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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 13, 1 829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From ibe Village Record. 

 No one of correcl uste, c 



I read the lino which follow, wilh- 

 oul feeling that a charming picture of rustic happiuess and 

 humble lilc, is tkclchcd in a manner which Goldsmith or Uunu 

 would have been forward lo praii>e, and proud to imilalc. 



I OBCe knew a plotghman, Bob Fletcher his nnme, 

 Who was old and w as ugly, and so was his dame ; 

 Vet lliey lived quite contented, and free Irom all strife, 

 Rob Fletcher the ploughman, and lady, his wife. 



As the morn stroak'd the east, and the night fled away. 

 They would rise up to labor, refresh 'd for the day ; 

 The song of the lark, as it rose on the gale. 

 Found Bob at the plough, and his wife at the pail. 



A neat little collage in front of a grove. 



Where in youth they first gave their young hearts up lo love, 



Was the solace uf age, and to them doubly dear, 



As it called up the past with a smile or a tear. 



Each tree had its thought, and the vow could impart, 

 I'hal mingled, in youth, the warm wish of the heart ; 

 The thorn was still there, and the blossoms it bore, 

 .And the song from its top seem'd the same as before. 



When the curtain of night over nature was spread, 

 .And Bob had returji'd from his plough to his shed, 

 Like the dove on her nest, he reposed from edi care, 

 If his wile and his youngsters, contented, were there. 



I have passed by his dnor when the evening was gray, 

 And the hill and the landscape were fading away. 

 And have heard from the collage, with grateful surprise, 

 J'he voice of thanksgiving, like incense, arise. 



And I thought on the proud, who would look down with scorn. 



On the neat little cottage, the grove, and the thorn, 



And felt that the riches and follies of life 



Were dross, to contentment like Bob and his wife. 



merits. Tlie niicro.scopc, on this occasion, liaJ gi-' tiiiiatcd at £1,594 19s 4il. ; leaving an estimate' 



ven what nature seemed to liavc ilunied, to tlie ob- j balance in favor of the Society, of £483 17s. 64 



iects of contemplation. Tlie base of the flower I . : r: — ; ; 



. J 1 ■. ir I ■ ii . .1-1 A steam engine at Pittsburc has been in use 1 \l 



extended itself, under iis iiiMtionrc, to a vast plain ;| , ° """■t, •■a= ^^^,, u=t « ,1 



111. r.i I . I r ' vear^', and runs now as well as when it was net 



the sleiiilt-r stems of the trees liL-camo trunks of so •' ' - . ^ , 7 , •"•"'"-""""»"=» 



I .11 1 ' I I II 1 ' .'\ Kf>>ttiviiii: prool ol the durability of this iiikin 



many cedars ; the thread.s 111 the middle seemed *= -' <= i u.-.^miy «■ nno inain 



columns of massy structures supporting at the top 



their several ornamenl.s ; an 1 the narrow spaces if ij ' — ' — 



between, were enlarged ill walks, i)orlcrres, and i . . .. t. ■" « ' • ,.^ . ■ 



,., , ,■ , , , .. I 111 .Vn .Apprentice, in a Book Irintine Offico. An inli 



terraces. On the polished bottoms ol these, bright- • ,i^,^,„t toy from the country would be preferred, 

 er than Parian marble, walked in pair.<, alone, or. ;ni|uirc at the New England Farmer Office, No. 

 in larger companies, llie winged inhabitants ;1 North Maukct Street. if Oct. tiV 



these, from liltle dusky flies, for such only the na-l.^■•e,„ China Tea ScU, and tight blue Diuntr Wm 

 ked eye would have bhown them, were raised to \ Hcocivcd, a great variety of the «bove ; which with a ca 



glorious glittering animals, stained with living : pletc assorimeut of Crockery, China, and Glass Wore, are 

 purple, and with a glossy gold, that would have j '""'^ ''°'' "'"' ''^'^' " '^°- * """^ ^""■'- 



made all the labors of the loom conlemptible in the j Powder at 2s per lb 



comiiarison. I could, at leisure, as they walked | DUPONT'S POWDER, qualiiv warranted, for sale 

 together, admire their elegant limbs, their velvet ; g'T'^$^?''f'.^-f.;"'"""'"'"' ^"'"- "Broad »t, at reto.7. A, 

 shoulders, and their silken wing.s ; their backs vic- 



ing with the empyrean in its blue ; and their eyes 

 each formed of a thousand others, out-glittering 

 the liltle planes on a brilliant ; above description, 

 and too great almost for admiration. I could ob- 

 serve them here singling out their favorite females ; 

 courting them with tlie music of their buzzing U"<i 'n fine order for transplantin.' this fall 



' For safe at the Agricultural \\ arehouse, No, 



SHOT, CAPS. ic. ol the lul (jualili/— cheap for cash. 



Roots of fhe Pi* Plant or Tart Rhubarb. 



.\ Eupply of the roots of the Rbeum palmatum, 

 Tart Rhubarb, or Pie Plant, an excellent article! 

 early summer use, (sec N. E. Farmer, vol. vi. page 'i, 

 and Fesscnden's New American Gardener, article Rb 



KB, for its culture and utfcs.) The roots are lar| 



wings, with little songs, formed for their little or 



gans ; leading them from walk to walk, among the 1 . 



perfumed shades, and pointing out to their taste, 

 the drop of liquid nectar, just bursting from some 

 vein within the living trunk — here, were the per- 



North Market street — price i") cts. per root. Oct. 1& 



Tomato Mustard and Ketchup. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 No 



.Market street, Tomato Mustard, an eicellent articlo' 



. . beef steaks, roast meats, &c. made in the best mani 



fumed groves, the more than mystic shades of the i,y ^ person regularly educated at the busijiess in Kurt 



The gijisies in France entice pigs away, by 

 holding a red herring to their nose. The animal 

 attracted by the strong flavor, follows them in- 

 stantly. .\ Frenchman in this country, charged 

 •with stealing a pig, defended himself before the 

 magistrate, by saying that he ask dc petit pig if 

 he would go home wid him, and he say " o 

 oui !" — Patriot. 



poet's fancy realized. Here the happy lovers spent 

 their days in joyful dalliance, or, in the triumph of 

 their little hearts, skipped after one another, from 

 stem to stem, among the painted trees, or winged 

 their short flight to the close shadow of some 

 broader leaf, to revel undisturbed in the heights 

 of all felicity. 



From Dick's Christian Philosopher. 



The principal flower in an elegant boquct was 

 a carnation ; the fragrance of this led mc to enjoy 

 it frequently and near. The sense of smelling 

 was not the only one affected on these occasions; 

 while that was satiated with the powerful sweet, 

 the ear was constantly attacked by an extremely 

 soft, but agreeable murmuring sound. It was easy 

 to know, that some animal within the covert, must 

 he the musician, and th<^ little noise must come 

 from some little creature suited to produce it. I 

 instantly distended the lower part of the flower, 

 and placing It in a full light, could discover troops 

 of Utile insects, frisking, with wild jollity, among 

 the little threads that occupied its centre. What 

 a fragrant world for their habitation! What a per- 

 fect security from all annoyance, in the dusky 

 husk that surrounded the scene of action ! Adapt- 

 ing n microscope to take in, at one view, the 

 whole base of the flower, I gave myself an oppor-. 

 tunity of conleniplaling what they were about, 

 and this, for many days together, without giving 

 them the least illsturbaucc. Thus I ciitild diBCov- 



The Society of Agriculture, Sciences, and the 

 Arts of the department of Ain, in France, have of- 

 fered a prize of 400 francs for the best method 

 of making a pleasant and economical beverage, 

 which shall cost no more than one sous per litre, 

 (quart.) The last number of the " Journal des 

 Connaissances Usuellcs," after noticing this offer, 

 gives a great number of receipts for producing a 

 beverage of this description. Amongst others, is 

 the following, which may be useful this year in 

 England, on account of the abundance of the fruit 

 roipiired. " Take a suflicient quantity of apples 

 and pears to fill a cask within three Inches of the 

 t0|) ; bruise them slightly, and place them in the 

 cask by the bung hole ; then pour in suflicient wa- 

 ter to flii it ; leave this to ferment until the liquor 

 acquires the taste of elder ; then draw it off, and 

 replace water as it will acquire a stilliclcnt degree 

 of strength." In the cider countries of France, 

 where this process is used, the cost of this pro- 

 duction does not exceed one penny per gallon. 



— price 50 cents per bottle — also. Tomato Ketchup, p 

 pared by the same person, in different sized boltlei 

 prices 50, or 33 cents per bottle. Oct. 16 



The following is an abstract of the report of 

 expenditures and receijits of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, at a recent/t/e of that Institution. 



The number of fellows of the Society to whom 

 tickets were sold, was 381, at one guinea each; 

 tickets sold to noii-mcmbcrs, at one guinea, 3,3ti."); 

 do. at one guinea and u half, 383 ; do. at two 

 guineas, 309. The loial number of tickets sold, 

 was l,13H,pioduciiigj;5,185 8B. 6d. Of the tickets 

 sol.l, only 3,045 were presented at the gardens. The 

 sum due to Mr Gunter, who provided the repast, 

 cr their economy, their passions, and their enjoy- 1 was stated to be £3,100 12s. ; other expenses, es- 



Fruit Trees. 

 \\M. PRINCE, the Proprietor of 



Linnican Botanic Garden and Nurscriet 

 Flushing, Long Island, has the plcasuie 

 iiiforiiung the public, that his Nursery n 

 contains 'i67 varieties of the Apple, vSK) 

 of the Pear, 98 do. of Cherries, 163 do. of Plums, 33 

 of Apricots, 197 do. of Peaches, 29 do. of Ncctarince 

 do. of Almonds, 22 do. of Mulberries, 10 do. of Quini 

 47 do. of Figs, 21 do. of Currants, 10 do. of Raspberr 

 57 do. of Gooseberries, 39 do. of Strawberries. 407 d< 

 Grapes, 000 do. of Ornamental Trees, &c. The dillt .- 

 varieties cannot be otherwise than genuine, as the l'' 

 est attention is paid, and nearly all the kinds are iij' 

 ated from bearing trees. The Cherry, Peach, and ■ 

 Trees, arc generally of a large size. Catalogues ni.^ 

 obtained of J. B. Scssell, at the Agricultural W 

 house, No. 52, North Market-street, gratis; and i ; 

 loft there or sent by mail, will meet prompt attenti 



J\'ew England Farmer's Mmanackfor 1830. 



Just piiblishud by Carter & Hi^miei:, corner 

 School and Washington-streets, and by J. li. Ri ^«l 

 No. 52, -North Market-street, the .\cic England Farm. 

 Jitmanuck for lt%tO. By Thom.is G. Fessenkek, edj 

 of the New England Farmer. 



This Almanack, it is thought, will be found to be c 

 siderably improved upon that of the preceding ti . 

 The .Xstroiiomical calculations have been prepared i 

 revised with jrreat care by a gentleman of this city— 

 tides particularly noted — a complete Calendar of 

 Courts fof each st.itc in New England, including 

 Probate Courts of Massachusetts — the Sun's declinal „ 

 — a table of Roads and distances from Boston, &c. i 

 govonteon pages of miscellaneous articles, principi 

 upon Ai;riculturo and Gardening. 



I ('Country traders and others supphcd upon the IB i- 

 liberal terms, by the thousand, grocc, or doicn. 



Sept. IH. 



Pulilished every Friday, nt $3 yet nnmini. pnynWi 

 end of ihe year — but those who pay within sijtiv d'ii>s fr 

 lime of >ul>>rrililiig. are onlilkd lo n deduction of (iliV ct i. 



Qj' No paper will bo sent to a distance wiihoul piiynui 

 ing made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. KussELi.. by I.' R. Butts— bv «i 

 all descriptions of Priming ran be execnied to meet ilie »r 

 of cuslonuTs. Orders for printing received by J. B. KissK 

 (I the Agricultural Warehouse i^o. A! North Market Sii 



