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July G, 162/'. 



ifWiscclliinies. 



WASHINGTON'S STATUE. 



Sent from England to jimerica. 



[by MRS HEMANS.] 



Yea, rear the guardian Hero's form, 

 On thy proud soil, Ihon Western World ' 

 A watcher through each sign of storm, 

 O'er Freedom's flag unfurled. 



There, as before, a shrine to bow, 

 Bid thy true sons their children lead, — 

 The language of that noble brow, 

 For all things good shall plead. 



The spirit reared in patriot flight. 

 The Tirtue born of home and hearth. 

 There calmly throned, a holy light 

 Shall pour o'erchainless earth. 



And let that work of England's hand. ■ 

 Sent thro' the blast and surges' roar, 

 So girt with tranquil glory, stand. 

 For ages on thy shore ! 



Such through all time the greetings be. 

 That wtth the Atlantic billows sweep I 

 Telling the mighty and the free 

 Of brothers o'er the deep ! 



Mothers. — Erasmus says, " the safety of states 

 depends upon three things — upon a proper or im- 

 proper education of the Prince — upon preachers 

 — and upon schoolmasters." He might have added 

 " upon mothers ;" for the care of the mother pre- 

 cedes that of the schoolmaster, and may stamp 

 •apon the infant mind characters of virtue and re- 

 ligion which no man can eiTace. 



The Devil outwitted. — A poor woman in ]Mon- 

 treal received a Bible from the British Agent in 

 that city. A Romish Priest, hearing of the cir- 

 cumstance, made a visit, intending to deprive her 

 of the precious gift. He offered her five dollars 



for the Bible — she declined taking it He then 



offered her ten, and afterwards fifteen dollars ; 

 she still declined, he left her. — The ne.xt day, he 

 returned, and offered her twenty-five dollars. She 

 accepted the offer, and with the money purchased 

 twenty-fiTo Bibles, which she distributed among 

 her destitute neighbours, under such conditions, 

 that the priest could not obtain them. 



A writer from Hamilton, Ohio, says, the x\p- 

 ple-Trees there, average 15 busiiels of Apples to 

 a tree ! and that Corn this year will give about 

 SO bushels to the acre. 



We learn from Pittsburgh, that a company of 

 practical mechanics have arrived from England, 

 and are about to establish a Porcelain Manufac- 

 tory in the vicinity of tliat city. 



In one year 65,000,000 of eggs were exported 

 from France to Great Britain ; the duty on which 

 amounted to 100,000 dollars. 



Epilepsy. — Dr Borie, the physician of the hos- 

 Vi?] Versailles, has for some time been very suc- 

 rel in caseei'l'J''''"*? "lugwort and the cherry-lau- 

 tients have been'per?ecu^ ^ ^'"•^"'^ '"''">' P°°'' P^" 

 the discovery of which seems lik'eV'tS i;^ ''"^'^V 

 ed with the most beneficial consequences. ■*""■" 

 [London Literary Gaz.] 



Symmetry — The father of the celebrated Paul 

 Jones was gardener to Lord Selkirk, and amongst 

 other peculiarities, was remarkable for his great 

 fondness of what is called symmetry. Thus, if he 

 planted a shrub in one part of the garden, he 

 would set another in a corresponding situtition for 

 symmetry. At the end of the lawn were two 

 summer houses exactly alike. One day his Lord- 

 ship walking in this place, saw a boy's head peep- 

 ing out of each. 'Ha, Mr Jones, (said he,) who 

 is that boy locked up there in the summer house ?' 

 'Please your lordship, it is a young rogue that I 

 caught stealing in the orcliard, and I've locked 

 him up till your Lordship came.' ' But,' (said his 

 Lordship) I see your son's head in the other sum- 

 mer house — be has not been stealing surely.' ' O 

 no, my Lord, I only put him there for symmetry.' 



Anecdote. — In a time of much religious excite- 

 ment and consequent discussion, an honest old 

 Dutch farmer, of the Mohawk, was asked his 

 opinion, as to which denomination of Christians 

 were in the right way to heaven ? " Veil den, 

 (said he) ven we ride our wheat up Alpany, some 

 say dis is de pest road, and some say dat is de 

 pest ; put I don't tink it makes much tifference 

 which road we take ; for when we get dare, dey 

 never ask us which way we come — and it is none 

 of deir pusiness — if our wheat pe good." 



When I was a lad, an old gentleman took the 

 trouble to teach me some little knowledge of the 

 world. With this view, I remember he one day 

 asked me, '• When is a man rich enough ?" — I re- 

 plied, " When he has a thousand pounds." — He 

 said, "No." — "Two thousand ?" — "No." — " Ten 

 thousand ?" — "No."— "Twenty thousand ?"-"No. 

 — " A hundred thousand ?" — Which I thought 

 would settle the business ; but hu continued to 

 say — "No." I gave it up, and confessed I could 

 not tell, but begged he would inform me. Ho 

 gravely said, " When he has a little more than ho 

 has, and that is never." 



Maxim. — In eternity there is nothing to gain ; 

 nothing to lose. All is either gained or lost for 

 over. In time, there is an eternity to gain, or an 

 eternity to lose. Not an instant here, but tells in 

 the account hereafter. Life places you in that 

 pregnant crisis, between a world of mourning and 

 a world of joy. 



Hamilton's Travels in Colombia I was amused 



(says Col. H.) by a story told me by an English 

 officer in the service of Colombia of one of his 

 soldiers, who was an Irishman :— Paddy walking 

 one day through the streets of Caraccas, chanced 

 to see a dollar on the ground ; he kicked it ons 

 side with much contempt, exclaiming with an oatli, ' 

 ' I came to the Americas for gold ; I'll not tar- 

 nish my fingers with silver coin." 



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Wit, without knowledge, is a sort of _...„„ 

 which gathers in a night to the top, and by e 

 skilful hand may be soon whipped into//o(A; bci 

 once scummed away, what appears underneath it 

 only fit to be thrown to the hogs. 



Curious Fact — It has been justly affirmed by 

 some writers on natural philosophy, that a certain 

 quantity of water, however small, may be render- 

 ed capable of exerting a force equal to any ag' 

 signable one, by increasing the height of the cd- 

 umn and diminishing the base on which it presses. 

 Dr Goldsmith observes, that he had a strong hogs- 

 head split in this manner. A small but strong 

 tube of tin, twenty feet high, was inserted in the 

 bunghole of the hogshead. Water was then pour- 

 ed into the tube till the hogshead was filled, and 

 the water had reached within a foot of the top of 

 the tin tube. By the pressure of this column of 

 water, the hogshead buret with incredible force, 

 and the water was scattered in every direction. 



When Sheridan was making one of his great 

 displays in Westminster Hall, he observed Gib- 

 bon among the auditors, and complimented him 

 by some allusion to his " luminous pen." An ac- 

 quaintance afterwards reproached Sheridan with 

 the insincerity of his compliment, and wondered 

 how he could use the word luminous. " O, it was 

 a mistake," said Sheiidan, " I meant voluminous." 



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Turnip Seed, S^-c. 



Just received at the Nf w England Farmer office. No. 

 52 North Market Street, Boston, an extensive assort- 

 ment of Turnip Seeds, some of which are the growth of 

 the present season — the finest sorts either for family use 

 orstock. The most approved sorts for the former are 

 tlie White Stone, White Dutch, Red Top, Yellow Stone, 

 r\ellow .Malta. The Yellow Stone is one of uncommdn 

 excellence, and keeps well. Of the sorts for field cul- 

 ture, the White Norfolk, White Globe, Green Round, 

 and YtUoiv Aberdeen or Bullock are prefera'ulc. The 

 Yellow Aberdeen is most approved among the farmeiii^ 

 of England and Scotland, as it grows to a large size, ij< 

 very sweet and nutritious, and keeps till June. AbO) 

 Yellow Ruta Baga, or Russian lurnip, of the best des- 

 cription. The above seeds were saved in Europe ex- 

 pressly for us, and the utmost dependence may be 

 placed upon their genuine quality. A vnriely of Lojwt , 

 and Turnip Radishes, suitable for growing the three I 

 ensuing months. Prickly or Fall Spinach, Long Pricklj f 

 and Early Cluster Cucumber ; also the genuine Girkia 

 or West India pickling Cucumber, one of the finert 

 pickles. — The seed of the Scull Cap may yet be sown io 

 advantage. 



At this place is kept the best supply of seeds, nati 

 and imported, that art and industry can procure. Gati 

 logues furnished gratis. .Inly 5 



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He, who never changed any of liis opinions, 

 never corrected any of his mistakes ; and he who 

 was never wise enough to find mistakes in himself, 

 will not be charitable enough to excuse them in 

 others. 



It is easy to be upright in prosperity, it is the 

 day of adversity that proves the heart. 



It is a brave mind that exults not over a fallen 

 foe, — it is a weak, that tramples on him. 



ROMAN. I his elegant, full blooded horse, a brigfc* 

 bay with black legs, mane and tail, of high spirit sa$ 

 good temper, will stand at the farm of i\ir Stepbi 

 Williams in Nt rthbnrongh (\:s.) at $20 <he season, 

 be paid before the mares are taken away. — See Ni 

 England Farmer, May 2.'j. ', 



liEI.LI-OUNDl.K. 'I'liis celehralert horse, of « 

 bright Bay, with black legs, standing 15 hands high,* 

 celebrated trotter, and a Irne descendant of the Firtr 

 atra>/s, will stand at Col. Jaques' stable, in Charle»- 

 town, during the season. Charge $20, and $1,00 the 

 groom — see New England Farmer, May 4, 18 26. ■] 

 /. S,- A. Fales' Patent Hoes, ' "^ 

 Constantly for sale hy Frenrh & Weld, 31 & 32 Sontl 

 Market street, sole agents for vending the same. 



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Mr Stringer has paid £400 and 30 marks, to be 

 excused as sheriff of London and Middlesex. 



The Far.m !■ n is puhlishfd every friday, at $2,SQ 

 per annum, it paid in advance. J- 



Gentlemen who procure.^w responsible subseribeni 

 are entitled to usirlh volume gratis. ■* 



New snbsrribers can he furnished with the preced' 

 in" numbers of the current volume. 



