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NEW ENGLAND FAIliMEll. 



Jan. 8, 1»30. 



MISCELLANIES. 



roR THE HKW ENOLAKO FARkCB. 



HOT COFFEE. 



Ut birchanaliaii" chant the praiw of iviiie, 

 -i^nd bow their trembling knees before iti shrine, 

 While Gout and Orop^y follow in their Ireiii, 

 And form the chorus of their mirthful alrjin ; — 

 l^t others sing the !<|>iril9 of the still, 

 Tell how they elevate, and how the y liill — 

 Show how, like Circe's fatal cup, they cliirni. 

 Turn man to brute, of reason quite disarm, — 

 .Show weeping wives, heart broken with despair, 

 And hungry children, ignorant and bare — 

 Describe this fiery Moloch raging round, 

 Disclose the \iclimsin his fetters bound, — 

 Show how, with poverty and lasting shame, 

 Lethe's black mantle covers up their name. — 

 From scenes like these my ^lu^e disgusted turns, 

 Andwitli impatience of their folly burns. 

 A nobler theme inspires my youthful tongue,— 

 A nobler theme, though yet in verse unsung ; 

 CorrEE, I sing ! celestial gifl ! designM 

 To soothe the wants and sorrows of mankind. 

 The tempting grape, which gives such madd'ning blias, 

 Sinks into nothing, when compafed wi h Uiis. 

 So other strong, intoxicating draughts 

 Burn up the entrails, while the suDerer lau'U!>i 

 So deithless vultures round Prometheus flock. 

 Feast on his liver, and his groanings moek ; 

 And the gay poppy claims in vain our praise. 

 When named with Colfue's ever blooming bays; 

 Its potent juice may ease the sick man's pain, 

 But oHen used, will stupify the brain, 

 And drive all noble ilaring from the mind. 

 With all the virtues that adorn mankind. 

 Inebriate Turks lie grovelling on the ground, 

 With opiate fetters long ignobly bound ; 

 On them fair science never deigns to shine. 

 Nor freedom wakes the soul to acts divine ; 

 But on their necks the haughty Sultan treads. 

 Applies the bowstring, or demands their heads ; 

 So artful boys throw poison in the brook 

 And lake the sleeping lish without a hook. 

 Kven China'" boast must hide its pallid fa"— - 

 tJunpowdcr. Hy^n, .ii th.. ii.iiieriai race, 

 When colTee comes, hot smoking from the vase. 

 The evening feast, and morning's chief delight. 

 Like nectar, fragrant, and like amber, bright. 

 Health and good feeling, sparkling in the bowl, 

 We quafT delight, and elevate the soul. 

 While charity divine, in one embrace. 

 Includes all Adam's coexisting race. 



Florida, A. y. Dec. 17, 18i9. TYRO. 



The paragraph goiag the round of tho press, 

 tertiicd " Sliulcspuare altered a little," ia nothing 

 more than nnother rending of an old sln^^e iiia- 

 noDitvre in tlie .State dI" New York. A sliolliiig 

 company was perfuriiiing Macbeth iiuar Albany, 

 and the only musieul instrument they had, \\a» u 

 flute, played by tlin manager's Run, a lad of four- 

 teen. Instead of ■■ A drum — a drum, Maelieth 

 doth come," this Yankee >Slriit mnciagod the rend- 

 ing as follows : — 



!.»/ IVilch. — llurk! I lieara dule, — a flute I 



'Id H'ilch. — Macbeth doth come — 



U Witch — A wicked brute. 



This new reading was never found fault with 

 till one night, an Irish settler settled with the 

 manager ; for on tlio witch exclaiming, " A wicked 

 brute," Paddy, imitnting the Witch's voice, ex- 

 claimed, " Och ! Y.iiikee witch, your riOe shoot." 

 — Ijon. paper. 



From the Journal of Heillh. 



Choice of Occupation. — It is a very common 

 error with part^iits, in ileti-rininiiig upon the future 

 occupations of their cliilclren, to tix upon a pro- 

 fession, or sonic Hodcnlary iinploynieiil, for llioee 

 of a weakly or delicate coiistitiilioii ; while to the 



robust and vigorous, i.s us.signed a more active and 

 laborious oci'upation, <li'm.iniliiig considerable bo- 

 dily exertion, and repeated exposure to the open 

 air. — As a general rule, the very opposite of this 

 VOurne shoulil be pursued ; the robu.st being the 

 best able to bear up aguiii^t the pernicious eflcclu 

 I of that confinement and inactivity, to wbiclithc 

 [enfeebled coii!!litution will very speedily fall a 

 I prey ; while the latter will be materially benefitted 

 I by the very exertion and exposure to which it is 

 ; supposed to be uiiadupled. 



When w« cxainine the individuals who compose 

 the various trades and occupations, and find cer- 

 tain classes to present, very eoiimionly, a pale, 

 meagre, and sickly a.sjiect, while others are replete 

 with health, vigor, and streiigtli ; we are not to 

 suppose that because the pursuits of the one de- 

 niaiKl but little, and those of the other con.sidern- 

 ble bodily strength, the first arc best adapted to the 

 weakly, and the latter to the strong ; we are rather 

 to ascribe this very din'erence in their appearance 

 to the infltienie their several occuiiations exert 

 upon the health of the system. 



Let the most healthy and vigorous individual 

 exchange his laborious occupation in the open air, 

 for one which requires coiifiiiemcnt within doors, 

 and but little exercise, aiul bis florid complexion, 

 well developed muscles, and uninterrupted health, 

 will very speedily give place to paleness, more or 

 less emaciation, and debility, and occasionally to 

 actual disease of the stomach or lungs. On tho 

 other hand, the reverse effects will be |)roduced, 

 by the sedentary exchanging, before it be too late, 

 their confinement and inactivity, for some active 

 I employment in the open air. These are important 

 I considerations, an attention to which in the choice 

 of a profession, would be the means of saving not 

 II liiiln KilfTerinc — ■•■ many iiistnuces. of prolon|} 

 ing life. 



WORMS. 



A popular doctrine, wliich prevails to a very great 

 extent is, that nearly nil the diseases during a par- 

 ticular period of childhood, owe their origin to 

 worms. The moment, therefore, the pallid and 

 sufl'ering countenance of an infant, its restlessness 

 and moans of anguit^h, indicate it to be the subject 

 of disease, it is forced to swallow, in suecesioii, al- 

 most every prescription of reputed virtue in the 

 destruction of these insects. If a worm or two he 

 expelled, and the child recover, the doctrine is con- 

 fu'ined ; but even, on the contrary, should none be 

 detected or death itself take place, suspicion is not 

 for a moment excited that the opinion of the case 

 may have been eironerius, and the remedies nd- 

 ministcred improper or even perniciou.s. 

 i The public have y et to learn that worms are by no 

 ) iiieana such pernicious inmates of the bowels as is 

 generally supposed ; that In a majority of cases they 

 are rather the concomitant tbnn the cause of dis- 

 : case. Often the syniptotns which are ascribed 

 I to their presence, indicate rather tho cominencc- 

 incnt of serious disease of the stomarh itsell', con- 

 slant in its progre.s.s, and in not a few instancis, 

 sooner or later extrniliiig to the brain ami proibi- 

 Icing dropsy of this organ. The remedies popiilaily 

 I prescribed for destruction of worms, are, nndir 

 such rin-unsslances, not merely useless, hut in the 

 I highest degree improper. They augment the <■!- 

 isiiiig mi.scbit'f, and not iinfrequoiitly liuriy on to .i 

 fatal ti'rminulion, a di.scafic, which, under proper 

 pn>res.sional care niiglil have been speedily ctireil. 

 Slime of the pre.sciiplions most commonly em- 

 ployed in domestic praclice, in iheso cases, are 



garlic or tansy steeped in spirits, a strong soluti 

 of common fait, piiik-root tea, &c. If parei 

 would only reflect that Ino^t of these will redd 

 iiiid iiiHaoie the skin when applied to it, and tl 

 tiie inner surface of the stomach is fur more d( 

 c ate tbau the exterior covering of the body, i\, 

 would certainly pause before they introduced ii 

 the former articles of so irrilati.ig a nature ; ai 

 cics wbicb cannot be ndniinistered, even to un i 

 lilt in a state of health, without producing mure 

 less disiurbunce, and which, when the stomucli 

 already the scat of disease can be vie wed only in I 

 light of active poisons. 



We do not pictend to say that worms arc i,> 

 productive of injurious til'ects : all we desire is 

 point out to parents and nurses, the impropric 

 and even danger, of administering, with the vi 

 of destroying tlie.-e animals, active remedies of i 

 real effects of wliich they know but little, and 4 

 ring the existence of symptoms on whose act 

 cau3e they are still h-ta iuforiiied. 



The foregoing remarks apply with equal fo 

 to all those articles popularly vended under the 

 posing appellation of " worm destroyers."' Mi 

 of these contain ingredients productive of delt 

 rious effects under every circumstance. No > 

 of tliciii can be administered to a child with 

 jeopardising its health, if not its life. — Ibid. 



.\ monkey-faced fellow offered himself to G 

 rick asan uclor." It will not do," said Garri 

 " but if you had a tail, no money should part i 



.Yew England Farmer's Mmanatk for 1830. 



Just published by Carter 4 Hkhoee, cornei 

 School and \Vashington-»Ueet«, and by J. B. Ri s». 

 No. 52, North Markcl-etrcct, llie Arir England tarn 

 -iUmuniukfor IHSO By Thomas G. Kessim)I.», e( 

 of the New England Karmcr. 



This Almanack, it is thought, will bo found to be • 

 nidcrably improved upon that of the preceding y 

 The Astronomical calculations have been prepared 

 revised with great care by a gentleman of tiiis city- 

 tides particularly noted — a complete Calendar nf 

 Courts for each slate in New Kngland, inrluding 

 Probate Courts of Massachusetts — the ^un's dcchni 

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

 seventeen pages of miscellaneous articles, princif 

 upon Agriculture and Gardening. 



jyCounlry traders and others supphcd upon the i 

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



Sept. l(j. 



fVhite Mulbeny Seed. 



Just received at the Seed Store connected with 

 New F.nglund Fanner, No. r>".J, North iMarketstreet. 



20 lbs. White Mulberry Seed, raised at Coveu 

 Conn, this season, and saved expressly for ui. V 

 ranted of the very first quality. Sopt ' 



Tomato Mustard and Ketchup. 



For sale at the .\gricultural Warehouse. .No r.2 iNr 



Market street, Tomato Mustard, an excellent article 



beef steaks, roast meats, «Scc. made in the best man 



by a person regularly educated at tho bua'jirss in F.ur 



price .M cents per bottle — also. Tomato Ketchup, 



pared by tho <ame person, in different sized bottle 

 prices aO, or 33 cents per bottle. Oct II 



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