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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mavch 2. 1827. 



3MEJL£90i:X,I.ANX£iS. 



THE SEASON. 



Wc have now had severely cold weather for 

 more than seren weeks, with the exception of a 

 few thawing days, and the ground has been cov- 

 ered with snow to the depth of from two to four 

 feet. Eight days ago the snow was about four 

 feet deep in the woods on an average, and the 

 roads, yards, and small enclosures were filled — in 

 some places to the height of 12 or 13 feet. We 

 have heard of several dwelling houses in this 

 county and Hampden, against which the snow 

 drifted so high in some of the late storms as to 

 completely cover the doors and windows of the 

 lower story. Many of the roads are impassable, 

 — farmers find it extremely difficult to get fuel 

 from their wood lands — many ciiildren are detain- 

 ed from the public schools, — and the churches 

 have been almost empty on some sabbaths. This 

 is altogether an old fashioned winter, though not 

 so severe as some that are recorded in the annals 

 of New England. We find the following account I 

 of cold winters in Mr Webster's " Letters to a 

 young Gentleman." — Hamp. Gaz. 



" In 1637 or 8, the winter was noted as unusu- 

 ally severe ; the snow lay about four feet deep 

 from the middle of November to the first week in 

 April. But the winter of 1641 — 2 was of the se- 

 verest kind. Boston bay was a bridge of ice as 

 far as the eye could see — and the Chesapeak also 

 was frozen. The Indians told our ancestors that 

 such a winter had not becD in forty years. A sim- 

 ilnr winter occurred in 16'J7 — 8. The 14th day of 

 December, O. S. 1709, was supposed to be the 

 coldest day that had been known in America. In 

 February, 1717, fell the greatest snow ever known 

 in this, or /perhaps any country. It covered the 

 lower doois of houses, so that some people were 

 obliged to step out of their chamber windows on 

 .jnow shoes. There was also a terrible tempest. — 

 Eleven hundred sheep, belonging to one man, per- 

 ished. One flock of a liundred, was dug out of a 

 snow drift on Fisher's Island, where they had 

 been buried to the depth of sixteen feet. This was 

 twenty-eight days after the storm, when two of 

 tliem were found alive, having subsisted on the 

 wool of the others, and they sustained no injury." 



Patents. — Among the patents lately granted in 

 Losdon for inventions, we perceive one for " an 

 improved escapement for watches." Such an in- 

 vention strikes us as useless, for watches go with 

 marvellous facility under the present system. We 

 had not been five minutes in Drury Lane pit, one 

 evening, when on looking to see if our watch was 

 going we found it gone — .Yoak. 



[A Philadelphia paper says — Mr Noah should 

 have carried a stop watch.] 



Some of the Princes of Ge'rmany have a king- 

 dom af the great extent of three miles square. It 

 is related of one of them that his army consists of 

 a general, two corporals, three privates, and a 

 drummer. The general is the Prince's butler and 

 steward ; the privates after receiving visitors at 

 the palace gates in front, as guards, run round and 

 meet them in the hall, asfootmin. 



Sententious Sentences. 



Leave your purse and watch at home, when you 

 go to the Playhouse, or an auction room. 



Early rising will add many years to your life. 



Dine late; it makes the day longer, and saves a 

 supper. 



Take your Tradesman's receipt though you pay 

 ready money. 



Never pay a Tradesman's bill till you have cast 

 it up. 



Paint the steps of your door and stair case, a 

 stone color ; it will save scouring and soap. 



Much may be done in a short time : your barber 

 bestows 150 strokes daily on your beard. 



Pay all your bills at Christmas. 



Be not a collector of books without determining 

 to read them. 



If you mean to buy a house, which you intend 

 to alter and improve, be sure to double the Trades- 

 man's estimate. 



When you take a journey in the winter put on 

 twD shirts ; you will find them much warmer than 

 an additional waist-coat. 



Idleness travels very leisurely, and Poverty soon 

 overtakes her. 



Sunday Countenances. — Many serious people 

 wear a peculiar expression on Sundays : They 

 look thoughtful as they should, and sad, or gloomy 

 as they should not. Notliing connected with re- 

 ligion ought to be constrained, austere or forbid- 

 ding. Banish frivolity on the first day, be serious 

 and devout, but affect no solemnity of counte- 

 nance. If affectation be unavoidable, then affect 

 serenity of heart, benignity of countenance, and 

 devotion of mind. 



Dt-arly all of which are 



It is remarkable that the Society for propagating 

 the Gospel in foreign Parts, established in London 

 1643, was suggested by Gov. Winslow, of Plymouth 

 Colony, who was also long an active member of it. 

 And that when the Royal Society was formed in 

 England in 1G6I, or 62, Gov. IVinlhrop, of New- 

 London, vas an original and leading member of 

 that learned association. 



A well-known bankrupt and gambling Peer, 

 asked a celebrated wit, the other day; to lend him 

 £50. — " Willingly !" replied he, being one of the 

 best natured persons in the world. " Give me pen, 

 ink, and paper, then ?" replied his lordship, " and 

 let me give you a note of hand." " No, I thank 

 you," rejoined the wag, " losing the money is en- 

 ough, without losing the paper to." 



This appears to be a new edition of an old story 

 of Dr Franklin. 



We learn that on Saturday morning last, the 

 Clover Mill of Mr Andreas in Hanover township, 

 Luzerne Co. together witli a large quantity of 

 Clover seed, was entirely consumed by fire. — We 

 understand the loss is estimated at about .*2(i00. 

 [Wyoming Herald.] 



The Larch Treee. — A late English paper an- 

 nounces the arrival at Leith, of the brig Betsey 

 from Dronthiem, with a cargo of boards. This 

 vessel is said to be the identical one, then a yacht, 

 that brought over king William to England 137 

 years ago. The timber of this vessel is the Greek 

 LARCH, or what is called in Maine where it was 

 planted more than two centuries since, and where 

 some fine forests of it are now growing, Hackma- 

 tack. It is the most durable timber ever made use 

 of in the construction of vessels. 



He who receives a good turn should never for- 

 get it — he who does one should never re.^lember 



Linnccan Botanic Garden and J^ursery.'\ 



The subscribers give 

 that they have been appi 

 sole agents for thisvicinit; 

 the Linncean BotAric Gi 

 and Nursf-ry, at llushin; 

 Island. This Nursery la' 

 known, and contains the. 

 extensive collection of 

 Ornamental Trees, and 

 in America. The Fruits 

 lieen selected by actual ij 

 ligation of their merits, 

 iigrafted from bearing trei 

 In the selection, which has been the particular' 

 suit ofMr PIII.N'CE and his father for more than 

 century, he haL- spartd neither pains nor expense^ 

 such as did not possess particular merit have h 

 jected and their accuracy has been tested by thi 

 authors of the age. 



In the present catalogue he offers above 500 ne' 

 r'leties of fruits not to be found in any ether coll 

 in Ameiica, and which include the most celebrat 

 kinds that have within a few years past been bronpi 

 into notice and recommended by those distinguiw 

 Moiticulturalists, Van Moii? &• Duquesene, and h ' 

 Knight, President of the Horticultural Society of 

 don. 



In regard to the character and accuracy of the 

 sent from this establishment, the proprietor refel 

 the Hon. Jonathan Hunewell, ?ud other gentlemeil 

 Boston and its vicinity, viho have patronized hif e»lj 

 lishment for the last fifty years, and particularly tol 

 iVuit of the various kinds with which the Boston 

 ket is now supplied from the extensive collect 

 trees furnished the late Dr Oliver Smith, Secret! 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, who, 

 than thirty years since, had several thousand trti 

 nually, which were distributed among the menibi 

 tlv.it Association. It may perhaps be deemed wi 

 of notice that near 100 varieties of the fruits offer 

 sa'e, by the proprietor, are different from those 

 vated by other establishments under the same n; 

 and the identity of every fruit sent by him, the pn 

 tors expressly guarantees. 



Catalogues maybe obtained gratis of the subsfri(jK| 

 and orders left at the New England Farmer office a 

 Agricultural Establishment, No. 52 North Mai# 

 street, (if from a distance, post paid) will meet prrtl 

 attention. .lOS. R. NEWI 1,L„ 

 JOHN B. Rl':^^ELL 



J\'otice to Gentlemen Farmers. 



FOR SALE, the very valuable farm ofthe lat( Jan 

 Gilchrist, Esq. situated in Charlestown, N II. on I 

 lower meadows, so called, of the Connecticut riv 

 and formerly belonged to Col. Asabel Hunt. 



This Farm consists of 3R5 acres of Land, of which 

 are meadow, ot the first quality, and in a state ol hi 

 cultivation ; the remaining 315 are up'and, ruid ci 

 sist chiefly of pasture and woodland ; the whole m: 

 in" one entire piece. The House is large and ■ omn 

 diou", well furnished with all needful and coi.vLuii 

 out building?, and in excellent repair. 



It is beautifully situated,between the great riverr^j 

 and the bank of the Connecticut, on a swell of iM 

 rising out ofthe meadow. 



The barns are large and numerous, convenient 

 placed, and have been thoroughly repaired within Ihf 

 years. One large barn has been built within th 

 time. 



The Farm is well watered, and in addition to me 

 lar springs, has running through it a never faili' 

 stream, on which is situated a good saw mill. 



Besides the Mansion House, there is also on 

 premises, a small farm house, with a barn attached 



This is a very eligible situation for a genllcl 

 farn'cr, with advantage of natural beauty, fertility 

 site, excelled by few places in ^ew England. 



Persons wishing to purchase such a place, are 

 ted to look at this.— Terms and further particulars 

 be known on application toMrsSUSAN GILCHRIi 

 on the premises, or to S. G. WILLIAMS & CO. Cost 



.Jr^Vublished every Friday at Three Dollars per 

 num, payable at the end of the year— but thos ' 

 pay within sixty days from the time of subscribing 

 entitled to a daductiou of Fifty Cents. 



