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NEW ENGLAND FAHMEil. 



Nov. -M, l>-}< 



IK[ISGSI.£iA2nBS. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMEK. 

 WORKS OF FICTION. 



All fiction which is iutended to please should ap- 

 proach lis nearly as possible to reality. 



THE LOVE OF FAME 



Contributes so much to keep alive a spirit of ac- 

 tivity, to entertain and benefit the world, that it 

 ouglit not to be represseil with excessive severity. 

 When it displays itself in pride and vanity, it de- 

 serves both ridicule and censure ; but when it 

 seeks its gratification in liberal employments and 

 useful productions, it ought to be encouraged by 

 all who wish to promote the public happiness. 



TArlTCRNITV 



Is highly commended by the ancients, but is not 

 greatly admired by the moderns. And when we 

 consider that it is sometimes the effect of dulness 

 and pride, it may admit of doubt whether it is al- 

 ways worthy of praise. A word once uttered can 

 never be recalled " and many a one," says an an- 



faction and sedition fostered by pretenders to I 

 oratory. Let not the ne.'ct generation be educated 

 according to the earnest advice of some instruct- ', 

 ors.merely as praters. An age of pratersi What i 

 n misfortune to those whose situation condemns 

 them to be hearers of them ! Indeed the nation at ! 

 large, and the cause of learning and virtue must ; 

 suffer greatly whenever the taste for speaking su- i 

 persedos the love of reading and reflection. True} 

 wisdom is the child of contemplation. Orators ' 

 amuse the vulgar, and mislead them. Orators, i 

 when they are only orators, that is, men who, pos- j 

 sessing a flou- of words, have acquired by habit an 

 artificial method of lavishing them on all occa- 

 sions, with little meaning, and without sincerity, 

 are the bane of business, and the pest of society." 



From If'ulpoliana. 



Artful (Question — Dominico, the harlequin, going i 

 to see Louis XIV. at supper fixed his eye on a dish i 

 of partridges. The king who was fond of his act- 

 ing, said, " Give that dish to Dominico." " And 

 the partridges too, sire .'" " And the partridges 



cient author, « has repented ofliaving spoken, but , t°°-"— The dish was gold, 

 scarcely one of having kept silence." But, altho' j Bon Mot. — Charles II. hearing a high character 

 caution is requisite in what we utter, it does not | of a fanatical preacher in the country, attended 

 follow that we should be sd-cautious as to prevent 'one of his sermons. Expressing his dissatisfaction, 

 our speaking proper words in proper places, and ' one of the courtiers re[)lied that the jireacher was 

 on proper occasions. To prate on subjects which j applauded to the skies by his congregation. " No 

 v/e do not understand, evinces at once vanity and doubt," observed the king, " I suppose his non- 

 ignoiance. A mode:it attempt, however to take a 

 part in conversation, on subjects worthy of discus- 

 sion, deserves praise and encouragement. If we 

 have reasonable ground to suppose that by talkin 



sense suits their nonsense." 



Brutal Affections. — The attachment of some 

 French ladies to their lap-dogs amounts in some 



we can contribute useful infoTmatirto and is, ! '"f""' '° '"'"T'r""- ' '•"" T^"' °J^ ''^''"^ 

 our silence is something like a sin of omission. ]lTl ' ^'""% T ' ' % ' '^ . TT' 



I thus expressed her compusston : " Poor little dear 



GENIUS WITHOUT PRUDENCE. I Creature ! I hope it will not make him sick." 



The pleasures of genius, in its exertions are cer- Another lady kept a malicious ape, which bit 

 tainly exquisite ; but the horrors of want, of a jail """^ °^ ^^'^ women so cruelly in the arm that her 

 or disease, must greatly lessen if not totally des- '''® ^^'"'^ '" danger. The lady chid her ape, and 

 troy them ; and the applause bestowed on them, r°''' '''"' ""^ ^° '^"® ^° ''"^P '" future. The'mai'^1 

 however flattering to the human heurt,is but a poor ^°^^ ^^^ ^^™ ' '^"'^ "^''^ marcliioness dism.issed her 

 recompense for that aggravated distress of private | "'''^ ^ vague promise of some provision for her. 



life, which often involves a wife and family. ] The marquis blaming this inliiimanity, the lady 



Since genius must be supposed to have been be- I ^"^wered with great coolness, " What would you 

 stowed as a gift conducive to tlie happiness of him [ ''^^® ™° ^° ^''•'* '•h^ girl ? She has lost an arm." 

 who possesses it, let him take care to add to it dis- Clerkol Sarcasm.~ln some parish churclies it 

 cretion economy, and that useful but humble hind was the custom to separate tlie men from the wo- 

 of wisdom called common sense. | men. A clergyman, being interrupted by loud 

 POLITICAL DISPUTES. talking, Stopped short, when a woman eager for 



If passion could listen to reason, it would surelv ' ^'''^ '"'""'"' "'^ ''''' ^®''' ^''°^'' ^"'^ ^"''' " '^''"'" '''''^^- 

 be acknowledged by political dispuf.nts them- i''''"''^' '^'^"'''^ ^""'"= "^"—" ^° '""'^'» the better" 



answered the priest ; " it will be over the sooner." 



Knowledge of the JVorld — We never think or 



• JAMES HLOUJJ^iOOD & Co's 

 Xurserii at Flushing, on Long Island, near .Vm, 

 York. j 



l.N bel.air of the proprietors of the aboji 

 nursery, tliR subscriber soiicils the ord.-isj 

 horticulturists who may be desijdlis of. loci 

 lug: men gardens and fields with fruit trees of the riiie' 

 sorts and most healthy aod vigorous storks the j 

 autumn. 



Bloodgood & Co. allmd personally lo the inoculnlA 

 and cngrafLingnf all Iktir fruit trees, and purchasei 

 may rely with confidence that the trees (hey ord i wj 

 prove genuine. , 



'I'lic subscriber, a»ent of the above nursery, will n 

 ceive orders for any quantity of 



fruit and purest trees, 

 flowf.rijVg- shrubs, 



AND \ 



PLANTS. 



And the trees will be delivered in this city at the lij 

 and expenste of the Purchaser i the bills may be p 

 to him. 



The reputation of this nursery is so extensively l<rio*l 

 and has been so well sustained that 1 take leave to n 

 fer those in want of trees to any of the llo ticultuiisl 

 in tl.is city and its vicinity, and if ocular deuioii'!i:itici 

 i; desired, I invite those who wi-h to be thus faii-fml 

 to examine the trees in my garden at Uorcht-i> i pre 

 cured from this nursery for three or four year: pan 

 some of which are now in bearing, all in a healtiiy an 

 vigorous state. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis on applir:iti» 



to ZEB. COOK Jr.,' 



Rogers' Building — Congress Street.. 



Rust on. August, ibih 1R26. eptf. 



For Sale. 

 SIX superior f^axon Rams,. imported in the Bi 

 tavia, Capt. Russell— also, seven fine Merino Kaj 

 and ten pair Bremen Geese ; also, three New Mu 

 Goats, with their Kids. Apply to THO.MAS VVl 

 UAM3. Noddle's Island. 



Allum, 



Superior allum from the Salem Laboratory in bblJ 

 300 lbs. net, for sale on the most favourable terms'! 



'Refined Saltpetre, 

 in kegs of 100 lbs. n;'t,— from the same Laborato^ 



Du PonVs Gunpowder, 

 by the cask or small', r quantity. 



Shot ^- Balls, 

 at wholesale and retail, at the lowest prices. 

 E. COPELA.NL), Jun. fi5 Broad Street. net. 15 



selves that it is a disgraceful folly to permit a d 

 ferenco of opinion to disunite those whose opi 



ions can have little or no influence on the direc- i ^^^7' that knowledge of the world makes a man 

 tion of public affairs, of which they dispute. It is '. ^^^e virtuous ; it renders him more prudent, but 

 most ridiculous to behold two poor mortals, des- generally at the expense of his virtue. Knowlodo-e 

 troying private happiness, under the pretence of "f f'e world implies skill in discerning characters, 

 serving the public, or zeal for the government, ^^'t'' 'he arts of intrig.ie, low cunning, self-inter- 

 when their insignificance as individuals renders i s^''' '^^^ other mean motives that influence what 

 them unable to control in the smallest degree, the \ ^""^ called men of the world. xMen of genius are 

 settled course of national transactions. It is like "^on^'^only of " simple character; their thou<r'hts 

 two flies on the pole of a coach and six, fighting are occupied in objects very remote from the little 

 for the privilege of directing which way, and with ' ^'''^ of men of tlie world. 



FOR sale by the Suhscrjijer, at his place in Cliarj 

 town, 2J large Bremen Geese, which at 5 mouljis 

 weighM from 15 toiOlbs. each. Some of this same bn 

 have been fattened to weigh 301bs and not unfreqi 

 251bs. each. 



They are recommended in preference to all otl 

 geese, by their weight, fine flavoured meat, are remaL 

 ably prolific and hardy, yielding three times the qu(«- 

 tity of down and feathers in the course of the year, atd 

 of extra quality compared with the common eese^ 

 They are perfectly white. ? 



The 'original stock of these geese was im]inrted% 

 Ehenezer Rollins Esq. of Boston. The price is i?j eaffll, 

 taking one or the whole. .-" /VlVJaEfj JAO' T? Jf, 



Bremen Geese and .Merino Sheep. .' 



JOHN FERRV has for sale 2 pair of those ceh bral«l 



geese. Ten Full blood Merino Rams and 30 full bloOli 



Ewes. The Ewes have been with two Saxonv nwclw. 



A: rdyat No. 2 Rowes Wharf Oil, .:C>. . 



what speed, the carriage shall advance. 



PUBLIC SPEAKING. 



Dr Knox remarks that " this is a wordy age, 

 and speaking has done much ;nore injury to tiie 

 public than benefit. Public business is impeded, 

 doubts and diinoultios are necessarily raised, and 



Mistaken Piety. — Some passengers were chat- 

 ting nonsense to a parrot hung out at a window, 

 when a devout old lady came up : « O wickedness!" 

 exclaimed she : " why do you not teach him his 

 creed." 



7'ruth — In all sciences the errors precede tin 

 truths ; and it is better they should go first thai 

 last. 



Farmer's Almanacks. 

 JUST received a supply of the Genuine Fi'.mtti 

 Almanacks, hy Robr ri B. Thomas Esq. for sab u large 

 or small quantities at the lowml prict 5— Also jubt «• 

 ceived, a fri-sh supply of Stationery— Paper— iMnllJ 

 Goods — Account Books- Srhooi Books and ever> ai- 

 tide pertaining to the stationeiy line, which inriudjl 

 as great ^ variety and as good an assortment a? can^ 

 found in any ston in this City— wholesale and RetaiflT 

 JO;i -J y. RSH, No's 96 i- 98 '^late str-et. 



jThe Farmer is pul.lisheri every 1 riday at $'-.£,0 per 

 annum, if paid in advance, 



