



St Germain, 



Rushinore's Bon CretJen, 



S|iice Roiisselet, 



Red Borgatnot, 



Moor Fowl Egg, 



JjrsroneUe, 



Roxhtiry Russet, 

 I New York Pippin, 

 ! Baldwin, 

 Gilliflower, 



White Shropsavioe, or 

 Early Harvest, 

 &c, &c. 



Pears. 



Large Iron, or Pound, 

 Gangers Eergamot, 

 Brown Buerre, 

 Early Juneting, 

 St Michael's, 

 Broca's Beigamot, 

 BarUett, 



In addition to the above, we are daily procuring fine 

 vniielics, from responsible sources, and hope to extend 

 the collectiiin so as to comprise all the esteemed fruita 

 raised in the vicinity of Boston and New York. 



The scions are in fine order, and the utmost- depen- 

 dence can be pl.iced upon their genuineness, as they are 

 all cut from bearing trees. cplf .'■ 



Jldcrncy Heifers, Saxony Bucks, and Calves of iht 

 Short Horn Breed. -"' 



For sale, three full blood AUlerney Heifes, two years 

 old, two expected to calve in August next, by a full blood 

 Short Horn Bull— three full blood S«oiiy Bucks, one, 

 two, and three years old— a full blood Heifer Calf, of the 

 Shot t Horn Breed, four weeks old— a very fine BiiJI Calf, 

 3-4 blood, six weeks old, his dam from an excellent native 

 cow, sired by the well-known imported bull HoldernesJ 

 —the sire of this calf, a full blood Short Horn Bull— the 

 last calf is thouf-ht very superior. For terms and further 

 particulars, inquire at the New England Farmer office. 



March 5, 1S29. 



Political Fanaticism.— MM\;in)e Roland relates 

 a singular instance of party spirit, exhibited during 

 the French revolution. It being the pur|)osc lo 

 rouse the i'ears and sjiirit of the people, and direct 

 their animosity against the court party, Grangen- 

 euve agreed that he himself should be nnirdercd 

 by persons chosen for that purpose, in such a man- 

 ner that a suspicion of the crime should attatih it- 

 self to the aristocrats. He went to the place ap- 

 pointed, but Chabot, who- was to have shared the 

 same fate, neither appeared himself, nor made the 

 necessary preparations for the assasinatiou of his 

 frientl, for which Madame Roland dilates on his 

 poltroonry. — Scott's Life ofJViipokon. 



" If Brittannia rules the waves," said a qualm- 

 ish writing-master, going to Margate last week in 

 a storm, " I wish she'd rule 'em Btraighter." 



Fruit Trees. 

 Messrs WINSHIPS respectfully request 

 those of the public who may incline to favor 

 J^ (liciii with their orders the en=uir]j; season, for 

 fiuit and ornamental trees, fancy shrubbery, 

 herbaceous plants, whether indigeoptis or ex- 

 otic, to forvvaid their orders immediately, and. -they >yil,I 

 be executed with every possible despatch. Thcy also 

 have several hundred genuine Isabella Grape Vines, by 

 the hundred or sinu;le plant, wilh the supeiior European 

 kinds in cidtivalion in this country. Letters directed to 

 F. & I. Winship, Brighton. 



P. S. .Asparagus roots from one (o four years old. 

 OCj- All orders left with J. B. Russkll, at the New 

 England Farmer Seed Store, 52 North Market street, will 

 be executed at the Nursery prices, ai.d the trees delivered 

 in Boston, free of expense for transportation. 

 Brighton, March H, 1829. 



Assorted Seeds for Families. 

 For sale at the New England Fnniier Seed Store small hox«» 

 of a.ssorieil Seeds lor Kitchen Gardens. Each box contains a 

 package of ihu following .Seeds; 



Kett, in his FInwers of Wit, gives an outrageous 

 specimen of pulpit punning, published in a sermon 

 written and preached in the rcigu of James I. — 

 " Tiie dint (says the [rreacher) shows that we must 

 die all ; yet, notwithstanding, all houses are turned 

 into ale hoitses ; Paradise is a pair of dice ; our 

 marriages are merry ages ; matrimony is a matter of 

 money ; our divines are dry vines ; wa:j it so in the 

 days otJVoah ? — Ah no .'" — Liverpool Kaleidoscope. ' per boit. 



Long Dutch Parsnip 



Large Cablijigc Letluce 



I.oii^ Green Turkey Cucumber 



Piiie-apple l\l<-loir 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



Nastui lium 



Large While Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Culled Pai-sley 



Flat Squash Pepper 



Early Scarier Short-top Radi«k 



While Turnip Radish 



Salsafy 



Early Bush Sqiia=h 



Early While Dulch Turntp 



White Flat Turnip 



Yellow Stone Turnip 



Winter Ci'ook-neck Squash. 



POT HERB SEEDS. 



Thyme— .Sage — Marjoruro. 



Early \\"ashington Peas 



Dwarf Line Imperial Peas 



Lale ftlariowfal Peas 



Early Mohawk Dwarf siring 

 H.^aiis 



China Dwarf siring and shell 

 I leans 



Lima, or Saba Pole Beans 



Lung Blood Beet 



Earlv Turntp-rooled Beet 



Early York Cabbage 



Largo late Driiniliead Cabbage 



('ape Savoy Cabbage 



Red Dutch Cabbage {/or pick- 

 ling) 



Early Horn Carrot 



Loll"' Orange Carrot 



While Solid Celery 



Curled Cress 



Early Curnmher 



Early Silesia Lettuce 



The above lis!, it will be seen, comprises all the common «• 



gelables, besides severnl new varieties of recent inlrmluclion, 



and uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted of the 



very tirsl qiial'ly. as lo fieshness andpiirily. Each boxconlains 



ilireciions fur the management of the diflerent sorts. Price gS 



