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[NEW ENGLAND -FARMER. 



September 2G, 1833. 



Miscellany. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



A DANDY'S WHAT? 

 A dandy 's what ? a iiicl;,?y au4 a quiz, 

 A pail- of goggles aEid a uegrb s fiiz; 

 A scanty coat with a ti emendous collar, 

 A gieasy pocket ami a half a dollai-; 

 A plaited bosom stiuIJed tliiclt with glass, 

 A foieheaJ plated with a coat of brass; 

 A scarlet nose, a long nine and a squirt, 

 A flashy vest and may-be half a shirt ; 

 A pompous tone, a reverential bow, 

 A snow white hand, astraddle like a cow; 

 A squeaking voice, a tea cup full of paint, 

 A codfish's eye and vis:ige of a saint, 

 A pair of whiskers stolen fioiii a goat, 

 A pewter watch and seal scarce worth a groat ; 

 A pocket comb, a pair of random hose, 

 A pair of seal-skin slippers black as sloes ; 

 A peaked hat with scarcely any brim, 

 A spindle shank and body wonderous slim ; 

 A pair of check tights tighter than his skin, 

 A pewter brooch and watch chain made of tin; 

 A slim umbrella and a little switch, 

 A monkey followed by a pointer bitch; 

 A servile ape, a pretty woman's tool, 

 A stupid dunce, a despicable fool. 



A WORKING-MAN'S .SPEKCII, 



M the Manchester Temperance Socicti/'s T.:'i Pctrtij. 



We are nuicli inilcljteJ to tin? politeiii-ss of tlic 

 Editors of the " OKI Coi;iitrviiiuii" for a sci-a|) of 

 the Manclicslef, (Eog.) Times of Juno 16th, con- 

 taining an iiitefcsting accouiii of "a meeting of 

 upwards of 400 members iind friends of the Man- 

 chester Teiiiperaiice Society in tlio Evcliange 

 buildings, wliere tliey paitooji" of a bevcra^'e of 

 tea instead of aleoliolio iMiiUs. The several 

 speeches are given, but we pass them all, for the 

 present, to give the following, which will he found 

 highly instructive, as well as graphic and ainusiiig. 

 — JV. Y. Tern. Agent. 



Robert Rimiiicr, a join-neymau dyer in SidfonI, 

 then addressed the cunip.-iiiy lo th ; followiiij; ef- 

 fect: Mr Checrman, an<l ladies and gentlemen — I 

 have been as dniidten fellow as was ever known 

 in Manchester or Salford. Refore I knew of the 

 temperance societies I was wilhoul employment — 

 I could get no work ; and I was like a poor Inst 

 sheep wandering about in the streets, this d;iy 

 twelvemonths: an<l had it not been for tem|)er- 

 aiice societies I shoulil have hteu liiso a vagabond 

 in the streets yeL There was a mast«ir silk dyer 

 who hard startsd in the country. I went and axed 

 the master for a situation. Then he went lo in- 

 <|uire into my itliaraeter, and when he had gone I 

 thought to m^sei my job's (hme. (Laughter.) He 

 soon came h.iek and said, "We don't want any." 

 I then went np to a man who hail gone with nie 

 there and saiil, " I meet as «ell bealhief asa 

 drunkard, I have found that out." This man siiid 

 he had been at a temper.-ince meeting in Camp- 

 field, and had heanl some very good diseoiM'se 

 from a gentleman from Eccles. I said "what's the 

 ifieanliig of these temperance mcciings?" and he 

 told me that they were meetings of men who hni! 

 refrained from anient spirits. t said to hii7i, 

 "When is there another meeting?" and he said 

 he could not tell me. But as we were going up 

 Salford he saw a bill ou the wall, and he read it 



for me, for I could not read mysel. But now I can 

 read a bit. (A]>plause.) The bill said that the 

 meeting was in Brougbton road, on Tuesday neet. 

 I went to it and liked it very well. I attended 

 the ne.\t meeting in Gravel-lane, and I liked that 

 better ; and the next meeting was in Bloosn-street, 

 and I liked that better still. The ne.\t meeting 

 was in CJanal-street, Oldfield-road, on the first of 

 August last, and there I was convinced it was a 

 good thing, and I signed the pledge, and prayed to 

 God to keep me to it. (Cheers.) I thank God I 

 dill so. .\n old master of mine was the cheerman 

 that net?, and he said to me, "Riimner, if you had 

 taken my advice three years ago, thou would now 

 have been worth one hundred pounds;" and I 

 have since found his words were true. Now I 

 can draw my wages comfortably, and when I get 

 the money I throw it ill my wife's lap, because I 

 know that she will lay it out to the best advantage. 

 (Applause.), For twentysix or twentyseven years 

 before I joined the Temperance Society, she was 

 plagued with a ilruiikeu husband, and she has not 

 had one moment's comfort only since I joined. 

 Before I joined I had neither tables nor cheers, nor 

 any pots in the house ; but now I have jdenty of 

 cheers and tables, and a good fat pig in the cote. 

 (Laughter and applause.) 1 have left off drinking 

 altogrthcr, except a gill of beer to my meals, 

 whicli I send for to the Tom atid Jerry shops. — 

 Those Tom and Jerry shops, sir, are a big nui- 

 sance : men are rolling about from them on Sab- 

 bath mornings, and they arc worse pknccs, sir, you 

 may depend upon, than the gin-shops. (Laugh- 

 ter.) I thank God that Teii1[)crance Societies 

 were raised in Manchester. 1 thank God I have 

 joined. I have now a good coat on my back, and 

 I have the honor to say it is paid for. (Cheers 

 and laughter.) Everything I have in the house is 

 paid for, and I am never without a shilling in my 

 pocket. (Renewed cheering.) My Misses say^ ami 

 declares she never knew comfort in the house un- 

 til I joined the Temperance Society, and she tells 

 the neighbors fIio is sure she has got n new hus- 

 band. (Laughter.) I pressed on her to come to 

 the tea-party : hut she said she could not come, 

 but she said, I shall he quite comfortable when 

 tliou'rt out, fur I shall know where thou art, and 

 tliat tliuu .wilt come home sober. (Cheers.) I'will 

 say this of her, there is not a better wife in the 

 land. (Cheers and laughter.) I liaveserved in the 

 army for many years, Imt I would not take ]0,0(!0 

 pounds to part from the Temperance regiment. 

 When my wife used to travel on the baggnge-cart, 

 the other woman would say, "come, Mrs Rimmer, 

 and take a dlass of gin." And my wife would 

 never tnk it, biit she said, it always starved her ; 

 and it does starve people, sir, you may depend on 

 it. (Loud laughter.) I think that the hniipiist 

 7ii:f<of my life that 1 signed the pledge in Oldfelil 

 road. I lost one of my lads about a month ago ; 

 he was drowned at Broughton bridge. When 1 

 was a drunkard he used to get off to bed belbrc I 

 got home, for fear of me ; but when I became a 

 sober man, he never woidd go to bed till his fa- 

 ther came home, he loved me so. (Hear, hear, 

 and cheers.) I have another son, about 18 years 

 of age; and a man what works with me, said to 

 me one day, "What benefit has thou, Rimmer, in 

 the Temperance Society ?" I said to him, " Ax 

 nur Charley, what benefit there is." He said, 

 " Well, Charley, is there any benefit in these Ten 

 perance Societies?" And Charley said, "Ay, I 



thinks to jinjsel very often what can I do to make 

 my wife amends for my ill-usage to her. She 

 has had the sours, and now she shall have the 

 sweets. She now often says, " 1 never passed 

 such a year since I was tied to thee." I read now 

 in the S|)eirmg-book, and when she has done her 

 work she gives me a lesson. 1 have found it is 

 easier to engage a duwnreet driidier than a moder- 

 ate one. 1 am raising recruits. I have formed 

 a section ; and soon hope to get a division and 

 even a com[)any. There's a many folks have said 

 that Rimmer often gets drmd; now, tind that they 

 have seen me come rolling out of Jerry's shop; 

 but I don't niiiid them, for they think they are 

 doing Temperance Societies harm, hut what 

 they say is doing them good. The speaker, af- 

 ter !i few more remarks, retired from the platform 

 amidst thunders of applause. 



Horse Quicksilver. 



QUICKSILVER will stand this season at the stable of 

 the subscriber, in Brighton, a few rods south of the meet- 

 ing-house, and will cover only twenty mares the present 

 season, at $15 each, and $1 in addition, to the gioom. 

 Mares warranted to be in tbal, if $(20 is paid, and $1 to 

 Ihegioom; aiid in discharge of warranty, the $20 will 

 be relurnej. 



Quicksilver is a beautiful bright bay, three years old ; 

 his siie. Sir Isaac Coffin's horse, Barefoot, conspicuous in 

 the racing calendar of England ; his dam, Rebecca, from 

 thi.* imported Cleveland bay horse Sii Isaac, and Sky 

 Lark, a native mare, well ki:own fur her fine form, speed, 

 and bottom, Oiicc owned by MrLcavittol !?'alem,to whom 

 persons are referred for her character, and will be lo many 

 others in Massachusetts and Maine. Quicksilver is 

 thought by gcod judges to combine with great symmetry 

 anvl lielicacy of form, bone, muscle, and all the requisites 

 for a first rate covering horse. Marcs sent to him, and 

 if lift «ith the subscribe"-, will be well attended to on rea- 

 ilde terinSj but be will not be responsible for acci- 

 d.nts. BENJA.MIN W. H013ART. 



Urigbton, June 13, 1S.S2. It 



StraAvbcrry Plants. 



FOR .sale by David Haggf.hstow, Charlestowo 



Vineyard, the following kinds of Strawberry Plants ; 

 Keen-' Seedling, Wilmot's Superb, Royal Scarlet, 

 Downion, Rosehorry, and Mulberry Strawberries. 



Keens' Seedling, two dollars; the oilier kinds, one 

 dollar per hundred. Orders fur the above sent lo the 

 Agricultural Warehouse, lioslon, will be attended to. 



Sept. 5. 



White Mulberry Seed. 



THIS day received at the New England Seed Store, 

 No. .304 North Market Street, Hoston, a lot of White 

 Mulbeiry Seed, saved the last month expressly for us, 

 from one of the largest white mulberry orchards in Con- 

 necticut — warranted fresh and of tbc very first quality. 



Aug. 15. 



Published every Wednesday F-v.-ning, at gS per annum, 

 pavable at the end of the year — but those who pay within 

 sixty days (roni the time of subscribing, are entitled lo a 

 deduction oi fifty cents. 



(Cr No papirwid be sent to a distance without payment 

 bein^' made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Riisseul, by 1. K. linTTS — by whom 

 nil doRcriptions of l*rinting can be e.\ecuteO to meet the 

 wishrs ofcustomers. Orders for Printing received by J. B 

 Russn.L, at the Agricultural Waiehouse, No. 5'2. North 

 Market Street. 



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