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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEPT. 81,1848. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



TE-TOTALLER'S AULD LANG SYNE. 



Bt; finys of flrinkiiig wine forgot, 



Let water goblets shine; 

 And from your memory ever blot 



The days of drinking wine. 

 Those days of (blinking wine my friend ; 



Those days of drinking wine ; 

 A teniy)erance hour is worth a power 



Of days of drinking wine ! 



We twa have quaffed to days long past 



Bright juices of the vine ; 

 But let us from our memories cast 



Those customs of " lang syne." 

 Bad customs of" lang syne ;" 



Our temperance age must blot the page 

 Of customs of " lung syne." 



We twa can meet as friends should meet ; 



We twa together dine ; 

 Our beverage quaff from fountains sweet, 



And ne'er regret the wine. 

 At temperance's shrine, my friend, my friend, 



We're pledged at her fair shrine ; 

 And hold her cause above the laws 



And eustoms of " lang syne." 



[H'ashingtoman Songiler, 



DANIEL WEI3STER'S COUNTRY RESL 

 DENCE. 

 Marshfield, Aug. 26, 1842. 



Mr Editor — It is about thirty milea from Bos- 

 ton to this place, or rather to the seat and occasion- 

 al residence of Daniel Webster. 



Few persons, I am inclined to think, who have 

 not been here of late, are aware of the extent of 

 Mr Webster's agricultural operations, or of his 

 taste and interest in their pursuit. 



The house is situated about a mile from the 

 stage road, and is not therefore generally seen by 

 travellers. In passing off the main road that runs 

 by the premises, in your appjoach to the house, you 

 enter a level and somewhat circuitous carriage- 

 passage, of two or three hundred yards in length, 

 neatly lined on either side with 8hrubl)Rry, and 

 plainly indicating, from its neatness and order, what 

 may be expected on a further examination. 



The hnuso is a large square one, surrounded by 

 a piazza, and built about eighty years ago, by some 

 one whose ideas were evidently far in advance of 

 his neighbors, and who must have been regarded 

 by them, unless he were a most benevolent and 

 obliging man, as an aristocrat. It is two stories 

 high, painted white, with a half story raised from 

 the roof, surrounded by a range of low windows, 

 and has two large handsome white cliiinneys, 

 striped with black, coming out of the roof just in 

 the right place to look well. Entirely through the 

 house runs a spacious entry, ten feet in "idth, hav- 

 ing in it a large and apparently superior barome- 

 ter, with three or four pictures in gilded frames, 

 representing hunting parties, a /' Anglais, on horse- 

 back, in full tilt after game. On either side of 

 the entry are two convenient and commodious 

 rooms, pleasantly facing the south, which arc fur- 

 nished by no means extravagantly, but neatly and 

 in good taste. A few portraits decorate the walls, 

 and a few books are seen lying around. Their 

 whole appearance is just what would he expected 

 in a country gentleman's residence. 



On the west end of the house is the library, and 

 a very pleasant room it is too — opening three ways 



upon fruit trees of various kinds, and at the present 

 time laden with fruit. In the library is a small 

 book-case, containing not a taw hook, as I could 

 perceive — as Mr Webster does not trouble himself 

 or allow any body else to trouble him with law 

 matters while here — but about two hundred and 

 fifty volumes of a miscellan'ous character, a good 

 sprinkling of which are on agriculture, horticul- 

 ture, angling, and gunning. In one corner of the 

 room is a superior rifle, which doubtless never 

 tails, in the owner's hands, to bring down the game. 

 A table with writing apparatus, a formidable walk- 

 ing stick, a splendid'Indian costume, a curious hat- 

 Iree made of buck's horns, with a few other pre- 

 sents, rare and inleresting, compose tho furniture 

 of the library. 



In passing out of the house eastward, after dodg- 

 ing the limbs of a wide-spreading and magnificent 

 elm, you enter a square garden of about an acre, 

 fenced in and handsomely laid out, with a great 

 variety of trees, shrubbery and flowers. From the 

 bottom of the garden you ascend through a serpen- 

 tine track, an eminence covered with foreign trees 

 and shrubbery, crowded together so as to resemble 

 a nnlural grove, made entirely under the direction 

 of Mr Webster, within a few years. On the top 

 of the hill is a circular summer house, made of 

 trellis roof, about fifteen feet in diameter, and per- 

 haps twenty in heiget, surmounted with a globe, 

 and the whole or a good part of it, overrun with 

 woodbine and honeysuckle, presenting in the dis- 

 tance, as well as in the near view, a pleasing ap- 

 pearance. 



The farm owned and improved here by Mr Web- 

 ster, consists of more than a thousand acres; but 

 a part of it, however, is under cultivation, much of 

 it being improved as pasture ground. Tha^t part 

 which is improved, presents a fine appearance. 

 There are a variety of young and thrifty orchards 

 surrounding the house, which have been set out 

 under the direction of Mr Webster, and which are 

 now overloaded and bent to the ground by the 

 weight of the fruit. Indeed, the whole establish- 

 ment, house, out-houses, garden and farm, are in 

 excellent keeping, and indicate in their owner 

 taste and interest in agricultural and horticultural 

 pursuits ; and the astonishment is how he can find 

 time amidst his numerous cares and public duties 

 to give it a thought or pay it a visit. — Bosf. Merc. 

 Jour. 



Sivinuning. — There is one scientific rule which 

 if suitably impressed upon the mind, would save 

 life in all ordinary cases ; and for a want of a knowl- 

 edge of this rule, very experi swimmers are some- 

 times drowned. The rule is this : Clasp your 

 hands behind your back, make your nose the high- 

 est point of your body, (or look towards the hori- 

 zon over your forehead,) and do not stir a muscle, 

 and you will infallibly float. 



Thus every human being has a life-preserver 

 against water, if only taught to use it. The brutes 

 from liieir different conformation, and especially 

 from their want of the great rational developemcnt 

 of the forehead, float by necessity, and swim by 

 instinct. It is a pity and a paradox that men 

 should lose their lives by a more liberal allowance 

 of brains ! — Fiee Anxer. 



It is computed by Dr. Caspar that there are on 

 the earth 900,000,000 human beings and that the 

 average deaths are 29,000,000 annually, 80,000 dai- 

 ly, Tiearly ."5,700 hourly, and 75 every minute. 



GRINDSTONES, ON FRICTION R0L.1.E:RS. 



Grindstones of diflerent sizes, hung on friction rollers and 

 moved with a foot treader, is found to be a great improve- 

 ment on the old mode of hanging grindstones. Stones hung 

 in this manner are becoming daily more in use, and wherever 

 used, give universal satisfaction. The rollers can be attach- 

 ed to stones hung in the common ♦'ay. For sale by J. 

 BRECK & Co., No. 61 North Market street. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England Agricuj 

 tural VVarehnuse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 62 North Mar- 

 ket Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay am 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not behiii 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most prom 

 inent effects of this application, and some of the consequeii 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requisit' 

 to use it,°that tho strength of a half grown hoy is sufficien 

 to work it elficicntly. 



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

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been claimei 

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse or stear 

 power. 



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

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any olhe 

 straw caller. 



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

 together very strongly. It is therefore noi so liable as Ih 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order. 



POUDRETTE. 



For sale 200 Barrels Poudrette, at S2 per barrel, by J. 

 BRECK & CO, 61 and 62 North Market St., Boston. 

 May 18. 



SAYLE'S GARDEN ENGINE. 



This is a splendid article. It will throw a constant strean 

 of water to the distance of 60 or OO feet, with great force 

 and in case ol fire would he a good substitute fur a fire en 

 "ine. The most perfect article for the purpose ever intro 

 duced. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., No. 51 and 52 Norli 

 Market street. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

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

 No. 52 North Market St. 



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