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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Philailclphia Alburn. 



NOTHING TO DO. 



Alas ! how very wearily 



Tlie heavy hours roll by ! 

 I wonderif there ever was 



A iii.tn so dull as 1. 

 From mor[iinjr lifrht to dim twilight 



There's iioliiing 1 can do. 

 Except 10 eat, and iliink, and write, 



And feel exceeding blue. 



I wander with a stare forlorn 



Through niany a well known street. 

 And see how full of business 



Is every one I meet ; 

 And then I sigh to think that I 



Alone among matikind. 

 Have not a thing to occupy 



My lingers or my mind ! 



I heard one say the other day, 



That I had grown a bore, 

 And did mt seem to understand 



The purpose of a door — 

 The paltry dunce ! I lent him once 



A fifty dollar bill: 

 He has not paid it to me yet — 



1 guess he never will ! 



When now I call on Adeline, 



She never is at home — 

 She says, she could not bear a man 



So much inclined to roam ; • 

 Sh*has returned, and I have burned, 



My letters old and new ; — 

 'T is queer she did not think to send 



The watch I gave her too. 



And now there's nothing I can do, 



So pestered by the blues! 

 Our daily papers are not fit 



For Christians to peruse : 

 I do not care for politics, 



Wars, trials, or debates — 

 1 skip all ' horrid accidents,' 



And never notice dates. 



In vain — in vain ( try to laugh. 



When Linton tries to pun — 

 I look as shrinkingly upon 



A punsier as a dun. 

 Uneasy thoughts seem folded in 



Erich object that I see. 

 The very grass I tread upon 



Is full of gloom to me. 



The sky — the golden summer sky — 



Yon arch of dazzling blue 

 Seems unto me a vapory mitss. 



Of thick and Itaden hue. 

 ! I had rather ply the oar 



And toss upon the sea. 

 Than live the mi-erable slave 



And victim of ennui. 

 Boston, Jlpril, 1831. y. 



Evidence of the senses. — A roguisli l)oy 

 stole the g-lasses from his grandfather's spectacles, 

 and when the old gentjetnan piittliem on, finding 

 he could not see, he exclaimed,' marry on ine, I've 

 lost my sight!" hut thinking the impediment to 

 vision might l)e the dirtines.sof the glasses, took 

 them off to wipe them ; when not feeling then, he, 

 still more frightened, cried out, 'Why, what's 

 come now, why I huve lost my feeling too !' 



Samuel M. Hopkins, LI,. D of Alhany calcu- 

 lates that two cents and seven mills per day, will 

 furnish healthy and comfortahle food for a man 

 and include bread, pudding, meat and jelly, pota- 

 toes, salt, vinegar, pepper, rye, coffee and mo- 



CorrEi;. — The general effect of cofleo upon the 

 nervous coat of the stomach is, unquestionably, a 

 gentle stimulant ; and as most substances of that 

 class have to a certain extent, a tonic power, it may 

 be safely recommended to individuals whose powers 

 of digestion have been debilitated by stimulants of 

 a more powerful character,8uch as fermented liqt:ors, 

 wine, spirit, &o.- The cu.'itom of taking coffee 

 after dinner, and jnst before retirement to rest 

 is bad; because its stimulant property on the nerves 

 of the stomach e.\erts a power destructive to 

 sleep ; it proriioto; an activity of the mind, jj^j 

 gives a range to the imagination, which pre^gjjjg 



self forgetfulness that sure harbinger to repo^g 



Manual of Invalids. 



Royal Tenderness. — The Emperor of China 

 has reproved the sheriff for strangling' the wrong 

 subjects by mistake, and requests them not to do 

 so in future ! 



Pretty Good. — ' What dat you pic up dere. 

 Sambo.'' ' Dollar, Pompey.' ' Well jnss leff 'em 

 down again ; I only i)ut 'em dere to try you.' 



A caoutchouc (India rubber) tree is mentioned as 

 growing in a garden in Philadelphia. The Balti- 

 more American says there is also one in the garden 

 of a gentleman residing in that city. Itsoniewhat 

 resembles the fig tree. 



There is one in Boston. It may be seen at the 

 fruit store in the right wing of the Tremont House. 

 It is a very beautiful thrifty sapling. 



.Veu) toay of blacking boots. — Aq Inn-keeper in 

 Connecticut — who was prodigiously fond of a joke, 

 and valued himself more on his gibes and jeers, 

 than his good accommodations and honest reckm- 

 ings one day, as he was sitting before his door, 

 observed a raw looking young man from the coun- 

 try, whose boots were polished much beyond the 

 general style of his appearance. Boniface thinking 

 he would be a capital subject for sport,called to him. 



' Here, young man, I wish to speak with you.' 



The fellow slopped, and Boniface proceeded. 



'I admire the appearance of your boots — I wish 

 you'd tell me how to black mine.' 



'That,' said the awkward looking fellow ; 'you 

 can do easy enough— jist rub them against your 

 character.^ 



Anecdote.— The Duchess of Marlborough, at 

 her evening conversations, occasionally covered her 

 head with her handkerchief and was then supposed to 

 be asleep. She was in that state one evening ; at 

 a time at which she was much displeased with her 

 grandson, then Mr John Spencer, for acting, as she 

 conceived, under the influence of Mr Fox, whose 

 name being mentioned, she exclaimed, 'Is that the 

 Fox that stole my goose ?'—The Marchnont Papers. 



Sir Edmund Sugden, an eminent chancery barris- 

 ter in England, relates that Lord Chancellor Eldon 

 'commonly gleaned the knowledge of the case he 

 adjudged from the perusal of the documents, and not 

 from the speeches of the counsel, and that he invari- 

 ably divided the hours of his judicial sittings between 

 the examination of papers, and a daily correspon- 

 dence with a favorite daughter.' Sir Edmund cites 

 from one of his lordship's paternal epistles, this sen- 

 tence : ' They suppose I am listening to their stupid 

 arguments ; they little imagine I am writing to you. 



An Insect Pun. — In the Narrative of Discovery 

 and Adventure in Africa, Wilson, having occasion 

 to mention that a species of insect, called pausus, 

 was the last described by Linnteus, says, in the lan- 

 guage of Young, it was — 



'An awful pause, prophetic of his end!' 



May 25, I S3 1. 



Valuable and Cheap Land — for .Salt. 



The subscriber oflers for sale, 14,000 acres of choice 

 Land, situated in ihe town of Pinckney, county of Lewis 

 and slate of New York. Some ol the land is rn, proved 

 and under cultivation. The country is rcrnaikably heal- 

 l/Ci(, hiring enliiely free from the fever and ague and trom 

 the cuinmon bilious fevers which often afflict Ihe towns 

 upon Lake Ontario, this town being 18 miles east of the 

 lake. The soil is principally a sandy loam, much of n 

 covered with rich bl.ick mould. The timber is chiefly 

 Sugar Maple, Black Ash, Butternut, Beech, Elm, &o. 

 The land yields first rate crops of Grass, Rye, Oats, Ear- 

 ley, Potatoes and Flax; and on some lots, good Wheat 

 and Coin may be grown. To those wishing to obtain su- 

 perior grazing farms, a fine opportunity now olTers itself. 

 The pioduce of pasturage and hay from an acre of tbii 

 land, is very large, fully equalling if not surpassing that 

 from the same quanlity of land in any olher of the Black 

 River townships. The land is admiiably well watered,. 

 there being nut few lots which have not durable running 

 streams upon them. The land is well adapted lo Orchard- 

 ing — Ihe Apple tree thriving very well in this county. 

 Sloek of all kinds may be disposed of with the least possi- 

 ble trouble, and to the greatest advantage, the drovert 

 purchasing at the very doors ol the farmers, and paying 

 the hishest cash prices for their cattle, which will readily 

 find purchasers at all seasons of the year. Several far. 

 mers at present residing on this town, were originally 

 from the New England Slates, and some of them from 

 Massachusetts, who are in thriving circumstances. The 

 above described land is offered for sale at the very low 

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

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

 half to five dollars and a half for the improved lots. The 

 land will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, and from two 

 to five years' credit for payment in annual inslalmentsj 

 will he given. As a further convenience to nurchasersj 

 the subscriber will receive in payment, Catll ■, Sheep, 

 Perk, Grain or Grass Seed, lor which products he will 

 allow the highest cash prices. The title lo the land it 

 indisputable, and good VVarranty Deeds will be given to 

 purchaseis. Persons desirous of puichasing will please, 

 to apply to the subscriber, at Henderson Haibor, county 

 of Jefferson, State of New York, or to David CanfielDj 

 Esq. on the town. JAMES H. HENDERSON. 



March 9. epl6t 



Amm,uvUion ,J^ 



Of Ihe best qviality ai.u (o?/ifs< pi ic«.s, for sporting— 

 constantly lor sale at COPELANU'S POWDER STORK, 

 65 Broad Street. 



N. B. if the quality is noi found satisfactory, it may 

 be returned, and the money will be refunded If Jan. 7 



Hickory. 



This astonishing fleet horse was rai.sed in Montreal, is 

 from an Engli-^h blood mare, (sire unknown,) is not in- 

 ferioi- to any in the U. Slates for speed, action and beau- 

 ty. He is a fine sorrel, well built, good size, and pity 

 nounced by (good) judges in every respect a first ralei 

 horse ; trots a 3 minute gait, fast walker, and has pacel 

 around the trotting course. Long Island, in 2 minutes, 3| 

 seconds, and was offi^red publicly to match against aDi ' 

 horse that could be produced. Jt is considered un 

 saiy lo say niore, as his qualifications are too well knc 

 to he doubled. 



Hi,' will stand at Abbott's Inn, Holden, during the 

 season. Terms ,f 3, the season. Ct May""!!. 



Published evrry Wednesday F.vci.ig, i,t ^3 per annum 

 [.ay.able at the end f ihe year— but those who pay withii 

 sixty days from the lime of subs cribing, are entitled to a de- 

 duction of fifty rents. 



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

 being made in advance. 



Printed for .1. B. RussELt, byl. R. Butts— by whom 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet th,e 

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

 UussEi.i., at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 02 North 

 Market Stieet. 



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