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NEW ENGLAND FARIMER. 



Feb. 29, 1832. 



MISCEI^LANY 



From the Boston Contiuel. 



Mmrs Editors.— kmong my many scraps, I lately 

 (..•ind some lines of poelry by a PhiliKlelphian, occa- 

 sioned on the aloption of the Fedeial Const iluuon in 1787. 

 The ' 'Vcntion' met in a wooden meeting house, where 

 „ow stands Dr Channing's. 11 your v.ews ol restisrita- 

 lion are in unison with mine, the subsequent will lind a 

 pUce in the Centiuel. "'"O ""^^'O- 



The 'Vention did in Boston meet. 

 But Slate House could not hold 'em ; 

 So then they went to Fed'ral street. 

 And there the truth was told 'em. 

 Yankee doodle, keep it up, 

 Yankee doodle dandy, 

 Mind the music and the step 

 And with the girls be handy. 



They every morning went to prayer. 

 And then began disputing, 

 'Till opposition silenced were 

 By arguments refuting. 



The 'squire Hancock like a man 

 Who deirly loves the nation, 

 By a concil'atory plan 

 Prevented much vexation. 



He made a woundy Federal Speech 

 With sense and elocution ; 

 And then the 'Venlion did beseech 

 T' adopt the Constitution. 



The question being outright put, 

 (Each voter Independent,) 

 The Federalists agreed t' adopt. 

 And then propose amendment. 



The other party seeing then 7i 

 The People were against 'em, 

 Agreed like honest, faithful men. 

 To mix in peace Rinongst 'cm. 



The Boston folks are deucid lads. 



And always full of notions; 



The Boys, the Girls, their Mams and Daas 



Were filled with joy's commotions. 



So straightway they procession made. 

 Lord ! how a nation fine. Sir ! 

 For every man of every trade 

 Went with his tools — to dine. Sir. 



John Fostek Williams in a Ship 

 Join'd in the social band, Sir, 

 And made the lasses dance and skip. 

 To see him sail on land. Sir. 



Oh then a whopping feaot began, 



.\nd all hands went to sating ; 



They drank their toasts, shook hand and sang. 



Huzza ! for 'Vention meeting. 



Now Politicians of all kinds, 



Who are not yet decided, 



May sec how Yankees speak their minds; 



Arc yet are not divided. 



Then from this sample let 'cm cease 

 Inflammatory writings, 

 For Fbeedom, H.\ppniEss and Peace, 

 la betler far than fighting. 



So here I end my Fed'ral Song, 

 Composed of thirteen verses. 

 May Agriculture flourish long, 

 ,\nd Commerce fill our purses ! 



New AVork on Fruits, &c. 



JoriN R. RussEi.L and C»rtfk & HKSi'Kk", Boston; G 

 Thohburn & .-^oNs, New York ; (Jkkco &. F.i.i.iott 

 and t'AKY & Makt, Philadelphia; .S. C. I'akkihikst. 

 Cincinnati, and Wm. Thobbur.v, .\lbany, have iu press, 

 anil wiU publish in a few weeks, 



Rattle Snake adventure in Oregon. — A curious 

 incident occurred to one, of our men, named La 

 Course, wliich was near proving fatal. This man 

 had stretched himself on the ground, after the 

 fatigue of the day, with his head resting on a small 

 package of goods, and quietly fell asleep. While 

 in this situation I passed him, and was almost pet- 

 rified at seeing a large rattle snake move from his 

 side to his left breast. My first impulse wa.s to 

 alarm La Course ; but an old Canadian wliom I 

 had beckoned to the spot, requested me to make 

 no noise, alleging it would merely cross the body 

 and go away. He was mistaken ; for on reaching 

 the man's left shoulder, the serpent coiled itself 

 but did not appear to meditate an attack. Having 

 tnade signs to several others, who joined us, it was 

 determined that two men should advance a little 

 in front, to divert the attention of the snake, while 

 one should approach La Course behind and with 

 a long stick endeavor to remove it from the body. 

 The snake on observing tlie men advance in front 

 instantly raised its head, darted its forked tongue, 

 and shook its rattles — all indications of anger. 

 Every one was now in a feverish state of agitation 



to the fate of poor La Course, who still lay hS';3,«irreL'ri;ti:(besides old sort-) of Iron, 

 slumbering, unconscious of his danger ; when the jqo to ]20 jieic rnnXiM of Peara of undoubted ex- 

 man behind, who had procured a stick seven feet celi.ence; from 60 to 80 of which are not particularly 

 in len.'th, suddenly placed one end of it under the Me-rribcd and condensed in any one European volume 



., = ' , „I„j :.. ..:.,. I.: :. a^ ,.f wliich has hitherto reached us; some American, but 



chiefly the new and most approved Flemish varieties. 



The descriptions are partly from personal observation, 

 and from assistance received from some of the most in- 

 telligent horticulturists of New Kngland ; from the best 

 writer.* of America, and the best foreign productions ; the 



NEW AMERICAN ORCIIARDIST, 

 MOST VALUABLK FRUITS A.NU VEGF.TABLEti 



ADAPTED TO CULTIVATION 



CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 



MOPES OF CULTUBE ASD MANAGEMENT; BEMEDIES FOB 



THE MALADIES TO WTllCU TllKY ABE SUBJECT 



KBOM CA.SKER WOKMS, BOBEKS, KT.'. 



Br W M . K E N R I C K . 



This work will contain particular descriptions of from 

 700 to SOO select varieties of fruit, adapted to our 

 varied climate, and will include the Olive and some most 

 useful tropical fruits which may be successfully cultivated 

 in our Southern territories. 



The dilfercnt modes by whicl: the new varieties of 

 fruit have been obtained, will be described ; modes of 

 pruning and tiaining, by which trees, 8i.c, are rendered 

 fruitful ; of grafting and inoculation ; and of the modes 



reptile, and succeeded in pitching it upwards of 

 ten feet from the man's body. A shout of joy 

 was the first intimation La Course rcAieivcd of his 

 wonderful escape ; while in the meantime the 

 man with the stick pursued the snake, which he 

 killed. A general search was then commenced 

 about the encampment, and under several rocks 

 we found fifty of them, all of which we destroyed. 

 They l-.ave a strong repugnance to the smell of 

 tobacco, in consequence of which we opened a 

 bale of if, and strewed a quantity of loo.se heaves 

 about the tents, by which means we avoided their 

 visits during the night. — Mven. on Cohimbia river. 



Mr Girard used to say that a man who would 

 leave off business because he thought himself rich 

 enough, had very erroneous views^that he at- 

 tached no more importance to wealth, than he did 

 to his old shoes, but that he looked upon active 

 employment, as one of the greatest duties of life. 

 He used to say that he would plant a tree today, 

 f he thounht he should die tomorrow. 



.■? powerful argument in favor of Temperance. — 

 The Medical Intelligencer states, that from Regi.s- 

 ters of Societies of Friends or Quakers, it appears 

 as a consequence of their temperate habits, that 

 one half of those that are born, live to the age of 

 47 years ; whereas, says Dr Price, that of the gen- 

 eral society of London, one half live only 2^ 

 years! Among the quakers, one in ten arrive at 

 70 years of age ; of the general population of Lon- 

 don, only one in 40. Never did a more powerful 

 aigument support tlie practice of temperance and 

 a virtuous life. 



The following charade is said to be from the pen 

 of a worthy Alderman of the city of London: 



' My first is a little thing what hops. 

 My second gives us good hay crops. 

 My whole I oats with mutton chops.' 



Solution — Sparrow-grass. 



iptions ol Van Mons, the splendid edition of New 

 Duhamel,the Poinological Magazine, the superb Pyrus 

 Mains Brentfordiensis of Ronald, and Lindley's Guide to 

 the Orchard and Kitchen (Jarden. From these it ha» 

 been the constant aim, to cull from their extremely varied 

 and select lists, all that was beautiful, excellent, produc- 

 tive and profitable. 



From these will be formed another select list, of those 

 sorts already approved with us, as the best and /nost pro- 

 ductive. 



In regard to the new varieties of fruits of .\inericaand 

 of Europe, it will be the aim of the writer, to render this 

 work particularly interesting, and adapted to the diflftrent 

 sections of our highly favored country. 



The very best of late English works, we refer to those 

 just named, those celebrated works which arc beyond all 

 doubt so admiratilij adapted to the climate and covntri/ 

 for which they were principalli/ designed, and as auxili- 

 aries tons, are extremely deficient in regard to those na- 

 tive fruits which arc with us so highly cstccmcJ. We 

 will instance some ; with others it is even still worse. 



In their description of apples we find very few, scarce 

 half a dozen, of our fine native varieties described 

 or even named; those fiuits which agree so well with 

 U8 — the .^elections from the innumerable native orchards 

 of our country during two centuries. 



They describe but one variety of our 7iative pears, and 

 in the place of those not described, they rccomniend to'iis 

 other varielies, the very sorts we have lung since rejected. 



They describe buitwo varieties of ournative peaches, so 

 much admired by travellers ; some, the finest of the South 

 of Europe are equally unnoticed, — the fine selections 

 fiom the vast native orchards of this fruit at the South, for 

 distillation, — all these, the productions of our own and other 

 equally favored climates, are rejected from their lists as 

 'worthless;' not being adaptetl to their hostile seasons 

 and latitude, and not coming to full maturity and excel- 

 lence, even on the walls to which their cultivation is con- 

 fined. 



A few engravings may be furnished, such as a plan of 

 the Thomery mode of training Grape Vines ; the que- 

 nouillo mode of training trees, &c. 



It will be comprised in one volume of about 300 pages, 

 and will be furnished for about $1 per copy. Feb. 22. 



It is an honor to their (the Spaniards) law.a, that 

 a man loses his testimony who can be pro\ed 

 once to have been drunk. — Sir William Temple. 



Published every Wednesday Evening, at 53 per 

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 sixty da\8 from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a 

 deduction of fifty cents. 



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