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NEW ENG[.\-M) FARMER. 



Dec. 25, 1&2 



MISCELLANIES. 



KiK-li caseti ll 



SINGULAR OLD LINKS. 



AUTHOR OK.VOW.N. 



The longer life, llie more iilTence ; 



The more offence, the greater painc ; 

 The grcaier paioe, the less defeiirc i 

 The less defence, the lesser gninc ; 

 The loss of gaiiic, loiij ill ilolh Irv ; 

 Wherefore, come dcatli, and lei mo die. 



The shorlcr life, less counl 1 find ; 



The less accouiii, Ihe »ooner made ; 

 The counl soon ni;ide, ihc merrier mind ; 



The merrier mind dolli thoughl invade; 

 Shun life in truth this thing doth try ; 

 Wherefore, come, death, and let mc die. 



Come, gentle death, the ebb of core ; 



The ebb of care, the flood of life; I 



The flood of life, the joyfull fare ; 



The joyfjil fare, the end of strife ; i 



The end of strife, thai thing wish I ; * 



Whcrefiirc, come, death, and let me die. 



Cultivation of Indigo. — Mr William Rigbton, 

 an'cntcrprisiiifj idaiiter in Edcntoii, Noilli Cnro- 

 liiin, is cultivaliiig a lar^c "luaiitity uf this valuable 

 atticle on liis i^rouiiils. Last season iic raised 

 aliotil 150 lbs. of very fine qttality on seven acres 

 of very poor bigli land. Rlniiy of bis neighbors arc 

 this year following bis example. 



Old no.,ks-\V. A. Colnian, in Ncw-york has .-^irait of Gibraltar; but in all 



.111 .1 „ „r,.i,i l,r..,h.i in tho F.nffliBli 1 fttt is as coiistunt as the disliirbing cau^e, 



nub ts bed a cutaloBuc ol old liooKs, in mo i.ngiibii > i i i i ^i 



■ 1 I ; . . ■•..^«;i-,..l rrnin Fnplnnd ' I lereforo, can be calculated upon with coiifid 



and other languagex, just leccneil iioiii r.ngionii . ' , , . > . , 



'belonging to the library Bftbe late Win. Gifford, 

 \ the satirist and reviewer. A large number of llicni 

 , are works of the IGtb century, and sonic earlier. 

 iTIiu titles of several are curiou..<. That of .Miiggle- 

 i ton's "Answer to WiHiain I'enn, Cluaker, wherein 

 { be is proved to be an ignorant spallcr-biain who 

 1 knows no inoro what the true God i.s nor bis se- 

 cret decrees, than one of hi* coach horses doth, 

 nor so mucb," gives a curious idea of the deco- 

 rum of religious controversy a century and aliall 

 ago, and almost ei|ual.< in quaintness an old deist- 

 ical pamphlet, entitled " Hooks and Kycs to buckle 

 Believers Breeches." 



Were it not for this perfcrt e\actncs!>, in wi 

 precario'is state would the inhabilanls exist o 

 sea shore, and the banks of low rivers I 



Few of the iiiliabitanlH of London, pcrhap 

 tlcct, when standing close by the side of tliei 

 ble river, and gazing on llie rapid flood liile 

 ing inland through the bridges, that, alll 

 si.My miles from the sea, they are placed u: 

 as persons sailing upon its face, where, per 

 there may be tossinir witves covered with w 

 and the drowning. In Holland, which is 

 flat, formed chiefly by the mud and sand br 

 down by the Rhine and neighboring rivers, 

 of the country is really below the level 



Shelling Out. — An oysterinan was lately fined 

 two dollars and a half for throwing his ."liells into 

 the street. He averred it was n hard case, but 

 was rcmitidcil that he got his living out of hard 

 cases. 



A young lady' one night at a party was mucb 

 amtoyiMl by ilio impcriincnt leiiiarksora coxcomb 

 who sat near her ; at length, becoming tired and 

 vexed, she turned toward him with an angry coun- 

 tenance, and said, " Be pleased. Sir, to cease your 

 impudence." The fellow was astonished at so sud- 

 den a rebuke, and could only reply, " I'ray, Miss, 

 do not cat me." " Be in no fear, " .she replied " I 

 am a Jewess." 



Coic Tree. — Mr Lockhart, a celebrated botan- i common springtides, and is only protected 

 isf, writes from Trinidad, one of the West India daily intindrition by artificial dykes or rampa. 

 Islands, and ppeaks thus of the milk tree in Co- Ureat strength. ' 



loinbia. What awful uncertainty would hang ove 



I have just returned from an excursion to Ca- , L)utcb, if the level of the 6ca were siibje 

 raccas, where I collected the juice of the cow ' changes ; for while we know the water o 

 tree (Palo dc Vaca) and I have now the pleasure I ocean to be 17 miles higher at the equator tl 

 of sending you a jiliial of the milk, together with I 

 a few leaves, and a portion of the root of the tree. 

 The Palo dc Vaca is a tree of large dimensions. 

 The one I procured the juice from, bad a trunk of 

 seven feet in diameter, and it was one hundred 



feet from the root to the first br.inch. The milk 



was obtained by making a spiral incision in the 



bark. The milk is used by the inhabitants 



wherever it is known. I drank a pint of it, with- 

 out experiencing the least inconvenience. In 



taste and consistence, it mucb resembles sweet 



cream, and possesses an agreeable smell. I was 



so fortunate as to procure some young trees and 



roots of the Palo de Vaca, which I will endeavor 



to increase. 



the jioles, owing to the centrifugal force o 

 earth's rotation, were the level already eslabli 

 from any iause lO be suddenly changed bu 

 feet, millions of human beings wouhl be tb 

 ti ms. — Scotsma n . 



ITanled, 



An Apprentice, in a Book Printing Office. Ab 

 ligent boy from ihc country would be preferred. 



inquire at the New England Farmer Office, I 

 No rth Market Street. t f Oct. 



.\'ew England Farmer's MmWlackfor 183 

 Just published by Cabteb & Ilr.vDKE, cor 



To render shoes Waterproof. — Takeabout a square 

 inch of Indian rubber (that which is white is the 

 best,) cut it into slices as thin as possible, put it 

 into a pint of sjiirits of turpentine, and shake it up 

 occasionally to assist the dissolution ; add, if re- 

 quisite more of the Indian rubber, until the liiptid 

 is of the consistence of treacle, then add halfii 

 pint of cold drawn linseed oil, and it is fit for use. 

 New shoes should be worn for a few tlays, before 

 using ibe above, to open the grain of the soles, and 

 should not bo worn foi^a few days after, that tlit^y 

 may dry. — United States Gaz. ._, 



Mr John Grigg of this city, has now in press, 

 and will shortly publish, "An Essay on American 

 Silk, and the best means of rendering it a source 

 of individual and national wealth, by John 

 D'Homergtte, and Peter S. Duponccau." The 

 natnes of the gentlemen mentioned as the authors 

 of this work, will insure confidence in its state- 

 ments, ami we cannot doubt that the public gen- 

 erally, will see in the subject something worthy of 

 general attention. From a knowledge that public 

 good is intended in the publication of tho work 

 rather than individual profit ; and from a fixed 

 belief tliat the desired cnils will be promoted by a 

 general circulation of the book, we venture 

 solicit the attention of our Editorial brethren to 

 the work, and request of them to give notice of its 

 early apjicarance. — U. S. Gazette. 



Lord Townscnd, whose good humour wan pro- 



Levcl of the Sea. — There is, perhaps, nothing 

 which illustrates in a more striking manner the 

 exact accordance of nature's phenomena with the 

 few general exiires..!ions or laws which describe 



verbial, was dining one day at a friend's where theni all, than the perfi^et level of the ocean as 

 among other servants, the coachman wailed on liquid surface. The sea never rises or falls in any 

 the table. In banding a satire turrecn, lionest place, even one inch, but in obedieneo to fixed 



John tmliiekily spilt part of its contents over his 

 lordship's clothes, who, instead of showing any 

 displcasnre, jocosely said, " John, you slioidd take 

 care never to grease anything but your wheels.'' 



aws, and tberefore, changes may be generally 

 fiircseeii and allowed for. For instance, the east- 

 ern trade winds, ami other causes force the water 

 of the ocean towards the Africon coast, so as to 

 keep the Red Sia about twenty feet above the 

 .\ Charleston, S. C. letter announces the arrival | (.eneral ocean level ; and the Mediterraneiin Sea 

 there of Mr Allkn, an Engineer, from tlio North, | i.s a little below the level, because the evaporation 

 and who had eommenced locating the first five from it is greater tb.in tho supply of its rivers; 

 miles of tho Rail Road near that city. j causing it to receive an additional supply by the 



School and Washington-streets, and by J. B^ lie 

 No. '<-i, Norlli .Market-street, the .Vtir England I'a 

 'UmnnackfoT 1H30. Ily Thomas G. Fessiudkn, 

 of tlic New England Farmer. 



This .'Minanack, it is tiiought, will be found tok 

 sidcrably improved upon that of the preceding 

 Tho Astronomical calculations have been prepar 

 revised vsith great care by & gentlemaa of lliia cil 

 tides particularly noted — a completQ Calendar ■ 

 Courts for each state in New Eugland, includi 

 Probate Courts of Massachusetts — the lr"un's decl 

 — a tabic of Roads and distances from Boston, & 

 seventeen pages of miscellaneouB articles, prin 

 upon Agriculture and Gardening. 



(UrOountry traders and others supplied upon ih 

 liberal terms, by the thousand, groce, or dozen. 



Sept. 18. 



Douhle Distilled Rose Uater. 



The subscriber has received a quantity of Ilia 

 article, neatly put up in bottles for family use, vtur \ 

 of a superior quality. EBENEilER WIG), 



nI3 4t Alilk-strcct, (opposite Fcderal-s ' 



.\'o. 35, .VVip England Fai-mer, tcanltd. 



A liberal price will be paid at this Office, for ani 

 ber of copies of No. 35, vol. vii. of tho New Hj 

 Farmer. 



rrinters with whom ue exchange, and others » 

 not preserve file* of their papers, will oblige us 

 turning that number by mail. Oct 



jVoKee. 



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 thev can have Iheir volumes nealiy ond faiihluily hall 

 and lettered, at 75 els. per volume, by leaving 'them 

 oilier. 



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 end of the yeur— Inii ihojo who pay w nhin siiix i''i 

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5: /■ Nil paper will be sent to a distance without j 

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 nil di-scriplinns of l'riiiiin|r can be cxicnied to mer 

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