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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



APItIL5. lS4ai 



MISCELLANEOUS 



THE CHILD'S ADDRESS TO HIS FATHER. 



Dear father, drink no more, I pray, 



It makes you look so sad ; 

 Come home, and drink no more, I say, 



'T,wi)l make dear Mother glad. 

 Dear Father! think liow sick you've been, 



What aches and pains you know ! 

 Oh, drink no more, and then you'll find 



A home where'er you go. 

 Dear Father! think of Mother's tears, 



How oft and sad they flow ! 

 Oh, drink no more, then will her grief 



No longer rack her so. 

 Dear Father ! think what would become 



Of nie, were you to die ; 

 Without a father, friend or home, 



Beneath the chilly sky ! 



Dear Father ! do not turn away. 



Nor think from me to roam ; 

 Oh, drink no more by night or day — 



Now come — let us go home. 

 Dear Father ! drink no more, I pray, 



It makes you look so sad ; 

 Come home, and drink no more, I say, 



'Twill make that home so glad ! 



Thus spake in tenderness the child : 

 The drunkard's heart was mov'd ; 



He signed the pletge ; he wept ! he smil'd! 

 And kissed the boy he lov'd. 



A Real Teetotaller. — Reading, a short time 

 since, " A Narrative of Voyages and Commer- 

 cial enterprises, by Richard J. Cleveland, " I was 

 particularly interested in the following part of the 

 narrative, which I should be pleased to see in your 

 paper, for it ia undeniable testimony that liquor 

 is entirely unnecessary for health. Mr. Cleveland 

 is now an officer in the Custom House, Salem, Mass. 

 enjoying in his old age, I trust, a clear head and 

 sound mind. — Me. Farmer. 



" Those who honor me with a perusal of my 

 narrative, will perceive, that I have navigated to all 

 parts of the world, from the sixtieth degree of south 

 latitude to the sixtieth degree North, and sometimes 

 in vessels whose diminutive size and small number 

 of men, caused exposure to wet and cold, greatly 

 suffering what is not usually experienced in ships 

 of ordinary capacity ; that I have been exposed 

 to the influence of the most unhealthy places ; at 

 Batavia, where I have seen whole crews prostrate 

 with the fever, and death making havoc among 

 them ; at San Bliss, where the natives can stay only 

 a portion of the year ; at the Havanas, within 

 whose wall I have resided five years consecuitive- 

 ly ; that I have snfl'ered captivity, robbery, imprison- 

 ment, ruin, and the racking anxiety consequent 

 thereon. And yet through the whole, and to the 

 present 68th year of my age, I have never taken 

 a drop of spirituous liquor of any kind; never a 

 glass of wine, of porter, alo or beer, or any beve- 

 raire stronger than tea and coff"ee ; and moreover, I 

 ha°ve never used tobacco in any way whatever ; and 

 this not only without injury, but on the contrary, 

 to the preservation of my health. Headache is 

 known to me by name only ; and excepting those 

 fevers, which were produced by great anxiety and 

 excitement, my ife has been free from sickness." 



A FEW HINTS TO KEEP AWAY HaRD TiMES. 



— Rise early in the morning, and be diligent 

 during the day, attending to your own busi- 

 ness, and not worry yourself by your neighbor's 

 concerns. 



Give encouragement to home industry, and in 

 all cases give preference to A.merican manufac- 

 tures over foreign. 



Instead of following the fashions of Europeans, 

 cultivate a spirit of independence and decide for 

 yourselves how your coats, hats, and boots shall 

 be made. 



Keep out of the streets, unless business calls 

 to transact that which you cannot do in your 

 stores, shops or dwellings. 



By all means keep away from drinking and 

 gambling houses. 



When you buy an article of clothing, study 

 commendable economy ; at the same time get a 

 good article, and when made, take particular 

 care of it, and wear it out, regardless of any 

 change of fashion. Fashion is a great tyrant, 

 and men are fools to be slaves to it. 



Stay at home at nights, improve yourselves 

 by reading, writing, or instructive conversation, 

 and retire to your beds at an early hour. 

 I Be kind to your relations, obliging to yotir 

 [friends, and charitable to all; and never per 

 mil your bills with the printer to run over a year. 

 — Selected. 



Orful ! — We do not know who is entitled to the 

 credit of tliis transcendantly sublime eff'usion : 

 The lightnin' roared, the thunder flash'd, 

 And granny's tea-pot it got smash'd ! 

 The rain it whistled, the wind it poured, 

 And daddy laid down ia the corner about nine, and 

 snored ! 



GRREIN'S PAI i ^ r S J RAW CUTTER. 



JC^EPH BRECK & CO. atlbe^ew England AgriGu! 

 lural Warehouse and Seed Store Kos. 51 and 62 INonli Mai 

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

 Stalk Cutter operating on a mechanical principle not tieloj 

 applied to aay implement lor this purpose. The most prom 

 iiient effects of this application, and some of the cunsequci; 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1 So Teat a reduction of the quantum of power requisil 

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

 to work it efficiently. 



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

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

 by any other macliine even when worked by horse or steal 

 power. 



3 The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which tli« 

 cut,' require sharpening less often than those of any olh( 

 slruw cutter. 



4 Tlie machine is simple inits construction, made and pi 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as It 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have been niaite tlie past year in the 

 form and workmanship of the'^e Ploughs ; the mould b( ard 

 has been so formed as to lay the furrmo completely oner, 

 turning in evenj particle of grass or stuhhle, andieaving the 

 ground in the best possible inanyicr. The length of the 

 mould board has h( n very much increased, so that the 

 Plough works with the greatest ease, both with respect to 

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

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion he 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 work, 

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

 BEGIN WITH Ma. Howard's.'' 



At the above menttoned trial the Howard Plough did 

 more icork, with the same peiDer of team, than any other 

 ploiurh exhibited. No other turned more than twentyse/en 

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

 Howard Plough turned twcntynine 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 be renewed without 

 having to furnish a new landside; this shoe likewise secures 

 ihe mould board and landside together, and strengthens the 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 toSl5. A Piodch, 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost abi 

 SIO 50, and with cutter St, with wheel and cutter, S2 

 extra. 



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

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 Nos. 5t & 52 North Market Street, by 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



WIL^S'S LATEST IMPROVED VEGETABL.1 

 CUTTKR. 



This machine surpasses all others for the purpose of ci 

 ting Ruta Baga. Mangel Wurtzel, and other roots. T 

 great objection to other machines, is their cutting the rot 

 into slices, which makes it almost impossible for the cat 

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

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

 most convenient for the cattle to eat. It will cot with es 

 from one to two bushels of roots per minute. Eor sale 

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



TYE I'P CHAINS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for tyeing up Cattle. 



These chains, introduced by E. H. Derbv, Esq. of Sale 

 andCol. Jacces, for the purpose of securing cattle lot 

 stall, are found to be the safest and most convenient m( 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



For sale by JOSEPH BKECK & 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. Kor sale by J. BRECK & C 

 No. 52 North Market st. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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