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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 7, 1832. 



MISCEI^LANY. 



TO THE MEMORY OF THE GRANDSON OF SIB, 

 WALTER SCOTT ; 



Known to the public as Hugh LilllejoVin,— for whose 

 use were written the Tales of a Grandfather. He was a 

 chilli of great mental promise, but afflicteil from an early 

 age with tlie disease of the spine. ~A'eu» Vork Atlas. 



Boy of the laurel ! — go ! 



This earth was not for (hee ! 



The vulgar care?, that fret mankind, 

 Had grieved and galled thy gentler mind — 

 Thy fiailer form. No, no! — be free! 

 Boy of the laurel — go ! 



Thou worm-nipp'd bud, — thou blighted flower, 

 Is it a general doom 



That to the gified ones is given,* 

 With niggard hand, the boon of Heaven, 

 A blessing birth-marked for the tomb, 

 A worm-nipp'd bud, — a blighted flower? 



Babe as iheu wert — thy name 

 Is constellated here 



With those to whom our language clings. 

 As glorious and immortal things, 

 Things worthy of the nation's tear. 

 Now hallowing thy name! 



Ray of a mighty star! 



Which cheer'dst the heart we loved. 

 The mind we venerated ! Thou 

 Couldst chase those care shades from his brow, 

 By the world's worship unremoved, — 

 Ray of our selling star ! 



Ah ! hover near him still! 



Still whispering peace and love ! 

 Thy feeble accents loved'in life, 

 Shall woo him from a world of strife. 

 To gentler, holier realms above, 

 Where thou wilt sooth him still. 



Child of the laurel!— go! 

 Heed not the tears we shed. 



Thine was the best of destinies ; 

 Affliction trained thee for the skies. 

 While Love upheld ihy fainting head ! 

 Go I— gentle martyr, — go ! 



*The eldest son of Mr Canning was afflicted in a sim- 

 ilar manner. — Court Journal. 



ing, and to iirodnoe a better looking bread from 

 defective niuterials. 



Tbe wliole operation is as horrid as the caul- 

 dron scene in Macbeth. The cudgel of tlie law 

 should fall iieavily on the shoulders of such mis- 

 creants. It is loo true, however, that in barbarous 

 countries they administer the most complete and 

 inunediate justice. In Turkey, such bakers would 

 be lucky to escape roasting in their own ovens. 

 A quack there, who has killed a believer, is ])Ound- 

 ed to death in a huge mortar; and a baker, whose 

 loaves are less than the standard weight, is ntiiled 

 by his ear to a post. A similar custom in some 

 civilized countries would raise the price of nails. 



The bakers very early found out the abuse of 

 alum, and have used it for eggs ; it disguises the 

 quality of bad flower, so that flower of beans, peas 

 and potatoes can hardly be detected in tliat of 

 wheat. Alum, to be sine, does not kill so fast as 

 the sulphate of copper — nevertheless, it is not so 

 good for the stomach. Chalk, pipe-clay, and 

 plaister, enter largely into the composition of a 

 loaf, but these are tolerable. Good white pine 

 saw-dust also makes a saleable loaf The effect 

 of alum on "panitication " is to make it, as the 

 bakers say, (and be hanged to them) swell large. 

 It would hardly be too great a punishment for 

 those offenders to make them eat their own loaves. 

 Luckily there is a ready test that will detect the 

 presence of the sulphate of copper. Apply to the 

 bread a dro|i of prussiate of potash, and it will 

 produce a rose color, even though the sulphate be 

 only part in nine thousand. — The bread, therefore, 

 I blush, although the baker has no shame. 



The Horticultural Garden o< the late Andrew 

 Parmeutier, is oU'ered lor .Sale. 



THE icpuldtiou ol Ibis tijl.ibli^linient is 

 not confined to the vicinity of New York, 

 Init is well known thioughout the United 

 Slates, and ditl'eient parts of Europe. 'It is 

 situated tivo miles from the city of New 

 Yoik, at Brooklyn, Long lOand, at the jum-iioii of the 

 Jamaica and Fbubush Roads, and contains 24 acies. 



The Grounds are in a very high state ol cultivation, 

 and laid out with judgment and taste. The situation is 

 very healthy and the view very extensive, commaniling 

 the bay, the city, Sic. The Garden is enclosed by a 

 pointed stone fence, and inside of that is a hawthorn 

 hedge. Tbe Nursery contains a fine and extensive col- 

 lecton of Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental 1 ree" ; also, a 



iplenilid collection of Roses and Herbaceous Plants, 



the object of the late proprietor having always been to 

 collect every new variety 



On the premises are a Dwelling House, two Laborers' 

 Houses, seven Cisterns, and a never-failing Pump of ex- 

 cellent water; four Green and Hot Houses, containing 

 a rich variety of rare exotics. 



Tlie advantages to be derived by any person who 

 wishes to engage in the occupation of Gardening, by the 

 purchase of this property, are very great ; the business 

 already secured is very extensive, and the prospect of 

 increa-ed eiicourageineut is such as to warrant the be- 

 lief that tbe purchase of the property will amply repay 

 the enterprise of the one who mav engage in the 

 business. 



Terms will bo made known by applying to Mrs Par- 

 MFNTiER, on the premises. 



N. B. — Any orders sent to Mrs P. will be promptly 

 and carefully executed. 6l 



Feb. 16. 



From the Boston Couth 



BREAD. 



Siliman's Journal has, among many scientific 

 articles, a paper on the various saline materials 

 used in making bread. It is the worst of treasons 

 and conspiracies to poison a man at his own table 

 — the very wildest Arab would not do it, so ab- 

 horrent is it to nature to inflict death with the 

 staff of life. Yet there are heavy suspicions rest- 

 ing on the corporation of bakers, and " it will go 

 nigh to be thought," that if they can produce a 

 loaf light and fair, they care little for the digestions 

 of the consumers. In Belgium and the North of 

 France, the men of dough have mixed with their 

 other deleterious ingredients, the sulphate of co]i- 

 per. This, it seems, was begun in seasons when 

 the flour was of a bad quality ! — With the flour 

 they mixed pulverized beans, or saw-dust, and 

 consummated their atrocity by throwing in tUie 

 TLtriol. This was to diminish the labor of knead- 



Tobacco and the Cholera. — The continent is pois- 

 oned with tobacco-smoke from one end of the 

 land to the other, aftd every hourof the twentyfoiir. 

 That .tobacco may kill insects on shrubs, and that 

 one stench may overpower another, is all jmssible 

 enough ; but that thousands and tens of thousands 

 die of diseases of the lungs, generally brought on 

 by tobacco smoking, is a fact as well known as 

 any in the whole history of diseases. How is it 

 possible to be otherwise ? Tobacco is a poison ! 

 A man will die of an infusion of tobacco as soon 

 as of a shot in the head. Can inhaling tliis pow- 

 erful narcotic, in however small portions, bo good 

 for man ? Its operation in these small portions is 

 to produce a sensation of giddiness and drowsi- 

 ness. It inflames the mouth, and requires a per- 

 petual flow of the saliva, a fluid known to be 

 among the most important of the whole oconotiiy 

 of digestion ; it irritates the eye, corrupts tlie 

 breath, and excites the throat to perpetual thirst. 

 No doubt the human frame may grow so accus- 

 tomed to this drain, that the smoker may go on 

 from year to year, making himself a nuisance to 

 society ; yet there can be no doubt whatever, that 

 the custom is as deleterious in general as it is filthy 

 and un-English. A great portion of it has arisen 

 among us from the puppyish affectation of our 

 shopkeepers' boys and city dandies, for being 

 thought foreign Field Marshals. Every handler 

 of tapes and ribands turns a hussar, the mo- 

 ment he sallies forth from behind the counter ; 

 the easily applied moustache, the fur cloak, and 

 the cigar, furnish the hero ; and England rejoices 

 in her Count Calico and her General Gingham. 

 Monthly Magazine. 



TVuih. — In all sciences the errors precede the 

 truths ; and it is better they should go first than last. 



European Leeches. 



The subscriber has made such arrangements abroaJ 

 as to enable him to be constantly supplied with the gen- 

 uine medical Leech. All orilers will receive prompt at- 

 tention. EBENEZER WIGHT, 



46, Milk street, opposiie Federal-st., Apothecary. 



Flooring Boards, <&c. 



OF hard Southern Pine, or Eastern While Pine, fur- 

 nished to order, ready planed (liy steam power) and 

 tongued or grooved, of any required dimensions. Quality 

 gooil, and price lower than thev can be elsewhere had. 



Apply to E. COPELAND, Jr, 65, Broad street. 



Ammunition. 



OF the best quality ai.ii lotitest priee.g, for sporting — 

 constantly for sale at COPELAND'S POW DER STORE, 

 6,- Broad Street. 



N. B. If the quality is not found satisfactory, it mSy 

 be returned, and the money will he rct"niieu Jan. 1 



Jewelry, Watches, and Fancy Goods. 



WM. M. WESSON, No. 10a Washington Street, 

 Boston, is constantly supplied with a good assortment 

 of Watches, Silver anil Plated Ware, Jewelry, Cutlery, 

 Trays of all kiuds, Fancy Goods, Ifc, /fc, which he will 

 dispose of at as low a rate as- can be purchased in the 

 <^'y- 0° Watches repaired and warranted. 



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 deJuclion nf fifty cents. 



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 all descriptions of Printing can be exeeutej to meet the 

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 R.tssEi.L, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 62, North 

 Ma-ket Street. 



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