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N E \l ENGLAND FARMER 



JAN. ao. IS41. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



SERMONS. 



In the New York Sunday Murninrj Mercury, a 

 popular writer, called '■ Dow, Jr.," weekly exhorts 

 its readers. They are quaint productions and have 

 the air of novelty, as well as orig-inality. The fol- 

 lowing is a specimen. The moral is (jood and the 

 similitude is an easy and natural one." 



"My friend.^, allow ms to show you how the 

 human body is likened to a house. IMy text ex- 

 plains this, it says that the big bones are the main 

 timbers: very true. It also says that the ribs are 

 laths, well plastered ; but I should say that they 

 are rafters that run into the ridge-pole, or back 

 bone. The mouth is the door, and the nose is the 

 chimney — especially for smokers. The throat is 

 'an entry that leads to the kitchen of the stomach 

 where all sorts of food are cooked up; the lungs 

 are the bellows that blow the flame of life, and 

 keep the pot of existence always boiling ; the 

 heart is the great chamber, where the greatest va- 

 riety of goods imaginable are stored ; some good, 

 many bad, and a few rather middling. 



" In this way, my hearers, you see the house of 

 the human body is formed ; and since it is a house 

 of no sniair value, you ought to be careful of it , 

 keep it well swept and never let cobwebs of sin 

 gather in the corners of its apartments. I beseech 

 you, especially, to look after ihe great chamber of 

 the heart, and see that every thing there is arrang- 

 ed according tc the very letter of morality. If 

 there is any useless rubbish there, clear it out to 

 make room for goods that are saleable in the mar- 

 kets of the virtuous. The chambers of some hearts 

 present an awful dirty appearance ! I should like 

 to walk into them with a bran ■ rjew broom ; the 

 way I'd brush out sin and sand the ^loor with vir- 

 tue, would be a caution to depravity f 



grow to that height, but eighteen of which enter 

 into the composition of forests, and only seven are 

 em])loyed for domestic or maratime purposes. — 

 There aie stated to bo .5.3 species of the oak, in 

 North AMCrica, 17 of the pine, and 8 of the maple. 

 We have II species of walnut, while not one is 

 indigenous to Europe, the variety coujmonly culti- 

 vatid there being a native (jf Persia. 



AGE OF TREES. 



■Some of the cedars of Mount Lebanon, measured 

 in 1600, by Maundrell and P,ocock, were found to 

 have been nearly 800 years old — the English yew 

 trees of Fontaine Abbey, in the county of York, 

 had survived 12 centuries, those in the churchyard 

 of CrowJmret, in Surry, 1400 years — that of P'oth- 

 eringill, in Scotland, from 2500 to 2600 — that of 

 Braburn, in Kent, 3000. These travellers describe 

 two other trees of a most remarkable character, the 

 Baoback, estimated to be .5150 years old, and the 

 cypress of Ta.\odium, in Mexico, 117 feet 10 inch- 

 es in circun.ference, still more aged. A sycamore 

 near the ruins of Heliopolis, according to the tra- 

 dition in Egypt, existeil before the visit of Joseph 

 and Mary, and they sat under its shadow and drank 

 water from a neighboring well. Another of the 

 same specic>', termed the sycamore of the Bospho- 

 rus, and computed to have been 4020 years old, has 

 disappeared, leaving ten sprouts which sprang from 

 the stump; one of which being measured, was 

 found to be 1050 years of age ; and it is possible 

 others equally old have been destroyed, and that 

 the present trees are the second remove from the 

 parent sto»k, The celebrated chesnut of Mount 

 Etna, 2Gf!0 years (dd, grew from the stump of a 

 felled tree. 



In America, more than a hundred and forty dil- 

 ferent species of trees attain an elevation of thirty 

 feet and upwards ; while in Europe only thirtyseven 



Language of Animals. — The acutoness of the 

 sheep's ear surpasses all things in nature that 1 

 know of. A ewe will distinguish her own lamb's 

 bleat, among a thousand, all bleating at the same 

 time, and making a noise a thousand tin:es louder 

 than the singing of psalms at a Cameronian sacra- 

 ment in the fields, whore thousands are congregated 

 — and that is no joke either. Besides, the distin- 

 guishment of voice is perfectly reciprocal between 

 the ewe and lamb, who amid the deafening sound, 

 run to meet one another. There are few things 

 which have ever amused me more than a sheep 

 shearing and then the sport continues the whole 

 day. We put the (lock into the fold, set out all 

 the lambs to the hill, and then send the ews to 

 them as they are shorn. The mon)ent that a lamb 

 hears its dam's voice, it rushes from the crowd to 

 meet her, but instead of finding the rough, well 

 clad, comfortable mamma, which it left an hour or 

 a few hours ago, it meets a poor, naked, shri- 

 velling — a most deplorable looking creature. It 

 wheels about, and uttering a loud, tremulous bleat 

 of perfect despair, flies from the frightful vision. 

 The mother's voice arrests his fliglit — it returns — 

 flies, and returns again, generally for ten or a 

 dozen times, before the reconciliation is made up. 

 — James Hogg. 



" Life" in an Oyster. — The liquor in an 

 oyster contains incredible multitudes of small em- 

 bryos, covered with small shells, perfectly transpa- 

 rent, swimming nimbly about. One hundred and 

 twenty of those in a row, would extend one inch. 

 Besides these young oysters, the liquor contains a 

 great variety of animalcula?, five hundred times 

 less in size, which emit phosphoric light. The list 

 of inhabitants, however, does not conclude here, 

 for besides the last mentioned, there are three dis- 

 tinct species of worm, called the oyster worm, 

 found in oysters half an inch in lengh, which shine 

 like the glow worms. The sea-star, the cockle, 

 and the muscle, are the great enemies of the oy.s- 

 ter. The first gets into the shell when they gape, 

 and sucks them out. 



When the tide is flowing, oysters lay with the 

 hallow side downward, but when it ebbs they turn 

 on the other side. Query : — How do those manage 

 that are attached to rocks? Do they, like a cun- 

 ning politician, go with the tide.' What a lesson 

 may be drawn from the economy of the oyster! 

 The loose ones, it seems, are always ' on the 

 fence.' 



An Apoi.ogv. — When John Clerk (Lord Eldon) 

 was at the bar, he was remarked for the sang froid 

 with which he treated the Judges. On one occa- 

 sion, a junior counsel, on hearing their lordships 

 give judgment against his client, exclaimed that 

 'he was surprised at such a decision!' This was 

 construed into contempt of court, and he was or- 

 dered to attend at the bar the next morning. Fear- 

 ful of the consequences, he consulted his friend 

 John Clerk, who told him to be perfectly at ease, 



for he would apologize for him in a way that would 

 avert any unpleasant result. Accordingly when 

 the name of the delinquent was called, John 

 rose anil coolly addressed the asssernbled tribunal: 

 'I am very sorry, my lords, that my young friend 

 has so far forgot himself as to treat your bench 

 with disrespect ; he is exceedingly penitent, and 

 you will kindly ascribe his unintentional insult to 

 his ignorance. You nmst see at once that it did 

 originate in that. He said he was surprised at the 

 decision of your lordships ! Now, if he had not 

 been very ignorant of what takes place in this court 

 every day — had he known you but half as long as 

 I have done, curse me if he would be surprised at 

 ajj^thing you did.' 



POtDRETTB. 



The suli?oriliers reside in ilie stale of New Jersey, many 

 of us ill llie vicinity of the wurks erected hy Anlliony Dey, 

 of the cily ol New Vork. on the Mackensack river, in New 

 Jersey, for Ihe .nianutaclory oS Urate and l*ou(ireIle, called 

 " The Ltodi Blinafacturin^ Compamj." We have used the 

 poudrette on itie :S})iin^ Crops lliis year, tsiu. We find it 

 a valuable muniire, superior to any other liind tf^al -ire have 

 ever used, and considering the facildy of its transportation 

 to thejield, the small quantity required in the application to 

 the crops, the quickness of its operation on readable matter, 

 and the ease with which it can be applied,— aW lend to recom- 

 mend its use to the fanner and gardener as the cheapest and 

 best manure, and we recommend it accordingly. 



Tiiose of us who have aj)])lied it lo corn :uid potatoes think 

 that it ripens those vegelafiles quicker than any other ma- 

 nure bv several weeks. 



Dated New Jersey, October, 1^40. 



Jacub D. Van Winkle. 

 John J; Ncwkirk. 

 John Tlse. 

 Daniel Van Riper. 

 George Demott. 

 Henry Drayton, 

 Josiah tlornblower. 

 Corns. Van Winkle. 



P. F. Welsh 

 G. C. Van Riper. 

 George Tise. 

 William Wood 

 John Duryee. 

 George Newkirk. 

 Garret Ncwkirk. 

 Daniel Vreeland. 



Shares in the above company are SlOO each, and may he 

 had by applying lo Anlliony Dey No. 73 Cedar St. New 

 York. — The owner will receive 20 per cent, per annum, 

 payable in money, or 50 bushels ofPoudrellc. The jirice lo 

 those who buy Poudrette is 40 cents a tiushel. iT costs the 

 .Stockholders 12 cents a bushel. One cents worth, that is, 

 20 Gills, will manure 20 hills of corn, and the IiUe quantity 

 13 hills of Potatoes. 



Newspapers friendly to agriculture will confer a favor on 

 the Fanners and Gardeners by publishing Ihe above. 

 Dec 22. 



POUDRETTK. 



This valuable manure may lie had on application to the 

 subscriber, al Ihe office of the " IS'eir York Poadrrlte Com- 

 pany," No 120 Nassau street, New Vork. It is in-odorous, 

 and may be transported in barrels, on board of any vessel 

 or steamboat, without offence — and it will be found an ex- 

 ceedingly valuable article as a fertilizer on any sod, and for 

 iini; crops; but more especially for gardens and fl(>..^ers, as 

 there are no foul seeds in it. Poudrette has been used for 

 three seasons with entire success on Long Island, by many 

 practical fiumei-s, as may be ascertained from letters and 

 statemcnls marie by ihem, and published at this office in a 

 pamphlet containing also the " act of itworporalion ," granted 

 to the Company by the Legislature of the State of New 

 York ; and other facts in relation lo the sufjecl. Price 35 

 cents per bushel. Barrels cost 25 cents each, and hold 4 

 bushels. Persons wishing In make an experiment on a 

 smell scale can obtain o?ie barrel by enclosing a /iro dollar 

 current bank bill — or three barrels by enclosing^i'c dollars, 

 free of postage. On receipt of the money the article will be 

 put up and forwarded as directed. 



*^,* Price of shares, one hundred dollars — which entitles 

 the holder to one hundred bushels of poudrette annually, 

 during the term of ilie charter; fifty bushels in lime tot spring 

 use, and fifty bushels in time for fall use. Shares taken 

 soon, will be entitled lo ilie spring iiividend— and, if desired 

 for experiment, a few bushels may be had this fall. 



All orders, or applications in relation lo the business, 

 must be made to Iho subscriber, 120 Nassau street, New 

 York. D. K. BIINOR. 



1^ I wish it disiinclly understood that the •' Neie York 

 Poudrette Company'' is in no way connected with the 

 " I.odi Manufacuiring Company," of which Anthony Dey 

 and Peter Barthelcmy are, or were, the managers. 



Dec. 9, 1S4U. 3m. D. K. M. 



