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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DEC. 14, l>-i 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 TEMPERANCE WATCHWORD. 



TusEs—BroonjJidd. Bcllville. Bost. Acad. Coll. 

 Hark, now we answer, see we come, 

 We come at froetlom's holy call : 

 We come, we coino, we come, we cume, 

 To do the glorious work of all : 



And hark ! we raise from sea to sea, 

 The temp'rance watch-word. Liberty. 



God is our guide, from field and wave. 

 From plough, from anvil and from loom, 



We come, our countrymen to save. 

 And speak a heartless tyrant's doom ; 

 And hark ! &c. 



We see the curse invade our land ; 



We hear the sufferers call for aid ; 

 We come to lend a helping hand. 



And break the bonds strong drink has made. 

 And hark, &c. 



We draw not the devouring sword. 

 Nor war's destructive fires we light, 



By reason and the living word 

 Of God, we put our foes to flight. 

 And hark, &c. 



We bring rich blessings in our train, 

 And spread them with a liberal hand ; 



We wipe away the guilty stain 

 Of drunkenness from off our land. 

 And hark, &e. 



We come the cottage to repair, 



And give back comforts banish'd long, 



To spread the board with ample fare, 

 And tune afresh the cheerful song. 

 And hark, &c. 



We bid the dying drunkard live, 



To his parched lips the cup we bring, 



We burst his fetters, and we give 

 .Him rest beside our crystal spring. 

 And hark, &c. 



We come with tidings from above, 



Good will and peace to men on earth ; 

 We come to tell a Saviour's love. 



And fill the soul with heavenly mirth; 

 We raise the watchword liberty, 

 And call on all men to be free. 



THE MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS TOO LATE. 



I had an appointment one morning with a Mr 

 Benj. Hind, wlio always signs his letters " B Hind," 

 and certainly a more appropriate signature was nev- 

 er known. I waited from twelve o'clock, the hour 

 mentioned, until near two, before he came, and 1 

 gently hinted to Mr B Hind, how much he was 

 behind his time. 



II My dear sir," said he, "you may tliink it 

 strange, but I had the misfortune to be born half 

 an hour too late, and though I 've been in a bustle 

 ever since, I have never, with all my industry, 

 been able to bring up the'loat time." 



" Indeed ! how so ?" 



" Why listen, and I'll conviuoe you that in my 



appointment with you, I have only been keeping 

 up the part allotted me by fate, even before I was 

 born. 



My grandfather had two daughters who were 

 both married on the same day. He had made his 

 will, and then read it to them. By it, he bequeath- 

 ed the whole of his property, £20,000, to that 

 daughter who was first blessed with a eon. With 

 such a sum in perspective, who would not wish for 

 a child? And my mother no sooner found that 

 such a result was probable, than my delighted fath- 

 er engaged the doctor and nurse, and baby linen 

 was Tmrnediately prepared ; there was, however, 

 one drawback to his joy — my mother'a sister had 

 similar expectations. 



" The momentous hour at length arrived, 'big 

 with the fate of £30,000. At eight o'clock in the 

 morning I came into 'this breathing world,' but 

 my fortunate rival at half past seven — and thus 1 

 was too late, because he was before me. 



" My parents, disappointed in their expectations 

 of wealth, cared' little about me, and I was suffered 

 to run wild till eleven years of age, when they sent 

 me to school. The young urchins laughed to see 

 a great boy, or booby, as they called me, spelling 

 his a b, ab, and so teazed me during the few months 

 I stayed, that a dunce I remained — a sad proof 

 that I had gone to school too late. 



" At length my father procured me a berth on 

 board an Indiaman. I was rigged out— my stores 

 sent to the vessel— I parted with my parents with- 

 out regret, for they loved me too late— ■passed two 

 days in London— left in the evening— travelled 

 all ni^ht to Portsmouth, and to my consternation 

 found'the ship had sailed the day before— of course, 

 I was loo late. 



" My father thought then the best plan to settle 

 me would be by matrimony, and I was introduced 

 to a young lady who possessed both beauty and 

 money, but she had another suitor. However, her 

 father and mine agreed upon the wedding day— 

 the ring was bought, and every thing arranged. 

 To keep the matter private, I was to meet her at 

 the church. Unluckily, I overslept myself by the 

 hla\ half hour — I arrived at the church doors just 

 in time to see my intended bride walking out as 

 the wife of my rival ! I was too late, and remain- 

 ed B Hind solus. 



"In short, I was born too late, educated too late 



I can't say I was settled too late, because I have 



never been settled at all — I can 't keep a lodging, 

 for all my landladies say I come home too late — 

 then I am unfit for business, because 1 get up too 



late if 1 go to the play I 'm too late — whether I 



have to 'buy or sell, I'm always too late — and I 

 verily believe, that if I were going to be hanged, I 

 should come to the scaffold half an hour too late. 

 I am called the late Mr B Hind, and, true to the 

 cognomen, I am always behind." — JV. Y. JVews. 



AaRICUl.TCR/l.Ii IMPliBMESTS, &o 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural Wa 

 house and Seed Store No. 51 and 62 Norlh JVlarliel sire 

 would inform their customers and the puhlic ijenerally tt 

 they have on hand Ihe most extensive asBiiitmenl ut Ag 

 cultuial and Horticultural Tools to lie found in the Unii 

 States. Part of which are the folic— ■ 



1000 Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs. 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 Greene's Straw Cutters. 

 60 Willis' do. do. 

 100 Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2u0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegetable Cutters 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Doz- Scythe Stones. 

 3000 " Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



MUCK MANUAl.. 



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

 ual for Farmers. By Dr S. L. Danaj price SI. 

 Boston, April 13. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER 



JOSEPH BRECK &- CO. at the New England Agrn 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 52 North M 

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

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not hel 

 applied to UHV implement for iliis purpose. The most pre 

 inenl effects of this application, and some of the consequ 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



i So great a reduction of the quantum of power requii 

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

 to work it efficiently. 



2 With even this moderate power, it easily cuts two bu 

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

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or ste 

 power. 



3 The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which t 

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

 straw cutter. 



4 The machine is simple in its construction, made and 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as 

 complicated machines m general use to get out of order 



WINSHIP'S NURSERIES, 



BRIGHTON, MASS. 



The proprietors of this Nursery are now ready 

 to receive orders for their extensive assortment 

 of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Forest Trees, 

 Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants, Roses, Green House 

 ^fV-, Plants, Vines, &c. , , , i. 



Orders trom a distance will be properly packed to go with 

 safny to any part of the United Stales, and will be deliT- 

 ered in the city free of expence. .,,-.,„ ,. 



The Nursery grounds are fire and a half miles from the 

 city by the Worcester Rail Road. Cars stop three times a 



''orders bymoil, addressed to Messrs. WINSHIPS', Brigh- 

 ton, Mass., or to Joseph Breck & Co., Boston, will be prompt- 

 ly attended to. "°^- '• 



TYE UP CHAINS. 



Just received by 600 Chains for tyeing up Cattle. 



These chains, introduced by E. H. Derby, Esq. o bal( 

 and Col. jAcaf es, for the purpose of securing calile to 

 siall.are found to be the safest and most convenient m( 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



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

 Market st. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

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

 No. 62 North Market st. 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for tesli 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J. BRECK & CO 



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