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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



and as evidence of this, he finds the hives on the 

 tenth day two thirds full of comb — nearly double 

 what is usual for so late a swarm. 



RASPBERRIES. 



S. A. Barrett, of Milton, N. Y., asserts that " a 

 strong deep loam, Avith but little sand, is the only soil 

 from which a full crop is to be expected every season 

 from the Red Antwerp." He also states that N. 

 Hallock, of that place, produced a crop the past sea- 

 son, from three fovu-ths of an acre, which sold for 

 $330 in New York city. 



FACTS IN PHYSIOLOGY. 



A man is taller in the morning than at night to 

 the extent of half an inch, owing to the relaxation 

 of the cartilages. The human brain is the 28th of the 

 body ; but in a horse, only the 400th. Ten days per 

 annum is the average sickness of hiiman life. About 

 the age of 30, the lean man generally becomes fatter, 

 and the fat man leaner, llichter enumerates 600 

 distinct species of disease in the eye. The piilse of 

 children is 180 in a minute ; at puberty, it is 80 ; and 

 at 60, it is only GO. Dr. Lettom ascribed health and 

 ■wealth to water, happiness to small beer, and all 

 diseases and crimes to the use of spirits. Elephants 

 live to 200, 300, and even 400 years. Bats, in 

 India are caWcdfli/inj foxes, and measure six feet 

 from tip to tip of their wings. Sheep, in wild pas- 

 tures, practise self-defence by an array, in which 

 rams stand foremost, in concert with ewes and 

 lambs, in the centre of a hollow square. Three 

 Hudson's Bay dogs draw a sledge loaded with 300 

 pounds fifteen miles in a day. One pair of pigs will 

 increase in six years 119,100, taking the increase at 

 fourteen times per annum. A pair of sheep in the 

 same time would be but 64. A single house Hy pro- 

 duces in one season 20,080,326 eggs. The flea, 

 grasshopper, and locust jump 200 times their own 

 length, equal to a quarter of a mile for a man. 



THE PURITY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 

 SALT. 



Prof. Beck, of Rutgers' College, has made the 

 following analysis of the different kinds of salt : — 



1000 parts Onondaga coarse salt contain pure 

 salt 991 parts. 



1000 parts Onondaga dairy salt contain pure salt 

 974 parts. 



1000 parts Turk's Island salt contains pure salt 

 984 parts. 



1000 parts Cheshire crushed rock salt contain 

 pvire salt 986 parts. 



If this be true, why is it that farmers and beef and 

 pork packers still prefer Turk's Island, or Liverpool, 

 Cheshire, salt ? This fact is notorious. If Onondaga 

 salt was better, would they not find it out ! — Bujf. 

 Com. 



We concur in, and repeat the inquiry above. If 

 Onondaga salt is better than Turk's Island or Liver- 

 pool, whj' is it, that our farmers and beef and pork 

 packers do not find it o\it? There nmst be some 

 mistake in this matter. Perhaps it is in the frauds 

 practised in its manufacture or packing. If so, how 

 can pure Onondaga salt be secured ? "NYc should 

 like to know. — Rochester American. 



'• Swear not at all." Deceive not. Profanity 

 and falsehood are marks of low breeding. Show us 

 the man who commands the best respect — an oath 

 never trembles on his tongue — a falsehood is never 

 breathed from his lips. 



THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER. 



She may not, in the mazy dance, 



^Vith jewelled maidens vie ; 

 She may not smile on courtly. swain 



With soft, bewitching eye ; 

 She cannot boast a form and mien 



That lavish wealth has brought her ; 

 But, ah, she has much fairer charms, — 



The farmer's peerless daughter ! 



The rose and lily on her cheek 



Together love to dwell ; 

 Her laughing blue eyes -nTcath around 



The heart a witching spell ; 

 Her smile is bright as morning's glow 



Upon the dewy plain. 

 And listening to her voice we dream 



That spring has come again. 



The timid fawn is not more wild, 



Nor yet more gay and free ; 

 The lily's cup is not more pure 



In all its purity ; — 

 Of all the wild flowers in the wood. 



Or by the crystal water, 

 There's none more pure or fair than she, 



The farmer's peerless daughter ! 



The haughty belle, whom all adore, 



On downy pillow lies ; 

 While forth upon the dewy lawn 



The merry maiden hies ; 

 And, with the lark's uprising song, 



Her own clear voice is heard : 

 Yo may not tell which sweetest sings, 



The maiden or the bird. 



Then tell me not of jewelled fair — 



The brightest jewel yet 

 Is the heart where virtue dwells 



And innocence is set ; 

 The glow of health upon her cheek, 



The grace no rule hath taught her : 

 The fairest wreath that beauty twines 



Is for the farmer's daughter ! 



THE OLIO. 



If we would enjoy oiu-selves, we must take the 

 world as it is — mix up a thousand spots of sunshine 

 — a cloud here and there — a bright sky — a storm 

 to-day, calm to-morrow — the chill, piercing Avinds 

 of autumn, and the bland, rcA'iA'ing air of summer. 



Longitude. — "Tommy, my son, Avhat is longi- 

 tude-" "A clothes line, daddy." "Prove it, my 

 son." " Because it stretches fi-om j)ole to pole. " 



Why is a lad}', AA-hilo decorating her fingers, like 

 one in distress : Because she's icringing her hands. 



Soi)histry is lilie a AvindoAV curtain — pleases as an 

 ornament, but its true use is to keep out the light. 



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