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NEW ENGLAND FARVIER 



ROV.a«, I84I. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 THKFISHERBOAT. 



BV ELIZA P. COOK. 



No reefer struts upon her deck — 



No boatswain pipes her crew, 

 Whose rough and larry jackets are 



As olien Mack as Mup. 

 Her sails are lorn, her litnhcrs worn, 



She's hut a crazy cralt, 

 Vet luck hctides her in the gale, 



And plenty crowns her draught. 

 Let hut a foe insult the land 



That holds their collage home, 

 And Yankee hearts will spring from out 



The merry little Koam. 

 What ho ! what ho ! away they go, 



The moon is high and bright, 

 God speed the Utile fisher-hoal. 



And grant a starry night. 



No pennant flutters at her mast, 



No portholes range hTside, 

 A dusky speck— she lakes her place 



Upon the midnight tide. 

 While gaily sings some happy boy, 



" A life upon the sea. 

 With jolly matis, a water-can, 



And trusty nets for me." 

 But many an hour of fearful risk, 



She meets upon the wave, 

 The ships of stoot and giant form; 



Would scarcely care to brave; 

 And many a on>! with trembling hand 



Will trim the beacon light, 

 And cry " God speed the fisher-boat, 



Upon a sturray night." 



We proudly laud the daringones 



Who cross the pathless main. 

 The shining perns and yellow dust 



Of other climes to gain; 

 We honor those whose bldSd is with 



The mingled waters found. 

 Who fight till death to guard the clifli 



Those waters circle round. 

 'Tis well, but let us not forget 



The poor and gallant set. 

 Who toil and watch wherf others sleep. 



To cas'. the heavy net. 

 T'neir perils are not paid by fame- 

 So trim the beacon light, 

 Aud cry "God-speed the fisher byat, 



And grant a starry night." 



HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE. 



There is a melancholy pleasure in visiting these 

 noble institutions of modern times, especially those 

 in our Stale. Once insanity was looked upon as 

 an almost incurable evil, and its victims were re- 

 garded Willi fear, and caged up and chained like 

 wild beasts. But philanthropy has of late years 

 hoped for bolter things of those deprived for a 

 time of reason; and experience, has done much 

 to prove thai the condition of all such may be 

 greatly iinprovid; thai in'a majority of cases they 

 may be restored to soundness of mind. Much of 

 the dread witli which the insane are usually re- 

 garded, is done away, by an examination of one of 

 our hospitals where under proper treutnienl, ihey 

 are found, for the most part, lo be harmless and 

 easily made coinfiirtable. Who would have be- 

 lieved a few years ago — that men and women on 

 whom no clothes could be kept — who had commit- 

 ted homicide, were wild and frantic day and night, 



and from necessity, as it was thought, kept mana- 

 cled and confined, — might be seen dining together, 

 dancing together, and even attending public wor- 

 ship together, without any outbreak or di.sturbance. 

 And yet this may be seen daily, at Worcester or 

 Charlestowii. Insanity is now considered simply 

 as a disease, and one, too, quite within the reach 

 of cure, when taken in its earlier stages. The 

 mad-house has become a hospital. Besides medi- 

 cine for the body, there is also administered med- 

 icine for the mind. Great use is made of the pow- 

 er of associations. The deranged are treated with 

 firm kindness and perfect truthfulness. They are 

 not subject to severe punishments and are never de- 

 ceived. If any one doubts the superior efTicacy of 

 love and sincerity, over harshness and deceit, even 

 in dealing with those whose reason is for a while 

 dethroned, let him go to a well managed asylum 

 for the insane and be convinced of his mistake. 

 Nor is the pood success of the new system con- 

 fined only to the latter class of patients ; it is 

 found to do wonders even with apparently the most 

 hopeless subjecls, as we can testify from a recent 

 inspection of the hospital at South Boston. 



This is a city institution, built during the last 

 year. The arragenients on a smaller scale, are 

 similar to those at Worcester. The first patients 

 wore taken from jails and alms-honses, where they 

 hod been long confined, and a majority of them 

 wcie, of coiirse, incurable. Since January last, 

 the average number of inmates has been 105, and 

 now a majority are curable. Most of the work 

 about tlie hospital is done by the insane. They 

 take almost the entire care of the beautiful flower 

 garden ; and one very crazy man cultivates the 

 grape uitli great success. In general they dine 

 together, like other people, fifty being seated some- 

 times in the same room, handling their knives and 

 forks with great propriety. Dr Butler, the very 

 gentlemanly head of the establishment, appears in 

 all respects suited to his interesting office. He 

 governs his strange household with great skill ; and 

 by a firiii buL at iii* ouinc liifie plcusailt aiiu ciieer- 

 ful manner, finds no difficulty in securing obedi- 

 ence. It is very seldom that he has occasion to 

 resort to punishment ; and when he does so, it is 

 rarely any thing more severe than a shower of cold 

 water. One fact will give a better idea of this 

 and similar institutions, than any general descrip- 

 tion. In one of the halls for females, we were 

 surpiised to find an infant only five weeks old, in 

 the arms of a young woman. At first we sup- 

 posed it belonged to some visitor, or to some of 

 the attendants. What was our surprise to learn it 

 was born in the house, of a deranged molher, wlio 

 since its birth had entirely recovered, and was 

 down stairs at work, leaving the babe to the caro of 

 these crazy women : and never was a child more 

 tenderly tended, and never did a circle of gossips 

 seem more |)roud to show olT a wonderful bantling. 

 It was striking to observe how one of the strong- 

 est, and best affections of the sex remained undi- 

 minished, and served to keep calm and peaceful 

 these disordered minds. The little, unconscious 

 innocent was here an angel of mercy. 



It is the lot of many to come in contact, sooner 

 or later, with insanity ; and therefore, we should 

 advise all wiio can do so conveniently, lo visit the 

 hospital we have been speaking of, or one like it. 

 They will thus gather useful hints — and what is 

 of equal importance, probably lose Bometliing of 

 their horror of derangement, and learn lo regard it 

 as a disease whose victims are not to be feared as 



dangerous, when properly treated, or given up at 

 condemned to a hopeless malady, from which deal) 

 alone can release them. — A^ewburyport Herald. 



CRkKN'S patknt straiv cuttkb. 



JO.SKPH BRECK it CO. at the New England Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and .'■.2 North Maf. 

 ket .Sirocl, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay aai 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical principle not before- 

 applied lo aRy implement for this purpose. The inosi prom 

 inent edecls of this application, and some of the cunsequeol' 

 peouliarilies of the machine are: 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requisi 

 to use it, thai the strength of a half grown boy is sulficienli 

 to work it elliciently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easily cuts two bush' 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been claimed 

 by any other machine even when worked by horae or sleaii» 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which lbej( 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any otbeK 

 straw cutler. 



4. Tiie machine is simple in its construction, made and pi 

 together very strongly. U is therefore not so liable as l' 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order 



Just I 



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UKINDSTO.VBS, ON FRICTIO.\ ROL.L,ERS. 



Grindstones of dilTerent sizes hung on friction rollers aid 

 Minved with a foot Ircader, is lound lo be a great iinprnvc- 

 incnl on the present mode of hanging grindstones. The 

 case with which they move upon tlie rollers, renders ibcm 

 very easy lo turn with the fool, by which the labor ol on* 

 man is saved, and the person in the act of giinding cao ' 

 govern the slone more 10 his mind by having the coiiiplets u 

 control ol his work. Stones hung in this manner arc ba-j 

 coining daily mure in use, and wherever used, give univer- 

 sal salisfnction. The rollers can be attached 10 stones bun 

 in the common wav. 



[•'orsale i>y JO.SEPH BRECK & CO., Nos. 5\ and S» 

 North Market Huston. July 14 



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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEKKLV P.iPER. 



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 into the hands of ilie subsciiiier, lie is now aulliorizi. 

 by the publishers to inlorni ihe public lliiil the price (i 

 ilie paper is reduced. In t'lilure thn lornis will bo 

 per year in advance, or $2 CO if not puid within thirtl 

 days. ALLEN PUTNAM. 



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