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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



THE CUP FOR ME. 



BV H. DEED. 



TnuE : — " The rose that all are praising." 

 The drink that's in the drunkard g bowl 



Is not ihe drink for me, 

 It kill< liis body and bis soul, 



How sad a sigbt is he ! 

 But there's a drink that God has given, 

 Uistilling in the showers of lioaven, 

 In measures kvge and free ; 

 Oh, that's the drink for me. 

 Oh, that's the drink for me. 



The stream that many prize so high, 



Is not the stream for me ; 

 For lie who drinks it still is dry, 



Forever dry he'll be. 

 But there's a stream so cool and clear, 

 The thirsty traveller lingers near, 

 Refreshed and glad is he ; 

 Oh, that's the stream for me. 

 Oh, that's the stream for me. 



The winecup that so many prize 



Is not the cup forme; 

 The aching head, the bloated face, 



In its sad train I see, 

 But there's a cup of water pure. 

 And he who drinks it may be sure 

 Of health and lenglh of days;— 

 Oh, that's the cup for me. 

 Oh, that 's the cup for me. 



Remarkable Magntlic Rocks. — The following is 

 given 83 true, by the 'Vicksburg (Miss.) Whig :° 



" Near the iron mountain in Missouri, there is a 

 ledge of stone extending half a mile in length and 

 several liundred yards in width. This stone is 

 very strongly impregnated with magnetic proper- 

 ties — so strongly indeed, that it is impossible to 

 ride a well shod horse over it, A gentleman, hav- 

 ing his horse newly shod, once attempted it, hut 

 before he had made two 'revolutions,' his horse 

 was 'brought up st^ndmg'— perfectly immoveable. 

 In vain our traveller urged his gallant steed for- 

 ward — coaxing and force proved equally futile, un- 

 til his patience became exhausted, and he went for 

 a blacksmith. The son of Vulcan soon arrived, 

 and found the horse standing ' stock still,' and to 

 all appearance as immoveable as the rock of Gib- 

 raltar. Various expedients were resorted to, to 

 relieve the horse, but all failed. There he stood, 

 and to all appearances, there ho was likely to 

 Bland, with his feet literally glued to the Bolid'and 

 impervious rock. At last the blacksmith's eyes 

 glistened—he had it sure. He sent off to his 

 smithy for his shoeing tools, which were soon forth- 

 coming, when he proceeded with all possible dis- 

 patch to nnclinchthe nails which bound the horse's 

 shoes to his hoofs. One by one the nails were un- 

 clinched, the whip was applied to the horse, and 

 as the last nail gave way, he escaped with a bound, 

 but left his shoes welded lo the rock .'" 



Depend upon yourself.— The success of indi- 

 viduals in life is, under God, greatly owing to their 

 own resources. Money, or the expectation of it 

 by inheritance, has ruined more men than ever the 

 want of it did. Teach the young men to rely on 

 their own efforts, to be frugal and industrious, and 



you have furnished them with productive capital 

 which others cannot wrest from them, and which 

 they themselves will not be disposed to alienate. 

 This is peculiarly the case in this country, where 

 a man is the artificer of his own fortune, where the 

 road to ivealth and honor is open to all, and where 

 those who would win must labor for the prize. 

 Gov. Everett has well said, that "time.i and uni- 

 versal experience, abundantly admonish, that how. 

 ever the children of wealth may indulge in indo- 

 lence and dissipation while their means last — the 

 great mass of Americans must and ought not to 

 depend upon their own fortunes, but their useful- 

 ness. Fortune is at best precarious ; patrimonial 

 dependence is uncertain, and reliance on the friend- 

 ship or charity of the world, or upon office, is frai 

 and debasing. Self-dependence is the only sure 

 stay. We are ever willing to help those who help 

 themselves. Productive labor is the legitimate 

 source of wealth, individual or national — and labor 

 is profitable to the individual and to the nation, in 

 proportion to the measure of intelligence and sci 

 entific knowledge which guides and directs its ope 

 rations. Hence it is o( primary importance that 

 our youth should be effectually imbued with that 

 kind of knowledge which will instruct them in the 

 principles of their business, render it honorable, 

 and make them independent in their minds and 

 their fortunes." — Selected. 



Cure for Dropsy. — A friend has furnished us 

 with the following simple cure for dropsy. It has 

 been tried with the greatest success by several ac- 

 quaintances of ours, and we ourselves have proved 

 its efficacy in a recent case on our plantation: 



1 gallon of best Holland gin, 



1-2 pound of white mustard seed, 



1 handful of horseradish root, chipped up, 



6 pods of garlic. 



Mix these ingredients together in a jug, and 

 keep the same well corked. Shake the mixture 

 repeatedly. 



Dose. — From a tablespoon full to a wine glass 

 full, to be given before each meal. 



The most violent cases of dropsy have been 

 cured by this remedy. — Southern Jlgrkulturist. 



At St. Louis recently, a gentleman was standing 

 in the crowd at the Planter's Hotel, when he felt 

 a suspicious twitching in his coat pocket. He 

 turned suddenly round, and observed to the nibbler, 

 "Don't give yourself any trouble, sir: it is only a 

 quid of tobacco !" 



The Book of Life — It is a great work. Every 



year is a volume — every month a chapter every 



week a page — every day a paragraph. Study it 

 well. 



A premium being lately offered by an agricultu- 

 ral society, for the best mode of irrigation, and the 

 latter word being made irritation, by mistake of 

 the printer, a farmer sent his wife to claim the 

 prize. — Bee. 



A German while crossing the Alleghany moun- 

 tains during the past winter, states — " Dat veil go- 

 ing up de mountain, hish foot slipt him on dc ice, 

 and he come down on de broad of hish back, mil 

 hish face sticking in de mud, and dere he shtoot." 



Kopp your barns well ventilated while the Iniy 

 is now. 



" Why do you not hold up your head as I do i 

 said an aristocratic pettifogger to a laboring farmi. 

 " Squire," replied the farmer, " look at that field * 

 grain: all the valuable heads hang down like mi » 

 — while those that have little or nothing in the 

 stand upright like yours." 



" If you want to see me, just drop a line," as t 

 fish said to the angler. 



GHEEN'S PATENT STRAIV CUTTEIS. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. al the New England Agn 

 lural Warehouse and Seed Store Kos. 51 and 62 Mdrilyid 

 kel Slreel, have for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical principle not Ire 

 applieil lo QHV implement for this purpose. The mcil pr 

 inent effects of Ihis application, and some olthe cuuscqi 

 pcculiarilies of the machine are: 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requi 

 to use it, that ihe sirenglh of a half grown boy is sutnc 

 to work il efficiently. 



2. Willi even this moderate power, it easily cutstwohi 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fasi as has been daii 

 by any oiber machine even when worked by horse or si' 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which I 

 cut, require sharpening less ofien than those of any oi 

 straw caller. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made andi 

 together very strongly, ll is therefore not so liahl 

 complicated machines in general use lo get out oforde 



AGKICULTURAl. IMPLKBliSSTS, <&c. 



The Proprietors of ilie New England Agricultural W' 

 house and Seed Slore No. 61 and 62 Norib Market si 

 would inform iheir customers and the public generally 

 ihey iiave on hand the most extensive assorlrnenl of P 

 cultural and Horticultural Tools to he found in the L'l 

 Slates. Part of which are I he following : 

 1000 Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators, 

 too Greene's Straw Cuttei 

 60 Willis' do. do. 

 lOU Common do. do. 

 100 Wiifts' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2u0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegetable Cullers 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Doz. Scythe Stones. 

 3000 '■ Austin's Kifles. 

 March 17. 



S0UTJID01\-N STOCK. 



For sale by the subscriber at the foot of Alwell's Av 

 in the city ol Pioviiience, one imporied Southdown I 

 Six Kwes and four Lambs. The above are of the pi 

 blood, and second lo none in the country. 



June 8. 8w JOHN GILE 



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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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