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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS, 



IIovey's JjIagazine of IIokticulture. — Among 

 the interesting miscellany in this valuable ■work, is 

 an article on the Curculio, and the Codling Moth, or 

 Apple "Worm. We are pleased to find so many 

 •waging war against the insect tribe. Hovey & Co., 

 Merchants Row. 



The IIorticultukist, by A. J. Downing, is a very 

 iiiteresting work. Among the prominent subjects 

 are rural architectiire and landscape gardening. 

 The leading article in the Juno number treats of 

 laying out and embellishing rural A'illages. Luther 

 Tucker, Albany ; Jos. Breck & Co., Boston. 



Illustrated Botany, by Dr. Strong, New York, is 

 a very useful work, and most beautifully embel- 

 lished with numerous engravings. 



Illustrated Natural History, by the same au- 

 thor, is adorned with many representations of ani- 

 mals, remarkable for their accuracy. 



These two works are a second edition, with im- 

 provements. The present is a favorable time for 

 subscribing, as only a part of the first volumes have 

 been issued. Specimens may be seen at our office. 

 Hotchkiss & Co., Agents, Boston. 



The Farmer's Guide. — This work, by the cel- 

 ebrated English agricultural writer Stephens, em- 

 braces, in a concise form, his verj' able, elaborate, and 

 expensive work, "The Book of the Farm." Notes 

 •will be added by Professor Norton, of Yale College, 

 adapting it to this country. New York, Leonard 

 Scott & Co. Boston, Fetridge & Co., 20 State St., 

 and 132 Washington St. 



Think. — Thought engenders thought. Place one 

 idea upon paper, another will follow it, and still 

 another, until you have written a page. You cannot 

 fathom your mind ; there is a Avell of thought there 

 which has no bottom. The more you draw from 

 it, the more clear and fruitful it will be. If you 

 neglect to think yourself, and use other people's 

 thoughts, giving them utterance only, you will 

 never know what you are capable of. At first j'our 

 ideas may come out in lumps, homely and shapeless ; 

 but no matter ; time and perseverance will arrange 

 and polish them. Learn to think, and you will soon 

 learn to write : the more you think, the better you 

 will express your ideas. 



Hidden Fountains. — In order to discover foun- 

 tains under ground, before digging for them, people 

 were formerly accustomed to go out at sunrise and 

 ascend some hill or high place, and there lie down on 

 their stomachs, with their chin touching the ground. 

 If, from any spot in the landscape, a mist of exhala- 

 tion were seen to arise, they made sure that by 

 digging there, they should find a spring of water. 



Depravation of morals or manners spreads like 

 leprosy over a whole nation. 



A COTTAGE SCENE. 



BY MRS. SIGOURNEY. 



I saw a cradle at a cottage door, 



Where the fair mother with a cheerful wheel 



Carolled so sweet a song, that the young bird. 



Which timid near the threshold sought for seeds, 



Paused with a lifted foot, and turned his head 



As if to listen. The rejoicing bees 



Nestled in throngs amid the woodbine cups 



That o'er the lattice clustered. A clear stream 



Came leaf)ing from its sylvan height, and poured 



Music upon the pebbles — and the winds. 



Which gently 'mid the vernal branches played 



Their idle freaks, brought showering blossoms down. 



Surfeiting the air with sweetness. Sad I came 



From Aveary commerce with the heartless world ! 



But when I felt upon my withered cheek 



My mother Nature's breath, and heard the trump 



of those gay insects at their honeyed toU, 



Sparkling like winged jewelry, and drank 



The healthful odor of the flowering trees. 



And bright- eyed violets : — but most of all. 



When I beheld 'mid slumbering innocence. 



And on that young, maternal brow, the glow 



Of those affections which do purify 



And renovate the soul, I turned me back 



In gladness, and with added strength, to run 



My thorn-clad race — lifting a thankful praj'er 



To Him who showed me what there was of heaven 



Here on the earth, that I might safer walk. 



And firmer combat sin, and surer rise 



From earth to heaven. 



THE OLIO. 



A voter, deficient in personal beautj', said to Sher- 

 idan, "I mean to withdraw my countenance from 

 you." "Many thanks for the favor," replied the 

 candidate, " for it is the ugliest mug I ever saw." 



Paradoxical. — The Sons of Temperance are unit- 

 ed in love and harmony, and yet new divisions are 

 springing up every day. 



" It is very curious," said an old gentleman a few 

 clays since to his friend, "that a watch should be 

 perfectly dry, when it has a running spring inside." 



Men are very frequently like tea — the real 

 strength and goodness is not properly drawn out of 

 them until they have been for a short time in hot 

 water. 



It is the hardest thing in love to feign it where it 

 is not, or hide it where it is ; but it is easier coun- 

 terfeited than concealed. 



TERMS. — The New England Farmer is published 

 every other Satiurday, making a neat and handsome 

 volume, at the close of the year, of 416 pages, at $1 a 

 year, or five copies for ^4, payable in advance. It may 

 be elegantly bound in muslin, embossed and gilt, at 25 

 cents a volume, if left at this office. As it is stereo- 

 typed, back numbers can be furnished to new subscribers. 



I^ The Postage .^ 



On this paper is only 1 cent, or 26 cents a year, within 

 the state, or within 100 miles out of the state ; and 1^ 

 cents, or 39 cents a year, beyond those distances. 



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 BOSTON STEREOTYTE TO UN DRY. 



