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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[March IL 



JEtsctUanfes. 



TEMPERANCE. 



Would you extend your narrow span, 

 And make the most of life you can ; 

 Would you, when med'cines cannot save, 

 Descend with ease into the grave ; 

 Calmly retire like evening light, 

 And cheerful bid the world good night ? 

 Let temperance constantly preside, 

 Our best physician, friend and guide ! 

 Would you to wisdom make pretence. 

 Proud to be thought a man of sense ? 

 Let temperance, always friend to fame. 

 With steady hand direct your aim ; 

 Or, like an archer in the dark. 

 Your random shaft will miss the maik : 

 For they who slight her golden rules, 

 In wisdom's volume stand for fools. 



into the soul, fVotn hearing the devotional matins 

 of the lark, r.ntl from beholding Ihe new-born 

 scenery of nature ! How necessary is such a reg- 

 imen to preserve that sweetness of complexion 

 and of breath which are the very essence and 

 perfume of heauly ! When people think of ac- 

 counting to God for the talents they have receiv- 

 ed, they overlook the hours which are lost in 

 morning sloth and unreasonable indulgence. 1 

 have inured myself for many years to this habit 

 of early rising. In the spring months of April 

 and May particnlarly, I grudge every moment 

 that is wasted after five. 1 consider it as a rude 

 neglect to all those sweets which opened to sa- 

 lute me, and always find so muph more deduct- 

 ed from the firmness of my health; and the vigor 

 of my understanding. 



Chinese Entertainments. — The Chinese, in 

 their mode of eating and drinking, arc as un- 

 cleanly as in their persons, says M. do C^'iignes, j 

 and they esteem it an act of good brci'sling to 

 give, on rising from table, very sensible eviden- 

 ces of their full satisfaction. — Small veils are 

 distributed to the servants on quitting the house, 

 and a vole of thanks for being so well f'd is sent 

 to the host the next morning. The n itiire of 

 their government makes the Chinese frugal and 

 retired in their mode of living; and, remain- 

 ing so much at home, they naturally acijuire a 

 regularity and invariablencss of domestic habits 

 net common elsewhere. Rising at day-break, 

 and retiring to rest at sun-set, they are seldom | 

 awake except when all is busy and moving ; 

 they have, therefore, few inducements tor pur- 

 poses of social intercourse and amustnient. Even 1 

 their children have scarcely any active sports & 

 pastimes. Games of chance are almost the only 

 objects that bring them together; and a basin of, 

 rice, a dish of tea, or a pipe of tobacco, are the ' 

 only refreshments ever offered. The enter- 

 tainments given by the higher classes are merely 

 occasional, and wearisome in extreme. Every ; 

 took and movement are regulated by etiquette ; j 

 the guests are seated at small tables, admitting 

 only two or three persons, and arranged in lines, ; 

 JO that every one may see the master of the 

 house. The tirst ceremony is (o drink his health, i 

 by lifting up a cup with both hands to the ibre- 

 head, emptying it, and turning it down to show 

 lhat it is empty. Every person's mess is then 

 set before him, large or small, according to his 

 rank or dignity ; and his leavings, if any, are sent 

 in solemn procession to his house. A few cups 

 of wine or tea are drank at intervals ; the dishes 

 are frequently changed ; and alter tbc company 

 has risen f'ora short space, a dessert follows, on 

 which each resumes his place. A play, or a 

 dance, is often performed for the Rmusementof 

 the guests; and alter four or five hours have 

 elapsed, (hey return home. 



Maxims of Dean Swift. — Amusement is the 

 em[)loyment of those who cannot think. 



Superstition is the spleen of the soul. 



An idle reason lessens the weight of the good 

 ones. 



Every man halh just as much vanity as he 

 wanis understanding. 



I have known men of great valour, cowards 

 to their wives. 



The reason why so few marriages are liappy, 

 is because young ladies spend their time in ma- 

 king nets, not in making cages. 



Love of flattery in most men proceeds from 

 the mean opinion men have of themselves ; — in 

 women from the contrary. 



Early rising. — 1 do not know a practice whicli 

 I should more recommend than early rising, 

 whether devotion, health, beauty, or improve- 

 ment of the mind, were the objects in view. — 

 How cheerful and how animated are Ihe medita- 

 tions of tbc morning ! What a delighll'ul bloom 

 flashes into the cheeks from its balmy exiiala- 

 Uotisl What aa unspeakable cheerfulness glides 



Shifts. — Dr. Johnson, in his interesting biog- 

 raphy of the poet Savage, states that during a 

 consideraidc part of the lime in which he was 

 employed upon Ihe tingedy of Sir Tlmmas Over- 

 bury, he was wi'hout lodging and often wilboul 

 meat ; nor had he any other conveniences lor 

 study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; 

 there he used to walk and form his speeclios, 

 and afterwards step into a shop, leg a fevv n.o- 

 menls the use of the pen and ink, an. I write down 

 what he had composed, upon pajier which he 

 picked up by accident. 



Jocosity — A member of Parliament, when that 

 body was honoured with the memliersbip of Mr. 

 Durke, was generally so dull in his speeches that 

 his rising often was a signal to desert the bench- 

 es. Having at one time thinned a full bouse 

 down to a few dozen, he unexpectedly called lor 

 the reading of the Riot Act, to support some- 

 thing in his argiimeaf. Mr. Burke who had been 

 anxiously wailing to speak on the suliject, could 

 contain himself no longer, but jumping up cried 

 nut, with an irresistibly comic air, "The Riot 

 Act ! my dear friend, the Riot Act ! to what pur- 

 pose ? don't you see that the mob is completely 

 dispersed ?" !^=^ 



The following advertisement appeared in a 

 Boston paper about ten years ago; it is worth 

 preserving as a memorial of the fashion of the 

 times. 



" Found near the Mall a large piece of wood, 

 supposed to have been dropped from a lady's 

 bosom; as there is nothing curious in the work- 

 manship about it, its principal value is in its 

 solid contents; Ihe owner may have it by ap- 

 plying at a wood-wharf near Wheeler's Point, 

 and if not called for in 3 days, it will be con- 

 sidered as a generous donation to the Fuel So- 

 ciety." 



^i£?«S?^''-- 



AGRICVLTURAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



No. 108 Stale Street.^ up stairs, sign of the Goldtn Plough 



JR. NEWELL, Proprietor, olTersfor sale an exten- 

 • five assortment of Garden and Agricultural Im- 

 plements, viz. 



HOWARD'S Improved Cast and Wrought Iron Pat- 

 ent Ploughs, with cutters and rollers, and an extra 

 wheel between the moold-board and land side, which 

 facilitates the run of the plough, and is considered a 

 great iaiprovenient. 



TICF. k NlXOiN',S Improved Patent Cast Iron do. 

 with a general assortment of common ploughs. 



MOWARO'S Improved Cultivator, an instrument of 

 the first utility for the purpose intended, operating as a 

 Harrow and Scarifier. 



BF.ATSON'S Scarifiers and Cultivators. 



BKiVNETT'S Broad Cast .Machine. 



WILLIS' Improved Patent Horizontal and Perpeu- 

 dirular Straw Cutters; Satibrd's, do. with a great va- 

 riety of other Hand Culling Machines. 



JAQUITH'S New Invented Corn Shellcr, operating 

 with a perpendicular cylinder and horizontal v/heel, 

 and is a most perfect machine for the purpose. 



GOODVEAR'S Patent Steel Spring Hay and Ma- 

 nure Forks. 



DiSBEE'S Improved, Warranted, Cast Steel Hoes 



MEARS' Improved Patent Ox Yokes, for which a 

 premium was sfiven at the last Cattle Show at Brighton. 



WILLIS' Patent Window Blind Springs, which were' 

 higldy recommended liythe Committee on Agricultur- 

 al Implements, and have proved far superiour to any 

 iiivi'ntion of the kind. 



Garden Hoes, Hakes, Scythes &:c. March 4. 



"V. 



^.m%i^ FRUIT TREES, &c. 



.5... , ...„. ..=^. ,. ^^ji ppjxcK, Proprietor 

 St ? V of the Linntean Garden, 

 .jvar New York, offers to the 

 public his usual very extensive 

 collection of Fruit and Orna- 

 mental 'I'rees, Shrubs & Plants, 

 in the selection of which are 

 about 50,0U0 Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, &c. of the largest 

 C^^^ sizes, suitable for transplanting, 

 all of which are in the most vigorous and healthy state. 

 From Ihe long continuance of this establishment, the 

 Proprietor has the advantage of possessing bearing trees 

 of nearly all the kinds, and those offered for sale are 

 engrafted tiom fruit bcarins; lrce.i, thereby affording an 

 absolute certainty of tlieir genuine character. The 

 collections of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, 

 including above 300 kinds of Rose?, — also of Oranges, 

 Lemons, Citrons, Camellias or Japan Roses, &c. are so 

 well known for their extent, that any remarks would 

 be unnecessary, farther than to refer to the Catalogues, 

 which may be obtained grnli.^ from Mr Joseph Briuge, 

 No. 2.")Conrt Street, Foslon ; and orders through him. 

 will receive the most prompt and attentive execution, 



FARM FOR SALE, in Cambridge — For sale, a farm 

 about 4 miles from the city, consisting of 35 acres 

 of as good land as any in the county of Middlesex. It 

 is under good improvement, and may be made at small 

 expense to cut from 60 to 70 tons of English hay ; has 

 from :'>, to 400 Fruit Trees, 10 acres of Meadow land, 

 about a quarter of a mile from the farm. On said farm 

 are 2 dwelling houses, barn, corn-barn, chaise-house, 

 pigery, &c. Said farm is on Ihe main road to Lexing- 

 ton and Concord, and one or two stages pass daily. The 

 farm, cattle, and farming utensils will be sold at a bar- 

 gain. A small part of the purchase money will be re- 

 quired, and the residue may lie 5 or 10 y( ars. 



Inquire of Chandler Robliins, real estate broker, Ex- 

 change Street, or at this office. tA 1 Jan. 28 



The FAKMER is published every Friday, by J. 13. Rus 

 SELi., at $2.50 per annum, in advance. 



