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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BY T. C. FESSE.VDEN. 



'/Ditre it nothing heller for a mnn than that he should 

 eat and drink, and enjoy good in his labor. 



Keel, ii, 24. 



Willi Hiankfiil heart to cat and drink, 



Be happy while you can, 

 And reap the produce of your toil. 



Is God's behest to man. 



And he who thankfully enjoys 



Each boon, which life affords, 

 With scant subsistence is more blest 



Than misers with their hoards. 



For only what we rightly use 



Is really our own ; 

 The rest is yielded to the winds. 



Or left to heirs unknown. 



Vet many a miser makes himself 



A wretched guilty slave*, 

 Althoug:h he cannot tell for whom 



He toils and plays the knave. 



Roth soul and body he devotes 



To Mammon and to care, 

 And gains alone the paltry post 



Of steward to his heir. 



To give some graceless wretch a chance 

 '.♦ To dissipate his pelf. 



He plots and labors till he brings 

 Damnation ou himself. 



With temperance then to eat and drink,' 



Be happy while you can ; 

 Enjoy the produce of your toil. 

 Is Heaven's behest to man. 



A man is alivays in a hurry to defend his 

 weak side ; and it is in some degree pleading 

 guilty to be over hasty and solicitous in making 

 a 'fifence. 



A man who is prouJ of his property will 

 sometimes call himself poor that you may sooth 

 his vanity by contradicting hiro. A great beau- 

 ty, liicewise, will pretend to believe that she 

 makes an ordinary appearance, and 

 " In hopes of contradiction, oft will saj-, 

 " Methinks I look most dreadfully to day." 

 The most effectual way to mortify such persons 

 is to pretend to believe them, and to acknowl- 

 odge that there is some truth in their assertions. 



When plerisurc is a man's chief object, disap- 

 pointment and vexation are his principal ac(jui- 

 sitions. Intcr^als of las«itude will occur, wliich 

 inflict punishment more heavy than justice would 

 impose on the vilest criminal. 



Some men in pursuit of pleasure despatch the 

 senses, which arc the only inlet.s to the enjoy- 

 ments they are in quest of. They roar bacha- 

 nalian songs till deaf, smoke till blind, and drink 

 till they have almost as little sensation as the 

 clods of the valley. 



" In wild excels the vulgar breast takes fire, 

 'Till buried iu debauch the bliss expire." 

 If a despot should order men to punish them- 

 selves in that way lie would justly be deemed a 

 most terrible tyrant. 



Those who in confidence of saperior capaci- 

 ties or attainments, disregard the common max- 

 ims of life, should remember tliat nothing can 

 atone for the want of prudence ; that negligence 

 and irregularity, long continued, will make know- 

 ledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius con- 

 temptible. 



From the Albany Daily Advertiser. 



Geological survey. — The geological and agri- 

 cultural survey of the Erie Canal route, under- 

 taken under the patronage of the Hon. Stephen 

 Van Rensselaer, having excited considerable 

 expectation, it may be gratifying to our readers 

 to learn the following particulars : — 



The geological outline, proposed to be taken 

 this season, has been attempted with some suc- 

 cess. But the heavy and long continued rains, 

 prevented Professor Eaton, and his assistants 

 from proceeding any farther than Rochester. So 

 far they traced the connected series of rock for- 

 mation with the primitive rocks of New Eng- 

 land. Excepting that the rocks constituting the 

 Little Falls, and the Great and Little Noses, 

 present such abrupt protrusions of a primitive 

 stratum into a secondary district, that these lo- 

 calities require renewed and very particular 

 examination. 



The examination of the route, through to 

 Lake Erie, will be made with particular care, 

 during the next season. We believe the result 

 of this survey is to be published in two parts : 

 the first part (in about a year) will contain the 

 geological part, embracing all the interesting 

 mineralogical localities ; together with those 

 rules for ascertaining the true indications of the 

 useful minerals, which arc deduced from the 

 exjierience and observatio'ns of distinguished 

 geologists and miners. The second part (to be 

 published in about two years) will contain the 

 agricultural part. It will embrace a digest of 

 all the experience which can be collected from 

 the best practical farmers of the west. Also, 

 complete analyses of all the varieties of soil, 

 with their particular requisites, defects and ex- 

 cellencies. The indigenous plants along the 

 whole route, will be carefully analyzed, and 

 their scientific, as well as comrrKin English 

 names will be given ; together with the gener- 

 al qualities of each. 



A small pamphlet will soon be published, 

 copies of which will be distributed along the 

 route, giving particular directions to those who 

 may feel disposed to lend their assistance in aid 

 of those practical sciences, which have a direct 

 influence upon the well being of every indi\ id- 

 ual in the comtiiunity. 



The remarkable exemption of the steam ship 

 Robert Fulton from sickness, notwithstanding 

 lier frequent passage to and from New Orleans, 

 liavsna, and New York, is to be ascribed prni- 

 cipalty to the smoke, or the acid of smoke, 

 called in chemical language the pyroligneuus 

 acid. The elhcacy of smoke in destroying con- 

 tagion hs9 been tested on various occasions, 

 particularly by Dr. Lind, who had a long and 

 extensive experience on shipboard in tropical 

 climates. The unusual healthiness of the crow 

 of Capt. Cook, in the barque Entleavor, in her 

 voyage round the world, may be brought as 

 another instance of the salutary eflect of smoke 

 in the prevention of disease. During this 

 voyage through various latitudes both of the fri- 

 gid and torrid zone, out of a comi)any of more 

 than 120, and during a three years cruize, 

 there were only four deaths, three of which 

 were from accidents, and the other from con- 

 sumption of the lungs. It was the frequent 

 practice of ('apt. Cook to kindle a fire in the 

 well, at the bottom of the hold. In this way, 

 the sraokc penetrated every part of the hold of 



the vessel, and the foul air being at this tim 

 rarified by the heat, was expelled in a grej 

 degree, and that which remained was purifie 

 by the action of the smoke, or the pyroligneot 

 acid. Numerous instances might be adduced i 

 illustration of this subject ; but, as newspape 

 essays require to be short, what has Leen sai 

 may be sutficient. The writer, at some othe 

 time, will take occasion to show the eflicacy ( 

 growing trees and vegetation of all kinds as 

 preventive against summer and autumn disease: 

 and will also point out the economy of natur 

 in balancing the antidote to the bane of huma 

 life. — Caha'^'ba Press. 



That milk is often adulterated, or dilute 

 with water, before it is delivered to customer 

 wc believe there is no doubt. Indeed, we hav 

 been well informed that there are persons wh 

 binj to sell again., and who sell at the same prit 

 for -j:hich they buy ; relying for iheir profit upo 

 the quantity of tcatcr which they can sell wit 

 it. It is an easy matter, however, for ever 

 consumer to ascertain whether he is impose 

 upon by adulterated milk : put a tumbler fu 

 in a situation exposed to the atmosphere ; i 

 milk and water freeze at diflerent temperature 

 they will therefore separate in the act of free; 

 ing, and the quantity of each can easily be a 

 certained. — JV. Y. Spectator. 



Bread. — The following important improvi 

 mnnt in the composition of bread, the essenfi. 

 staff of life, deserves the attention of the con 

 munity. It has lately been introduced into a r 

 spectable family in this city, and is pronounce 

 superior to an}' other. Independent of a gre 

 saving, the bread is spung}', light and remar! 



ably sweet. 1st. Take equal quantities ■ 



moalj' potatoes and superfine flour. — 2d. Pc 

 and boil them, using the same water to ma( 

 them in ; which should be done as fine as flou 

 — 3d. Add, (for three common loaves,) a tab 

 spoonful of fine salt, and sufficient yeast. — 4t 

 Mix the bread, and let it rise : bake it aboi 

 one hour gradually. — Albany paper. 



Sun Fish. — A fish of this rather nncommo 

 species was caught, about a month ago, on tl 

 north of Shetland, and has been brought hom 

 by Captain W'ilkinson, of the Greenland sbi 

 Mary Frances, of Hull. This fish, according i 

 Dr. Shaw, is a native of the European seas, ai 

 from the singularity of its aspect, has long sine 

 attracted the particular observations of natura 

 isls. Its general appearance rather represei 

 the head oi'some large fish, than a complete 

 imal, the body being short, and terminating a1 

 ruptly on the hind part its skin is rough, an 

 it is supposed to feed principally upon she 

 fish. During the night it exhibits a high d( 

 gree of phosphoric splendor, from which, an 

 its almost circular form, it has probably derii 

 ed its name. The present specimen is aboi 

 three feet four inches in length, and about tw 

 feet broad ; — and its head bears no very distaf 

 resemblance to the countenance of an old mn 

 in a state of frightful distortion. This fish 

 sometimes observed to lie on its side, upon tli 

 surface of the water, and when taken it was i 

 this situation. In the northern seas it is said t 

 arrive to a vast size, and to have been found 

 or 10 feet in length, and of the weight of 50 

 pounds, — London paprr. 





