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kilns, the same as bricks. These posts are perforated 

 with holes of the size of a common pipe-stem, and 

 are either three or four in number, as required, and 

 are made before burning, or in the mould. The 

 posts arc set in the soil, after rcc.civins; a coat of coal 

 tar. Wires arc then passed through the holes, from 

 post to post, properly secured, and coated with coal 

 tar or paint, to preserve the surface from atmospheric 

 action, and prevent rust. This fence is cheap, looks 

 well, and is very durable. — Germaiitown Telegraph. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



Jewett's Lectukes, Poems, axb Writings, on 

 Temperance. — Dr. Charles Jewctt is known, in most 

 parts of New England, as a zealous, devoted, and 

 able advocate in the cause of temperance, in which 

 he has laljorod most assiduously for about ten years. 

 He has doubtless done more in this part of the coun- 

 try than any other man in this work of benevolence 

 and i:)liilanthropy. Ilis book is written in the inde- 

 pendent, and clear manner, which has ever charac- 

 terized the author in this useful cause. The tem- 

 perance refoi'm may justly be regarded as one of the 

 greatest improvements in agriculture, saving expense, 

 and preventing that hurry, confusion, and indiscre- 

 tion attendant on excitement from the use of alcohol. 

 The work contains 200 pages, 12mo., neatly bound 

 in cloth, and embellished with a very accurate por- 

 trait of the author. Published by John P. Jewett, 

 23 CornhiU. 



The Agriculturist's Guide and Almanac, for 

 1850. New York, B. G. St. John, 140 Fulton St. ; 

 Rochester, N. Y., J. G. Reed & Co. — The astronom- 

 ical calculations are by David Young, who is distin- 

 guished for his profound researches and accurate 

 estimates. The agricultural department, by a prac- 

 tical farmer, is varied, and, for an almanac, very ex- 

 tensive, containing a largo amount of useful matter, 

 with numerous embellishments and illustrations. It 

 contains 82 pages, at the very low price of 12^ cents. 

 The Plough, Loom, and Anvil, by Skinner, for 

 July, contains an interesting variety. With this 

 number, the second volume of this valuable work 

 commences. A prominent feature in this work is 

 the able advocacy of the rights of the farmer, and his 

 claims upon government for encouragement in that 

 great and long-neglected interest, which is of more 

 importance than all others combined. 



FLORAL SHOW. 



In the former part of last week, there was a most 

 beautiful and splendid show of flowers at the hall 

 of the M. II. Society. There were also tine grapes, 

 peaches, &e., from the hothouse. Only a very few- 

 baskets of strawberries were exhibited, owing to a 

 partial failure of the crop from dry weather. 



Economy of Time. — The Chancellor d'Aguessau, 

 finding that his wife always kept him waiting a quar- 

 ter of an hour after the dinner bcU had rung, resolved 

 to devote the time to writing a work on Jurispru- 

 dence. He put this project in execution, and in the 

 course of time produced a quarto work of four vol- 

 umes. 



THE SWEET BRIER. 



BY BRAINERD. 



Our sweet autumnal western-scented wind 

 Robs of its odors none so sweet a flower. 

 In all the blooming waste it left behind. 

 As that the sweet brier yields it ; and the shower 

 Wets not a rose that buds in beauty's bower 

 One half so lovely — yet it grows along 

 The poor girl's ])athway — by the poor man's door. 

 Such are the simple folks it dwells among ; 

 And humble as the bud. so humble be the soug. 



I love it, for it takes its untouched stand 



Not in the vase that sculptors decorate; 



Its sweetness all is of my native land. 



And e'en its fragrant leaf has not its mate 



Among the perfumes which the rich and great 



Buy from the odors of the spicy East. 



You love your flowers and plants — and will you 



hate 

 The little four-leaved rose that I love best, 

 That freshest will awake, and sweetest go to rest ? 



THE OLIO. 



A Blush. — W^hat a mysterious thing is a blush ! — 

 that a single word, a look, or a thought should send 

 that inimitable carnation over the cheek, like the soft 

 tints of a summer sunset. Strange, too, that it is 

 only the face — the human face — that is capable of 

 blushing. The hand or foot does not turn red with 

 modesty or shame any more than the sock or glove 

 which covers it. It is the face that is in heaven ! 

 There may be traced the intellectual phenomena with 

 a confi.dence amounting to moral certainty. 



" The air is perfumed with the sweet breath of the 

 new-made hay." j( 



" I say, Tom, isn't it lucky that fellow's eyes are 

 cocked ? " " Why so ? " " Because if they were a 

 match, his red nose would surely set them on fire." 



There are over a thousand princes in Germany, 

 great and small, who receive annually from the 

 people over two hundred millions of dollars ; Avhile a 

 laborer works eighteen hours out of twenty-four for 

 seventy-two cents per week. 



A schoolmaster, driving oxen, and wishing to ex- 

 press himself in scholastic style, addressed his team 

 thus : " Ilaw, Buck, and, also, Bright! " 



Court the company of the learned and the con- 

 versation of the aged ; their discourse is often more 

 useful than any book you can read. 



There is nothing more dangerous to the virtuous 

 than association with the guilty who possess amiable 

 and attractive qualities. 



TERMS. — The New England Farmer is pubHshed 

 every other Saturday, making a neat and handsome 

 volunie, at the close of the year, of 416 pages, at gl a 

 year, or five copies for $i, payable in advance. It may 

 be neatly bvound at IBJ cents, or elegantly bound in 

 muslin, embossed and gilt, at 2o cents a volume. As it 

 is stereotyped, back numbers can be furnished to new 

 subscribers. 



[^ The Postage ,^i 



On this paper is only 1 cent, or 2G cents a year, within 

 the state, or within 100 miles out of the state ; and 1^ 

 cents, or 39 cents a year, beyond those distances. 



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