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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 1, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



SPKING. 



Again rejoicing nature sees 



The l>Iest re urn ufSpring ; 

 Ambrosial odors in eacii breeze, 



Her sweetest incense I'ring^, 



Dread Winter's icy reign is o'er. 



His frost, his snows aie gone; 

 His ruthless pouer is fear'd no more, 



And joy invests the lawn. 



Th' industrious bee, with sober hum. 



Each hour her task completes ; 

 And to o'ercharge the well wrought comb, 



Robs nature of her sweets. 



Yon murm'ring brook, that gently flows, 



Bleand'ring through the green, 

 Was late o'erlaid by Winter's snows, 



And envious frost unseen. 



Yon wood, the mountain's brow that crowns, 



Enrobed in gayest luie ; 

 And late deform'd by U'inter's frowns, 



In Spring enchants the view. 



Where'er we turn our wand'ring eyes, 



Fresh beauties rise in bloom ; 

 And let 's enjoy the bounteous prize. 



For soon they seek the tomb. 



Let moderation gild each scene 



With charms ihal cannot clov ; 

 She 'II wisely take the golden mean, 



And bless without alloy. 



Seize harmless pleasure while she lasts. 



Be joctmd, blithe, and gav ; 

 For soon December's chilling blasts 



Shall freeze the springs of tlay. 



The foIlDwini,' story of Poison is in Barker's no- 

 tices of Dr Purr: — " There was a large company, 

 and the Doctor addressed Porson nearly in these 

 words : — ' Mr Poison, pray what do you think 

 about the introduction of moral and physical evil 

 in the world ? ' This was a knotty question. — 

 Conticucre oinnes iiitcnii(itie ora tenebant. Por- 

 son, after a moment's |)aitso for reflection, answer- 

 ed, with great solemnity or dryness of manner, 

 ' Why, doctor, I thinl^ we sliould have done very 

 well without tliein.' " 



ing that the crops were thus injured, resolved to 

 extirpate the wUole race, and offered a price for 

 their heads. The proscription was very success- 

 fully carried into efTect, but the farmers, instead 

 of being gainers, were severe suflferers. The 

 crows, it should appear, like the rooks of our own 

 country, did not frequent the fields so much f r 

 the sake of the grain as to feed upon grubs, which, 

 after the universal massacre of the crows, increas- 

 ed so numerously as nearly to destroy the entire 

 crops, and threatened a famine. When the error 

 was discovered, the crows were as anxiously pro- 

 tected as they had been formerly persecuted. — 

 Similar instances, in the case of rooks, have oc- 

 curred in Great Britain. — London Mag. ofJVatural 

 History. 



Grog Drinkers, reflect ! — A very young man 

 once got addicted to the use of tobacco, and was 

 entirely cured by a friend who desired him to cast 

 up the sum total of the expense, should he live to 

 the age of 70, at only one cent a day, including 

 the interest annually. The young man found it 

 amounted to upwards of One Thousand Dollars ! 

 lie at once threw a way his tobacco box. Let 

 those who expend from 5 to 10 cents a day in ar- 

 dent spirits, sit down and count the cost. Nine- 

 tenths of them would have cash on hand to pur- 

 chase good farms, and enough left to stock them 

 handsomelv. — A'eene Sentinel. 



Phenomenon. — In boring for salt water in Cum- 

 berland, Ky, a fountain of Petroleum, [bittiniinous 

 oil] was struck upon at the depth of about 130 

 feet. When the auger was withdrawn, the oil 

 rushed up, 12 or 14 feet above the surface of the 

 earth, and it was supposed that abotit 75 gallons 

 were discharged per minute, and in fotir or five 

 days bad not perceptibly diniinished. British oil, 

 which is extensively used in medicine, is manufac- 

 tured from Petroleum. 



Milton has the following remarks upon misspent 

 time : — " Hours have wings, and fly up to the Au- 

 thor of time, and carry news of otir usage. All 

 our prayers cannot entreat one of them either to 

 return or slacken his pace. The mispence of 

 every minute, is a new record against us in Heaven ; 

 sure if we thought thus we would dismiss them 

 with better report, and not stifferthem to go away 

 tnipty, or laden with dangerous intelligence. How 

 happy is it that every hotir should convey up, not 

 only the message, but the fruits of good, and stay 

 with the Ancient of Days, to speak for us before 

 His glorious throne." 



Surgical Examinations. — We hear much of the 

 screwing system made use of at the examination 

 of surgical students, and the methods taken to en- 

 trap the unwary. Dr Abernethy lately asked a 

 candidate who was undergoing an examination, 

 what he would do if a man were blown up with 

 gimpowder .' " Why," coolly answered the tyro, 

 " wait till he came down again." " True," said 

 Abernethy, " and suppose I kicked you for such 

 an im|)ertinent reply, what muscles should I put 

 in motion ? " — " Why," saitl the yoting man, " the 



Jlexors and extensors of my right arm, for I should 



Jioor you directly ! " 



Food for Birds. — To the sportsman, to the gen- 

 tleman fanner, and to the horticidturist, the knowl- 

 edge of the habits and the food of birds is indis- 

 pensable, inasmuch as ignorance on the subject 

 may often give rise to most serious injury and loss. 

 For example, in New England tiie cultivated 

 grounds were some years ago much frequented 

 with a species of crow, and the farmers, suppos- 



ed Question. — Can those who have been for a 

 long titne in the habitual use of ardent spirits, 

 safely abandon them ? 



Let facts answer the inquiry. In the prison in 

 the State of Maine, an important experiment has 

 been made of cutting off habitual drunkards at 

 once, froui the use of ardent spirits in every An-m, 

 and confining tlietn to water. It has been tiiuiid 

 invariably beneficial. They soon renew their 

 youth, and a more hale, healthy, mtiscular bodv of 

 men caimot be found, in prison, nor out of prison, 

 than the cold-water convicts, in the prison of 

 Maine. 



la New Hampshire the satiio valuable cx- 

 l)eriment lias been made, with the same result. 



In the new prison at Siiig-Sing, New York, 

 among 2.50 convicts, the men neither die nor suf- 

 fer from abstinence, though tlicy have been for- 

 merly intemperaie. — -Kennehcc Courier. 



Kenrick JVurseries in JVeiclon, near Boston. 



For sale, at tlie Keivrick Nurseries, IW 

 Nf.vvton, an extensive assortnicnf of Apples, 

 Pears, Peaches, Plurus, Cb'Tries, ^pricot9y 

 Nectarines, While Mulbenic<, finipe Vines, 

 Gooseheiry and Currant Hu-he-:, &c. Also, 

 about 150 viirieties of the most ornatnenl.il hardy trees 

 and shrubs — including nearly 50 supeib vaiielies of hardy 

 ro«ps, roinpiising white and red moss — single yellow, 

 double do — yellow \ustrian— red and yellow Austrian — 

 blnck mottled, sable, Tuscany, and other v.iiieiies of the 

 bUirkest rfses — Unique White Provence, &c. 



Also, Greville Roses, and Wii.Mor's Superb 



Strawberries. 

 Jlpple Trees of extra sizes — also Flincering HoTSS 



Chestnuts, and some olliet sorts. 

 Written orders directed to John or William Kew- 

 RICK, Newton, will be received by the daily mail, and 

 promptly attended to — or they may be hft at Mr Joseph 

 Biidge's Grocery and Seed Store, No. 60. Court street," 

 liosion, where, on application, catalogues will be delivered 

 i:;ratis — or, catalogues may be obtained of Mr J. B. Rus- 

 sell, at the New England Farmer office. epSw 



JVcif Vegetable. 

 Just received at the New England Former .Seed Store, 52 

 IVorih .Market Street, a small qu?intitv of Sin .luHN Sinclair's . 

 !Sf,w Bhkt. from London. This is presumed to he the first 

 seed of this fine vegetable, ever brought into INew England. — ■ 

 For sale in papers of 12 1-2 cents each, or in larg-er quantities. 



Cow for Sale. 



A fine cow, iialf blooded, Coelebs breed, is offered for sale at 

 the House of Industry farm, .Souih Boston — Also, a three- 

 fourths blood Calf. Inquire of W31. STONE, Superintendent, 



April 3. ]8'3. 4t__ 



Fruit Trees. 

 Messrs WINSHIPS respectfully request 

 those of the public who may incline to favor 

 them with their orders the ensoiiig season, for 

 fruit and ornamental trees, fancy shrubbery, 

 herbaceous plants, whether indigenous or ex- 

 otic, to forward their orders immediately, and they will 

 be executed with every possible despatch. They also 

 have several hundred genuine Isabella Grape Vines, by 

 the hundred or single plant, with the supeiior European 

 kinds in cidtivalion in this country. Letters directed to 

 F. & I. Winship, Brighton. 



P. S. Asparagus roots from one to four years old. 

 Oct All orders left with J. B. Russell, at the New 

 Engl.ind 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 11, 1829. 



Jissortcd Seeds for Families. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store small boxe« 

 of assorted Seeds tor Kitchen Gardens. Each box contains a 

 package of the following Seeds: 

 Early Washington Peas 

 Dwarf Blue Imperial Peas 

 Late Marrowfat Peas 

 Early Wohawk Dwarf string 



B.ians 

 China Dwarf string and shell 



Beans 

 Lima, or Saba Pole Beans 

 Long Blood Reel 

 Early Turnip-rooted Beet 

 Early York Cabbage 

 Large late Drumhead Cabbage 

 Cape Savoy Cabbage 

 Red Dutch Cabbage (for pick- 



linfi) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange Carrot 

 White Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 Early Cucumber 

 Early .Silesia Lettuce 



Long Dutch Parsnip 



Large Cabbnge Lettuce 



Long Green i'urkey Cucumber 



Piiie-apple Melon 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



Nasturtium 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Curled Parsley 



Flat Squash Pepper 



F.arly Scarlet Short-lop Radisk 



White Turnip Radish 



Salsafy 



Early Bush Squash 



Early While Duich Turnip 



White Flat Turnip 



Yellow Stone Turnip 



Winter Crook-neck Squash. 



T'OT HERB SEEDS. 



Thyme— Sage — Warjorum. 



The above list, it will be seen, comprises all the common ve- 

 getables, besides several new varieties of recent introduction, 

 and uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted of the 

 very first quality, as to fiesltness and purity. Each bo.\ contains 

 directions for the management of the different sorts. Price %S 

 per bo.x. 



Published every Friday, at ^3 P*^!* annum, payable at the 

 end of the year — biiv those who pay within sixty days from the 

 lime of subscribing, are enJitled to a deduclioo of lifiy cents. 



Primed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. BuTTS-^by whom 

 all descriptitins of Printing can be executed to meet Ihe wishes, 

 of customers. Orders for printing received by J- B. Russell,, 

 at the AKrieullural Warehouse No, .52 Norih ftlarkct Street. 



^jf No pa[ier will be seiil lo a distance without payment be- 

 ing made iu advance. 



