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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MARCH 5, 1S34. 



MISCELLANY. 



From Brainard's Poems. 

 THE FALL. OP NIAGARA. 



Labitur et labetur. 

 The thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, 

 While I look upward to thee. It would seem 

 As if God pour'd thee from his " hollow hand," 

 And hung his bow upon thine awful front ; 

 And spoke in that loud voice which seenvd to him 

 Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, 

 "The sound of many waters ;" and had bade 

 Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, 

 And notch His ccnt'ries in the eternal rocks. 



Deep calleth unto deep. And what are we, 

 That hear the question of that voice sublime ? 

 Oh ! what are all the notes ihat ever rung 

 From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side! 

 Yea, what is all the riot man can make 

 In his short life, lo thy unceasing roar! 

 And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to Him, 

 Who drown'd a world, and heaped the waters far 

 Above its loftiest mountains ? — a light wave, 

 That breaks, and whispers of its Maker's might. 



ing his debts, aud keeping clear of lawsuits, quar- 

 rels, ami polities, I set him down as a man pos- 

 sessing a reasonable share of gumption. 



When I see a woman mending her children's 

 clothes, and receiving her husband with affection, 

 I conclude she has no ordinary share of gumption. 



In fine, when I see a man who deals justly, 

 loves mercy, Walks humbly, and pays for his 

 newspaper, I conclude that of all others in this 

 World he possesses the greatest portion of gumption. 



Gl'MPTICa. 



This is a fine old Scotch word, not generally to 

 he found in the dictionaries, though it is worthy 

 of a place in the best. It has a great deal of 

 meaning in it, aud often expresses what nothing 

 else can. 



When I see a girl reject the addresses of a re- 

 spectable young man, who owns a good farm, 

 goes to meeting, and pays his debts ; for one who 

 wears a dickey, visits the theatre, and spends his 

 money faster than he earns it, I think to myself she 

 has not much gumption. 



When I see a young mechanic who wants a 

 good wife, that can make a padding, spit a tur- 

 key, and nurse his babies, dangling after a piece 

 of affectation, because she has been to a dancing 

 Bchool and can play on a piano, I guess he has not 

 much gumption. 



When I see a farmer paying taxes for twenty 

 acres of land, half-fenced and half tilled, when he 

 might raise more on six acres under good cultiva- 

 tion, I conclude he is not over stocked with 

 gumption. 



When I see a man who has a good business, 

 sufficient to support his family respectably, neg- 

 lecting his affairs, and running into debt, in order 

 to obtain a political office, I fancy that, whatever 

 may he Ins talents, he is not burdened with gump- 

 tion. 



When I see a man calling his hoys from school, 

 and spending two hours every afternoon for a 

 month, to tar his trees, that the canker-worm may 

 not ascend them, when he might effect a remedy, 

 in a single day, by exchanging the earth for three 

 feet around them, I conclude that he has more in- 

 dustry than gumption. 



When I see a man purchasing three cords of 

 wood fpr the winter, when, by listing his doors, 

 ami mending a broken pane, he might save two 

 of them, I think he has hut little gumption. 



When I see a young man, just set up in busi- 

 ness, keeping :i horse and chaise at an expense of 

 two dollars a day, and failing in six months, when 

 he might walk for nothing, and continue his busi- 

 ness with safety, I conclude that he has not much 

 gumption. 



When I sec a man attending diligently to his 

 own concerns, sending his children to school, pay- 



HIXTS TO HOUSEWIVES. 



About the last of May, or the first of June, the 

 little millers which lay moth-eggs, begin to appear. 

 Therefore brush all your woollens, and pack them 

 in a dark place covered with linen. — Pepper, red 

 cedar chips, tobacco, — indeed almost any* strong 

 spicy smell, — is good to keep moths out of your 

 chests aud drawers. But nothing is so good as 

 camphor. Sprinkle your woollens with camphor- 

 ated spirit, and scatter pieces of camphor gum 

 among them, and you will never he troubled with 

 moths. Some people buy camphor wood trunks, 

 for this purpose; but they are very expensive and 

 the gum answers just as well. 



The first young leaves of the common currant 

 bush, gathered as soon as they put out, and dried 

 on tin, can hardly be distinguished from green tea. 



Cream of Tartar, rubbed upon soiled white kid 

 gloves cleailses them very much. — Fr. Huuscwifc. 



A BAT USEFULLY EMPLOYED. 



It was no idle speculation, when we proposed 

 to introduce bats into kitchens to devour the flies. 

 A friend of ours has since most successfully availed 

 himself of the hint. The windows of the common 

 sitting room being open, and a caudle dimly burn- 

 ing, a bat entered ; and passing into the entry, the 

 door was immediately closed after him, which left 

 him in the dark. A candle was then placed in 

 the cellar kitchen, so as faintly to illuminate the 

 styi>ir-case, and in less than two minutes the bat de- 

 scended into that apartment. He was honored with 

 a light for about half an hour, during which time 

 he was most actively engaged among the flies; 

 and on visiting the kitchen very early in the morn- 

 ing, our informant found him wide awake, flying 

 about the mom. On opening the outer door he 

 escaped, hut more than one half of the stock of flies 

 had disappeared, lie will be well received in lii- 

 lure, and invited in as often as opportunity occurs. 

 — Genesee Farmer. 



A RELICT OP THE OLDEN TIMES. 



TiiE Marblehead Gazette relates - that one of the 

 guns, a two-pounthr of the privateer Free Mason, 

 which blew up in the harbor of Marblehead, in tin 

 year 1779, was discov'i red aud taken from the bot- 

 tom, on Thursday last, in ,1 good stale of pres.rv it- 

 I ion . The charge being drawn, the powder was 

 found to be good, alter having laid at the bottom 

 55 years. It was to be used on Saturday, in frr'uif 

 the salute, in honor of Washington's birth-day. 



UAMIUOHIIV ROY 



— Tup. late Hindoo Reformer, often repeated t lire 

 favorite maxims: 1. Politieul — '.Man is the slaw 

 ofbenefits. 1 2. Moral — 'The enjoyment qfth#twi 

 worlds [physical and intellectual] depends on twi 

 things — kindness to friends, civility to enemies.' 

 :i. Religious — ' Tin: most acceptable service to God 

 is, to do good to man.' 



FRUIT TREES. 



'Irnamental TREES, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, Sic. Nursery of WILLIAM 

 KENRICK in Newton, 5.^ miles from Boston, 

 by the City Mills. 



ery now comprises a rare and extraordinary collec 

 lion ol fruit trees, Trees and Shrubs ol Ornament, Roses, &.c. 

 and covers the most of 18 acres. Of new celebrated Pears alone, 

 150 kinds, a part of which, having already been proved in our 

 climate, are specially recommended. — Ot Apples 200 kinds — 

 Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries, bb kinds — Plums, Nectarines, 

 Almonds, Apricots, Quinces, Grape Vines. Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Figs, &c. &c.< — selections 

 bom the best varieties known — a collection in unequal propor- 

 lionsof800 varieties of fruit. 



While mulberries for silk worms — 1 he fruit poor. Also the 

 Morus Mclticaulis or Neva Chinese Mulberry, a beauti- 

 ful fruit tree, so superior for silk worms to all others. 



Of ROSES. A superb collection of from 300 to 400 hardy 

 and China varieties ; selections from numerous importations, 

 and tirsl rate sources. White Flowering Horse Chesnuls. 

 Weeping Willows, Catalpas. Mountain Ash. Silver Firs, Ve- 

 netian Sumach, Allheas, Honeysuckles. Azaleas, &c. &c. — 

 in all, ol" Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 650 varieties. Ol 

 Herbaceous flowering plants, a choice selection ol 280 varieties, 

 including the Paeonies, Moiitan^ awl Pn/iarerirrea — and -4 other 

 kinds — and 83 splendid varieties of double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are invited to forward their orders early Address 

 to WILLIAM KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered in 

 Boston free ol charge for transportation, and suitably packed, 

 and from thence when ordered duly forwarded, by land or sea.. 

 Or orders will receive the same attention if lei! with Geo. C. 

 Barrett, who is agent, at his seed store and New England 

 Farmer Office, Nos. 51 it 52, North Market Street, Boston. 

 Catalogue- gratis on application. Jv 17 



COTTON GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES. 



EL1AB *STONE BREWER, 414 Washington st. (South 

 End.) oilers lor sale, the largest assortment ot COTTON 

 GOODS, to be found in any retail store in ihe city, viz.. 



10 cases of Colors rich dark Calicoes, at 12 l cts. 



10 " Light, small figured " IS*'" 



3 " do do do Plaid" 10 " 

 5 " Various patterns, " 6d 



1 " Furniture Patch Is 



1 " ■' " 9d 



4 bales 3-4 Unbleached Cottons, 4A cts. 

 9 " 3-4 •' " . 6d 



8 " 9-8 " " 10 cts. 



8 '' 9-8 Newmarket, manufactured of warp and 



very stout, for shirting, 12J cts. 



2 cases 5-4 Bleached Cotton, 12£ " 



1 " Hamilton Long Cloth, '-10 " 



2 " Fine drest 9-8 Cotton, Is 



3 " do and siout, 4-4 do KA cts. 

 10 " 9-8 do 10 " 



4 " 3-4 do G'd 



1 " 3-4 do 4} cts. 



1 bale Bleached Cotton Flannel, (i " 



1 •' " " " 10 



1 " " " '< 7-8 12| " 



1 " " " ". very fine 4- 1 Is 



Bleached and Unbleached American Jeans. 

 At. so — A large assortment ol' Flannels, from one shilling to 



one dollar per yard. 

 Black and Colored Bombazelts, at 12$ cts. 



Camblet and Plaid do 1-V " 



Yellow, Green and Scarlet Moreens, ~5 '* 



3-4 and 6-4 English Merino, superior fabric and desirable 

 colors — A large variety of superior fabric and low priced, mix- 

 ed, &c. — Cassirneres — Brp"wja Linen — 4-4 Irish White, and 5-4 

 Lined Sheeting — Long Lawn, ore. — 3-4and 1-1 Cold and 4-4 



,, I, I plain lla f. CoVd and Check, and Phen Cimhrirs. F5 



THE HEW EKtiLAKD FARMER 



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 tion of fifty cents. 



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 being made in advance. 



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 .' t/ord — GooltvviN &. Co." Booksellers! 

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