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NEW EiNGLAND FARMER. 



June 26, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



VALUE OF A MOMENT. . 



By MONTGOMERT. 



At every motion of our lirealli 

 Life trembles on the brink of death, — 

 A taper's flame, that upw arcl turns 

 While downward to the dusl it burns. 

 Moment by moment years are [^t. 

 And one ere Ion? will be our last. 

 'Twixi llial (long tied) wliich gave us light, 

 And that which soon shall end in night, 

 There is n point no eye can see, 

 Yet on it hangs eternity. 

 This is that mnment,— who shall tell 

 Whether it leads to heaven or hell : 

 This is that moment, —as we choose. 

 The inimorial soul we save or iose. 

 Time past and time to come are nolj 

 Time pkesknt is our only lot. 

 Oh God ! henceforth our hearts incline. 

 To seek no other love than thine. 



Female Attire, ifc A woman's wardrobe may 



be divided into two parts, — the ornamental and 

 the useful. In the first I include iiH the various 

 articles which are affected by fashion ; everything, 

 in fact, of external dress. In these a good econ- 

 omist will avoid a superabundance. She will en- 

 deavor to check that feminine weakness — the love 

 of variety, which so frequently displays itself by 

 an ever varying costume, and will confine the or- 

 namental part of her wardrobe in as narrow 

 bounds as the extent of her general style of living 

 and visiting will psrmit. Whimsicality of dress 

 is no proof either of good taste or good sense, but 

 rather results from the absence of both, or from 

 the mistaken notion that to attract attention is to 

 gain admiration. But whimsicality, whether 

 shown in dress, manner, or opinion, does not de- 

 serve, and never obtains, permanent admiration : 

 it is more likely to meet with the smile of con- 

 tempt, or the sneer of ridicule. A claim to su- 

 periority and distinction established on such a 

 foundation has nothing to secure it. It is those 

 qualities only that are intrinsically good and use- 

 ful, that can gain permanent admiration and es- 

 teem. It is true that every one who lives in so- 

 ciety must follow fashion to a certain extent, or 

 must be prepared to encounter the laugh, and 

 perhaps the scorn, of those who ptonounce judg- 

 ment on appearances. But it is extremes on ei- 

 ther side, that are to be sbtmned by all who wise- 

 ly prefer propriety, and consistency, to notoriety 

 and pectiliarity. 



Another disadvantage of possessing too many 

 of the ornamental parts of female attire, is the 

 fickleness of fashion, and the constant necessity 

 which this must prodtice of altering the forms of 

 dresses, wliicli the means of the {)Ossessor do not 

 allow to be thrown aside. For these alterations 

 of dress much valuable time must ho wasted, or 

 much money squandered, and, in either case, the 

 very attention which is re(|tiisitc for so unworthy 

 an object, takes the mind from more important 

 and rational ))ursujts. Some women seem to 

 think that life is of no use but to make or remodel 

 dresses, and act as if they were born to be walk- 

 ing blocks for showing off' to advantage the work- 

 manship oftlie ribband and lace manufacturer, of 

 the mantaumnker and milliner. 



The second part of a female's wardrobe, com- 

 prehending every article not subject to the laws of 

 feshion, tiescrves also attention and care ; and for 



your management of this branch I recommend 

 this rule : do not neglect to make each year a 

 small addition to most oftlie articles of which it 

 is conqiosed. By doing this you will scarcely 

 perceive the effects of time oti your general stock, 

 because the yearly supply will bear some propor- 

 tion to the deficiencies wliich that may catise. — 

 But if you neglect this rule the consequences 

 may be that all at once, you shall find your ward- 

 robe to require a cotnplete renewal, and your an- 

 nual allowance will then scarcely suffice to pro- 

 vide it. 31ost of the things to which 1 allude are 

 of an expensive nature, and sweep away no in- 

 considerable stun, when whole sets are to be pur- 

 chased at once. All good econotiiists agree in 

 their a]iprobalion of this rule and enforce it, more 

 particularly with regard to household and table 

 linen. 



In choosing linen or cambric, examine the 

 threads if they are even and close ; a raw linen, 

 with uneven threads, does not promise to wear 

 well. Fine linens answer better than the coarse 

 ones, provided they are not unsuitable for the use 

 fur which they are destined. The yard wide 

 linens are not thought so .strong and well made 

 as those of the narrower width, but the latter will 

 not always cut out to the same advantage as the 

 wider linens. 



I recommend you to resort to good and old es- 

 tablished shops, rather than to those which are 

 considered cheaper : the former rest their pros- 

 perity upon the approbation of steady customer.s, 

 and will not knowingly offer them goods which 

 are bad in qtiality, and which would prove unser- 

 viceable, while the latter are eager to attract va- 

 grant purchasers, alluring them by the promise of 

 bargains — a delusive [iromise, the goods thus of- 

 fered for sale being usually of so flimsy a texture, 

 as to prove, on trial, scarcely worth the trifling 

 sum that had been given for them. 



John Cloves Symmes, the projector of the novel 

 theory that the Earth is but the shell of an interi- 

 or world, died lately in Ohio. However visionary 

 were his notions, he pursued them with an ardor 

 and perseverance worthy of a philosopher. 



On Thursday morning, as the waiter in a res- 

 pectalile boarding hou.se in Broadway, was setting 

 out the breakfast table, a man stepped into the 

 room in rather a blustering manner, and demand- 

 ed to know the precise time that breakfast would 

 be ready. The waiter went into another room to 

 make the inqtiiry, and on returning fiiuud the gen- 

 lltman engaged in adjusting his cravat. Saying 

 he could not possibly wait for his lireakfasl, he 

 walked off. Inimediately titter he left, the waiter 

 discovered that all the silver spoons he had placed 

 on the table were missing. — Mtr. Adv. 



The Force of Imagination. — A Lnccbe^c peasant, 

 shooting sparrows, saw his dog attacked by a 

 strange and ferocious mastiff. He tried to sepa- 

 rate the animals, and received a bite from his own 

 dog, which instantly ran off through the fields. — 

 The wound was healed in a few days, and the 

 dog was not to be found ; and the peasant after 

 some time, began to feel symptoms of nervous ag- 

 itation. He conceived that the dog, from disap- 

 pearing, was mad, and within a day or two after 

 this idea had struck him, he began to feel symp- 

 toms of hydrophobia. They grew hourly more 

 violent ; he raved, and had all the evidences of 

 the most violent distemper. As he was lying. 



with the door open, to let in the last air that he 

 was to breathe, he heard his dog bark. The ani- 

 mal ran up to the bed side, and frolicked about 

 the room. It was.clear that he, at least, was in 

 perfect health. The peasant's mind was relieved 

 at the instant ; he got up with renewed strength, 

 dressed himself, jjlunged his head into a basin of 

 water, and thus refreshed walked into the room to 

 his astonished family. The statetnent is made in 

 a memoir by Professor Barbantini ; and it is not 

 improbable that many attacks of a disease so 

 strongly dependant on the imagination, might be 

 eipially cured by ascertaining the state of the ani- 

 mal by which the bite was given. — Weekly Review. 



Stone and Aqueduct Pipe. 

 A further supply of (his very useful and necessary article for 

 drain and wa'er courses, which is superior and cheaper than 

 anything used for the purpose, is for sale at the Agricultural 

 Warehouse, No. 5- Norih Market street, where orders are re- 

 ceived for a supply ttf any quantity or size warned, with turns 

 and circular pieces to match. J. R. NEWELL, Agent for 

 ytone l*ipe Corporalion Company. 3w 



Buckwheat, Sfc. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected witli the New Eng- 

 land Farmer. No. 6-2 Norlh Slarket Street, 



A few bushels of Buckwlieat, growth of 1S28. Also, a fur- 

 ther sujipiy of Fowl Meadow Grass Seed, of superior qualil3'. 



jYew China Tea Sets, and light blue Dinner Ware. 

 Received, a great variety of the above ; which, wilh a com- 

 plete assortment of Crockery, China, and Glass Ware, are of- 

 fered for sale. low. at !\o. 4 Dock Square. 



Mangel Wurlzel, Sugar Beet, ifc. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 62 North Market street, 



200 lbs. Mangel Wurtzel. 



200 lbs. French Sugar Beet, raised expressly for this 

 establislmicnt, by John Prince, Esq. Roxbiiry, — The 

 siiperioiity of this seed and the excellence of the roots 

 for cattle are too well known to need comrnerit. 



Also, White Mulberry Seed, .50 ets per ounce, Lucerne, 

 or French Clover, While and Red Clover, Sanfoin, Tim- 

 othy, Orchard Grass, <^at (irass. Herds Grass, &c. 

 AgncuUnral Books. 



The third edition oS Fessen Jen's jVew American Gar- 

 dener ; this work lias been p'ooounced by the most ju- 

 dicious horticultuiisls in New England and the middle 

 slates, to be the best treatise on Fruit Trees, Vegetables, 

 Grape Vines, &c., to be found in this country — price 

 #1,25. 



The Vine Dresser's Theoretical and Practical Manual, 

 on the Culture of the Vine ; and Making Wine, Brandy, 

 and Vinegar. By Tliiebaut de Berneaud. 



The Young G.irdener's Assistant, containing Directions 

 for the cultivation of Culinary Vegetables, and Ornament- 

 al Flowers. By T. Biidgcman, gardener, New York — 

 price 37 1-2 ets. 



A practical Treatise on the Management of Bees ; and 

 the Management of Apiai ics, with the l>est inelbod of des- 

 troying ami preventing the depredations of the Bee Moth, 

 By James Tliacher, M. D. — price 75 ets. 



Also, C7}e copy of each of the Ibllowing rare works: — 



Phytologia, or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gar- 

 dening; with the theory of Draining Morasses, and with 

 an inipro\'ed construction of the diil! plough. By Dr Dar- 

 win, (Diildin edition, ptirc three dollars and fifty ets.) 



Darwin's Botanic Garden — (price three dollars, a fine, 

 correct copy. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass Seed. 

 This day received at the New Kngland Farmer Seed .Slope, 

 62 North Market street, 20 bushels of Tall Meadow Oat Grast 

 Seed, at ^2,50 per bushel. 



Powder at 2s per lb. 

 DUPONT'S POWDER, quality warranled, for sale at 

 C^'hmxl's Ammiantion {^lotT. 05 Broad st, al retail. Also, 

 SHOT, CAPS, &c. ol the liesi quulily— cheap for cash. If 



Published every Friday, at §3 per annum, payable al the 

 end of the year — hni those who pay wltliiu sixty days from the 

 lime of suhscrihiug, are entitled lo a deducliou of (itiy cents. 



Printeil for J. fi. Russei.l, by I. R RuTTS — by whon 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the wishes 

 o( customers. Orders for printing received by J. R, Russell, 

 al the Agricultural Warehouse No. ,')2 Norih 51arket Street. 



Q;^ No paper will be sent to a distance without payment b% 

 ing made in advance. 



