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^ E U' ENGLAND FARMER, 



JI'NE 23. It 2. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Tht Rising Gcncriilion. — Wn oixe visilpd a 



country gcIkioI in Puni|>kinville, kept by a Mr Oba- 



diali Snooker, between a cininp of iildtrr bushes and 



a notefl froj;.pohil. 'I'lie obirct of our visit was, I „ k i i ■ ' i i m 



„ , , . ' ence H-ere becoining deeply ■•ntcrestcd, wlicn all 



ot course to see what prii<;ross (he nsin-j gennru- ' 



lion was making in tlic walkfl uf litcriilure and uci- 



ence ; and tve can assure the reader that ue came 



away highly gratified, nnd much more mnnseil. 



of his father, decided, without reading it, to make 



use of it on the ensuing Sabbath. 



Siindny came — the con-jreijation nssoniblcd — 

 the worthy deacons were all in tlicir places — and 

 the preliminaries finisheil, the sornion was coni- 

 nirnced. All went well for a time, nnd the audi- 



Ilaving .sealed onr difinitied sell in tlie master's 

 arm chair, we threw one lep over tlio other, looked 

 as scricius as a p.^ulm book, and wailed for llu' first 

 exhibition. 



" FilUi class lake their plact.-s to read," was llie 

 grmid Mjrnal for (in iilt.ick on our fjravity ; at which 

 command, out siaiiipored into the middle of the 



nee ihe cIcrL'yinan surprised ihem with ll 

 fiirin.itioM Uinl " if it had ii.)l been f T the clemency 

 of the Governor, many of them would liave been 

 hung long ago .'" — Exchange paper. 



Indian .Inudolc. — Soquashefpiash, an Indian of 

 the remains of a tribe in Connecliciit, was some 

 years since brought before a jusliie of the peace, 

 on .<;ome charge which 1 do nut re-collect. John 

 happened to be drunk at tl.o lime, and instead of 



KIND WORDS. 



Nev?r was truih couched in swreter language Ilia 

 ; ill the fullnwing grm froiii on unkiioivn band ; 



A liltlc word in kindness spukeu, 

 I A million or a lear. 



lias oniii bpaled n heart that s broki-n, 

 And made ii Iriend sincere. 



.\ wi.rd— a look— lia» crushed to carlh, 



Full ninny n budding flowi r, 

 WliK h li.d a smilt but owned its birib, 



Would blent lifi'd darkest hour. 

 Tliir diem it not an idle thing 



A pleasant word In sjieak ; 



The face you weir, the tliougbig you bring, 



A henil may heal or break. 



floor an inleresting looking lot of urchins, truly— , •'""'*^^'"- ^ireclly lo the <iiiestioiis put by the jus 



ashed, unshod, unshorn, and uncombed, was 

 the general aspect. After they had writhed, twist- 

 ed, and squirmed through the reading of the niono- 

 syllubles, came on the spelling. Tim 'I'ltmouse, 

 whose tow (rock and check apron ornamented the 

 fool of the class, was a " busier" at -spellin". Wit- 

 ness his effiirts : 



" 'I'imothy, spell hoax." 



" H, n, e, ho, a, X, ax — hoe are." 



"The next," &c. 



"Toe the mark, Timothy, nnd spell goal." 



" G, o, go, i, t. It — goil." 



Next came a class in parsin". 



[iMastcr reads] — "Boys are less studious than 

 girls, fcliabod, parse boys." 



" Boys IS an indefinite article, imperative mood, 

 singular tense, objective case, and agrees with 

 girls." 



"Uivc your rule." 



"Conjunctions always connects sexes and all 

 kinds of genders." 



We sat as composedly as a 



lice, merely ninltend out, " Vour honor is very 

 very wise — very wise — y-y-your honor is very 

 wise, I say." 



Being unable to get any other answer from him, 

 the justice ordered him to bn locked up till the 

 next day, when John was brought before him per- 

 fectly sober. 



" Well, John," said the justice, " you was drunk 

 ye.tterday. When I askeii you any questions, the 

 only answer you made was, " V'onr honor's very 

 wise — very wise." 



" Me call your honor wise'?" .said 

 with a look of incredulity. 



" Ves," answered the inagi.<trnte. 



"Tiicn," replied John, ''me mii.n 

 drunk, sure enough." — StUetcd. 



In. 



lan, 



been 



The Committee on Sheep, of the Worcester Aa * 



ricullural Society, in their report observe: ••; 



sheep should be judged of like a dandy, by lli 

 finen> 63 of its coal. We beg pardon of the s'hec 

 for the comparison— but ii is so apt ! In both ca 

 ses the coat is the most valuable part of the uni 

 mal. What is a sheep g, od for without a fleece 

 Antl.whal is a dandy good for without a cout ?" 



que. — What is n dandy good for toith a coat ? 



^1 Lively Relish for Breakfust. — Yesterday 

 morning, while a kind old matron was arravinf the 

 coffee cups for breakfast, she thought that some- 

 thing extra appeared to be in the milk, and upon 

 f oysters all 1 examination found it to be a live eel, of small di- 



Ihe while th'-y were coinmilting an assault and ! ni''"sions. How the slippery stranger got ihere, 

 battery upon p..or Lindlcy Murray, and never ut- *'"« involved in mystery, until it was suggested 



lered a word in his defence 



" Class in geography," was the next move. 



" What are the chief productions of Connecti- 

 cut .'" 



"Onions, ivooden nulniege, horn flints and 

 wooden clocks," answered an urchin with on italic 

 eye. 



We seized our hat to depart, but Mr Snooks 

 •aid he should like to have us hear his first class 

 read — and so we hailed. A chapter in the New 

 Testament was selected — aiul all went smoothly 

 and eloquently, till some Johnny Raw came to a 

 certain verse which he rendered thus — ''He saw 

 Abriiham afar olf, and Leather ears in I5o.-ton." 



The master " let go" his book at the boy's head, 

 and wo shutout of the school-house like a streak, 

 and have ever since kept clear of those places 

 where they teach " young ideas how to shoot" so 

 murderously. — .V. Y. Mticunj. 



Sermonizing. — A laughable story is told of a 



clergyman who formerly preached in T , 



Stale of Maine, 'i'ho story runs, that being some- 

 what given to laziness, he was in the habit of 

 drawing frequently upon a chest of sermons be- 

 queathed lo hiin by his father, (a most convenient 

 legacy,) who was also a minister. 



Upon one occasion, the young divine got hold 

 of sermon once delivered to the Slate Prison con- 

 victs — nnd, SBlisQcd from the well known language 



that the milkman had not put a strainer on the noz 

 zle of the pump when he watered his milk, by 

 which oversight the eel slipped into his pail, unob- 

 served iinlil near being scalded lo death with hoi 

 cotfee. — Philndilphia Gat. 



How beautiful, how sublime the preccptj "for- 

 give us our trespasses as we forgive those who 

 trcs[mss against us." But who would willingly be 

 thus adjudged.- Who is there that does not hope 

 for moro mercy nt the hand of Ins .Maker, than he 

 has shown lo his fellow man ? — Selected. 



.1 lirighl Jnn/. — At the Worcestershire (Eng.) 

 sessions reci-ntly, in one case the jury returned the 

 fcdlnwing verdict: '• (iiiilty — with some lillle doubt 

 as to whellier he is the miin !" The judge reliev- 

 ed the jurors from further service. 



A person endeavored lo prove to Hr. Johnson 

 that an nlheist may be a man of good moral char- 

 actor. "Sir," said the doctor, " when a man re- 

 jects his allegiance to his Creator, what liaH.he to 

 restrain liim from the perpetration of crimOH.' If 

 an atheihl was to drink tea with me, I should look 

 very c'Areftilly after my spoons." 



GUi EK'.S PATKKT S J RA \V CITTER. 



JOSEPH HRKCK A CO. allheNcw En:;lai.<l Asriciil 

 lural Warehouse niid Seed Sl.iie Nos. 01 mid 52 .\orili Mni 

 kei .Streel, have Inr sale, Green's Polenl Slr.iw, Hay an 

 Sulk Culler, operating on a niechaiiiccl primiple not Uln 

 applied Inasy implement loriliis purpose. The niosl prom 

 incnl cffecls of this application, and some o( the coniequei 

 peculiarities of Ihe iiiachine are : 



1 . So great a reduction of ihe qunnlum ol power requitii 

 lu use il, thai ihc siren^ih of a liall grow n boy is sulfieien 

 to work 11 .(hcienlly. 



2. Willi even ilos ninderale imwer, il easily ciilstwo liush 

 els a iiiinuie, which is lull twice as fasi as hiis been clniuic' 

 by any oilier inacliine even when worked by borse or slesu 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing in the peculiar manner in which llir 

 c-nl, require sharpening less often ihan those of any oihe 

 siraw cjlicr. 



4. The machine is simple inils construction, made and |>ii 

 logether very stroiij-ly. Il is therefore not so lialde as llu 

 complicated mncliines urgeneral use lo get oul of order 



' I have a great car, a wonderful ear," said a 

 conceited musician, in the course of conversation. 

 " So has n jackass !' replied a bystander. 



UAIiLIA AND BKAN POLES. 



f;oo dozen Danlia and liean Poles ; also. 500 Spruce Pol__ 

 la to 30 feci in length, lor sale by MOSliS ritt-NCH Jo., 

 Maine wharf, near ilic futlom of Summer St. 



June 1, 1812. 3w 



SUN DIALS. 



Jusl received a fe\v of Sheldon it Mo- re's, Pun Dials.* 

 very neat and useful article for llu- purpose ol giving ilie Hint 

 n| dnv in llie garden or field. Price ;i cents. Korsnlell 

 J. HKECK 4- CO., No 51 and 62 .North Market .Si. 



Sept I. 



N E W E N G L A N I) E A R M K II . 



A WKKKI.T rAI'FR. 



'rerms, J'J per year in advance, iir$'2 .I J if nol paid 

 <^iliin thirty days. 



N. 15. — Poslmastira are permitted by law lo frank ait 

 n.iliBCriplions and reiniitancis fur newspapers, willioijl 

 expense to subscribers. 



TUTTI.K JINB BENNETT, I'hlNTf.BS. 



