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N E v.' ENGLAND FARMER 



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MISCELLANE{)US 



To ihe EHiior of llie New Ei^lanrt Farmer : 



Would not tho following liltle story, foiinJed on 

 fact, be interestintr and useful to your re:;ders ? — 

 It is from the Temperance Almanac. B. 



THE GARDEN. 



" i\?oney ! money! money! O there is nothing 

 which money will not do," said Mr Jaqiies to him- 

 eelf, as he stood one June morning in 1828, look- 

 inp; into the jrardpn of IMr Lane, cullivnted some- 

 wlint better than was common in the place, I'lough 

 certainly not at any very great expense. While 

 Mr Jaqiies was talkinj thus to liimself, Mr .Tohn- 

 eon, a neighbor, came up, to whom he addressed 

 himself with much interest, saying, " Only see 

 what a garden this is ! I]ow early and flourishing ! 

 Ra<lishes fully grown, leltuce with large head.-, 

 cabbages almost fit for boiling, peas and beans full 

 of blossoms and pods. Ju>t look at the melon and 

 encumber vines; could yon believe they could 

 have grown so large ? i here are the currant, 

 gooseberry, raspberry bushes, peaches, apples, and 

 pears, and multitudes of beauiiful flowers, and I 

 know not what ; and it is only a few years since 

 this lot was nothing but a conmion field, and not 

 regarded as a very good soil neither. Hut tliere is 

 nothing that money cannot do. I should like a- 

 niazingly well to have such things, but we poor 

 people must be content without them ; God has not 

 given mo riches, and I do not know, finally, if he 

 hod, that I should think it right to lay out so much 

 just to please the eye and gratify the taste. How 

 much good all the money spent here to gratify 

 pride and suit the ajipetite, might have done, if giv- 

 en to some poor fauuly to purch.ise food and cloth- 

 ing. But the appetites of the rich must be pam- 

 pered, let the real wants of the poor be what they 

 may. There will be strange overturning when 

 God shalljudge the world." 



" Do you then really think, neighbor Jnques," 

 replied .Mr .lohnson, "that Mr Lane is a rich man ? 

 Only reflect ; you know that he commenced life 

 here, as wo speak, only about ten years since, with 



li'tle or nothing to dojend on but his earnings 



His wife, also, who was the daughter of fur{ner 

 Pcasley, could not have brought much property 

 with her, and though they have been industrious 

 and prudent, yet they certainly have not been in 

 the way of making any great sum of money ; and 

 they have had a young family to provide for, like 

 the rest of us." 



"There must have been money somewhere, I 

 am certain," said Mr Jaques, "for I know that I 

 have worked as hard as Mr Lane ever did, and I 

 know that instead of being able to get such a mul- 

 titude of things, I have had more than 1 could do 

 to provide the commcm necessaries for my family ; 

 this garden and all these fine things never come 

 without money, and a good deal, too.". 



'You mistake, entirely," said IMr Johnson, "and 

 if you will hear me, I will tell you all about it, as 

 I heard it from Mr Lane himself, and his statement 

 was confirmed by looking at his books, where he 

 has recorded every tree, vino, plant, &.c. which he 

 has purchased, and the price given for them. The 

 circumstances are these: Mr Lane became early 

 convinced that the use of ardent spirits as a beve- 

 rage was of no service to a man, and thus left the 

 use, if indeed he ever had fairly got into the habit 

 of drinking it. And when he bought here he de- 



termined to devote a certain suin every year less in 

 amount than was usually expended by the most tem- 

 perate men as they were then called, who were in 

 the habit of driidiing a little every day. This sum, 

 if I remember right, was not more than eight or ten 

 d(dlars, which he has constantly devoted to tin.' pur- 

 chase of trees, phmls or seeds for the garden. — 

 These he has cultivated almost entirely himself, by 

 tak.ng advantage of those intervals of business 

 which iiKist men spend to little or no profit. The 

 result is wli:.! you se<^, and it is very certain, should 

 ho continue in this way, a very few years will e.v- 

 hibit still greater results. And you and I, and in 

 fact most of the neighbors, might have d<uie tl.i,' 

 same thing, just as well as he. Vou speak ofgrat- 

 I'ying the appetite : do you not think you have 

 spent more for that purpose than Mr Lane has, 

 even ifthis simple gratification were the only ad- 

 vantage gained from all the fruits and flowers the 

 garden yieUls. If you will reckon, you will find 

 you have paid more than ten dollars yearly, for ten 

 years past, for ardent spirits, just to gratify your 

 taste; and so have I, and so have most of the neigh- 

 bors. Ar.d I have just been thinking how unwise 

 we have been; and have finally come to the con- 

 clusion that I had better adopt a diflerent course, 

 and therefore yesterday signed the temperance 

 pledge ; and, though my advice is not asked for, I 

 will venture to suggest that it might be well for 

 you to do the same thing. Your lot and mine, 

 which we have owned as long as Mr Lane has this, 

 have a much better soil than iiis, and lie more favor- 

 ably to the sun, and can he cultivati'd much easier, 

 while his now is worth a half dozen of ours. We 

 have lost much by delay, but belter begin late 

 than never; and 1 have determined to begin. It 

 will be much belter than to talk about what money 

 lean do, and complain of those who cultivate and 

 improve their garden with money which we spend 

 for rum. But as I am in haste I must leave you, 

 so good morning." 



Saying this, Mr Johnson passed on, and went 

 about the business of the day. The conversation 

 produced a deep impression upon the mind of Mr 

 Jaques, who after many striig'jles between the un- 

 derstanding and appetite, finally concluded to vield 

 to the dictates of the first, resolved upon a change, 

 and signed the pledge. His means of support soon 

 increased, and his whole temporal circumstances 

 became greatly improved. His barren field was 

 turned to a fruitful garden : and he with his neigh- 

 bor Johnson has long since found, from delightful 

 experience, that a beautiful enclosure is a more 

 pleasant resort than the shop of the retailer, filled 

 with the dieadful fumes of alcohol and tobacco ; a 

 basket of fresh and didicjous fruit more grateful to 

 tlie taste than the intoxicating draught ; and boquets 

 of beautiful flowers than the wine when it giveth 

 its color it) the cup; and the smiles of the peace- 

 ful family circle than the noise and ribaldry of a 

 company of drunkards. 



SCYTHES, RAHES, &c. 



The suhscri^fis oiler (■ r sale a very e.xiensive and com- 

 plete assoriinenl of Sfylhp.s, Hakes. &c coiisislmg m pan of 

 301) dozen Phillips. jMesser and Colby's superior Scvllies. 

 50 " Meivalf's rio. lio. 



50 '■ Tali's vast steel <!(,. do. 



2j " KiiqliNh do. do. Grass ilo. 



Ill " do. do. clu. Cradle do. 



Ill " do. do. do. Border do. 



100 '■ Halls KaUes, superior. 

 UIO " Wilder & Kddy's do. do. 

 200 " Common do. do. 

 100 " Clapp'b patent Scythe Snailhs. 

 GO '■ HnU'er's do. do. do. 



Kiu " Coirmon rio do. do. 

 2300 " A nsiin's superior Rifles. 

 2t 00 " Conmioii do. 



tuOi) " Seyihe titones. 

 liio '■ Grain Cradles superior. 



They would respectfully call tl\e attention of Dealers and 

 Agnctiliurisls to the aliovc assoriment, whicli consists of 

 many of ihe best kin is now ui use, and whiuli they are pre- 

 pared to sell at the very lowest prices. 



JUSKPH BRECK & CO. 

 New England Agrkullurul Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 Sil &.52 North Market Sired. 



Mnv 20. 



If a m.in begins to save ten-cents a day when he 

 is 21 years old, and continues to do so until ho is 

 70, he will then be worth $10,957 87. A great 

 many boys and young men spend nearly as much 

 as this lor unnecessary and injurious eating, drijik- 

 ing and smoking. 



.StPEKIOIl .SII.JC AVOR.llS' K«GS. 



200 ounces 'A'liiU' anil Yellow Peaunl, White I'iedmoii- 

 lese, Mdan, and Lyons Silk Worms' Kgi;s. forsile at S5 

 ]ier ounce. They can he sent per mail 'I'he tir^l crop of 

 worms ill the cocoonery of the suliscrihers have produced 

 the most lieauiit'ul snow while Cocoons and of reniarkalile 

 size and cmipa' mess. No worms have perished and such 

 has been ihe sjeneral success ouendanl every where in the 

 Slate of New York and the odjoinins! Stales on this new 

 branch of huslness that there is already found a ijreat in- 

 sulJieieucy of foliage and S^l per Ico Ihs.. is now oii'ered for 

 leaves. ' WILLl.ill PRI^.CE .t SON. 



Flushing, Long Island, July 6. 2i* 



BONE niAKl'RE. 



The suhscrilier informs his friemls and the pulili ■, that 

 alter ten years experience, he is fully convinced that f. round 

 hones form the mosl powerful siimufanl that can lie applied 

 to the earth as a manure 



OrJeis lor Pone Manure or Oyster Shell Lime, lefl ai the 

 Bone i\1ill, near TreiiioiU road, in iJoxhury, ai tlie New 

 England Agricultural Warehouse and Seeii Store, No .02 

 North ^larket Street, or througii the t*osJ Ofhce will meet 

 wilh prinnpL attention. 



March 4, tS40 NAHUM WARIK 



DISHI.KY SHEF.P. 



For sale, twenty lull blood Uishley or New Leicester 

 Kwes. and one Ham. Price SlO each. Ajiply at the Far- 

 mer Ollice. 



June 24. * 



OlIKKING F(>-\Vl.S. 



For sale, a few pairs of pure Dorking Fowls. The slock, 

 of w hicli these are 1 ho produce, were prcenred in L>oi'kiii?, 

 CuufUy of .Surrey, England. " Few lireeds have a title lo I. oast 

 nf so hi£^h and Ions continued a reputation as ihe Dinking. 

 U)nvards of liliyHve years have pa-sed, siiiie, uhile lesideiit 

 in ."Purvey, I sent to D..rking for my tirsi regular lireeouig- 

 stock : they were then the ancient and superior five. clawed 

 breed of Surrey.'' — MoiDbvay on Ponllnj^'ith Edition. 



This breed attains to a large size, and ihe bens are the 

 best of laveis. t*rice 53 per pair. Appl\ to 



JOSEPH BKECK & CO. 



June 24. tf 



GARD.';]VF,RS-' KNIVES. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. have \hi.- season imported and 

 now otfer lor sale a few very superior Garden Knives, for 

 jiruning. &c. maniifailnred expressly for Gardeners, and 

 warranted superior to any article of ihc kind before import- 

 ed. 



Also — a large assortment of Budding Knives, Grape 

 Scissors, &c. &c. 



April 22 



NOTICE. 



The Hhoile Island Society for the encouragement of Do- 

 mestic Industry, have prociireri copies id Dr J.ckson's 

 Geological and Agricultural Report of Khode Island, and will 

 deliver ihe meiiihers each a copy irratis, hv calling on B. 

 Cranston & Co, at their Bookstore in Providence. 



WII.LIA.VI KHOUKS, Trmuurcr. 



Rhode Island, ,Iiine 24 



The census of Boston recently taken, gives a 

 population of 8:!,707. In 183.5 it was 78,504. \n 

 Ib'JO it was G1,:J8I. 



Till!; NEW KSGI.A'.D KAKItlKIC. 



Is puhtished every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annuo) 

 payaliie at ihe end of the year — luil those who pay wiili.n 

 sixlydays frcm the timeoi' subscribing are entitled to a re 

 duciionof 50 cents. 



TUTTLE, DENNF.TT AND CHISIIOI.iH, PRINTERS, 



i; S^.HOOI. srkKKr.....l!O.STO.N 



