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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



DEC H, 18:!T. 



5S-<S-53ID'm^8 



THE HONEST CORDWAINER. 



BV B. BROWN, ESQ. 



Jii the days of my boyliood, (I recollect well, 



And others, no doulit, llic same story can tell,) 



Our tradesmen were honest; — no one thought of rheul- 



>ng, 

 And, what is still stranger, tliey all went to meeting! 



There was Sliucmaher Lot ; — 



1 remember the spot, 



With the bench where he sot, 



With his strap on his knee : — 



He was upright and fair. 



Ay. exact to a hnir. 



And a fathful old Cordwainer he. 



On a moon-shiny night, (ThanUsgiving was coming,) 

 I mounted in haste, Uncle Jeremy's mare; 

 "Off, Dobbin," said 1, "let your trotters be drumming 

 Toward Uncle Lot's," and she soon had me there. 



O, good Uncle Lot, 



I remember the spot. 



And the bench wliere he sot. 



With his strap on his knee ' 

 , Our shoes were all ready, 



For me, and for Neddy, 



And Sally and Hetty, 



And Dolly and Betty, 



What a faithful old Cordtoainer he! 



Then, there was the stitching, so strong and so nice ; 

 Why, the threads held the leather, as firm as a vice ! 

 There was none of your pegging, and none of your nail- 



And there was no fretting, no scolding, no railing, 

 When Sh'iemuker Lot, 

 He worked on the sjiot. 

 Which I never forgot, 

 With his strap on his knee. 

 How strong he would sew iheni ! 

 O, could he now show them. 

 What a faithful old Cordwainer he ! 



But alas, now-adays, how changed is this matter, 

 Old honesty seems to go begging about ! 

 For one scarce has a coat, or a shoe, or a garter. 

 That lasts more than three weeks, before it's worn out. 



O, that some Uncle Lot 



Would ag.iin take the spot. 



And the bench where he sot, 



With the strap o'er his knee ; 



Who would work at the trade, 



And have shoes duly made, 



No cheat, and no cozen. 



No rips by the dozen, — 



How useful a Cordwainer he i 



Our good Uncle Lot lately took his departure.^ 

 And went to inhabit the " Land ol the Leel ! 

 ^o doubt but his soul will there find better quarter; 

 But then, he has left us all "down at the heel!" 



O, blest Uncle Lot, 



I do verily wot 



You will ne'er be forgot. 



Nor the strap on your knee. 



Your making, your mending. 



Nor all your icaxt-ending . — 



Adieu, Uncle Lot, now, to thee I 



thing needful, the one thing most |irofilal)le, ami 

 in whicli that knowledge and [iraetice is. leqniie.l 

 of him, viz : the luisiness of liis calling — the man- 

 agement of his faiin. 



in contrast with the above remarks, is the fol- 

 lowing, which wo deem, will he qtiite a curiosity 

 to such as have a resjiect for the old mother coun- 

 try, for its regulations, rules and order in business 

 of every kind, its elegimce and its literaliire. It 

 is co|iied hoiii an English paper. — Ed. Far. 



A Comical St^n-Board.— V \>ot\ the door of a 

 house in an old street, occupied by a father and 

 son— the former a blacksmith and publican, the 

 latter a barber — appeals a boar<l with the follow- 

 ing inscription : 



" J. Barnet & Son : — Blacksmith and barber's 

 work done here, horse-shewing and shaving ; — 

 locks mended and hair curled, bleeding and teeth 

 drawing, anil other farriery work. All sorts of 

 spiratus'and molt lickers akording to the latekim- 

 ide act, and licensed to be drunk in the premises. 

 N. B. Take notice my wife keeps scnol and takes 

 in needle-work and polite arts, also washing; — 

 teaches reading and riting and other langvvitches 

 and has assistants if rekwired to lurn horritory 

 mowing, the Matthewinatticks and all other fash- 

 ional diwershuns." 



OOCKSPUR OR NEW CASTL,E THORN. 



This lliorn is the fine.-ii known for hedge*; it is perfecil; 

 hardy; the leaf is beauliliil, and is not affected by ourscorchi 

 iiig summer's sun; the thorn is very sharp and strong: tilf 

 plant has never been known to lie touciied by tlie borer, at 

 proved by John Prince Esq. during 18 years. Plants a yea. 

 old; onlv o 000 are offered for sale. Price SIO, pei l,OO0l 

 ' WILLIAM KENRICK. 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, Nov. 22. 3w 



BfCKTHORN FOR HEDGES. 



A plant of the most hardy kind, which flourishes well ii 

 any good soil, lint is peculiarly adapted to a soil tliiil is moisll 

 Next to the Cockspur thorn, for our climate this is the ver» 

 best, and is never attacked by the borer. Price S20, pa 

 1,000. Apply to WILLIAM KENRICK. 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, Nov. 22. 3w 



"Let every one keep within his own Bailiwick." 

 We like the above motto, and believe the ob- 

 servance of it would be wholesome ami profitable 

 to fanners. We arc fond of seeing a man stick 

 to his own occupation ; keeping on " his own siile 

 of tlie hedge." If we all were to follow this good 

 rule, surely agriculture would be no loser by it. 

 Time was, when a farmer was obliged to be "jack 

 at all trades." But this was when mechanics were 

 few, compared to the present times. It is a con- 

 venient thing for a farmer to be able to fasten a 

 shoe upon his horse, and occnsionally to handle 

 the hammer and liandsaw about his buihling ; — 

 but, in the main, he liad better stick to the one 



Nf.wly i.wented Coach. — A coach that will 

 not upset lias be»^n invented by a Mr Stallbrd, in 

 England. It is described as follows : 



" The body itistead of resting, as is usually the 

 case, upon springs below, is poiseil upon two up- 

 right supporters raising from the beds and axles, 

 and passing n|) between the body and the boots. 

 TTie ilops of these supporters are surmounted by 

 elliptic sjirings, on which the body is so stispend- 

 ed that on meeting uncqualities on the road the 

 centre of giavity of the vehicle is freely adjusted, 

 and the liability to overturn is comjiletely con- 

 quered." 



One of these coaches was lately publicly tried 

 at Nottingham. An experienced whip took the 

 reins; the coach was drawn by four spirited 

 horses, and had, inside and out, the full com- 

 plement of passengers. In descending the hill to 

 New Radford it was several times intentionally, 

 when runniti^ at the top of speed, suddenly 

 swerved off the road, the near wheels working 

 upon a bank three feet high, and the of!" wheels 

 in the rlrain. In each emergency the coach re- 

 tained its vertical position like a inariner's com- 

 pass, so mtich so that the inside passengers were 

 altogether insensible of their apparently perilous 

 situation. — Evening Post. 



Hint to Epicures. — The teeth of Indians sel- 

 dom decay, excepting in some slight degree by 

 age; and the cause may be referred to the pure 

 and simple nature of their food — taking nothing 

 which can injure teeth, and none of what are 

 called the luxuries of life. For the same reason, 

 the hair of the Indian, or of the white man of the 

 lower classes, seldom comes off, and we see many 

 aged men with heads of thick and handsome hair. 

 High living has a great influence in decaying the 

 human system. 



The FAiiMER.-With no inheritance but health, 

 with no riches but industry, and with no ambi- 

 tion but virtue, is the sole king among men, and 

 the only mon among kings. 



CORN SHBt.I.ERS. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Warehousi 

 Harrison's Patent Corn Sheller. This machine will shel 

 75 to 80 bushels of corn per day, and is one of the most peU 

 feet machines for the purpose ever introduced. 



JOSEPH BRECK <^ CO. 



HOWARD'S Pl.OUeHS. 



Constantly for sale at the New England Agricultural Wan 

 house It is liardly necessary to repeat that these ploughs ai 

 considered by our practical farmers to be the best plougl 

 now in use, aiid continue to stand No. 1 ai the Brighton Fai 



Nov. 1, 1837. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



STRAW CUTTER. 



Just received a good supply of Greene's Patent Strti 

 Culler, one of the most perlect machines for cutting fodd 

 which has ever been introduceil for the purpose, for sale 

 the Aoiicullural Warehouse No 51 ami 2 Nnrlli Mark 

 Sirceif JOSEPH BRECK AND CO. 



Aug. 16, 1837. 



■WINNOWING MII>Ii. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Warehou- 

 and Seed Store, Nos. 51 & 62 North Market Street, Bosio 

 Holmes's Winnowing Machine. This article was highly i 

 commended by the cominiilee at the late Fair. 



Likewise Springer's Patent Winnowing Machine, a ve 

 neat and convenient mill. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



CLOVER SEED. 



Just received at the New England Agricultural Wareliei 

 and Seed Store, 10 Ions prime Nokthern Clover. 

 Nov. 1. 



Hale's Horse Power and Threshing Machlm 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse ai 

 Seed Store: the above machines were highly recommended 

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

 them for the last two or three years. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



GVNNY CliOTH AND Gl'NNY BAGS, 



Suitable for Hop Bagging, for sale by JAMES PRAT 

 July 5, No. 7, Commercial Whf. 



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