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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 14, 1832. 



ai I S C E L. L, A N Y 



From the Hampshire Gazette. 



GOING TO LAW. 



It is .«trange that men, especially farmers, do not 

 1 see the folly of going to law to settle disputes 



between neighbors. The following article, from 



the Keene Sentinel, exhihits the foolishness of 



tliose who engage in lawsuits to a«ljust their diffi- 



cidties or rather to gratify their passions. A qiiar- „ „ . , .• r 



:.:'l":hout three shen>, cost the plaintiff 400 dollars | in^England__at.^equal Jo the^ Tt.l"^n£ 



and the defendant 100 dollars, and they were 



LABOR. 



TVie value of labor.— A pound of iron in a crude 

 state, is perhaps worth a cent. It is converted, 

 we will su])pose, into steel, and then into watch 

 springs. Now, according to a calculation made in 

 a work upon this subject, there are 7000 grains in 

 a pound weight, and every watch spring weighs a 

 tenth of a grain,— 70,000 watch springs, worth, 

 say, |2 each", $140,000 for the pound of iron, or 

 rather the labor expended upon it. 



Economy of labor. — The steam engines at work 



1,900,000 men, and are managed by only 30,000 



finally necessitated to submit the cause to the deci- 

 sion of five persons' in the neighborhood. They 

 might have done this at first with little or no 

 expense. 



Beauties of Litigallon.— A. sved his neighbor!}, 

 (both living in this county) for trespass, in taking 

 three sheep from an inclosure, where a certain 

 number belonging to the defendant, had been pas- 

 tured through the summer. A. alleging that, to 

 make up his number, B. had got part of his that 

 had been pastured in an adjoining lot, and got 

 mixed with a large flock belonging to difterent 

 persons. The Justice gave judgment for the plain- 

 tift". Defendant appealed to the Court of Common 

 Pleas. The parties apiieared with many witnesses 

 at the January term, which was adjourned on ac- 

 count of the non-attendance, by reason of indispo- 

 sition, of the majority of the Court. At the ad- 

 journment the case was argued, but the jmy could 

 not agree. The parties were then persuaded to 

 submit the cause to the arbitration of five respect- 

 able individuals in the vicinity. The trial lasted 

 three days, when the defendant obtained a verdict. 

 The cost of this suit for the three sheep, wo are 

 told, amounts to nearly S,")00— about 400 of which 

 falls on the plaintifl". 



A schoolmaster in Hampshire County, offered 

 himself for examination, only three months ago, 

 possessing the following rare qualifications: 



1. He used very pure language. When told by 

 the committee, tliat they should examine him in 

 English Grammar, he said, " I am glad of that, for 

 lam a horse at Grammar." 



2. He not only used pure language, but was 

 very accurate in his statements. When asked to 

 bound the United States, he said, " they are bound- 

 ed east by the ocean, and south by Florida, and 

 west by the valley of the Mississippi." When told 

 that the valley was part of the United States, he 

 said, " I don't know, there is a darn\l great chunk 

 of it off there." 



His language and manners were in keeping 

 with each other. In all the studies except geog- 

 raphy, he was well qualified, but was rejected be- 

 cause he was a clown in language and manners. 

 The committee thought the school might as well 

 be without a teacher, as to have one who would 

 set such an example. — Hampden Gazette. 



Price of labor.— 'Th\s depends upon principles 

 which seem to defy the researches of the most 

 scientific, the most philosophical minds. It can- 

 not be declared by the quantity of coin, earned by 

 a laboring man, since coin is only metal, with its 

 weight and i>urity determined by the mint. The 

 value is determined by the same principles that 

 determine the value of other things. 



The Horticnltaral Garden of the late Andrew 

 Fanneutier, is ottered lor Sale. 



'I HE rupntdlion ol llii« eslablislinient 19 

 not coiifineJ to the vichiity ol New York, 

 hut is well known tliioiighout llie United 

 iSlules, and dilleient parts ol Europe. It is 

 siliiattd livo miles from the cUy of New 

 Brooklyn, Long iilaiul, at the juiirtion of the 

 and Flalbush Roads, and contains 24 acres. 

 The Grounds are in a very high slate ol cullivation, 

 and laid out with judgment and taste. Tlie situation is 

 very lualthy and the view very extensive, commanding 

 the hay, the cily, &c. The Garden is enclosed by a 

 pointed stone Icnce, and inside of that is a hawthorn 

 htMlf;e. The Nursery contains a fine and extensive col- 

 lection of Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental Trees ; also, a 

 splendid 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' 

 Hou--e?, seven Cisterns, and a never-failinj; Pump of ex- 

 ce.'lU-nt water ; four Gieen and Hot Houses, containing 

 a rich variety of rare exotics. 



Ttie advantages to be derived by any person who 

 wishes to engage in the occupation of Gardening, by the 

 purchase of tliis property, are very great ; the business 

 already secured is very extensive, and Ibe prospect of 

 incrL'a>ed encouragemeut is such as lo warrant the be- 

 lief that the purchase of the properly will amply repay 

 the enterprise of the one who may engage in the 

 business. 



Terms will be made known by applying to Mrs Pab- 

 MF-VTiER, on the premises. 



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

 and carefully executed. 6t 



Feb. 16. 



Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. — A correspondent 

 at Baltimore, makes the following statement in re- 

 gard to the railroad. 



" A stranger would be surprised to whness the 

 operations on our railroad, and see the amount of 

 business transacted on the sixty miles already 

 completed. More than 350 cars or wagons arc 

 now in operation, and this number is insufficient 



for the demand for transportation. The road is , - 7 ,. r,- , . 



ruj iiio i.it^iiiu..i. 1 . n ■ tonjjiieo or grooved, of anv requM-ed dimensions. Quality 



now completed into the heart ot the city. Uurmg ^^^^i^ ^j^j ^^-^^^ |„„g,. ,|,;,„ „,„y ^^^ |,g djewhere had. 

 the first Ifi days of this month, (February) there Apply to E. COPELAND, ja, 65, Broad street, 

 arrived and departed 1,733 wagons, loaded inward Ammunition. 



with flour, produce, &.c, outward with merchan- ^^ ,^^ j^^, ^^^,j,y ^^ ^ ,^,^,^^^ '^^.^^^^ ^^^ sporting- 

 dise. During the 16 days there arrived in the L,„„s(j,„,|y for sale at COPELANU'S POVVDERSTORE, 

 iiassenger cars 1,723 passengers. Among the ar- j 6 : Broad Street. 



Flooring Boards, &c. 



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

 The road is 1 "'*'''^'' '" order, leady planed (by sieam power) and 



tides which arrived on the cars during the 16 

 ays alluded to, there were 14,28S bbls. flour, 61 

 tons iron, 490 tons wood, 195 tons granite, 900 

 bushels grain. 



" Neither snow nor frost has obstructed the cars 

 an hour this winter. The work progresses with 

 great rai)idity, and those who are acquainted with 

 the country, believe it will be completed to the 

 Ohio river within five years from this time." 



N. B. If the quality is noi found satisfactory, it may 

 be returned, and the money will he rct"nuea Jan.l 



Cultivation of the Mulberry tree— We are glad to 

 perceive that this important subject is likely to be 

 taken into consideration by our Legislature, and 

 that a bill was introduced into the Assembly on 

 Friday last, by Mr Van Schaick of this city, to en- 

 courage the growth of the mulberry tree and silk 

 worm in this State. This is a subject of great 

 i^iportance to the country, and is destined to add 



,4/pi»ie Farmers. — The farmers of the Upper 

 Alp.s, though by no means wealthy, live like lords 

 in their houses ; while the heaviest portion of the 

 labor which is performed, devolves upon the wife. 

 It is no uncommon thing to see a woman yoked 

 to a plough with an ass, while the husband guides 

 it. lie accounts it an act of politeness to lend his 

 wife to his neighbor who. is oppressed with work, 

 and the neighbor reciprocates the favor when 

 needed. 



j\/'astuiiium. — The blossoms of this plant have 

 been observed to emit electric sparks towards 

 evening, which was first noticed by the daughter 

 of the illustrious Linnaeus, who could not credit 

 the account until be had seen the phenomenon. 

 It is seen most distinctly with the eye partly closed. 



White Mulberry Trees. 



WANTED, a few thousands of White Mulberry 

 Trees, two or three years old. .\ny persons having 

 them are requested to forward ihe necessary information, 

 with the prices, to the New-England Farmer Office, 

 post paid. 



Fresh White Mulberry Seed. 



JUST received at J. B. Russell's Seed Store, Nos. 51 

 & 52 North .Market Street— 



.\ small lupply of Irush and genuine While Mulberry 

 Seed, warranted the growth ot the past siason, from 

 one of Ihe greatest Mulberry orchards in Mansfield, Con- 

 necticut. Short directions for its culture accompany the 

 seed. 



Retaliation.— When the late Marquis of Lon- 

 donderry was Secretary of State, a friend one day, 

 in familiar conversation, took the liberty of asking 

 him why, in his official appointments, he did not 



„„,„,„ , promote merit? "Why," cried the Marquis, 



kuotherbranchto our great and growing system. I" why, because merit did not promote me, to be 



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 deduction o( fifty cents. 



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 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for Printing received by J. B. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, JNo. 32, Nortli 

 Market Street. 



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 Baltimore — G. B. Smith, Editor of the American Farmer. 

 Cincinnati — S. C. Pakkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street, 

 Flushing. N. Y. Wm. I'kince&. Sons, Prop. Lin.Bot.Garden 

 Middlehury, Vt. — Wight Chapman. 

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