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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MAY 8, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



STANZAS. 



Written for the Amaranth. 

 Yes, all shall fade and all sliall die, 



Shall wither in a transient hour, 

 And hearts, and heads now tow'ring higl 



Shall soon be like the stricken flower. 



The gay the glittering coronet 



Shall tarnish on the royal head ; 

 The chieftain shall his arms forget, 



And all shall seek earth's gloomy bed. 



In common mass the rich and poor 

 Shall silent mingle, dust witli dust ; 



Proud tyrants sceptres wield no more, 

 But low as others lie they must. 



And earth, of every thing bereft. 



Shall be one wide vast sepulchre, 

 And none of all her hosts be left. 



To tell what man hath done with her. 



Yet on the darkness shall a star 



Arise to light the silent tomb. 

 And spread its radiant beams afar, 



Dispersing all the gathering gloom. 



And brighter still shall blaze the light, 



Like beacons on a stormy sea. 

 And every glow as pure and bright. 

 The star of Immortality. E. \V II. E. 



Brockport, JV. Y. 1833. 



FISHING CATS. 



Ma:^y instances have been recorded ofcaW catch- 

 ing fisli. — Mr. Moody, of Jesinond, near Newcas- 

 tle-upon-Tyne, had a cat in 1829, which had been 

 in his possession for some years, that catight fish 

 with great assiduity and frequently brought thein 

 home alive ! Besides minnows and eels, she ojcca- 

 sionnlly carried lioine ])ilchards, one of which si.x 

 inches long, was found in her possession in August 

 1827. She also contrived to teach a neighbor's 

 cat to fish ; and the two Itave been seen together 

 watching by the Usis for fish. — At other times they 

 have been seen at opposite sides of the river, not 

 far from eacli other, on the look out for their prey. 

 The following still more extraordinary circum- 

 stance of a cat fisliiiig in the sea appeared in the 

 Plymouth Journal, .Tune, 1828: — 



There is now at the battery on the Devil's 

 Point, a cat, which is an expert catcher of the finny 

 tribe, being in the constant habit of diving into the 

 soa, and bringing up the fish alive in her mouth, 

 and depositing them in the guardroom, for the use 

 of the soldiers. She is now seven years old. 



ECONOMIC liIGHTING. 



At the TuUoch IJleachfield, a young man, 

 named A. Reed, has constructed an apparatus, by 

 means of which he is able to procure from the 

 wood, which they are in the practice of burning, 

 in order to obtain acetic acid, gas sufficient to 

 light the whole premises. By this ingenious device 

 a most important saving is effected, since no more 

 wood is necessary for both the gas and the acid, 

 than was formerly used for the acid alone. — Lotid. 

 Mechan. Mas;. J. 



" The iliflerence, indeed, between tlie move- 

 ments of the mind with and witbout exercise, is 

 as great as between the movcnicnts of a clock 

 clogged and groaning with friction and dirt, and 

 one newly oiled and cleaned, with every pivot 

 wheel, pin, in place-" — Prof. ILtchrock. 



FISH. 



Mr. C.iRTER being invited to dine, together 

 with several other ministers, at the house of a 

 respectable magistrate at Ipswich, a very vain per- 

 son who sat at table boasted that he would dispute 

 with any gentleman present upon any question that 

 should be proposed, either in divinity or philoso- 

 phy. A profound silence ensued, till Mr. Carter 

 addressed him in these words: "I will go no fur- 

 ther than my trencher to puzzle yoti. Here is a 

 sole ; now tell me the reason why this fish, which 

 hath always lived in salt water, should come out 

 fresh?" As the bold challenger did not so much 

 as attempt any answer, the scorn and laughter of 

 the company were presently turned on him. 



SIWGTJI.AR DISCOVERIES IN POMPEII. 



This ancient town, overwhelmed by an irru])- 

 tion from Vesuvius in the year 79, after having 

 furnished employment to the antiquarians for a 

 long numhcr of years, is found to contain other 

 curiosities until now unexplored. A mineral spring, 

 having the character of the Seidlitz water, has 

 been discovered by Col. Lobinson, in boring for 

 wells, and the locality of the port and harbor is 

 now ascertained by the number of masts found in 

 a particular place. The hulls will undoubtedly be 

 got out; and if so, we shall have new light iipou 

 naval architecture. 



YELLOW LOCUST. 



THIS day received at the New England Seed Store, oOJ 

 North Warkrt Street, from Cincinnati, lUU pounds of Seed of 

 the genuine Yellow Locust (Uobinia»;>seudoacacia) — all raised 

 ilie pa^t vrnr in the State of Indiana, where the beauty and 

 superiorit\' of iliese trees have attracted general attention. 



Mav 1 



SEED TEA WHEAT. 



A few bushels of this very valuable variety of Spring Wheal, 

 for sale at the Seed Store No. 31, North Market Street, raised 

 m the vicinity of Lake Erie. 



One kernel of this Wheat was found in a chest of Tea, at 

 St. John. N. B. in 1823, from which this variety was raised. 

 (SeeN. K. Farmer, Vol ix, t.affc 105, and vol x, page 105.) 



Persons in want of it will please apply soon. 



FOR SALE, 



TH.-VT valuable country seat and farm formerly owned by 

 E. H. Derby and J. Crowninshield, Esqrs., and lately by Col. 

 Endicotl. situated in Danvers, within two miles of Salem and 

 fifteen ol Boston. The buildings are in good repair, spacious 

 and eleq-iuit, and convenient for a genteel family, and also for a. 

 farmer's, with barns, stables, &-C., attached. There is an ex- 

 cellent garden, containing a great variety of choice fruits, 

 shrubs and flowers and a tastetui simimer house. The farm is 

 in a high state of cultivation, well watered and enclosed — i» 

 products largo crops of liay, grain, and vegetables, besides ap- 

 ples, pi ."'s. pi'aches, apricots, plums, quuices and cherries; 

 ihere i^ ;t inirscry of young fruit trees, and a plantation of 

 •XKX) \\ liitc Mulberries. The pliice has many advantages, and 

 is the nii>st desirable country retreat in the vicinity. The build- 

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

 chaser niav choose, are oflercd on liberal and accommodating 

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



Danvers, March 27. ISiS. 



Sad effects of protecting Manufactures. — A mer- 

 chant left at our office last week, for the inspection 

 of the curious, a piece of India Cotton, as a speci- 

 men of what W.1S sold at auction in 1813, at 35 

 cents a yard by the bale. It would not now 

 bring ten cents a yard. — Boston Courier. 



A Tlock of Swans, about twenty in number, 

 were observed in the early part of last month, ma- 

 jestically floating in the atmosphere at Cussewngo 

 township, Crawford county, Penn. So dense was 

 the fog that these beautiful strangers in vain exert- 

 ed themselves to discover their course. Exhaust- 



ed by wearisome wandering and uncertainty, they 

 and has long been a useful caterer. It is' supposed I tiescended to the fields, where their beauty soon 

 tliat her pursuit of the water-rats first taught her to Utfacted admirers and owners ; and now, with 



venture into the water, to which it is well known 

 puss has a natural aversion. She is as fond of wa- 

 ter as a Newfotmdlanil dog, and takes her regular 

 peregrinations along the rocks at its edge, looking 

 out for her prey, ready to dive at a moment's notice. 



DYSENTERY. 



A WRITER in the Daily Advertiser says: — "It 

 is not so generally known or recollected as it 

 should be, that boiled milk, thickened with a little 

 ■wheat flour is an almost certain cure, hi all com- 

 mon cases, for the dysentery. It may be taken 

 with safety in any state of the disease, and repeat- 

 ed until a cure is effected. The writer has had 

 a pretty numerous Cimily for more than fifteen 

 years, and recommends this simple convenient 

 remedy, from known and long-tried experience." 



the most degrading docility, associate and banquet 

 whh die vulgar geese in the barn-yard — but this 

 humiliating contentment is a matter of sheer ne- 

 cessity. We would not be surprised if these leri.il 

 emigrants, when thus entrapped, were on their 

 passage to Fairmount, there to share with their 

 lovely, relatives the beauty of that surpassing scen- 

 ery, and the admiration of its delighted visiters. — 

 Phil. Chronicle. 



GBM'INE MORUS MULTICAULIS, or CHINESE 

 MULBERRY. 



MRS. P.\RMENTIER at the Horticultural Botanic Garden, 

 llrooklyn. I.. I. offers for sale a choice collection of Pear, Ap- 

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

 Grape Vines. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Greenhouse 

 and Herbaceous Plants at moderate prices. 



Ai.sn the Genuine Moras Mullicaulis or Chinese Mulberry, 

 of which tuiy quantity not exceeding ten thousand can be fur- 

 nished at reasonable prices. 



Orders may be sent by mail directed to Mrs. P. or left at 

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

 ket street Boston. 



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LEAD. 



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

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

 by ALBEKT FEARING & CO. No. 1, City Wharf. 



Boston, March 13, 1832. if 



FOR SALE 



At the Agricultural Warehouse, milk strainers, likewise 

 few stone milk pans, a very superior article. 



Two honest Hibernians conversing upon the 

 subject of working evenings, one of them ex- 

 claimed, ' bad luck to men who first invented 

 working by the dirty light of a lamp when the 

 blessed light of heaven is enough for any man ? 

 ' Musha bad luck,' rejoined the other, ' to the 

 dirty sowl of him who first invented working at 

 all, at all!' 



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