A N D HO R T I (' U L T U R A I. REGISTER. 



PUnUSHKD BY JOSKPH BRECK * CO., NO. M NOUTll MAli-KKV STllLKT, (Ao«ioOLTUiiAt Wab«iiou«k.)-ALLEN PUTNAM, EDITOH. 



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BOSTON, WRDNKSDAV EVKNING, MAY 11, 1848. 



tRO. 40. 



N. E. FARMER. 



For (he N. E. Firmer. 



"SPARE THE BIRDS." 

 Mr PL'T:eAM — I rend willi some ^ratirication tlio 

 narks of your cnrrcspoiulcnt " Snipe," under tlic 

 ovo caption, in your last number. 1 boDor his 

 manity — so much of that virtue as lie maMifeets ; 

 t I regretted to perceive his apparently implied 

 roval of the practice of shooting^ birds for sport. 



is justly opposed to what he denominates pooc/i- 

 r, while he seems to favor the custom of bird- 

 '•"? ^7 "sportsmen," as a genteel recreation, 

 )vided it be practiced in consonance with the 

 luircments of the law. He thinks it justifiable, 

 infer frooi the tenor of his remarks,) for "sports- 

 !n and others" to proceed or\ a bird-shooting e.\- 



ion io the fall, '' to recruit their health after a 

 Timer's work in town." If I correctly understand 



opinions as above expressed, I enter my pro- 

 it against them. Permitted though it bo by 

 and sustained aa it is by fashion, I regard 



bird-killing sport as criminally inhuman — "a 

 "faarous relic of a barbarous age" — and I regret 

 lee it has an advocate in your correspondent 

 nipe." ft is associati-d in my mind with whal- 

 er is most repulsive to a benevolent heart. In 



code of morals, (he destroying of any of Gcd's 

 iffending creatures for mere pastime, is a crtine, 

 justification of which there is not a tenable cir- 

 mstancc ; and ihoie who are guilty of it, " gen- 

 men" though they be,^ and tacitly countenanced 

 ■ugh they tiai/ be by human law, are not a whit 

 re deserving of favor or respect than the poach- 

 • depredator, upon whom "Snipe" pours out a 

 1 of his wrath. 



•ffho are these "sportsmen and others," Mr Edi- 

 — these delicate "gentlemen" whose health is 

 seriously affected by a summer's residence in 

 ffn, that they need a bird-slaughtering excursion 

 the fall to "recruit" it.' I'll tell you, sir, 

 o they arc. A large portion of them are those 

 o have spent the summer in tlie inglorious occu- 

 ion of genteel lonftriam ; — gentlemen " flats," 

 ttlenun fops, (synonymous,) gentlemen drones, 

 i//fmen rakes, and gentlemen "blacklegs," — (all 

 lorrtbU gentlemen — in their own opinion,) — whose 

 e to " respectability " is conferred by the inge- 

 ily of the tailor — and whose hearts ore as des- 

 jte of bcnovolent susceptibilities as their heads 

 ! of brains. Such poor specimens of humanity, 

 which our city furnishes a host, form no incon- 

 erable portion of that very useful class in the 

 Timunity genteelly dubbed "spottamen" — those 



//tmtii-iuvalids, who resort to the refined and 

 inly diversion of bird-killing to " recruit their 

 allh" — which, by the way, is impaired not so often, 

 .Snipe" says, by a summer's work in town, as 

 is by a summer spent in no work and much dis- 

 latioii. A truly noble pretext this for the grati- 

 Qtion of their inhuman, Draco-like dispositions. 

 ;onfess, Mr Editor, I feci indignant at the bare 

 m of sacrificing the lives of birds for this ignoble 

 rpose. " Recruit their health " forsooth ! — Why, 



Mr "Snipe," I can suggest to these ailing "sports- 

 men'' a more luudablo and judicious method of 

 recruiting their health, than by making a pastime 

 of bird. killing. Let them lease themselves out 

 on any terms to some hard-working farmer, as 

 trood choppers, aiul ply that honest business for a 

 few weeks in the fall. This would be emphatically 

 nn innocent species of recreation — and llmugh it 

 may seem too near akin to work to suit their ideas 

 of " gentility," there can bo no question as to its 

 efficacy OS a health-rcslorer. 



I am somewhat surprised, Mr Editor, that this 

 worse than brutal practice of killing birds for sport, 

 or under the trivial and unworthy plea of improv- 

 ing health, should, in this age of benevolent move- 

 ments, be tolerated by fashion; but much more am 

 I astonished that it should find an advocate or apol- 

 ogist in any one who wears the form and has the 

 heart of a man, and whose breast may be supposed 

 to be warmed by o spark of that humanity which 

 goes so far to ennoble the human character, and 

 which is enjoined by the benevolent precepts of 

 holy writ ; — and I rejoice in the thought, sir, that 

 the time is not very distant, when neither the " gen- 

 tleman" .sportsman nor the lawless " poacher," as 

 such, will meet with any favor from public opinion 

 or any protection from law. Both, if not equnllu 

 undeserving the respect and sympathy of men, are, 

 in my op'inioi), cjtially critninnl in the sight of Him, 



" Who sees with equal nye, as God ofall, 

 A hcru periiili or a sparrow fall." 



J. 11. D. 

 Boston, May G, JS42. 



P. S. — I deem it proper to add, that so much of 

 the above as refers particulary to "Snipe," may 

 have been written from a false presumption of his 

 opinions : if so, (and it is not improbable,) I would 

 certainly make the amende honorable. 



For the N. E. Fanner. 



THE FARMER'S PROSPECT. 

 It is very well known that those things which 

 the farmer has to spare for the market, are, gene- 

 rally, very low. Many are scarce. Often do I 

 hear my brother farmers ask, IJow are tee going to 

 live in these hitrd limes.' It is true there is cause 

 for alarm. Something must be done. There must 

 be a change in the management of some things, or 



** A** sure as m:in 's to trouble born, 

 Slrniglit through tlie small end ol tlin horn, 

 ^jouio iniitil be sqiiftezej at last." 

 Many of the merchants and mechanics have late- 

 ly and une.vpcctedly lnwercd their colors ; and the 

 agriculturists must soon follow their example, un- 

 less a different course be adopted and pursued. 

 Although, brethren, you liave reason to startle 

 and to csk, "What shall we do?" Yet, your case 

 is not desperate. There is a remedy, and it is 

 within the reach ofall. I say, hold by, there is no 

 need of a single failure. Though the farmers ac- 

 cumulate property slowly, and earn their bread by 

 the sweat of the brow, yet, thero is no class of pen- 

 pie so independent. The right sort hav« placed 

 their feet upon a rock, and they cannot be moved. 



If a part oftlio community iiiike use of a bankrupt 

 late, and pay their creditors five, ten, Sic. cents on 

 a dollar, let us make use of a law that will do jus- 

 tice, and pay the uttermost farthing. I detest such 

 a way of paying debts. 



Brethren, 1 have said something about a remtdy 

 against these evil=. I am willing to give you > 

 recipe gratuitously. It is an old-fashioned one, 

 but none the less effective fur that. It is composed 

 of industry and frugality — of each a like quantity. 

 Mix them well together : taken often and freely. 

 This has invariably proved n sovereign preventive 

 against insolrcncy and beggarism, and will remove 

 thcEO calamities if properly administered. Me- 

 tliinks I hear some of you say, arc you going to 

 accuse us of being indolent and extravagant? 1 

 must be plain with you. We arc oil, more or less, 

 guilty^somc arc extremely so. Have not you 

 j seen, not only A., but B. and C. lounging at the 

 j stores and shops, when their circum.«tanc?s required 

 that they should be at home, and at work ? Have 

 not you seen these men riding from place to placo, 

 spending hours and days without any jiarlicular 

 business ? .\y '. have not you seen them hunting 

 and fishing often ? And when they do attend to 

 their agricultural concerns, they must hire lo do 

 work they might have done themselves, and saved 

 this expense. At first thought, these movements 

 may appear to he trilling, but you may rely upon it, 

 they arc ihe-dircct a'cnues to poverty and wretch- 

 edness. 



As to iTttftvnganie v-c farmers must generally 

 plead guilly.'ss.Hcii: i might enter into detail and 

 write at great length. But I shall only touch on 

 one or two brandies of extravagance, which mutt 

 serve, as a sample for the whole. It is astonishing 

 how people are governed by the tyrant fashion. 

 They don't so often consult their o6i7i7i/ as their 

 pride. Those in low circumstances must live, 

 dress and "show out" in as great style as those 

 who are actually wealthy. Here is the rock on 

 which many of u.i will split, in ihese hard and un- 

 comiDou times. Whole families must dress in ban 

 ton. Both sexes imist have a watch, and they 

 must have it where some part of it can be seen. 

 If the young folks cannot pay (and they do n't often,) 

 fur these fine things, they have them charged to 

 father. Oh I this having things charged lo father, 

 is a bad practice. And if you do n't see to it, and 

 have it diflercnt, in many respects, you are gone ' 

 gone forevir ! .' A F.\ R M ER. 



ffestboro', April 20, 1842. 



Dr. Lewis Feuchtwnnger, of Now York, commu- 

 nicates the following to the editors of the .\merican 

 Agriculturist, and says the fluid has proved very 

 successful in the experiments made by him : 



" Take diluted pyroligneous acid, 1 gallon ; 

 white oak bark, I lb.; urine, half gallon; garlic, 

 half pound. After soaking the oak bark and garlic 

 for two days in the acid and urine, strain them ofl, 

 and sprinkle once a week or oflencr, the trees in- 

 fested with insects, or the pea, cabbage, &c., and 

 they will be preserved for the season." 



