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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MAHCH29. 1S43 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Lion's Law. — A laughable incident took ploce 

 in Liveipi>ol recently. A man*connected with Mr 

 Wrialit's menagerie, exhibiting in that town, was 

 arrested lor debt. After some conversation with 

 the sherifTs officer, he invited him in to view the 

 coUcolicn of aniriKils, previous to his accompany- 

 ing him to "durance vile." The officer agreeing, 

 they entered the enclosure, and the menagerie man 

 after describing to his friend each of the animaN, 

 concUided his politeness by entering the cage with 

 the lion, which latter feat liighly pleased the offi- | 

 cer, who was waiting to conduct his entertaining 

 friend to prison. Finally he notified the man of 

 ihe menagerie that he was ready to go — but, judge 

 of the officer's consternation, when the man in the 

 cage assured him that he was not ready to go, but 

 preferred the company of the lions of the forest to 

 the lions of the law, and said it was his intention 

 to stay where ho was until after twelve o'clock on 

 that (Saturday) night, when the strong arm of the 

 law would be powerless. Threats and persuasions 

 were alike unavailing ; all the satisfaction that the 

 officer and his attendants, whoni he had called to 

 his aid, could get from the man with the lions was, 

 that if they wanted him, they miglit come and take 

 him. Not having the spunk to " beard the lion in 

 his den," tliey declined the invitation. After some 

 time the plaintilf appeared, and was so well pleas- 

 ed with the joke, that an amicable arrangement 

 took place, — English paper. 



A Practical Jesl. — A man named Moore, who 

 deals in young trees, shrubs, seedlings, and other 

 juvenile vegetables, near Carlow, was knocked up, 

 lately, at an unseasonable hour, by a traveller, who 

 asked if he did not keep a "nursery." "Yes," 

 .said he. " Well, then, here's something in your 

 line." Before he could open the door, his custom- 

 er had gone off at a smart trot, and left a nice lit- 

 tle child on the threshold. — English pap. 



The best distinction we ever heard drawn be- 

 tween railway and coach accidents, was that given 

 by an old knight of the whip. " If," said he, "you 

 gels comfortably capsized from a coach into a ditch 

 by the roadside, there you are ; but if you gets 

 blown up by an engine, run off the track, or run in- 

 to by another, where are you'?" — lb. 



Dr. Lathrop was a man of genuine piety, but 

 much opposed to the noisy zeal that seeketh the 

 praise of men. A young divine who was much 

 rriven to enthusiastic cant, one day said to him, 

 " Do you suppose you have any real religion f 

 " None to speak of," was the excellent reply. 



Syllogi.'ims by Dogs. — There is a chapter in one 

 of our metaphysical works showing how dogs make 

 syllogisms. The illustration is decisive. Thus, a 

 dog loses sight of its master, and follows him by 

 scent till the road branches into three ; he smells 

 at the first, and at the second, and then, without 

 smelling further, gallops along the third. That 

 animals should be found to possess in perfection 

 every faculty which is necessary for their well- 

 being, is nothing wonderful: the wonder would be 

 if they did not. But they sometimes display a 

 reach of intellect beyond this. For instance, dogs 

 liave a sense of time, so as to count the days of 

 the week. My grandfather had one who trudged 

 two miles ever Saturday to market, to cater for 

 himself in the shambles. I know another more 

 extraordinary and well-authenticatod example. A 

 dog which had belonged to an Irishman, and was 

 sold by him in England, would never touch a mor- 

 sel of food upon a Friday ; the Irishman had made 

 him as good a Catholic as himself. This dog nev- 

 er forsook Ihe sick bed of liis master, and when he 

 died, refused to eat, and died also. — Soidhey. 



Moderate Drinking. — Old Guzzlefunction having 

 drunk nine mugs of cider at a neighbor's house one 

 evening, observed upon rising to leave, "I believe, 

 neighbor T., I'll take a leelle more of your cider. 

 I love good cider as well as any body, but as for 

 swilling it down as some people do, 1 never could." 



A man told his Irish servant to wake him at six 

 o'clock. Pat waked him at four — observing, that 

 •' he came to tell him he had two hours yet to sleep." 



GRBEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JO^KPH BRECK & CO. al Ihe New England Ae;rici 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nns. 51 andS2 Nonh Mi 

 kel Street have for sale, Green's Patent Slr.iw, Hay a 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a mechanical priiiciple not bef< 

 applied to any implement fortius purpose. T he most proi 

 incnt effects of tins application, and some of the consequc 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



1 So Teat a reduction of the quantum of power requis 

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

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even tfiis moderate power, it easily cuts two bus 

 els a minute, which is lull twice as fast as has been claim 

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse or stei 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which tf 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any oil 

 straw cutler. 



4. Tlie machine is simple in its construction, made and ] 

 together very strongly. It is tlieretbre not so liable as I 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order 



Jin Intelligent Dog. — A friend of ours in an 

 eastern city, relates the following anecdote of his 

 Newfoundland dog. On a certain Sunday, after 

 church, the family were all assembleil in the draw, 

 ing room, and every member of it, with one excep- 

 tion, occupied in reading. The dog, after making 

 a reconnaissance of the party, proceeded of his 

 own accord to the library, and taking down a book 

 from the shelves, returned and presented it to the 

 individual who was unprovided with one — Troy 

 Uliis. 



What word is that of six letters from which two 

 may be taken and nine remain ? Bn-nign. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have Iieen made the past year in ifie 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs ; the mould txard 

 has been so formed as to lax/ ike furrow completely oner, 

 turnhi^ in cveri/ particle qf^rassorsLuhble, andieavins the 

 s^round in the best possible manner. The length of the 

 mould hoard has hi a very much increased, so that the 

 Plough works with Ihe greatest ease, liolli with respect to 

 the holding and the learn. The Committee at the late trial 

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion be asked as to which of the Ploughs 

 we should prefer for use on a farm, we might perhaps say lo 

 the inquirer, if your land is mostly light and easy to woik, 

 try Piouty & Mears, but if your land is heavy, hard orrocky, 

 BBCiN WITH Mr. Howard's.'' 



At the atinve mer.t:oned irial the Howard Pl-^ugh did 

 more work, ipitfi ttie same power of team, than any other 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more ihan twentysei'en 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, while ihe 

 Howard Plough turned twentynine and one half inches, to 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howard's 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substantially 

 made. 



There has been quite an improvement made on the shoe, 

 or land side of this Plough, which can he renewed wilhoui 

 having to furnish a new landsidc: this shoe Hkewise secuies 

 Ihe mould board and landside together, and strengthens llie 

 Plough very much. • 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to Sl5. A Ploiiuh, 

 sufliciem for breaking up with four cattle, will cost aboiu 

 «;o 50, and with cutler Si, with wheel and cutler, Sa 60 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail, at 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed St.ne, 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, by 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



WIIiLIS'S LATEST 1.1IPROVED VECETABl 

 CUTTKR. 



This machine surpasses all others for the purpose of i 

 ling Ruta Baga, Mangel Wurlzel, and olhcr roots. ' 

 great objection to other machines, is their culling ihe ri 

 into slices, which makes it almost impossible for the CB 

 to get hold of them: this machine with a little allerat 

 cuts them into large or small pieces, of such shape a 

 most convenient for the catile lo eat. It will cut wilh t 

 from one to two bushels of roots per minute. For sab 

 J, BlvECK & CO., Nos. 61 and 52 North Market st. 



TYR I'P CHAINS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for tyeing np Cattle. 



These chains, introduced by E. H. Derdv, Esq. of Sal 

 and Col. Jacuks, for the purpose of securing callle to 

 stail, are found tc be Ihe safest and most convenient tr 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



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

 Market st. 



nRAPT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " ■ Truck and leading Chains. 

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

 No. 52 North Market St. , 



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