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iille understood suhjuct with the utmost diffi- 

 ;•. md certainly under the impression that w.e 

 ;i It yet sutficient evidence or experience on 

 -t interesting manure, to ofl'er a solid and 

 Miiunded opinion ; but it is at oil events a 

 ' lit foundation on which to lay the supcr- 

 iire (tf experiment." 



The Lndits — " 1 cannot help congratulatinjr you, 



e we part, on the resolution to admit the ladies 



participate in sell the pleasures of our meetings ; 



r whether we reijard the department of fruit, 



)wers, or vegetables, they are unquestionably the 



ief supporters and promoters of Horticulture. 



ere it not for female society, who would care to 



corate the festive hall with flowers ? or would 



e plodding man of business feel any interest in 



ilivening the parlor window with the choicest 



jButies of the greenhouse ? In the happiest hour 



"her life, the maiden must be crowned with the 



idal wreath of flowers ; is she sick, the fragrance 



id delicate form of flowers soothes her weary day, 



id assuages her anguish ; and when her pure 



)irit is translated to heaven, flowers must deck 



;r mortal remains and ornament her tomb. In the 



ursuits which tend to brutalize the human species, 



war, at the inebriating cup, or the gambler's 



aard, man stands alone ; or if woman shares, hers 



only the share of suffering. But in all those 



jrsuits which tend to ennoble the race, to advance 



vilization, or encourage refinement, there she 



ands at his side to rejoice, to enjoy, to stimulate 



y her applause, to reward by her smiles : so that 



le presence and sanction of woman is a feather 



hich wu may add with pride to the plume of Hor- 



iculture : and to us, Horticulturists, her patronage 



like the atmosphere of liberty to the free — if we 



Bve it not, we languish and die. Let us, thero- 



nre, hail her appearance at our assemblies and en- 



erUinments with delight ; not as a boon conferred 



y us, but as her right by all the laws of justice 



nd chivalry. When we tilt for prizes, shall not 



eauty grace out tournament and enliven our feast ?" 



Jl Cheerful. Home. — What might there is in kind- 

 less ! What a thrill of pleasure is given by kind 

 /ords from a heart full of the true milk of humani- 

 y ! Happy the children who have such a father, 

 .nd blessed the wife with such a husband ! But 

 here is no man without his crusty moments ; the 

 i^ear and tear of business, the irritation conse- 

 [uent upon it, must sometimes give rise to harsh 

 rordsand harsh conduct, when at home in the do- 

 nestic circle. Then comes the test of the good 

 *ife — the looks of condolence and of affection, the 

 issiduous cares, the cheering words, the smile, the 

 ear of sympathy, and the »ionest, common sense 

 ind unselfish advice. Ah, if we could bear in 

 ■nind how necessary it is to bear and forbear, how 

 much more profiUtble. are (he words which turn 

 iway wrath than those that annoy, and engender 

 quarrels, how many homes that are now the abodes 



)f misery, would be made cheerful and happy. 



Sdtded. 



Virtue. — The most vicious cannot but pay a ee- 

 :ret, though unwilling homage to virtue, inasmuch 

 IS the worst men cannot bring themselves thorough- 

 y to esteem a had man, although he be their dear- 

 3st friend, nor can they thoroughly despise a good 

 nan, although he be their bitterest enemy. — Lacon. 



Murmur at nothing; if our ills are reparable, it 

 18 ungrateful ; if remediless, it is vain Ibid. 



For the New England Farmer. 



RED ANTS. 



Mr Editor — Can you or any of your readers 

 inform me what can be done to pel rid of these 

 little pe.sts — these jrreat pesl.'i, I might say ? 



My house (a new one, and as clean and neat as 

 new paint and good care can make or keep it,) is 

 infested with them from cellar to garret. 



I saw, some time since, in a paper, that green 

 snge would cause them to leave any placu where it 

 was strewed around. This I have tried, but it does 

 no good. 



Please insert this in your paper, and request any 

 old housekeeper who has been troubled as I am, 

 and been lucky enough to devise a remedy, to in- 

 form the public through the medium of the Farmer, 

 what remedy was applied. The sooner the better, 

 for they multiply like hornets. 

 Yours, truly, 



A YocNG Housekeeper. 



Boston, Oct. 1842. 



Please answer this inquiry, any one who can. — 

 Ed. 



NEW ENGLAND FACTORY GIRLS. 



During a collecting tour a few days since, a- 

 mongst our subscribers residing in Rowley and 

 Ipswich, (a pleasant route, by the way, where we 

 almost universally find a hearty welcome and prompt 

 pay,) we met in Rowley, with one of our town me- 

 chanics, employed upon the mason work of a neat 

 and commodious dwelling house. Now for whom 

 would our readers guess that this comfortable home 

 was constructing .' For the country seat of some 

 city merchant.' For the abode of some industri- 

 ous mechanic or thrifty farmer ? No, for none of 

 these, but for two factory girls, sisters, natives of 

 Rowley, and who since some of our enterprising 

 fellow citizens established manufactories here, 

 three or four years ago, have been employed in the 

 cotton mills of this town. 



We know of nothing which gives us greater 

 pleasure than the witnessing such cheering proofs 

 of the sure reward which attends the labors of the 

 industrious and the prudent in this country. Here, 

 while merchant princes have been breaking ; while 

 the idle, the careless and the dissipated have been 

 wasting their substance ; while financiers in high 

 places have been swindling the public and their 

 employers out of immense sums, which like all 

 property dishonestly or unjustly procured, seldom 

 enriches those who obtain it, but is scattered they 

 know not where ; while the cry of hard times 

 and poverty has been resounding in half the habi- 

 tations of the land — these girls have illustrated 

 the truth "that the hand of the diligent maketh 

 rich." Their are no times so hard as to be an over- 

 match for intelligence and industry : these may 

 bid defiance to the rudest storms which sweep over 

 the land: they are indomitable: the hand of dis- 

 ease only, among all the ills which are abroad in 

 the earth, has power to blast their liopes. 



These two sisters during the time which they 

 have worked in the cotton mills in this town, have 

 boarded in a respectable residence within sight of 

 the window where we pen this paragraph ; have 

 clothed themselves handsomely, and have saved of 

 their earnings, including, we suppose, the interest 

 on their earnings, about 81200. The house of 

 which we have spoken, will cost them about $1500, 

 and by the time the bills on it are called for, they 

 will, no doubt, be able to pay them all. 



We perhaps owe an apology to the young ladies 

 for thus bringing them before the public; but we 

 have derived so much pleasure at hearing of their 

 prosperity, that we could not forbear to share it 

 with our readers, and to liold up their example for 

 the imitation of others. — JVeieburyport Herald. 



A Beautiful Thought. — How {evi men seem to 

 have formed a conception of the original dignity of 

 their nature or the exalted design of their creation. 

 Regarding themselves only as the creatures of time, 

 endowed merely with animal passions and intel- 

 lectual faculties, their projects, and aims, and ex- 

 pectations, are circumscribed by the narrow outlines 

 of human life. They forget that instability and 

 decay are written, as with a sunbeam, upon all 

 earthly objects ; that this world with all its pageant, 

 ry of pomp and power, is crumbling into dust ; that 

 the present life is scarcely deserving of a single 

 thought, excepting as it forms the introduction to 

 another; and that he alone acts either a prudent 

 or a rational part, who frames his plans with a di- 

 rect reference to that future and endless state of 

 being. Sin has so blinded the understanding, per- 

 verted tiie will, and debased the affections, that 

 man never fails to invest some temporal good with 

 fancied perfection, and idly imagine that the at- 

 tainment of it would satisfy the desire and till the 

 capacities of the immortal spirit. Vain thought! 

 How little they know themselves I The soul is 

 not of the earth, and they will strive in vain to 

 chain it to the dust. Though its native strength 

 has been impaired, its purity tarnished, and its glo- 

 ry changed, it will always be a prisoner here. Send 

 it forth if you will, to range through the whole ma- 

 terial universe, and like the dove dismissed from 

 the ask, it will return without finding a single place 

 of rest — for it has no resting place but the bosom 

 of GoA.— Selected. 



*'' Sail for Hogs. — Hogs, during the process of fat- 

 tening, should be supplied with salt as often as 

 once a week. It is no less advantageous to them 

 than to the ox, the cow or the sheep, and when 

 liberally given, is a preventive of many diseases to 

 which, from their continual confinement, and the 

 effects of hearty food, they are inevitably exposed. 

 Some hogs, also, are greatly benefited by it, and 

 will partake of it once or twice a week as eagerly 

 and to all appearance, with as good zest as they do 

 of corn or meal. Charcoal is also highly salutary 

 in its influences upon the hog. — Selected. 



Mince Pies. — To make mince pies without ap- 

 ples or cider, take the requisite quantity of meat, 

 and one third the quantity of beets, that is common- 

 ly used of apples. Boil the beets, and let them 

 pickle twelve hours. Chop them very fine, and 

 one-eighth of grated wheat bread. Sweeten and 

 season with spices, &c. to taste. F. W. S. 



[Albany Cull. 



There are two things that speak as with a voice 

 from heaven, that He who fills the eternal throne, 

 must be on the side of virtue, and what He be- 

 friends must finally prosper and prevail. 'I'he first 

 is, that the bad are never completely ha|ipy and at , 

 ease, although possessed of every thing that this 

 world can bestow ; and that the good are never 

 completely miserable, although deprived of every 

 thing that this world can take away. — Lacon. 



