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NEW 'ENGLAND FARMER. 



[May 20. 



THE COCOA NUT. 

 The following article, containeil in Ihe ' offi- 

 cial paper of Santiago de Cubn,' of 91h March 

 last, appeared to us proper to be tran3l;iteJ tor 

 our readers. — U. S. Ga:. 



Important discoveries in. the quality of the Co- 

 coa Nut. — A respectable lady inhabitant ot Cu- 

 mana, who lately arrived in this city, has given 

 the following information to the President ol 

 the Royal Patriotic Society of Cuba. 



' A maid servant, through forgetluiness, left 

 a marble mortar in a tub of cocoa nyf juice, in 



wine upon a dray. A mad bull could not in- 

 timidate them: they attacked him in front, and 

 annoyed him until he retired from the field. 



Celebrated for their strength and ctlerity, 

 the dogs of Caribonire became in general re- 

 pute, As he was driving them one morning in 

 his calash, he fell in on the road with the Prir.C ; 

 de Ligne's carriage ; and animating his dogs, lie 

 passed and repassed ropealedly his highness' 

 carriage for upwards of two hundred yards. — 

 Astonished to see horses outrun by (logs, the 

 Prince inquired of the butcher iltliey could per- 

 i form as well for the space of half a league. 



to which the oil of the said fruit had been ex- 

 tracted. After many days' diligent search, it 

 was found at the bottom of the tub, but to their j 



Quite elated at having attracted the notice of 

 the Prince, the butcher answered that half a 

 league was a mere trifle; that his ilogs could 



. , ,: , , ,, ) travel full gallop over a much greater distance, 



great surprise as soft as wax which had been I _^^, j,.,^^ ^^.^^^^^^ ,^^ ^^.^^,j ^^j ., ,^,,^,,^^,1 ,„^,j, 



heated at the fire, and the upper part nearly {^j^^^ ,,, ^^^,^,j ^^^^ ^^^ p^i^^^,^ h,^,„., (^^ .^ 



„...._, _-. .. ...^ . I distance of three leagues. The challenge wa-; 



quired, assisted in restoring it to its (or"^'"'' " 



The softness which the marble had ac- 



^. ---■ a ■■ - -- ."'"^^'' accepted, and on the day appointed it is need- 

 natural shape, which U preserved leaving oh- ,^^^j';,^^_, an immense muUitude from all 

 amed Its usual hardness on being ex;H,-ed to .^^ ^j. -j,,^ ^^ .^^^ ,^ „,^ ^^^,,^ „,• 

 the air The President ot the Society ."ought [j^.^ ,^^^ spectacle. 

 this information worthy the minutest ai'.ent.on, j^^^^.." ^^J^^^^^ ^.^ ^.^ ^ CariboufTe was 



and consequently prepared the cocoa nu ujice i ,1^,1 > 1 .i ik„ „„„„:,. 



. ., ^ 1 , 1 1 • , 1. .• J ' punctual at the rendezvous ; ami at llie appoin- 



in the manner atiove staed, which he emptied f , . 1 , , ■ •,. ,u^ p..;.,/.^'- or. .Lm,, 



' ' . I ted signal, started with the rrince s equerry, 



"^"^^'"'who drove a phffifon, drawn by six elegant 

 horses. The butcher, notwithstanding his cor- 

 pulence, quickly passed in his cal.isli the met- 

 tlesome horses, and arrived at Tournay fifleen 

 minutes before his antagonist, thus gaining two 

 thousand four hundred livros in less than an hour. 

 While men oxini such exploits, they should 

 not abuee Ihe faithful animals that [lerform them; 

 yet, in P.iris, you frequonilv see them jianting 

 and exhausted with carrying weights tar beyond 



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into a glazed earthen vessel and placed the 



a slab of marble, stained with ink, -itid much 



injured at spots, which in progress of lime had 



destroyed the whiteness of the mnrldi^. This 



v/ns done on the 24lh of February, and on the 



27lh the slab was removed perfectly clean, the 



stains entirely eH.iced, and the whole bearing 



evident signs of the powerful action of the liquid. 



The success attendant on this tirst experiinent 



induced the President of the Socielv to conceive , , , , , ... 



,, , . ., , ,. , ,. , , , •' ,., ,•.,• and exhauste( with c:i 



the probability that the dissolvent quality ot this i ,, . , ,, ,•,,..'■, r', ■ r^ 1 C 



1; ,; I ^„„n kI „„i^ II. . I . . I their strength. — L Histoirc dcs Chiens Ldcbres. 



liquid could be extended to metals ; to ascertain ° 



this he threw into the liquid a piece of silver, 

 (which from use had acquired the colour of 

 lead) one of copper that had become \CTy black, 

 the lock of a pist.jl covered with oxyd, and a 



pair of iron compasses in the same state. .All ••■-j - -- .^ u.., 



these articles, at the expir.ition of 24 hours. The young heroes held a counsel of war and de 

 were taken iVom the juice perfectly clean, and | termined to givp chase to, and atta^ k them, .^c- 

 reslored to thrir former colour, although witli- : cordingly they stripped themselves for the af- 

 oot polish, which, however, was soon given lo 'ray, and each armed with a club started for the 

 them, by washing them in water in which pow- , bears ; they soon overhauled the young one and 

 !er of hartshorn had been dissolved, and when ' dispatched il, but its hideous cries called the 



j Singular Bear Fight. — A short time since, a 

 I couple of yoiinsr men were taking a Sund;iy's 

 I walk in the liark woods of Slu'shequin, when 

 I they chanced mept an old bear and her cub 



dry rubbing them with a brush. These exper- 

 iments were exhibited by liie President to ma- 

 ny of the members of the Society and other 

 persons whose curiosity had led them to wit- 

 ness the (rial. 



It must be ob.ierved, that on the tenth day ut- 

 ter the immersion of the marble, it had not be- 

 gun to exiiibit tiiat softness which >vas expect- 

 ed, from the veracity and good sense of the 

 person who tirst gare the information, and was 

 an eye witness to the results. 



The Dogs of Lisle. — Dogs are exceedingly u«e- 

 ful in the Low Country, and il isliot rtire tomcel. 

 whether at Tournay, or at Maubeugo, heavv 

 carriages drawn by them. Such is tlio strenglh 

 .aad svviftaoss of iho^e raised in lli.il cminl'iy, 

 .4!iat they ev.-u excel hir^esin Ihe race, of wliicJi 

 >ive are almut to mention an inslance. 



John lUciiard Carilioulle a rich butcher ol 

 Lisle, ill Flanders, had six dogs of an extraor- 

 dinary breed, uucornnioiily large, wiih voice as 

 loud as that of bulli, and with such s!r,->ii;)(ji 

 t.'iat llicy carri.vd wiih 



e;isc several Iniils 



old one lo it< assistance, and the young men 

 were obliged (o [irepare for Ihe attack. The 

 old bear, when wilhin a couple of rods, raised 

 upon her hind feel, and with her mouth wide 

 open, frolbinu and foaming, continued to advance. 

 They guarded themselves, and a severe and 

 doubtful struggle of 15 or 2t) minutes ensued : 

 during the whole of which time they were un- 

 able to touch her head ivith Iheir clubs, so com- 

 [ilelely did she [>arry every blow with her fore 

 feel, ^ind it wa- not until she wheeled lo retreat 

 ihiit ihey were able to level a blow across her 

 nose which bioiighl her down, when thov were 

 able to dispatch her. This singular and cour- 

 ageous act will do the young men honour; hail 

 the deceased Piilnain been present, he could 

 not have done more ; and his famcil wolf hunt 

 scarcely surp.ij.jos Ihe Sbeslioquin Dear liijht, 



Mcculsi'illi: .lurora. 



llcV. 



-It 



is a disgrace to religion, says Dr 

 Sc.itf, to imajfine lli.it it is an enemy to mirth 



exactor ot' jicu- 



and cliPPi-fulness, and a Severe 

 sive looks and solemn lare-i 



MR WILLIA.MS' CELEBRATED HORSE 



CliildcT?, 

 Squint, .?nal;e, 

 Mars!<e, Blacklegs, 

 Eclipse, Spelitta, 

 King Fergus' Tuling's Polly, 

 Hambletonian, HigViflyer Mare, 

 ( Camillus, Faith, 

 ROMAN— I 



( L^on Forte, Eagle, 



Tambarine, 't'rumpeter. 

 Crane, Higtitlyer, 



Middlesex, Snap, [dolphin 



Miss Cleveland, Regulus by Go- 

 Bridge, Bay Boiling's Son, 

 Childers' Mare. 



THIS celetrated horse was purchased of the Ear! 

 of Warwick, in Msrcli last, by .Mr Charles Williams, o! 

 Boston, at present residing in 1-oudon. He is a beau- 

 tilul bay with black legs, and not a white hair, stands 

 15 hands 'Z or 3 inches, and is the best bred and most 

 powerful blood horse ever sent to this country. He 

 has great bone, fine action, and excellent temper, and 

 has proved himself one of the fleetest and most power- 

 ful horses in England. For walking, trotting, and rac- 

 ing, lie is unrivalled. He won at Marpeth, beating 

 Young Windall, Cottage Girl, Fannus, Young Glen- 

 dall and four others ; and, two days alter, again beat 

 Young Glendiill, Shepht rd, and a Bucephalus filly. — 

 At Carlisle, he beat Jack 'I'ar and .Munito ; and at Mid- 

 dleham, he won a sweepstake against Antonio, Rosa- 

 ry, laghtniugjLiitle Thomas, -^id Carfacaratadaddera- 

 At New <_a5tie, he won the l\ing's plate, 4 miles, beat- 

 ing Awful, Boroughman, and Lightning; and at Yorlc, 

 won a match against Pucha. Again at .Middleham he 

 won a sweepstake, beating Shylock and Trim. At 

 Beverly he won the gold cup, beating the Fyldemar 

 f;Ily, I'hceni.x, and I'thelinda. 



ROMAN was bred by .Mr Riddell. He was got by 

 C'a;r.i!!us (tlie best blood in England.) ,the son of 

 Hambletonian, who, in M'ld, won lUO.OOU/. at New- 

 market, ia the great match against Diamond. King 

 l-'eigus, the sire of Hambletonian, w-if the son of 

 LclipBtf, ifiv whom his owner, O'Kelly, refcsed 16,000^. 

 7'hroaghliis dam, Leon Forte, he (R<iman)is descended 

 fr>un Tambarine — Crane by Highflyer, who never paid 

 f'orl'eit, and was never beaten, and from Regnlus, the 

 1 (rodolnhiu, and Childers. His pedigree has been trac- 

 ed in the stud-book of the Cltrk ol" the Newmarket 

 ; course through eight gtnerations of Ihe highest bred 

 horses and mares in England, without a single cross of 

 j inferiour blood. Extract from the stud book : — 

 I " ROMA.N, late property of the Earl ot Warwick, 

 by Camilluf, dam, Leon Forte. Leon Forte was bred 

 by .Mr Watt, in 1808, got by Eagle ; her dam, Tamba- 

 rine, by Trumpeter, — Crane by Highflyer. — Middlesex 

 by Snap, Miss Cleveland by Regulus, — 1815. bay colt, 

 I Roman, by Camillus, .Mr. RIUIIELL." 



I Performances ia Vi\0 — b prizes. kl 4 years old — 

 ."iOgs. at Middleham, King's plate of IflOgs. at Newcas- 

 tle-or. Tyne, lOOgs. at York, 100/. at Doncaster, and 

 68?. IS.', at Richmond, — l>eatlng Antonio, Rosary, 

 Lightning, Carfacaratadaddera, and Little Thomas, 

 2 miles — Awful, Boroughman, and Lightning, 4 miles 

 — Pacha by .Seiiui, 2 n)iles." 



^- Pi-.i fiirniancts in )8-20 — ipriacs. At 4 years old, 45gs. 

 at .Middleham, gold cup at Beverly, 70gs. at Chelten- 

 ham, and gold cup at Hereford, — b(ating Pawlowilz, 

 b. f. by Thunderbolt, Cottage Girl, Cvimbyses, and 

 Wildboy, 3 miles — Pbccni.':, Ethelinda, ch. f. by Fylde- 

 mar, 2 miles — Tliyrsis and Charmiag Molly, Smiles — 

 fihylock and Trim, 1 1-2 miles."' 



ItOMAN will cover the present season at the sub- 

 Bcriber'a farm in Norlhboroiigh, county of Worcester. 

 I'erms — S'20 for the season, Ihe money to be paicl 

 previous to taking away the mares. 



STEPHEN WILLIAMS. 

 \orlhbnynv~h^ J\Tnss. .Ipnl '1, \",Zh. 



TERMS OF THE FARMER. 

 (c5°"P''bli9hcd every Friday, at Tnp.i-.E Doi.i.ahs 

 per annum, payable al the end of theye.ar— hut those 

 who pay wilhin sivly ilni/sfrnm the time of subsctibine 

 Will be eatilkd to .1 deduction of Fifty Cf.kts. 



