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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



eoTn ■will raise a good animal as well as anything 

 else under the sun ; and if you will attend the agri- 

 cultural show of our United States Agricultural So- 

 ciety at Louisville, in Kentucky, you will find that 

 we shall show as good short-horned stock, accord- 

 ing to our notions of goodness, as ever you saw up- 

 on the earth. There are different ideas as to what 

 constitutes a good cow. I was told this morning 

 that a certain cow was a beautiful one, and I asked 

 "Does she give a good deal of milk ?" The answer 

 was, "Well, I don't know." I asked, "Will her stock 

 give a good deal of milk ?" "Well, they may or 

 they may not." Now, I want a cow that will give 

 milk ; if she won't give milk she is good for noth- 

 ing, and I don't care how short her horns are. (Ap- 

 plause.) As I have said, there are some things 

 which you might gain by visiting us. If you were 

 to come over and attend the shows of any of our 

 county societies or United States Society, you 

 would see that it is usual for us on all festive occa- 

 sions to bring the ladies with us. If there were la- 

 dies now, I should have more freedom in making a 

 speech, for it is more awkward talking to men 

 alone. (Laughter.) I have alluded to many differ- 

 ences which exist between the manners and fash- 

 ions of the old country and the new ; but 1 think 

 upon one point — and I say it with sincerity — there 

 is no difference of feeling between Americans and 

 Englishmen. Whatever brawling politicians in eith- 

 er country may say — whatever editors of newspa- 

 pers, who like to make themselves conspicuous, 

 may say to the contrarj- — I maintain that the peo- 

 ple of the United States, taking the rank-and-file 

 of the country throughout, entertain the most friend- 

 ly feelings towards Great Britain. So far as I have 

 been able to judge from my intercourse with Eng- 

 lishmen, the same friendly feeling appears to per- 

 vade the people of Great Britain. The sentiment 

 of the people of both countries seems to be that it 

 would be most unfortunate if anything should oc- 

 cur to disturb the harmony between the two na- 

 tions; and I cannot close my observations more 

 appropriately than by saying "The harmony which 

 exists between Great Britain and America — may it 

 be perpetual," (Loud cheers.) 



DRESDEN WARE AND ITS 



DISCOVERER. 



The discovery of the celebrated Dresden ware 

 accidentally grew out of the credulity of Augustus 

 the Strong, Elector of Saxony, in the transmuta- 

 tion of metals. It was made at the beginning of 

 the eighteenth century. An apothecary's lad named 

 Bottiger composed a tincture that was supposed 

 to be capable of being transformed into gold, and 

 he acquired such a rejmtation as a successful alche- 

 mist that at the oge of seventeen he was seized by 

 order of Augustus and placed under lock and key, 

 with a complete laboratory at his disposition. This 

 restraint almost drove the vivacious youth into in- 

 sanity. The keeper of the fortress (Konigstein.) 

 where he was confined, reported in April, 1702, 

 that he "foamed at thvj mouth like a horse, roared 

 like a bull, knocked his head against the wall, 

 creeped with his hands and feet, and trembled so 

 violently that two soldiers could not hold him ; he 

 believed the commandant to be the Archangel Ga- 

 briel ; he blasphemed, and drank twelve cans of 

 beer a day without getting drunk." After this he 



was taken to Dresden, where he was allowed par- 

 tial liberty, billiards, private walks under control, 

 a court equipage, and certain safe persons for his 

 companions. While pursuing his experiments, 

 Bottiger accidentally discovered that description of 

 porcelain commonly called Dresden China. This, 

 to Augustus, who was a great China fancier, was 

 almost as welcome as gold itself. The ware soon 

 became famous. Bottiger thenceforth had access 

 to the king as often as he chose, and received from 

 him a ring with his effigy, and credit with the roy- 

 al banker.' In 1715 he obtained not only his full 

 liberty, but the profits of the porcelain manufacto- 

 ry established at Meissen, for life. Drunkenness, 

 however, probably brought on by solitude, had so 

 mastered him that he at last drank half a dozen 

 bottles of wine a day, and died, at thirty-four years 

 of age, of his excesses. Bottiger was a person of 

 most engaging manners, and enchanted all who 

 came in contact with him. — Boston Journal. 



ODE ON SOLITUDE. 



Pope's talent for versification showed itself very 

 early, as he wrote the following when he was only 

 twelve years of age. His observation of men and 

 things, and his knowledge of the human heart, 

 must have been very remarkable. This little poem 

 has much poetic merit, and its sentiments are sound 

 and wholesome, with the exception of the last 

 verse. It is an error to believe ourselves, or teach 

 others, that it is best to live unseen, unknown, or 

 to die unlamented. The Creator has not so con- 

 stituted society, or made up the human affections. 

 It is best to live in the ivorld, and be usejul to it, 

 and when we have so lived it is natural and proper 

 that there should be sorrowing hearts at our de- 

 parture. Something of this sentiment tinged many 

 of the subsequent writings of the great poet, the 

 child foreshadowing the man. 



If this youthful error had been judiciously man- 

 aged as soon as discovered, what might have been 

 the effect upon his life and writings can, of course, 

 now only be conjectured, but we think it would 

 have given them quite a different tone. 



Happy the man whose wish and care 



A few paternal acres bound, 

 Content to breathe his native air 

 In hia own ground. 



Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, 



Whose flocks supply him \iith attire ; 

 Whose trees in summer yield him shade, 

 In winter fire. 



Blessed who can unconcernedly find 



Hours, days and years, slide soft away. 

 In health of body, peace of mind, 

 Quiet by day. 



Sound sleep by night : study and ease, 



Together mixed ; sweet recreation, 

 And innocence, which most does please, 

 With meditation. 



Thus let me live, unseen, unknown ; 



Thus unlamented, let me die, 

 Steal from the world, and not a stone 

 Tell where I lie 



