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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



AUG., 3 1842. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Quarrels. — One of the most easy, the most com- 

 mon, most perfectly foolish things in the world, is 

 to quarrel ; no matter with whom — man, woman, or 

 child — or upon what pretence, provocation, or occa- 

 sio'n whatever. There is no kind of necessity in it, 

 no manner of use in it, and no special degree of 

 benefit to be gained by it ; and yet, strange as the 

 fact may be, theologians quarrel, and politicians, 

 lawyers, doctors, and princes quarrel ; the church 

 quarrels, and the State quarrels ; nations and tribes 

 and corporations, men, women, and children, dogs 

 and cats, birds and beasts quarrel about all manner 

 of things, and on all manner of occasions. If there 

 is any thing in the world that will make a man bad, 

 it is unquestionably a quarrel. No man ever failed 

 to think less of himself after than he did before 

 one; it degraded him in his onn eyes, and in 

 the eyes of others ; and what is worse, blunts his 

 sensibility to disgrace, on the one hand, and in- 

 creases tlie power of passionate irritability on the 

 other. The truth is, the more quietly and peace- 

 ably we all get along, the better — the better for 

 ourselves, the belter for our neighbors. In nine 

 cases out of ten, the wisest course is, if a man 

 cheats you, quit dealing with him ; if he is abusive, 

 quit his company ; if he slanders you, take care to 

 live so that nobody will believe him. No matter 

 who he is, or how he treats you ; the wisest re- 

 venge you can resort to is, generally, to let him 

 alone ; for there is nothing belter than this cool, 

 calm, quiet way of getting along with the wrongs 

 we meet with. — Selected. 



No man can ever borrrow himself out of debt. 

 If you wish for relief, you must work for it, econo- 

 mise for it. You must make more and spend less 

 than you did while you were running in debt. You 

 must wear homespun instead of broadcloth, drink 

 water instead of champagne, and rise at four in- 

 stead of seven. Industry, frugality, economy — 

 these are the handmaids of wealth, and the sure 

 sources of relief. A dollar earned is worth ten 

 borrowed, and a dollar saved is better than forty 

 times its amount in worthless gewgaws. Try our 

 scheme — it is much better than to depend upon 

 bank favors, and a thousand times more honorable 

 than a resort to bankrupt laws Selected. 



How beautiful does the fine spirit of benevolence 

 displayed in the following extract from one of 

 Pope's letters, contrast with intense selfishness 

 which characterizes the present age: 



" I am rich enough, and can atford to give away 

 £100 a year. I would not crawl upon the earth 

 with doing a little good. I will enjoy the pleasure 

 of what I give, by giving it alive, and seeing 

 another enjoy it. When I die, I should be asham- 

 ed to leave enough for a monument, if there were 

 a needy friend above ground." 



Jl Good Illustration. — At a temperance meeting 

 in Western New York, some one alluded to the 

 plea, so often urged by the Society of Friends, that 

 it is not well to aid in the reformatory movements 

 of the day, because it leads to " mixing with the 

 world." The speaker was followed by Henry 

 Colman, of agricultural celebrity. In the midst of 

 his remark.^, he stopped suddenly, pointed out of 

 the window, and looking at a Quaker friend oppo- 

 site to him, exclaimed, in a tone of alarm, "Dr. 

 Robinson! is that your house that's on fire?" In- 

 stantly the whole audience were on their feet. 

 " Stop ! slop !" shouted he : " Nobody must go but 

 Quakers ! Do n't mix with the world ! Nobody 

 must go but Quakers !" The fire was, of course, 

 a hoax; but we trust a serious use will be made of 

 its witty application. — JV. Y. Standard. 



The Forget-me-not — Origin of its M'ame. — Mills, 

 in his work on Chivalry, mentions that the beauti- 

 ful flower called Forget-me-not, was known iu Eng- 

 land as early as the time of Edward IV., and in a 

 note, he gives the following pretty incident, in ex- 

 planation of the name : — 



"Two lovers were loitering along the margin ol 

 a lake, on a fine summer evening, when the maiden 

 discovered some flowers of the Myosotis growing 

 on the water, close to the bank of an island, and 

 at some distance from the shore. She expressed a 

 desire to possess them, when her knight, in the 

 true spirit of chivalry, plunged into the water, and 

 swimming to the spot, cropped the wished-for 

 plant ; but his strength was unable to fulfil the ob- 

 ject of his daring ; and feeling that he could not 

 regain the shore, although very near it, he threw 

 the flowers upon the bank, and casting a last affec- 

 tionate look upon his lady-love, he said, "Forget 

 me not," and was buried in the water." 



At a meeting of the Temperance Societies of 

 this city, says the New York Tattler, a young man 

 — a noted " buster" — being requested to go for- 

 ward and sign the pledge, remarked, " Oh, I can't, 

 for I drink like a fish." " But fish," said the gen- 

 tleman who urged him to sign, " never get drunk." 

 'J'o which he replied, " Well, I can 't say that I 've 

 seen them drunk, but I am certain I have seen them 

 pretty well corned." 



Brought up with Them. — "Good morning, Mr 

 Smith, and what do you bring to marki't today, eh ?" 



" The finest, freshest pork, sir, the handsomest, I 

 reckon, that you ever laid your eyes on. Let me 

 sell you part of that little grunter yonder — you 

 shall have it cheap," said Smith. 



" It is good, you say — eh ?" 



Yes sir, if I 'm any judge of hogs, and I reckon 

 I orter be — 1 luas brought up with them t" — Selected. 



In the Slate of Vermont the people arc so dull 

 that it takes ten men to make a joke. — English pa- 

 per. 



The English editor has drawn his inference from 

 the fact that old Col. Ethan Allen with nine Ver- 

 mnnters, took Ticonderoga with a large British 

 garrison, in old revolutionary times. If it took ten 

 men to play that joke, it must be acknowledged 

 that it was a good one. — A". O. Picayune. 



DRAFT AKD TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable lor Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO 

 No. 52 North Market st. 



POUDRKTTE. 



For sale 200 Barrels Poudrelle, at S2 per barrel, Lv 

 BRECK ik CO, 51 and 52 North Market St., Boston. 

 May 18. 



The Difference. — The Declaration of Indepen- 

 dence says, "all men are born free and equal." 

 The Halifax Herald gives a practical illustration 

 that such is not the fact. It says that a lady in 

 Hiilifax recently gave birth to twins, two boys, 

 one weighing 12 pounds, and the other 18. 



MUCK MANUAL.. 



Forsaleby JOSEPH BRECK & CO., The Muck Mil 

 ual for Farmers. By Dr S. L. Dana; price *1. 

 Boston, April 13. 



"Rachel, my daughter, why don't you learn as 

 fast as your sister Hannah ?" 



" Why do n't every stalk of clover bear four 

 leaves, mother?" 



" Go bring in a basket of chips, child." 



" We are doing a smashing business," as the 

 hail-stonos said to the gardener. 



ORKEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH JiRECK & CO. at the New England Agricii 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 and 62 North Mb 

 ket Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hey ar 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical principle not bete, 

 applied to any implement for ihis purpose. The most proii 

 inent cfTecIs of ttiis application, and some of the consequc 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



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

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is sufficie 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easily cuts two bus 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fasl as has been clainn 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or slea 



po'weT. . ,. . . . , , 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner m which til 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any oih 

 straw cJlter. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made and p 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as 1 1 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order. 



AGRICU1.TURAL. IMPI-EMBKT8, &.C. 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural War 

 house and Seed Store No. 51 and 52 Norlh Market stret 

 would inform their customers and the public generally ih 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment of Agi 

 cultuial and Horticultural Tools to be found in the Uniti 

 States. Part of which are the following: 



1000 Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 .300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 Greene's Straw Cutters. 

 50 Willis' do. do. 

 too Common do. do. 

 100 WillHs' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2o0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 50 " Vegetable Cutters 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1600 Doz- Scythe Stones. 

 3000 '• Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



100 doz. Cast Steel Shovel: 



Common do. 



Spades. 



Grass Scythes. 



Patent Snaiths. 



Common do. 



Hay Rakes. 



Garden do. 



Manure Forks. 



Hay do. 

 500 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Draft do. 

 500 Tie up do. 



50 doz. Halter do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 

 25 Grind Stones on rollers 



300 

 200 

 500 

 200 

 200 

 300 



SOUTH DOAVN STOCK. 



For sale by the subscriber at the foot of Atwell's Aveni. 

 in the city of Piovidence, one imported Southdown Buci 

 Six Kwcs and four Lambs. The above are of the pure: 

 blood, and second to none in the country. 



June 8. 8w JOHN GILES. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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