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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



their beds, and I also will retire to refresh myself 

 for another day's ramble among the hills and along 

 the sweet streams of this delightful region. 



I am very truly yours, SiMON Brown. 

 JOEi NouESE, Esq. 



NEW APPLE PARER. 



It is but a few years since a machine to pare 

 and core apples was thought to be quite a wonder, 

 in a small way, but recently the patterns have been 

 multiplied until there is almost an endless variety. 

 The principal object in this, as in all other mahines, 

 is simplicity. The one figured below is about as 

 simple as anything next to a common knife can be, 

 and we are assured does its work quite as well as 

 any other parer. It pares the apple, -which may 



For the Nete England Farmer. 



WHY? 



Why do so many who go to the "West," become 

 sick of the country and return ? Because it is a 

 hard country to live in, where men have to pay for- 

 ty per cent, interest on the money they have 

 to borrow to pay for their farms. Then, freez- 

 ing to death in the winter is not very comfortable; 

 neither do they like to be shook to der.th in sum- 

 mer by the ague ; and, when parching with the 

 fever, they sigh for a draught from that cool spring 

 in their old New England home. 



Why do so many crowd into the cities and large 

 towns ? Is it the hope of speedily gaining wealth ? 

 Sad disappointment is the lot of many. Dejected 

 spirits supervene, and health fails. Does any in- 

 quire, what can I do ? Come out into the country, 

 our beautiful and healthy New England country^ 



then be removed, or by a few more turns of the 

 handle may be cored and sliced, and left in the 

 condition represented at G. 



The cost of these machines is but trifling, and 

 the amount of labor saved considerable. While 

 we are spending time and money for mowing ma- 

 chines, and otlier large and costly implements for 

 our out-door labor, we ought not to pass over the 

 numerous contrivances of trifling cost, which ren- 

 der the in-door work easy and pleasant. 



The parer is for sale by Nourse, Mason & Co. 



Blacking for Horse Harness. — Melt 4 oun- 

 ces of mutton suet with 12 ounces of beeswax, and 

 12 ounces of sugar candy. 4 ounces of soft soap dis- 

 solved in water, and 2 ounces of indigo, finely pow- 

 dered. When melted and well mixed, add half a 

 pint of turpentine. Lay it on the harness with a 

 sponge, and polish it off with a brush. This black- 

 ing is for working harness, which should be cleaned 

 and polished up at least once a week when in con- 

 stant use. 



The following is a receipt for carriage harness 

 blacking : — Take three sticks of black sealing wax, 

 dissolve them in half a pint of alcohol, and then 

 apply with a sponge. Lac dissolved in alcohol, 

 and colored with lampblack, will answer the same 

 purpose. This is a q\iick drying, hard varnish, lia- 

 ble to crack the leather, and should, therefore, be 

 put on as seldom as possible. — Prairie Farmer. 



GCl' The Lowell JVews says that Mr. J. A. Kar- 

 wooc!, of Littleton, recently sold a pair of matched 

 black geldings of English and Morgan breed, to H. 

 W. Van Vorhis, of Maiden, for $1050. 



Here you can easily earn and enjoy, not only the 

 com.forts but the luxuries of life. Here, board is 

 cheap, laborers are very scarce and wages high ; 

 and here, too, is much unoccupied, or half-tilled 

 land, for want of men to cultivate it. 



On the line of our railroads in Vermont, are yet 

 remaining many good farms for sale — several iu 

 this vicinity. A large section of the surrounding 

 country naturally centres at the Depot in thia 

 place. Here, too, is one of the best localities in 

 this State for a tannery, with a water power suffi- 

 cient to propel a large amount of machinery. A 

 good merchant, with some capital and fair business 

 talent, would do a large business here. Some city 

 merchant, who wishes to retire into the country, 

 and still do business, would find this a desirable lo- 

 cation. 



The Green Mountain State is becoming quite a 

 place of resort for city people, during the warm 

 months of summer. Our little lakes and brooks 

 on the mountains abound with trout. From the 

 mountain heights are presented enchanting views 

 of the winding valleys and thriving villages below, 

 as they seem nestling in among the eternal hills. 

 We have a most splendid view of mountain scene- 

 ry from the top of "White liocks," three or four 

 miles distant from here. Hundreds will visit the 

 "Rocks" this summer, to pick huckleberries, (which 

 grow there in abundance,) enjoy the scenery and 

 inhale the purest and most bracing atmosphere 

 found on earth. Invalids can find no better place 

 for the improvement of health. A summer resi- 

 dence here, amid the mountains, is truly delightful. 

 Not Europe, with her Italy of ancient memory, can 

 surpass the Green Mountains in grandeur of scene- 

 ry, nor furnish the invalid with so pure and bracing 

 an atmosphere. No need of going to Europe for 

 health, nor to the West for a farm. Como out ii> 



