1855. 



NEW ENGL.\XD FARMER. 



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teresting address upon the sources of encourage- a great many cows, it might he found to run as tne 

 ment to the Xew England farmer at the ■present or twelve to one." The difference in the quahty of 

 time, and what can be done to imjjrove his situation. ' the cream was also much greater than the difference 

 Mr. Brigham comhatted the prevalent notion that in quantity. From this it appears, that the person 

 New England soils are the poorest in the world, who by bad milking of his cows, loses but half a pint 

 and declared that they excelled those of Canada of his milk, loses in fact about as much cream as 

 and the British Pronnces, Great Britain, some of, would be afforded by six or eight pints at the begin- 

 the Middle and Southern States, and other parts of|ning, and loses, besides, that "part oj" the cream 

 our o-svn country. In his ojtinion, a bright day waSiU'/i?c/i alone can give richness and high Jlavor to 

 dawning upon the New England farmer, for he en- butter." 

 joys the best markets in the world, and the compe- 



tition from the West is growing feebler, as the soils -^''^ '^ ^'"^ ^"="''""' ^''"^^■ 



there are fast being exhausted. He closed M'ith ^INSTINCT AND AFFECTION OF BIRDS. 



some excellent remarks on the farmer's means of 

 improving his condition. His address was well cal- 

 culated to allay the restlessness and discontent of 

 our young farmers. We Mere not able to attend 

 this Exhibition, and can find only a meagre report 

 in the papers. 



A YOUNG TOBACCO-CHEWER CURED. 



On board sh!]), one day, we were stowing away 

 the hammocks, when one of the boys came with liis 

 hammock on his shoulder, and as he passed, the 

 first lieutenant perceived that he had a quid of to- 

 bacco in his mouth. 



"What have you got there ?" asked the lieutenant, 

 "a gum-boil ? Your cheek is much swollen." "No, 

 sir," replied the boy, "there's nothing at all the mat- 

 ter." "Oh ! there mnst be ; perhaps it is a bad 

 tooth. Open your mouth and let me see." 



Very reluctantly the boy oj)ened his mouth, Avhich 

 contained a large roll of tobacco leaf. "I see, I see," 

 said the lieutenant, "poor fellow ! how you must suf- 

 fer ! Your mouth wants overhauling, and you teeth 

 cleaning ; I msh we had a dentist on board, but as 



we have not, I will operate as well as I can. Send 

 the armorer up here Mith his tongs." When the 

 armorer made his appearance with his big- tongs, of the past, the eye catches the flutter of their 



Friend Br()\\'X : — You now and then treat us to 

 something very j^retty and very pleasant upon birds. 

 Sometliing instructive and interesting, improving 

 to the mind and pleasant to the feehngs. It is in- 

 deed a charming theme to chat about, and finds a 

 ready response in every bosom. 



I, too, have a st];ay story or so upon the same 

 subject, which properly told, would tend to deepen 

 the growing interest in these dear little famiUars. 

 But, alas ! I am no story-teller, and shall, I fear, 

 desti'oy the charm of the incidents in the narration. 



Some years since, a son of mine placed upon the 

 ridge-[)ole of the stable a little box fashioned into 

 a bird-house, which soon became the happy home 

 of a loving pair of blue-bii'ds. Blithely and pleas- 

 antly, busied with domestic cares or pleasant songs, 

 they passed their sunny hours ; and in the " sear 

 and yellow leaf" of the season, passed to bi-ighter 

 climes. Blithely and pleasantly, with each return- 

 ing spring, they visit us again ; and with the vernal 

 warmth, renew their household duties and house- 

 hold cares. As the days lengthen and the frost 

 lessens, we watch their coming as blessed harbin- 

 gers of the bright and beautiful ; and with pleasing 

 anticipations for the future, or pleasant memories 



the boy was compelled to open his mouth, while the j blue ckesses, and the ear drinks in the music of 

 tobacco was extracted Avith this rough instrument. [ their old familiar tones, as from their pilgrimage in 

 "There now!" said the Heutenant^ "I'm sure that; the for off sunny clinie, they come to us with their 



you must feel better already. You never could 

 have any ajjpetite with such stuff in your mouth. 

 Now, cajjtain of the after-guard, bring a piece of old 

 canvas and some sand, and clean his teeth nicely." 



The captain of the after-guard came forward, and, 

 grinning from ear to ear, ])ut the boy's head be- 

 tween his knees, and scmbbed his teeth well with 

 canvas and sand for two or three minutes. 



"There, that will do," said the lieutenant. "Now, 

 my little fellow, take same water and rinse out your 

 mouth, and you will enjoy }our breakfast. It was 

 impossil)le for you to have eaten anything with your 

 mouth in such a filthy condition. When you are 

 troubled in the same way again, come to me, and I 

 will be your dentist." Tlie ■ lad was completely 

 cured, by the ridicule of this occurrence, of the hab- 

 it of tobacco-chewing. — Captain Marryatt. 



Mu^K Clean. — In some careful experiments made 

 by I)k. Andkhson, the quantity of cream obtained 

 from the first drawn cup of milk was in every case 

 smaller than the last drawn ; and those between af- 

 forded less or more, as they were nearer the i)cgin- 

 ning or the end. The quantity of the cream obtained 



songs of the sun. Often in the chill of the early- 

 spring morning we hear their little voices seemingly 

 chiding the tardy blossoms, encouraging the timid 

 buds, or calling to the lingering leaves ; and from 

 that little house on the roof, or some tall post or 

 neighboring tree, many a pleasant song falls upon 

 the drowsy ear of spring, while bleak winds are yet 

 howHng through leaHess boughs, whirling the frosty 

 dust, or ni])ping the rose and cliilling the fingers as 

 with a sickly anticipation of returning warmth, and 

 bloom, and brightness, we dig about the bushes, trel- 

 lis the vines, or repair the old garden fence. And as 

 those jileasaut strains float on the frosty air above 

 and around us, the very breath of the blast seems 

 to melt, the dim sun to grow warmer, and the dull 

 earth to look gayer, in anticipation of the coming 

 gladness of which they are hymning. 



What changes may have tiiken place in their do- 

 mestic relation during this time, it is quite impossi- 

 ble to say. Externally there was no appearance of 

 suffering or sorrow. Discreetly avoiding all refer- 

 ence to family affairs, little that transpired to disturb 

 the even tenor of their lives ever came to the public 

 ear. They were models in this particular — no gos- 



- - . sip, no scandal, no ostentatious display of grief or 



from the last drawn cup from some cows, exceeded} joy. Softly, with sunshine and with song, the 

 that from the first in the proportion of sixteen to "hanny hours flew 



one. In others, the projjortion was not so great. 

 "Probably," says Dr. Anderson, "on an average of 



ppy nours new by on downy wings, ruffling no 

 feather of their guileless breasts until the untoward 

 event which I am about to narrate. 



