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Nl^W ENGLAND FARMER 



MAY 1, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



MARCH OP I1VTE1.I.ECT IIV IREIiAND. 



A PARENT ask'd a Priest his boy to bless, 



Wlio forthwith chai-ged him— he must first confess. 



' Well,' said the boy, ' suppose, sir, I am willing. 



What is your charge V ' To you, 'lis but shilling !' 



' Must all men pay 1 and all men make confession V 



' Yes, every man of Catholic profession.' 



' And who do you confess to V • Why— the Dean.' 



' And do the Deans confess ?' ' Yes, boy, they do, 



Confess to Bishops— and pay smartly too.' 



' Do Bishops, sir, confess 1 if so— to whom V 



' Whv they confess, and pay the church of Rome.' 



' Weil,' quoth the boy, ' all lliis is inighty odd. 



And does the Pope confess V ' Oh yes, to God.' 



' And does God charge the Pope V ' No,' quoth the Priest, 



' God charges nothing.' ' Oh. then God is best ; 



God is able to bless, and always willing. 



To him I shall confess — and save my shilling.' 



A THOUGHT. 



As we look back through life 



In/our moments of sadness. 

 How few and how brief 



Are its gleamings of gladness ; 

 Yet we find midst the gloom. 



That our pathway o'ershaded, 

 A few spots of sunshine 



Still lingering unfaded. 



And memory still hoards, 



As her richest treasures — 

 Some moments of rapture. 



Some soul thrilling pleasures ; 

 One hour of such bliss 



Is a lifu, ere it closes ; 

 'Tis one drop of fragrance, 



From thousands of roses. 



QODD ADVICE. 



Never cut a piece out of a newspaper until you 

 have looked on the other side, wliere perhaps you 

 may find something more valuable than tliat which 

 you first intended to ajjpropriate. 



Never put salt in your soup before you have 

 tasted it. I have known gentlemen very much 

 enraged by doing so. 



Never burn your fingers if you can help it. 

 People burn their fingers every day, when they 

 might have escaped it if they had been careful. 



Let no gentleman ever tjuarrel with a woman. 

 If you are in trouble with her, retreat. If she 

 abuse you, be silent. If she box your ears, bow. 

 If she tear your eyes out, fed your way to the door 

 — but fly. 



Don't put your feet on the tabic. True, the 

 members of Congress do so, but you are not a 

 member of Congress. 



If you form one of a large mixed company, and 

 a diftident stranger enter the room and take his 

 seat among you, say sotiiething to him, for heav- 

 en's sake, even though it be only ' Fine evening, 

 sir.' Do not let him sit bolt upright, suffering all 

 the appreliensions and agonies of bashfuluess, 

 without any relief Ask him how he has been — 

 tell him you know his friend so and so — any thing 

 will do to break the icy stiflliess in which very 

 decent fellows are sometimes frozen on their dehut 

 before a new circle. 



SHO\VER OP PIRE. 



A singular plieiiumenou presented itself lately 

 in some parts of Franco, particularly in the De- 

 partment of Orne, in the neighborhood of Argen- 

 tan. Several times, and during two whole hours, 

 the atmosphere, which was calm, became filled 

 with an iimuinerable quantity of vivid sparks, 

 forming a sort of shower of fire. The appear- 

 ance was most striking between four and five 

 o'clock in the morning. The same phenomenon 

 was witnessed about Caen, where, however, it 

 excited less apprehension than at Argentan. It 

 is said that, in some j)laces, the sparks were seen 

 to alight upon the ground, butr no traces of them 

 have any where been found ; and it is probable 

 that the phenomenon really took })lace in the upper 

 regions, the appearance of having descended being 

 most likely an oi)tical illusion. Medical Gazette. 



An English school mistress, who had obliquity 

 in her vision, asked a child what SEE spelled. 

 The child hesitated. What do I do when I look 

 at you ? said the mistress. Squint, replied the 

 pupil. 



AN OL.D M.\NTEL.-TREE. 



A few days days since, in taking down the 

 chimney of a house in Hadley, these words and 

 figures were found inscribed on the old-fashioned 

 wooden mantel-tree: "John Scott, March 14, 

 1678." This was probably the name of a carpen- 

 ter who worked on the building. John Scott did 

 not live in Hadley, but in Springfield. The build- 

 ing was on the home-lot, originally granted to 

 Kdward Church, who removed to Hatfield. It 

 was next owned by Josejdi Selden, who sold it 

 to John Nash, in 1696. — Hnmpshire Gatelte. 



THE TRAITOR ARNOLD. 



At the close of the Kevolutionary war, Arnold, 

 the traitor, accompanied the royal army to Eng- 

 land. "The contempt that followed him through 

 life, says an elegant writer, ia illustrated by 

 the speech of Lord Lauderdale, who, perceiv- 

 ing Arnold on the right hand of the King, and 

 near his person, as he addressed his parliament, 

 declared ou his return to the Commons, that how- 

 ever gracious the language he had heard from the 

 throne, ids indignation could not but be highly ex- 

 cited, at beholding, as he had done, liis viajesli) 

 supported hij a traitor." " And on anotlu'r occa- 

 sion, Lord Surrey, rising to speak in the house of 

 Commons, and perceiving Arnold in the gallery, 

 sat down with precipittition, exclaiming, I loill not 

 speak while that man, pointing to him, is in the 

 house." This miserable outcast died in Loodou, 

 June 14, 1801. 



THE MAGPIE. 



Wherever it be, wild or tame, this is the mon- 

 key of birds, full of mischief and mimicry. A 

 gentleman told Mr. Hovvit, that one he kept, having 

 stolen various articles, was watched by him na- 

 rowly, and was at length seen by him busy in 

 gathering pebbles, and with much solemnity and 

 studied air, dropping them into a hole about 18 

 inches deep, made to receive a line post. After 

 dropping each stone,, it cried " carrack !" tii- 

 unqjhantly, and set oft' for another. Making him- 

 self sure that he had found the objects of his 

 search, the gentleman went to the place and found 

 in the hole a poor toad, which the magpie was 

 stoning for his amusement. — .Veto of a J^Taturalist. 



ITALY. 



Discovery of the Port of Pompeii. — A most strik- 

 ing discovery has lately been made ; no less than 

 that of the long anticipated Port of Pompeii, with 

 its vessels overthrown on their sides, and covered 

 and preserved by the eruptive volcanic matter 

 which has thus anchored them for so many ages. 

 About 30 masts have been found London Mas. 



SAFE GUESSING. 



A real Yankee, who never intended lo err in 

 guessing:, being inquired of by his neighbor, as he 

 was jiassing a farm-yard, how much a certain ox 

 would weigh, that stood near, answered — " Well, 

 I don't know entirely, I guess he'll weigh 13, 14, 

 15, 16, 17, 18 hundred, somewhere along there, 

 no great differenre from that anv way." 



FOR SALE, 



THAT valuable coiiutrij sent ami farm f,>rmer]\- omiedhy 

 E. H. Dcrliy and J. Crowninshicld, Esqrs.,and lately by Col. 

 Endlci>it, >iiualed in Danvers, within two miles of Salem and 

 tifteen of I'osion. The buildings arc in good repair, spacioui 

 and cli-'j^ant, and convenient for a genteef family, and also for a 

 farmers, with barns, stal)les, &-C., attached. There is an ex- 

 cellent iiarden, containing a great \'ariety of choice fruits, 

 shrubs niid tlowers and a tastelul summer house. ,'J'he farm is 

 inahi^h state of cultivation, well watered and enclosed — it 

 produics large crops of hay, grain, and vegetables, besides ap- 

 ples, prars, peaches, apricots, plums, tjumces and cherries ; 

 there is a nursery of young fruit trees, and a plajitation (jf 

 ."KlOO White Mulberries. The place has many advaniages, and 

 is the most desirable country retreat in the vicinity. The build- 

 ing and garden, with from 10 to 100 acres of land, as the pur- 

 chaser mav choose, are oil'ered on liberal aiid acronimoMating 

 terms. Apply at this office, or to AMOS KING. 



Danvers, March 27, 1833. 



WHITE MULBERRY TREES. 



FOR SALE 5000 Large White Mulberrv Trees, inquire al 

 this Office. tf m'i? 



NOTICE. 



AP.UANGEMENTS have been made to secure the Im 

 ported Horse Numidia for the ensuing season at the Ten hill 

 Jtock farm. epislf April 3. 



LEAD. 



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

 of all sizes ; Copper and Cast Iron Pumps, conslantK' for sale 

 bv ALBEItT FEARING & CO. No. 1, City Wharf. 

 'Boston. March 13, 133'.!. tf 



P.\RM FOR S.VLE. 



A FARM pleasantly siluaied in Dorchesd-r, .'")1 mil<-s from 

 Boston, contaming about lOO acres of excellent land well fenced 

 with stone wall, with a Uwelling-liouse, Farcn-lKiuse and a 

 large Barn with a large cellar under the same, all in good re- 

 pair. Has on it over 500 fruit trees of grafterl and choice qual- 

 ities,.^!s abundantly supplied with water It will be sold ou 

 accommodating terms or exchanged for real estate in Boston- 

 For further particulars inquire at No. 12, South Market Street, 

 Boston. April 3. 



GENUINE MORUS MULTICAULIS, or CHINESE 

 MULBERRY. 



MRS. PARMENTIER at the Horticultural Botanic Garden, 

 Brooklyn. L. I. oflers for sale a choice collection of Pear, Ap- 

 ple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Quince, and other Fruit Trees. 

 Grapevines. Ornamental Trees and Slirubs. Greenhouse 

 and Ilerbar eons Plants at moderate prices. 



Also the (I'eiiuine Morus Multicaulis or Chinese Mulberry, 

 of which anv <|uantity not exceeding ten thousand can be fur- 

 nished at reasonable prices. 



Orders mav be sent by mail directed to Mrs. P. or left al 

 Mr. Geo. C. "Barrett, Agricultural Warehouse, 52 North Mar- 

 ket street Boston. 



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