32 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AtGB ST, 5 1835 



'mnm^miL'KiS^'m-w, 



THE SILK WORM. 

 There is no form upon our earth, 



That bears the njighty Maker's seal, 

 But has some charm — to draw this forth 



We need but hearts to feel. 



I saw a fair young girl — her face 



Was sweet as dreams of cherished friend — 

 Just at the age wlien childliood's grace 



And maiden softness blend. 



A silk-worm in lier hand she laid 



Nor fear nor even disgust was stirred, 



While gaily with her charge she played 

 As 't were a nestling bird. 



She raised it to her dimpled cheek, 



And let it rest and revel there ; 

 O why for outward beauty seek ! 



Love makes its favorites fair. 



That worm — I should have shrunk in truth 

 To feel the reptile o'er me move ; 



Yet loved by innocence and youth, 

 1 deemed it worthy love. 



Would we, I thought, the soul imbue. 

 In early life, with sympathies 



Fo*. every harmless thing, and view- 

 Such creatures formed to please ; 



And when with usefulness combined. 

 Give ihem our love and gentle care, 



O we might have a world as kind 

 As God has made it fair ! 



There is no form upon our earth 

 Bearing the mighty Maker's seal 



But has some charm — to draw this forth 

 We need but hearts to feel. 



Juvenile Miscellany. 



S CIDERS. 



A few months since, a gentleman in this viein- 

 itg was an eye witness to a mortal combat be- 

 tween a young rat and a small spider. When 

 they were first discovered, the rat v/as evidently 

 too weak to offer resistance to its liliputian foe ; 

 but feeling, probably after repeated trials, that dis- 

 cretion was the better part of valor, endeavored 

 to get out of the reach of its violent antagonist. 

 In this feeble effort, it reminded tlie astonished 

 spectator of that renowned couplet in Hudibras — 

 Who fiom battle runs away 

 May live to fight another day. 

 However, not to sport with the sufferings of the 

 maimed mischievous night-annoying quadruped, 

 whose species have made a sad havoc with the 

 family stores, it is evident that the deadly poison 

 of the spider was then diffusing itself through the 

 body. The spider in the mean time, apparently 

 watched its dying movements, and when the rat 

 crawled too fast, it would dart upon the body and 

 give another bite. Suffice it to say, the rat died, 

 and the fallen enemy, together with its belligerent 

 conqueror, who was captured on the spot, were 

 were both scctn-cd in one bottle, and may now 

 be 8 ;en in the cabinet in Trcmont Street, in this 



city. 



The poison of the spider is secreted in sacs, at 

 the angles of the mouth ; but in this climate, it is 

 pretty satisfactorily proved, they never attack ani- 

 mals, unless in a case of desperate necessity, 

 where the law of self preservation obliges them 



to slay or be slain. In the case now in question, 

 the rat probably pressed the spider against the 

 wall, in passing; and the spider to save 

 its own life, darted in its fangs. When once e.v- 

 cited, nothing seems to appease their wrath but 

 the ill atli of the object of their revenge. This 

 will account for the repeated attacks on .he rat. — 

 Scientific Tracts. 



To PRESERVE Specimens i.v N.^tural His- 

 tory. — To preserve the skins of animals for ex- 

 hib tion, arsenical soap has been found to be the 

 most perfect guard against vermin, and is prepar- 

 ed in the following manner, viz. camphor 5 oz. ; 

 arsenic in powder, 2 lbs.; white soap, 2 lbs.; salt 

 of tartar, 12 oz. ; chalk in powder, 4 oz. Ruli 

 this thoroughly over the inner surface, and after- 

 vvar.l stuff the animal for the case. 



A certain minister lately paid a visit to a lady 

 of his acquaintance, who was newly married and 

 who was attired in the modern indecent fashion. 

 After the usual compliments, he familiarly said, 

 " I hope you have got a good husband, madam." 

 ^" Yes, sir," she replied, " and a good man too." 

 " I don't know what to say about his goodness," 

 added the minister, rather bluntly, " for my Bible 

 teaches me that a good man should clothe his 

 wife ; but ho lets you go half naked." 



Contentment. — Contentment inclines us to 

 good actions. Innocent pleasures, also, have a 

 healthful influence upon the body and mind. As 

 melancholy and grief wear away our strength, so 

 is it proportionably increased by cheerfulness -and 

 joy. The mind would often sink under the 

 weight of its sorrows, if it did not receive an im- 

 pulse from some other source. 



Sadness may lead to felicity by a reflection on 

 human miseries, and consequently make a good 

 man. Intemperance may bring one to a state of 

 moderation by considering the advantages of its 

 opposite. But as for covetousness he that has 

 once given himself uji to that vice must never ex- 

 pect it will ever quit him till he is wrapped in his 

 winding sheet — nay, scarce then neither, for he 

 that is truly covetous will not only grudge him- 

 self the charge of a decent funeral, but almost of 

 a grave. — Hegesias, in Savage^s Letters of the An- 

 cients. 



Domestic Happiness. — Where will our sor- 

 rows receive the same solace as in the bosom of 

 our family ? Whose hand wipes the tear from 

 our cheek, or the chill of death from our brow, 

 with the same fondness as that of a wife ? If the 

 raging elements are contending without, here is a 

 shelter. If war is desolating the country, here is 

 peace and tranquility. Blissful and happy hours, 

 that unite us together in sweet and holy compan- 

 ionship, I bid you a joyful welcotne. 



Valde of Hops in Diseases of the Skin. 

 — One of the best external appljcations for many 

 eruptive diseases of the skin is a strong decoc- 

 tioD of Mops, in which the limbs or other affected 

 parts arc to be batheil several times a day. The 

 decoction should not be used until it has become 

 perfectly cold. In bad ulcers of the leg, the 

 most satisfactory results have been repeatedly re- 

 alized from this simple preparation. — Med. Intel 



VAIiTJABliE -WORK ON AGRICULTURE. 



This Day puUlislied by Gko. C. Bakkett, THE COM- 

 PLETE FARMER AND RURAL ECONOMIST. By T. 



G. FtssENDEN. Second edition, revised and improved by tht,^ 

 AntlLOrj with conside 'abl " additions. 



The first ed'lioii w as published last season, and Ihe sale wa^ 

 rapid beyond precedenl for a work of this kind. The present 

 improved and stereotyped impression has still higher recom- 

 mendations to pnhlic ))nIronaee, and cannot fail to prove sliil 

 more useful lo the community of cultivators. 



This work has met with decided and universal approbation 

 from the most competent iudges. Among the written and 

 printed recommendatory notices are those of the Hon. JoHll 

 Lowell and llev. Henky Colman. The Editors nf the 

 New York Farmer, the New England Magazine, the .Maine 

 Farmer, Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, ^c. have given favor- 

 able critiques of the Complete Farmer. We sbsll subjoin Mr 

 Lowell's notice, and propose in some future number to publish 

 those of the other gentlemen who have honored the work wilb 

 their approbation. 



"RoTbunj, Aprils, 1S3.'). 



" Having perused with attention the Complete Farmer and 

 Rural Economist, by Thomas G. Fessendcn, Esq. in its first 

 edition, and having recenily revised it at his request, prepara- 

 tory lo a second edition, I am of opinion that it is a valuable' 

 compendium and useful vvoik. Those who know that the sci- 

 ence of Agriculture is so extensive as to fill twelve quarto vol- 

 umes in the celebrated French work of the Abbe Rozier, and a 

 space not less in English works, will not expect in such an a. 

 bridgement full details in any one branch of that extensive and 

 varied art. 13ut I know of no abridged work in the French or 

 English languages which conveys more instruction in so small 

 a compass than this work of Mr Fessendeu. 



m6 John Lowell." 



GARDENER WANTED. 



Wanted an experienced capable Gardener. He must pro- 

 duce written testimoninU from former employers of his capac- 

 ity to manage a Hot and Green House estahli.shment, and every 

 other branch nf Gardening, and als<i ol his suluiety and Indus 

 try. Liberal wages will be paid. Horticulturists in N. York 

 and Philadelphia, are respectfully requested to recommend 

 any such Gardener, who may be seeking emplovnient, lo thn 

 subscriber. JOHN LOWELL. 



Bro&mlfy Vak, Roxbury, near Boston, June 23, 1835? 



SII-VBR FIRS, ifcc. 



William M»nn of Bangor, Me. will execute at short nft-^ 

 ce orders for Silver Firs, Evergreens, ^-c. well packed and' 

 1 good ortlcr. april 8. 



SIIiK COCOONS -WANTED. 



•riber, encouraged hv the late act of the Lr 



isli.. 



The subi 



ture to reel and throw American Silk, wishes lo purchase at 

 the Agricultural Warehouse in ISosion, Silk Cocoons, and wil 

 pay S3 i.er bushel for the best, and in proportion lor poorer 

 ones. [mfi] G. C. HARRETT. 



HEItERS FOR S.1I.E. 



For sale in Roxburv, a pair of Twin Heifers, 3 years old 

 next .August. They look precisely alike, and are of ei fine size 

 Inquire of Col. Wy'man. or Mr Fisher, at his Hotel in Koxbury 



The mother of the aliove mentioned' Heifers was a twin, and 

 during twelve years from May 15, 1822, lo May, 1833, had' 

 and raised seveiiieen calves. 



June 10. CATHARINE RLANEY, Roxbury. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Is published every Wediic.sfi.ny Evening, at ,53 per annuni 

 payable at the end of the year — but those «ho pay uitliiiill| 

 sixty days from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a de*| 

 duclion of fifty cents. 



[n^ No paper will be sent to a distance without payment" 

 being made in advance. 



AGENTS. 

 New York — G C. Thoriiuhn,G7 Liberty-street 

 Albany — Win. Thoreuun, 347 .Markel-slrcet. 

 Pkil'idelphiu—X). .S- C. I.ANUBETH, K.5 Chesnul-street. 

 Baltimore—]. I. Hitchcock, rublisher of American Farmei 

 Ciiteinnati—S. C. Pa iiKHUKST, 23 Lower Market-street. 

 Fltisliin^, N Y. — Wni. I'hinck <!(■ Sons, Prop. Lin. Bol.Gar. 

 West Bradford.— Walk & Co. Ro"ks.llers. 

 Middlehnry. Vt. — Wight Chapman, Merchant, 

 Wurt/ord— Gool.wiN S,- Co. Booksellers. 

 Nemlmniporl — Eii en r.ZKR .Steiiman. Rookscller. 

 Portsmouth, N. fl. — John W. Foster, Rookscller. 

 Woodstock, Vt. — J. A. Pratt. 

 Bmgor, Me.—W m . M a N N . Druggist. 



Halifax. N. S.— P J. Holland, Esq. F.ditorof Recorder. 

 St. Louis — Geo. Holton 



PRINTED BY TUTTLB AND WEEKS, 



No. 8, Schi-.il Sired. 

 OKDERS FOR PRINTING BECElVEIl BY THE PUBLISHEB. 



