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NEW ENCI.ANI) FAUiMER. 



Mnv 21, 1830. 



M I S C i: L L A i\ I K S. 



ORIUINAL ANKCDOTK. 



In .1 ccrluin lotvii, thure livuil an oilil sort of a 

 Joiialliiin, wliii at the iierii.il of iiur story, liml 

 jii!.t altulned ilio nge when il hecaniR niM-essHry 

 tliut he shonlil |ierforni inihiiiry duty. Ar<-()r<ling- 

 ly he \vii9 (lirerteil to joiiroiic of tlie train huthln, 

 n circuniatancc that aroused the terrors of his 

 iinucination to tlieir lii(;liust |iitih, for he had nev- 

 er mustered Bnffirifi t roura;.'e to fire u ninskel. 

 In vuiii did his tender unil affeclioiiate mother 

 hescech him to prartise the art of frnnnery, (on a 

 small fi:ale,) ' he could not bring his resolution to 

 the Slicking |ihioe.' lie often ailem|Pti-il to |inll 

 the tri^;;er, hot hy somi; htran;;i" forflindiii;;s, his 

 heart faileil him. At lentflh the dreadful day ar- 

 rived, anil Jouaihan, armed rap-o-|>ie, with his 

 ' bri;;lit and hurniiii; arms,' sallioil forth, soii;;lit 

 the field, and '|iroU(lly f;htl"red on (larade.' Kach 

 soldier was |M-ovidi.'il with nine blank c-artriil;.'es 

 for the |Mirpii.ie of firiti? nine r.)m)ds. When the 

 word was given his romrades loaded, ami so did 

 Jonathan ; they fired, but our hero wfa too nnich 

 alarnieil by the flash of his neighbors' guns to 

 think of pulling trigger ; lliey reloaded and so did 

 Jonatlinn, until the emi of the 9th chapler, wiih- 

 out having once fireil his piece, for courage, like 

 that of Bob Acres.kept cotitimially 'oozing out at his 

 fingeri' ends.' The parade over, Jonathan trudg- 

 ed home, with nine cartridges in hia musket, well 

 ranmied down. On his arrival his fond mam-iia 

 anxiously inquired of him whether he had fired 

 liis gun. On his replying in the negative, she 

 |>roiiounced him a vile coward, seized the fatal 

 jiiece, and elevated it to her riyht shoulder, while 

 Jonathan skulked behind the door. A pause en- 

 sued ; it seemed ' like a pause in nature,' — at 

 len^'tli the tri;;ger is pidled — the piece explodes, 

 ami is shnllered into a thonsanil atom.-:, while the 

 force of the concussion threw the terrified laily 

 into the fireplace. Her liopeful son, as soon as 

 he had got the better of his amazement, peepe<l 

 from behind the door, and exclaimed, 'Mother! 

 mother! don't git up yet, for there 'a eight more 

 on 'em to come sartin.' — Richmond Repub, 



HABITS OF sTlEKP^ 



Ludicrous Antedate. — Dr Anderson relates the 

 subjoined anecilote, which shows how persevcr- 

 ingly these animals will follow tktir lender, and 

 presents an amusing fact in illustration of natural 

 history. 



A butcher's boy was driving about twenty fat 

 wethers through the town of Liverpool, but they 

 ran down a street along which he did not want 

 them to go. He observed a scatenger at work 

 with his broom a liiile way before them, and call- 

 ed loudly for him to stop the sheep. The man 

 accordingly did what he could to turn tht^m back, 

 running from side to siile, always opposing himself 

 to their passage, and brandishing his broom with 

 great dexterity ; but the Hhecp much agitated 

 pressed forward, and al last one of them came 

 right up to the innn, who fearing it was about to 

 jump over his heail, whilst he was stooping, grasp- 

 eil the broomstick in both hands, and held il over 

 bis head, lie stood for a few seconds in this po- 

 sition, when the sheep iiibiIu k spring and jumped 

 fairly over him, without touching the broom. The 

 first had no rooiier cleared this iinpodiment than 

 another followeil, and another, in ao <piick suc- 

 cession, that the man, perfectly confoniKled, 

 ■eomeil to lose all recollection, and stood in 



till- same iiliilude till the wlii>li! hail jumpeil over 

 I him ; not one of lliem attempted to pass on either 

 side, tbougji the street was quite clear. 



■ Blumenbacb asserts the absolute bliinlness of 



instinct ; in short, instinct in all its usual senses. 



; Birds of passage kept in cage,-, with plenty of 



! food, and in warm chambers, yet at the given sea- 



! son of migration manifest the greatest restlessness, 



i and attempt to escape. Canary birds, having the 



imiterials given them, build exactly like the wild 



ones in the Canary Islands, although reared under 



'other birds. Cordillac wished wi;h Darwin, to 



take away all the wonderful from the constrnr- 



tiveness of birds, and refer it, as men, to practice. 



Nonsense ! There are creatures, the silkworm, 



for instance, which work once, and but once, ami 



which could have had no iastruclion. — .Imerican 



Farmer. 



Popular Dutinction. — In 1791, Home went to 

 take possession of his Episcopal jialace at Norwich. 

 When on the steps, he looked round and said, 

 ' Bless us! what a niultitudo of people !' Some 

 one near, not out of malice, but because his head 

 was filled with Norfolk dumpling, said, 'Oh! my 

 lord, this is nothing to the crowd on Friday last 

 to see the man hanged !' 



Thumping won't make a GentUman. — Two emi- 

 nent mi!inl)ers of the Irish bar, Messrs Doyle anil 

 Yelverton, quarreled some years ago so violently 

 that from words, they came to blows. Doyle, the 

 more powerful man (at the fists at least,) knocked 

 down his adversary twice, exclaiming with vehe- 

 mence, ' you scoundrel, I 'II make you behave 

 yourself liko a gentleman.' To which Yelverton, 

 rising, answered with equal indignation, ' No, sir, 

 never ; I defy you ; you can't do it !' 



The Citizen talks of a carrot, three feet and six 

 inches in length, and two feet in circumference, 

 raised in Camden, New Jersey. The Free Press, 

 by way of offset, talks of a parsuip which mcnsiir- 

 eil five feet four inches, and which was as large 

 in circumference as parsnips usually are when 

 raised in good soil. 



COM BO. 



Recipe. — Take an eipial quantity of young ten- 

 der okra, chopped fine, and ripe tomatoes skinned, 

 and add an onion shredded small, and some pep- 

 per and salt. Put all in a stew pan, without « a 

 ter, and stew for an hour. This is a favorite West 

 India dish. — Jim. Farmer. 



Dr Herbermoni, of Ciilunibia, N. C. intends to 

 plant, this season, forty thousand vines, and to 

 make four thousand grafts. This wine is like 

 that of Madeira, called 'Juice of the Grape' 

 He sells it at 2 dollars the gallon, and calculates on 

 300 gallons the acre. 



A manufacturer of sugar from beet root at Tel- 

 loy Pas do Calais, has discovered a most econom- 

 ical process for refining that article. At the tri 

 fling expense of 1 sous, .50 pounds weight, of sugar 

 may with very little more labor than by the com- 

 mon method, be obtaineil, much richer in crystals, 

 free from all disagreeable smell, and of unequalled 

 whiteness. 



During the late cruise of the Peacock, in the 

 Oiilf of Mexico, a sailor was blown from the top 

 gallant-masl-royal-yaril into the sea, l.'iO feet. 

 Ho wiis picked up with much ditficnlty, but bad 

 luslained uu serious injury. 



lieet Suf;ar. — A Boiilonnais date of March 4th, 

 says, — ' When Napoleon first manifested the in- 

 tention of causing sugar to be extracted fr m beet 

 root, the jiroposal was deemed visionary; yet by 

 far the greatest part of the finest sugars consumed 

 in France at the present day, arc the produce of 

 that root. Tlie supply from the colonies will not 

 therefore be deemed absolutely necessary. T!ie 

 town of Boulogne has just established two " indi- 

 genous" sugar manufactories, which are in full 

 work. The article manufactured in them is of the 

 choicest quality.' 



Canal Business. — The business of the canul 

 is nncommoiily brisk, and its effect upon the city 

 is very apparent. We regret to learn that thu 

 canal in some places appears to be in a very lie. 

 giected and ruinous condition. When it is con- 

 sidered that the annual expenditures by onr canal 

 commissioners for repairs, sup 'riiitendviits, &c, 

 tire over $300,000. it must seem abundantly suffi- 

 cient to maintain eveiy thing as il should be. — JUb. 

 Dai. Adv. 



The foUowin.' lines, are worthy a place in every 

 bar-room ; th.-y ought to be inculcated in the first 

 lessons of childhood. 



SWEAR NOT AT ALL. 



It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme, 



Rudely appealed to, on each trifling therae ; 



Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise ; 



To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. 



You would not swear upon a bed of death ; 



Reflect! your Maker now can slop your breath. 



DAVID GRIFFITH, Seedsman, 



MlDDI.E-STREKT, PoRTLAXD, 



Would Inform the public, that he 1^ now ready to at' 

 tend to the business of packing up Forest Trees, in crates 

 or matted of any size they iniy direct, and on the ithortest 

 notice, for any part of the United States ; the bcjt atten- 

 tion paid to the packing and having the roots well cover.-! 



ALSO, Forest seeds of almost any description, as th.--. 

 may ripen through the season. 



*,* Catalogues containing the variety of seeds and tree* 

 can be obtained of the subscriber, or J. B. Russell, al 

 the New England Farmer Seed Store, 52 North Market- 

 street, liostoo. 4t April 23. 



Cabbage, Cauliflower and Broccoli Plants. 



For sale al ihe Seed Sinre connected wiih the New Englaai 

 Farmer Office, bt Nonh Maikei street, 



Vigorous I'iDiils of Ihe Early Yorlt and Early Savoy Cab 

 tinges, at \i 1-i cents p«r doz ; also Early CauiiSnwen. aac< 

 Large Purple Cape Broccoli Plauis, al S5 ceou per doi. i»i 

 prime order for Iransplaniing. — AUoSea Kale routs. 



Sportsman. 

 This full bloo<led horse will stand the ensuing scasoi 

 at Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Westborouch, and on< 

 day in the week (by particular desire) at Taft's in Brigh 

 ton. Sportsman is now in this City, and may be seen a< 

 R. Davis- Stable, Back-St. tf Feb 19. 



Fales' Hoes. 



French & Emmons, No. aLSoii'*! Markel-St. h>ve 

 just received a supply of J. & .\ Kales' Patent Hoes.— 

 F'ire Ilrick and Slabs for furnaces constantly for sale. 



.April 2. 2m 



Puhlishcii every Krittny, al 5^ P^'' annun, payable al ih« 

 end ofllic yenr— t>ui llinse who pay uilhin siil,\ drys from ik< 

 lime of subscrit»ing. are enlitlr<l lo a ded'JclioD ot fifty reals. 



d^;* No pa|>er Mill lie scnl lo a<lislKnce wilhnul pay mculb^ 

 ing mnile in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Ressiti L. by I. R. Butts— l.y »he» 

 all descnplions of Printing ran be exeruleH le meei ihr »isbf 

 ol ruslonnrs. t)rder>for (iriiilinf received I'V J. H. Kl'fSKLt 

 al the A(ricollural Warehuute No. £X North MarkelSlreti 



AGISTS. 



fiffv Fort— fi TnuRHUKK * Sos,67 I.iberly.slr««l. 



PhiUJrIphui- 1>. «i C LasOHCTH. 85 ChesliiuLslreel. 



/(u/linuire— (i. H. Smrn, Olbce of the American FM-iner. 



A'h.inv — ]l->ii. Jrssi Bull . 



F/iu'unr. N. r. Wm. PKiscE&Soss.rrop.I.iD.Bot.Card** 



//.ir//i>rrf— (mhuiwis ,V Soss. 



lUlifa-r. N. S -P. J. II..1 1 isn. Ftq Recerder Office. 



MoKtrtat, L. C— A. Bowmas, Ilook(«ll«r. 



