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NEW ENGLAND FARMEK 



AUG. 10, 1?42 



ISCELLANEOUS 



THE WASHINGTONIAN CALL. 



Tdse— " Ulien I can read my title clear. 



Come join Ihe Washingtoiiians, 



Ye young men tmid and slrniig, 

 And with a proud and cheerful zeal, 

 Come, help Ihe cause along. 

 O ihat will III- joyful, joyful, joyful, 

 O that will he joylul, when young men drink no more, 

 When young men drink no more, 



'Tis then we'll sing nnd offerings bring, 

 When young men drink no more. 



Come join the Washingtonians, 



Ye men of riper years, 

 And save your wives and cliildren dear 

 From want, and liitter (ears. 

 O that will he joyful, joyful, jovful, 

 O that will he joyful, when strong men driuk no more, 

 When strong men drink no more, 



'Tis then we'll sing and ofiering liring. 

 When strong men drink no more. 



Come join the Washingtonians, 



Ye men of hoary heads. 

 And end your days where temperance 

 Its peaceful influence sheds 

 O that will he joyful, joyful, joyful, 

 O that will he joyful, when old men drink no more. 

 When old men drink no more. 



'T is then we'll sing and offerings bring, 

 When old men drink no more. 



CoiTie join the Washingtonians, 



Ye dames and maidens fair, 

 And hreathe around us in our path, 

 Affection's hallowed air. 

 O that will he joyful, joyful, joyful, 

 O that will he joyful, when woman cheers ns on. 

 When woman cheers us on, lo conquests not yet won : 

 'Tis then we'll sing and ofl'crings bring, 

 When woman cheers us on. 



Come join the Washingtonians, 



Ye who distill, and sell 

 The poison, that destroys the health. 

 And brings the fatal spell. 

 O that will be joyful, ]oyfiil. joyful, 

 Olhat will he joyful when the still is worked no more, 

 VV hen the still is worked no more, in all our happy shoi 

 T IS then we'll sing and offerings bring. 

 When the still is worked no more. 



Come join the Washingtonians, 



Ye sons and daughters all, 

 Of this our own America, 

 Come at the friendly call. 

 O that will he joyful, joyful, joyful, 

 O that will he joyful, when all shall proudly say,— 

 When all shall proudly say, " Away the bowl, away." 

 '1 IS then we'll sing and offerings bring, 

 When all shall own our sway. 



THE FLUTE PLAYER. 



The celebrated Vauconson invented an Au- 

 tomaton Flute-plajer, of which there is a minute 

 description in the Memoirs of the Royal Acade- 

 my of Sciences at Paris, by whicii it appears 

 that the figure was about five feet and a half 

 high, and was placed upon a square pedestal, 

 which concealed a portion of the machinery. 

 The air entered the body by three separate 

 pipes, into which it was conveyed by nine pairs 

 of bellows, which expanded and contracted in 

 regular succession, by means of a steel axis 

 turned by clock-work. These bellows per- 

 forrned their functions without any noise, 

 which might have discovered the means of con- 

 veying the air into the machine. The three 

 tubes that received the air from the bellows 

 passed into three small reservoirs in the trunk 

 of the figure, where they united, and ascend- 

 ing towards the throat, formed the cavity of the 

 mouth, which terminated in two small lips. 

 Within this cavity was a small movable tongue. 



which, by its motion, nt proper intervals, admit- 

 ted the air or intercepted it in its passage to the 

 flute. The fingers, lips, and tongue derived 

 appropriate movements from a steel cylinder, 

 also turned by clock-work. It was divided into 

 fifteen equal parts, which, by means of pegs 

 pressing upon the ends of fifteen different lev- 

 ers, caused the other extremities to ascend. 

 Seven of these levers directed the fingers, hav- 

 ing wires and chains fixed to their ascending 

 extremities, which being attached to the fingers, 

 cnused them to ascend in proportion as the other 

 extremity was pressed down by the motion of 

 Ihe cylinder, and vice versa ; thus the ascent or 

 descent of one end of a lever produced a similar 

 ascent or descent in the corresponding finoers, 

 by which one of the holes of the flute was oc- 

 casionally opened or stopped, as it might have 

 been by a living performer. Three of the lev- 

 ers served to regulate the ingress of the air, be- 

 ing so contrived as to open and shut the three 

 reservoirs above mentioned, by means of valves 

 so that more or less strength might be given, 

 and a higher or lower note produced. The lips 

 were directed by four levers, one of which 

 opened them to give the air a free passage ; the 

 other contracted them ; the third drew them 

 backward ; and the fourth pushed them forward : 

 the lips were projected upon that part of tlie 

 flute which received the air, and by the different 

 motions already mentioned, properly modified 

 the tune. The remaining lever was employed 

 in the direction of the tongue, which it easily 

 moved, so as to open or shut the month of the 

 flute. The just succession of the several mo- 

 tions performed by the various parts of the ma- 

 chine, was regulated by the following simple 

 contrivance : — the extremity of the axis of the 

 cylinder terminated, on the right side, by an 

 endless screw, consisting of twelve threads, each 

 placed at the distance of an eighth of an inch 

 from the other. Above the screw was fixed a 

 piece of copper, tind in it a steel pivot, which 

 falling in between the threads of the screw, 

 obliged the cylinder to follow those threads ; and 

 thus, instead of firning directly round, if was 

 continually pushed on one side. Hence, if a 

 lever were moved by a peg placed on the cylin- 

 der, in any one revolution, it could not be moved 

 by the same peg in the succeeding revolution 

 because the peg would be an eighth of an inch 

 beyond it, by the lateral motion of the cylinder. 

 Thus, by an artificial disposition of these pegs in 

 different parts of the cylinder, the statue was 

 made, by the successive elevation of the proper 

 levers, to exhibit all the different motions of a 

 flute-player. 



A Washingtonian says after a spree his eyes 

 always looked as though lliey were dressed up in 

 dier's clothes. — Organ. 



' I had rather not take a horn with you," said 

 the loafer to the mad bull — but the bull insisted 

 upon treating him to two, and the loafer got quite 



high. 



Pure /r,/icr— Tlie strength of the brave and the 

 drink of the free. 



Send a boy for the cows, but see to the milking 

 yourself. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable (or Ploughing. 

 2ua " Truck and leading Chains. 

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

 No. 52 North Market st. 



POUDRETTE. 



For sale 200 Barrels Poudretle, at $2 per harrel Iv J 

 BRECK &. CO, 51 and 52 North Market St., Boston. ' 

 May 16. 



MUCK MANUAl,. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., The Muck Man 

 ual for Farmers. By Dr S. L. Danaj price «l. 

 Boston, April 13. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK &. CO. at the New England Altilu) 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 62 North Mar 

 ket Street, have (or sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay am 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not behxi 

 applied to any implement for tliis purpose. The most proni 

 inent effects of this application, and some of the consequi i; 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power reqiii^ii 

 to use it. that the strciiglh of a half grown boy is sutiic;i i, 

 lo work it etficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, il easily cutstwobusli 

 els a minme, which is full twice as fast as has been claii',i i 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or stem: 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing lo the peculiar manner in which tli r 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any othe 

 straw culler. 



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

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

 complicated machines in general use lo gel nut of order 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEBIEKTS, <tc. 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural V\ arc 

 house and Seed Store No. 61 and 62 North Market street 

 would inform Iheir customers and the public generally thn 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment of Agri 

 cultuial and Horticultural Tools lo he found in the Unilei 

 Slates. Part of which are Ihe following ; 

 1000 Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 fircenc's Straw Cutlers. 

 50 Willis' do. do. 

 100 Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Con; 



Shelters. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2o0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegplahle Cutlers 

 60 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 1 00 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Do2. Scythe Sloncs. 

 3000 '• Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



100 doz- Cast Steel Shovels. 

 150 " Common do. 

 100 " Spades. 

 500 " Grass Scythes. 

 300 " Patent Suaiths. 

 200 " Common do. 

 600 " Hay Rakes. 

 200 " Garden do. 

 200 " Manure Forks. 

 300 " Hay do. 

 500 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Dralt do. 



600 Tie up do. 



5U doz. Haller do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 



25 Grind Stones on roller* 



SOUTIIOOVCN STOCK. 



For sale by the subscriber at the foot of Alwell's Avon; 

 in the city o( Providence, one imported Southdown But 

 Six Ewes and four Lambs. The above are of the pure 

 blood, and second lo none in the country. 



Junes. 8w JOHN GILES 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEEKLY PAPEIt. 



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