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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 18, 18-29. 



RI 1 S C E L L A N 1 E S. 



MlD-SUiMMER AND AUTUMN. 



BT T. O. l-ESSENDE.N. 



Now wanes Ihc lanilscapo'j tovoliiioM, 



The roads are dry and dusly, 

 And iMadam Flora's vernal drcM 



Has thrown a liule lusiy. 



The Ficn<l of Fever llitu in black 



iMcpliiiic fihalalions, 

 And Dcaili now scnrcclj- needs a quack 



To aid bis operations. 



Thodcwj eve and misly morn 



Scarce save the vegetation, 

 The willing grass an<l curling corn 



From arid desolation. 



But see llie heavens nrc riven on high. 



By ligliming rent asunder, 

 " 'I'hc lofiy jilllars of ihe sky" 



Seem crash 'd beneath the ihundW. 



Now rain and mingled hailstones pour, 



Like cataracts descending. 

 Another flood, like that of Noah 



Seems present and impending. 

 » » « » 



Now Peace and Plenty, blithe and bland, 



'i'hose blessings arc bestowing, 

 Wherewiih Columbia, happy land 



Is fill'd lo overflowing. 



The teeming garden, fertile field, 



Eniboss'd with vegetation. 

 In prodigal abui^dance yield 



The gems of cultivation. 



Tomnna, iu her Sunday suit. 



Looks sweetly condescending ; 

 And bids us feast on golden fruit 



From verdant branches pending. 



MILITIA SYSTEM. 



The .'itate of Delaware has abolitilicd their iiii- 

 lilia .sy.-iteni altogether. The I'hilatlclphiu Aurora 

 says thill it is a creditable act, ami wo cherish the 

 ho|ie tliat I'emisylvaiiia and other states will fol- 

 low the example. It has been estimated that it 

 co.sts the state of Penii.sylvaiiia and its citizens 

 upwards of three millions of dullar.s to support 

 tlig carricature of an army — to perpetuate a sc- 

 ries of periodical nuistuicc*; to scandalize anil 

 bring into contempt the military art ; to corrupt 

 iIk; nioral.s of the (luople, &.C., without the least 

 ]iurticlc of benefit, immedintc or prospective, to 

 the stale-. The Aurora farther says — 



" II has been established by the concurrent 

 leslimony of most of the eminent military men 

 of the country, that the militia law.«, as unlver- 

 ually enforced and observed, in place of promo- 

 ting inililiiry science and discipline, |iroducc a di- 

 rect contrary result. No dispassionate person, 

 who has ftver witnessed our militia musters, train- 

 ings, and battalion days, will li>r a inoincnt doubt 

 the correctness of this conclusion. As military 

 displays, ibcy are a ridiculous hurlisque — as schools 

 of vice, dr/tliirahlc : — many a youth is there initia- 

 ted into the piuctice of drunkenness, and the re- 

 cortl.s of the county courts bear teslimony to the 

 violence done to morality. Insiibnnlination, dis- 

 order, nihl debauchery reign jircdotninant aud un- 

 controluble." 



gardener ; in all other countries it is found asneces- ; learn that most useful art, sliurl hand writing ; 

 sary to learn lo farm or garden, as it is lo make art which I believe will one day be studied as udI 

 shoes, lay bricks, or follow any other handicraft versally as common writing, and which wi| 

 trade, but in this, not so : the moment a merchait: abriilge the labor of peninanship to a degree thi 

 or mechanic of any description in our cities, finds | will materially quicken the intercourse of hutui 

 himself able to quit business, he purchases a place ' lliouglit. — Campbill, .Ytw Munthli) Mag. 



in the coimtry, and commences farmer or gor- ! 



ilener, or both. Considering himself completely .\ corjiulent gentleman once riding towards 

 (ualilied for the business, and frc(|iicnlly does not fortified town in England, began to fear the gat 

 discover his mistake until he finds his experiments I would be shut before he could reach it, and ii 

 have ruined liim, and he is obliged to return to; quired of o market-man whom he met, whethc 

 the counting room or work bench to resuscitate he could pass iu at the gate. '■ I should think so, 

 his exhausted finances. In England, the younger r<|'licd the man, surveying him attentively, " foi; 

 branches of the hrst families in the kiii;/dom are 

 frequently put to '|)rciiticp, with u ])i'eminm of 

 from one to three hundred pounds sterling per an- 

 num, to be taught the art of cullivuling tite earlh ; 

 lience the uiieipialled perfection in agriculture ex- 

 hibileil in various parts of Vlie kingdom. 



During an agricultural excursion into Norfolk in 

 1820, wo met with the younger brother of the 

 great commercial bouse of Rat/iboue, learning to 

 be a farmer, at a premium of two hundred pounds 

 a year. This young gentleman, like others whom 

 we met with, was obliged to labor in the fields at 

 stated periods, that he might learn his business 

 practically, as well as theoietically ; two and three 

 years are the jieriods generally allotted for acquir- 

 ing the necessary instruction. The following 

 paragraph will serve to show why it is that gar- 

 deners from Germany so generally excel in ihe 

 raising of vegetables for our markets. 



" In Germany it is customary for those who de- 

 vote themselves lo gardening, to serve an appren- 

 ticeship of three years in a royal garden. After 

 that period is completed, they receive an indenture, 

 elegantly written on parchment, with the head 

 gardener's name, or sign aud seal attached." — 

 Oijiciiiiirt/t.'Wi.'. 



Farming and Onrdtning. — This is probably the 

 only cotmtry where a man is born a farmer or a 



Those worthy and enterprising publishers, 

 Messrs Carey, Lea, and Carey, at Philadelphia, 

 have issued one work from the pres-s (ScoWs Life 

 of JVapolcon,J for which they used 25 tons of 

 paper ! 



There were made in the state of Louisiana : 

 tlic year 1829, eighty-seven thousand nine hui 

 drcil and sixty-tive hogsheads of sugar, ai 

 tlility-nine thousand eight hundred -and seventj 

 four hogsheads of molasses. Of these there wel 

 made on General Wade Ham()toirs jilantatii 

 1610 hogsheads of sugar, aud 740 hogsheads i 

 molasses. ^ 



Power of tlie Press. — The following is the ni( 

 to of a late number of the London Mcchanii 

 Magazine : — 



" One great and kindling thought from .i i 

 tircil an<l obscure man, may live when ihroni 

 are fallen, and the memory of those who 

 them is obliterated ; and, like an undying fire 

 illuminate and quicken all future generations.' 

 Dr Channing. 



r?ilk of a very superior quality is now mai 

 faclured in considerable quantities in North C 

 oliiia. The mulberry tree abotinils in al 

 every part of the state, and their silk will dou 

 less be worth more than their celebrated g 

 mines. 



Strawberry Plants. 

 For sale at Ihc Brighton Nursery 21100 plants of ihe Pini 

 pie Strawberry, in fine order for iransplaiitiiig — al S'A 

 100— y7 l-'icl"s per doz. Also, Wilniol's Superl>, Alpiue 

 l>crry, Ilautbuis, Uowntou, &:c. Onlcrs for the above i 

 ilireclcd lo J. 15. KcssKi.L, Seed Slure. a-' Nurih .Mark 

 Roslon. where the plants will be delivered, free of chargi 

 Irnusporlailna. 'Ihc plnnis arc packed iu moss for Iran: 

 lion to any part of ihe union. 



There are about 50 paper mills iu Massachu- 

 setts, six of which have machines for making pa- 

 per : they consume; about 1700 tons of rags, junk, 

 &c., and manufacture to the value of 700,000 

 dollars a year. It is supposed that the whole pa- 

 per manuliicture in the United States may amount 

 to between (i and 7 millions a year, and employ 

 10 to 11,000 persons. Great (|iiantilies of rags 

 Iiavo been imported from Germany and Italvi. hut , . 



our own people now generallv begin to save them, i „ , ., ,».,*'! "^f ' ,. • , 



, , . '•i ,' . 1 , , " ii- II, Subscribers lo Ihe IVcw I'.ngland Farmcrnrc informet 



and then; value is probably two millions dollars a I ,hey can havcilieir volumes neiilly nnd failhlully half b 



ri(/i> itooii. 



For sale at the Seed Store cdbnecled with ibe New Edj 

 Farmer, 5- North Market street. 



A linecnllcction of llulch Tulip Roots, ofbrighl red, yi 

 while, pink, and splendid variegated colors, at ^1,(10 per 

 — l-2 1-'2clssin;;le. if 



year. So much fur old rags. The mills built hy 

 Messrs Gilpin nn the Urand^wiue, in Delaware, 

 form one of tlie largest paper making establish- 

 ments in any country. IJy the machines, a sheet 

 of paper might be made an hundred miles long, 

 weiM it convenient to reel and preserve it ns it 

 passes from them. It issues in a contiiiucd sheet, 

 and is afterwards cut to the sizes desired. 



It is proposed to light the city of Pitlsbiiiv;li 

 with Scnoca oil. It is found in abundance floating 

 on the siirlacc! of sonic of the creeks, nnd it is 

 said that it might be furnished al 25 cents per 

 gallon if a market were opened for its use. 



Stenography. — During the earlier course of Col- 

 lege studying, I should exhort all young men to 



and leiicred, al 15 els per volu 

 office. 



, by leaving Ibem al 



JVtn" China Tea Sets, and light blue Dinner 



Received, a great varii-ly of ihe aliove; which, with a 

 pictc assorlmcni of Crockerv, I'hiiia, and Cilass Ware, M 

 i'ered for sale, low, at No. •! bock Square. 



Powder at 2* per lb, 

 DUPONT'S POWDER, quality warranted, for i 

 Cefliml'i .tiiimimilion Store, (ijllroad si, al ry/in7. 

 SlIOT, I'APS, 4;c. o( the tfsl ./i/ii/i/i/— cheap for cash. 



I'ublishrd every Friday, at 5^ I'cr annum, pnyablo i 

 end of ihc year— but ihosc wlio pay wilhin sixty diiys fn 

 lime of MilvM-ribing. nrc enlllledio ii deducllon of fifiy rei 



1 /• Nil pa|>er »ill bo sent lo ndislnncu wiihoul pa>m( 

 inff in.id,' in advnne«. 



Primed lor J. ». UtissKi.!., by I- R RiTTs— by 

 all dcscnpiions of Priming can l>e executed to meet iho 

 df cusUinurs. Orders for priming received by J. B. Rui 

 at Uie Auriculiural Warcboute No. i'i Ngrib Hvktl 



