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NEW ENGLAND FAllMEK. 



.Sept. 1, J82G. 



»SISC£I.I.AirZES. 



American IVomen The zeal with which the 



cause of liberty was embraced by the women of 

 America, daring the war of our revolution, has 

 often been mentioned with admiration and praise. 

 The following anecdotes will forcibly illustrate the 

 extent and strength of this patriotic feeling. 



To Mrs Pinckney, the wife of Col. Charles Pinck- 

 ney, a British officer once said — " It is impossible 

 not to admire the intrepid firmness of tlie ladies of 

 your country. Had your men but half their resolu- 

 tion, we might give up the contest. America 

 would be invincible. 



Mrs. Daniel Hall having obtained permission to 

 pay a visit to her mother on John's Island, was on 

 the point of embarking, when an ofilccr stepped 

 forward, and in the most authoritative manner de- 

 manded the key of her trunk. " What do you e-x- 

 pect to find there ?" said the lady. " I seek for 

 treason," was the reply. " You may save yourself 

 the trouble of search, then," said Mrs Hall — " You 

 may find a plenty of it at my tongue's end." 



An officer, distinguished by his inhumanity, and 

 constant oppression of the unfortunate, meeting 

 Mrs Charles Elliot in a garden adorned with a 

 great variety of flowers, asked the name of the 

 camomile, which appeared to flourish with pecu- 

 liar lu,xuriance — " the Hchd Flower," she replied. 

 " Why was that name given to it ?" said the officer. 

 " Because," rejoined the lady, " it Ihrives most 

 when most trampled upon .'" 



So much were the ladies attached to the whig 

 interest, habituated to injuries, and so resolute in 

 supporting them, that they would jocosely speak 

 of misfortunes, tho' at that moment severely suf- 

 fering under their pressure. Mrs. Sabina Elliot 

 having witnessed the activity of an officer, who 

 hud ordered the plundering of poultry houses, 

 finding an old Muscovy drake which had escaped 

 the general search, still straying about the premis- 

 es, had him caught, and mounting a servant on 

 horseback, ordered him to follow and deliver the 

 bird to the officer, with her compliments, as she 

 concluded that in the hurry of departure, it had 

 been left altogether h/ accident. 



The contrivance adopted by the ladies, to carry 

 from the British garrison supplies to the gallant 

 defenders of their country, were highly creditable 

 to their ingenuity, and of infinite utility to 'their 

 friends. The cloth of many a military coat, con- 

 cealed with arl7, and not unfrequently made an ap- 

 pendage to female attire, has escaped the vigi- 

 lance of the guards, e.vprcssly stationed to pre- 

 vent snmggling, and speedily converted into regi- 

 mental shape, and worn triumphantly in battle. — 

 Boots have in many instances, been relinquished 

 by the delicate wearer to the active partizan. I 

 have seen a horseman's helmet concealed by a 

 well arranged head dress, and epaulettes delivered 

 from the folds of the simple cap of a matron. — 

 Feathers and cockades were much in demand, and 

 so cunningly hid and handsomely presented, that 

 he could have been no true Knight, who did not 

 feel the obligation to defend them to the last extremi- 

 ty. 



In the indulgence of wanton asperities towards 

 the patriotic Fair, the aggressors were not unfre- 

 quently answered with a keenness of repartee that 

 left thera little cause for triumph. The liaughty 

 Tarleton vaunting his feats of gallantry to the 

 great disparagement of the officers of the continen- 

 tal cavalry, said to a lady at Wilmington, " I have 



a very earnest desire to sec your lar iamed hero. 

 Col. Washington." — " Your wish, Col. might have 

 been fully gratified," she promptly replied, "had 

 you ventured to look behind you after tlie battle of 

 Cowpens." It was in this battle, that Washington 

 had wounded Tarleton in the hand, which gave 

 rise to a still more pointed retort. Conversing 

 with Mrs Wiley Jones, Col. Tarleton observed : 

 " You appear to think very higlily of Col. Washing- 

 ton, and yet I have been told, that he is so igno- 

 rant a fellow, that he can hardly urile his own 

 name." " It may be the case," she readily replied', 

 " but no man better than yourself. Col. can testify, 

 that he knows how to make his mark. 



Sir Isaac J^'etcton. — The wonderful sagacity and 

 discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton being the subject 

 of conversation in a mi.ved company, some know- 

 ing person observed that he thought the philoso- 

 pher must have had intercourse with a Demon. — 

 " Aye," said a shrewd fellow, "that he had, and 

 I can tell you his name, it was rfemon-stration." 



An anecdote is related in some of the English 

 papers of a blustering American at Havana, who 

 had for a long time annoyed the other inmates of 

 his boarding house by his bullying. At leng»li, an 

 addition of two or three Englishmen was made to 

 the boarders, and at dinner time, the Yankee, a- 

 mong other bold expressions, jumped upon his legs, 

 and brandishing (Tis carving knife, exclaimed with 

 a menacing tone, " who said he don't like beef .^" 

 One of the Englishmen hereupon rose, and sternly 

 replied, " I said so !" " Well then," said the Yan- 

 kee, quietly sitting down, " you can have mutton." 



JVeglect. — The barn of Mrs Sayres of Colombia 

 Village, N. J. was struck with lightning and con- 

 sumed with its contents. — A lightning rod was at- 

 tached to the barn, but by neglect was out of re- 

 pair, and was probably the cause of the accident. 



It has been suggested that air about a barn, and 

 nitre under it, may attract lightning. 



Lau< Suit in England. — In the case of Lady 

 Portsmouth, against whom a suit for a divorce had 

 been instituted by lord Portsmouth, the costs in 

 the Ecclesiastical Court are said to have amount- 

 ed to 30,000 pounds sterling, or more than one 

 hundred and thirty three thousand dollars. 



Brutal. — Last week two valuable horses were 

 killed by excessive driving on Long-Island. They 

 were driven before two Gigs, hy gentlemen of New 

 York, who were destitute of prudence and feeling 

 toward the noble animals. 



Mr Hill's recipe for preserving Cucumbers : — 

 Scald them twice with water. Let them stand 

 till cold — draw off the water — then pour boiling 

 vinegar on them, and put, them aside for winter 

 use. 



It is remarked that the apple and pear trees in 

 Pennsylvania will be much more productive this 

 season than for several years previous. 



The Mexican Governor has offered a premium 

 of $100,000 for a specific to remedy or prevent 

 Yellow Fever. — Palladium. 



, DUBIOUS MORALITY. 



I wrongly praised a flippant shrew — 

 She taunted and derided ; 

 " I wish," says she, " I could praise you !" 

 Tut ! Madam ; fib — as I did ! 



JAMES BLOODGOOD & CVs 

 \~urserij at Flushing, on Long Island, near .V' 

 York. 

 IN bei.alf of the proprietors of the abi 

 nurstiy, the subscriber sojicitii the ordec 

 hiirticulturists who may be desirous ol slo 

 ardens and fields with fruit trees of the tin 

 sorts and' most healthy and vigorous stocks the pres 

 autumc. 



BLOODGOOD& Co. attend personally to the inoculat 

 and engrnfting of alt Iheir fruit trees, and purcha! 

 may rely with confidence that the trees Ihey order-i 

 prove genuine. • 



The suliscriber, agent of the above nursery, will! 

 ceive ordtrs for any quantity of 



FRUIT AND FOREST TllFES, 

 FLOWERI.NG SHRUBS, 



A-\D 



PLANTS. 



And the trees will be delivered in this city at tlic t 

 and expense of the Purchaser ; the bills may be p 

 to him. 



'fhe reputation of this nursery is so extensively kniJ 

 and ha! been so well sustained that I take have tffll *' 

 fer those in want of trees to any of the Ho ticultuh ' 

 in tl is city and its vicinity, and if ocular deaiovjstrati i 

 is desired, I invite those who wi-h to be thus satisfi) 

 to examine the trees in my garden at Dorchester tj : ' 

 cured from this nursery for three or four years p» 

 some of which are now in bearing, all in a htalthy ! 

 vigorous state. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis on applicali « 



to ZEU. COOK Jm p,, 



Rogers' Building— Congress Streetil ' 



Buslon. August 'iaik. ISW. eptf. 



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Public Sale of Wool. 

 On THURSDAY, the l4th of Sept. at 9 o'clock, 

 At the east end ol the Hall over the New Market, 

 der the regulations of the "A. E. Society." 



A large quantity of Merino. Gradi and Native FIm 

 Wool which will be exempt from the Slate duly c 8ti 

 per c<-ntum. 



Farmers and others, who wish to avail themselve 1 

 this opportunity of disposing of their Wool, are info 

 ed that we are in readiness to receive at any time u 

 the 9th September, at which time our catalogue uil 

 closed. 



— Also at the same time — 

 300 bales Smyrna ) 



65 do. Saxony Electoral, S WOOL. 

 100 do. Spanish ) 



This Wool may be examined on and after the 

 of Sept. until the day of sale. 



COOLIDGE. POOR & HEAD, Aud. July 



tl ¥. 



To Farmers and Agriculturists. 

 WHITE MULBERRY TREE SEED. 

 George Muruock, No. 14 .Market Square, has j 

 received from ^^'indham rounty, Connecticut, 

 quantity of White Mulberry Tree seed, of this seal 

 growth. The excellence of the l*af for the food ol 

 Silk Worm is too well known to need I'urther ret 

 mendation. 6t. >1^ August 2i 



PATENT HOES.— J. & A. Fale's Patent Hoes ( 

 stantly for sale by I'rench & Weld, 31 & £ 

 Market St., and French & Davenport 713 W<\5hini 

 Street, who are appointed sole agents for vending 

 same^ eptf. Boston, April 28. 182H 



ROMAK. An elegant, full blooded horse, i 

 Bay, with black legs, mane and tail, of high spirit I 

 good temper, will stand at the farm of Mr Stephen W| 

 liams in Northhorough (Ms.) at $20 the seaso 

 paid before the mares are taken away. — See New Fi i 

 land Farmer, April 14. 



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