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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May II, 1831. 



BI I S C E L. L, A N Y 



THE SPRING JOURNEY. 



BY BISHOP HEBER. 



Oh green was the corn as I rode on my way, 

 And bright were the ilews on the blossoms ol May, 

 And dark was the sycamore's shade to behold, 

 And the oak's tender leaf was of emerald and gold. 



The thrush from his holly, the lark from his cloud, 

 Their chorus of rapture sung jovial and loud ; 

 From the soft vernal sky to the soil grassy ground, 

 There was beauty above me, beneath, and around. 



The mild southern breeze brought a shower from the 



hill. 

 And yet, though it left me all dripping and chill, 

 I felt a new pleasure as onward I sped. 

 To gaze where the rainbow gleamed broad overhead. 



Oh such be life's journey, and such be our skill, 



To lose in its blessings the sense o'" its ill ! 



Through sunshine and shower may our progress be 



even, 

 And our tears add a charm to the prospect in heaven ! 



TOBACCO. 



(Extract from Professor Sinarl's LeKer.) 

 'But I must return to myself, iu order to answer 

 some of the inquiries vvliicli you make res|)ecting 

 the results of Miy own efforts to break off from 

 tobacco. After the conviction which ensued the 

 reading of Dr M'Allister, I thought it nnist be a 

 duty for me once more to niake the eftort to break 

 off. Two things were and are clear to me; (1) 

 Tobacco, having powerful and fatal proijertie.s, 

 must, or at least may be, a dangerous thing to 

 tamper with ; or as Dr Mussey of Hanover 

 once told me, " It is not safe to play with edged 

 tools." (2) What other good can tobacco do, than 

 to gratily the senses ? A thing, which the sot and 

 the opinm-eater can plead foi, and in-ge as a reason 

 for continuing their practices. I came therefore 

 to a resolution to desist. But how seemed to be 

 a question of more importance and difficulty, than 

 you will admit who never, I su|)pose, have been 

 addicted to using tobacco. I had seen veterans 

 in the use of it, suffer seriously in their health 

 atid spirits, for a time, in consequence of abruptly 

 breaking off from it. The reason is obvious. 

 Their system had been brought, by long habit, to 

 discharge a great quantity of saliva ffuid by the 

 mouth. When the occasion of doing this was 

 vyholly removed, the whole system must undergo 

 a change in its economy. Sudden changes, and 

 such great ones, they could not well bear. — Young- 

 er persons can einlure them much better. But 

 men of grey hairs should look well how they make 

 sudden changes, iu cases of such a nature. 



" I thought it not safe to break off wholly at 

 once. But I did this ; I broke off until hanker- 

 ing became oppressive. I then procured some of 

 the most detestable tobacco that it was possible to 

 find, and took some of it. It generally nauseated 

 me in a verj' short time ; and tlii« was exactly what 

 I wanted. In this way, the appetite would occur 

 more seldom and when it did occur, the gratifica- 

 tion of it would admit of but very little indulgence. 

 I cannot say that others need this gradual process ; 

 I hope they do not. I am sure that young persons, 

 and men, of robust hetdtli, do not need it. They 

 can break off at once without any danger, because 

 they can bear great changes. But veterans would 

 do well to take sonic precaution, '.vlien in a valetu- 

 dinarian state. 



'It is impossible for those who have never used 

 tobacco, even to imagine the strength of the appe- 

 tite for it, when once fidly formid. 1 camiot sup- 

 pose that the thirst for ardent spirits exceeds it in 

 strength. But that it can be overcome, I do be- 

 lieve. My own case is yet too recent to boast of 

 it. My full persuasion is, that it is my duty to 

 break off Occasionally I am persecuted, even 

 now with the banefu! appetite. But its power is 

 evidently dlnnnished ; and if my reason remains, 

 it will never have the rule over me again. 



'As to all those who use a little tobacco, I sup- 

 pose they are in the same plight with that in whii h 

 I have been myself. They do not use it, 1 suppose, 

 le.ss than once a il ly ; and this was my ordinary 

 measure. That it has been mischievous to me, 

 1 have not the least doubt, on looking back upon my 

 past experience. That it can in no ordinary case, 

 be proper to tise such a power/id and dangerous 

 substance as a luxury, every candid man, it seems 

 to me, must feel inclined to admit. Of course 

 my mind is fully made up to abandon it altogether. 



Ingenuity Rewarded. — A Mr Reynolds, of Bristol, 

 R. I. has invented, after inuch laborious research, 

 and under that worst of all discouragements to in- 

 genuous mechanics, poverty, a machine for manu- 

 facturing wrought nails. Mr R. under all his em- 

 barrassments, by the dint of study and perseverance, 

 has brought his machine to such perfection that it 

 will take from the rod and deliver 200 wtought nails 

 in a minute, superior in every respect to nails 

 wrought on the anvil. The ingenious inventor and 

 his associates have sold the e.vclusive right of the 

 machine to a company in Philadelphia, and have re- 

 ceived as a compensation the liberal sum of $100,000. 



PiRON, the celebrated French satirist, was once 

 brought for some midnight frolic, before a Divisional 

 Comniissionary of Police, who sternly asked him the 

 usual questions — his name, his profession, &c ; of 

 which he was no sooner informed than he changed 

 liis tone, and assuming a smiling countenance, said 

 — 'Ah ! Mr Pi RON, the poet — we are all friends lie re ; 

 for I too have a brother who is a poet.' ' That is 

 very likely,' returned the satirist, ' for I also have a 

 brother who is an egregious block-head.' 



Reason for Widowhood.— Mr Crotchet was left 

 a widower, with two children ; and, after the death 

 of his wife, so strong was his sense of the blessed 

 comfort she had been to him, that he determined 

 never to give any other woman an opportunity of ob- 

 literating the happy recollection. — Crotchet's Cas- 

 tle. 



It is said the Penacock Indians, who were a form- 

 idable tribe in this vicinity, used to predict the 

 weather from the movement of the morning fog, 

 which usually passed off in the direction towards 

 the mountains. ' If (said they) the fng goes a fish- 

 ing, we shall have fair weather ; but if it goes a 

 hunting look for a storm.' This saying is not uncom- 

 mon among the fishermen at the present day. 



O.N Miss Long. — She was a beautiful young lady ; 

 bjt so short, that she was when alive called the Pocket 

 Venus, or Love's Duodecimo. Her epitaph concluded, 

 alluding to her size : 



Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, 

 in order that they should s^^e twice as much as they 

 say ; but fiom their conduct one would suppose that 

 they wore born with two tongues and one eye ; 

 for those talk the most who have observed the least. 



In the morning think what thou hast to do; and 

 at night, ask tliyself what thou hast done. 



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Valuable and Cheap Land — for Sale. 



The subscriber oH'ers for sale, 14,000 acres of chc 

 Land, siluaied In ihe town of Pinckney, county of Le 

 and state of New York. Some ol the land is inipro 

 and umier cultivation. The countiy is remarkably h. 

 l/iq, being entirely free fiom the lever and ague and h 

 the common bilious fevers which often afflict the to\ 

 upon Lake Ontario, this town being 18 miles east of 

 Like. The soil is principally a sandy loam, nmch oi 

 covered with rich black mould. The timber is chie 

 Sugar Maple, I'.lack Ash, Butternut, Beech, Elm, 1 

 The land yields first rate crops of Grass, Rye, Oats.B m^ 

 ley. Potatoes and Flax ; and on some lots, good Whi 

 and Corn may be grown. To those wishing to obtain 

 perioi' grazing farms, a fine opportunity riow offers itsi 

 The produce of pasturage and bay h'om an acre of t 

 find, is very large, fully equalling if not surpassing tl 

 from the same quanlily of land in any other of the Bll 

 River townships. The land is adujiiably well wateijl 

 there being nut few lots which have not durable runOll ^ 

 streams upon them. The land is well adapted to Orchil 

 ing — the Apple tree thriving very well in this couM jdjf 

 Slock of all kinds may be disposed of with the least pos , 

 ble trouble, and to the greatest advantage, the dron 

 purchasing at the very doors ol the farmers, and pay} " 

 the highest cash prices for their cattle, which will read lit 

 find purchasers at all seasons of the year. Several/ 

 iners at present residing on this town, were origina 

 tiom the New England States, and some of them fn 

 ALassachusetts, who are in thriving circumstances. T* 

 above descjibed land is offered tor sale at the very 1( 

 price of from two dollars and a half to three dollars J 

 acre, lor the uncleared land, and from three dollars am 

 half to five dollars and a half lor the improved lots. T 

 l.ind will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, and fiom t' 

 to five years' credit for payment in annual iiisialnien |J'- 

 will be given. As a further convenience to purchase 

 the subscriber will receive in payment, Cattl.-, Shet 

 Perk, Grain or Grass Seed, (or which products he W 

 allow the highest cash prices. The title to the land 

 indisputable, and good Warranty Deeds will be given I' 

 purchasers. Persons desirous of puichasing will plea 

 to apniy to the subscriber, at Henderson Harbor, coUD 

 nf Jefferson, Stale of New ^'ork, or to D a v i d Can fi el ' 

 Esq. on the town. JAMES H. HENDERSON. 



March 9. epl6t 



Ammurition J^^ 



01 the best quality ai.n longest prices, for sporting 

 constantly for sale at COPELAND'S POWDER STOR 

 65 Broad Stieet. 



N. B. If the quality is not found sati-laclory, it nil 

 be returned, and the money willbe refunded, tf Jan. 



Evergreens, Silver Firs, S,-c. 

 The subscriber being engaged in the Sa 

 business would be happy to receive orde 

 for Forest Trees, Seeds, and Evergieensfro ' 

 Maine, and being Agent tor J, B. Russe 

 __ oston, and Prince t^- Sons, Flushing, N. ^ 

 or.ler^ sent through them or otherwise, will be attenJt 

 (0 witboutdelay Particular directions for taking upau 

 packing is requested. WM. MANN. 



Jlugusta, Me., March 26. 6t 



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 seen at the New England Farmer office. 



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