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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FTom the New England Galaxy. 



COFFEE. 



Translated for the Galaxy, from Le Diable Boittui\ a 



Paris paper. 



Hail sacred plant .' which like the genial clime 

 That gave thee being — animates and warms, 

 Rouses the soul to deeds and thoughts sublime I 

 Or soothes to soft repose with gentler charms. 



Flowerof Arabia ! to thee we owe 

 The classiclay of Homer's deathless lyre 1 

 'Tis thine, to bid the soul of genius glow, 

 Or sportive fancy's blissful dreams inspire. 



O'er thy soft clime of luxury and balm. 

 The gods decreed i\\c first fair Sun should rise ; 

 There vernal Spring reigns with perrennial charm. 

 And Wintry clouds ne'er veil the blushing skies ! 



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Fragrant exotic, of celestial birlh — 

 Thou art our only paradise ou earth ! 



you as many bows in half an hour as will serve 

 a courtier for a week." 



Shaking Hands. — At a late duel in Kentucky 

 the parlies discharged Iheir pistols without ef- 

 fect ; whereupon one of the seconds interfered, 

 and proposed, that the combatants should shake 

 hands. To this the other second objected as 

 unnecessary, for, said he, their hands have been 

 shaking this half hour. 



Charlestoun, July 28. 



AUGL.^1A. 



Dr Johnson to ridicule some fallacious reasoning, wrote 

 the following ludicrous lines. 



If a man who Turnips cries. 

 Cry not when his Father dies. 

 It is a sign that he had rather 

 Have a Turnip than his Father. 



i^iBCfllans. 



Musical Amateur. — A man in England was ob- 

 served on a cold evening, silling on a small 

 bridge, with his naked feet in the stream. Be- 

 ing asked his reason for so singular a measure, 

 he replied that he was trying to take cold, thai 

 he might sing the belter bass, on the next Sun- 

 day. 



Misunderstanding. — A gentleman walking 

 with a lady made a miss-step and fell. The la- 

 dy, feeling for his situation assisted him in re- 

 covering his feel, observing that she nas sorry 

 for his faux pas. To this the gallant angrily re- 

 plied, " what is that you say, madam, ahout my 

 fore paxfis ? and immediately made his exit in 

 a rage. 



Fine Cattle, together with a Bull. — Before the 

 peace of 1782, tlie army in Carolina procured 

 cattle from what was called the back country. 

 One morning an Irishman who had assisted in 

 killing them, met a comrade, who asked him if 

 the cattle were in good condition ? " Why you 

 may gue?«," rci)licd he, '' when it look hvo of 

 us to hold up one, while one of us knocked it 

 down." "Tut," said the other, " could'nt you 

 have knocked it doxon as it lay ?" 



Scolding. — I never knew a scolding person 

 that was ahle to govern a I'amily. — What makes 

 people scold 1 Because they cannot govern 

 themselves. Mow then can they govern others? 

 — Those who govern tvell are generally calm- 

 They are prompt and resolute, hut steady and 

 mild. 



. Extra Politene^- — Mr. Addison says, (Ppecta- 

 lor, No. 19.) " one may know a man that never 

 conversed in the world by his excess of good 

 breeding A polite country 'Squire will make 



Paul Jones. — By a singular accident, a large 

 collection of original letters to tiiis celebrated 

 man have been recently found in a huckster% 

 shop in this city. Among Ihem are the copies 

 of a great number of his own letters, which are 

 completely illustrative of the character of the 

 individual. Of the genuineness of these docu- 

 ments and letters there is not the least doubt, 

 for the hand writings of such men as Lafayette, 

 Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and fifty others 

 like tliem, cannot be mistaken. We understand 

 the papers are now in the posession ot Mr. 

 Wiley, who iias submitted them to the inspec- 

 tion of the gentlemen of his " Den," with a 

 view to a publication of a part. — JV. Y. Jlmer. 



When martial law was in full force in Ireland, 

 and the people were prohibited from having 

 tire-arms in Iheir possesion, some mischievous 

 varlet gave information that Mr. Scaulon, who 

 was a respectable apothecary of Dublin, had 

 three mortars in his house. A magistrate with 

 a party of dragoons in his train, surrounded the 

 house, and demanded in the king's name, that 

 the mortars should be delivered lo him. Mr. 

 Scaulon immediately produced them ; adding — 

 that as they were useless without the pestles, 

 these also were at his majesty's service. 



A paviour, to whom Dr. Radcliffe was in- 

 debted, alter many t'ruitless attempts, caught 

 him just gelling out of his chariot at his own 

 door, in Bloomsbury Square, and demanded the 

 payment of his bill. " What, you rascal," said 

 the Doctor, " do you pretend to be paid for such 

 a piece of work? Why, you have spoiled my 

 pavement, and then covered it over with ean 

 lo hide your had work !" " Doctor, doctor," 

 said the paviour, " mine is not the only had work 

 that the earth hides!" "You dog," said the 

 Doctor, " you are a wit, you must be poor, come 

 in," — and he paid him his demand. 



An old maid was telling her age, which she 

 said was just 36. A gentleman in company 

 doubted the truth of her statement, but was cor- 

 rected by another, who said it must be true, for 

 she had told the same story for ten years. 



Diseases of the Season. — One or two cold and 

 damp evenings, succeeding very hot days, the 

 beginning of last week, produced great num- 

 bers of bowel complair.ts, among the inhabitants 

 of this city. Many are still quite sick in conse- 

 quence of exposure at that lime. — The chicken 

 pox and measles are prevailing here, but lo no 

 great extent, and all the cases are mild. 



Best. Med. Int. 



An interesting experiment was tried by the 

 Philadelphia Fire Company, with the patent 

 riveted Hose made by Sellers & I'ennock. Tiie 



tiremen carried the hose up ti> if\e four windows 

 in Christ Church steeple, a heighth of 175 feet 

 and thence projected the water over the spire, 

 a distance in the whole of more than two hun- 

 dred feet. In the experiment at the Baltimore 

 shot lower, the greatest height lo which the 

 water was raised, was, we believe, 172 feet. 



Phil. Gaz. 



A i)romising boy, between eleven and twelve 

 years of age, recently poisoned himself uninten- 

 tionally by eating wild Parsnip, supposing it lo 

 have been " Sweet Anna." He belonged lo 

 .\mweU Township, Pennsylvania. 



Of all the marvellous works of the Deity, per- 

 haps there is nothing that angels behold with 

 «uch supreme astonishment as a proud man. 



M\\nENGLAMrMUSEUM. 



76, COURT STREET, BOSTOJ^,-- 



CONTAINIAG much more numerous Collections 

 and greater variety of entertainments than any 

 other Establishment in America, continues steadily to 

 increase, and is open for the reception of visiters 

 EVERY DAY AND EVENING. 

 It will be constantly in the best possible condition, 

 and every exertion made to render the visits of its pat- 

 rons agreeable. 



This Establishment now contains FIVE former Mu- 

 seums united in ONE, together with very great and 

 numerous additions (the whole receipts being faithfully 

 laid out to increase it.) 



JUST ADDED, 

 The celebrated Race Horse Eclipse, 

 A beautiful Cosmoramic View of London, 

 A large and beautiful live Rattlesnake. 

 The Arabian Bottle, made of the stomach of a 



Camel— holds about a barrel — used to carry water 



across the desert. 

 The Invalid's Chair — very ingenious — invented 



by Froffssor Peck. 



A very large and elegant Sword Fish, upwards 



ot 14 feet long, with a sword 4 1-2 feet long. 

 0:j= The Museum is well lighted, and a Band of 

 Music performs every evening. Admittance 25 cents. 

 .htne 5. 



EANUS FOR SALE IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



THE subscriber ofTers for sale in small lots to actual 

 settlers, or in larger tracts to others, the following 

 •amis in the State of Pennsylvania, belonging to the 

 • stale of the late Wm. Bingham, viz: two hundred 

 and fifty thousand acres in the counties of Bradford 

 and 'i'ioga, at from three dollars, to tico dollars fifty 

 cents per acre, according to situation ; and fire hun- 

 dred i'lotisand acres in the counties of Potter, McKean, 

 \'enango, .Armstrong, Jefferson and Lycoming, at /jro 

 r/o//^'/j per acre. The terms are ten j'cars for pay- 

 mints, three of them without interest. The land is 

 generally ot a good quality, well watered, intersected 

 liy important roads, and in a healthy situation. ?"or 

 further particulars application may be made to agents 

 in the different counties, or to 



ROBERT 11. ROSE, 

 July 24. Silver Lake, Pennsyhania. 



MR. GROVE'S Essay on Sheeji, in a pamphlet fcim 

 for sal. at this ( iTice. July 10. 



TO PRINTERS. 



FOR sale at this Office BALL SKINS, at the usual 

 prices. 



TERMS OF THE FARMER. 



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