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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MARCH 19, 183#. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Vermont Intelligencer. 

 METEORIC COTILLION. 



Not many years since, as you all recollect 



When the people were dancing around Lafayette, 



The planets, desirous of outshining all. 



Determined on giving a '• Celestial Ball"— — 



Then Jupiter. Saturn, and General Mars, 



With Venus and Juno, danced round the fixed stars. 



But wonders more strange were performed t'other night, 



Which caused the old folks to take such a fright, 



The comet and meteor could not be outdone 



By any large planet that roll's round the sun; 



They therefore determined, about forty million, 



To have by themselves a tremendous cotillion ; 



On the first pleasant night, the Milky Way clear. 



Each sparkling young belle was engaged to appear. 



The sun in good season had gone offto bed. 



And each sleepy mortal was nodding his head ; 



The birds and the beasts were all silent and still, 



And chilled were the lips of the babbling rill ;, 



Not a croak from the frog in his long winter bed, 



Not a rat or a mouse dared to pop out his head ; 



The foxes no more dared to trot o'er the plain, 



Or nibble the turkeys or geese they had slain ; 



The sapient owl — so affrighted was be, 



That he hooted and skulked to his own hollow tree. 



All nature was silent, the stars sat at ease, 



Till the music came floating along on the breeze. 



,/Eolus of old, a right musical fellow, 



Now took down his harp from a neighboring willow, 



Then tuning his strings, fill'd the whole hemisphere 



With music to chnrm and to ravish the ear, 



Not long had he played, when the meteors far, 



Impatiently waiting beyond the north star, 



Heard the music, and seizing the hand of each fair, 



Came frisking- and dancing along in the air. 



Each one took a lamp from the bright northern light, 



To show off his spangles and dress in the night. 



Of the dress of the ladies, suffice it to say, 



They were all laced so light that they fainted away. 



Now hornpipes and waltzes prevail through the sky, 

 And all upon pigeon wings caper and fly. 

 Right and left, ngadoon, cross over and chain, 

 Then balance your partner, and swing round again, 

 Now down the outside, and then up in the mid. lie, 

 Cast off and Chasscc, with a heigh diddle-diddle. 

 Such dancing and waltzing you ne'er laid your eyes on, 

 From the top of the zenith down to the horizon; 

 Round the most distant planet each fair little maid 

 By the side of her beau took a sweet promenade. 

 The drink was pure ether — of wine there was none, 

 For each then belonged to the Temperate zone. 

 The party continued to dance and to feast 

 Till blushing Aurora came up in the ... i. 

 Who blew out their candles anil spoil'd all their fun, 

 And made all the company " scamper and run." 



L1CK1TACUT. 



substances, and showing every gem "1" the. casket 

 in each drop, is, in truth, ami "ill remain " the 

 liquor of life." The weary, the fainting, and the 

 dying, call not for burgundy, or champaign, or to- 

 kny ; the longing of their heart, the hope of their 

 recovery, or the alleviation of their anguish, is 

 " water," — water clear from the fountain, or fresh 

 from the cistern. Thus we see that, even in those 

 cases in which art and luxury have done the most, 

 human nature, when it comes to the hour of tribu- 

 lation — to the moment of peril — to the article of 

 strife with nothingness — clings to the freshness and 

 simplicity of nature. And it is even so in everj 

 thing. When cold sweat bedews the temples ol 

 the monarch — when artery and vein have forsaken 

 each other, and the curdling fluid is breeding cor- 

 ruption in the little capillary tubes between — when 

 the heart's feeble pulse is flung hack upon it by 

 the dying vessels, and it is about to he broken h\ 

 its very strength — when the lungs will no longer 

 remove the charcoal, but make, as it were, the fire 

 of life to smoulder in its own ashes — when the 

 currentless throat begins to be choaked up by its 

 own refuse — when the angel of death stands ready 

 to loosen the "silver cord," and break the " wheel 

 at the cistern, and the pitcher at the fountain," — 

 what then reeks the monarch for his state and his 

 diadems! Cast aside that sceptre, it is a bauble ; 

 dofi that crown, it is nothing; rend away the vel- 

 vet and the tinsel, they are trash ; remove that 

 coverlet of satin, it is a burden : give him the fresh 

 air of heaven — the first draught of nature that he 

 drew — so that the king may die easily and in 

 peace; free the monarch of all the trappings of his 

 grandeur — so that the spirit of the man may mount 

 in triumph to its Cod. — Mudie. 



HUMAN AND ANIMAL SENSATION. 



When the epicurean ransacks the three king- 

 doms of nature in all their provinces, and even 

 presses in putrefaction itself, to give a flavor to bis 

 mess, he has actually less animal pleasure in thai 

 mess than the rustic has in a crust of wholesome 

 brown bread, or a potato nicely roasted in the turf 

 ashes. His sensation may he different, but it is 

 not better ; and let a man be but hungry enough, 

 and give him something to appease that hunger, 

 and all the cooks that " the devil ever sent" to mar 

 Heaven's bounty can give no more enjoyment. So 

 also in drinks — wines have their gusto, and other 

 potations their exhilaration ; but " Adam's wine," 

 as in wells living from the rock, free from foreign 



■WATERSPOUT ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA. 



M. Mayer, who resides at Mollard Place, Gene- 

 va, in looking through bis window, which faces 

 the lake, saw to his astonishment, on the third of 

 December last, about a quarter before eight in the 

 morning, in the direction of Paquis and Secheron, 

 a vertical column of water, at least sixty or eighty 

 feet high, and several feet in diameter, larger at its 

 base than its summit, of a grey color, and ap [tear- 

 ing animated with a gyratory motion. The col- 

 umn rested on the lake below, and was bent to- 

 wards the top in the form of a how. It remained 

 nearly two minutes without any sensible change of 

 place; and then sunk, by degrees, from above, by 

 diffusing itself in a shower of rain. At this junc- 

 ture a southwest wind ruffled the surface of the 

 lake ; the sky was entirely covered with thick va- 

 pors, which occupied the upper regions, while there 

 were, properly speaking, no clouds in the horizon. 



This is not the fust spout seen on Lake Leman. 

 One. which occurred in 1741 was described in the 

 French Academy. It lasted several minutes. An- 

 other was seen in 1764, in the month of August, 

 which continued nearly an hour. 



In the spout witnessed by I\l. Mayer, the top of 

 the column bad no communication with thick 

 clouds, as is sometimes the case, no trace of any 

 such cloud was to he seen, neither above the col- 

 umn nor in its neighborhood, — hence there were 

 no indications of electrical attraction to which the 

 effect could be attributed, and there seems no 

 means of accounting for the prodigious force then 

 exerted to sustain a column of water of such 

 height, except that which ascribes it to a current 

 or whirlwind of excessive intensity. — Bib. -Univ. 



REDUCTION IN PRICES OF TREES, &o. 



Wi\l. PRINCE & SONS have determined in consequenea 

 uf the pecuniary pressure, to reduce the prices ol a great varie- 

 ty »f Trees and Plants, where or. In s are sent for a c onsidera- 

 unt i and all persons who desiri Fruit end Ornamental 

 Trees; FlowcringJSnrubs and Plants; Grcci ho'ise Trees and 

 Plants ; Splendid Dahlias j or Seed — will . n applying to them 

 m til. with a 1 1 >t of the articles wasted, be promptly 

 furnished with a printed sheet explaining the reduced rates — 

 II I. Chinese Mulberry, or Morns oiultii aulis ate now reduced 

 to $25 pet 100, and , v -' l.', per dozen. — Apple trees in great va- 

 riety $20to$ 5 pei 100. — Pears $37i pel 100, and' extra large 

 ditto nil mils each ; and 50,000 are two. throe, and four yean 

 grafted. — Peaches $20and25pci inn — l.argi Orange Quinces 

 $30pei 100. — Euglishand .Spanish Filberts j 25 per 100 —Fine 

 Ib-.l Raspherrh s o. per 100. — Large Red and Yellow Antwerp 

 $ If I pel I" 1 1. — * rooseberries, 6nest Lancashire varieties $20 per 

 100; and Large Red White ami Black English Currants s'bi per 

 KH). — Isabella Grape, .'. Mars old vines $25 per 100, and 2 

 years ditto $20 per 100. — Catawba, Alexander, Wimic, York 



Claret, 5fork Made nd Scuppernong, $25 per 100. — ller- 



bemont's Madeira, Troy and Flsingburgh, $30 per loir — Nor- 

 ton's Virginia Seedling $35 per 100 — The collection of choice 

 European Grapes is unrivalled. — Chinese Ailanthus, 4 feet 

 high, $ !'i per dozen and larger sizes in proportion. — A reduc- 

 tion is made on a great man) kinds ol Roses, Poeonies, Chry- 

 santhemums &c. — Double Dahbas of such line assorted kinds 

 as have been most increased, will be supplied at $3, $4j and 

 $6 per dozen, according to excellence, and selected by our- 

 selves. Tli.' roots can be sent to any distance.' — The new va- 

 rieties of Flemish and Englistr'Pears having been introduced bjr 

 us an. I greatly increased, the prices of the greater part have 

 been reduced, anil lire trees arc mostly of line size and three 

 years ingrafted. — The Ornamental Trees and Shrubs of most 

 kinds are luge and ilnilty, and of double or treble the value of 

 smaller ones, winch is a most decided advantage, being a gain 

 ..i several vears in embellishment. 



N. B. Having tro Agent at Boston, lire Commission of 10 

 per cent, usually allowed for Agency, will be credited to the 

 purchasi rs, ami lie deducted from the amount of the bills ren- 

 dered. The stork of Dahlias being so very large, they will be 

 furnished mi the most favorable terms possible. 

 Linhsean Botanic Garden and Nurseries, ) 



S34. S 



Flushing, near New-York. Feb. 10, 1834 



FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamental TREES, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 Mi PLANTS, &c. NuKSKKYof WILLIAM 

 KENRK'K in Newton, 5^ miles from Boston, 

 by the City Mills. 



Tins .Mirserv now comprises a rare and extraordinary collee 

 lion of fruit trees. Trees and Shrubs ot Ornament, Roses, «\:c. 

 ami covers the iimsinl 111 acres, tit new a lebratt d l'< art atom . 

 150 kinds, a pail 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, Grape. Vines, Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseoerrics, Strawberries, Figs, «.Vc. &c. — selections 

 from the best vanities known — a collection in unequal propor- 

 tions of 800 varieties ol fruit. 



While mulberries for silkworms — the fruit poor. Also the 



MoAUS Ml 1.TICACI.1S or I\'ew Chinese Mulberry, a beauti- 

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



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

 and China varieties,; selections from numerous importations, 

 and first rale Sources. White Flowering Horse I'licsliutj. 

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

 netian Sumach. Aliheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &c. &.C. — 

 in all, of Ornamental trees, and shrubs. 650 varieties. < 'I 

 Herbaceous flowering plants, a choice selection ol 280 varieties, 

 including the Preonii s, Mouion and Papaveract a — and £4 other 

 kinds — and 83 splendid varieties ofdoublr Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are in* ited to forward their orders early Address 

 to WJLLIAM KENR1CK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered la 

 Boston free ol charge for transportation, and suitably packed, 

 .in.l from ih. 'nee when ordered duly forwarded, by land or sea.. 

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

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

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

 t 'alalogues gratis on application. Jy 17 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



A new importation of superior kinds, just received, of all 

 nlors, by . WM. KENRICK, Newton. 



THE NEW ENGLAND PARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at 53 per annum, 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pay withia 

 sixty days from the time ot subscribing, are entitled to a dedus- 

 lion.of fifty cents. 



Qj= No paper will he sent to a distance without paymcat 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for Geo. C. Barrett by Ford & Dankeii 

 who execute every description of Hook avd Fancy Print- 

 ing in good style, and with promptness. Orders for prim- 

 ing may be left with Geo. C. Barrett, at the Agricttl 

 lural Warehouse, No. 52, North Market Street. 



