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Ki:W ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



AN ADDRESS 



COMPOSED FOR A TE3IPERANCE MEETING. 



Ye friends of moderation, 

 Wiio liiiiili a reformation, 

 Or moral renovation. 

 Would benefit our nation ; 

 Who deem inioxication, 

 With all its dissipation 

 In every rank and station,- 

 The cause of degradation ; 

 Of which your observation 

 Gives daily demonstration, — 

 Who see the ruination, 

 Distress and desolation, 

 The open violation, 

 Of moral obligation, 

 The wretched habitation 

 Without accommodation. 

 Or any regulation, 

 For common sustenation, 

 A scene of depravation, 

 UnequaU'd in creation ; 

 The frequent desecration 

 Of Sabbaths' ordination ; 

 The crime and depredation, 

 Defying legislation ; 

 The awful profanation 

 Of common conversation. 

 The mental aberation, 

 And dire infatuation 

 With every sad gradation 

 To maniac desperation : 

 Ye who with consternation. 

 Behold its devastation. 

 And utter condemnation 

 On all inebriation ; — 

 Why sanction its duration ? 

 Or show disapprobation, 

 Of any combination. 

 For its extermination ? 

 Without prevarication, 

 We deem a declaration, 

 That alfers no temptation, 

 By any palliation. 

 Of this abomination. 

 The only sure foundation, 

 The total expiration ; 

 And under this persuasion 

 Hold no communication. 

 With noxious emanation 

 Of brewer's fermentation, 

 Of spirit distillation, 

 Producing stimulation ; 

 To this determination. 

 We call consideration. 

 And without hesitation. 

 Invite co-operation ; 

 Not doubting invitation, 

 And high approbation. 

 Without provocation 

 Will raise your estimation, 

 And by continuation. 

 With this association, 

 You may, by meditation. 

 Ensure the preservation 

 Of a future generation 

 From all contamination, — 

 And may each indication, 

 Of such regeneration. 

 Be the theme of exultation, 

 Till its final consummation. 



Lincoln Telegraph. 



Dean Swift and the Tailor. — A tailor in Dublin, 

 near the residence of the Dean, took it into the 

 " ninth part" of his head tliat he was specially and 

 divinely inspired to interpret the prophecies, and 

 especially the book of Revelations. Quitting the 

 shop-board, he turned out a preacher, or rather a 

 prophet, until his customers had left his shop, and 

 his family were likely to faniisli. His monomania 

 was well known to Dean Swift, who benevolently 

 watched for some opportunity to turn the current 

 of his thoughts. One night, the tailor, as he fan- 

 cied, got especial revelation to go and convert 

 Dean Swift, and next morning took up the line of 

 march to the deanery. The Dean, whose study 

 was furnished with a glass door, saw the tai- 

 lor approach, and instantly surmised the nature 

 of his errand. Throwing himself into an attitude 

 of solemnity and thoughtfulness, with the Bible 

 opened before him, and his eyes fixed on the 10th 

 chapter of Revelation, he awaited his approach. 

 The door opened, and the tailor announced, in an 

 unearthly voice — 



" Dean Swift, I am sent by the Almighty to an- 

 nounce to you" — 



"Come in, my friend," said the Dean, "I am 

 in great trouble, and no doubt the Lord has sent you 

 to help me out of my difficulty." 



This unexpected welcome inspired the tailor, and 

 strengthened greatly his assurance in his own pro- 

 phetic characler, and disposed him to listen to the 

 disclosure. 



"My friend," said the Dean, "I have just been 

 reading the 10th chapter of Revelati(m, and am 

 greatly distressed at a difficulty I have met with; 

 and you are the very man sent to help me out. 

 Here is an account of an angel that came down 

 from heaven, who was so large that he placed one 

 foot on the sea and the other on the earth, and lifted 

 up his hands to heaven. Now, my knowledge of 

 mathematics, continued the Dean, " has enabled 

 me to calculate exactly the size and form of this 

 angel ; but I am in great difficulty, for I wish to 

 ascertain how much cloth it will take to make him 

 a pair of breeches; and as that is exactly in your 

 line of business, I have no doubt the Lord has sent 

 you to show me." 



This exposition came like an electric shock to 

 the poor tailor ! He rushed from the house, ran to 

 his shop, and a sudden revulsion of thought and 

 fboling came over him. Making breeches was ex- 

 actly in his line of business. He returned to his 

 occupation, thoroughly cured of his prophetical rev- 

 elation by the wit of the Dean. 



77ie Cropping System in France. — According to 

 the Parisian journals, it appears that the wholesale 

 dealers in human hair, have had a most successful 

 harvest this year, not less than 200,000 lbs. weight 

 having been procured. Britany is the province of 

 France in which the traffic is almost wholly carried 

 on, and all the fairs are regularly attended by pur- 

 chasers, both male and female. The Breton pea- 

 sants have particularly fine hair, and generally in 

 great abundence; their beautiful tresses they are 

 perfectly willing to sell, and it is no uncommon 

 sight to see several giria sheared one after the 

 other like sheep, and many others standing ready 

 for the shears, with their caps in their hands, and 

 their long hair combed out and hanging down to 

 their waists. Every successive crop of hair is tied 

 up into a whisp by itself, and thrown into a large 

 basket, placed by the side of the operator. The 

 highest value given by these abominable hair mer- 



chants for a fine crop of hair, is 20 sous 

 mere frequent consideration is a giiady but t 

 ery cotton handkerchief, worth about IG 

 The profits thus netted by these hair mongers 

 be enormous. 



GRBEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER 



.lOSIiPH BRECK & CO. at 1 he New England ; 

 luial Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 and 62 Nor 

 iiel Streel, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, H 

 Stallc Cutter, operating on a mechanical principle no 

 applied to any implement Tor this purpose. The i 

 inent elfecis of this application, and some of the con 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power r 

 tu use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is si 

 to work it efTiciently. 



2. With even this moderate power, iteasilycutst* 

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

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse o 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in wh 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of an 

 straw cutter. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable 

 complicated machines m general use to get out of < 



AGRICULTURAL, IMPI,EMEJVTS, &,o. I 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural 

 house and Seed Store No. 51 and 52 North Marke I 

 would inform their customers and the public genera j 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment c I 

 cultural and Horticultural Tools to be found in the | 

 States. Part of which are the following ; 



FBNCE CHAINS. 



Just received from England, 10,000 feet Chains, i 

 for Fences or other purposes. For sale by J. BR | 

 CO., No. 62 North Market St. 



TVE UP CHAINS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for tyeing up Cattle 



These chains, introduced by E. H. Derdv, Esq.o 



and Col. Jacues, for the purpose of securing cattli 



stall, are found le be the safest and most conveniet 



of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., No. 6! 

 Market st. 



NEW EI<lGLAND FARMER. > 



II V 

 A WEKKLT PAPER. 



Terms, $2 per year in advance, or$2 50 ifi* 

 within thirty days. 



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