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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 22, 1830. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From llie Boslou Ceulioel. 

 A MORNING AT A FARM HOUSE. 



The sun ur.xc— ami lo ibc hill 



The fiirmcr got) lo rake ; 

 The duilis anJ jjceio go forth, to fill 



The bosom of Ihe lake. 



The housewife and Ihe dairy maid, 



The children, girl and boy 

 Arc in ihe field, with hoe and spade 



Their morning hours l' employ. 



The cockerel and hh cackling w ives. 



The lurkcys with iheir young. 

 As pleasantly pass through their lives 



Ae if ill uuion strung. 



The farmer's dog beside the door 



In svveetcsl slumber lay; 

 For he had liad no sleep before — 



lie iDJlcli'd the iiighl away. 



His swine were kept in nicest trim. 

 Which, with his horse and cows, 



Had been supplied with food by him 

 Before he left the liouse. 



His barns were tight, his fences whole 



To keep marauding hands 

 From passing sacrilegiously 



Through his well managed lands. 



And when the hour of nreakfast came. 



There was no vacant place. 

 The maid, as well as farmer came. 



With happy, smiling face. 



This was the morn— and through the day 



The same good order rcign'd. 

 And for reward, I needs must say. 



They wealth and honor gjiu'd. 



And when I left this pleasant spot, 



1 left my heart behind :— 

 •T is only in the farmer's cot 



That happiness we find. 



two kiiKl.4 of liiillious |plaiils, lliul oniiliiiii u (irccM Ivnal injured by the wotir.ili. As .Mr WATtnro 

 and gliitiiioiis juice, lie fills n little quuke, which > '»i<I lii.'i |mrly were cruMiiiig the wnoitu iVoiii ih 

 he curries on his hack, with the stalks of these ; Esii;(juibo to the UeiiicruiM, they fell ii|ioii a hei 

 nnd, lastly, riin;;e9 ti|> and ilown till he finds two "' wild hogs ; uii Indian let fly nii arniw, uml tl 

 »|iccies of ants. One of Ilicni is very large and I'l'!,' was foiinil ileail at the di^tallce of ITOyanl 



FOR THE MKW ENGLAND FARMER, 



POISONED ARROWS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



Mr Russei-l — In Waterton'h* Wuiiilcriii;;8 in 

 South AinerlcH, just received from p^tiropc, I met 

 with the following account of the preparation uf 

 the deadly Woiirali, with which the Indians ol 

 that country poison arrows. As it may bo inle- 

 rcstiiig lo the cuiiouB, I herewith enclose it fu 

 your paper. Your.s, truly, 



Salem, Jan. 18, 1830. J. M. I. 



bluck, and so vcnoiiiotis that its ^ling produces fe- 

 ver ; it is cnniinunly found on the ground. The 

 other is a little red ant, whiidi stings like a nettle, 

 and generally has its nest tinder the leaf of a shrub. 

 After obtaining tlie.se, lie has no more need to 

 range the forest. A quantity of the strongest Iii- 

 (rniii pepper is used ; but that he has already 

 planted round his hut. The powdered Gings of 

 the libarri and counacouclii snakes arc added. 

 These he commonly has in store ; for when he 

 kills u snake, he generally extracts the fangs and 

 keeps them by him. Having thus founil the ne- 

 cessary ingredicnt.s, he scrapes the wourali and 

 the bitter root into thin shavings, nnd puts them 

 iito a kind of colander, made of leaves ; this he 

 holds over an earthen pot, and pours water over 

 the shavings ; the liquor which comes through, ha» 

 the appearunco of coffee. When a suflicient 

 quantity has been |>rocincd, the shavings arc 

 thrown aside. He then bruises the bulbous 

 stalks and squeezes a proportionate quantity of 

 their juice through his hands into the pot. Lastly, 



A sloth woiiiideil with the poison, appeared to il 

 without uiiy Kyiiiptoiii of pain ; an uz sttiggert 

 and was convulsed, and died in live and tnun 

 niiniiles. 



On Mr Waterto.n's arrival in England 

 niiide many exp'friiiients with the wourali, the i 

 fi'Lts of Vi^bich were partially prevented hv kcc 

 iiig the lungs uf the wounded uniiiial inflated 



DESTRUCTION OF WOOD. 



M.Thtian in a speech in the F'reiich house ofcoi 

 mons, .•'aiil "that war, famine and pestilenre art' I 

 terrible .ifHirtioiis than the waste of wood. Frnnt 

 (said hi',) will disappear, as many flourishing c 

 Irii.s have already, if.-ihe does not follow the 

 ample of Cyrus, who planted forests in .Asia M 

 It is only the abundance of forests and v 

 wliich enables Cliimi to sustain three liuiidr 

 millions of souls, because in this empire there i 

 more [ilanted than cut down." Spain, so higl 

 niltivated nnd so thickly populated, in the time 

 the Romaii.^, flie Alonrs, and even Charles the fi 

 owes her present desolate aspect to this \va 



the snakes' fangs, ants, nnd pepper ure thrown in 



to it. It is then placed upon a slow fire, ami as' "*" **"">•'« '> '''<" **»""= '^ '^e <-ase with most of l 

 it boils, more of the juice of the xvourali is added, ! '^o"""'i*-'s '" Asia and the same will be the case 

 according as it may be found necessary, and the \ ""■" country if proper steps are not taken to prev 

 scum is taken off with a leaf. It remains on the,''- It is in<leed a painful sight lo observe 

 fire till reduced to a thick substance, of a dark "■'^"'°" •''■siniciion of our native foresiF, ami 

 brown cdor. As soon as it has arrived at this ''"'''■'=" lii'ls and iiake.l iiiountains rising aim 

 state, a few arrows are poisoned with it to try it9rv*=''y where. It is not the waste of wood ah 

 .strength. If it answers the expectations, i, jg ■ it is the destrur tion of all the elements of ferti 

 poured into a calabash or little pot of Indian man- 1 "'''' ^i ''''« *"'''*"' carri'S »'''' '<• '' « » Pf" 

 ufacttire, which is carefully covered with a couple I subject we 

 of leaves, nnd over them n piece of iloer's skin, ■'»•*• l-ouner. 

 lied round with a cord. They keep it in tire driest 

 part of the hut ; and from lime lo time suspend it 

 over the fire to counteract the dampness. The 



link of legislative interference 



JS/etp Enirland Fanncr^s Mmanack for 1830. 

 Jjst published by Carter & Htunrr., cornel 



preparation of ibis, which bears no small rcsem- j ^'^-ro «"'.^M'''b'^'"?'"^''^I'• a"** ^J \ ", ^."" 

 I, ' , . , , ,, ■..,.. ' «o. 52, North Market-street, the JN fir £n^/<mrf /•irm 



bianco to the witches cauldron in Macbeth, is \}/„„„„ay„r l!^W. By Tho-as O. Fessibdek, cd 

 performed with solemn rules and incantations, of the New England Farmer. 



The women and young girls arc not allowed to bo I This Almanack, il is thought, will be found to be i 

 present, lest the Yavuliou, or evil spirit, should do ' tt'^f^ improved upon that of the preceding j 

 ■ ' * ' The Astronomical calculations nave been prepared 



them liarm. revised with great care by a gentlcir.an of this cii\ — 



The shed under which it is baked, is pronounced tides particularly noted — a complete Calendar of 

 polltiteil, and abaniloncd ever after. He who '?<""■'" *"_' each Btalc in New Kiigland, including 

 makes the poison must eat nothing that mornhig, 

 and imi.-t continue to fa-t while the operation lasts. 

 The pot in which it is buileil must be a new one, 

 otherwise the poison will be deficient in strength ; 

 add to this, that the operator must take pnrticniar 

 care not to expose himself to the vnpor whirh ari- 

 ses from it while on the fire. Though this and 

 other precautions bo taken, such us frequently 



A day or two before tho Macoushi Indian pre- 1 washing the face and hands, still tho Indians think 



pares his poison, he goes into tho forest in quest 

 of the ingreilienta. A vino grows in their wilds 

 which is called wi^urali. This is the principal in- 

 gredient ill the poison. When he has procitrrd 

 enough of that, ho digs up a root of u very bitter 

 taste, tics them together, and then looks about for 



* Mr WxrenTow made the tour of tho United States in 

 1921 ; after visiting the New York canals, Niagara Falls, 

 he. he wiole the fullowlni; pathetic lines in an album at 

 • |iublic house near the Falls ; — 



" He sprained his foot and hurt his toe. 

 On thu.rough road near Buffalo ; 

 It quite diHtrosscs him lo slai;ger a- 

 I.ong tho sharp rocks of famed Niagara." 



that it affects their health :nii(l the operator elil 

 is, or what is more probable, supposes himself to 

 be, sick for some days after. Il is quite natural 

 that an ignorant people should ntlnch a mysterious 

 gloom to the maimfacturo of so fatal a poison. 

 This poi.sou is used ti[)oii arrows which are blown 

 from u tube by the breath. This ttibo is n liollnw 

 iced, which grows on tiic wilds between the Ma- 

 cotiKhi country nnd tho Rio Negro. Mr Watkb- 

 To.M says, they can send arrows in this manner nt 

 one himdreil yards distance, and the piiy is sel- 

 dom missed ; in abiint llireo minutes it is sei/eil 

 with convulsions, nnd soon dies, nnd, what is very 

 riMiiarkahlc, tho flush of the gaino is not in the 



Probate Courts of Mnssnchiisclt^ — the Sun's decl 

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

 seventeen pages of niiscctlnneous articles, principb. 

 upon .Agriculture and Gardening. 



(L/Country traders and others supplied upon iha i 

 liberal terras, by tho thousand, gioco, or dozen. 



Sept. Id. 



lomalo Mustard nnd KrtrJiup. 



For sale at tho .Agricultural W'archou.«e. No. r>2 Nt 

 Marko: street, Tomato Mustard, an cicellcnt article 

 beef steaks, roast meat.-i, <.Vc made in tho best mar 

 by a per3,>n regularly educated at the bus'noss in F.iir 

 — price .'iO cents per bottle — also. Tomato Ketrliiip, 

 pared by tho same person, in ilifToront sized bottle • 

 prices fiO, or 'XX cents per bottlo. Oct. 1 



Poicder at 2» pir lb. 

 DUl'tlNrS rO\Vm;it. <\<,n\«\- warrnmed. for sal 

 Cnp'l.tmii Aminhuilim Slorf, I S'llinnd sl.al rrlail 

 tillur, t'AI'S. &:c. ul ll.r tyiffiiu/iVy— rhenpfor rs>h. - 



ruM.shcd I 

 en<l ol ihe _\ea 

 time of vub<€T 



(P- No pap 



icry Friday, in 5^ per nnnimi. psvnidr 



III III! 



hn i-ny "ill.iii • 



nit 



tiilt-il lo n drdiirl'oii of (ifiv n i 

 111 to adisiniice withoul pnymi 



Aillhe 

 inp inatlr in lulvaiirr. 



I'liiitod lor J. II. ninsri.i.. by I. U TtiTTs-by » 

 nil drsrriplions of l*riiiiin|; ran be im ru'4 d m inn i il r « 

 ol cusloiiirrs. <lrder>rnr piiiiiinp ncnv/'d l.y J. M. Iti •» 

 *l Ihe Auricultural Waichuukc ^o. SX Noiib MnikrtSi 



