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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MARCH 3, 1S41. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Ladies — clear creatures — can do any thing 

 they please with us. The Baltimore Clipper pre- 

 sents the following evidence, of the irresistible in- 

 fluence of" woman's winning; way :" — 



" A very beautiful young lady on the Point, not 

 long since, signed her name to a temperance pledge, 

 one°artic!e ot'which prohibited her receiving the 

 a/ediona/i' attention of any young gentleman who 

 was in any way given to intemperance. It hap- 

 pened that the tenderhearted damsel had, at the 

 very time she put her n.ime to the paper, a beau 

 with whom she was well pleased, but who, nnfor- 



Ercellent Sentiment. — Governor Morehead, of 

 North Carolina, in his inaugural address, introduces 

 the following excellent sentinient, which cannot be 

 too forcibly impressed on the minds of the citizens 

 of this country : 



" Notliing so surely indicates the happiness and 

 prosperity of a people, as numerous school-houf^es 

 well filled during the week, and churches well 

 crowded on the sabbath — and the latter is sure to 

 follow the former. If we desire lo perpetuate our 

 glorious political institutions, we must give to all 

 our people moral and intellectual cultivation 



POUDRETTK. 



This valuable manure may be had on applicatitm to the 

 subscriber, at the office ol the " New Ynrk Poiir/relle Com- 

 panij," No. 120 Nassau street, New York. It '\sin-mlorous, 

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

 or steamboat, without offence— rand it will be lound an ex- 

 ceedingly vahiabic article as & fertilizer on any soil, and for 

 ami crops; but more especially for gardens and flowers, as 

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

 Ihree seasons with entire success on L0115 Island, Ijy many 

 liractical farmers, as may be asc-rlained from letters and 

 statemenis made by them, and published at this office in a 

 ningalso the " ad of incorporntion ," granted 



That 



pamphlet contai:.. ...,_. . .- , ^ 



to the Company by the Legislature of the State of New 



York ; and oiher facts in relation 10 the subject. Price 3b 



cents per bushel. Barrels cost K cents each, and hidd 4 



bushels. Persons wishing to make an experiment on a 



man wlio improves his intellect for six days in the i small sca'e can u\Mm one barrel hx enclnsmg a teo dollar 



, ' , .1 !„„,., ,.tn tIvp if thp current bank bill— or //ircc barrels by enclosing^DC dollars, 



week, and on the seventh endeavors to give it me | ^^^^ ,,1 postage. On receip/ q/-//i^«ion6t/ the article will be 



id 

 dred dollars— which entitles 



^,.v..,- — --- ,^11= ,. , , •)( /,„ I the holiJer to one hundred bushels ol poudreiie annually 



der the painful necessity of addressing Jier, "fond- 1 they should do unto hurt — that man will nevei oe- > 



ly loved one " a polite note, stating her situation, j come a tijrant, nnd he ran never be made a slave." 



the nature of thr, pledge she had taken 



lunatelv (accordino- to report,) took occasionally a | proper direction, from the precepts of our holy re- | p„, „p ^,,,1 forwaideil as directed 

 ^^leetle too much." ^The matden was therefore utt- I ligion-who learns to^do unto others as l,e wo.tld j ^^j;^^^ ^^^ ^'^^;^/;;;;^^ 



and the 

 utter impossibility of her ever after receiving his 

 attention as a lover " I love you as purely as 

 ever," was the language of the note, "but my word 

 has gone forth, and honor bids me to respond to 

 your kindness only in the light of a friend." 

 young man found himself completely subdi 

 The words "I love you as purely as ever. 



in 

 nflu- 



The 

 ed.— 

 ' were 

 too potent. Determined not to forfeit such devo- 

 ted affection, he sought the earliest opportunity to 

 become a temperance advocate himsel', signed the 

 pledge, and is now a member of the Washington 

 Teirrper^>";e Society. Young love's dream with 

 them has already brightened into engagement, and 

 is, we understand, shortly to be consumtnated 

 matrimony. Powerful and beautiful is thy 

 ence, oh woman." 



might of Military Men.— The following memo- 

 randum was found a number of years ago in the 

 pocket book of an officer of the Massachusetts.line : 

 August 19, 1783. 

 jr'V»iiffeif;hed at the Scale at West Point. 

 General Washington, 

 General Lincoln, 

 ■.'General Knox, 

 v;General Huntington, 

 :.'<3eneral Greaton, 

 '"Colonel Sw.ift, 

 Colonel iMichael Jackson, 

 Colonel Hiini-y Jackson, 

 Lt. Col. Huntington, 

 Lt. Col. Cobb, , .. 

 Lt. Col. Humphreys 



The Cod-fish.— A correspondent of the Exeter 

 (N. IL) New.s Letter, speaking of the State House 

 at Boston, says— "I did not particularly notice the 

 ornaments of the Representatives' Hall, excepting 

 a statue, which seems to attract even more atten- 

 tion than that of the Fath.-r of his country— I mean 

 the likeness of a cod-fish, which has a conspicuous 

 place, high and lifted up in front of the Chair. The 

 Speaker looks up 10 the cod-fish, and calls the 

 House to order. The gentlemen engaging in de- 

 bate, as they wax warm and animated, throw up 

 their hands and eyes to the cod-fish, and gather 

 new force and zeal and eloquence. Even the chap- 

 lain of the House looks up to the cod fish, as he 

 leads in the devotions of the morning. I do not 

 by any means believe that the descendants of the 

 pilgrims have become idolaters and actually wor- 

 ship the cod-fish, but it is certainly looked tip to 

 with great veneration, if not regarded as the pre- 

 siding genius of the place." 



Titles. — Several years ago there was a young 

 English nobleman figuring away at Washington. 

 He"had not much brains, but a vast number of ti- 

 tles, which, r.otwithstanding our present dislike to 

 them, have sometimes the effect of tickling the ear 

 amazingly. Several young ladies were in debate, 

 going over the. list;— he is Lord Viscount so and 

 so; Baron of such a country, &c. "My fair 

 friends," exclaimed the gallant Lieut. N., "one of 

 his titles you appear to have forgotten." 

 exclaimed she eagerly, "what is that?" 



during the term ol the charter; fihy bushels in lime ior spring 

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

 soon, will be entitled to ihe spring iiividend— anil, if desired 

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



.411 orilers, or applications in relation to the business, 

 must be made to the suliscriher, I-2U Nassau street, New 

 York. D. K. MINOR. 



JJ- I wish it distinctly understood that the " Nciti York 

 PoudrcUe Compatnj" is in no way connected with the 

 " l.odi Manuraciunng Company," of which Anthony Dey 

 and Peler Barthclcmysre, or were, the managers. 



Dec. 9, 1S40. 3m. 0. K. M. 



POIDRETTE. 



The sulisctibers reside in the stale of New Jersey, many 

 of us in the vicinity of the works erectad by Anthony Dey, 

 of the city of New York, on the llackensack river, in New 

 Jersey, for the manufactory ol Urate and Poudretle, called 

 " yVie" Lodi Manufacturing Company " We have used tl.i.- 

 poudretle on the Spring Crops this year, I84i'. We find 11. 

 a valuable manure, superior to any oiher kind thai we hacc 

 ever used, and considering the facility of Us trannportation 

 lo Ihefeld, ihe small quantity required in the application to 

 the crops, tke quickness of its operation on vegelable matlen , 

 and the ease xcilh which it can be applied,— a\\\enA lo recom- 

 mend its use to the farmer and gardener as (^e cheapest and 

 best manure, and we recommend it accordingly. 



Those of us who have applied it to corn and potatoes think 

 that il ripens those vegetables quicker than anv other ma.v 

 niire bv several weeks. .; 



Dated New Jersey, October, 1640. 



Jacob D. Van Winkle. 

 John J: Neukirk. 

 John Tise. 

 Daniel Van Riper. 

 George Demotl. 

 Henry Drayton. 

 Josiah Hornblower. 

 ■Corns. Van Winkle. 



P. F. Welsh. 

 G. C. Van Riper 



George Tise. 

 William Wood. 

 John Duryee. 

 George Newkirk. 

 Garret Newkirk. 

 Daniel Vreeland. 



'Ah," 

 He is 



It appears from the above, that the average weight Barren of Intellect:' was the reply, 

 e eleven distingui:jhed revidutionary officers. 



of thes 



was 214 pounds. The heaviest weight having j 

 beqnGeneral Knox, who- weighed 280 pounds, and i 

 thei lightest, (ireneral Huntington, who weighed 

 132 pounds. It is somewhat singular that the bi- 

 ographers of eminent men, never unless under cir 

 cumstancea of a jieculiar character, record the weight 

 or (liinensjons of th,6,;jclay tenements which were 

 the abode of their immortal spirits. 



■ Young farmeiiSi wheii you. are looking ^ut tor a 



wife, ask the same qttcstioln:' ' ■ 



A girl was presented to Jatnes 1. -as an English 

 prodigy, because sht^'iiva^' d'eoply learned. The 

 peTsori';\vW6 iijt'rodiicjfed her, bbasted of h'er'pi-dfi- 

 ciency in ancient languages. " I can assure your 

 maje3l"y,"~sliTa 'h8,".",that,,3l)eican both speak and 

 write Latin, Greek and Hebrew." "These are 

 rare attainments for ii damsel," feaid Jattiea ;'«' biJt 

 pray tell nie can she spin ?" ' 



Definition of a GcnMsmun.- Gentility is neither 

 in birth, manner, nor fashion, but in the mind. A 

 high sense of honor, a determination never to take 

 a °mean advantage of another, an adherence to 

 truth, delicacy and politeness towards those with 

 with whom you may have dealings, are the essen- 

 tial and distinguishing characteristics of a gentle- 

 man. 



Solitude Stceetened.— To shut a boy up in a cel- 

 lar, and let him have free access to the molasses 

 cask. 



"How dreadful short the days are," as the wo- 

 man said when she let her breakfast dishes stand 

 till she had read a novel. 



Shares in the above company are $100 each, and may he 

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

 York.— The ovvner will receive 20 per cent, jirr annum, 

 payable in money, or 30 bushels of Poudretle. The price to 

 those who buy Poudretle. is 40 cents a bushel. It costs lh« 

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

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

 1.5 hills of Potatoes. 



Newspapers friendly to agriculture wiil confer a favor (i!l 

 the Farmers and Gardeners bv uubhsnmg ■-.^e afioTC. 



Dec. 32. 



NEW FLOWER SEEDS. 



The subscribers have received from London a choice coir, 

 lection of Flower Seeds, which, with tlio^e raised by them- 

 selves, constitute all worthy ol cultivation. Price from 6 1-4 

 to 2o cents per piiper. Assortment of those marked 6 1-4 

 cen's "^0 papers for one dollar, and others in ihe same pro- 

 portion. 



Feb. 10. 





JOS. BRECK&CO. 



A man is said to be "over head and ears in 

 debt," when he hasn't paid for his hat. 



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 by the publisliers to inlbrm the public tliiil the price of 

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