NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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YANKEE CORN-SHELLER. 



This is an excellent machine, made in a substan- 

 tial manner, of durable matcriivls, so that it is not 

 liable to get out of order, or to be injured by wear 

 for a long time. The hopper is made of iron, and 

 the balance wheel plays inside, where it is safe from 

 •injury. It is fitted with firm double springs, adapt- 

 ing it to ears of every size. A bushel of corn can 

 be shelled in this machine in five minutes. It is 

 neat, compact, and conveniently portable. 



DESIRE OF WEALTH. 



" Give us this day our daili/ bread." This prayer 

 regulates the amount of our wants, and the measure 

 of our desires. We are instructed to ask only as we 

 need ; there is danger in asking more. God may 

 ffice more, but it is not safe to ask for more, lest he 

 should say of us as he did of his restive and grasp- 

 ing peo])le of other days : " I gave them their re- 

 quest, but sent leanness into their souls." 



It is a beautiful remark of I-ord l5acon, bad as ho 

 was, " Seek not proud wealth, but such as thou 

 mayst get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, 

 and leave contentedly." Wealth is desirable, not 

 for its own sake, nor merely for the wants it supplies. 

 In itself it is an abstract imaginary thing, and, where 

 it is possessed, not uiifreijuently creates more wants 

 than it gratifies. It is desirable to augment influence 

 and extend the facilities of doing good. That ac- 

 complished statesman and jurist, tlio late William 

 Wirt, a name that will long be illustrious and vener- 

 ated in American history, on this topic makes the fol- 

 lowing touching observations : " Excessive wealth 

 is neither glory nor happhiess. The cold and sordid 

 wretch who thinks only of himself; who draws his 

 head within his shell, and never puts it out, but for 

 the ])urpose of lucre and ostentation ; who looks 

 upon his fellow-creatures, not only without syni- 

 pnthy, but with arrogance and insolence, as if thoy 

 were made to he his vassals, and he to bo their lord ; 

 as if they were made lor no other purpose than to 

 pamper his avarice, or to contribute to his aggran- 

 dizement — such a man may be rich, but, trust me, he 

 can never be hapj)y, nor virtuous, nor groat. There 

 is a fortune in a golden mean, which is the appropri- 



ate region of virtue and intelligence. Be content 

 with that ; and if the horn of plentj' overflow, let its 

 droppings fall upon your fellow-men ; let them fall 

 like the droppings of honey in the wilderness, to 

 cheer the faint and weary pilgrim." 



It is a sad thought that wealth is essential to dis- 

 tinction. It is not so. The voice of conscience, the 

 voice of reason, the voice of God, announce it not 

 so. Wealth alone is not worth living for. Sigh not 

 for wealth. Envy not the splendor of the affluent. 

 The most wealthy are often most in want. " A 

 man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the 

 things Mhich he possesseth." Where wealth is the 

 most cagerlj' sought after, it is the least satisfying. 

 Xo wise man will ever venture to pray that he might 

 be rich. Let a man be thankful if, by exemplary 

 diligence, he can procure a comfortable living ; if 

 with this he can be cheerful and happy, he has the 

 earnest of more ; and, what is of much greater conse- 

 quence, he has the pledge that more will not be his 

 ruin. An eminent merchant of this metroj)olis, dis- 

 tinguished not less for his liberalitj' than his integrity 

 and success in business, and who was a most exem- 

 plary ruling elder in one of the churches, (the late 

 Jonathan Little,) remarked to the writer of these 

 pages, many years ago, " .Sir, God has been pleased 

 to ffice me a largo share of this world's goods ; but I 

 have never dared to ask for more than my daily 

 bread." — Dr. Sjjrinff. 



LONG ISLAND LANDS. 



"Wc would call the attention of our readers to the 

 advertisement of Dr. Peck, on our cover. These 

 lands arc very favorably located as to climate and 

 good markets, and it is singular that they have re- 

 mained so long unsettled; but this being the case, 

 they can be obtained cheajjcr than old lands, doubt- 

 less chcaijcr than old lands that are exhausted. Our 

 object is to call attention to the subject, advising 

 those who would purchase to examine and judge 

 for themselves. 



A man's nearest kin are oftentimes far other tha 

 his dearest. 



