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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jail. 29, 1S30. 



MISCELLANIES. 



EUROPEAN KrNGS. 



[Extract of a letter from Thomas Jeflcrson lo ijoveriior 

 LangdoiiiOf New ilampsliiie, written in ISIO.] 

 Wlieii I observcil lliiil tlio Kinff of Kiii>lutul was 

 a cyplier, I iliil not iiicaii to i.-onfiii<' the uhservn- 

 tion to the men; iniliviiliial Jiow on the tliroiic. 

 The practice of Kings niarryiii;,' only into the 

 faniihes of Kings, has l)een that of Enrope for 

 some centuries. Now, take any race of animals, 

 confine tlicni in idleness and inaction, whether in 

 u stye, a stable, or a stale room, pamper them 

 witli high diet, gratify all their appetites, immerse 

 them in sensualities, nonrish their passions, let 

 everything bend before them, and banish what- 

 ever might lead them to think, and in a few gen- 

 erations they become all body and no mind ; and 

 this, too, by a law of nature — by that very law by 

 wliicli we arc in the constant practice of changing 

 the charactei-s and propensities of the animals we 

 raise for our own purposes. Such is iIjc regimen 

 in raising Kings, and this is the way tliey liayc 

 gone on for centuries. While in Europe, I often 

 anuiscd myself with contemplating tin' cliararlers 

 of the then reigning sovereigns of Europe. Louis 

 the XVI. was a fool of my own knowledge, and in 

 despite of the answers made for Jiiin at his trial. 

 The King of Spain was a fool, of Naples the 

 same. They passed their lives in hiinling, and 

 despatched two couriers a week, one thousand 

 miles, to let each other know what game they 

 had killed the preceding days. The king of Sar- 

 dinia was a fool. All these were Hourbons. The 

 Queen of Portugal, a Hraganza, was an idiot bv 

 nature. And so was the king of Denmark. 

 Their sons, as regents, exercised the powers of 

 government. — The king of Prussia, successor to 

 the great Frederick, was a mere hog in body as 

 well as in mind. Clustavtis of Sweden, and Joseph 

 of Austria were really crazy, and George of En- 

 gland you know was in a strait waistcoat. There 

 remained, then, none but old Catharine, who had 

 been too lately picked u|) to liave lost her com- 

 mon sense. In this state Bonaparte found Europe; 

 and it was this state of its rulers which lost it witli 

 scarce a struggle. These animals had become 

 without mind and powerless ; and so will every 

 hereditary monarch be after a few generations. 

 Alo.xander, the grandson of Catharine, is yet an 

 exception. He is able to hold his own. J5ut ho 

 is only of the third generation. — His race is not 

 yet worn out. And so endcth the book of Kings. 

 from all of whom the Lord deliver us. 



Turkey. — A letter from Smyrna published in tin 

 N.Y. Commercial Advertiser, says the severe la.vcs 

 nud requisitions laid upon the Turkish population 

 jiroduced discontent, and smoothed the way for 

 the succe.s.ses of the Russians. .\sia Minor was 

 never so desolate, so thinly populated as now. 

 Cities arc crundiling to ruin, villages exhibit no- 

 thing but roofless and blackenei' wall.s, and vast 

 fertile plains lie entirely unciiliiv.iteil. Thousnnils 

 and tens of tliousamlsoftlie <irecks were bntcliercd 

 by the Turks at the roMMnenccment of the revo- 

 lution, and tho demands of the sultan and pnehas 

 ruined the Turks, and left the; country in an ema- 

 ciated condition. Mahmoud will not unilerstand 

 that his own prosperity dcpimls upr>n the pros 

 pcrity of llnn)e()plc. " It is painful," says the 

 writer," to cuntemplale «uch a country as Turkey 



— so bciiuiifiil, so fertile )et left in such a stale ;to 

 look upon the stalely figures and noble counte- 

 nances of the Turks, and know that they are ham- 

 pered by a religion and government which lend to 

 repress every movement towards civilization." 

 " Lo.tk now al Greece, ye scofTers at her name ; 

 look at her, and compare her wilh any province 

 of Turkey, and say, if ye ilarc, that her bloody 

 truggli; lins been an iiuavaihug one. Though 

 soiled wilh dust, she is erect; tliongli much of 

 her blood has flowed, ihe stands free, and ready 

 to start forward in the course of civilization. 

 Give Greece \'> or 20 yearsof trumpiillily — gratify 

 her thirst for knowledge — give her schools ; and 

 if she does not put to the blush all who have de- 

 clared her incapable of regeneration, then have 1 

 been mistaken after four years intimate acquain- 

 tance with lier people." — Hampshire Gazette. 



I The .'Middlesex Agricultural Society I: 

 I awarded ll,.- 1st prcmii.ui for Hops, SIO, to J, 

 and Ihe 2d. ^.0, lo Simon Ulanchard, of Boxl . 

 , .N'atlian Barrett, of Concord, for a remarkable < 

 I of Onions, received n gmtuity off 4. 



The tolls of the Erie and Chanipluin Cat - 

 more than pay llio interest of dcbi incnrrt.l 

 ilieir conslrnclion by tlie sum of $i93,S49. 



The Hudson and Delaware Canal Coni|. 

 expert the next season lo transport to the IIuJ. , 

 river 360 tons of coal in a dav. 



Onions. — During the last season there was 

 raised at Flatbush, in the gurden adjoining the 

 Academy, and in charge of Mr Kellogg, forty 

 bushels of onions on the twentieth j.-art of an .<»cre 

 of ground, being at the rate of 800 bn.-^hels to the 

 acre. This fact was witnessed by all the neigh- 

 bors, and is a strong evidence of what may be 

 acconi[ilislicd by good husbandry. — Long Island 

 Star. 



The South Carolina Agricultural Society have 

 offered j)reniiums for the encouragement of per- 

 sons engaged in the culture of sugar, silk, indigo, 

 and madder, within that state. 



BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD. 



Tiie Baltimore American of Tuesday last, 

 says — " We are gratified to learn that tlie instal- 

 ment of live dollars per share on tlic .>-tock of the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, which 

 was due on Wednesday last, has been entirely 

 paid up, and that not a single forfeiture has taken 

 place for non-payment. This fact afl^ords conclu- 

 sive evidence of Ihe confidence of the stockhold- 

 ers in their Board of Direction, anil in the impor- 

 tance and advantages of the enterprise which they 

 have in charge. 



Tomato Mustard and Ketchup. 

 For Bale at the Agri(:ullural Warehouse, No. .12 Nc 

 Market street, Tomato .Mustard, an excellent article 

 beef itleakB, roast meats, <Stc. niaiic in llit best iiiai 

 by a person regularly educated at the bua'ncsR in Ki.: 

 — price 50 cents per bottle— also, Tomato Kctchuj' 

 pared by the same person, in dificrent sized bolii. 

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



Powder at '2s per lb. 

 UUI'ONTS POWUIiK. qualiiv wnrr«nte<l, for si 

 '^''.T.rJ"''^ ^"•"""•">'» fiore, (S'l'.roa.l n, al rtlail. 

 >»Or, CAHS, &c. ul iho lfst<,ualiiy-ch<-nf fnr cajl, 



The Pennsylvania slate loan for Rail Roads has 

 all been taken up. 



Scandal. — A correspondent of the Southern Re- 

 ligious Telegraph proposes to establi'.h a Society 

 for the suppression of Scandal in all its branches. 

 All persons on entering are to give up all their old 

 enmities and prejuilices ; lo use no double dealing 

 nor e(|uivocalion and to consider the names and 

 characters of their fellow creatures as sacred. 

 Each member is to repeat 12 limes a day the fol- 

 lowing sentence ; •' Judge not, that yo be not 

 judged." Members using such expressions as 

 the following are to be censured and confess 

 their faults ; — " I can believe almost anything 

 of that woman" — " Mr V. who has been a widow- 

 er only three inonlhs is paying particular altenliop. 

 to Miss U." — " I am ghid i\lr B. has been turned 

 oft' by Miss C. — " You don't know what a wicked 

 thing Mrs — has said of you." — Hamp. Gaz. 



.■jriO reward is olfered for u villain who cut out 

 the tongue of a brewer's horse in Soulhwark, Phi- 

 ladelphia. 



Hail fio/K/.— The Maunch Chunk Rail Road in 

 Pennsylvania, is cowpleteil. Its cost Una fallen 

 short of $25000 per mile. 



Green House Plants and Flourers. 



The subscriber, {gardener to J. Pbinck, Em), al J; 

 Plains, Roxbury, has for sale a large variely of planU. ( 

 liicm »0 varieties of faincllia Japooica from 54 lo 58 

 albo flowers lur llouquets ; and in llie pri>|ier n-iyua. a • 

 i.f liardy shrubs, jilanls, and trail irces ; also, a quaiiiiiv 

 for burders, al reasimable prifrs. KU\VaR1J SAVEI 



Jamaica PlaiD!., Jan. 15°, 1830. 4( 



Fine Stud Horse For Sale. 

 A beautiful dark bay siud, half blood of ibe Eii^nsh dr; 

 horse, fifteen and a half hands >ii«b, slrt>ni; and u«;ll lur 

 eight \cars old the ensuing spring, is offered for sale. lit 

 sure loal getter, fine figure, kind in any harness, and . ; 

 fail lo give satisfaction. )ln stock has 'proved eirellcii 

 have sold al §50. al (our inonlhs old. Applj (post p.,, 

 J. B. Russell, Publisher of Ibe New England Farmer, 

 eopll Jap. 



Fanner JVanted. 

 Wanted an iulelligcul, iutlustrious, and capable man. 

 a small family, lo irkc charge ^f a large farm ; the wife ; 

 industrious, and well acqoainiej with ihe dairy. A |*imji 

 cau well manage such a farm, w here a large slock of she< 

 kepi, acquainted with the cultivation of roots, and svsici 

 in all branches of farming, and who is well known for hi 

 legriiy of character, may, perhaps, hear of a place ihat 

 please him by applying al die office of ihe New England 

 ■"cr- eptf Jan. 1 



Hemp Seed. 



For sale al the Seed Store connected 

 Farmer, 3'2, Norlli Alarkei Street. 



A few bushels of prime Hcini. 

 1829. (raised »lioll\ from the celutiratetl V ergenaes 

 cost S5 per bushel.) Ii is n small lol of uncommon i 

 quality, and fanners who are turning their atlrniion to iln 

 lure of this profitable plant, can sccuie cxct-llenl seed, n 

 per bushel, if applied fur soon. tf J*o. I 



Gardener H'anted. 



The subscrilicr wishes lo cmph>ya gardener whoiimlersti 

 his profession, and can produce satisf.ictory ie<i lou . u.'..<\» 

 permanent employ ami good enronr.igemcnt » i.l 1 1 ; w n. 

 plication may be made at 648, Washingun- sunt 1:<.>.< n. 



Jan. 8 . if_ THO.M AS UREWK.B 



Seneca Oil. 

 A few gallons Seneca oil, for sale bv 

 Jan.B. 41 ' JON.VTlLVN P. IIAI.I.. Jn. 



No. I, l-'nion-strrrl. I'oMol 



Seed. 

 inected with ihc New F.iig l>~ 



-'• t 



.Seed, fur sowing, gT<'» I 

 ebratetl \'ergenoes s*'esi v 



Published every Friday, al S3 per annum, pavablr al 

 end olihe year — btit ihoso w-ho pay wiihiu sixi\ i(.i_\s ttom 

 lime of sul>srribiiig, are eiiliileil lo a dediiriinn ot fifty rents 



03' No paper will t>o sent lo a distance without pavniral 

 ing made lu advance. 



Primed lor J. 11. Kussr.i.L. by I. K IliTTS— by wl 

 all descriptions of Priming can be eirrni.d to mrei ihr wi 

 of customers. Orders for priming received by J. It. Ktssi 

 al (be Agricultural Warehouse No. 5!£ North ftlarkct 8i 



10ENT5. 



AVtti Ynrk—G. Thucuckn & Son, G1 1.iberly-strrei. 



Philtitltlpliiii— n. sV C I.jiKiiRETH. «i I'hostiHitsm-el. 



Btllimore—Vt. H. S.UITII, Oflicc of ibe American Farmer. 



./IZ/wni/— Hon. Jr.ssK IluKL. 



//art^ril— (JoopwiN & Sons. 



Ihli/ar, N. It.— P. J. Holland, Esq. Recorder Omce. 



