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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MARCH 13, 1834. 



MISCELLANY. 



TUIS WHITE FLOWER IN THE STAGECOACH. 



BV MISS ll.lS.illl F. GOULD. 



She did not know, when she gave ihee me, 



How sweet a comforter thou would'st be : 



To her pensive friend in the secret need 



Which the traveller feels from the tramp of steed, 



The wavering couch, and a lonely hour 



In a stranger group, my fair white flower ! 



When the rumbling sound of the wheels was hoard 

 And made me hasten the parting word, 

 She plucked Ihee up from thy native place, 

 While the soul looked full from her speaking face ; 

 And all she felt from the long farewell, 

 She left for her tender flower to tell. 



Thou beautiful thing ! 'twas a holy thought, 



To give me a work which my Maker wrought; 



So pure and perfect to sooth the mind, 



In the rattling cage as I sit confined, 



While it rolls along in the beaten track, 



And my form goes on, but my heart goes back. 



I'll cast my mantle 'twixt thee and harm, 

 From a neighborly skirt, a hostile arm, 

 Or a cape astray, whose fall, or brush 

 Thy delicate head might wound or crush; 

 And then, my small, but eloquent friend, 

 We'll sweetly commune, to my journey's end. 



For He will carry me safely there, 



Who made thy slenderest root his care! 



He formed the eye that delights to see, 



And the soul that loves to contemplate thee, 



We both are the works of his wondrous power; 



tn silence we'll praise him, my sweet While Flower. 



IMPORTANT TO CROWS. 



TnK Salom Register publishes the following 

 sketch of a debate in the Legislature on the hill Cor 

 allowing 25 cents for every full grown Crow, and 

 12A cents for every young Crow, ("children half 

 price,") which may he killed in the State. 



The members took occasion to indulge in a little 

 pleasantry on this subject. 



Mr. Ruggles, of Troy, spoke in defence of the 

 character of the Crow. They are the natural 

 scavengers of otir Farms — they destroy the ene- 

 mies of our corn fields, and do much more good 

 than harm. He was always glad to see them. He 

 *ras himself a farmer and raised 300 bushels of 

 Com a year. He always prevented any one from 

 killing the crows, and frequently scattered half a 

 bushel of corn about to feed them. He should be 

 us willing to pay for their services as for any of 

 the laborers upon his farm. He moved to strike 

 out the enacting clause of the bill. 



Mr. Greenwood, of llubbardston, (Chairman of 

 the Committee which reported the bill) defended 

 its provisions, and spoke in a disrespectful manner 

 of the character of the Crow. Every farmer, he 

 Btiid, knows they are great depredators, and some 

 are injured to the amount of 30 or 40 dollars a 

 year. He thought something should be done to 

 encouriik'o their destruction. 



Mr. Forward, of Uelchertown, thought there 

 were other birds and animals as bad as crows, and 

 ought to he destroyed just as much. There was 

 the Chewink and Chipmuck — they too visit our 

 corn-fields. IJut ho would ask any liberal minded 

 man if he would grudge a kernel of corn to a poor 

 Qfhipmuck, when he sees him sitting hour after 

 hour, with tears in his eyes, longing for something 

 to cat ? If any gentleman raises so much corn as 

 » lose 40 dollar* worth a year by the crows, he 



ran afford to hire a man, and find him powder and 

 shot to protect it. If the crows are killed, twice 

 the number would come to bury the dead. 



An old farmer in the gallery said he at first 

 thought this a small subject to legislate upon, but 

 he was now in favor of doing something against 

 the crows. He has known them to pluck out the 

 eyes of little lambs! Would gentlemen Jet an ani- 

 mal that would tlo such a deed, go with impunity! 

 As to Chipmucks, they could not fly, and small chil- 

 dren could set squat traps and catch 'em ; there is 

 no need of a bounty for them. Gentlemen must 

 possess a very liberal spirit, as well as a great 

 abundance, if they are willing to give corn to such 

 a pernicious tribe as the crows. 



A member moved a re-commitment, to add chip- 

 mucks, chewinks, caterpillars, &.c. to the bill. 



Mr. Forward never knew crows to pick out 

 lambs' eyes, but he didn't doubt the word of the 

 gentleman in the gallery, for he once travelled in 

 his part of the country, and upon his word he 

 did'nt believe there was corn enough raised there 

 for the Crows to subsist upon ! 



Mr. Darling, of Marblehead, said he once knew 

 a corn field destroyed by a swarm of Rati — he 

 thought they ought to be included in the bill, and 

 that it should specify at what age they should be 

 considered Young ruts or Old rats! 



Mr. Forward saiil — the bill didn't point out the 

 size or weight which constitute a " full grown 

 Crow." 



An elderly member asked whether the bill was 

 to apply to the city of Boston ? 



Mr. Greenwood replied that it would not — no 

 Crow was ever seen in the city except a certain 

 "Jim Crow," and he had no idea of shooting him ! 



Mr. Ellis said, there was a member of this House 

 the last year by the name of Crow! He certainly 

 would come under the denomination of a "full 

 grown Crow," and he saw no provision in the bill 

 which would protect him! 



The House having been amused for an hour by 

 this crow shooting project, and the proposition hav- 

 ing been sufficiently ridiculed, the question was 

 taken on striking out the enacting clause of the 

 bill, and carried in the affirmative by a very large 

 majority. ■ 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 TO KILL, RATS OR CROWS. 



" Bruise half an ounce mix vomica and soak 

 24 hours in warm water ; then add 4 quarts corn 

 and soak it 12 hours; then sow the corn on the 

 ground immediately after planting." 



The above was taken from a paper some years 

 since, and after trying corn soaked in arsenic with- 

 out success, I tried the above ; and early the next 

 morning after sowing it, I found a crow on the 

 ground, stupid ; but on putting him in a cage he 

 revived, and I put him in the field, and confined 

 him to a hoard by tying his legs on the under side, 

 after boring two holes to put his feet through ; 

 and immediately the air was black with crows, but 

 no one ventured to disturb the corn. I should re- 

 commend to increase the quantity of nux vomica, 

 that the effect may be more certain. For rats il 

 should be mixed with meal, and put where the 

 hens cannot get it. 



FRUIT TREES. 

 Ornamental TREES, ROSiFS, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, &c. Nuksekv ol \\ II. 1.1AM 

 KENRICK in Newton, 5^ miles from liuttou, 

 by the City Mills. 



fins ..ursery now comprises a rare and extraordinary colic* 

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

 and covers the most of 13 acres. Of neu celebrated Peart a/oftf, 

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

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

 Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries. 55 kinds — Plums, Nectarines, 

 Almonds, Apricots, Quinces, Crape Vines, Currants, Raspber- 

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

 from the best varieties known — a collection in unequal propes- 

 lionsofoOO varieties of fruit. 



White mulberries for silk worms — the fruit uoor. Also th* 



Mimes Mui.ticaui.is or New Chinese Mulhemj, a beauti- 

 ful fruit tree, so superior for silk worms to all oil < is. 



Of ROSES. A superb collection of from 300 to -100 hardy 

 and Cli;n.i varieties; selections from numerous importations, 

 and fust rate sources. White Flowering Horse Chesnota. 

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

 netian Sumach, Altlieas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &C.&C-. — 

 in all, of Ornamental trees, and shrubs, fJ50 varieties. Ol 

 Herbaceous flowering plants, a choice select, on ol ^';:ii varieties, 

 including the Pseonies, ajoutan and Papaveracea—&ad 24 other 

 kinds — and S3 splendid varieties of double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are invited to forward their orders cnrlv Address 

 ci U II. 1. 1 AM KENRICK, Newtoh. Trees, ate. delivered la 

 Boston tree 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 leli with Geo. G, 

 Bak.rf.tt, who is agent, at his seed store and New England 

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

 Catalogues gratis on application. Jv 17 



It is impossible, says the learned Bishop Tay- 

 lor, to make people understand their own ignor- 

 ance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it, and 

 therefore he that can perceive it hath it not. 



COTTON (JOOOS AT REDUCED PK1CES. 

 ELIAB STONE BREWER, 414 Washington si. (Soulfc 



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

 GOODS, to lie found in an\ retail store in the city, viz. 



10 casts of Colors rich dark Calicoes, at 12£ els. 



10 " Light, small figured " I2j " 



3 " do do do Plaid " 10 " 

 5 " Various patterns, " dd 



1 '' Furniture Patch Is 



1 " " " 9d 



4 bales 3-4 Unbleached Cottons, 4£ els. 

 9 " 3-4 •' " Cd 



8 " 9-8 " " " 10 els. 



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



* very stout, for shirting, K'AcI* 



2 cases 5-4 Bleached Cotton, 124 " 



1 " Hamilton Long Cloth, 20 " 



2 " Fine drest 9-8 Cotton, Is 



3 " do and stout, 4-4 do 12^cts. 

 10 " 9-8 do 10 " 



4 " 3-4 do bd 



1 " 3-4 do 44 els. 



1 b.-ile Bleached Cotton Flannel, 6 m 



1 ' " 10 



1 " " " " 7-8 12J " 



1 >• " «' " very fine 4-1 Is 



Bleached and Unbleached American Jeans. 

 Al.so — A large assortment of Flannels, from one shilling 1st 



one dollar per yard. 

 Black and Colored Bumhazetts, at 12j els. 



Camblel and Plaid do 12 j " 



Yellow, Green and Scarlet Moreens, 25 " 



3-4and6-4 English Merino, superior fabric and desirable 

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

 ed, &CV — Cassimeres— Brown Linen — 4-4 Irish While, and 5-4 

 Linen Sheeting— Long Lawn, &c. — 3-4 and 4-4 Col'd and 4-4 

 and 6-4 plaiji Hair, Cord and Check, and Pin 11 Cambrics. Fi. 



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