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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



THE WITCHCRAFT OF WOMAN. 



I want to tell you a secret. The way to make 

 yourself pleasing to others is to show that you care 

 for them. The whole world is like the miller at 

 Mansfield, "who cared for no nobody — no not he, 

 because nobody cared for him." And the whole 

 world will serve you so, if you give them the same 

 cause. Let every one, therefore, see that you do 

 care for them, by showing them what Sterne so 

 happily calls, "the small sweet courtesies of life," 

 those courtesies in which there is no parade, whose 

 voice is too still to tease, and which manifest them- 

 selves by tender and all'ectionate looks, and little 

 kind acts of attention — giving others the prefer- 

 ence in every little enjoyment at the table, in the 

 field, walking, sitting, or standing. This is the 

 spirit that gives to your time of life and to your 

 sex, their sweetest charm. It constitutes the sum 

 total of all the witchcraft of woman. Let the world 

 see that your first care is for yourself, and you will 

 spread the solitude of the upas tree around you, in 

 the same way, by the emanation of a poison which 

 kills all the juices of afl^ection in its neighborhood. 

 Such a girl may be admired for her understanding 

 and accomplishments, but she will never be boloved , 

 The seeds of love ca« never grow but under the 

 warm and genial influence of kmd feelings and af- 

 fectionate manners. Vivacity goes a great way in 

 young persons. It calls attention to her who dis- 

 plays it; and, if it then be found associated with a 

 generous sensibility, its execution is irresistible. 

 On the contrary, if it be found in alliance with a 

 cold, haughty, selfish heart, it produces no further 

 effect, except an adverse one. Attend to this, my 

 daughter. It flows from a heart that feels for you 

 all the anxiety a parent can feel, and not without the 

 hope which constitutes the parent's highest happi- 

 ness. May God protect and bless you. — WilUam 

 Wirt to his Daughter. 



i^ A farmer should never be so immersed in 

 political matters, as to forget to sow his wheat, 

 dig his potatoes, and bank up his cellar. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



Of George Hyde, Newton, specimens of the New- 

 town Pippin Apple. They are not very fair, as 

 to form, and they are becoming discolored mostly 

 over the surface, showing distinctly as we have 

 long contended that this was a very uncertain kind, 

 especially in New England. But to do justice to 

 this fruit, wc must say that its quality is very fine, 

 superior to most other kinds. It is not profitable 

 for the market. Also Philadelphia Pippins. This 

 is a small apple, but very fair, fresh and handsome, 

 and it keeps well into summer. The quality is 

 very good. If this should prove to be a good bear- 

 er it will be a profitable variety, from its freshness 

 after long keeping. If this fruit is known in Phil- 

 adelphia it is probably under some other name, as 

 we do not find it in any of the catalogues of the 

 nurserymen of that place. 



Of John Washburn, Plymouth, a shoot of the 

 Bigarnean Cherry, set in a mahaleh stock. The 

 mahaleb is used as a stock for dwarfs, and the ob- 

 ject of Mr.W., in presenting this shoot, is to show 



that it is not suited to this purpose. This shoot of 

 only one season's growth, is six feet long, and an 

 inch in diameter at the but, and he has had a still 

 larger growth. His tree, which he is sure is the ma- 

 haleb, as some of the natural shoots have produced 

 that fruit, is making a prodigious growth, showing 

 that the rapid growth is not peculiar to the scions 

 set on this stock, but the stock itself is remarkably 

 vigoious. 



Of Rev. Leonard H. Wheeler, Missionary on 

 Bad River, Wis., on Lake Superior, wild rice, 

 which is peculiar to that region. This grain is of 

 a dark color outside and in; the kernel is longer 

 and less in diameter than the southern rice. It is 

 used for the same purposes. It grows spontaneous- 

 ly around Lake Superior, in the water, in some 

 places where the water is six feet deep. When 

 ripe the Indians pass among the crop with their 

 canoes, and gather it on either side, by bending the 

 heads over their boat, and shaking out the grain. 

 Also a specimen of maple sugar made by the In- 

 dians. It is excellent in quality, and fine in grain, 

 but not very white. Another favor in the shape of 

 an ear of Red River corn, of medial size, light color, 

 containing about equal proportions of gluten and 

 starch. This corn was raised by the Indians 500 

 miles northwest of Lake Superior, in latitude 48° 

 where this grain ripens in two and a half months 

 from planting. 



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