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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AI'G. 5, 1140 



MISCELLANEOUS 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE WKATHER. 



Mists. — A white mist in the evening over a 

 meadow or a river, will be drawn up by the sun 

 next tnorningand the day will be bright. Five or 

 six fogs snccessivply drawn up, portend rain. Where 

 there are high hill?, and the njist which hangs over 

 the lower lands draws towards the hills in the morn- 

 ing-, and rolls up to the top, it will be t'iir ; but if 

 the mist hangs upon the hilhs, and drags along the 

 woods, there will be rain. 



Clouds. — Against much rain, the chiuls grow 

 bigger and increase very faet, esppciully before 

 thunder. When the clouds are tormcd like Heeces 

 but dense in the middle, bright towards the edge, 

 with the sky bright, they are signs of a frost, with 

 hail, snow or rain. If clouds breed high in the 

 air, in their white trains, like locks of wool, they 

 portend wind, and probably rain. When a general 

 cloudiness covers the sky, and small black frag- 

 ments of clouds fly underneath, they are sure signs 

 of rain, and probably it will be lasting. Two Cur- 

 rents of clouds always portend rain, and in summer 

 thunder. 



Deiv. — If the dew lies plentifully on the grass 

 after a fair day, it is the sign of an it'her. If not, 

 and there is no wind, rain must follow. A red eve- 

 ning portends tine weather ; but if spread too far 

 upwards from the horizon in th6 evening, and es- 

 pecially morning, it foretels wind or rain, or both. 

 When the sky in rainy wfathor is tinged with sea 

 green, the rain will increase ; if deep blue it will 

 be showery. 



Heavenly Bodies. — A haziness in the air which 

 fades the sun's light, and makes tlie orb appear 

 whitish or ill defined; or at night, if the moon and 

 stars grow dim, and a ring encircles the former, 

 rain will follow. If th? sun's rays appear like Mo 

 Bes's horn, if white at setting, or shorn of his rays, 

 or goes down into a bank of clouds in the horizon, 

 bad weather is expected. If the moon looks pale 

 and dim, we expect rain; if red, wind; and if of 

 her natural color, with a clear sky, fair weather. 

 If the moon is rainy throughout, it will clear at the 

 change, and perhaps the rain return a few days af- 

 ter. If fair throughout, and rain at the change, 

 the fair weather will probably return on the fourth 

 or fifth day. If the setting sun appears yellow or 

 gold color, and particularly if accompanied with 

 purple streaks, the following day will be fine. 



Wind. — If the wind veers about, much rain is 

 pretty sure. If in changing it follows the course 

 of the sun, it brings fair weather ; the contrary, 

 foul. Whistling or howling of the wind, is a sure 

 sign of rain. 



Meteors. — Tlie Aurora Borealis, after warm days, 

 is generally succeeded by cooler air. Shootins 

 Btars are supposed to indicate wijid. 



Jlnimals — Before rain, swallov/s fly low ; dogs 

 grow sleepy and eat gra.ss ; water fowls dive much ; 

 fish will not bite; flies are more troublesome; toads 

 crawl about; nicdes, ants, bees, and many insects 

 are very busy; birds fly low for insects; swine, 

 sheep and cattle are uneasy, and even the human 

 body. 



Where there has been no particular storm about 

 the time of the spring ecpiinox, (March 2],) if a 

 storm arise from the east on or before that day, or 



if a storm from any point of the compass arise near 

 a week after the equinox, then, in cither of these 

 capes, the succeeding summer is generally dry, 

 four times in five. But if a storm arise from the 

 S. W. or W. S. W., on or just before the equinox, 

 then the summer following is generally wet five 

 times insi.x'. — Shooter's Annual. 



Extreme Delicney. — 'I'he disposition to be ago- 

 nizingly delicate, is well ridiculed in the following : 



" Is there any thing the matter r'^ 



" Tliere is, sir," was the liost's reply. 



" Have I given any offence .'" 



" Vou have, sir." 



" Really I am ignorant of it." 



" Such language won't suit here, sir." 



" My dear sir, what language ?" 



" We were talking of soup." 



« We were." 



" Vou mentioned ox tail." 



"I did." 



"That's it, that's it, sir; that sent the ladies! 

 blushing out of the room — that highly improper 

 language, which I never heard at any board before, 

 and should not have expected from yuu." 



" Why, sir, I but called it by its proper name. 

 Vou asked a question and I replied. I am, how- 

 ever, sorry that it has given offence, but I really 

 do not know how I could havo avoided it." 



" Then, sir, I advise you when you have an oc- 

 casion another time to speak of tliat particular soup, 

 do not call it ox-tail." 



"What shall I call it?" 



" Fly dispcrser." 



" Thank you, sir : I think I shall remember the 

 'fly disperser' soup." 



Love — If women do snarl up a feller's heart 

 strings, they keep liim out of other scrapes — any 

 body what knows will tell you Ihat. A man that 

 is in love a leelle is not always running into rum 

 holes and other such places. He don't go a gam- 

 bling, and isn't sneakin' round nights. — Sam Slic/:. 



Green House Propagator, and SUk AVorms' E?ggs. 



Wanted in a permanent location an intfustrious, steady 

 man, cap'jtjle ol talcing charge of a large collcclion of Green 

 House Plants, s-kilfnl at propagating, and a general good 

 manager in all respects. Apply by iriail with the most satis- 

 lactory references. 



Persons wishing superior While Imperial and White 

 Mammoth Silk Worms' Eggs, uf crop IS39, can be supplied 

 at S4 to S,j per ounce, and eggs of this year's croji, for next 

 year's use, will he supplied at S-2 per ounce to all tliose who 

 send the cash in ailvance, within thirty days from tliis date. 

 WILLIAM PRINCE & SON. 



Flushing, July 89, IS40. 



BBRKSHIHG HOGS. 



The snliscriliers offer for sale a few pair of full blooded 

 Berkshire Hogs ; also, pigs 7-S blood, crossed with Mackay. 

 inquire at the New England Farmer ofiice, or at their farm 

 at Brighton. JOSEI'H BRICCK & CO. 



Julv 29. 



TIE UP CHAINS. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Ware- 

 house, a good supply of tliose celebrated Clinins for tying 

 upcalile. These ch.iins, introduced by E. H. Herhy, Esq. 

 oi Salem, and Col. Jacques, of Charlestown, for the pur- 

 pose of securing cattle to the M-ill, are found to lie the safest 

 and most convenient mo le of fastening cows and oxen to the 

 stanchion. They consist of a chain which passes round the 

 animal's neck, and by a ring attached to the stall, plays free- 

 ly up and down, and leaves the animal at liherty to he down 

 or rise at pleasure, and keeps him perfectly secure. 



Jaly 15. JOSEPH BRKCK & CO. 



DISHMCY SHBRP. 



Kor sale, twenty full blood Dishfey or New Leicester 

 Ewes, and one Kom, Price ?10 each. A|>ply al the Far 

 mer Ofhcc. 



June 24. * 



SCYTHES, RAKES, &e. 



The subscribers offer for snle a very extensive and com- 

 plete assortment of Scythes, Hakes, &.c. consisting in p.nrtot 

 300 dozen Phillips, Messer and Colby's superior Scythes. 

 .50 " MeicalPs do. do. 



50 '■ Taft's cast steel do. do. 



25 " English do. do. Grass do. 



10 " do. do. do. Cradle do. 



10 " do. do. do. Border do. 



100 " Hall's Rakes, superior. 

 100 " Wilder & Eddy's do. do. 

 200 " Common do. do. 

 100 " Clapp's patent Scythe Snailhs. 

 5n " Baker's do. do. do. 

 100 " Common do. do. do. 

 2500 " Austin's superior Rifles. 

 •2u00 " Common do. 



1000 " Scythe Stones. 

 HiO " Grain Cradles superior. 



They would respectfully call the attention of Dealers and 

 Agriculturists to the above assoriineiil, which consists of 

 many of the best kinds now in use, and which ihey are pre- 

 pared to sell at the very lowest prices. 



JOSEPH BREGK & CO. 

 New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 51 &. 5'Z iXorlli Market Sfrecl. 

 May 20. ^^ .i 



BONE SJ AN LIRE. ^ 



The subscriber informs his friends and the pnbli-, that 

 after ten years experience, he is fully convinced that j,round 

 bones form the most powerful stimulant that can lie applied 

 to the earth as a manure. 



Orders for Pone Manure or Oyster Shell Lime, left at the 

 Bone Mill, near Tremoiit road, in Roxbury, al the New 

 England Agricultural Warehouse ami Seed Store, No. 52 

 North Market Street, or through the Post Office will meet 

 with prompt attention. 



March 4, 1840. NAH UM WAR1>. 



DORKING FOAVI.S. 



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

 of which these are the produce, were procured in Dorking, 

 County of Surrey, England. " Few breeds have a title to boast 

 of so high and long continued a reputation as the Dorking. 

 Upwards of fiftytive years have passed, since, while resident 

 in .Surrey, I sent to Dorking for my first regular breeding- 

 stock : they v/ere then the ancient and superior five-clawed 

 breed of Surrey." — Mowbray on Poultry, 7th Edition. 



This breed attains to a large size, and the hens are the 

 best of layers. Price S3 per pair. Applv to 



JOSEPH BKECK & CO. 



June 24. tf 



GARD^NERti' KNIVES. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. have this season imported and 

 now offer for sale a few very superior Garden Knives, for 

 pruning, &c. manufactured expressly for Gardeners, and 

 warranted superior to any article of the kind before import- 

 ed. 



Also — a large assortment of Budding Knives, Grape 

 Scissors, &c. &c. Jj 



April 22. f 



SUPERB ROCKET Ii.VRKSPUR SEED. 



The subscrihers offer for sale a quantity of Superb Double 

 Rocket Larkspur Seed, of their own raising, javcd from dou- 

 ble flowering plants only, embracing all the dificrent colors. 

 For fine, strong and early plants, the seed should be sown in 

 August. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



June 17. 



PURE BL.OOD nE:RKSni!!E PIGS. 



The Society of Shakers at Harvard, Mass., have for sale 

 the Pure Blood Beikshire Pigs. Also, a lot of Berkshire 

 crossed with other Breeds, on reasonable terms at their 

 Village. 



Persons wishing to be ^urc of the clear Berkshire breed 

 may rely on those they offer for sale, as they are the progfe- 

 ny of some of the latest imported from England. 



June 24. 



HORTlClILTURAIj TOOl. CHESTS. 



Containing a complete set of Garden tools of superior finish 

 and style, recently received from Liverpool and for sale al the 

 New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. 



May 6. JOSEPH BRECK &. CO. 



PATENT SPRING BALANCE. 



A few of those very couvenient spring balances, for fami- 

 ly use. a very simple contrivance for weighing small articles. 

 JOSEPH B'RECK & CO. No. 5t and 52 North Market 

 Street, Boston. 



July 15. 



THE NEW ENGI.AXD FAUItlRU 



Is puhiishcd every Wednesday Evening, al S3 per anniini 

 payable al the end of the year — but those who pay witliiii 

 sixty days from the time of subscribing are entitled lo a t e- 

 ductionof 50 cents. 



TUTTLE, DENNETT AND CHTSnOLM, PRINTFR3, 



li HCllOJL ."ITRCKT EDSTOV 



