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N E W E N G L A N D K A II IVI h U . 



APRIIi 27, 1836. 



5rirss©i§3EiSiJ^sg"W, 



From the Republican Sr Museum. 

 FAREWELL TO WINTER. 



Farewell, thou cold winter, to bid thee good bye, 

 Brings pain to no bosom, and tears to no eye; 

 As sheriffs and cousins, that visit too free. 

 Are parted with gladly, so is it with thee. 



We're forced to receive them— and by them be teased ; 

 And must lo seem civil, appear to be pleased — 

 They come uninvited, like thee, and their stay 

 Like ihine, is less welcome than going away ! 



Cold, cold was thy coming, repulsive thy f )rm , 

 Thy countenance clouded — envvrapt in a storm — 

 Chill frost thy companion, attending, came on. 

 And hangs about with thee— and will till ye re gone. 



Why stay ye here scowling, so gloomy and cold, 

 And white as a ghost in its winding sheet roll'd ? 

 Those signs of thy exit in gladness are seen. 

 That spring may succeed thee — the season of green. 



Then fare thee well, winter — to bid thee good bye, 

 Grieves nobody's bosom and moistens no eye — 

 With patience we've borne with thy cousin-like stay, 

 Till we are impatient to have thee away. 



sold, the sales were systeinatic jobbing specula- 

 tions, ill which tulips were only nominally made 

 use of, in gambling transactions, that threatened 

 to ruin the credit of the nation. Government at 

 length crushed the infamous scheme, but not until 

 it had ruined thousands. 



The Tulip mania in Holland. — That the 

 grave, thrifty, economical Dutchman should de- 

 vote so much attention to profitless gay flower 

 gardens seetns unaccountable. Not only, how- 

 ever, at Haarlem, but in every town and village, 

 piirticularly in North Holland, do they devote 

 much of their time to their flower-gardens, and 

 1)eautifully gay they are. In England and in 

 France, let pfiople think what they previously 

 ■may, if tlicy v.'sit the flower-gardens of those 

 -whose taste both nations despise, they will, at 

 least, acknowledge, that the cautious, heavy 

 Hollander alone kn.ows how to cultivate tulips 

 and other bulbs, so as to produce their flowers in 

 jreriection. Religious intolerance, bm-ning of 

 witches, canting philosoohy, war, and public 

 gambling, have all, lik<J plaj-^ue or cholera morbus, 

 had tlieir jieriods. En^Tlan^l has had her South 

 "Sea di.saster ; Frijjice be.r J,''ississippi calamity ; 

 and, earlier than either, Holland her tulip mania. 

 ,ai>o'ut two hundred years aj-/", ' ^"' ''""'® «^'' t"''P 

 'iecai/ie objects of such req»fC',st a,nd general inter- 

 rGBt, fhat to obtain one in vo'giie, i-;ost a fortune. 

 They were first cultivated for tale and exported, 

 as they still are, to foreign countries. At length 

 some calculating stock jobbers sp ecul ated on the 

 demand, and in 1637, they were actually converted 

 into stocK or shares, and greedily sought after by 

 the prevailing frenzy. The bulbs div.'ded into 

 perits, were, like stock sold, to be delivered by 

 the brokers on settling day. Four huiidre d pei-its, 

 in weight little more than a grain, of Admiral 

 Liefken, a favorite tulip, are said to have bec^n solil 

 for about £360, ami Semper Augustus, another 

 much in fashion, for about the same price. Du- 

 ring the same year, the town of Alkmaar sold, for 

 the benefit of an orphan asylum, one hundred and 

 twenty bulbs for ninety thousand florins. On one 

 occasion it was held forth that two bulbs of Sem- 

 per Augustus only existed ; for one, four thousand 

 six hundred florins, a set of harness and a hand- 

 some carriage were offered ; for the other, twelve 

 acres of excellent land. But the fact is, that 



Spanish Etiquettk. — Philip the third was 

 gravely seated by the fire. side; the fire-maker of 

 the court had kindled so great a quantity of wood, 

 that the monarch was nearly suff"ocated with heat, 

 and his grandeur would not siifier him to rise 

 from the chair ; the domestics could not presume 

 to enter the apartment because it was against the 

 etiquette. At length the Marquis de Potat ap- 

 peared, and the King ordered him to damp the 

 fires ; but he excused himself, alleging that lie 

 was forbidden by the etiquette to perform such a 

 lunction, for which the Duke d'Ussela ought to be 

 called upon ; as it was his business. The Duke 

 was gone out ; the fire burnt fiercer, and the king 

 endured it, rather than derogate from his dignity. 

 But his blood was heated to such a degree, that 

 an erysipelas in the head appeared the next day, 

 which, succeeded by a violent fever, carried him 

 off"in 1821, in the 54th year of his age. 



The palace was once on fire ; a soldier, who 

 knew the king's sister was in her apartment, and 

 must inevitably have been consuined in a few 

 moments by the flames at the risk of his life, 

 rushed in, and brought her highness safe out in 

 his arms ; but the Spanish etiquette was here 

 wofully broken into. The royal soldier was 

 brought lo trial, and as it was impossible to deny 

 that he had entered her apartment, the judges con- 

 demned him to die. The Spanish princess, how- 

 ever, condescended, in consideration of the cir- 

 cumstances, to pardon the soldier, and very 

 benevolently saved his life! — D' Israeli. 



OSAGE ORANGE, ^c. 



Nursery of William Kelt rick, at Nanuntuin Hill, Newton. 

 O^AGE ORANGE — Madura aurantica. A hardy tree, 

 and niie of the riiosl ornaiueiual of all our native trees, it 

 bears striking resemblance lo the orange tree. The fruit, 

 wliich is not eatable, is large like an orange, and of a gold 

 color and splendid. The vk-ood produces fine yellow dye, and , 

 is one of the most tough, strong, and elastic of al! the woods ; 

 it is called Bow Wood, and is supposed lo be the most durable 

 limber in the world, and for ship timber is preferred lo live 

 oak. The wood, like that of the orange, is armed with long, 

 sharp, spines, and makes the strongest and most beaulitul of 

 all hedges. The trees are some male and some female, there- 

 fore requiring more than one for the pioduclion of frurt; but 

 these ciiniioi be distinguished when young. Price 60 cts. each, 

 and 53,00 a dozen. 



— ALSO — 



LANCASHIRE GOOSEBERRIES. A new importation of 

 finest Lancashire Goosebeiries, is just received. Price £3 a 

 dozen. 



— ALSO — 



COCKSPUR, OR NEW CASTLE THORNS FOR 

 HEDGES. A new supply of this beautiful plant is jusl re- 

 ceived and may now be had if applied for S( on. Hedges of 

 this planl have been proved by John Prince, Esq. of Koxbury, 

 and these, during 17 years, have never been annoyed by ihe 

 destructive borer. Plants young, and worth ^10 a 1000. 

 Orders sent by mail, post paid, will be promptly executed. 



April 20. 6st. 



WINSHIFS' ESTABLilSHMENT. 



All orders forwarded In- mail will be executed with prompt- 

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



Just received from Europe, a large quantity of productions, 

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

 land, with specimens of Iruit 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. 



Just 

 mem o 

 Seed Store. 



Sl*L.EarDID DAHI.IA ROOTS. 



;ived from the Lancaster Gardens, a fine assort- 

 plendid Dahlia Roots. For sale at the New England 



Wanderers. — Sliow me a man who cares no 

 more for one place than another, and 1 will show 

 you in that same [lerson one who loves nothing 

 but himself. Beware of those who are hoineless 

 by choice ! You have no hold on a human being 

 whose afl^ections are without a tap root. The 

 laws recognise this truth in the privileges which 

 they confer upon freeholders; and public opinion 

 acknowledges it also, in the confidence which it 

 reposes upon those who have what is called a 

 stake in the country. Vagabond and rogue are 

 convertable terms; and with how much jjiopriety 

 any one may understand who knows what are the 

 habits of the wandering classes, such as the 

 gypsies and potters. — Indiana Aurora. 



-WHITE MVI.BERRY TREES. 



300 While Mulberry Trees, 6 years old. They have been 

 transplanted and set m a hedge, for sale by 



STEPHEN CURRIER, 

 April, 20. Melhuen. Mass. 



MII.CH COWS. 



A very liberal price will be paid for two milch cows with 

 calves by their side, if olTered befcre the lOlh of May to the 

 subscriber. JOHN LOWELL. 



Koxbury, April 18. 



Activity. — There is much advantage in activ- 

 itv, in doing most things quickly. Dr Arnott, in 

 his Elements of Physic, says that animal power is 

 exhausted exactly in proportion to the time iluring 

 which it is acting, as well as in proportion to the 

 intensity of force exerted. There may, therefore, 

 he often a great saving of animal power, by doing 

 work quickly with a little more exertion tluring 

 the time. Suppose two men of equal weight to 

 ascend the same stairs, one of whom took only a 

 minute to reach the top, and the other takes four 

 minutes, it will cost the first little more than one 

 fourth part of the fatigue which it costs the se- 

 cond, because the exhaustion is in proportion to 

 the time during which the muscles are acting. 



The Scythians tanned the scalps of their ene- 

 although the stibstitnce of many tulip-roots was | mies, and made towels of them. 



WANTED, 



300,000 Cucumbers for pickling. 

 30,006 Mangoes. 



100 Bushels Beans, for which a fair price will be paid. 

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