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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 17, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From Shaw's Naturalist's -fliscellany. 



TRANSFORMATION OF THE CATERPIL- 

 L,AR. 



The helpless cr'^'ing caterpillar trace 

 From Ihefi-' perioJ of his reptile race. 

 Cloihei'''' dishonor, on (he leafy spray 

 Unsp^" ^^ wears his silent hours away ; 

 •pil satiate grown of all thai life supplies, 

 Self-taught the voluntary martyr dies. 

 Deep under earth his darkling course he bends, 

 And to the tomb a willing guest descends. 

 There, long secluded, in his lonely cell, 

 Forgets the sun, and bids the world farewell. 

 O'er the wide waste the wintry tempests reign, 

 And driving snows usurp {lie frozen plain : 

 In vain the tempest beats, the wliirlwind blows, 

 No storms can violate his grave's repose. 

 But when revolving months have won their way, 

 When smile the woods, and when the zephyrs play. 

 When laughs the vivid world in summer's bloom. 

 He bursts and flies triumphant from the tomb. 

 And, while his new born beauties he displays. 

 With conscious joy his altered form surveys. 

 Mark, while he moves amid the sunny beam. 

 O'er his sod wings the varying lustre gleam. 

 Launched into air, on purple plumes he soars. 

 Gay nature's face with wanton glance explores; 

 Proud of his various beauties, wings his way. 

 And robs fair flowers, himself more fair than they. 



And deems weak man the future promise vain 

 When worms can die, and glorious live again ? 



grease spots, will be found to effectually remove 

 tliem from woollen. Sometimes the droppings of 

 wax lights are very troublesome to remove from 

 coats and velvets. Spirits of wine will dissolve 

 the wax, but as in some cases it may affect the 

 color, it is recommended to try a very simple 

 mode, which is to toast the crumb of a small piece 

 of bread, and while hot apply it to the droppings 

 of wax, a portion of which it will dissolve and im- 

 bibe, and by repeating this simple process several 

 successive times, the whole wax will be gradually 

 removed. 



Preservation of Furs and Jfoollens. — Furs and 

 woollens should not be laid by for the summer 

 months without having the dust well shaken out 

 of them, and care taken that they are quite free 

 from dainj) ; for dust and moisture are the great 

 foes to be guarded against in the first instance as 

 tending to the increase of moths and insects — 

 Many things are used as preventives against the 

 inroads of moths ; such as sprinkling furs and 

 woollens with spirits of turpentine ; putting cam- 

 phor, pepper corns, cedar shavings, and Russian 

 leather among thein ;* but I believe the best plan, 

 after all, is to sew the furs up in linen, well aired, 

 through which the moth cannot penetrate ; and 

 once or twice in the course of the summer, to 

 have them taken out on fine sunny days, and after 

 being well shaken replaced in their envelopes and 

 put aside. 



The following extracts are taken either verba- 

 tim or in substance, from a valuable English work, 

 entitled " Domestic Duties ; or Instructions to 

 Young Married Ladies, on the Management of 

 the Ilousehuia, aiiU the Regulation of their Con- 

 duct in the various Relations and Duties of Mar- 

 ried Life." I5y Mrs William I'arkes. Printed by 

 J. & J. Harper, New York. — Ed. 



Buying and Selling. — In purchasing articles of 

 merchandise nothing more ought to he attempted 

 than a fair exchange of commodity for specie. — 

 The habit of asking one price and accepting an- 

 other deserves reprobation. The seller is ujijust 

 to himself if he permit the buyer to purchase from 

 him at too low a rate, and unjust to the buyer if 

 he require from him more than the goods are 

 worth. 



Bargains and Shopping — Those who are fond 

 of bargains, lose more time in hunting after them 

 than the difTeronce of the price in the articles they 

 purchase can compensate, were even the princi- 

 ple on which they act a proper one. This ranging 

 from shop to shop has given origin to a fashiona- 

 ble method of killing time, which is termed shop- 

 ping, and is in truth a mean and unwarrantable 

 amusement, at the expense of the tradesmen and 

 shop keepers who are subject to it. 



How lo remove spots and stains from silks and 

 woollen cloths. — If gentle rubbing with v^ihite paper 

 will not remove them from silk, a little French 

 chalk, scraped and rubbed into them, will, with 

 the aid of friction, generally remove them ; but 

 this is a])t to leave a dull appearance on the silk. 

 Spirits of turpentine would remove grease spots 

 better than French chalk, if its strong smell we/e 

 not an objection. Hartshorn will remove spots of 

 grease on woollen cloth, if well rubbed into it.— 

 Fuller's earth also, wetted and laid on, and not 

 rubbed off till it has remained a few hours on the 



Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too 

 small they will gall and pinch us ; but if too 

 large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. — 

 But wealth, after all, is a relative thing ; since he 

 that has little and wants less, is richer than he that 

 has much and wants more. The contentment de- 

 pends not upon what we have, but upon what we 

 would have |; a tub was large enough for Di- 

 ogenes, but a. wort 't wao too littlo ioi* Alexan- 

 der. 



Levity would change everything, pertinacity 

 nothing. 



He who cannot live contented anywhere, will 

 live contented nowhere. 



Light things will agitate little minds. 



Reading makes the mind full, writing accurate, 

 and conversation ready. 



A studious life wins longevity. 



Opinions are estimated by their truth, prefer- 

 eaces by their jjropriety. 



From the same bud the bee sucks honey and 

 tie spider poison. 



By the census recently taken in South Caroli- 

 na, it appears that in the city and suburbs of 

 Charleston, there is a denease in the white popu- 

 lation since 1819, of between six and seven hini- 

 dred — the number in 1819 being 17,706, and at 

 present 1 7,202. The reason assigned is the al- 

 most entile desertion of the upper part of King 

 street, a section of the district which was exceed- 

 ingly populous and thriving at the period when 

 the last census was taken. In the country par- 

 ishes there has generally been an increase. 



Maxims. — The best thing to be done when ad- 

 versity pinches, is, not to sit down and cry, but 

 to rise up and work. 



Seeking the welfare of man is goodness — of all 

 virtues the greatest — because it is aiming to imi- 

 tate God. 



No man ever did a purposed injury to another, 

 without doing a greater to himself 



Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing 

 well ; but it is impossible to do anything well 

 without attention. 



Almost all our desires are apt to wander into 

 an improper course ; but care will render us safe 

 and hajipy through life. 



Avoid all harshness in behaviour ; treat every 

 one with that courtesy which springs from a mild 

 and gentle heart. 



He pays dear for his bread who lives by anoth- 

 er's bounty. 



There is no cause of misery more fruitful 

 than incurring expenses that we cannot afford. 



One ounce of practice is better than a pound of 

 precept. 



Get good sense, and you will not want good 

 luck. 



He who hopes for glory by new discoveries, 

 must not be ignorant of old ones. 



Poisonous Effects of If'hite Lead. — A man of this 

 county " ran off" his moveable property, consist- 

 ing of eight negroes and three horses, to avoid 

 the payment of his debts — the ])roperty was found 

 in South Carolina, attached, and the negroes for 

 safe keeping were confined in the jail of Abbeville 

 District. While in close confineuient, the inside 

 of the jail was painted with white lead, which 

 caused in about ten days, the death of four of the 

 negroes, the most likely and valuable of the'num- 

 bcr. They all died with violent coughs, proceed- 

 ing doubtless from inhaling the poisonous fumes 

 of the fresh painted room. — Georgia pa. 



Milk. — It is singular (says Mr Crawford) that 

 the Cochin Chinese, who are in general indiscrim- 

 inate, and even gross, in their diet, have an an- 

 tipathy to milk, amounting to loathing. They in- 

 sist that the practice of using it as food is little 

 better than that of drinking raw blood. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass Seed. 



This day received at the New England Farmer Seed Store 

 52 North Market street. 20 bushels of Tall Meadow Oat Grass' 

 Seed, at X2..'30 per bushel. 



Also, White Mulberry Seed, 50 cts per ounce, Lucerne, 

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

 othy, Orchaid Grass, Oat Grass, Herds Grass, &c. 

 JlgricuUural Books. 



The third edition of Fcssenden's A>!/i .American Gar- 

 dener ; this work lias been pronounced by the most ju- 

 dicious horticultuiists in New England and the middle 

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



Grape Vines, &c., to be found in this countiv orice 



$1,25. .- ^ ^ 



The Vine Dresser's Theoretical and Practical Manual, 

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

 and Vinegar. By Tliicbaut de Bcrneaud. 



The Young Gardener's Assistant, containing Directions 

 for the cultivation of Culinary Vegetables, and Ornament- 

 al Flowers. By T. Bridgeman, gardener. New York- 

 price 37 1-2 cts. 



A practical Treatise on the Management of Bees ; and 

 the Management of Apiaries, with (he best method of des- 

 troying and preventing the depredations of the Bee Moth, 

 By James Thacher, M. D. — price 75 cts. 



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Printed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. Butts— by whom 



* Tobacco, which is plenty and cheap in this country is pref- 

 erable lo most of the articles above mentioned. Tobacco stems, 



leaf tobacco, or snulT, sprinkled between Ihe folds of woollen all descriptions of Printing can he executed lo meel the wishes 

 clothes will answer Ihe purpose of keeping out moths, during of customers. Orders for printing received bv J. B. Rdssell 

 the summer when woollens are laid aside.— Amer. Ed. (at Ihe Agricullural Warehouse No. .52 North Market Stieel' 



