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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



API{IL,!36, 18 



MISCELLANEOUS 



A Singular Case of Spectral Illusion. — A young 



lady liaviiij I'.tfly received u viuleiit blow on the 

 middle of her foroliead, by running af.'ain£t a door 

 in the dark, enflTercit very much from pain about 

 the part, and also from a disturbed state of mind. 

 The latter being considered by two scientific gen- 

 tlemen as caused by a local afTection of the brain, 

 they inquired if she was not visited by apparitions 

 of persons and other objects. She replied at once 

 that she wa.'s, and described them in a vivid man- 

 ner. 'I'hese apparitions terrified lier very much, 

 until she was told that they were caused by a mor- 

 bid condition of the brain in consequence of the 

 blow she had received, when her terrors vanished, 

 and she does not new mind the visit of apparitions, 

 on recollecting that they proceed from this cause. 

 This case, with many others of the same character, 

 is liighly important, both in mental and medical 

 science, as they give to this . functional derange- 

 ment local and ascertainable external cause jV. 



y. Sun. 



Solitude. — A person of truly superior philosophic 

 mind would seldom wish to forego the inestimable 

 privilege of communing with himself. Sir Walter 

 Scott says in his diary — " From the earliest time 

 I can remember, I preferred the pleasures of being 

 alone to wishing for visitors, and have often taken 

 a bannock and a bit of cheese to the wood or hill, 

 to avoid dining in company. As I grew from boy- 

 hood to manhood, I saw this would not do, and to 

 gain a place in men's esteem, I must mi.x and bus- 

 tle with them. Pride and exaltation of spirits 

 often supplied the real plcafure which others seem- 

 ed to feel in society ; yet mine certainly upon 

 many occasions was real. Still, if the question 

 was eternal company, without the power of retiring 

 within yourself, or solitary confinement for life, I 

 should say, '' Turnkey, lock the cell." 



Canine Fidelity. — The Providence Journal re- 

 lates a most touching incident of canine fidelity 

 which occurred lately in that city. A bright and 

 interesting child, some four years old, the son of a 

 merchant, was much attached to a fine Newfound- 

 land dog, about a year younger than himself, and 

 the attachment was fully reciprocated. They were 

 constant companions, and the little fellow was 

 scarce ever without his shaggy playfellow. The 

 boy was taken sick, and the dog watched by his 

 bed with a solicitude that was most affecting. He 

 was almost continually in the room, and when the 

 physician made his daily calls, the dog would look 

 from him to the child, with an expression which 

 could not be mistaken, and which plainly showed 

 that ho understood both ;he object of the visit and 

 the danger of his little master. The child died. 

 The dog never tasted food afterward : he refused 

 every attention and every attempt to console him, 

 and in three days ho died. Kind hands laid the 

 noble brute by the side of the boy he loved so 

 well, and tears of genuine sorrow moistened the 

 turf that covered his noble heart. 



Who shall say that the spirit which animated 

 such more than human afTection, died with the body 

 that vainly strove to confine it? 



That integrity is the most exemplary, which pur- 

 sues the line of duty when the passions and interest 

 prompt a deviation. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have liccn made tlie past year in the 

 forni and workmanship of tliese Ploughs; ihe mould beard 

 has been so formed as to laii the furrow completely oner, 

 turning in even/ particle nf grass or sluhble, and leaving the 

 ground in the best possible manner. The length of the 

 mould-board has he n very much increased, so that the 

 Plough works with the !jrealest ease, hotli with respect to 

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

 of Ploughs at Woreester, 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 

 tlie inquirer, if your laud is mostly light and easy lo wmk, 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your /ami is heavy, hird orrod.y, 

 BEGIN- WITH Mb. Howard's.'' 



At the aliove mer.tioned trial the Howard Pl'^ugh did 

 more work, vith Ihe same power of team, than am) other 

 plough exhibited. So other turned more than twentvscen 

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

 Howard Plough turned iwenlunine and one half inches, to 

 the same poicer 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, wliich can be renewed without 

 having to furnish a new landside-, this shoe likewise secuies 

 the mould board and landside together, and strenglhens ihe 

 Plough very much. 



The ]irice of the Ploughs is from S6 toSlo. A Ploiii>h, 

 sufficient for breaking up with four callle, will cost ahoiit 

 Sio 50, and with cutler Si, with wheel and cutter, S2 .'iO 

 extra. 



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

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, by 



JOSKPH BRECK & CO. 



STRAIV BERRY PLANTS. 



We can supply the following varieties of Strawberry 

 Plants, English VVnod, Early Virginia, Hovey's Seedling, 

 Methven Castle, Keene's Seedling, Bishop's Orange, and 

 many other fine varieties. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Boston, April 15. 



10,000 PEAR STOCKS. 



The subscribers offer for sale lO.POO Pear Stock of Amer- 

 ican growth in first rate order, and much superior to those 

 imported. For two feet Stock S3 00 per hundred. 

 One and a half do. do. 2 50 do. 



Feb. 15. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



POUnUETTE ! POUDRETTE ! ! 



The subscribers keep constantly on hand, and for sale, 

 Poudrctle in quantities to suit purchasers; packed in Bar- 

 rels in order lor shipping, or transportation by wagon or Rail 

 Road:' 



The experience of five years past has satisfied inanj 

 farmers, that this manure has the quickest operation upon 

 vegetable matter, producing greater abundance, and is the 

 cheapest manure they have ever tried. 



Orders left at the New England Seed Store, and at the 

 factory in Brookline, will meet with prompt attention. 



For salcby J.BRECK & CO, 51 and 52 North Market 

 St., Boston. Oct. 26. 



GRINDSTONES ON FRICTION ROLLERS. 



Grindstones of different sizes, hung on friction rollers and 

 moved uiih a foot treadcr, is found to be a great improTO- 

 ment on the old mode of hanging grindstones. Stones hung 

 in this manner are becoming daily more in >is«, and whererer 

 used, give universal satisfaction. The rollers can he attach- 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. For sain hy J. 

 BRECK Si Co., No. 51 North Market street. 



SILK BUSINESS. 



Silk Worm Eggs, Pea nuts, and Sulphurs, at S3 50 per 

 ounce. 



Mulberry Trees. Cantons and Multicaulis at Sgo per 

 thousand delivered in Boston, by J. R. BARBOUR. 



Oxford, Jan. 25, 1343. ) 



Near Depot on N. and W. R. Road. \ 



Feb. 1. 



HARRIS' TREATISE ON INSECTS. 

 For sale by .JOSEPH BRECK a CO., Harris' Treatise 

 on Insects. Price 82. Also, the second edition of Dana's 

 Muck Manual, price 62j els. Feb 16. 



WINSHIPS. 



Received by recent arrivals from France 

 England, 500 large Orange and Dessert Porli 

 and Standard QUINCE TREES, six or r 

 feet in heigljt, very desirable productions fore 

 __ Horticulturist to possess, being the large kin 

 Several thousand fine Pear and Apple Sloclcs, bj 

 hundred or thousand. Also, hy the same arrivals, the u 

 importations of new fruit bearing Trees among them a 1 

 quantity of handsome Bartletl Pear Trees, and Ornami 

 productions, all of which can be hatl immediately, by 

 warding orders by mail, addressed to WINSHIPS', Bri 

 on, Mass., or left at JOSEPH BKECK &. CO.'S, 51 I 

 North Market street, Boston. . March S 



Fruit, Ornamental Trees, &c. 



NUIISERY OP WILLIAM KENRJCK. 



OP PEAR and PLUM, of PEACH and CH 

 RY TREES — a collection unrivalled in foi 

 years, for fine trees of new and finest ki 

 Fruits most valuable, moie rare, being jusi 

 ceived from Europe in new supplies, of things 

 uncommon, and beautiful, or no where else to be obtaine 



Gooseberries of first quality. Apples. Quinces, Grape Vi 

 Raspberries, t^urrants. Strawberries, &c. The new abric 

 and descriptive Catalogue for 1642 will be sent lo all 

 apply. 



Ornametjtal Trees and Shrubs, Honeysuckles, &c. Sj 

 did varieties of double yellow Harrison and other Roses 

 Tree Peonies, of Herbaceous Peonies, of Double Dahlias, 

 other flowering Plants, &c. Rhuliarb of first rate ne' 

 kinds. Thorns for hedges, &c. 



All orders addressed to the subscriber will be prompt!) 

 tended to, and Trees, when so ordered, will be securely p 

 ed in Mats and Moss for safe transport to all distant pi 

 by land or sea, and delivered in the city free of charge, 

 transportation by the wagon which is sent thither dadj 

 orders may be left with any of the authorised agents in Bos 

 WILLIAM KENRICl 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, March 18, 18-t3. cptJl 



Fruit aud Ornamental Trees and Sbrulis, 



The subscribers can furnish every variet] 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs w 

 can he obtained at the Nurseries in the vici 

 of Boston, at low prices, and of the first qua 

 and pack them securely, so that they can be 

 to any part of the country in safety. 



Those who may be in want of Trees will be well ace 

 modated by sending their orders to the subscribers at N< 

 North Market Street. 

 March 22. JOSTPH BRECK & C( 



FRUIT, ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 



A fine assortment of Pear, Apple, Plum,Pe 

 Quince, Cherry and other Fruit 'Trees. Curn 

 Grapes, Gooseberries, &c. Also, a large va 

 of Ornamental Forest trees, of large size, Ri 



Tree Ppeonies, Hawthorns, and a great varie 



other Flowering Shrubs, Paeonies, &c. for sale by the 

 scriber. Orders left with Messrs. BRECK & CO , o 

 reeled by mail, to the subscriber, will be promptly attei 

 to, and delivered in Boston free of cbaree. 



JOHN A. KENKIC: 

 Newton, Nonantum Dale, April 10. 



NURSERY 



#H. VANDINE, informs the public that he 

 has a choice collection of Pear, Plum and 

 Peach Trees, Gooselierries, Raspberries, Isa 

 bella and Catawba Grape Vines, Shrubs, &,c. 



Cambridgeport, Winsor Street, 1 I 2 mile from Boi 

 April 1-2. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck aud leading Chains. 

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

 No. 52 North Market St. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEEKLY PAPER. 



Terms, $2 per year in advance, or ,f 2 50 if not 

 within thirty days. 



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