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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the Lady's Monthly Magazine. 

 THE BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY, 

 Or a new Puszlt* in praise of Woman. 

 Happy a man may pass his life 



When freed from matrimonial chains 

 When he is govern'd by a wife 



He's sure to suffer for his pains. 

 What tongue is able to declare 



The failings which in women dwell 

 The worth that falls to woman's share 



Can scarce be call'd perceptible. 

 In all the female race appear 



Hniocrisy, deceit and pride 

 Truth — darling of a heart sincere, 



In woman, never can reside. 

 They're always studying to employ 



Their time in vanity and prate 

 Their leisure hours in social joy 



To spend is what all women hale. 

 Destruction take the men I say 



Who make of women their delight 

 Those who contempt to women pay 



Keep prudence always in their sight. 



ANN MARIA. 



* When read for the praise of women, the first and 

 third lines, then the second and fourth must be read. 



iHJisccIlaiig. 



A greater number of diseases are contracted, 

 and there are more deaths in our climate dur- 

 ing the three months of spring, than in any oth- 

 er season of the year. Epidemics seldom pre- 

 vail to a great extent at this season, but diseases 

 which are produced by the natural changes^ and 

 not the morbid cojislitulinn of the atmosphere, 

 are exceedingly common. Few persons who 

 have a predisposition to inflammatory affections 

 of the throat or lungs, to asthma, rheumatism, 

 or disorders of the skin, escape without an at- 

 tack, unless they use constant precautions. The 

 frost of winter produces a dryness in the air, 

 which renders its coldness both salutary and 

 •agreeable ; — but when, as in spring, the heat is 

 just sufficient to dissolve the frost and set free 

 the waters which had been locked up for many 

 months, but not intense enough to heat the air, 

 we have that combination of cold and moisture 

 which checks the perspiration, coutincs within 

 the system a vast quantity of matter which 

 should have been evacuated by the pores of the 

 skin, causes oppression of internal organs, and 

 inflammatory affections of the mucous mem- 

 branes. — All these are aggravated by the eas- 

 terly winds, which are not only generally pre- 

 valent, but peculiarly disagreeable at this sea- 

 son ; for before they reach us, they pass over a 

 large tract of the ocean, and their solvent pow- 

 er upon the water is astonishingly great. 



Thoroughly to avoid the ill effects of all 

 these fruitful causes of disease, is we believe, 

 impossible ; but many of them may be escaped 

 by carefully guarding against exposure. From 

 (he first of March to the first of June, in our 

 climate, the clothing should be as warm as 

 in midwinter, and it is particularly necessary 

 that this circumstance should be mentioned at 

 the present moment, since »ve are too apt to lay 

 aside our winter garments before they can be 

 dispensed with without danger to the health. 



To adapt the dress with a scrupulous nicety 

 to the fluctuations of temperature every day, 

 would require a minuteness of attention which 

 few persons could be persuaded to bestow ; but 

 every one may observe the general rule here 

 given, and thus, with little trouble, be protect- 

 ed from the pernicious influence of sudden 

 changes in the weather. — Bos. Med. Intell. 



Disorders of Literary Men. — A man who is de- 

 voted to the cultivation of letteis is too apt to 

 forget that the soundness of his understanding 

 depends much on the vigor of his bodily pow- 

 ers ; he regards the application of the means 

 necessary to preserve the latter, as a compara- 

 tively tiresome and forbidding employment, 

 and dreams far more of the success he antici- 

 pates or the glory to which he aspires, than of 

 the care he ought to bestow upon his health — 

 the first and most desirable of all blessings, and 

 that which alone can give a zest to the enjoy- 

 ment of any others. 



The sad effects of this error, which have been 

 too often exemplified and lamented in our im- 

 mediate neighborhood, have induced us to com- 

 mence a series of letters of observations, the 

 object of which will be to point out to our lit- 

 erary friends the manner in which their habits 

 interfere with the natural operations of life and 

 health, and the method by which their studies 

 may be pursued without injury to their corpo 

 real strength. With this end in view, we shall 

 first give a general sketch of the manner in 

 which the disorders of men of letters are in- 

 duced, and afterwards a minute and phisiologi- 

 cal analysis of their causes, and the way in 

 which they may be avoided. The execution 

 of this pl.ia will occnpy a part of several suc- 

 cessive numbers of our paper, and we shall at 

 tend to it with the more interest, since we are 

 certain that no stronger motive than the con- 

 viction of the understanding can be offered to 

 those who are not only the possessors, but the 

 professed admirers of intellect. — Ibid. 



The Ruling Passion. — Never was the ruling 

 passion more displayed than by a poor Swiss, 

 who was in the mad house of Zurich. He was 

 rather afflicted by imbecility than madness, and 

 was allowed his occasional liberty, which he 

 never abused. All his happiness consisted in 

 ringing the bells of the parish chorch ; of this 

 he was somehow deprived, and it plunged him 

 into despair. At length he sought the governor, 

 and said to him, " / am come, sir, to ask a/avor 

 of you. I used to ring the bells ; it was the only 

 thing in the u-orld in which I could make myself 

 useful, but they will not let me do it any longer. — 

 Do me the pleasure then of cutting off my head ; 

 I cannot do it myself, or I would save you the trou- 

 ble.''' Such an appeal produced his re-establish- 

 ment in his former honors, and — he died ring- 

 ing the bell. — J\antucket Inquirer. 



The Count de Lauraguais sent the following 

 question to the faculty of physicians at Paris. 

 " The gentlemen of the faculty are requested 

 to o-ive, in due form, their opinion upon all the 

 possible causes ofenmiion the human body, and 

 to what point the health may be affected by it?" 

 The faculty answered, that ennui might occa- 

 sion obstructions to digestion, prevent the free 

 circulation of the blood, create vapours, &.c. 

 and that, by continuance, it might even produce 



marasmus and death. Furnished with this au 

 thentic document, M. de Lauraguais hastened t« 

 a commissary, whom he compelled to receiw 

 his complaint ; which was in substance, that " 

 denounced the Prince de Henin as the murdi 

 er of Sophia Arnaud, (a favorite actress,) sin] 

 for five whole months, he had never stir; 

 from her side. — Grimm calls this a very n 

 and original sally, from a little twist in t] 

 brain, doing no harm to any body. — ibid. 



A certain senator had indulged a habit*b 

 shaking his head when any one was spenkingji 

 opposition to his sentiments. " Never mind i{' 

 says the speaker, though he shakes it, there i 

 nothing in it." 



A little Learning. — Pope the great poet 

 served that 



" A little learning is a dangerous thin"; 

 but we believe a liltle is better than none,] 

 less it be indeed a very little. But when aj 

 son has just a sufficient knowledge of letter, 

 lead him to suppose that he can comraunid 

 his meaning on paper, when in fact he ca 

 spell a single word in the English langti 

 what little he knows might as well be less,' 

 he knew that he knew nothing, his knowie 

 of his ignorance would be advantageous to 1 



A certain Captain of a vessel, who inted 

 to inform the owners of the ship and cargo] 

 he was disappointed in the objects of his voj 

 wrote the following laconic but rather ob$ 

 epistle. 



" Owen to the blockked of the poet mj 

 is spilt." 



His meaning was, Ozaing to the blockade of 

 Fori my voyage was spoilt. — CommunicaleiT 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS. 



JUST received by the London Packet, and fd 

 by GEO. MUUDOCK, No. 14, Market-squa 

 assortment of GARDEN SEED, of the last 

 growth, among which are, Early and Late Caulil 

 Early and Late Cabbage, Early and Late Peas,l 

 Marjoram and Thyme, ARMACK, MANGEL ^" 

 ZEL, RUTA BAGA, &c. Likewise—^ few cl 

 MARASCHINO and CURACOA, a Cordial mu^ 

 ebrated in Europe — French Annisetle in baska 

 bottles each — Welch's No. 1 Chocolate, Coed 

 Shells — green Madeira Citron, with other Gfl 

 as usual. 



Likewi-ic — a few Hampers of Rich Cheshire ai| 

 Cheese — London Brown Stout, in whole and ha 

 ties — English and French Mustard, in kegs and^ 



March 27. 6w 



LEAD PIPE FOR AQUEDUCTS, &c.| 



THE subscribers being appointed Agents fort 

 LORING'S IMPROVED LEAD PIPE, ha| 

 stantly on hand, at Uieir Store, No. 20, MerchantI 

 a supply of different sizes and thickness. The! 

 in which their Pipe is manufactured renders it ^ 

 to the English or any other manufacture, andi 

 a less price. Orders for any quantity or size J 

 executed at the shortest notice. 



LINCOLN fearing; 

 March 27. 



WANTED Nos. 14, 43, and 45, of the Is 

 the N. E. Farmer. For which a genej-oll 

 will be given by the publisher of this paper. 



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