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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May IG, 1832. 



M I S C E I^ L, A N Y . 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



THE BIRDS. 



Of all the inexcusable wantonness of men and 

 boys, that manifested in the destriictioa of the 

 various beaiitifnl birds which visit us in this de- 

 lightful season, is the most unaccountable. Who 

 can look upon them with pain ? To w hom can they 

 be oftcnsive ? Whom do they injure ? On the 

 contrary, wlio can behold them perclied upon the 

 trees, or winjjing their way from garden to grove 

 and slirub to flower, without inexpressible emo 

 tions of delight ? What ear attuned to harmony is 

 not charmed with their simple melody ? and who 

 that can enjoy a walk or a ride in town or coun- 

 try, or that has a taste for beauty and happiness, 

 can feel unwilling to see our trees and gardens 

 animated with the presence of these gentle visiters.' 

 Why then hunt and destroy them? Why should 

 it be allowed to kill them at any season ? 



If they could be protected for two or three 

 years, they would become so numerous as to de- 

 stroy all oiu- most injurious insects, and in that 

 way greatly benefit the community, by increasing 

 the quantity and improving the quality of our fruh. 

 They would also become much more tame, and 

 would approach more nearly to our dwell- 

 ings and public walks. How enclianting would 

 out rural shades be rendered thereby ; and how 

 happy would those nnirderous boys be made, to 

 see them playing around our malls and alighting 

 on every shrub in town or country. 



Do, Mr Fcssenden, implore the boys, young and 

 old, to obey the dictates of taste, sense and inter 

 est, and desist from the further destruction of those 

 amiable songsters. JULIA 



return to its first position, the knapsack was pierc- 

 ed two or three inches deep, and remained hang- 

 ing upon the nails and knife blades. It is remark- 

 able, that the barbarians had the wickedness to 

 call these instruments of torture '-Sladre Dolorosa" 

 — not the deeply afflicted, pain-enduring; but by 

 a play on words, the "pain-giving — Mother of God! 



SPANISH INQUISITIOX. 



When Gen. Lasalle entered Toledo, he imme- 

 diately visited the palace of the Inquisition. The 

 great number of the instruments of torture, espe- 

 cially the instrument to stretch the lindis, the drop 

 baths (already known) .which cause a lingering 

 death, excited horror even in the minds of soldiers 

 hardened in the field of battle. Only one of these 

 instruments, (singular of its kind, for refined tor- 

 ture, disgraceful to reason and religion in the 

 choice of its object,) seems to deserve a particular 

 description. In a subterraneous vault, adjoining 

 a secret audience chamber, stood in a recess in the 

 wall, a wooden statue made by the hands of the 

 Monks, representing, (who would believe it?) the 

 Virgin Mary! A gilded glory beamed round li, r 

 head, and she held a standard in her right hand. 

 It immediately struck the spectator, notwitlistand- 

 ing the silk garments which fell in ample folds 

 from the shoulders on both sides, that she wore a 

 breast plate. Upon a closer examination it ap- 

 peared, that the whole front of the body was cov- 

 ered with e.xtremely sharp nails and small blades 

 of knives, with the points projecting outwards. — 

 One of the servants of the Inquisition, who was 

 present, was ordered by the General to make the 

 machine manauvre, as he expressed himself. 



As the statue extended its arms and gradually 

 drew them back, as if she would afiectionately 

 press somebody to her heart, the well filled knap- 

 sack of a Polish grenadier supplied for this time 

 the place of.the victim. The statue pressed it 

 closer and closer, and when, at the command of 

 the General, the director made it open its arms and 



Ifhitewashing. — It is a very common practice to 

 whitewash rooms, walls and fences, with simple 

 lime and water. The result is, that a touch brings 

 it off upon the hands or clothes, and a few succes- 

 sive rains leave almost bare the materials upon 

 which it has been laid, and which are exposed to 

 the weather. On in-door work, a littl'glue will 

 fix it so that it will not easily rub oft" nor whiten 

 the press that happens to come in contact with it. 

 Out of doors, glue alone will not answer ; skim- 

 med milk is probably the cheapest and best ingre- 

 dient that can be easily procured. Those who 

 put on whitewash without anything of this kind to 

 retain it, act on the same principle as if they should 

 fill a sieve with water, or cover a house whh 

 boards without nailing them. — Lynn Messenger. 



To promote the growth of </-cts.— Some separate 

 the dry bark of fruit and forest trees, tb promote 

 their growth and prevent the bark binding too 

 much. This disfigures the tree, making seams in 

 the trunk, and makes it grow in angles. The best 

 way is, when the sap is forced up by warmth of 

 spring, to scrape off all the scaly particles of the 

 dead bark, and wash the trees repeatedly during 

 the week with soap-suds, &c. Trees of consider- 

 able age will then have a youthful appearance, 

 be more thrifty ; and in case of fruit trees, the 

 fruit will make more cider than that grown on 

 scurvy moss-grown trees. 



Put cinders, bones, stones, about the roots of 

 pear trees; it will increase their growth one ihir 

 and save them from blight. — Genesee Farmer. 



Moras Multicaulis. 



FOR Sale tit the Seed store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 50.^ North Market street : 



A iew very fine and vigorous plants of the celebrated 

 C'liincse Mulbeiry. so valuable lor Silk woi'ins, original- 

 ly iVoin the elevated regions of China — an<l introduced 

 into Fiaiice from the Phillippiiie Islands a few years 

 since. These plants now ofl"ered for sale, have been re- 

 ceiviul direct this spring from Paris, and were selected 

 by Mons. .Andre Michaux, author of the North American 

 Svlva, and are much larger than any that have hereto- 

 lore been offered here. Packed in moss separately for 

 transportation, — price 1 dollar each. A particular account 

 of this tree by fien. Dearborn, will be found in the New 

 England Farmer, vol. ix. page 28. April 11. 



Tall Meadow Oats Grass, &c. 



THIS day rdcetved at the New England Seed Store, 

 50A North Market street, by .1. 15. Russell : 



A fresh supply of Tall Meadow Oats Grass Seed, so 

 valuable on thin soils for either a hay crop or for grazing. 

 Col. Taylor, a distinguished farmer, says of it, " It is 

 the hardiest grass I have ever seen ; and bears drought 

 and frost, and heat and cold, better than any I have ever 

 cultivated. It keeps possession of the ground in spite of 

 seveie grazing. It furnishes better grazing early in the 

 spring, late in the fall, and in drought, than any grass 

 known to me; and if cut before the seed ripens, its hay 

 is .as pHasant and nutritive to slock, as any grass known 

 to me." — See also the opinion of Mr. Phinney, a most 

 judicious farmer, in the New England Farmer, vol. vii. 

 page 300. 



Also, — Lucerne Orchard Grass, White and Red CJpver, 

 Fowl Mead.jw, Barley ,Buck Wheat, Spring Rye, Spring 

 Wheat, Broom Corn, Seed Corn, &.c. Rlarcli 28. 



New Americau Gardener,— sixth edition. 



This day published by J. B. Russell and Carter & 

 HciHlee : 



Tbe New American Gardener, a treatise on the culture 

 of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Grape Vines, Strawber- 

 ries, Asparagus, &c. &c. By T. G. Fc.ssenden, assisted 

 by several gentlemen. Sixth edition. Price $\ 00. — 

 This we think may be considered the most popular and 

 practical work on Gardening, e.\tant. March 28. 



Love, Laic and Physic. — In London, last Feb- 

 ruary, a young woman was brought l<efore tl 

 police by William Buntline, a sailor, lately paiil oft' 

 from a British man-of-war on the South American 

 station, who charged her with .stealing a sove- 

 reign from him. Bill stated, that he had wriitt n 

 letters to her and intended to make her his wife, 

 but was sorry to find on his return that her fame 

 was not very fair. This he did not mind so much 

 as that she was a drunkard, and on his first meeting 

 urged him to treat. They had half a j)int of rum 

 between them, and when he laid a sovereign on 

 the counter to pay for the same, she seized it and 

 put it into her mouth, as if to swallow it. She 

 refused to disgorge, and he took her in his arms 

 to carry her to an apothecary to have an emetic 

 administered! She struggled violently in the 

 street, which drew a gretit crowd of persons, who 

 thought she had been seized with the true Asiatic 

 Cholera, especially as the sailor was taking her 

 into an apothecary's shop. Arrived there, the 

 man of physic refused Itisaid in the case, and Bill 

 had to take her to the Police, where on search, 

 secundum artem, the sovereign was found under 

 the lady's tongue. — Boston Patriot. 



Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with pov- 

 erty, and supped with infainy. 



Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great 

 deal more saucy. 



Lying rides on debt's back. 



Prince's Fomological Manual. 



The second volume of this work is now ready for deli- 

 very, and the third volume is nearly completed. 



These three volumes contain all the Orchard and Gar- 

 den Fruits described by Duhamel, and other French 

 writers of high authority, and also all that are described 

 in the iransacti ns of the London Horticultural Society, 

 the Foinological Maga/.ine, the Pyrus Mulus Brentfordi- 

 nsis, and Lindley's Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen 

 G.irden, as well as the numerous choice varieties which 

 have originated in our own country. In the preface to 

 Vol. II. the "Introduction" given by iVIr Lhidley has 

 been iiiscrted entire, andgreat care has been taken, in 

 republishing his descriptions ol Fruits, to extend the sy- 

 nonyina;, ard to correct the errors which exist. 



WILLIAM PRINCE & SONS. 



Flushing, Feb. 21,1832. 2t. 



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