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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



November 14, 1833. 



Miscellany 



WHAT I HATE. 



I hate the tooth-ache, when with maddening jumps, 

 Like torrent wild, it raves among the stumps ; 

 I hate the whole dire catalogue of aches, 

 Distempers, fevers hot, and ague shakes. 

 I hate mad dogs, snakes, dandies, fleas and bugs, 

 Tea-parties, wild cats, loads, and whiskey jugs. 

 Hard times, bad roads, stale fish, and broken banks, 

 Stale news, cold soup, light purse, and lawyers' thanks. 



I hate long stories and short ears of corn, 

 A costly farm-house, and a shabby barn ; 

 More curs than pigs, no books, but many guns. 

 Sore toes, tight shoes, old debts, and paper duns. 



I hate tight lacing, and loose conversation ; 

 Abundant gab, and little information. 

 The fool who sings in bed, and snores in meeting. 

 Who laughs while talking, and who talks while eating. 



FROLICS IN AMERICA. 

 When a farmer wishes to have liis corn husked 

 he rides round to his neighbors and informs 

 them of his intention. An invitaton of this kind, 

 was once given in my presence. The farmer 

 entered the house, sat down, and after tlie custom- 

 ary compliments were passed, in the usual laconic 

 style, the following dialogue took place. " I guess 

 I'll husk my corn tomorrow afternoon.'" — " You've 

 a mighty heap this year." " Coiisiderahle of 

 corn." The host at length said, "Well, I guess 

 we'll be along" — and the matter was aiTanged. 

 all these gatherings they denominate " Frolics" — 

 such as " corn-husking frolic," " ^plecutting frol- 

 ic," " quilting frolic," &c. Being somewhat cu- 

 rious in respect to national amusements, I attend- 

 ed a "corn-husking frolic" in the neighborhood 

 of Cincinnati. The corn was heaped up into a 

 •sort of hillocks close by the granary, on which the 

 young " Ohiohians " and " buck-eyes" — the lasses 

 of Ohio are called " buck-eyes" — seated themselves 

 in pairs ; while the old wives and old fanners 

 were posted round, doing little but talking' much 

 Now the laws of " coru-husking frolics" ordain 

 that for each red ear that a youtli finds, he is en- 

 titled to exact a kiss from his partner. Tliere 

 were two or three young Irishmtn in the group, 

 and I could observe the rogues ki.ssing half a doz- 

 en times on tlie same red ears. Each of them 

 laid a red ear close by him, and after every two 

 or three he'd husk up he'tl hold the redoubtable 

 red ear to the astonished eyes of the giggling lass 

 who sat beside him, and most unrelentingly inflict 

 the penalty. The " gude wives" marvelled much 

 at the unprecedented number of red ears which 

 that lot of corn contained : by-and-bye, they thought 

 it "kind of curious" that the Irishmen should find 

 so many of them ; at length, the cheat was discov- 

 ered, amid roars of laughter. The old farmers 

 said the lads were " wide awake," and the " buck- 

 eyes" declared that there was no doing up to the 

 plaguy Irishmen "no how," for they were always 

 sure to have everything their own way. But the 

 mischief of it was, the young Americans look 

 the hint, and the poor " buck eyes" got nothing 

 like fair play the remainder of that evening. All 

 agreed that there was more laughing and kissing 

 done at that, than had been known at any corn- 

 husking frolic since "the Declaration." — FciraVs 

 Rambles through America. 



Perseveritig Rat.— The following anecdote of 

 a rat, has been related to us by a lady, who vouch 

 es for its correctness. One winter evening, sevi 

 ral winters ago, she was alarmed by the screai 

 of her youngest child, girl about three years oM, 

 who slept in a small bed room over the pantr 

 closet. She ran to her assistance, and on openin 

 tlie chamber door saw a large rat jump from th| 

 bed and run into a closet. The face and hands o 

 the girl were besmeared with blood, and on ex 

 amination it was found that the ends of all her fin 

 gcrs on one hand were gnawed ofl' close to th 

 nail. While she remained with the child dressin 

 her wounds, the rat came out of his hole severa 

 times, with the evident intention of finishing thi 

 supper he had so unceremoniously begun. The las 

 time he seemed determined to dispute hispassagi 

 with the mother, and only retired on the appear 

 ance of the husband who had at that moment com< 

 home. And even then, he did not trouble himself tc 

 go very far, for he went just inside of the hole, anc 

 sat down — probably with his back to the wall, as 

 he kept his tail sticking out under the crack a few 

 inches from the hole. The man, who loved, 

 joke, immediately seized the tail with one hand 

 and applied the flame of the candle to it, as nigh th( 

 beginnins; as possible. — Then conuiienced the tu( 

 of war. The rat squealed and kicked aiul pullet 

 before, and the man giggled and pulled behind, un 

 til the rat, getting tired of such a warm fire in hi 

 rear, concluded to face his enemy. — He according 

 ly turned round, and putting his head out of th 

 hole, seized the candle in his mouth, and decatnped 

 leaving the skin of his tail in the hands of iiis ad 

 versary ; who, moreover, was obliged to watch al 

 night in fear that the rat, after having regaled him 

 self with one end of candle, would set fire to the 

 house with the other, and run away by the liglit 

 of it. No mischief was done, however, and the 

 rat was never seen fafterwards. — JVeio Bedford 

 Gazette. 



Winships' Brighton Botanic Gardens and 

 Nurseries. 



Situated on the Mill Dam Road from, Boston to Wa- 

 tertown, abottt an equal dintance from tin: Mansion 



House^ Cattle Fair, and Franklin Hotels. 



I"OR SALE, a very extensive variety of Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines, Mul- 

 berries, Shepherdia or BulTalo Berry trees, Quinces, 

 Raspberries, Grape Vines ; all the varieties of Straw- 

 bei ries in cultivation, wi^.* superior kinds of Gooseberries ; 

 also sixteen kinds of c'rrants, most of them new, and 

 highly esteemed for their excellent qualities. 



A great collection of Ornamental Trees, — English 

 Mountain Ash ; Weeping do. ; Silver Leaf Abele, a new, 

 beautiful, and vigorous growing tree ; Horse, Fruit, and 

 Dwarf flowering Clicsnuts ; Silver Firs ; Balm of Gil- 

 ead ; Scotch Larch; Arbor VitiB ; Holly, Cypress, Ju- 

 niper, Kalmia, Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Laurels, &c. 

 &c. ; Gum, Rose, and Three thorned Acacias ; Sugar 

 or Rock, Moose, a-ul Scarlet flowering Maples ; Scotch 

 Weeping circh, of poetic celebrity, and other varieties ; 

 Eni)lish, and American, Mountain leaved Elms ; Aspen 

 leaved and Italian Poplars; Ailanthus, or the Chinese Tree 

 of Heaven; Linden Limes; Walnuts; Chesnuls : Fil- 

 berts ; Pecan Nuts ; Weeping, Ring-leaved, Basket and 

 olhcr varieties of Willows; Great flowering Catalpa; 

 Acacia ; Buckthorn ; Hawthorn, &c, for hedges, Box- 

 planls for edgings ; also the following splendid Honey- 

 suckles, viz. — Monthly Golden Trumpet, Monthly Stri- 

 ped Evcrblooming Fragrant, Monthly Scarlet Trumpet, 

 Monthly Chinese Evergreen Twining, with beautiful 

 striped floyvers of delicious fragrance ; Yellow Pube- 

 scent; F^arly Flowering, &c, &c. 



Shrubbery, including four hundred varieties of Roses ; 

 Altheas; Snowberries; Spiraasof various kinds; Licium 

 or Matrimonial Bower, a great beauty ; Lilacs, red and 

 wliite Persian ; Cut leaved do. ; large Chinese do., with 

 common kinds. Also, a most splendid assortment of 

 Herbaceous Plants, comprising a very rare and beauti- 

 ful collection, among which are fortyiive varieties of 

 Paonies, a hundred of Carnations and Pinks, a hundred 

 of D.ihlias, &c. 

 Ladies and Gentlemen can visit the establishment at 



ny time and make selections for themselves. 

 Trees and Plants will be securely packed for this, or 



ny other country ; and delivered at the Gardens, or in 



he oity of Boston, free of expense for transportation. 



)rders may be addressed to J. B. RUSSELL, Agent, 



Joslon. November 7. 



Sir Isaac .Newton. — After he took up his resi- 

 dence in London, he lived in a very handsonic 

 style, he kept his carriage, with an establishment 

 of three males and three female servants. On 

 proper occasions he gave splendid entertainments, 

 though without ostentation or vanity. His own 

 diet was frugal, and his dress was simple ; but on 

 one occasion, when he opposed the Hon. Mr An- 

 nesley, in 1705, as a candidate for the University, 

 he is said to have put on a suit of laced clothes. 

 His generosity and charity had no bounds, ami lie 

 used to remark, that they who gave away nothing 

 till they died, never gave at all. Though his wealth 

 had become considerable by a prudent economy, 

 yet he had always a contempt for money, and lie 

 spent a considerable part of his income in reliev- 

 ing the poor, in assisting his relations, and in en- 

 couraging ingenuity and learning. The sums 

 which he gave to his relations at difftjrent times 

 were enormous. — Dr Breivster^s Life of JVeifton. 



At a target firing lately, in England, one ball 

 out of sixty, hit the mark. The captain of the 

 corps finding his men shooting rather wide, en- 

 sconced himself behind the target, as being less h- 

 able to be hit there than anywhere else. 



Mr Ring, the superintendant of the Northamp- 

 ton poor house, testified that of 87 paupers who 

 were at that establishment at one time, about 60 

 had become poor and dependent by tippling. 



For Sale. 



A handsome Bull, part of the Holderness and part of 

 the Admiral breed. He will be three years old next 

 March, and will be sold cheap. Address Is.\.\c S. 

 Houghton, Roxbury, care of Daniel Weld & Son, 

 ■42 Washington Street, Boston. 4t* Oct. 31- 



New England Farmer's Almanac. 

 JUST published, the New England Farmer's Almanae 

 for l.'i.'iS, by T. G. Fessenuen, editor of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer — containing the usual variety of an almanac, 

 and several articles on agriculture, by the editor and 

 others. Price 50 cents per dozen. Nov. 7. 



Published every Wednesday Evening, at JS per annum, 

 payable at the end of the jear — but tliose who pay within 

 sixty days from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a 

 deduction o( fifty cents. 



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 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for Printing received by J. B. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52. North 

 Market Street. 



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