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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



APRIL 13, 184 a. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



From ibo Deliwaie Gazette. 



A LAMENT. 

 Ye lit;te binle how con je sing, 



So blithe and gnv, while I "m so sad ? 

 Your swcelcst notes no longer bring 



^ song to make my liosoni glad. 



Oh, cease your songs, ye little ones — 

 It pains my heart to hear ynu now ; 



Since her fifr whom my bosom burns. 

 Hath gone to where wo all muat go : 



For now the cold and silent^ravo 



Holds all that was to me so dear ; 

 And I am left alone tu grieve 



O'er blighted hopes in sad despair. 



Yes, she \a gone, and I 'm alone, 



With none to cheer my aching heart, 



For who can please when llioy are gone 

 That have our bosom's choicest parti' 



But God hath willed it so to be. 



And blessed be his holy name; 

 Yet while 1 live I 'II think of tbce, 



And love forever still the same. 



Then sing away, ye little ones, 

 And lit your notes be wafted high. 



Since her for whom this bosom mourns, 

 Huth gone to sing beyond the sky ; 



While I am left alone to mourn, 

 O'er joys that havo forover pass'd — 



Yet still 1 feel within me burn, 

 A hope that we shall meet at last. 



Dangerous Effects of Keeping Ground Coffee. — 

 The practice of keeping coffee roasted and ground, 

 ready for occasional use, seems to be injurious to 

 its aroma ; but it is not that which is to bo feared, 

 but its spontaneous combustion. There is a re- 

 markable expprimpnt of M. Georgi, which shows 

 clearly that ground coffee is liable to internal de- 

 composition. He roasted a quantity of coffee till 

 brown, and without grinding it, tied it up in linen 



nothing followed. He then ground two pounds 



of roasted coffee to powder, and tied it up similarly : 

 in three quarters of an hour it took fire, and cotitin- 

 iied burning until it was reduced to ashes, which 

 weighed half an ounce. Here was not only inter- 

 nal decomposition, but a highly dangerous one. 

 He made similar trials with roasted barley and 

 rice, and with the same results. These experi- 

 ments were executed in order to elucidate the 

 cause of the mysterious burning of a frigate in the 

 port of Cronstadt, when no tire had been in her for 

 Bovcral days. — Cabinet Cyclopedia. 



daughter of the thirtythird son, who was himself an 

 old man when his youngest brother came into be- 

 ing, while his only sister, the last born, was of 

 course still younger. Although her father was thrice 

 married, Mr Cook's wife was the sixteenth child by 

 the same mother. At the time of her birth, the 

 father was 70 years of age, and became the sire of 

 four more sons and daughters, all of whom survived 

 at the time of his licath. The precise date is not 

 given, but even his span seems to have extended to 

 110 years Jihtrdeen Comtittitional. 



AVII.LIS'S LATEST IBIPROVEa> SEKD SOWK 



She's no a bad body after a\ — In the Glasgow 

 police court, on Tuesday week, a middle-aged man 

 was placed at the bar, charged with striking bis 

 wife — who, however, did not appeor against him. 



Court. — Did you strike your wife, sir? 



Prisoner. — No — that is to say, 1 do n't do it of- 

 ten ! 



Court (with increased severity.) — Are you, then, 

 in the habit of striking your wife .' 



Prisoner No just in the habit either, but some. 



time I do't: but we 'gree weel enough for a' that 

 (Laughter.) 



Court. — That 's Irish friendship, to agree by 

 fighting. (Loud laughter.) 



Prisoner. — She has an awfu' provoking tongue, 

 and I dinna ken, sir, if you could stand it yoursel'. 

 (Continued laughter.) 



Court. — Nothing can justify your striking your 

 wife. 



Prisoner. — 'Deed, sir, I 'm just beginning to 

 think that ; and now, when she 's no come forward 

 against me, a.'id when I remember a' her bite o' 

 ways, od, sir, she 's no a bud body, after a'. (Roars 

 of laughter.) — Glasgow Gaz. 



" Why do 'nt you strike one of your size ?" as 

 the tenpenny nail said to the sledge-hammer. 



AGRIOULTUKAL IDIPLEAIKNTS, «.o 



The I'roprielors of the New England Agricultural Ware- 

 house and Seed Store No. 61 and 52 North Market street, 

 would inform llioir customers and the piilihc ijeHerally that 

 tliey have on hand the most extensive assortment of Agri- 

 cultuiul and Horticultural Tools to he fouud in the United 

 Slates. Part o( which are the following : 



Longevity and Fecundity Extraordinary. — The 

 following array of facts which would have aston- 

 ished Dr. Makhijs, and perhaps thrown liim into a 

 fit of the ague, are taken from the note-book of a 

 commercial traveller, who obtained his information 

 from a most respectable quarter, during a recent 

 visit to Lancashire: — " Old Peter M'Gee, died at 

 Whitehaven, in 1700, aged 108. His wives, eight 

 in number, corresponded with the odd years of his 

 pilgrimage, and by these he had the extraordinary 

 issue of Jtftythree sons and one daiiglder ! My in- 

 formant, Mr Cook, painter, Garstang, married a 



poudrette:. 



600 Hnrrels Poudrctle may he bod on application to the 

 suhscrihcr, at Si per barrel ot Ji'ur hushcls coch — delivered 

 on hoard of vessel in this city. Orders by mail, enclosing 

 the money will be |ironiptly attended to, if received soon by 

 D. K. MINOK, Agent, 120 Nassau St., New York. 



Jan,«, 1842. 



strn oiAM. 



Just received a few of Sheldon & Moire's, Sun Dials, n 

 very ncol an.l useful arliule for the purpose ofgiving the time 

 of dn» in the garden or field. Price 76 cents. For sale hy 

 J. BRl-:CK «• CO., No 61 and 62 North Market St. 



Sept I. 



In usiny lliis inacliinc, tin- ianiicr muy be ceitaiiitl 

 his seed is put into the ground, and at' the same tii 

 in tlie best possible m.inner. There has been a gr< 

 difficulty in maihines for sowinj; garden seeds; tb 

 arc very .npl to clog up, and the farmer might go over 

 acre of hind and not sow a single seed ; but not sow 

 this ; it is HO constructed that it cannot possibly cli 

 In using this snwcr, the farmer can save one lialf 

 his seed, and do the work at less than one quarter I 

 expense ot the coniinon way of sowing, and have 

 done in a much better manner; it opens the fur 

 drops the «cid, covers it over and rolls them d 

 It will sow any kind of Garden Seeds ; say Ruta Os) 

 Miing^l Wurizel, Turnips. Carrou. Beels, Piirsiiips, Cl : 

 ions, 4-0. For sale at the New England Agnc nllu ' 

 Warehouse and Seed Store, Nos. 51 and 52 Nort'i M^' 

 kel street, by JOSEPH BRECK & CO. I 



SEEDS FOR HOT BEDS. ~ ! 



The subscribers offer for sale a ffreat variety of Vq 

 ble Seeds desirable for the Hot bed. as follows, 



Noii(iaricl Cabbage. 

 Early Hope do. 

 Early Synol's Cucumber. 

 Fine ]Mng Green do. 

 Egg Plant. 



I Early Cauliflower. 



" Broccoli, of sorts. 

 I Celery, superior sorts. 

 Sweet Marjorum. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., at the New U .1 

 lanJ Agricultural Warehouse, No 61 and 62 North Mufi - 

 Street, Boston. March ». 



FliOAVER SEEDS. 



JOSEPH BRECK &. CO., Nos. 61 and M North Mi 

 kel street, offer for sale their usual variety of Flower ScQc 

 comprising all that are desirable for cultivdljon. 



Bo.ston, March 9th, 1842. 



FOB SALE, 



A few pairs of Mackayand Berkshire PIGS, fr'ni 3 ti 

 months oil. E. PHIN.NUV. 



Lexington, Feb. 9. 



TYK I'P CIIAIKS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for lyeiog up Csttl'- 

 These chains, introduced by E. H. Densv, Esq. 'I .■^alti : 

 and Col. jACai;ES, for the purpose of securing (niil< to (1 

 stall, are found te be the safest and roost couveuitnt isa 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & M 

 No. »2 North Market st. 



FENCE CHAINS. 



Just received from England, 10,000 feet Chain"^. Miiuk 

 for Fences or other purposes. For sale by J, 11KK("K; 

 CO., No. 62 North Market si. A I'ril 11 



SITl'ATION AV ,\\TV 



AS GARPNER-l.y one ihiii 

 prenticeship in Europe, and has luni - 

 in this country. Tiie besl of reltrcnco 

 D. at this office. 



A.Mrea 

 Mnrchi 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEF.KLT PAPRR. 



Terms, $2 per year in adcnnce, or$2 50 if not pat 

 within thirty doys. 



N. B. — Postmasters are permitted by law to frsnk i 

 siibscripliiins nod remittances for newspapers, wilhct 

 expense to subscribers. 



TDTTUi AND DEHKETT, PHINTEKS. 



