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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 17, 1830. 



MISCELLANIES 



THE COURSE OF CULTURE. 

 BY T. G. FESSENDEN, ESa. 



SUNG ON FRIDAY LAST, AT THE SECOND ANNIVERSA- 

 RY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY, TO THE TUNE ' AULD LANG SYNE.' 



Survey the world, through every zone, 



From Lima to Japan, 

 In lineaments of light 't is shown 



That CULTURE makes the man. 

 By manual culture one attains 



What Industry may claim, 

 Another's mental toil and pains 



Attenuate his frame. 



Some plough and plant the teeming soil. 



Some cultivate the arts ; 

 And some devote a life of toil 



To tilling heads and hearts. 

 Some train the adolescent mind, 



While buds of promise blow, 

 And see each pascent twig inclined 



The way the tree should grow. 



The first man, and the first of men. 



Were tillers of the soil ; 

 And that was Mercy's mandate then. 



Which destined man to moil. 

 Indulgence preludes fell attacks 



Of merciless disease. 

 And Sloth extends on fiery racks 



Her listless devotees. 



Hail, horticulture! Heaven-ordained, 



Of every art the source, 

 Which man has polished, life sustained. 



Since Time commenced his course. 

 Where waves thy wonder-working wand 



What splendid scenes disclose ! 

 The blasted heath, the arid strand. 



Out-bloom the gorgeous rose ! 



Even in the seraph -sex is thy 



Munificence descried ; 

 And Milton says in lady's eye 



Is Heaven identified. 

 A seedling, sprung from Adam's side, 



A most celestial shoot ! 

 Became of Paradise the pride, 



And bore a world of fruit. 



The Lily, Rose, Carnation, blent 



By Flora's magic power. 

 And Tulip, feebly represent 



So elegant a flower. 

 Then surely. Bachelors, ye ought. 



In season to transfer 

 Some sprig of this sweet 'touc H-iiE-rroT, 



To grace your own parterre ; 



And every Gardener should be proud. 



With tenderness and skill. 

 If haply he may be allowed 



This precious plant to till. 

 All that man ha=, had, hopes, can have. 



Past, promised, or possessed. 

 Are fruits which culture gives or gave 



At industry's behest. 



What the bright sparkling of the finest eye 

 To the soft soothing of a calm reply .' 

 Can comeliness of form, or shape, or air, 

 With comeliness of words or deeds compare ? 

 No those at first the unwary heart may gain, 

 But these, these only can the heart retain. 



Rowe's Art of Charming. 



For Sale, 



A valuable Farm at Lechmere Point; consisting of 30 

 acres— on the Craigie road, less than three miles from 

 Boston. With a good two story house and barn thereon— 

 a thriving young orchard and other fruit trees. 



For terms and other particulars, inquire of Wm E 

 Payne, No. 5 Court -street. eptol Aug. 27 



beauty. 

 What is the blooming tincture of the skin 

 To peace of mind, to harmony within.' 



DEATH BY HYDROPHOBIA. 



We copy the subjoined account of a death 

 from this dreadful disease, from the last Char- 

 lottesville (Va.) Advocate: 



Died, at his residence, about 8 miles from this 

 place, on Wednesday last, Mr Wm. C. Wren, of 

 Hydrophobia We are indebted to the politeness 

 of a friend for the following particulars relative 

 to this terrible disease : — Mr Wren was bitten in 

 two places on the foot, by a strange dog, on the 

 7th of June last. Both wounds were much lac- 

 erated, and one of them penetrated through the 

 tendons on the upper surface of the foot to the 

 bone. He felt no uneasiness about his situation, 

 not supposing the dog to be mad. The wounds 

 continued to heal regularly, and in a short time, 

 were perfectly well. On tlie 15th inst., more 

 than two months after the woimds were received, 

 he felt some uneasiness in the foot, whieh grad- 

 ually extended up the leg until it reached the 

 body. He then had pain in the back, lower part 

 of the abdomen, and some soreness about the 

 throat. These symptoms, which continued with lit- 

 tle variation, were ascribed by himself and friends 

 to Rheumatism, or cold brought on by recent ex- 

 posure to a shower of rain. By family prescrip- 

 tion he was bled and took a dose of oil. The 

 bleeding relieved his pains, and he supposed him- 

 self nearly well, until on the evening of the 17th 

 inst., while attempting to swallow some water he 

 was immediately seized with spasms. He then 

 for the first time became fully aware of his awful 

 condition, and applied for medical aid. Tbe 

 spasms continued to increase rapidly, and were 

 much aggravated by the approach of any one to 

 the bed side, or any sudden noise. Attempts 

 were made by every means to get him to receive 

 drink and food, but the approach of either, in any 

 manner, immediately threw liim into the most 

 violent agitation. In the intervals of the spasms, 

 and even during their continuance, he retained 

 perfect possession of all his mental faculties, until 

 within an hour of his dissolution. 



He repeatedly invited his friends to his bed side 

 to shake hands with him, assuring them that he 

 was in full possession of his senses, and felt no 

 disposition to do injury to any one. The spasms 

 continued with increasing violence 21 hours, 

 when death relieved him from the most awful 

 sufferings we have ever witnessed. 



The recent events in France have revived the recol- 

 lection of the dreadful use made of the lantern posts dur- 

 ing the old Revolution. If a man were but suspected of 

 being a royalist, the mob shouted ' a la lanterne' ' a la 

 lanterne ,' and the unfortunate victim was hung across 

 the first lantern-rod that presented itself. There was a 

 strange levity mixed with the cruellies of that period. 

 We recollect more than one instance where a witty ex- 

 pression saved a man's life ; — as if a pun were an equiva- 

 lent for human existence! The Abbe Maury had /alien 

 in'o the hands of the enraged populace, and as usual, the 

 cry was ' a la lanterne !' Arrived at a convenient place, 

 they made their brief preparations for immediate execu- 

 tion ; the Abbe turning round with a smile, said, ' Gentle- 

 men, I am convinced you won't see any better for hang- 

 ing me there.' The joke was received with acclama- 

 tions ; his liie was saved; and he is now a Cardinal. 

 Journal and Tribune. 



Saxon Sfieep. 



On Thursday the 23d day of September, at Hartford (to 

 close a concern) will be sold by Publ.c Auction, an emire 

 flock of superior full blooded Saxon Sheep, bred with care 

 from the best stock imported by Messrs George & Thos 

 Searle, in 182S and '26 ; consisting of U Rams, ^ Ewes, ' 

 Kam Lambs, and 10 Ewe Lambs. 



Also the well known full blooded Durham Improved Shoi 

 Horned Bull Wye Comet, unquestionably the best Bull 

 America. W. WOODBRIDGE 



August 30, 1330. HENRV WATSON 



Seeds for Fall sowing. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the Ne' 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street 



A great variety of veget-ible seeds for fall sowintr, viz 

 White Portugal Onion, Prickly or Fall Spinach, (growth 

 of 1830,) Parsnips, Carrots, Black Spanish or Winter Ra 

 dish— all warranted of the first quality. Sept. 10 



Culture of Silk. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the Newi 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street— 



Essays on American Silk, and the best means of ren- 

 dering it a source of individual and national wealth ; with 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — By John 

 D'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peter S. Du Pon- 

 ceau — Price 62i cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms, and 

 the Culture of the White Mulberry Tree. Published by 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the PromoiioD 



of those objects, (an excellent, plain, practical work.) 



Price 25 cents. 



Bees for Sale. 

 Persons in want of prime swarms of Bees, or Beard') 

 Patent Hives, can be supplied by Mr Ebenezer Beard of 

 Charlestown. Purchasers of swarms are supplied with 

 Beard's Patent Hives, gratis, for their own family tut 

 only. The prices of swarms vary, according to their 

 weight and quality. November and December is con- 

 sidered the best time for removing the Bees ; they can be 

 engaged, however, at any time previous. All orders, 

 either for swarms, or for the Patent Hives only, left with 

 J. B. Russell, at his Seed Store, No. 52 North Market 

 street, Boston, will be faithfully executed. 



tf Sept. 10. 



J^ew Work on Farriery. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store connected 

 with the New England Farmer Office, No. 52 Nortt 

 Market Street, 



The Veterinary Surgeon ; or, Farriery taught on a ne» 

 and easy plan : being a treatise on all the diseases and 

 accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the causes and 

 symptoms of each, and the most improved remedies em- 

 ployed for the cure in every case ; with instructions to the 

 Shoeing-Smith, Farrier, and Groom, how to acquire 

 knowledge in the art of Farriery, and the prevention of 

 Diseases. Preceded by a popular description of the ani- 

 mal functions in health, and showing the principles OD 

 which these are to be restored when disordered. By John 

 Hinds, Veterinary Surgeon. With considerable addition! 

 and improvements, particularly adapted to this countij^ 

 by Thomas M. Smith, Veterinary Surgeon, and Membei 

 of the London Veterinary Medical Society. Price $1,25. 



Published every Friday, at §3 per annum, payable at the 

 end of the year-but those who pay within sixty days from tbe 

 time of subscribing, are entitled to a deduction of fifty cenll. 



(Ij= No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. Butts — by whoB 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet lb 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 62 Noitt 

 Market Street. 



agents. 

 New York—G. Thof.burn & Son, 67Liberly-strrel. 

 Phi!adelphia-M. &, C Lakdketh. 85 Cheslnul-sireei. 

 Baltimore— G. B. Smith, Office oflhe American Farmer. 

 Albany — Hon. Jesse Buel. 



Flushing, N. Y. Wm. Prince & SoNS,Prop.Lia. Bot.GaiAl 

 //ui(/<ird— GoonwiN & Sons. 



Halifax.N. S.—V. i. Holland, Fsq. Recorder Office. 

 Montreal, L. C. — A. Bowman, Bookseller. 



