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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Pbofane Swr.ARi.vG. — !f tliore lie one vice more 

 disgusting and loathsome than any other, it is 

 that of |)rofaneness. It stamps the man who is 

 nddicted to it, at least in onr estrem, with want 

 of all those lender and delicate sensihililios which 

 give a charm to society, and show the superior nt- 

 titnde of man, to all the rest of ilie cre;itioi). — 

 When we hear a iTian customarily n-ixing in his 

 language the Inlsome oath and coarse jest, we 

 cuiinot shake off the conviction that that man can 

 never have a liajjpy and loving home, so utterly 

 at variance with every disposition of kindness and 

 tenderness, seems this u:inatural practice. How- 

 ever hrillinnt a man's talents and acquirements; 

 Jiowcver agreeable his person, and fascinating his 

 address ; however extensive his possessions, or 

 however high he may be raised in oflice ; il he 

 1(0 accustomed to this f()ul-moi.Uhe<i habit, we 

 c,aniu)t, fo'.- the life of us, conceive how any per- 

 son of delieacT, or rcliiieinent can tolerate,far less 

 ■C'tjuy, his loathsoime conversation. 



We have often thought, li at if such an one 

 <-onld, for one hour, se<i himself as he seems to 

 iia — and we believe, as he appears to e\'Kvy vir- 

 liious mind — he would so loathe his identity, that 

 lie would never again be guilty of such a breach 

 of all moral law and polite intercourse. 



" To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise," 

 «oys Pope, ami we fully iigreo with him. 'J'here 

 is, there can be, in om- humble opinion, but one 

 lipology offered by the habitual swearcu", and that 

 ia, that there is in his moral constitulicm an en- 

 tire <lcstitution of all m<iral principle and mantal 

 refinement. 



\Vc are aware that many young men swear oc- 

 casionally, because they hear their elders do so, 

 and because they think it manly and smart. I5ut 

 let them beware, lest what is occasional, become 

 habitual, and ere they are conscious of it, they 

 find themselves depraved and hardened oath-ta- 

 kers. They deceive themselves ; for they swear 

 with an ill grace, and disgust those of their frieiids 

 and acquaintances whose good opinion they most 

 prize, and whose friendship is worth an effort to 

 retain. Above all, let them reflect that " God 

 will not hold him guillless, who iuktlh his name in 

 rain." — Christian Monitor. 



that the fence of truth -s broken down ! Friend- 

 ship is next dissolved. 



He felt it once ; he now insinuates himself hy 

 means of sentiments ami professions which were 

 once sincere. He seizes the irioment of unsus- 

 pecting affection to insnare the friends of his 

 youth; borrowing money which he will never 

 pay, and binding them for debts which they must 

 hereafter ansv\er. At this rate he sells the virtu- 

 ous pleasures of loving and being loved. — He 

 swallows up the provisions of aged parents, and 

 portions of sisters and brethren. '1 he loss of 

 irufh is followed by the loss of humanity. His 

 calls are still more importunate. Ingeiuiity, vvliieh 

 in a better cause might have illustrated his name, 

 is exerted to evade the law, to deceive the world, 

 to cover j)overty with the ajipearance of wealth — 

 to sow unobserved the seeds of framl. 



and a china bowl, as well as any of her neighbors. 

 This was the first appearance of plate or china in 

 our house, which afterwards in the course of i 

 years, as our wealth increased, augmented gradu 

 ally to several hundred pounds in value. 



On being in Debt. — To be out of debt is ac- 

 counted u part of happiness. — Debt haunts the 

 inind ; a conversation about justice troubles us : 

 the sight <jf a creditor fills us with convulsion ; 

 even the sanctuary is no place of refuge. The 

 Jjorrower ia a servant to the lender. A life at an- 

 other man's table is not to be account^^d for a life. 

 It is humiliating to be the object of pity. 'I'o be 

 the slave of uitattainablc desires is to be misera- 

 ble and wretched. Ji.dependence so easential to 

 the virtues, and pisasures of man — indwuendence 

 r.aii only be ir.aintaiiicd by settmg bQUuds to your 

 desires, and owing no man ayyihing. A habit of 

 ljoumll(!es expense undermiiies and destroys the 

 virtuous mind where they seem to dwell. It lie- 

 comes difficult ami at last impotsihle, to pay punc- 

 tually. 



When a man of sensibility thinks of the low 

 rate at which his word must henceforth pass, he 

 ;.-4 little in his own eyes ; but diflieullies prompted 

 him to wrong his creditors without a blush. How 

 desolate and wofu) does the mind appear, now 



]\]osKY. — What a useful thing is money! If 

 there were no such thing as money we should be 

 much at a loss to get anything we might want. 

 The shoemaker, for instance, wlio might want 

 bread, and meat, and beer, fur his family, would 

 have nothing to give in exchange but shoes. He 

 must go to the baker, and offer him a pair of 

 shoes for as much bread as they are worth : and 

 he must do the same thing if he went to the buldi- 

 er for meat, or to the brewer for beer. 



But the baker might happen not to want shoes 

 just then, though he might want a hat. Then the 

 shoemaker must find out some hatter who wanted 

 shoes, and get a hat from him, and then exchange 

 the hat with the baker for bread. 



AH this would be very troublesome. But by 

 ttie use of money, this trouble is saved. Any 

 one who has money may get for it just what lie 

 may chance to want. The baker is always will- 

 ing to part with his bread for money ; because he 

 knows that he may exchange that for shoes, or for 

 a hat, or for firing, or any thing that he is in want 

 of. What time ami trouble it must have cost men 

 to'exchange one thing for another, before money 

 was in use ! 



Dr. Franklin's Wife. — Franklin, in a sketch 

 ofhis life and liabits, relates the following anec- 

 dote of his frugal and aTectionate wife. A wife 

 could scarcely make a prettier apology for purchas- 

 ing her first piece of luxury. We have an Eng- 

 lish proverb that says, 



He that vpould thrive, 



Must ask his wife. 

 It was lucky for me that I had one as much ilis- 

 posed to imliistry and frugality as myself. She 

 assisted me clieerfully in my business, folding and 

 stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old 

 liuon rags for making paper, &c. We kept no 

 idle Binvant, our table was plain and simple ; our 

 furniture of the cheapest sort. For instance my 

 breakfast was for a long time, bread and milk, (no 

 lea,) and I eat it out of n two-penny porringer, 

 with a pewter spoon, but mark how luxury will 

 enter families, and make a progress in spile of 

 princi|)le; Ixring called one moining to breakfast, 

 I found it ill a china bnwl, with a spoon of silver. 

 They had been bought for me without my knowl- 

 edge, by my wife, and had cost her the enormous 

 sum ol three! and twenty shillings; for which she 

 had no other excuse or apology to make, but that 

 she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon, 



BOYS AS FARMERS OR MECHAKICS. ] 



Tlie CJnvernment of lite Boy's As3-lum and Farm School, , 

 al Tlionipson's Island, have several good boys, al from 10 lo i 

 14 vears old, lor whom situations are wanted in the country, 

 with far.ners or mechanics, to be indented lill liiey are Iwen- , 

 lyone years of age. 



' A cerlificale from the Selectmen and Clergyman of the 

 town, recomn.entling tlie applicant in the ino.-^l .satisfaclorv 

 mai ner will be required. Applicalion in person or by mail, 

 to either of the subscritiers, will receive early nonce. 



RIoscs Grant, No. 9, Union Street. 

 Ed vard tf. Rand, Ko. '6, Court St. 

 Henry B. Uoj^ers, 25, Joy I'lace. 

 [G^B.V die Act of Incorjioratioii, Boys oannot Be indented 

 out ol l\Iasiacli(i!.ells. 



Boston, May 10, 1S?7. 44 



WOUBRAY ON POULTRY, fcc.' 



Moiibray on Breeding, Rearing and Fattening all kinds of 

 Poultry, Cows, Swine, and ''Iher Uoinesiic Animals. Seco id 

 American from llic sixili 1 ondon E<litioii. Ada[)led to the 

 Soil, Climnle and Cullure ol the United Slates, liy Thom- 

 as It. Fessenrlen, Editor f>f llie i\. E. Farmer, New Ameri- 

 can Gardener, Complete Farmer, c . 



This book, ptiblislicfl by .toseph l!rec k Co Boston, and 

 G. iZ. 'riiorburn. New York, is for sale al tiie respectixe 

 eslablishmeiUs ot lliose Gentlemen, 'f'he first edition of tliis 

 useful book had a rapid sale, and met with a favorable re- 

 ception. (I lias been carefully revised, and new and original 

 inlormation relalive to its topics have been dilig nllv sought 

 and inserled in various pans ol Ihe 'IVealise. 



Maich 15, 1837. 



lilNSEED OIL DIEAIi. 



PKlCE REDUCED. 



This article has met with a ready sale the past winter, and 

 received a decided preference wiih many practical Farmcis 

 in this vicinity. 



For Ihe ensuing season the price will be i educed to 



'I'Heiit^'tive dollars per ton, at the mill, or Twenly»eveii 

 dollars per Ion in Boston. 



Apply al No. .0 Commercial Wharf, Boston, or in Mep- 

 foril.af Ihe mill. GEO. L. STEAKNS & CO. 



.Bedford, Apiil 26, 1837. 



ItUIDGEKIAN'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



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TERRIBLE TR.iCTORATION. 



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