1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



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prejudices of society to excite their indignation, 

 and to cherish a misanthropic humor ; while he 

 who pursues the study of nature sees a beauty 

 and liarmony and consistency pervading all her 

 works that breathe their cheering influence into 

 his own soul. — Country Journal. 



For the New England Farmer. 



THE WEEPING WILLOW. 



I presume tliat it is known to few that, for the 

 weeping willows that liang their pensive boughs 

 beautifullj over the hallowed graves of the dead, 

 England and America ai-e indebted to the distin- 

 guished Lady Mary Montague. It is said that 

 while at Constantinople, whose husband at that 

 time occupied the embassy, she sent, in a basket 

 of figs, home to her intimate friend, the poet 



Pope, a sprig of the Asiatic willow. He set it 

 out in his garden, and from tliat twig has come 

 all the weeping willows in England and America. 



Lady Mary Montague was born about the year 

 IG'JO, in Nottinghamshire, England ; slie was 

 one of the finest and most accomplished scholars 

 of her age ; was cotemporary and on terms of in- 

 timacy with Hannah More, Addison, Pope, Steele, 

 Bishop Burnet, &c. ; was tlie Avife of the accom- 

 plished Charles Montague for nearly fifty years; 

 at the court of George L for some four years; 

 resided upwards of twenty years in Italy and its 

 neighborhood ; lived to the advanced .age of sev- 

 enty-three, and died August 21, 17G2. 



To Lady Mary, also, it is said, belongs the 

 honor of introducing inoculation for the small 

 pox, a practice which has annually saved many 

 lives. R. H. Howard. 



A NEW MACHINE FOR HOEING. 



J. A. RoiUNSox, of Fremont, X. H., is the pa- 

 tentee of a new macliine for hoeing. This imple- 

 ment is of very recent date, liaving been patented 

 on the 20th ol' February last. It embraces a prin- 

 cipli; of weeding entirely new in itself, and is de- 

 signed for cultivating all vegetables planted in 

 drills, or rows ; it is particularly adapted to cul- 

 tivating drill-sown icheaf, and other small grains. 

 It is conceded by iarmers and gardeners, wlio 

 have examined it, to 1)0 a very great improvement 

 in cultivating the root crops. 



The facility and accurateness with which this 

 implement operates, in performing that most la- 

 borious and expensive part of cultivation — uwet/- 

 hiff, enables tlie farmer to cultivate his carrots, 

 onions, &c., with one-third the usual expense of 

 labor. 



5^" The statement above wo give in the words 

 of the patentee himself. Wc have not worked 

 the implement, and of course have no personal 

 knowledge of its merits. A gentleman, however, 



who is IV large farmer, and one who is tlioroughly 

 acquainted with similar implements, informs ns 

 that he lias used it with much satisfaction — find- 

 ing it to accomplish the work effectually, and 

 with ease to the operator. He states that when 

 intended for field use, it . should be made some- 

 vvhat heavier and stronger than one employed 

 merely in the garden. Price $5, and for sale at 

 the warehouse of Messrs. Ruggles, Noukse, Ma- 

 son & Co. 



Watch MANUFACTonv. — Watches equal to the 

 best imported, are manufactured in the isuburban 

 town of Waltham. The prices for which tlieao 

 aie sold range from $20 to $200 each, at retail. 

 A large Ituilding has lioen erected on the south 

 side of Charles river, which is ki>pt closed against 

 intrusive eyes. The company is doing a large 

 business. 



