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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



BTOV. 39, I8''r. 



I From the Maine Farmer.] 



THE FARMERS WINTER SOiNfi. 

 There is a lime, tlie wise man saith, 



For all things to be done ; 

 Te plough, to sow, to reap — as roll 



Successive seasons on. 

 For pleasure, too, in flowery spring, 



]n fragrant summer's v;iles, 

 In fruitful autumn's yellow fields. 



In winter's evening tales. 



And though the fields aiebleaU and drear, 



The forest's verdure gone — 

 And all is witliered, cAd and sere, 



In garden, field and lawn ; 

 There's something left and much to cheer, 



And charm the farmer's heart; 

 For wintry winds to harvest hope, 



Great influence impart. 



And while he views the drifting snow. 



And treads the frozen earth — 

 He has at home his garner's full, 



And social blazing hearth ! 

 And thus he sings whate'er pervade 



The earth or sliy at morn ; 

 Of wintry winds or summer's suns. 



The farmer's hiipe is born ! 



CONVERSATION. 



There is nothing more grating to the man of in- 

 telligence, than the foolish and trifling conversa- 

 tion which prevails in the various interoowr.se of 

 social life, even among the middling and higher 

 circles of society, and in convivial associations. 

 The ribaldry and vulgarity, ths folly and non- 

 sense, with many of the degrading methods of 

 " killing time," and the laughter of fools which 

 too frequently distinguish such associations, are a 

 disgrace to our civilized condition, and to our 

 moral and intellectual nature. Without suppos- 

 ing that it will ever bo expedient to lay aside 

 cheerfulness and rational mirth, the lively smile 

 or even the loud laugh, it is surely conceivable 

 that a more rational afid iujproviiig turn might he 

 given to general conversation, than wh;it i.s fre- 

 quently exemplified in our social intercourses. 

 And what can we suppose better calculated to ac- 

 complish this end, than the occasional iBtroduc- 

 tion of topics connected with science and general 

 kriowledge, when all, or the gnmter prjt, are 

 qualified to take a share in the general conversa- 

 tion .' It would lend to stiuuilate the ruenlal fic- 

 ultios, to suggest useful hint,.?, to difl^use general 

 information, to improve science and art, to excite 

 the ignorant to increase in knowledges, to present 

 interesting objects of contemplation, to enliven 

 tJio spirits, and thus to afl'ord a source of rational 

 enjoyment. It would also tend to prevent those 

 shameful excesses, noisy tumults, and scenes of 

 intemperance, which so fri'ipiently tennimite our 

 festive entertainments. K„r want of (pudifica- 

 tions for such conversation, cards, dice, childish 

 questions and amusements, gossiping cliit-chni 

 and tales of scandal are generally resorted to, in 

 order to consume the hours allotted to .social en- 

 joyment. And how mtlaucholy the reflection, 

 beings ca];al)lo of investigating the 



laws and phenomena of the universe, and prose- 

 cuting the most exalted range of thought, and 

 who are destined to exist in other worlds, through- 

 out an endless din-ation — slionld be impelled to 

 resort to such degrading expedients, to wile 

 away the social hours ! 



Domestlr. enjoyment inny Hkeioi.ie he heis^htened 

 and improved by the studies to which we have ad- 

 verted. For want of qualifications for rational 

 conversation, a spirit of listlessness and indiflfer- 

 ence frequently insinuates itself into the inter- 

 courses ot families, and between married individ- 

 uals, which somelimes degenerates into fretful- 

 ness and impatience, and even into jars, conten- 

 tions, and violent altercations ; in which case 

 there can never exist any high f'egree of afl'eclion 

 or domestic enjoyment. It is surely not unrea- 

 sonable to suppose, that were the minds of per- 

 sons in the married state possessed of a certain 

 portion of knowledge, and endowed with a relish 

 for rational investigations — not only would such 

 disagreeable effects be prevented, but a variety of 

 positive enjoyments would be introduced. Sub- 

 stantial knowledge, which leads lo the proper ex- 

 ercise of the mental powers, has a tendency to 

 meliorate the temper, and to prevent those ebulli- 

 tions of passion, which are the results of vulgarity 

 and ignorance. By invigorating the mind, it pre- 

 vents it from sinking into peevishness and inanity. 

 It affords sidyects for interesting conversation, 

 and augments affeciion by the reciprocal inter- 

 changes of sentiment and feeling, and the mutual 

 communication of instruction and entertainment. 

 And in cases where malignant passions are ready 

 to burst forth, rational arguments will have a 

 more powerful influence in arresting their |iro- 

 gress, in cultivated minds, than in those individ- 

 uals in whose constitution animal feeling predomi- 

 nates, and reason has lost its ascendency. As an 

 enlightened mind is generally the seat of noble 

 and liberal sentiments — in those cases where the 

 parties belong to different religious sectaries, there 

 is more probability of harmony and mutual for- 

 bearance being displayed, when persons take an 

 enlarged view of the scenes of the creation, and 

 the revelations of the Creator, than can be ex- 

 pected in the case of those whose faculties ars 

 inmiersed in the mists of superstition and igno- 

 rance. 



How delightful an enjoyment is it, after the 

 bustle of business and the labors of the day are 

 over, — when a married couple can set down at 

 each corner of the fire, and with mutual relish 

 and interest, read a volume of history or of popu- 

 lar philosophy, and talk of the moral government 

 of the world, the arrangements of Providence, 

 and the wonders of the universe ! Such inter- 

 esting cotiversations and exercises beget a mutual 

 esteem, enliven the affections, and pioduce a 

 friendship, lasting as our existence, and which no 



untoward incidents can ever effectually im]iair 



Dick on Society. 



MORI'S MILTICAUHS. 



The subscriber can furnish large and small quantities of th& 

 genuine ('iiinese mulberry, or Murus Mnhicaulis trees of tba 

 most thrifty growth and matured wood. The tipes are from 

 (wo to six feel in heiglit, and will be sold at the lowest prices^ 

 in proportion to their size. T'hcy will be packed so as to in- 

 sure safe transportation to any part nf ilie United Stales. 

 Orders for not less loan one hundred will be delivered in New- 

 York, or Philadelphia, or siripped from iheiice or from Hart- 

 ford. October and November are the best months for Irans- 

 porling to llie South and West. 



SILK WORM'S EGGS, of three varieties. White or 

 Two Crop, Sulphur, and Oi'ange colored. Silk Reels, Brook *3 

 Silk Spinning Machines, White mulberry seed, &c. &c. 



WM. G. COMSTOCK. 



Hartford September, 1837. 



Ju 



STRAW CUTTER. 



I received a good supply of Greene's Patent Straw 



Culler, one of the most perlpcl maohines for cutting fodder 

 which has ever been introduced for the purpose, for sale at 

 the .\giicullural Warehouse No 51 and :'2 Korih Market 

 Street. JOSEPH BRECK AND CO. 



Aug. 16, 1837. 



PEAR TREES. 



For sale al the Pomological Garden, Dearborn street, North 

 Salem, a great variety of Standard- and Dwarf Pear Trees. 

 Orders directed to the subscriber will receive immediate at- 

 tention. ROBERT MANNING. 



Oct. 25, 1837. 



MORIS MUt.TiCAIJi.IS. 



The subscribers h ive for sale a few thousand superior Mo- 

 rux Multicaulis of extra size, which will be disposed of oii 

 reasonable terms. Also 50 000 cuttings of the same. 



Sept. 27, 18 i7. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



■WIIVNOWISIG MILLS. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and :-'eed Store Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, Boston, 

 Holmes's Winnowing Machine. This article was highly re- 

 cominended by the conimillee at the late Fair. 



Likewise Springer's Patent Winnowing Machine, a very 



neat and convenient mill. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



CLOVER SEED. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and Seed Store, 10 tons iirime Northern Clover. 

 Nov. 1. 



Hnle'g Horse Power ami Threshing Machine. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Seed Store: the above machines were highly recommended by 

 the committees at the late fair, and by olliers who have used 

 them for the liist two or three years. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



GUJVBTY CLOTH ABiD GUlVIV'i' BAGS, 



Suitable for Hop Bagging, for sale by JAMES PRATT 

 July 5. No. 7, Commercial Whf. 



''Strength, like every thing precious, resides al 

 the bottom of ourselves ; for on the surface there 

 is nothing but folly and insipidity. But when men 

 are obliged early to dive into their own minds, 

 and to see all that passes within them, they draw 

 from thence a power, and plainness of judgment, 

 which are never lost." — Md. Dc Stnet. 



i 



that rational 



At Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 27th, the ground was 

 covered with snow two inches deep. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARM.ER 



Is publislied every Wednesday Evening, at ;J'3per annrin, 

 pa^'able al the end of the year — but tho:,e win. pay within 

 sixty ■ ays from the I' me ol subscribing, are en 'i tied to a de- 

 duction of oU cents. 



Q^No fiapcr .*ill be sent lo a distance, without pa^nieD: 

 eiii^ made in adxanncc. ' 



AGENTS. 



tXeir Yor/: — (i C. Thorbukn, 11 Jolin-strcel. 



Fliuhhig, N. V. — Wm. I'KINCK i^- Sons, Prop. Lin Bol G 



AHmiiij — \Vm .T ho re urn, 3-17 .Ularkei-siiect. 



riiihtlelpliiii — D. i\- C. Lanurf.th,!)'3 Che.snut-.street. 



n>tl!imorc — Publisher ol American Fanner. 



Cincinnati — S.C. 1'akkhurst,23 Lower Market street. 



Middlelniry. Vt. — Wight Chapman. Merrhant 



Taunton, Mass. — Sasi'l O. Dukbar, Bookseller. 



Uat-iforil — (iooKWiN dj* Co. Booksellers. 



i^enl>H!yport — I', HENKZKK Steuma.v, Book seller. 



Portsmouth, N. H.—Suvm VV. Foster , Bo.. k.^ller. 



Wi'ottsiock , Vt. — J. A. Pratt. 



liratthboro^ — Jos Steen, Bookseller. 



Uijnxor.Me. — Wivi. Mann, Druggist, and Wm. B. ilAKI.o 



Halifax. N. S.— E. Brown, Esq. 



Louisville — Samuel Cooper, Biillil Street. 



.^l. Louis— }l .L. Hoffman, and Willis & Stevens. 



JPrintra hy TPuHle, Mtennell It ChithotiH, 



n SCHOOL STREKT BOSTO.V. 



ORDERS FOR PRINTINO RECEITID BY THK rUBLI0H<IU. 



