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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



April 13, it 



IMZZSGEI.Z.AK'ZS 



yir John Pniiglo, in one of his works, mentions 1 is applied to the wounded animal tibre th 

 I his having cured a soldier by the daily use of the | attended with fatal or even troublesome ,' 



The following note was found among the papers | ^^^ ^^^^ 'j^.j^j^ watcx; whicli in former days stood | quences. The flesh of venomous snakes 



of the late Lord Ersicine : | where now stands the Betiilehem Hospital, Lon- 1 eaten by savage nations. Another obje'i 



To Gtnernl ffashinglon. ' don, and was celebrated for meiUcinal spa, as well \ the story is, that it is an old one. The publ: 



SiB : I have taken the liberty to introduce your as being a public house of great resort. A French j frightened with it in the newspapers sever 

 august ond immortal name in a short sentence, physician, who translated this passage of Sir aeo. — Ev. Post 

 which is to be found in tlie book I send to you. John's, said, that " the cure was effected by ad 



I have a large acquaintance among the most ministering an excellent 6roW<, ?Ma(/c /)/ Dog and \ 

 valuable and exalted classes of men, but you are Buck. 



the only human being, for wliom I ever felt au ; 



awful reverence. i ^'"'^ "f Seduclion. — A case of seduction was 



I sincerely prny God to grant a long and serene '-"cd in the Court of Common Ple.is of this city, ia 



evening to a life so gloriously devoted to the ^ "h'=h Miss Wilhelmina Cooper recovered a ver- 



universalhappinessof the world. j diet for the sum of six hundred dollars, against 



T. ERSKINE. \^s^ betrayer fliaster Julian Rutan, an infant, aged 



I 19. The counsel for the defendant made an earn- 



JAMES BLOODGOOD & Co's 

 V'Tsery al Fivsliing, on Long Island, ne«( 

 York. 

 IN helialf of (he proprietors nf Ih 

 iuii=ery, the subscriber solicits the ( 

 liorticulturists who may be desirous I 

 iuj tni ir gardens and fields with fruit trees of ( 

 sorts and most healthy and vigorous stocks th«i 

 autumn. 



Bloodgood !• Co atfpnd ptrsonalhj lo tlte 

 Miseries of IVealth. — It is to have a subscription ggt appeal in behalf of his client, for a mitigation and en;;rnflmg of nV Iheir fruit trees, and purl] 

 paper handed you every hour in the day, and be of damages, on account of his tender years. But may rely with confideuce that tlie trees thoy oi 

 called a niggard if you refuse your name. It is to Mr Price insisted that though an infant, he was vrove genuine , , , 



eat turkey and drink wine at a dearer rate than old enough to be the father of an infant, and ; ^^i^^|;'=j;;^^;";^;'^;=;"';;!^„';[/^''^^^ 

 your neighbours. It is to ha"c every college, in- should therefore bo made to smart for his juvenile ^ '^ ' ' " FRUIT AND FUliE.ST TREES, 

 firmary, and asylum make a run upon the bank of perfidy. [N. Y. paper.] FLOWERING SHRUBS, ' 



your benevolence, and then wonder at the small- • axd 



ness of the dividend. It is to have sectarians con- ; Philology. — A member of our present Congress, > PLANTS, 



tend for the keeping of your conscience, and law- ' spells wife Yf; if the orators of this great body ' *"'' I'"' ♦'■<=2' '«''" ^'^ delivered in (his city atj 

 yers struggle for tlie keeping of your purse. It is would be as short, in proportion with their speech- ^ud^^xpense of the Purchaser ; the bills may J 

 to be remembered from Seguin to Talbot Island, cs, as he is with his wife, we should be duly. The reputation of this nursery is so extensivelyj 

 whenever a loan or dinner is wanted. It is to be thankful. — JV". Y. paper. \ ^^A has been so well sustained that 1 lake leavl 



taxed for more than you are worth, and never be 

 believed when you say so. It is to have Addition 

 of dollars. Subtraction of comforts, and Multipli- 

 cation of anxieties, end in Division among spend- 

 thrift heirs. It is to l):.ve the interest of every 

 one about you exceed their principle. It is 



l"«r those in want of trees to any of the Ho ticafl 

 Frcncn Jluilmrs — Piron's tragedy of Gustavus | in this city and its vicinity, and if ocular demmisl 

 was vehemently liissod and driven from the stage, ; '- desired, I invite (hose who wi'h (o be thus 

 wliich induced Voltaire to triumph at his failure. , '" '^^a'»'ie the trees in my srarden at Uorchesj 

 rrit 1 ,, -i n , J 1 ■ r7 ■ , cured frooi this nursery for three or four yeal 



llie latter wit soon after produced his Zaire, and 



on meetinjr Piron exclaimed, " Well, you see I 



some of which are now in hearinj;, all in a 1 

 is;-ornU5 s(a(e. 



Caliilogues will be delivered grads on 

 ) ZEB. COOR 



Rogpers' Building — Congress SQ 



make up to the mercliant all the profits he loses escaped without a single hiss." " True," replied 

 by knavery or frugality. It is never to ho allowed ^ ^'"'°"'.'^'^^» audience cannot hiss and yawn to- 



to be upon oa.sy terms, even with a coat or a shoe, j ff^'^hEr. 



It is to be married for your money, or have a wife ' Compliment to jYew England Talent— The pub- \ Ortniwental a,id Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Plak 

 always casting up the sum total of the dollars she ynhets of the Philadelphia Album have awarded! at "^ ^' ^^'^^RETH. 



brought. It is to have your son's steps surrounded ti,,ee gold medals, one valued at $-30, to N. P. ■i-'ursery, i>etasr,xm, ana^l^l^r^^^s^,^ 



by " mantraps," and your daughter made a target wiUis, Esq. of Yale College for a poem, " Confes- 1 HAVE constanlly on hand for sale, a very eS 

 for the speculating and selfish to uim at. It is to gjon of a student ;" and two valued at S20, to Miss ' collection of Fruit Trees,Hardy Ornamental Tri 

 measure friendship by t!ie length of your pur^e, to L.M.Francis of Watertown Mass. for an Essay Shrubs. Green House Plants, Bulbous Roots, ( 

 buy flattery and sell happiness. It is to have debt- ..on the cultivation of FemalV Intellect";" and to ''"'"'' "'" ''" ""'-'"■"'''•'"'" —.:";'-•»•' 



Seeds. &c. &c. not exceeded by any sii 

 ment in the United States. 



ors smile upon yon, and knaves shake you by the jjiHon Ward, Esq of Hanover, N. H. for a poem, ; Orders received by Messrs. PARKER & CO 

 hand. It IS to have a dyspeptic wife, and pale .. Midnight." ! No. 9 Congress-square, near the Exchange 



', House, E-^s(on, of whoai priced Cataloguesi 

 Learned Insensibility. — While the learned Fran- ' whole may be ha d gratis. (f. Deo 



children. It is to have sons go to college to buy 

 themes of wiser heads, and daughters' brains 



turned by the flattery of fools. It is to be invited cis Morell was busy in preparing his edition of ] TO FARMERS To Ut, a farm containing . 



to drink poor wine, that you may give better in Libanius for the press, he was told that his wife of land, a large and comfortable house, barn. & 



return. It is to have your lady's peace disturbed was suddenly taken ill. — " I have but tv.-o or three '^"d is of good quality, and of easy cul(iva(ion. 



by a higher feather or a brighter diamond. It is periods to translate," said Morell, " and then pn are on 



to buy green peas at nine shillings, and relish come to her." Presently, after he was informed which are just beginning to bear ; 



,, tu -11 ■ . ji, , •,• ,.1 ,, , meadow, on which could be cu( 



them not, because your neighbor gives two dol- that she was dying, he said — " I have only two 



lars. It is to have relations wish you a sliort life words to write ; I'll be with her immediately." 



and a long will. It is to have your widow mourn Presently they brought him word that she was 



bitterly — provided iier fortune depends on per- dead — with great calmness he said, " I am very 



petual widowhood. It is to have more temptations sorry, for she was really a mighty good woman." 

 in tliis world than other men ; and lastly to find 



the entrance to a better more difficult than to the 

 rest of mankind. [Mass. Journal] 



A horrible story is now going the rounds of the 

 newspapers of a whole family at L'Isle Jesus pois- 

 oned by eating soup, which had among the ingro- 

 A man named Drake, on his way from London dients a cabbage head boiled whole, containing a 

 to Paris, arrived at Havre with thiee rattlesnakes \-^xge sized snuke of a venomous nature. To say 

 and several young crockodiles. On his arrival nothing of the singularity of such an ingredient in 

 he found that one of the rattlesnakes was dead, ^ dish of soup as a cabbage head large enough to 

 and the o:hers benumbed with the cold. After | contain a large sized snake, and loose enough for 

 placing them near the fire, supposing one of them iijm to crawl into, the story is manifestly a hoax, 

 to he dead, he took it up by the head and tail, when i It is a fact, which has been established by ntimer- 

 it suddenly revived, and bit him in two places in Lus experiments, and is fainili-.r to students in 

 the hand. He applied imme lately to a physician, | natural history, that the poison of snakes received 

 and adopted measures to prevent the eflTects of the | j^to the stomach is harmless. It is only v.hen it 

 poison, but he died in eight hours. 



place a varie(y of choice young fruit ft 

 also 10 acres of 

 ( enough fui 1 for 

 family, and is an excellent manure. Said farm is? 

 ated in Cambridge, about 4 miles from Bostnn mar 

 The (erms will be on a lease fr«m six lo (en year«. 

 first year's rent (o he expended for manure, andjt] 

 afterwards to be laid ou( in (lie same mannerti 

 year. — The above olTers a desirable opportunity t» 

 in(elligent. ihornngh and enlerprising farme r. No 

 bu( who c-An bring recommendations as beins: snchn 

 apply. THOMAS BREWER. 416 VVashingtons 



Rose Bushes S,- Grape Fines. 



For sale at the bouse of Samuil Downer, in Dorcl 

 t.-r— 80 Hundred L. af Rose Bushes— 90 do. rrovii 

 or Cnbl'sge— 10 Four Seasons do— 300 Laniaskd 

 30 Burgundy do — 6 Austrian do— 25 Marl. It- do- 

 Tuscany do— 100 French do— 8 Lagersto:emla Inii 

 or I rape Myrtle— 2(I0 Grape Vines, (wliite Sir 

 Water)— Snow Ball Bushes— white Lillifs— red: 

 white Lilies— 50 gallons double and single distil 

 Rose Water, made from all damask roses. AprifC 



The Farmer is published every Friday, 

 annum, if paid in adrancc. 



