NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MAItCH 15, I 



MISCELLANEOUS 



If'a^hin^ton and the. Q^tinker. — 1 cannot forbear 

 quotiiiir from the life of Washington, a characteris- 

 tic inci(!ent. The battle of Germantown was 

 fousht on the day of the yearly meeting of the 

 Quakers in Philadelphia; and, (lurinij the battle, 

 they were ennngei in praying for divine protection 

 to the people, and in preparing to renew their tes- 

 timony against war. While JaEnes Thornton was 

 writing this testimony, the cannon shook the house 

 where they were assembled, and the air was dark- 

 ened by the smoke of guns. Warner Mifflin under- 

 took the service of carrying the testimony to the 

 opposing generals, Washington and Ho"e — and, 

 ill disi;harging this duty, he was obliged to walk in 

 blood, ^nd iimong the dead bodies of those who 

 had fullen in battle. He performed it, however, 

 with great freedom, and in conversation with 

 Washington, said expressly, " I am opposed to the 

 revolution, and to all changes of government which 

 occasion war and bloodshed." 



After Washington was chosen President of the 

 United States, Mifflin went to visit him at New 

 York, and was received with marked respect and 

 kindness. Recollecting what Mifflin had said to 

 him at Germantown, the President asked. " Will 

 you please, Mr Mifflin inform me on what princi- 

 ples yon were opposed to the revolution ?" " Yes, 

 friend Washington — upon the same principles that 

 I should now opposed to a change in this govern- 

 ment ; all that ever was gained by revolutions, is 

 not an adequate compensation to the poor, mangled 

 soldier for the loss of life or limb." Washington, 

 after a long pause, replied with much emphasis, 

 "Mr Mifflin, I honor your sentiments; — there is 

 more in Ihem than mankind have generally consider- 

 ed." — Stlected. 



MTiat an Old JsTewspaper did.— A. North Carol) - 

 ==_ na paper tells us that above five months ago, a 

 young man named Grimsley, came into Wayne 

 county, N. C, where he formerly lived, having 

 been absent several years. Soon after his return, 

 he engaged himself to a Miss Martin, and the day 

 was fixed for their marriage. Some three or four 

 days previous, while cutting a Mississippi newspa- 

 per, about two years old, for lining to her wedding 

 bonnet, she noticed a proclamation of the Governor 

 of Mississippi, offering a reward fir tivo men 

 charged with murder, one named Grimsley, and 

 precisely agreeing in personal description with her 

 lover. She immediately carried it to her brother, 

 who called on Grimsley for information. He, af- 

 ter denying every thing, said he could prove his 

 innocence in Greene county, N. C, was obliged to 

 go with the brother to the places named, but no- 

 body could be found who knew him. He was 

 then arrested and confined in jail, where he con- 

 fessed he was present when the murder was com- 

 mitted in Mississippi, but denied having any part 

 in it. 



^ Ao6/e Boy. — About a fortnight since, as two 

 lads, one aged thirteen, and the other eleven, sons 

 of Edward Godfrey, of West Point, were skating 

 upon the Hudson, the eldest, in passing over a 

 place where the ice was thin, broke through and 

 sunk. He rose to the surface, and struggled with 

 the ice, which broke with him for two or three 

 rods. As soon as the younger lad, who had glided 

 a distance down the river, saw the condition his 

 brother was in, he hastened to his rescue, and with 

 much presence of mind called out, "Don't be 

 afraid, Hub, 1 'II get you out." He skated as near 

 as it was prudent to do, then stripping off his little 

 overcoat, and taking it by the end of the sleeve, 

 he lay down upcm the ice, and swung it out to his 

 brother, who caught hold of it and was drawn safe 

 ly out. 



Young as the lad is, he has saved two boys 

 from a watery grave — one about a year since. 

 Such acts of coolness, courage, and brotherly kind- 

 ness, should not go unnoticed. If any son of one 

 of " nature's noblemen" merits a place in the West 

 Point Academy, tiiis same little Joseph Godfrey is 

 entitled to it. — J^. Y. Jour, of Com. 



Living without Drink The last Boston Medi- 

 cal and Surgical Journal contains a communication 

 from Dr. Wm. A. Alcott, in which he states that 

 he drimk nothing during the whole of the year 

 1842, and in fact, that he has not yet returned to 

 the use of drink. With one exception, he has suf- 

 fered less than formerly from thirst. This excep- 

 tion was in July, when, in order to make a fair ex- 

 periment, he worked hard at haying. The first 

 day or two, it being very hot weather, he felt a re- 

 turn of thirst, which he allayed by gurgling his 

 throat with cold water, and eating bread crumbled 

 in water. After two days he felt no more thirst, 

 though he worked hard. The object of the expe- 

 riment was to prove, for the benefit of the friends 

 of temperance, that if our food is simple and plain 

 we need but very little drink. His diet was bread, 

 fruits, and succulent vegetables. 



GREEN'S PATKNT S TRAW CL'TTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. al the New Enc;lanil A? 

 lurai Warehouse and Seed Store Niis. 51 and 62 North 

 ket Street, have for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Ha; 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not I 

 applied loaHy implement Ibrtliis purpose. The most | 

 jnent efTecis of this application, and some of the conse 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



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

 tci use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is sufl 

 to work it efficiently. 



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

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

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse or : 

 power. 



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

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any 

 straw cutter. 



4. Tlie machine is simple inits construction, made a: 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of or 



Why is the letter S like dinner ? Because it 

 comes before tea. 



Why is an eye like a criminal at the whipping 

 post ? Because it is under the lash. 



Why is a nail strong in a wall, like a feeble 

 old man .' Because it is infirm. 



To Stop a Fit of Couf^hing. — A correspondent 

 of the London Medical Gazette, states that to close 

 the nostrils with the thumb and finger during 

 breathing md, and leaving them free during breath- 

 ing »n, will relieve a fit of coughing in a short 

 time. 



In addition to the above, we can state from per- 

 sonal knowledge, that to press the finger on the 

 upper lip, just below the nose, will make the seve- 

 rest premonitory symptoms of a sneeze pass off 

 harmless. We have found the remedy useful 

 many a time. — Ezch(ms:e pap. 



Look out for Punctuation. — The editor of 

 newspaper tlius introduces some verses: "The 

 poem published this week was composed by an es 

 teemed friend who has lain in the grave many years 

 for his own amusement." 



Politeness.— It is related of a former Governor 

 of Virginia, that, walking one day in the streets.of 

 Williamsburg, ho was met by a negro, a slave, who 

 raised his hat in token of respect, when the Gov- 

 ernor passed. His Excellency returned the saluta- 

 tion in the same manner. A friend who accom- 

 panied him, expressed some surprise at his conde- 

 scension. " I should be very soriy," he replied, "to 

 see myself surpassed in politeness by a slave." 



WILLIS'S LATEST IMPROVED VEGETAJ 

 CUTTKR. 



This machine surpasses all others for the purpose i 

 ling Kuta Baga. Mangel Wurtzel, and other roots, 

 great olijection to other machines, is their cutting ihi 

 into slices, which makes it almost impossible for the 

 to get hold of them : tliis mivchine with a little alte 

 cuts them into large or small pieces, of such shapi 

 most convenient for the catile to eat. It will cut wit 

 from one to two bnsliels of root'- per minute. For s 

 J. BKhXK & CO., Nos. 51 an<l 52 North Market st. 



TYK I'P CHAINS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for lyeing up Cattle. 



These chains, introdncctl by E. H. Derby, Esq. of! 

 and Col. Jacues, for the purpose of securing cattle 

 stall, are found Ic he the safest and most convenient 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., No. 52 

 Market st. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitalile for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Cliains. 

 200 " Droit Chains. For sale by J. BRECK ( 

 .\o. 52 North Market st. 



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