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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the Boston Centinel. 



22d Februarv 1732. 



Paris, Feb. 23. WASHINGTON'S Birth day was 

 celebr.-.ted on Saturday last, by the Americans in Paris. 

 Mr. Consul Barnet presided, and among the guests 

 ■was Gen. LAFAYETTE. On the health of the Gen- 

 eral being given he rose and made the following ac- 

 knowledgment : — 



" I request you, gentlemen, to accept my affection- 

 ate thanks for these new testimonies of your friend- 

 ship. While every generous mind, on this side of the 

 Atlantic, has applauded the lalt noble and timely de- 

 claration of the United Slates, it could not but excite 

 the pride of a heart glowing with all the feelings of an 

 old American patriot and soldier — engaged, as 1 have 

 been here from the beginning, and as I now am, in the 

 g^eat contest between the rights of mankind and the 

 pretensions of European despotism and aristocracy. — 

 These are motives of duty and honor that must direct 

 the time when it shall be my happy lot to revisit the 

 shore of freedom, but that moment will be the most de- 

 lightful I can ever enjoy." 



This was of course received with great applause. — 

 When the cheers were over, a member of the commit- 

 tee of arrangements rose and read the following lines, 

 which were understood to have been hastily furnished 

 by a person present : — 



The last General of the American Revolution. 



Let Greece tell her story of patriots bright, 



Like stars in the firmament set. 

 Yet they fade in the beams of a purer light 



When placed by the side of Fayette — 



Let Rome too unfold her old classical page. 

 Where the names of her mighty are met, 



Yet where is the glory of hero or sage 

 That eclipses the name of Fayette — 



If Europe a laurel of honor combines 



On her worthiest brow to be set — 

 Disdaining her monarchs, her wreath she entwines, 



Immortal, around her Fayette — 



For he is a star that shines bright and alone, 



Where others are faded or set, 

 And far be the day when its splendor is gone 



And the world mourns the loss of Fayette. 



The volunteer toast of Gen. Fayette. 



Jlmerican Policy — and may the plain dealing and 



firmness of a self-governed people secure the younger 



natives of the American continent against the two-fold 



danger of hostile aggression and equivocal frieiidships. 



DEAN SWIFT'S RECEIPT TO ROAST MUTTON. 



To Geminiani's beautiful air — " Genlly touchihc gar- 

 bling lyre." 



" Gently stir and blow the fire. 

 Lay the mutton down to roast, 



Dress it quickly I desire, 

 In the dripping put a toast. 



That I hunger may remove — 



Mutton is the meat I love. 



" On the dresser see it lie ; 

 Oh ! the charmmg white and red ; 



Finer meat ne'er met the eye. 

 On the sweetest grass it fed : 



Let the jack go swiftly round, 



I*t me have it nicely brown'd. 



" On the table spread the cloth. 

 Let the Knives be sharp and clean, 



Pickles get and salad both, 

 Let them each be fresh and green. 



With small beer, good ale, and wine, 



O ye gods ! how 1 shall dine .'" 



ANECDOTES. 



John Dudley, of Deerfield, was a captain in 

 the militia. He was an old bachelor, had an 

 old raaid for a house-keeper, and tilled his 

 grovind like an honest man. He was acquaint- 

 ed with Gov. Wentworth, and frequently called 

 upon him when at Portsmouth, that he might 

 tell his rustic neighbors how thick he was 

 with his Excellency. To add to his importance 

 he once invited the governor to call upon him 

 at Deerfield, on his way into the country ; and 

 the governor promised to do so. The captain 

 expected the visit some time in a certain week, 

 and kept near his house busily employed as 

 usual. One very warm day his house-keeper 

 came puffing into the field to inform him that a 

 grand carriage, which must be the governor's, 

 was at a little distance. The Captain ran in- 

 to the house and hardly had time to slip on his 

 military red coat, aud cocked hat, ere his Ex- 

 cellency drove up. With his trusty sword in 

 hand, D. ran into the street, and assuming a 

 true captain like strut, paid a martial salute to 

 his Excellency, who on beholding him, burst out | 

 into a hearty laugh. This rather discomposed 

 the man of the sword ; but he was put to imme- 

 diate flight by the following speech of the gov- 

 ernor. " Captain Dudley, I am glad to see you, 

 but think your appearance as a military man 

 would be improved, if you were to add to your 

 uniform a poir of breeches [''"' — an article which 

 the good captain, in his haste to pay his respects, 

 had entirely forgotten. JV. H. Hist. Coll. 



Equity. — A gentleman, travelling in a gig, in 

 the vicinity of London, in coming to a turnpike, 

 stopped for a ticket, and while the gate-keeper 

 was procuring it, he threw the toll-money down 

 in the road. The gate-keeper, with great cool- 

 ness immediately took it up, and placed the tick- 

 et on the same spot, which the gentleman per- 

 ceiving,and being anxious to proceed on his jour- 

 ney, requested him to take it up, but turning on 

 his heels he said, " No, Master, where I receives 

 my money there I always leaves my receipt ;" 

 and immediately left the gentleman to get out 

 of the gig and take it up himself. 



A lecturer on Chemistry was describing the 

 nature of some of the gasses, \vhen a lady 

 present, asked the gentleman who attended her 

 what was meant by the terms oxygen and hy 

 drogen, and what was the dilTerence. Very lit 

 tie. Madam, said the gallant. By oxy-gin, we 

 tne-An pure gin ; and by hydro-gin, ^in andtuater. 



A noted horse dealer lately remarked in a 

 room at Alyesbury, where women were the 

 topic of conversation, " Well, for my part I al- 

 ways keep clear of a grey horse, and a hand- 

 some wife. It is next to impossible to keep the 

 former clean, and it is a difficult matter to keep 

 the latter honest. — ]^on. Farmer''s Journal. 



Moral Maxim. — Shouldst thou be visited with 

 adversity, console thyself with the rellection 

 thai, however few of the other good things 

 of Ibis life may fall to thy share, the best of all 

 things, which is innocence, is always in thine own 

 power; and though fortune may make thee, in 

 some degree unhappy, she cannot make thee 

 completely, and irreparably miserable without 

 thine own consent. 



^/igricultitral Implements. 



JVlANGEL'WUliTZlCL SEED. 



FOPi sale at this office a few pounds of Mnii^el 

 Wurlul Seed^ raised by John Prince, Esq., Rok 

 bury. April 34. 



FOR sale at the agriculturai. Lstabli siimes' 

 No. 20, Merchants' Row, a great variety of new 

 and useful FARMING and GARDEN TOOLS, amonj 

 which are the following, viz. ; 



Nixon's Patent Cast Iron Plough ; Tice's do. ; Sea 

 ver and Fay's do. ; Wood's and Freebone's do. ; How 

 ard's Cast and Wrought Iron do. ; do. Wrought do, , 

 do. Double Mould Board and Expanding do. ; Sinclair' ' 

 Side Hill Plough; Beatson's Improved Scarifiers am 

 Cultivators; Harrison's and James' Patent Corn Shtl' 

 lers; Jaquith's Threshing Machine; Willis' Pateu i 

 Straw and Hay Cutter, the most improved and best cor - 

 structed machine for the purpose ever invented. One ■ 

 the above Machines is now in use and may be seen ; 

 Niles' Livery Stable, Hawley Place. — Also, Safford' '_ 

 Patent Straw Cutters ; Hand Straw Cutters ; Rennet' 

 Broad Cast Machine for Grass and other Seed ; Cor 

 and Turnip Drills ; Steven's Patent Steel Spring Ha 

 and Manure Forks ; Brade & Co's. Cast Steel Hoe« 

 Wright's Steel Plated do. ; Common and Narrow do. 

 Merrill's Steel Crook Neck do. ; Iron and Steel Pots 

 toe do. ; Turnip and small Garden do. of all kinds 

 Garden and Pruning Shears ; Transplanting Trov 

 and Forks ; English aud American Shovels and Spadei 

 Bisbee's polished Cast Steel Back Strapped Shovel, 

 new and very superior article ; Cam's Cast Steel Scythe 

 Brush and other ; Scythes ; Common and Iron Teefc 

 Garden Rakes, together with many other valusj^p 

 Tools. — Also, a New ImprovedTree Brush for destroy^ 

 Caterpillars. 



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GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS. / 



JOSEPH BRIDGE, No. 25, Court-street, has Jt 

 received per London Packet, and for sale, an e 

 teusi/e variety of Agricultural and Horticultural Seed 

 which added to his former collection makes the gret 

 est assortment m New England — amcng them are! 

 bushels early and late Peas, of various sorts; 16011 

 Turnip, 100 lbs. RUTA BAGA, 200 lbs. Carrot, II 

 lbs. Beet, 100 lbs. MANGEL WURTZEL, SO Ijt 

 Cabbages of sorts, Cauliflowers, 100 lbs. Radish of 

 Lettuce of sorts. Endive, Kail, Celery, SALSA' 

 SCORZENERA, Onion, Leek, Sweet Marjo) 

 Thyme, Sage, summer and winter Savory, Laijfem 

 sweet Bazil, Chervil, Fennell, Burnet, Grass Seed 

 viz ; — Herds, red and white Clover, Foul Meadow, ill 

 Top— with a large collection of ORNAMENT* 

 SEEDS. 



Garden Tools, viz : — Pruning and Budding Knii 

 Pruning Saws, Pruning Shears, Garden Reels and Li 

 transplanting Trowels, Rakes, Dutch or Pushing 

 Edging Irons. 



Gooseberry and Currant Bushes, Honeysuckles, 

 den Roses, &c. 1200 Flower Pots with stands. 



GREEN HOUSE PLANTS, a large variety, 

 stantly for sale, such as Roses, Myrtles, Gerani 

 Agapanthus, Orange Trees in fruit and blossom, 

 iVIultiflora or Garland Rose, Mountain Daisies, Lai 

 tines, &c. 60,000 THORNS or QUICKS for 

 fences. 



ENGLISH CHEESE, and fine ENGLISH SPl 

 PEAS. March ' 



LEAD PIPE FOR AQUEDUCTS, &c. 



THE subscribers being appointed Agents for venl 

 LORING'S IMPROVED LEAD PIPE, havef 

 stantly on hand, at their Store, No. 20, Merchants' 1 

 a supply of different sizes and thickness. The ma^ 

 in which their Pipe is manufactured renders it sup« 

 to the English or any other manufacture, and comq 

 a less price. Orders for any quantity or size win 

 executed at the shortes't notice. 



LINCOLN FEARING & CC 



TERMS OF THE FARMER. 

 (f:^ Published every Saturday, at Three 1 ' - " ^ 

 per annum, payable at the end of the year — hul tliO 

 who pay within siaty days from the time of subsctAh 8 

 will be entitled to a deduction of Fiity Cents. 



