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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. v.y '!>*■-::. 



]M[XSCEI.I.AmBS. 



Spain. — The student of history mnst have been 

 struck with that portion of Mr Canning's late 

 speech in which he enquires "wljere can we now 

 find that Spain in the map of the world, which 

 was to have swallowed up the power of maritime 

 England ?" Spain was at one time mistress of the 

 Netherlands in the North and Naples in the 

 South of Europe ; of the heart of Italy ; of cer- 

 tain islands in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, 

 and a strong hold in Africa ; of considerable pos- 

 sessions in the East, and nearly all the West In- 

 dies ; of three fourths of South, and the richest 

 portion of North America ; her dag floating on 

 every sea ; she possessed more of the precious 

 Tnetals than all the world beside : and her sover- 

 eign, in addition to the sway of his own hereditary 

 dominions, wore the imperial crown of Germany. 

 Most truly did she boast that within the limits of 

 her empire the sun never set. But that stupen- 

 dous power was not obtained by virtue, nor pos- 

 sessed with moderation. Avarice and perfidy 



stained its rise ; unexampled cruelty si^nialized its 1 can come up from the bottom 

 meridian ; the most sanguinary tyranny and de- 

 grading meanness have brought unbounded exe- 

 cration and contempt on its decline. 



[Lebanon Republican.] 



A curse is like a stone thrown up towards hea- 

 ven, and most likely to return on the head of him 

 that sent it. Sir Walter Scott. 



The present popslation of New-Orleans is be- 

 lieved to exceed 50,000 souls. When the city 

 was transferred to this government, S3 years ago, I 

 it contained but 8000 inhabitants. I 



General La Fayette's grant of 20,000 acres is i 

 in the neighborhood of Tallahasse, the capital ofj 

 Florida. This is said to be a charming country, 

 producing the wild grape plum, and may be fit for 

 the silk worm. 1 



Industry is sometimes poor; because, as the! 

 prophet Haggai says, she puts her wages into a 

 purse with holes. i 



Fathers sliould not help their sons too much 

 when young r- Let them browse v\liile their teeth 

 are good. Yet Dr. Franklin did well to establish 

 prudent, but indigent, young men in trade, to be 

 reimbursed hereafter ; because, when a pump is 

 dry, water must be poured in at the top before any 



aARBEl!? AHB FXSI.33 SJB^SB.l . 



The proprietors of the New England Farruei 

 the Agricultural Establishment inlorm the p\ 

 that they have made arrangements for sellinj; f 

 dtn, Herb, Flower and Grass Steds, Btilhijus Fi, . 

 Roots, Sfc. of every description. They hiv* j 

 received from Mess. Thorburn & Son oft 

 York, a fresh assortment, among which are * 



Effect of Music on .fhiimals — On a Sunday ev- 

 ening five choristers w ere walking on the banks 

 of the river Mer.'iey, in Cheshire ; after some time, 

 they sat down on the grass, and began to sing an 

 anthem. The field in which they sat was termina- 

 ted at one extremity by a wood, out of which, as 

 they were singing they observed a hare to pass 

 with great s\vif>,';ess touavds the pLice where they 

 were sitting, -.nd to .^lop at about twenty yards 

 distance from tiiem. She appeared delighted with 

 the music, often turning up the side of her head 

 to listen with more f'cility. This uncommon ap- 

 pearance en^'.aged their attention ; and being de- 

 sirous to knew wliot'.er the creature paid them 

 the visit to partake of the music, they finished the 

 piece, and sat slili without speaking to each other. 

 As soon as the harmonious sound was over, the 

 hare returned skwly towards the wood ; when 

 she had reached nearly the end of the field tiiey 

 began the same piece ag:ain ; at which the hare 

 stopped, turned about, and came swiftly back 

 again to about the same distance as before, where 

 she seemed to listen with rapture and dslitrhl, 

 till they had finished the anthem, vrhen she re- 

 turned by a slow pace up the field, and entered 

 the wood. [N. Mon. Mag.] 



Anecdote of George ///.—While the Earl of 

 Chesterfield was in the Cabinet, he had to wait 

 upon the King for his signature to an appoint 

 which his Majesty had objected to witii much 

 warmth. The Earl opened the business with, 

 "Whose name would your Majesty be pleased to 

 have put in the blanks ?" '' Belzebub's'." exclaim- 

 ed the Sovereign with much indignation. " And 

 will your Majesty," continued the cool and face- 

 tious Peer, " permit the instrument to run as us- 

 ual. Our trusty and loell beloved Cousin and Coun- 

 sellor ?" The King, it is added, laughed, and im- 

 mediately put his hand to the required appoint- 

 ment. 



There is a kind of man who will not do as he 

 himself wishes to, lest he should please somebody. 



The Legislature of Ohio has before it a bill for 

 " Farming out their State Prison." Is the contrac- 

 tor to employ the convicts in any thing they may 

 be most expert at ? 



Large baggage sleds are drawn now by two 

 horses on a quick trot, with loads that in waggons 

 four horses could only draw on a walk. 



Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick, Prince Edward's 

 Island and Cape Breton, are as large as England, 

 containing 3.5,000,000 of acres — and are capj.ble of 

 maintaining three millions of inhabitants. Their 

 present population is 200,000. 



Medical Hiparlee. — A candidate for medical 

 honours, having thrown himself almost into a fev- 

 er from his incapacity of Enswering the questions, 

 was asked by one of the Professors — " How would 

 you sweat a patient for the rheumatism ?" He re- 

 plied, " I would send him here to be examined." 



The royal assent has been given to the act in- 

 corporating a company for carrying on the manu- 

 facture of iron, in Anntipolis county, Nova Scotia. 

 The ore is said to be very abundant. 



Patents. — It appears by a report made to the 

 House of Representatives, that 4312 patents have 

 been granted during the preceding year, that the 

 sum received for the same is Sl'i9,000. The ex- 

 penses of the patent office are 6,780 67. 



The Late Snow Storms.— The number of individu- 



menti^-ls who perished in the highlands, during the lata 



storms is ascertained to be between twenty seven 



and thirty. Upwards of five thousand trees were 



blown down at Gordon Castle. [Liv. Mer.] 



It is stated that the quantity of snow which hns 

 fallen at St. Johns, N. B. the pi-esent season, was 

 not sufficient to cover the ground I 



Windsor beans, 

 China dwarf do 

 White kidney do 

 Warrington do 

 Refugee do 

 Mizagan do 

 Red pole cranberry do 

 Dutch cn.sc-knife do 

 Turnip beet 

 Blood do 

 V.'liite scarcity do 

 Brussels sprouts 

 Early York Cabbage 



' sugar loaf do 



' Battcrsea 

 Sugarloaf 

 Drumhead 

 Red Dutch 

 Green Savoy 

 Yellow Savoy 

 Madeira 

 Tennisball 

 Drumhead 



Ice C033 



Green 

 White 

 Solid Celery 

 Red do 



Horn Carrot 

 Orange do 

 Early Cucumber 

 Long do 



London leek 

 Early lettuce 

 Cabbage do 

 Pine apple melon 

 Green cition do 

 Nutmeg do 



Purple egg plant 

 Silla.l ii„istard 

 Nasturtiun 

 Mangel Wurtr.el 

 Large Norfolk turnip 

 Curled Cress do. 

 Long cucumber 

 Girkin do. 



Green Turkey do. 

 White do. 



The Wilmington, N. C. Recorder of the 31st ult. 

 says — "The weather has been unfOeetsatttls uarm 

 for the last three days." 



Preserving IVood. 

 Dry rot in timber may be prevented by charring 

 the joints, and fi>ing them in anchorsmith or 

 foundry ashes laid under the flooring. Leaving' 

 one of the boards of the floor loose, and removing 

 it at night, it is s.iid to prevent it. Painting wood 

 before the sap is dry, hastens its decay. 



^Gleanings of Husbandry.] 



i White onion I 



i Red do 1 



J Yellow do .! 



' Parsnip, Paj 



r Early frame peas, 

 5 ' Charlton do 

 i Dwarf Imperial do 

 '. ' Dwarf proliHci 

 \ ' ' man owl 



5 Tall sugar lio. 

 < Early Wushin_^tuii 

 * Lucerne ['••-:') 



5 Squash pt;pper 

 5 Cayenne do | 

 \ Scarlet radish 3 

 \ Salmon do J 



j Red turnip do 

 I White do do 

 I Black do do 

 $ Purple do do 

 ] Round spinage 

 5 Prickly do •]. 



\ Early bush squash) 

 J Crook neck do 

 \ Salsafy, vegetable) 

 J Early Dutch turni] 

 i Red top do 



\ VV^hite Norfolk do 

 I ' Stowe dt 

 5 Ruta baga di 

 i Tomatoes T 



5 Sweer marjoram 

 5 Savoury 



' Asparagus Arti 

 J Warrington do 

 ', Early turnip blood 

 ; Purple cape Broci 

 \ White onion 

 5 Red do. 



5 Yellow do. 



I Vv^hite clover 

 'i Red top grass 

 » i-'arly cauliflower 

 $ Late do. 



I Early horn carrot 

 I Okra 



5 Green curled endi' 

 I Ruta Bnja 



As the season for making hot beds is ni 

 hand, gentlemen in want of Early Cabhage, ' 

 flouer. Lettuce, &c. can be furnis' ■ ' wit 

 seed. 



In addition to the above, we i, •■ .j;;' p 



a supply from Europe. 



For sale at tht Agricultural Ebtc-^lx.- 

 North '-Tarket Strctt and at the Farn^r 

 Wni'tzp! and Sugar Beet Setd raisort \'j , 

 !"sq. of Hoxbury. It is recommended fj g( ntk. 

 van ol' these seed« to apply sooD, as. (iom th4'' 

 ol'last season, ths quantity is small au'i tho ^i: 

 .it'ro^urse lie hiii;h(r. 



50ii \>u-i\\eU Red. Top Seed. Clov. .; 



_fj7 Published evtrv Friday at Thrr-" 

 num. payable at Ibr end of the y-'ar 

 pay within sixty dais from the time v 

 Pntitled to a deduction of Fifty Cents. 



