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NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



March 21, 1832. 



MISCEL.L.ANY 



prom tlie Springfield Gazette. 



A VETERAN IN THE CAUSE OF TEM- 

 PERANCE. 



There is now living in JM , a few miles from 



this place, a man who is almost uinetysix years 

 old ; and who has never, as he can recollect, drank 

 a drop of spirit, wine, or cider— even the smell of 

 them is sickening. He has been sick only ouce 

 or twice in his life, and that since he was seventy 

 years old. He says he has done more work, or 

 worked more hours, than any man living. He has 

 always been well aniVable to work, and has loved 

 it. He has not only labored by day, but by night. 

 A man employed liiui to mow twenty days ; the 

 weather was fair, and he inowed every day till 

 night, then walked home two and a half miles — 

 and during the twenty night, he saved from the 

 hours of sleep, time enough to hoe two acres of 

 corn, to make a hundred rods of three pole fence, 

 and to pull flax enough to make a hundred pounds 

 when dressed. This was not a very uncommon 

 thing with him. He knew nothing of fatigue, un- 

 til he was more than fifty years old. 



In consequence of his total abstinence from ar- 

 dent spirits, he has not only been remarkably 

 healthy, hut remarkably strong. When upwards 



ed to with clock-like regularity — nothing is put off 

 till tomorrow which can be done today. Econ- 

 omy is wealth, and system affords ease. These 

 men are seldom in a hurry, except in harvest time. 

 And in long winter evenings or severe weather, 

 which forbids employment out of doors, one makes 

 corn-brooms ; another shoes ; a third is a carpen- 

 ter, cooper, or tailor ; and one woman spins ; an- 

 other weaves ; a third ]>laJts " Leghoni bonnets ;" 

 and a fourth makes lace. Little children, and 

 the aged and infirm, knit stockings! And the 

 families thus occupied are among the most healthy 

 and cheerful in the world. It is easy with them 

 to reduce their wishes to their means, if inconve- ; 40 yo^^i.i..Uco^<r^^^^tU> 



, , . . ^1 • tiood barii on Ine s«anie, oi uy ^5. 

 nient or imprudent to extend then- means to then- ' ^ - - •- -•■ 



wishes. These are the " sort of people " who 

 fought at Concord and at Bunker's hill, Benning- 

 ton and Saratoga. Two hundred yankce freehold- 

 ers were on board the frigate Constitution, when 

 the flag of the enemy descended in homage to her 

 power. — Genesee Fanner. 



A Farm for Sale. 



ONK of llie best Farms in West Newbury, pleasant 

 ly siui.iieil near (lie Meriiniack river, ciii ibe stage load j 

 i'roTii Newbiiiyport lo Hnvei'bill anil Lowell, containing 

 alioul one buiitlted and hlteen acre-, well ilivnleii into 

 MowinK, Pasturing and 'I'ilhisc An excellent Karin lor 

 [iav, having a I nge piopoition of nalnrni Mowing, and i 

 a liiu' young Orchard. The f'arni is cornpo.-ed ot lluea 

 separale lots i""i w" ^ ""''l together or in lots to suit 

 the purchaser. There is on the north side of the road I 

 about sixty>ix acres, with a large two slory House, a 

 Barn, 104 loet by 30, (iranary, Chai^e-House. Sheds, 

 kc. convenirnl.and all in gotul repan. One lot on the 

 sonlb side of ihe road, opposite (he House, containing 

 eijsbleen acres. 



Also, anoilier Lot on the same side of the road, about 

 cres, having a 



A suhject for rejlcdion. — Agreeably to a memo 

 randumkeptby the Rev. I)r Catchcraft of York, h"«"^'' '^°-'^°"- 



Also, a Lot ol SALT MARSH, about ten acres, very 

 hanily lo bo it, and ol die first quality. 



If said Farm is not disposed of at private sale, before 

 Monday th,- -ieth March next, it will b3 sold on the 

 Wednesday following, at Public Auction, together with 

 the Slock of Cattle, Farming Utensils, about fifty Tons 

 of English Hay, 20 Tons Salt Hay, 60 bushels of Red 

 Top Seed, lot of Potatoes, and sundry other arlicles. 



Sale will be positive. For further particulars inquire 

 of llie subscriber on the premises, or at No. 12 Essex 



Pa. it appears that one hundred and jiiiic murders 

 were committed in the United States, within the 

 year 1831. Some of these were of the most ap- 

 palling kind, such as paienls by their children, 

 children by their pnn-nts, husbands by their w-ives, 

 and wives by their husbands, &c. Almost all of 

 of si.xty years old he was at an oil mill, where a| ||,eni nre regarded as the consequence of an intem- 

 load of flaxseed was being unloaded; on the cart 1 ^,<,,.„jc n^c „/ ardent spirits. 



was a s.ick which all agreed they coidil not carry ; _ 



the old man said he could carry it ; he stei>pe.l to I TTie Book of G/on/.— If we judge from history, 

 the cart, took it upon his shoulder, carried it into . of what is the book of filory composed ? Are not 

 the mill and deposited it safely on the floor of the its leaves dead men's skins— its letters stamped in 

 second story. The sack contained seven bushels, i human blood — its golden clasp, the pillage of na- 

 weighing, I suppose, about four himdred and fifty | tions? It is illuminated with teai-s and broken 

 pounds. Since he was niuetyfive, he has carried i hearts. — London paper. 



a bushel of rye nu:al a mile ujion his shoulder, mid ; L = 



he says he can do it now. II 

 mowed much for a year or two past. 



His hearing is very good ; eye-sight, much im- 

 paired. He never used glasses, and has been al 

 to read till within three or four years. He was 

 not when young near sighted, which circumstance 

 renders the continuance of sight more wonderful. 

 His memory is considerably impaired. lie is sel- 

 dom thirsty; has lived upon milk very much, and 



PAUL BAYLEY. 



West Newlniry, Feb. 20, 18.S2. 



Flooring Boards, &c. 



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

 nished to order, leady planed (by sleani power) and 

 tongned or grooved, of any required <iiniensions. Quality 

 good", and price lower than tliev can be elsewhere had. 



Apply to E. COPELAND, ja, C5, Broad street. 



Ammunition. 



OF the best qi;ality ai.u lou'est prices, for sporting — 

 ronstanllv for sale at COPELANU'S POW DER STORE, 

 6 Uroad'Stieet. 



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

 be returned, and the money willbe rebmueu Jan. 1 



says, he has not The Horticultural Garden of the late AndrCAV 

 ' Parmentier, is offered Tor 8iile. 



THE repulation ot this establishment is 

 not confined lo the vicinity of New York, 

 but is well known throughout (he United 

 Slates, and diflerent parts of Europe, ll is 

 situated two miles from the city of New 

 Y'ork, al Brooklyn, Long Idand, at the junclion of the 

 Jamaica and Flatbush Roads, and contains 2-1 acres. 



The Grounds are in a very high state ol cultivation, 

 and laid out with judgment and taste. The situation is 

 remembers going a month fiequently, without | -y^a,,by.,d_...^iew^,^^xUjnsive,^^^^ 



drinking. | pointed stone li nee, and inside ol that is a hawthorn 



The good effects of total abstine'nce are very \ hedge. The Nursery contains a fine and extensive col- 

 manifest in this old man's health, strength and iu- j lection of Fruit, Forest^ and Ornamental 'I recs • -' - - 



,,, ,, . , .1 „,.„ ..„., |,„ splendid co locMon ol Roses and Herbaceous " 



dustry. Were all men as temperate, there can be I I""-".'. ' "^"'. . . ..... 



no doubt that a gigantic race of Methuselahs would 



Buckthorns, 



Gentlemen in want of this valuable plant for live 

 fences, can have young quicks about 34 feet high, for $3 

 per hundred, and plants 24 (ret high, for !j;2,50 per hun- 

 dred, by leaving th-'ir orders al the office ol the New 

 England Farmer. They are raised in the vicinity of 

 Boston, are in Ihe very finest order, and will be well 

 packed. A small chaige will be added for freight. 



March \i. 



Farm to Let 



A first rate farm ol about 120 acres, well proportionrdl 

 in mowing, liil.ige and pasturing. It is capable of main 

 laii:ing 30 head of caltle, and is well calculated for a 

 Milk Fa' III, tor which purpose it has been used a num- 

 ber of years. There is also one of Ihe best orchards in 

 the State — a good dwelling house, and three good barns. 

 For terms apply at 56, Commercial St. 4t" March 14' 



Pla 



shed ev 



spring up, and fabulous deeds of valor would be- 

 come sober realities. 



The old man says, when he was young, work 

 was done principally without rum, — some farmers 



ing season. Buildings were generally raised with 

 out rum. 



would purchase, perhaps, two quarts for the hay- wishes lo engage in the occupation of Gardening, by the 



purchase of this properly, are very great ; the business 

 already secured is very extensive, and Ihe prospect of 

 increased ei.couragemeul is sueh as lo warrant ihe be- 

 lief that the purchase of Oie properly will amply repay 

 Ihe enterprise of the one who may engage in the 

 business. 



Terms will he made known by applying to Mrs Paii- 

 MENTiER, on ll;c premi.ses. 



jij B. — Any oiders sent to Mrs P. will be promptly 

 and carefully executed. 6t 



Feb. 16. 



Wednesday Evening, at .?3 per ann 

 the object of Ihe lale pionrietor having always been lo j pa\ able al the end nf ilie\car — but those wiio pay within 

 collect every new variety sixty daxs Irom the time of subsciibing, are entitled to 



On the premises .ire a Dwelling House, two Laborers" deduction ol fifty cents. 

 Houses, seven Cisterns, and a never-failing Pump of ex- | [Cr No papi r wid be sent to a distance witnout paymenl 

 cellent water; four Green and Mot Houses, containing i being made in advance. 



a rich variety of rare exotics. Printed for J. B. Rcssei.i,, by I. R.' Butts — by whom 



The advantages lo be derived by any person who | all desciiptions ol j'rinting can be executed to meet the 



wishes of customeis. Orders for Printing received by J. B, 

 RussKLi., at the AgiicuHural Warehouse, JNo. S2, North 



FARMING. 



Many thousand farmers in New England, rear 

 large and respectable families, pay all their debts 

 and taxes promptly, and live independently, well 

 clothed, and comfortably housed and provided for, 

 and lay up monej' — on farms of fifty acres. The 

 idea is, that these people labor severely. This is 

 a great mistake. They have much, because they 

 waste no time. With them, there is " a place for 

 everything, and everything in its place." Their 

 horses and cattle, tools and implements, are attend- 



Bees for Sale. 



FOR Sale by Emsrson Wheeler, Brighton, about a 

 dozen Swarms of Bees in Be.ud's Patent Hives, from 

 $S to 15 each, including the hives. 



March 14. 4t* 



Market Stn 



AGENTS. 



New Yoi/i—G- TnoRBjiiN & Sons, G7 Liberly-street. 

 Albany — W'm Thokeuiin, 347 Market street. 

 P/ii a<lel,,hw — D. >t C Landiilth, 85 Chestnut-street. 

 JSiiltimnre — C, B .Smith, Editor of the American Farmef 

 Cimimuiti — S C. I"a hkhukst, 23 Lower Market-street 

 Flushing iV }•. Wm. l■lil.^CE&So^s, Prop.Lin.Bot.Gardci 

 Middlehir-ri, Vt. — Wight Chapman. 

 //aW/or<i— Goodwin & Co. Booksellers. 

 Spriiigjied. Ms. — E. EliWAllDs. 

 Nni^huryport. — Ei'KKf.zer Stedman, Bookseller 

 I'ortsvwiUh. N. //. — J. W. Foster, Ro..kseller. 

 Portlajid. Me. — iinNVF.L CoLMAN, Bookseller. 

 \A'-gusta. Me.— Wu. Mann. 



miifuLX. N. S. — P. J. Holland, Esq.^Recorder Office 

 \MoiUreul, L. C. — Henri Hillock, 



