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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



NOV. 'C, I848' 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Pedagogical Modesty. — The following lettor was 

 eliciteil by nn advertisement for a school teacher, 

 which appeared in the Salem (Mass.) Landmark a 

 iew weeks since : — Jour, of Com. 



\y , Sept. — , 1843. 



Dear Sir: Seeing your advertisement in tlie 



Landmark for an English instructor, I offer myself 

 a candidate, with tlie following description of my 

 qualifications. 



1st. .Acquirements. 

 I can read well, having a good voice, capable of 

 utterii g many sounds. I understand Knglish gram- 

 mar, arithmetic, geography, &,c. I have studied 

 Colburn's Algebra, though I am not master of it 

 yet. I can keep good order in school with very 

 little corporeal punishment. I have a good facility 

 of com-iiunicating my ideas and acconiniodating my 

 explanations to the capacity and genius of different 

 students. 



2d. Personal J}ppearance. 

 I am a single man of 24 years. My complexion 

 is rather dark. My elevation is 5 11-12 feet, with 

 a manly form and fair countenance. My organs of 

 speech are perfect. My temper is mild, very mild, 

 and well <iisciplined. I labor under no weakne.ss 

 or derangement, either of iiody or mind, but have a 

 vigorous constitution and sprightly mien. 

 3d. Morals. 

 I have two recommendations — one from Mr 



G , Preceptor of West \', Academy, 



and one from Mr A , formerly Principal of 



R Academy, and both concur in saying my 



morals are good. 



Tlie above is all 1 can say without egotism ! 



Yours, respectfully, 



Cracking a Joke.— The confectioners, not long 

 since, introduced Fome new fancy work in their 

 line representing nuts, almonds, cfcc, in sugar. 



A jocose landlady the nJher day handed one of 

 her new boarders a small basket of these disguised 

 comfits, desiring him In taste them. He at once, 

 (being, perhaps, not quite so green as the lady might 

 have'imagiueil,) caught up a pair of nut-crackers 

 and smashed two or three of the sugar humbugs. 



"O, don't!'' said the landlady in alarm; "it's 

 only a joke.^' 



" Well, my dear lady," said the boarder, "I'm 

 only cracking a joke .'" — Picayune. 



The Difference. — A gentleman riding a very or- 

 dinary looking horse, asked a negro whom he met, 

 how far it was to a neighboring town, whither he 

 was going. The negro, looking at the animal un- 

 der the rider, with a broad grin of contempt, re- 

 plied, " Wi' dat ar boss, massa, it's jist fo'teen 

 miles. Wi' a good chunk ob a hoss, seben miles; 

 but ifyou jist had Massa Jimmy's boss ! Gosh! you're 

 dare now !" — Ibid. 



Go it Boots.— A Mrs Boots, of Pennsylvania, has 

 left her husband, and strayed to parts unknown. 

 We presume the pair are rights and lefts. We 

 cannot say, however, that Mrs Uoots is right, but 

 there is no mistake that Coots is left. — Hartford 

 Times. 



ORIJVDSTOSES ON FRICTION ROLLERS 



Grinrislones of ilifTerPiit siz-'s, hungnii friulioii rollers an 

 moved wilh a tool trcader, is found to be a great improve 

 ment on the old mode of hanging grindstones. Stones hiin 

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

 used, give universal saiisfaclion. The rollers can he ailach 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. For sale by J 

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



We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor 

 too liumbly of ourselves. — Lucon. 



Pretty Good. — The celebrated Mrs Robinson 

 had written a poem entitled " Sapho and Phaon." 

 Anxious, as all literary ladies are, to have their 

 charming effusions put favorably before the wm-ld, 

 Mrs R. wrote a confidential note to a Mr Boaden, 

 who was then editor of a leading newspaper in [,on- 

 don, in which she said: 



" Dear Sir — Do let me have a few puffs for 

 Sapho and Phaon. 



Yours, M. R." 



The note was despatched to the office in the 

 Strand, by a servant. Now, it happened that there 

 lived in the Strand, close to the printing office, a 

 popular pastry cook named Boaden, to whom, by 

 Bseing the name over the door, Mrs R.'s servant 

 took the note, and returned to her with the follow- 

 ing answer : 



" J. Boaden's respects to Mrs Robinson : Hav- 

 ing sent so late, all the puffs are gone ; but he for- 

 wards a dozen gooseberry tails, which he hopes 

 will do as well." — Selected. 



CAMBRIDUEPOKT NURSERY, 



Columbia Street. 



SAMUEL POND, 



NURSERYMAN, Cambridgeport, Mass., has for bale 

 choice assortment ot 



Fruit Trees, Shrubs, and Vines. 

 Among them are the best varinies ot Apple, I'eav, Plan 

 Cherry, Peach, Apricot, Grape Vines, A.-pala^'us, RlriLar 



Also— Pear, Apple, Plum and Cherry ttocks eoiisiaiill 

 on hand. 



Currents, Gooseberries, Baspberries, S,-c. 



Trees of an extra size always on hand, and will be deli' 

 ered to any part of the city free of expense. 



Orders liy Mail, or otherwise, promptly attended to. 



Oct. 19. Sw 



GREEN'S PATENT S TR AW CUTTER. 



Tn^f.-PH IIRECK & CO. at Ihe New England A?ricul 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. .51 and 52 North Mar- 

 let Streerbave for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay and 

 Stalk Cutter, operating pn a mechanical principle not heh.ie 

 applied to any implement fortius purpose. The most prom, 

 meat effecls of this application, and some of the cousequeiit 

 peculiarities of the machine are ; 



1 So "real a reduction of the quantum of power requisite 

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

 to work it efficiently. 



2 Wilh even this moderate power, it easilycutstwohush- 

 ols a minute which is lull twice as fast as has been claimed 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or steam 

 power. 



3 The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which th sy 

 cut,' require sharpening less often than those of any other 

 straw cutler. 



4 The machine is siniple in its construction, made and put 

 lotrether very slron^lv. It is therefore not so liable as the 

 complicated machines m general use to get out ol order. 



J Good Toast.— TUo following toast was given 

 at a dinner in Connecticut, renowned, among other 

 " notions" of home production, lor her wooden nut- 

 megB:—"The JVulmeg State— W heve shall we 

 find a grater f 



It is said that however well young ladies may 

 be versed in grami.iar, but very few of them can 

 decline matrimony. 



TYi3 VP CHAINS. 

 Just received by 500 Chains for lyeing up Cattle ^ 

 These chains, introduced by E. H. Uerdy, Lsq. of Salem, 



and Col Jacuues, lor the purpose of securing cattle to the 



stall, are Ibund te be the safest and most convenient mode 



ot fastening cows and oxen to the sianchion. 

 For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., No. 62 North 



Market st. 



URAPTAND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable lor Ploughing. 

 2110 " Truck and leadiu'4 Chains. 

 2U0 " Dratt Chains. I'm sale by J. BRECK & CO., 

 .\o. 02 Norlh ."^larket st. 



too doz- Cast Sicel Shovel 



AGRICUL.T1IRAI. IMPLEMEKTS, &c 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural Wat 

 house and Seed Store No. 6! and 52 Norlh MarUel sire, 

 would inform their cusloniers and the public i;enerally Ih 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment ol Agi 

 culluial and Horticullural Tools to be found lu the tnit 



States. Part of which are the folt 



lOUO Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 Greene's Straw Cutters. 

 60 Willis' do. do. 

 too Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shelters. 

 60 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. 



Common do. 

 Spades. 

 Grass Scythes. 

 Patent Snaitlis. 

 Common do. 

 Hay Rakes. 

 Garden do. 

 Manure Forks. 

 Hay do. 

 00 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Draft do. 

 500 Tie up do. 



50 doz. Haller do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 

 25 Grind Stones on roll 



150 

 too 

 500 

 300 

 200 

 600 

 200 

 200 

 300 



MUCK MANUAL.. 



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

 ual for Farmers. By Dr S, L. D.ana; price $1. 



Boston, April 13. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A TVEKKLT PAPER. 



Terms, $2 per year in iiiivance, or$2 fiO ifnot pai 

 within thirty days. 



N. u.—Postmasters are prrniitted by law to IranK « 

 subscriptions and remittances for newspapers, willioi 

 expense to subscribers. 



TUTTLE AND DENNETT, PKIKTERS. 



