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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DECEMBER 10, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



THERE IS A STAR. 



There is a star no gloom can shroud — 



A hope no wo can sever— 

 A ray thai through the darkest cloud 



Shines smilingly forever ! 

 When nature spreads the shades of night, 



With scarce one hope of morrow. 

 That star shall shed_serenest light, 



To gild the tear of sorrow. 



When melancholy's silent gloom 



Enshrouds the heart with sadness. 

 That ray will issue from the tomb, 



To fill the breast with gladness. 



Then, humble Christian, fearless go, 



Though darkest woes assail thee ; 

 Though dangers press and troubles flow, 



This hope shall never fail thee. 



I^nrBRPOOIi AND MANCHESTER RAIL ROAD. 



Results. 1070 passengers per day has been the 

 average. 



It has not been out of use a single day. 

 Only one fatal Occident has occurred in eighteen 

 months. 



The fiire by coaches used to be nearly double of 

 what it is by Rail-road Cars. 



The tittle of going between the towns reduced 

 from four to one three-quarter hours. 



A regiment of soldiers has beenjtakeu over the 

 road in two hours. I 



The locomotive travel safely in the dark ! 



Goods average about 10s. per. ton fur carriage. 

 On the canals they paid 15s. 



The Manchester cotton raaufacturers save 

 $100,000 per annum in the carriage of cotton 

 alone. 



A great deal of land along the line ha^been let 

 for gardens, at increased rents. 



There is much way travel. 



The mails are carried at two-thirds o^the old 

 prices. 



The effects of the Rail Road. The floul of the 

 West, even that of the country lying immldiately 

 on the Ohio river, is beginning to lind itsKvay to 

 our State emporium, by means of the Ral-road. 

 We understand that a quantity of flour mfciufac- 

 tured at the Wheeling Steam-mill, was for+arded 

 to Baltimore a few days smce front thismlace. 

 We have no doubt that the great bulk If the 

 produce of the West will soon take the sameuirec- 

 tion. The Wheeling Transportation Ime of mgons 

 is now in full operation between tliis place aal the 

 Ohio river. We understand that it finds I re- 

 dundancy of employment. — Frederickstown,\Md. 

 paper. 



and put it uito a pot of small beer, holding the land this is the place where he fixes his simple and 

 edge towards the nose, and drinking the beer [mgemous tra\>.— English Paper. 

 leisurely. — London Surgical and Medical Journal 



Pidsation. The pulse m the time of Hip- 

 pocrates was, probably, not more than sixty beats 

 in a minute ; from which, probably, originates om- 

 smallest division of time, denominated the moment 

 or second, which divides the day into 86,400 parts. 

 As the human species refine, probably the pulse 

 quickens, and so completely are we machines, that 

 like a clock, the faster we go the sooner we are 

 down. — lb. 



Superstilio7i. The Minorquins never venture to 

 pfune a fruit tree, thinking it impious to presume 

 direct its growth and amend tlie works of i'mv- 



I FRUIT TREES. 



JOKDERS for Fruit. Forest, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 

 [fcucysucklcs, &c. from Wiuship, Kenrick, Prince, Bucl &. 

 Wilson, and other respectable Nurseries, received by the sub- 

 wibcr, and executed at Nursery prices. 

 T GEO. C. BARKETT, 



Idcc 5 New England Farmer Office. 



VSEFUIi REMEDIES. 



For Extreme Costiveness. Take three tible- 

 spoonsftdl of sweet oil, mixed in about hi If a 

 pint of warm water. I have known peopk re- 

 lieved by this simple means, when in very : :reat 

 danger. 



cramp, put their legs in warm water before they 

 go to bed, taking care to rub them well. The bed 

 in cold weather should be wanned. 



Habits of Economy. " A slight Iviiowle.lge of 

 human nature will show," says IVIr. Colquhoon, 

 " that when a man gets on a little in the world he 

 is desu Otis of getting on a little further." Such is 

 tlie growth of provident habits, that it has been 

 said, if a journeyman lays by the first five shillings 

 his fortune is made. Mr. William Hall, who has 

 bestowed gieat attention on the state of the labor- 

 ing poor, declares he never knew an instance of 

 one who had saved money, coming to the ])arish. 

 And he adds, moreover, " those individuals who 

 save money are better workmen : if they do not 

 work better, they behave better, and are more re 

 spectable ; and I woidd sooner have in my trade 

 a hundred men who would save money, than iwi 

 hundred, who would spend every shilling they got. ] 

 In proportion as individuals save a little money, 

 their morals are much better ; they husband that 

 little, and a superior tone is given to their morals; 

 and they behave better for havuig a little stake in 

 society." It is scarcely necessary to remark that 

 habits of tboughtfulness and frugality are at all 

 times of iinmese importance. 



Genius. A man's genius is always in the be- 

 ginning of life as much unknown to hunself as to 

 others ; and it is only after frequent trials, attend- 

 ed with success, that he dares think himself etpial 

 to the undertaking in which those who have stir- 

 ceeded have fixed the admiration of mankind. — 

 Hume. 



In the county of Westmoreland, mole catching 

 for the last century has become a science of its 

 own, and those who wish to live by a knowledge 

 of it, must serve a seven years' apprenticeship. 

 It is from this country that Great Britain receives 

 her mole catchers ; and were we to examine tin- 

 science minutely, we should find that it fully n- 

 I quires seven years' hard study, 'accompanied with 

 I great practice, to come to moderate proficiency. 

 The mole is quite a philosopher in his way, and 

 changes his plan of life according to the lands lie 

 frequents; be has different modes for fallows, 

 mosses, pastures, and gardens, all peculiar in 

 form. 



AMERICAN FARRIER. 



ri.ST received, by GEO. C. BARRETT, and for sale at 

 111 I New England Fanner Office, No. 32 North Market-street, 

 th American Farrier, containing a minute accoimt of the forma- 

 ti( a of every part of the Horse, with a description of all the 

 di eases to which each part is liable, the best remedies to bo 

 aj )lied in effecting a cure, and the most approved mode of 

 trt atment tor preventing disorders ; with a copious list of medi- 

 CL Ds, describmg their qualities and effects when applied in dif- 

 fe Jilt cases ; and a complete treatise on rearing and managing 

 tb horse, from the foal to the full grown active laborer; illus- 

 trqleil with numerous engravings. By H. L. Barnum. Price 



75ccnls 



dec 3 



SPLENDID BUIiBOVS ROOTS. 



iUST received at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed 

 re, No. 5(M North llarkct Street, a large assortment of Bul- 

 ls Flower Hoots, comprising the tinest varieties of 

 IVACINTHS: (Double and single,) dark blue, porcelain 

 r. nil. rosv colored, pure white with yellow eye, while wiili 

 T<s\ cv. . ^iiul yellow witli various eyes: from lijj to Jjfl each. 

 Jil Lll'.S: Splendid variegated, ret), yellow, and mixed; 

 ills each, g\ per dozen ; assorted, with the colors mark- 

 each ; (our assortment of fine tulips is very large, and 

 ■ enabled to put many sorts as low as gG per hundred ; 

 aiiiiliii I to those wiio wish to form a superb tulip bed.) 

 JdNtiriLLES; Sweet scented, finest roots lij cts. each, 



51,.T.|.,Z™. 



I'tll.VANTHUS NARCISSUS: Fragrant, white with 

 ritroii cups, extra sized roots, 19 cents each. 



DOUBLE NARCISSUS ; Fragrant, of all colors, 12J cts. 

 each. ^1 per dozen. 



SPRING CROCUS : Of all colors, GJ cents each, 50 cents 

 per dozen. 



LARGE GLADIOLUS or SWORD LILIES, 124 cents 

 each, gl per dozen. 



The above roots are of the same superior character as those 

 sold by us the last season, and which gave sucli universal satis- 

 faction ; some of the double Hyacuilhs having jiroduccd bells 



e inch and eight tendis in diameter. 



Purchasers are requested to notice that the above roots are 



( ;jKrc/i(isf(i u^ rt«c(ion, and are all remarkable for their sizes 



id lor the beauty and delicacy of tint of their flowers. 



LEAD. 



SHEET Lead, of all dimensions ; Pig Lead ; Lead Pipe 

 (if all sizes ; Copper and Cast Iron Pumps, constantly for sale 

 1 v ALBERT FE.4RING & CO. No. I, City Wharf. 

 ■ Boston, Oct. ICtli, 1832. tf 



ground, commonly in a thicket, or beneath an old 

 wall, not to to be come at. The great aim of the 

 mole-catcher is to understand the lead of the land 

 so Avell that the mystic path may be known be- 

 tween the keep and the feeding ground, which path 



„ ., „ T . 1 u- . J ♦! I is trod by the mole daily. This is the secret of 



For the Cramp. Let such as are subject 1 1 the . ■' ■' , „ ,„i,„ro r,;= „;T,f.= 



„... .,, -i 1 : ,.._.__ 1,.^ Ui,„„ I the science. A gas man knows where his pipes 



are laid in the streets of a great city, because lie 



laid them diere — no one else does ; but a properly 



educated mole-catcher, by the lead of the land, and 



Let those who are various other circumstances, can tell where tli 



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