NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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And our own native hills at tliis moment exult 1 

 in llie clioir.ppt of her flocks. Crushed beneatii 

 the most abject snpor^tilion. this once sjnllanl j 

 nation now lies, cowled and homled, extended , 

 nppn her own /'-'sfio-id/. a htimlde tributary to: 

 France, realizinj: the gigantic idea of Louis j 

 XIV, when his grandson ascenih'd her abject , 

 throne, '' Tkrre arc no loii'^er PijrcnccsV The j 

 Int'lj barriers erected by nature, to defend her j 

 imbecility from tlie inroads of Cialliclc armies, j 

 have faded and passed away before the touch 

 of Gallick corruption. 



Where are tlie seventy-two I'ansc ioivns that 

 in the thirteenth century burst tlie iron bands of 

 feudal tyranny, am! formed that pnwcrlnl confed- 

 eracy that lor so Innn- ;) iinie enj;rossed the com- 

 mercial wealth of Europe ? Most of their names 

 are blotted from the registers of manMnd, and 

 the places where many of them stood cannot 

 now be pointed out to the inquiring traveller. 

 Bui Flanders, on the frontiers of the most war- 

 like kingdom, and '.he scene of their greatest de- 

 v;«s:alions, by her Jomcslic itidustry vises superi- 

 or to every adversity. The armies of Austria 

 and France have often laid waste her provinces, 

 and robbed her of every thing but her .Agricul- 

 tural and her Manufacturing riches. With these 

 resources, she continues among the most opulent 

 and populous of the continental nations. 



But we need not recur to the liistory of other 

 countries or other times. There is scarcely a 

 part of the world that excmplilics the truth of 

 our position more forcibly than the interior of 

 l\ew-England. Every obstacle is here yielding 

 to the all-subduing power of human industry. — 

 The most dreary morasses, the most rugged de- 

 clivities are annually submitting to thediligence 

 of our Farmers ; and our tumbling cataracts are 

 held in durance by the perseverance of our eii- 

 terprizing Manufacturers. If in political econ- 

 omy one prmc-iple is belter established than any 

 other, it is this, — that coiintnj is the richest and 

 the most indepcnihiit, a.-hosc ciuftosjincnt of cap- 

 ital and labour furnishes the incans of support- 

 in" the arealcsl population at the least expense. 

 ■\N°ith this principle in view, can any doubt the 

 policy of encouraging the objects of this Society ? 

 Come, then, Fellow-Citizens! Falriots ! ye 

 who are connected to our soil by the ties of an- 

 cestry, of fortune, or of home — ye who rever- 

 ence New-England as the land of your birth, 

 and identify with her hills and her valleys the 

 places of your earliest associations — ye who con- 

 template her advancement with delight — come 

 and devote a portion of your time and your tal- 

 ents to the cultivation of her soil, in imjiroving 

 her husbandry, in dissipating the mists of vulgar 

 prejudices that time and superstition and ignor- 

 ance have hung around this art. Nt longer 

 suffer the mortification of seeing the most enter- 

 prizing ol your sons annually calling for die por- 

 tion of goods that may fall to their share, jom- 

 in" themselves to citizens of far countries, and 

 if not -wasting their sidjstance, at least a[propri- 

 , atin" the fruits of your toil in regions lir fVom 



the institutions and sepulchres of their filhers. 

 * Ye men of affluence ! come and bestow a por- 

 tion of your wealth in improving the face of that 

 earth, from whence your treasures were deri>- 

 ed. If managed with the same discretion l!iat 

 marks the direction of your ordinary concern", 

 you viill not find it an unprotitable investment. 

 It will be placing a part of your (iropert/ w iiere 

 ordinary changes cannot corrupt it, and where 



the hands of violence cannot plunder it. It is a 

 mistaken idea that farming under any ciicum- 

 stances is an unprofitable pursuit. Wiihout dis- 

 cussing the subject, |)ermit me to inquire, from 

 whence is derived the annual support of our 

 population in a style ofe\|>ense (ami for which 

 we oucrht to blush) snperiour to that of any 

 other [icoplo upon the globe? Whence the 

 enormous sums that are annually expended in 

 education and charity ? Whence our roads, our 

 bridges, onr halls of justice, our temples of 

 worship, and that splendid galaxy of edifices 

 for pu!>lic instruction that marks our land? — All 

 that founded them, — all that supports them, — 

 springs from the soil. Cut, besides the pecuni- 

 ary profit and the security to yourselves and 

 posterity, you will realize from fiirming a thou- 

 sand delightful anlici[>ations and ten thousand 

 henrlfell recollections. You will awaken in the 

 labourer the sjiirit of industry, and. encourage 

 him with the hope ol'independence. You will al- 

 have the satisfaction of contributing that no- 

 blest of all charities, that does not merely re- 

 lieve poverty, but which prevents it. 



And ye men of piety and devotion ! ye who 

 minister as well as ye who »vorsliip at the altar 

 of our common faiih — come, and lend your aid 

 to that pursuit that was imposed on man in his 

 innocence, and which ha never abandoned until 

 the earth was filleil with violence. Do not your 

 visions of the future destinies of our nation 

 mingle themselves with the glories of the 

 whole earth, at the latter days, when the moral 

 renovation of the human character shall be ac- 

 companied by a like imjirovement in the phys- 

 ical creation? That glorious period, "fore- 

 told by prophets, and by poets sung," we be- 

 lieve "must be perfected by the more general 

 prevalence of Christianity, and by permitting it 

 to intluence men in their social rel.itions as 

 well as in their individual capacities. But may 

 it not be induced by cultivating those domes- 

 tic virtues and employments whose tendency 

 is to soften the asperities of men, and unile 

 them in brotherly love — those occupations that 

 will cause the weapons of human destruction to 

 be converted into implements of husbandry, 

 that nations may learn war no more ' Who 

 can contemplate without emotions the period, 

 when the great human family shall be scattered 

 over the whole earth, dzvelling in quiet resting 

 places, sitting each under his oxan vine and fig- 

 tree, wthout any to molest ? " Every valley shall 

 be exalted, and every mountain brous.ht loii\ — 

 The tinlderness and the solitary place shall be glad, 

 and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose .'" 



as the introduction of this noble First Mover — 

 which is at all times and places at c inmand, 

 enabling the Mannlaclurer to locale his Estab- 

 lishment in the most advantageous place, which 

 is frequently of more importance than the whole 

 expense of the power, but which has been, in 

 this country, too much ovcrlookeil. The use 

 of this power musi, of necessity, call forth (he 

 efforts of genius for its perfection — but even 

 now it is able surcessfiilly to compete with some 

 of our Water Privileges. 



We wish success to all (hose who prefer 

 bringing poiver to their convenioacc, to accom- 

 modating themselves to a power. 



From the Boston Palladium. 



STEAM POV/ER. 



We were much gratified in viewing the ope- 

 ration of a Steam Engine (lately erected at the 

 Rope Walks of the Boston Cordage Company on 

 the Neck) in laying a Cable of the largest size 

 — which I'ully demonstr:ilcd the am[)leness of 

 the jiower, and facility with which that power 

 can be controuled. Much credit is certainly 

 due the Proprieiors for their perseverance in 

 thus accomplishing and proving the utility of 

 Sleam Power as applying to their works — they 

 having, as we undi:istand, been unsuccessful in 

 a former attempt. 



Nothing is so well calculated to exalt the 

 character of our Manufacturing Establishments 



TO PREVENT AND DESTROY THE MEPIIITISM 

 OF PLASTERED WALLS. 

 Wherever a number of people are assembled, 

 either in health or sickness, the walls become 

 insensibly impregnated with infections exhala- 

 tions. Currents of air, when admitted, sweep 

 and clearse the atmosphere, but do not carry 

 away the miasmata concealed in the porosity of 

 the "wail", which retain the infectious humidity 

 of the perspiraiion of bodies, gradually condens- 

 ing on their surface. Quicklime may be substi- 

 tuTed to destroy such mephitism of walls, and 

 also to prevent the evil. The most infected tans 

 and sieves lose their smell, when mixed vvilh 

 the whiting or size of lime. Lime enters white- 

 washing, and may become the principal sub- 

 stance of it, bv substituting it for Spanish white. 

 When made the principal ingredient of white- 

 washing, it will prevent walls from being im- 

 pregnated with infectious miasmata. The addi- 

 tion of milk and oil are requisite, for lime has 

 no adhesion on walls, nor can a body or substance 

 be given to the layer. The slightest rubbing 

 with a |ienci' brush will rub it off, and leave the 

 wall naked. Tho cheesy part of the milk, with 

 the addition of oil, which makes a soapy body 

 with lime, form, after the evaporation ot 

 the humidity, a dense coherent layer, orsortof 

 varnished plaster, which overcomes the porosi- 

 ty of stone, plaster, brick, and wood. This wash 

 has another advantage,— that of checking the 

 nitrification of walls, which the painting of them 

 in water colours, has a tendency to accelerate. 



Yorkshifc Anecdote.— h Lancashire man and a 

 Yorkshire man, disputing about the superiority 

 of their respective soils, the former said that 

 the grass grew so fast in his country, that il you 

 turned a horse into a new-mown meadow at 

 ni"'ht,you would not see \\U foot-locks next mor- 

 ning. "That (replied the latter,) does not_ at 

 all equal the rapidity of vegetation in Yorkshire, 

 for were you to try the experiment tliere, it is 

 not probable that you would see the horse next 

 morning. 



For r.iT.NS ANB Scalds. Mr Cleghorn, a brew- 

 er in Edinburgh, has treated burns and scalds 

 with success, by applying, in the first place, vin- 

 egar, until the pain abates; secondly, an emolli- 

 ent poultice ; and thirdly, as soon as any secret- 

 ion of matter or watery fluid appears, by cover- 

 in"' the sore with powdered chalk. 



To REMOVE CniLLBLAiNS. Take an ounce of 

 white copjieras, dissidved in a quart of water, 

 aud occasionally apply it to the affected parts. 

 This will ultimately remove the most obstinate 

 blains. N. B. This application must be used 

 b"fore they break, other\;ise it will do injury. 



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