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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MAY 33, 1S33. 



MISCELLANY. 



The depravity of man, and (he cndcarins; coiislancy of 

 ' female love, are here most vividly — most inimmitably depiclcd, 

 by Dr. Pekcival. 



He comes not — I have watchM the moon go down, 



But 3'et he comes not — once it was not so. 

 He thinks npt how these bitter tears do flow, 



The while he holds his riot ifi lliat town. 

 Yet he will come, and chide and I shall weep ; 



And he will wake my infant from its sleep. 

 To blend its feelile wailing with my tears. 



O! how I love a mother's watch to keep 

 Over those sleeping eyes, that smile, which cheers 



jVFy heart, though sunk in sorrow, fix'd and deep, 

 I had a husband once, who lov'd me — now 



He ever wears a frown upon his brow, 

 And feeds his passion on a wanton's lif*. 



As bees, from laurel flowers a poison sip ; 

 But yet I cannot hate — O ! there were hours. 



When I could hang forever on his eye, 

 And time, who stole with silent swiftness b}'. 



Strewed, as he hurricrl on, his path with flowers. 

 T lov'd him then. — he lov'd me too— my heart 



Still finds its fondness kindle, if he smiles > 

 The memory of his love will ne'er depart j 



And though he often slung me with a darl, 

 Venom'd and barb'd, and wastes upon the vile 



Caresses, which his babe and mine should share ; 

 Though he should spurn me, I will calmly bear 



His madness — and should sickness come, and lay 

 Its paralyzing hand upoii him, then 



I w^ould with kindness all my wrongs repay, 

 Until the penitent should weep and say, 



How injured and how faithful I had been. 



PRINCE POTEMKIJV. 



Prince Poterakin, who was rui.scd to thn high- 

 est dignity by the favour of the Empress Catherine, 

 was ignorant at tlie comniencciriont of liis minis- 

 try of the first elemeuts of the art of war, and }iad 

 r\ot the least notion even of the different ranks 

 in military system. A French officer who had 

 served in Russia with the rank of Captain, having 

 distinguished himself thought that iic was entitled 

 to some military promotion ; and presiited a petition 

 to the Prince in which he solicited as a recom- 

 pense for his services, the Brevet of Lieut. Colonel. 

 The Prince separating in his mind the two titles, 

 conceived that the Captain was asking a double 

 favour, and fancied that he had discovered the 

 sure way of doing him justice, and at the same 

 time of punishing his presumptuous ambition by 

 granting to him the one of his two recpiests, which 

 being placed last the Prince supposed to bo the infe- 

 rior. He therefore ordered him to be called before 

 him, received him with great hauteur, told him that 

 her Imperial Majesty had been surprised at the in- 

 discretion of the double dem.ind, and never con- 

 ferred two favours at once ; that if one of her own 

 subjects had dared to present such a petition, .he 

 would instantly have been cashiered ; but that re 

 garding him as a stranger who might be unac 

 quaintedwith tlie usages of the Empire and more 

 oyer, being well satisfied witli his conduct, she 

 did not wish to withhold her favours ; that Iiow 

 ever, she only granted him for the present the 

 Brevet of Colonel, and that it remained with h 

 in future to merit that of Lieutenant. 



PROPER RESENTMENT. 



Farmer TiDD and Farmer Gruff were near 

 neighbors. The former was a kind hearted, even 

 tempered old codger, and all his affiiirs went 

 on smoothly. The latter as his name indi- 

 cates, possessed an irascible disposition, and often 



attempted to wrangle with his worthy neighbor. 

 One day Tidd's cow got into Gruft''s corn field ; 

 Gruft' procured a large ctidgel, and went into his 

 enclosure and gave her a severe pounding. Poor 

 old Brummie leaped the bars, shaking her head 

 and making a wonderful display of legs and tail. 

 Thinking one pounding insufficient to atone for 

 her offence. Gruff drove her to pinford and left her 

 in coufinement to ruminate on her pitialile condi- 

 tion. Having satiated his vengence on the poor 

 animal, he went to discharge a volley at her owner. 

 ' Neighbor Tidd,' said he, in a great rage, ' I catight 

 your cow in my cornfield this morning, aud I gave 

 her a good drubbing, and then drove her to the 

 pdiind, aud I'll do it again if I catch her there any 

 more, so you'd better take care of her.' The oth- 

 er replied very calmly, 'Friend Gruff, I found two 

 of your cattle in my garden the other day, and they 

 bad destroyed lialf my garden sauce ; I turiii-d 

 thrm out, drove them home to your barn yard 

 and put up the fence, and fastened tliem in as they 

 should be, and if ever I find them there' again, I 

 shall do the same, so you had better take care of 

 them.' Grufl's obduracy was softened, he re- 

 leased old Brummie, paid her poundage, aud ever 

 after became a better neighbor. 



AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERT. 



C. S. Rafi-\e.<que, of this city, " Professor of 

 many Sciences, Architect, Draftsman, Sec." has 

 announced to the public, the discovery by himself, 

 (A' a new mode of erecting buildings of all kinds, 

 so as to render them entirely incond)U.stible. He 

 denominates this discovery by the term Incombus- 

 tible Jlrchitecture, and alleges the following as the 

 advantages of the new style, all which he offers 

 to warrant, viz; — 



1. Buildings will be lire proof. 



2. They caimot bi set on fire on purpose. 



3. They cannot catch fire from neighbors. 



4. They will last longer. 



5. They can be warmed in winter, at one-third 

 the actual cost. 



6. They will be insured at a mere trifle. 



7. They will be warmer in winter. 



8. They will be cooler in summer. 



9. They will require no expcuse of fire engines 

 and fireiueu. ' ■ 



10. They will save the lives of a hundred thou- 

 sand persons doomed to be burnt alive. 



11. They will save a hundred milious of dollars 

 of property doomed to be burnt. 



12. They will look neater and more conveniciit 

 inside, with more space, &c. &c. 



These unquestionally are important con^dera- 

 tions, aud the professor speaks most certainly of 

 his ability to i)erforin all he promises. The modus 

 operandi, of this new style, he wisely and discreet- 

 ly keeps to himself, but with magnificent liberal- 

 ity he oflers to divulge the secret to any architect 

 for the sum of one thousand dollars ; or if any de- 

 mur at this price, he declares he will himself tui- 

 dertake the erection of any edifice, and receive fur 

 payment, the saving in fuel and insurance, and in 

 the expense of the building — it being a part of tlie 

 professor's plan to buihl houses of this kind at much 

 cheaper rate than in the ordinary way. Certainly 

 we bespeak much attention to the professor's de- 

 claration. — Philadelphia Gazette. 



The flea called by the Arabians 'the father of 

 leapers,' and the locusts, jump two hundred times 

 their own length; and yet if a man jumps three 

 times his own length, he thinks he does a won- 

 derful thing. 



7'he Romans. Pliny asserts that the Roman 

 citizens, in early times, ploughed their fields with 

 the same diligence that they pitched camps, and 

 sowed their grain with the same care that they 

 formed their armies for battle. — A*. 1". Farmer. 



Planting and Building. Cato says, 'a landholdev 

 should apply himself to the planting of his fields 

 early in youth but he ouslit to thuik long before he 

 builds."— 76. 



Sinking ff'ells. Bishop Heeer lueiitions a cu- 

 rious way of sinking wells in some j)arls of Asia. 

 When the ground is sandy, a cylindrical tower »f 

 brick or stone work is made of the intended size 

 of the well. This is sHfiered to remain until the 

 masonry becomes indurated, and then it is grad- 

 ually timlerniined until it is sunk even with the 

 surface of the ground. If the well is not sufK- 

 ciently d-eep, they add more masonry, aud again 

 undermine. — lb. 



FOR SALE, 



THAT valuable couiUni seat aiu\ farm foTmcr]\ owned by 

 E. H. Ucrby and J. Crowniushiekl Esqrs., and lately by Col. 

 Endicutt, situated in Dauvers, within two miles of Salem and 

 filieen of Boston. The buiUliiigs are in good repair, spacious 

 and eli';;ant. arjd convenient for a genteel family, and also for a 

 farmer -, with barns, stables, &c., aUachcd. 'I'herc is an ex- 

 ccllem gauien, containing a great variety of choice fruits, 

 shrubs ajnl flowers and a tasteful summer house. The farm is 

 in a lii;;h state of cultivation, well watered aud enclosed — it 

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

 ples, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, quinces and clierries ; 

 there is a nursery of young Ihiu trees, and a plantation of 

 j(X)0 W hite Mulberries. Tlie place has many advantages, and 

 is thf most desir.ibh' country retreat in the vicinity. The build- 

 ing aud garden, with (iom 10 to 100 acres of land, as the pur- 

 chaser may choose, are oflered on liberal and accommodating 

 terni>. A'ppiv at this office, or to AMOS KING. 



Danvers. March 27, 1833. 



A fxne: new SaVASH 



FORsalc.al the New England Seed Store, Nos. 51, & 5!, 

 Korih Market Street. 



A few seefls of (lie Early Lemon Squash, from the western 

 part of this State, wltirli is cousideretl one ol" the finest varieties 

 of sunmier Squash cultivated, being a week earlier than lli« 

 Scollop or \Varietl Squashes, and of much superior flavor, 

 drier, and somewhat resembling the Canada Squash in taste; 

 producing abuntlantly till killed by frost. Price 1-i cents per 

 paper. Way 1 



RUSSIA M.\TS. 



500 dozen large sized Russia Mats. 



3(jO do. small do. do. ilo. 



For Sale by 1). F. FAULKNER. No. 15 Central Strobl. 



20 



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ESSEX PRiZE POTATOES. 



A few bushels of the famous Essex Prize Potatoes for sale al 

 le New England Seed Store, No. 51 &. 52, NorUi Market 

 llre.l. ' 21 ml5 



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