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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCTOBER lfi, 1K33. 



MISCELLANY. 



THE WATERFALL. 



1 love the roaring waterfall, 

 Within some deep romantic glen ; 



'Mid desert wilds, remote from all 

 The gay and busy haunts of men, 



For its loud thunders sound to me 



Like voices from eternity. 



They tell of ages long gone by, 

 And beings that have passed away, 



Who sought perhaps with curious eye, 

 These rocks where now I love to stray ; 



And thus its thunders sound to me 



Like voices from eternity. 



And, from the past, they seem to call 



My spirit to the realms beyond 

 The ruin that must soon befall 



These scenes where grandeur sits enthroned ; 

 And thus its thunders sound to me 

 Like voices from eternity. 



For I am on a torrent borne, 



That whirls me rapidly away, 

 From morn to eve — from eve to morn — 



From month to month — from day to day ; 

 And all that live and breathe with me 

 Are hurrying to eternity. 



This mighty cataract's thundering sound 

 In louder thunders soon must die; 



And all these rugged mountains round, 

 Uprooted, must in ruin lie ; 



Hut that dread hour will prove to me 



The dawning of eternity ! 



Eternity !— that vast unknown ! 



Who can that deep abyss explore ? 

 Which swallows up the ages gone, 



And rolls its billows evermore 1 

 O, may 1 find that boundless sea,' 

 A bright, a blest eternity ! 



ITEMS OP ECONOMY, ARTS, &o. 



To Produce Onions of a Large Size. The Hor- 

 ticultural Register recommends the following 

 method of obtaining large onions. When the beds 

 are formed by the usual method, tramp them 

 heavily, and roll them firmly. On this compact 

 'surface, sow the seed and cover it at the usual 

 depth with a rich compost. The bulbs, instead of 

 shilling will spread superficially to a good size, 

 and ripen earlier. 



Saltpetre as a ^Manure. The Journal of Agri- 

 culture recommends the use of nitre as a dressing 

 for land, to he sown early in the spring, at the rate 

 of one and a half cwt. to the acre. " It may be 

 advantageously used on all soils, but particularly 

 on gravelly or burning soils." 



Horse Chesnut Tree. A writer for the Horticul- 

 tural Register says that the fruit of the horse ches- 

 nut is useful for feeding pigs. 



Agricultural Thrift. Gen. James Shelby of this 

 ■county, sold a few days since, a flock of 100 

 mules, raised on his plantation, for the sum of 

 $11,840 cash in hand. Fourteen of these mules 

 were purchased by the agent of a gentleman of 

 Cuba, and were sold for $130 each, making an 

 aggregate of $1,820 for the 14.— Lexington, Ky. 

 Int. of 24th ult. 



CJierry and Peach Stones. These should be pre- 

 served much more generally than they are. Were 

 farmers in the habit of preserving them, fruit trees 



would be far more common. By planting a few 

 drills in the corner of the garden, the farmer would 

 always be supplied with these trees to set about 

 his house,- in his orchard, and in unoccupied 

 places of his fields. The best way is to have a- 

 box containing earth, in which the stones or pits 

 should be put, and covered while they are fresh; 

 for they often lose their vegetating property, if 

 allowed to become very dry. In the spring they 

 can be planted. — .V. Y. Farmer. 



A Beet and a Beater. We mentioned yesterday 

 an enormous btjet, weighing upwards of five 

 pounds, a donation of which we were made the 

 favored recipients. Today we have occasion to 

 announce the reception of another mammoth spe- 

 cimen of the same vegetable esculent, from the 

 garden of Mr. Seth Russell, weighing seven pounds 

 and six ounces. — (U^Our customers who expect to 

 pay the amount of their annual subscription for 

 this paper in country produce, are advised that we 

 are fully supplied with beets. — New Bedford Mer- 

 cury. 



Cloth Buttons. — We are informed that 15,000 

 gross of Buttons are made every week within 10 

 or 12 miles of Northampton, for which the fe- 

 males who do the sewing, are paid between 1500 

 and 2000 dollars — in goods. Housework is going 

 out of fashion, except where mothers have strength 

 to do it. The farmers 10 or 20 miles from North- 

 ampton find as much difficulty in getting a girl to 

 work in their families as the people of Northamp- 

 ton. — Hampshire Gazette. 



Preservation of Leeches by feeding them with Su- 

 gar. The attention of the Academy of Medicine 

 has been lately called to this subject by a chemist. 

 A commission was appointed to investigate par- 

 ticulars, and they have given in their report, 

 which, however, is not favorable to the proposal. 



The chemist was of opinion, that the blood 

 which we so frequently find in the water in which 

 the leeches are kept is not disgorged, but flows 

 from the wounds which the animals inflict on each 

 other when huddled together; the commission 

 doubt the accuracy of this. A great error has 

 very generally been committed, in supposing that 

 one of the causes of the loss of so many leeches, 

 is the putrefaction of the " mttcosities which ex- 

 ude from their bodies ; " now these so called mtt- 

 cosities, are in fact the epidermes, which are reg- 

 ularly thrown oft' at intervals, in the same manner 

 as the scarf-skin of a snake. The impressions of 

 the ring's of the leech are quite obvious on this 

 mttcosity ; it is detached first towards the head, 

 and the animal escapes from it as from a sheaf, 

 which still adheres for a short time to the tail, so 

 that we often see the leeches swimming about 

 with this membranous appendage. — Bullit. Gen. 

 and Med. Chirur. Revieio. 



Hot Leg Baths. — The effect of hot water 

 to the lower extremities on the general cir- 

 culation, was strikingly exemplified in the case 

 of an old gentleman subject to attacks of vio- 

 lent palpitation, with a feeling of approaching 

 dissolution. I found him one day in one of those 

 paroxysms. It had lasted many hours, and a 

 fatal termination was expected, as the usual re- 

 medies had been tried in vain. By the use 

 of a pediluvium as hot as he could bear it, the 

 affection ceased in a few minutes, and he took 

 some nourishment, slept, and arose quite recov- 

 ered. — Br. Graves, 



A Prolific Swine. A neighbor of ours owns a 

 porker, of common size, and seven years old, which 

 has been the legitimate mother of about one hun- 

 dred pigs. This in our neighborhood is considered 

 a pretty remarkably old and fruitful specimen of 

 the '• whole hog." — Barnstable Journal. 



FRESH PALL GOODS. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER. Nt»; 4L4 Washington street, 

 has received an extensive assortment of fresh Fall and Winter 



h he otters, wholesale and retail, lot cash only.ci n- 

 sidcrahly lower than can be bought in the city. Among which 

 are leases English, French and American cloths, consisting oi 

 superior, extra superior, middling and low priced, black, blue, 

 mixed, and every variety of colors. 50 pieces Cassimeres, ol 

 all colors — 2 cases pelisse cloths, an excellent article for chaise 

 lining (very low) — 1 case very nice Habit cloth, Brown, Blue, 

 Claret, tyc. — 7 cases Satinetts, Striped, and plain of various 

 colors — 5 cases 6-4 Eng. Merino, a very superior article, and 

 all the most desirable colors, imported expressly lot the sub- 

 scriber — 1 cases 3-4 Eng. do. of various colors and qualities — 



4 cases Circassians, very superior qualities and various colors 

 — 1 case superior Goats "Hair Camblet — 4- bales 1-1 5-4 and 6-4 

 Bocking, green and mixed — 12 bales splendid TarrilVville 

 Hearth rugs — 5 bales Eng. low priced do. do. — 54 bales Do- 

 metts, white, yellow, red, &c. — 10 bales Flannels. Eng. Welsh, 

 and American — 10 bales Cotton Carpeting, striped and blocked 

 — G bales Russia Diaper — 1 bale Canton Flannel, lower lhau 

 the cost of importation' — 3 bales American Cotton Flannels, 

 bleached and unbleached — 1 bale White Counterpanes, all 

 sizes — 10 bales superior London Row Blankets from 10-4 to 

 14-4 — 7 bales real Indigo Checks from 3-4 to 5-4 — 3 bales 

 American Gingham — 2 cases Eng. Gingham — 29 bales cotton 

 Baiting — 25belesFillisse Wadding", 12 bales black Wadding — 



5 cases Embossed Furniture Dimety — 2 cases Embossed 

 Camhrick, for stage lining — 20 cases Prints, all patterns and 

 prices, Eng. French, and American— 35 cases Bleached Cot- 

 tons — 50 bales unbleached cotton — 10 bales Ticking 3-4.7-8 

 and 4-4, some very superior quality — 2 cases Sinchaws — 2 

 cases Sarsnets — 2 cases Satin Levantines, superior quality — 

 3 cases Levantines, low priced — 7 eases Crape Dresses, all 

 colors — 5 cases Linens, Lawns, and Shirtings 4-4 to 10-4 with 

 a very extensive assortment of Cambrics and Cambric Muslins, 

 Bobbtnette and Grecian lace, 4-4 and 6-4 Swiss nonsook, Book 

 Jaconett plain and figured muslins — Hosiery and every varie- 

 ty of seasonable Dry Goods. 



Country merchants will do well to call and examine for 

 themselves. sept!8. 



IMPROVED DURHAM SHORT HORNED 

 CATTLE. 



FOR sale, one three year old bull of a brown, color, 2 yeai- 

 ling bulls both red, 3 bull calves 1 red, 1 red and white, and 1 

 wholly while, also 3 two year old heifers. 2 roan and 1 brown 

 and white, 3 yearling heifers, 1 roan, 1 red and white, and one 

 flecked. The dams of the above have given more than 20 

 qurrls of milk a day on grass only. 



Also, 2 bull calves, one bright-red, and one red and while. 



They are all descended from the famous imported Bulls, 

 Bolivar and Coelebs, and from cows of imported stocks. 



For milkers, working oxen or Beef, this stock is considered 

 2d to none in New England. Inquire of Mr. Geo. C. Barrett, 

 Office of the N. E. Farmer. optf 



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