NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1834. 



NO. 47. 



BUOOKSS PATIENT .SILK SPINNING MACHINE. 



We are happy to have it in our power to present 

 to our readers a cut and description of the above- 

 named very valuable implement. 



By the different arrangements of tins machine, it 

 will spin, double and twist Sewing Silk or Twist, 

 two or three threaded ; and spin four threads at 

 once for warp on the spools ready for warping, or 

 filling on the quills ready for the shuttle for weav- 

 ing, all of any size or twist that is wanting for any 

 common use. 



Experience has fully proved that by uniting the 

 filaments of silk as they are drawn from the cocoons, 

 wet, in their natural glue, before suffered to dry, the 

 thread is more firm, smooth and strong, than it can 

 be if reeled and dried before it is twisted. It may 

 be noticed that this machine prepares the thread in 

 a finished state for almost any thing that silk is used 

 for. 



The Inventor of this Machine has bad awarded 

 to him a premium from the Plymouth, and from the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Societies. Also, a medal 

 and premium from the Philadelphia Agricultural So- 

 ciety ; and certificates from many scientific gentle- 

 men that have witnessed the utility of the invention. 



From the Boston Advocate. 

 CEMETERY. 



A magnificent plan of a rural cemetery, after 

 the manner of Pere-la-Chaise, and our own beauti- 

 ful Auburn, has been commenced and is in progress 

 in England. 



It is called the Great Western Cemetery, situate 

 at Noiting Hill, just beyond Kensington Gardens, 

 two miles from London. The capital is £31,500, 

 divided into shares of £21 each. Half shares at 

 £10, 10*. each. This is more liberal than the plan 

 of the Cemetery at Auburn, where $60 is the price 

 of a share, and no half shares are sold. The Not- 

 ting Hill Cemetery is managed by 24 Directors. 

 Holders of 5 shares are qualified for the direction, 

 and joint bidders of 100 shares may nominate a Hi- 

 rector. 



The grounds embrace fiflij-iwo acres, in extent, 

 eqiii-distaiit from Oxford street and Picadilly. — 

 Twelve acres have been already enclosed and adorn- 

 ed with magnificent trees and beautiful shrubbery. 

 Two hillocks, with ancient trees, are preserved. 

 The rest of the estate is at present let as a farm. 



The spot is represented to be capable of becom- 

 ing equal in extent to the famed Pere-la-Chaise, 

 near Paris. We heard a gentleman, recently 

 from Europe, remark the other day, that the nat- 

 ural advantages of the Cemetery at Auburn were 

 incomparably superior to all that nature had done, 

 or art could do, for Pere-la-Chuise. Nutting Hill 

 he had not seen. 



The grounds are open daily for public inspec- 

 lion. As soon as £15,000 are subscribed, the 

 work is to be commenced, so as to complete the 

 whole Cemetery this year. The round tower, the 

 ancient temple church, is to be a model for one 

 of the funeral chapels, which are to be erected 

 on the grounds. 



The Treasurer guarantees the repayment of the 

 subscriptions, provided a sufficient capital is not 

 raised. Subscribers may transfer their shares 

 and take a piece of freehold land instead, com- 

 prising a site capable of containing ten coffins, or 

 five, for half a share. Each person employs his 

 own architect, the Company not intending to act 

 as undertakers. 



This Cemetery has an additional interest, from 

 its being designed for those who die out of the 

 pale of the English Church as well as in it. 

 Such is the absurdity of bigotry in established re- 

 ligious, and in laws against sacrilege, &t. that by 

 the laws of England a dissenting clergyman can- 

 not officiate in consecrated (that is, Church of Eng- 

 land) burial grounds, nor can an Episcopalian 

 minister officiate in uncomeerated grounds. The 

 consequence is, that the bodies of churchmen 

 and dissenters are kept as far apart, after they are 

 dead, as their creeds were, while living. This 

 absurdity has not failed to strike some liberal 

 minds in England. In a debate, March 18, 1834, 

 in the British Commons, Lord Althorp said, he 

 wished some other plan than by legislative enact- 

 ment could be devised, by which the difficulty of 

 non-parochial burial for dissenters could be ob- 

 viated. 



The Nottingham Cemetery, being without the 

 bounds of a parish, it admits of ministers in sur- 

 plices and clergymen in plain coats, performing 

 the rites of sepulture, at the same time, for the 

 man who has received the sacrament kneeling in 

 the chapel, and for another who took it, seated in 

 his pew. 



There must indeed be " many mansions" in 

 heaven for people who believe, as they do in Eng- 

 land, that a churchman and a dissenter cannot lie 

 quietly it) their graves, in the same church yard! 



CHOICE OF OCCUPATION. 



It is a very common error with parents, in 

 determining upon the future occupations of their 



children, to fix upon a profession, or some seden- 

 tary employment, for those of a weakly or deli- 

 cate constitution ; while to the robust and vigor- 

 ous, is assigned a more active and laborious oc- 

 cupation, demanding considerable bodily exertion, 

 and repeated exposure to the open air. As a gen- 

 eral rule, the very opposite of this course should 

 be pursued : the robust being the best able to 

 bear up against the pernicious effects of that con- 

 finement and inactivity, to which the enfeebled 

 constitution will very speedily fall a prey ; while 



the latter will be materially benefitted by the very 

 exertion and exposure to which it is supposed to 

 be unadapted. 



When we examine the individuals who com- 

 pose the various trades and occupations, and find 

 certain classes to present, very commonly, a pale, 

 meagre and sickly aspect, while others are replete 

 with health, vigor, and strength ; we are not to 

 suppose that because the pursuits of one demand 

 but little, and those of the other considerable bodi- 

 ly strength, the first are best adapted to the weakly, 

 and the latter to the strong: we are rather to as- 

 cribe this very difference in their appearance, to 

 the influence their several occupations exert upon 

 the health of the system. 



Let the most healthy and vigorous individual 

 exchange his laborious occupation in the open air, 

 for one, which requires confinement within doors, 

 and but li;t!e exercise, and his florid complexion, 

 well developed muscles, and uninterrupted health, 

 will very speedily give place to paleness, more or 

 less emaciation, and debility, and occasionally to 

 actual disease of the stomach and lungs. On the 

 other hand, the reverse effects will be produced, 

 by the sedentary exchanging, before it is too late, 

 their confinement and inactivity, for some active 

 employrdent in the open air. These are import- 

 ant considerations, an attention to which, in the 

 choice of a profession, would be the means of sav- 

 ing not a little suffering, — in many instances of 

 prolonging life. — Baltimore Farmer. 



From the Boston Courier. 

 AGRICULTURE. 



There are few employments more dignified 

 than whacking bushes. Cincinnatus is the great- 

 est name in Roman history, only because he was af- 

 ter bis victories a farmer in a small way, sub- 

 sisting chiefly on turnips of bis own raising.- The 

 old Roman of the present day, also seems to gain 

 some favor with a part of the public from bis agri- 

 cultural pursuits at the Hermitage. May he have 

 a speedy and happy return to them ! 



The farmer is a lucky man — he is subject to 

 few cares, diseases or changes. He holds in fee 

 a certain part of this planet, in the shape of a 

 wedge, or inverted pyramid, running from the sur- 

 face down to the centre, together with the at- 

 mosphere above it ; and if any man should build a 

 tower overhanging his line by a single brick, 

 though a thousand feet in the air, it may be abat- 

 ed as a nuisance. It is a great thing to have a 

 legal and equitable title to a portion of earth, to 

 cultivate it, and to owe a support to the applica- 

 tion of strength, rather than the misapplication of 

 wit. The fanner is independent of all but Provi- 

 idence — he calls no man master. 



" He would not flatter Neptune for his pitchfork." 



He is not only a friend of humanity, but he is 



kindly disposed towards brutes. An ox is to him 

 in the light of a friend, a cow is a benefactor, and 

 a calf is almost a child. He is clothed by the 

 sheep, and the cosset land) is a foster brother of 

 his children, who have a heavy day when their 

 mute friend is sold to the butcher. The fanner 

 has little to buy, and much to sell, his means are 

 huge and his waste little. He is an especial fa- 



