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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



November 'T, l«32. 



Miscellany. 



ANTUMNAL SKETCHES. 



The sullen equinoclial stoim 



The earth prepares for Autumn's sway. 

 While slowly to'anls Antarctic skies 



Sol plods along his misly way. 



The foliage of the forest trees, 



The looker-on with rapture views, 

 Tinged with bright yellow, orange, red, 



A Joseph's coat of many hues. 

 And plenty still her boon bestows 



Of treasures, waiting to be stored, 

 What culture, soil, and cliina'e yield 



To swell the cultivator's horde. 



The leaves, which late the wood adorn'd, 



And moved obeisance lo the breeze. 

 Now palpitate in every gale. 



Which strips the desolated trees. 



Th? withering north wind cuts and sears 



The shivering landscape all ai-ound ; 

 The boast of spring and summer's pride, 



Lie blasted on the frozen ground. 



* * * * Apropos of Dyspepsia (s.ays the Na- 

 tional Gazette) we tnust produce ihi' tustimoiiy, as 

 it is quoted in the Loniloii Metropolitan, of an Eng- 

 lish "lady" who is about to publish in London, a 

 " Narrative of a Tour through the United States." 



"There is a fashionable complaint come out in 

 America, which I never heard of in ''upland ; ev- 

 ery body has dyspepsia. Wlien I arrived at New 

 York, all the s^entlemen made excuses for their 

 wives not waiting on me, as they were sufferinct 

 from the dyspepsia. I was afraid to usk what it 

 was, fearing some explanation which would sliocU 

 my delicacy, so I only replied, ' Dear me, I am 

 very sorry, bow long has she been afflicted ?' As 

 it was a dise.ise which confined them at home, I 

 consideied myself safe, and did not expose my ig- 

 norance. When I was in the steam-boat, one of 

 my tormentors in the cabin aski;d me if I had dys- 

 pepsia. 1 said yes, of a venture, hoping it was an 

 infectious complaint, and that they would leave 

 me. I heard the word echoed from one side of 

 the boat to the other, and I thought I would m- 

 quire of an old gentlewoman what the prevalent 

 disease in America was. 'Dyspepsia, ma'am.' 

 ' And what is it ?' ' Why ma'am, a genteel name 

 for indigestion ; we folks in this coumi-y, parlicu- 



wide as the poles, otVering lemonade, negus, and 

 large tundilcrs of iced water ; then two more with 

 moulds of different iocs, in iiyramidsas lofty neaiv 

 ly, as the one in Place Vendorae, and of the samb 

 shape, which the gentlemen batter down and helb 

 to the ladies. Another waiter keeps close, with k 

 tray filled with every kind of cake. As soon at 

 people have cooled themselves with as much o 

 the ice as they can eat, another set of trays ajjpea 

 with dressed lobsters, made as hot as the naught; 

 man, ham sandwiches, scolloped oysters, cole 

 tongue, buttered crackers, and radishes ; these re 

 frcshments walk round the room without one niO' 

 ment of rest, from nine to eleven, and I have seei 

 the ladies j)artake of all of them, and finish with 

 quantity of strawberries and cream, and one oi 

 two glasses of champagne, which is given at 

 i the parties — and the nerves are in a continua 

 [state of alarm from the popping of long corks, fo 

 the waiters appear to understand what they ought 

 to do ; and whilst you are conversing with a 

 neighbor, tliere is a sound of artillery on all sides 

 and corks flyiug in all directions. No wondei 

 the folks have dyspepsia! I have seen a lady ea 

 as much lobster salad as would fill a side-dish, anc 

 finish with strawberries and cnam ; all these eat 

 aides ])l,iced on a side table, would fill it, and sav 

 the trouble of banding them about, ami not er 

 danger the drosses, wliicb suffer very nuich froi 

 eating everything on the lap. We are tlionghl t 

 be very abstemious, as we never exceed a poun 

 of cake of ditlirent kinds, and as much ice a 

 would fill a quart mould, and we are often que! 

 tioned if we are not afraid of dysjiepsia." 



great favorite, and kcjit up. a conlimud corres- 

 pondence with several. He ex])ressi(l great re- 

 gard for the general value of the sex. It was liis 

 opinion that women generally much excel men in 

 constancy, and that they are less influenced by 

 personal appearance in their attachments ; and be 

 tiidught they would be, in several respects, supe- 

 rior to men, if they had the same advantages of 

 education. He disliked sentiinental young ladies, 

 and said, he had made the remark, that they liad 

 generally less refinement than those who made no 

 formal ]iretcnsions to it. — Brilish .Mdii-. for July. 



THE YOUTHS OF FRANCE AND 

 ENGLAND. 



Place an ardent young Parisian, of good family 

 and fortune, by the side of a lad of the same con- 

 dition in London, fresh from Oxford or Cam- 

 bridge; what is the latter dreaming of? Seiluc- 

 tion or keeping, Tattersall's or Elmore, Stevens's 

 claret, hazard, ecarte, Epsom, an opera dancer, or 

 a groom, a livery-stable jobber, or a billiard mak- 

 er. His most refined study is an obscene book 

 from Cranbourne-alley, or a masquerade at the 

 Argyle-rooms. The contrast with a Parisian youth 

 is melancholy ; science or art is his passion ; he is 

 the enthusiastic votary of Cousin, or some other 

 professor of literature or philosophy ; his ideas are 

 elevated, his sensual wants few, and those compar- 

 atively despised. He lives in the agitation of in- 

 tellect, and the pursuit of science: in manners, lie 

 is as different from the plethoric danily of Pond 

 larly the la<lies, eat too many meals in the course I ^j^eet, as the quiet and elegant girl of P.-iris is from 



Splendid Bulbous RootSa 



JUST received at tbe .Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Stcd Store, No. 50^ Norlh Market Street, a large assort- 

 ment of Bulbous Flower Roots, comprising the finest va- 

 rieties of 



HYACINTHS: (Double and single,) dark blue, 

 poicel.dn blue, red, rosy colored, pure while with yellow 

 eye, white with rosy eye, and yellow willi various eyes; 

 from l2.Jto$l each. 



TUl^lPS : Splendid variegated ,red, yellow, and mixed ; 

 12.\ cents each, $1 per dozen: assorted, with the colors 

 marked on each ; (our assoitment of fine tulips is very 

 Iririje, and we arc en;ibloil to put many snits a.-i low as 

 §() por bundled; an object to those who wish lo form a 

 su|)eib tulip bed.) 



CROWN IMPERIALS: Assorted, of the most splen- 

 diil colors and showy flowers, large roots ; 25 cents each, 

 (eMra fine roots.) 



.lONQUILI.ES: Swcetscented, finest roots 124 cts. 

 e.icli, $1 per dozen. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS: Fragrant, white 

 wiib citron cups, extra s zed roots, 124 '" 23 cents each- 

 DOUBLE NAI.CISSUS: Fragrant, of all colors, 

 ]2.A cents each. $1 per dozen. 



SPRING CROCUS: Of all colors, fi^ cents each. 

 50 cents per dozen. 



LARGE t;LAD10LUS or SWORD LILIES, 124 cents 

 each, 31 per dozen. 



I Also, a further supplv of Bulbous Roots, comprising 

 l.arge While Iragram I.ilies, 1^4 cents each, I dollar per 

 'dozen. Tiger (spotted) Lilies, same price ; Maitagon, or 

 Turk's Cap Lilies, samepiicc. 



The above roots are of the same superior character as 

 (ho«e sold by us tbe last season, and which gave such 

 universal satisfaction ; some of tbe double Hyacinths 

 having proiluce<l bells one inch and eight lenlhs in diam- 

 eter. 



Purchasers are requested to notice that tbe above roots: 

 are not purchased at auctiim, and are all remai kahle for 

 their size, anil for the beauty and delicacy of lint of their 

 flowers. 



of the day, and take no exercise, except in their 

 rocking chairs, and no wonder they have indiges- 

 tion.' When I arrived in , I experienced 



the truth of the observation ; for refreshmeuts are 

 brought in at ten in tbe morning, and go on till 

 ten at night. No ladies walk, and we are thought 

 to belong to the descendants of Goliah, audio pos- 

 sess supernatural strength, because we walk a 

 mile or two ; there are three rocking chairs, cov- 

 ered with crimson velvet, in the two parlors, and ) 

 one in my bed-room, and thoy are seldom vacant ; 

 every body takes a rock in tbe course of tbe day. 

 The style of the parties would amuse you ; we 

 assert. ble about nine o'clock, when the lea is hand- 

 ed retind to the ladies, who sit altogether in a row, 

 the gBUtteiTien keeping a respectful distance to 

 give room to the waiters, who require space ; an- 

 other set of men follow, with their arms extended 



he dashing and daring eleve of a fashionable 

 boarding school in London. The Parisian youth 

 is reserved and serious in deportment, ardent in 

 manner, saturnine in complexion, perhaps some- 

 what tbo fond of disputation, but entirely conver- 

 sant in religious subjects, philosophy, the arts, and 

 politics ; supercilious pride, aristocratic contempt, 

 overled indifference to the feelings of others, are 

 unknown to him. He is domestic in bis habits, 

 and .strong in his feelings, enthusiastic in his pur- 

 suits; his deportment is neither surly nor boister- 

 ous, but it is grave and impassioned. We would 

 ask — is this the popular notion of a young Pari- 

 sian, or can any two things be more opposite? — 



Jf'estminsier Review. 



Tlie Ladies. — Dr Hales was very partial to the 

 society of ladies, with whom he was generally a 



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