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NEW E iN G L A N D V A tl M K 11 



APRIL, 30, I83C. 



sas^s^maSii^ws'a 



THE FRENCH CLAIM. 

 Afi'sung by Mr Andrews at the Tremont Theatre. 

 - Tune—" King and Countrymen." 

 There was an old King in the French country, 



A flaw in his treaty the deputies found— 

 'Twas all about twentyfive millions of francs, 

 Which he had agreed to pay Jonathan down. 



And when the time it had come round, 



That he should the money to Jonathan pass. 



To hand over the deputies wasn't inclined, 



They said they'll be shot if they furnished the brass. 



They even w nt so far as to hint 



That the King himself was concerned in the job; 

 And they'd no doubt if the money was piid, 

 Twould half of it rest in his majesty's fob. 



And when the news to Jonathan came. 



As you well may suppose he was desperate mad ; 



For, says he, when a fellow has made a fair trade, 

 To ■' dodge tUo question" was rather too bad. 



The more he thought on't the madder he grew. 

 Until he vowed by the great horn spoon. 



Unless they did the thing that was right, 



He'd give them a licking, and that pretty soon. 



Now when they saw Jonathan's dander was up. 

 They thought it best a new course to take ; 



And they said they'd pay the bill, inietest and all, 

 If Jonathan would an apolog;y make. 



Now when these new terms to Jonathan came, 



He vow'd up and down that he never would do it ; 



And I don't think that there's any one here. 

 But would sooner lose all than he shouldn't stick to it. 



Such " tarnation" ninnies they never would be, 

 In such a bad cause their blood to spill ; 



If they do, I can tell e'ni, betwixt you and me. 



When the Yankees get fighting, they " go it to kill." 



Now if they don't do the thing that is right. 

 They'll find themselves in a pretty hubbub, 



For, if we don't get justice without, 



We'll face the chaps with a hickory club. 



And now, Mr King of the French country, 



Without any nonsense, I'll say what I mean — 



Ifyou only know what critters we be. 



You'd just as lievc fight an infernal machine. 



catne a universal favorite with the workmen ; and 

 from the iip|jarent entire alisence of intelligence, 

 or any thing like ultimate object, he was received 

 into the works, to every part of which he had 

 access, lie took the advantage thus oflfered, and 

 having stored his memory with observations on 

 all the combinations, ho disappeared from among 

 liis kind friemls, as lie had appeared, no one knew 

 whence or whither. On liis return to England 

 he coniimmicated his information to some friends, 

 and by their aid the necessary buildings were 

 erected, and machinery provided. When, at 

 length, everything was prepared, and it was 

 found that the machinery would not act ; at all 

 events, it did not answer the sole end of its erec- 

 tion : it would not split the bars of iron. Foley 

 disapiieared again, and it was concluded that 

 shame and mortification at its failure had driven 

 him away forever. Not so ; again, though some- 

 what more speedily, he found his way to the 

 Swedish iron works, where he was received most 

 joyfully, and to make sure of their fiddler, be was 

 lodged in the splitting mill itself. Here was the 

 aim and end of his life attained beyond his utmost 

 hopes. He examined the works, and very soon 

 discovered the cause of his failure. He now made 

 drawings, or rude tracings; and having abided 

 an am)ile time to verily his observations, and to 

 impress them clearly and vividly on his mind, he 

 made his way to the port and onc3 more returned 

 to England. This time he was completely suc- 

 cessful, a?id by the results of his experience 

 enriched himself, and greatly benefitted his coun- 

 trymen. — J^eivhiryport Herald. 



American Energy A merchant from New 



York, was at the London Coffee House, in Lud- 

 gatehill; when the news of the great fire, which 

 occurred last winter in that city, arrived. His 

 premises were totally consumed, and bo found 

 liimself, as in a moment, a ruined man. His plan, 

 however, was instantly formed. In fifteen min- 

 utes from the time his eye had rested on the paper, 

 a chaise and four was at the door, in which he 

 hurried to Dover. Arriving in the night, he hired 

 a steamboat for 75 guineas, which soon landed 

 him at Calais. Thence he hastened with all pos- 

 sible expedition to Lyons. He reached the city 

 eight hours before the news of the fire, and em- 

 ployed his time in purchasing silk goods, to such 

 an extent, and on such terms as to secure a profit 

 of at least £25,000, the destruction being princi. 

 pally of French silks, and to so large an amount 

 as to require more thafi all the existing stock at 

 Lyons to make it good. — London paper. 



300 PEAR TREES. 



J. M. IVES, offers for sale at his grounds, in Salem, Mass. 

 Fine Pear Trees of ihe following kinds, set out and tested by 

 MrJIANNI.NCi, viz. Julienne, Skinless, Andrews, Dix.Hlood- 

 good, Barlleu, Gushing, Long Green, Seckle, Buffum, Bleck- 

 er's Meadow, Wilkinson, U'Arembeig, Raymond, Charles 

 of Austria, Beurre DIel, Bezi iMonligny, Capiamonl, Healh- 

 cot Joljonnot, Napoleon, Sainmer Thorn, Summer Fianc 

 Real, Princess of Orange, Early Kouselei, Urhanisle, Bon 

 L luis. tee, &c. There are from 6 to 15 of each of the above 

 varieties, nearly all of which are 4 years from the graft, and 

 are fine thrifty trees. 

 Salem, April 13. 



HOUSE and LAND FOR SAL,E, 



Situated in Spring street, Koxbury, distance short of 7 

 miles from Boston. I he House and Land lately occupied, 

 and improved by the Rev. Mr Wliiiney, next beyond the 

 Church there, with a good Barn and oui houses, all in excel- 

 lent repair ; a well of uncommon fine water, with pump, and 

 conveyed by aqueduct lo ihe kitchen ; ten acres of superior 

 Land, yielding large crops of hay ; also, a great variety of 

 Pears, Apples, Cherries, Peaches, Currants, Grapes, &c- 

 The land lies on a slope, die summit commanding a most ex- 

 tensive and beautiful prospect. The situation is remarkably 

 healthy, and in a highly respectable neighborhood. It 

 would be a very desirable summer and winter residence forf 

 any genllemau fund of the country. 'I'erms of payment 

 would be made easy. For further particulars, inquire of 

 GEO. H. GRAY & CO. 91 Kilby strett, or Rev. THO. 

 GRAY.Roxbury. march 30 



8000 MUIiBERRT TREES. 



Upwards of 8000 While Mulberry Trees, (.Morus Alba,) 

 four years old, now standing in Danvers, and will be sold 

 low, as diev arc to be removed in a lew days. Apply to Mr 

 BARRETT, at New England Farmer Office, or loJOHN M. 

 IVES, in Salem, Mass. ' april 13. 



RURAIi LIBRARY. 



This is a monthly periodical of 32 large octavo pages, de- 

 voted 10 the republication of Standard Works on Agriculture, 

 Gardening and Domestic Economy. The plan embraces the 

 reprint of works, eirlire, abridged and compiled. The most 

 practical works with their engravings, bollr American and 

 Foreign. The price is only two dollars per annum, — a sume 

 that will furnish every subscriber works that would cost from 

 ten to thirty or (orly dollars. Published by H. HUX- 

 LEY, & CO., at Iheir Agricultural Seed Store, No. 2, 

 Barcley street, New York. 4t march 23, 1826. 



ExTRAORDLVARV Fact. — One of the most ex- 

 traordinary instances of perseverance ever record- 

 ed, is related in a late publication in England. 

 The discovery of the process of siilitting bars of 

 iron, for the making of nails, was first made in 

 Sweden, and the consetpience of this advance in 

 the art was most disastrous to the manufacture in 

 England. An individual who lived in the neigh- 

 borhood of the works at Stourbridge, by the name 

 of Foley, was all at once missed, and was not seen 

 again for three or four years. He bad mentally 

 resolved to ascertain by what means the process 

 of .splitting bars of iron was aci omplishcd ; and 

 without communicating his intention lo a single 

 human being, ho proceeded to Hull, and thence, 

 without funds, worked hispassai,fe to the Swedish 

 iron port. Arrived in Sweden, he took up the 

 occupation of a fiddler, and after a time, he be- 



Candor. — Dr Palcy once received a letter froin 

 a farmer in the I'oilouing tcrjiis: — " kev. Sir, I 

 request your honor's acceptance of a hare, as 1 

 mean to ask a favor in a short time." Palcy re- 

 marked, on handing the letter to a friend, to read 

 aloud at a party of sub-deanry : — " Many thousand 

 presents have been made with the same intention, 

 yet the motive was never so honestly avowed be- 

 fore." 



«' Give me a cent," said a black-eyed urchin of 

 five, to his teacher, the other day. " Vv'hat will 

 you do with it.'" "Why, I'll buy two pipes," 

 said the boy as he drew from his pocket a dirty 

 half fig of tobacco, "and we'll have a sn)oke." 



Philosophy is satisfied, if it rectify a few grtrss 

 viees ; but the aim of Christianity is, to purify 

 the whole heart. 



WlIVSHIPS^ ESTABLISHAIENT. 



All orders forwarded by mail will be executed with prompt- 

 ness, or plants may be selected by persons visiting the Nur- 

 series. 



Just received from Europe, a large quantity of productions, 

 among them, new and superior Gooseberry Trees, from Scot- 

 land, with specimens of fruit preserved in alcohol. 



SILVER LEAF ABELE TREES, a suitable, and very 

 ornamental for islands, sea coasts, or public grounds, at rea- 

 sonable rates, by the hundred or thousand ; remarkable for 

 its beauty and quick and vigorous grow h. 



Brighton, April 13. 



BELLADOIVIVA L.I1.IES, 



Extra large and fresh, just received at the N. E. Seed Store. 

 April 13. 



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