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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



RULES FOR ATTAINING LONG LIKE. 



The way to loo^ life is like that to everlast- 

 ing happiiie«=, arduous and difficult. The per- 

 son who wishes to obtain length of days must 

 avoid too severe bodily exertion, by which he 

 will either bring on himself infirmities or pre- 

 mature age. 1 can never see but w ith pain, how 

 the common people keep young children to la- 

 borious employments to which their strength is 

 inadequate. Young colts are spared and not 

 set to severe labor till they have obtained a cer- 

 tain age, when their strength is proportionate 

 to tlie labor required of them ; because their 

 owners know from experience that they are 

 spoiled, and become prematurely old and unser- 

 viceable unless this iiidulgence be allowed 

 them. Is it reasonable that we should spare 

 children leas than horses ? The other ex- 

 treme is, however, still worse, and if they 

 are indulged in indolence and high living, it 

 cannot be expected that they will " live out 

 half their days.'' 



All too lively sensations, the too free use of the 

 senses, violent passions, excesses of every kind, 

 by whatever name they may be called ; severe 

 exertion of the mental faculties, assiduous study, 

 deep meditation and nocturnal vigils, consume 

 the vital spirits, weaken the powers, and bring 

 OQ premature old age. Indolence and total in- 

 activity, either of the corporeal or mental en- 

 ergies are nevertheless equally to be avoided. 

 Bacon has well expressed this where he says — 

 " The vital spirits ought not to be left to stag- 

 nate till they clog up the vessels, neither ought 

 they to be wasted or so expended as to injure 

 those vessels." 



A due alternation of sleep and watching is an 

 essential maxim for those who desire longevi- 

 ty. If you sleep too much you collect a super- 

 abundance of juices ; for sleep feeds the body 

 more, if any thing, than alimentary substances. 

 It is an indispensable rule for such as wish long 

 life to keep the body as near as possible of equal 

 weight. Now by rest it soon becomes heavier, 

 and by fatigue it is rendered lighter. Both mil- 

 itate against the hope of long life. 



As to the natural evacuations they must be 

 constantly kept up, but on no account too strong- 

 ly excited by the use of frequent or powerful 

 medicines. " No cathartics are necessary," 

 says Boerhave ; " for there are people of eighty 

 who have never taken any, and yet have al- 

 ways kept their bodies in a proper state." The 

 same remark applies to all artificial evacuations, 

 to blood letting, perspiration, &c. 



DE.\.TH OF FATHER WELCH. 



The N. n. Patriot gives the following par- 

 ticulars of the venerable Samuel Welch, who 

 died at Bow, at the advanced age of 113 years. 



" Mr. Welch spent the early part of his life 

 on the paternal farm at Kingston ; afterwards 

 removed to Pembroke, purchased a small tract 

 of land, and settled upon it. About 50 years 

 since, he removed to Bow, where he steadily 

 culliviited his little farm, till the winter of age 

 was gathering around him, and the infirmities 

 of a second iliilJhood warned him of his ap- 

 proaching dissolution. It was not, however, 

 till a hundred summers had passed, that he was 

 compelled to abstain from labor. I\Ir. Welch 

 had through life been a man of industry, and a 

 lover of retiren)cnt. The dangers of Indian 

 warfare had never disturbed him, though the 



savages for many years lurked in the vicinity. 

 No accident of evil appears ever to have befal- 

 len him, — his long life has been an even tenor 

 of quiet industry and comfort, unmarked by 

 those vicissitudes which distinguish the history 

 of many of our aged people. The grand se- 

 cret of his extraordinary health seems to have 

 been his unitorm temperance, which, with a 

 single exception, secured to him through life 

 a sound constitution, and entire exemption from 

 disease. Till within a very short time, his 

 mental powers were unimpaired, and he could 

 converse with freedom and propriety. With the 

 years long passed he was most familiar; and 

 would relate with ease, circumstances that oc- 

 curred half a century ago, while with recent 

 events and the present race of men, he was lit- 

 tle acquainted. For the last few years, he has 

 had many visitors ; the young and thoughtless, 

 to behold the patriarch of a century and an 

 eighth — the old, to commune with a man, to 

 whom they too appeared as youths. His ap- 

 pearance was truly venerable. Time had made 

 deep inroads upon his frame ; his locks had been 

 touched by the silvery wand ; his eye, original- 

 ly dark and brilliant, gave evidence of decay- 

 ing lustre; while his countenance, wiinkled 

 with years, and his frame, tottering and feeble, 

 could not but deeply impress the beholder. He 

 spoke of life as one weary of its burthens, and 

 wishing " to be away." His death corresponded 

 with his life — it was calm and tranquil. And we 

 trust he has gone to taste the rewards of a life 

 spent in quiet virtue and unambitious goodness. 

 Mr. Welch was the oldest native of New- 

 Hampshire. Three, however, have died here 

 at a greater age, viz. Mr. Lovewcll, of Dunsta- 

 ble, (father to Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, men- 

 tioned in Belknap's N. H. vol. ii, p. 2.3:3) aged 

 120; William Perkins, of New Market, who 

 died in 1732, aged 116; and Robert Macklin, of 

 Wakefield, who dietMn 1789, aged 115. It may 

 be mentioned, in favor of the general salubrity 

 of our climate, that within a century about one 

 hundred persons have lived in New Hampshire 

 to the age of a century and upwards. We 

 doubt whether any other state in the Union can 

 present so many instances of longevity. 



Santieul, the French poet, returning home 

 one night to St. Victoire, at 1 1 o'clock, the por- 

 ter refused opening the door, saying he had 

 positive orders to admit no one at that hour of 

 the night. Auer much altercation, Santieul 

 slipped half a louis d'or under the door, and he 

 obtained immediate entrance. As soon as he 

 got in, he pretended to have left a book upon 

 a stone on the outside, on which he rested him- 

 self while he waited for the opening of the 

 door. The officious porter animated by the 

 poet's generosity ran to get the book, and San- 

 tieul immediately shut the door upon him. 

 Master porter, who was half naked, knocked 

 in his turn, when the poet started the same ob- 

 jection as he had done. Aye, but master San- 

 tieul, I let you in, you know, very civilly. So 

 will I you as civilly, said Santieul; you now 

 the price ; in or out is the word, and 1 can dally 

 no longer. The porter, finding he would have 

 to sleep in the street, half naked, and run the 

 risk of losing his place, slipt the piece of gold 

 under the door, saying, I thought a poet's mon- 

 ey would'nt stay long with me, and according- 

 ly purchased his admittance. — U. 6'. Gazette. 



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CO.MPENDIUM OF AGRICULTURE, or the P, 

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.Now is the time when agriculture is making 

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Those persons who hare obtained subscribers for t 

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 the first of July next. Providence, April, 1823. 



THE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAIf 



DRAAVN up from the communications of the Min 

 ters of the diiferent parishes, by Sir Johs Si 

 CI, AIR, Bart. 21 vols. 8 vo. complete, only one cop 

 will be sold at the very reasonable price of $50. 

 .^inong 58 heads of inquiry addressed to each minist 

 (tlie whole being too numerous for an advertisemer 

 as a guide for their reports, are — Name, and its origi 

 description of the soil and surface ; tlimate and d 

 casts ; instances of longevity ; mode of cultivafioi 

 implements of husbandry ; manures j seed time a; 

 harvest ; quantity and value of each species of cro) 

 total value of the whole produce of the district ; waj 

 and price of labor ; manufactures ; man. of kelp ; \ 

 lice ; roads and bridges ; state of the Church, stipen 

 &LC. number of the poor ; parochial funds and the ma 

 agemcnt of them ; schools, and scholars ; number 

 souls ; cattle, nature and value ; sheep do. ; swine d 

 coal and fuel ; antiquities ; character of the peopl( 

 advantages and disadvantages ; means by which th( 

 situation could be meliorated. " No publication 

 " equal information and curiosity has appeared in ( 

 " Britain since Doomsday Book ; and that, from tl 

 " ample and authentic facts which it records it mu 

 " be resorted to by every future Statesman, Fhiloii 

 " pher and Divine, as the best basis that has ever yi 

 " appeared for political speculation." 



Also — The Complete Grazier, &c. 1 vol. 8 vo.- 

 Amcrican Orchardist — Cully on Live Stock — Farmer 

 -■Vssistant — Farmer's Manual — American Gardener- 

 Villa Garden Directory — Cox on Fruit Trees, &c. ft< 

 For sale by R. 1». & C. WILLIAMS, Cornhill Squar< 

 Boston. April 12. 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS. 



FOR sale, by GEO. MURDOCK, No. 14, Marie 

 Square, a great variety of English and Amcrii 

 GARDEN SEEDS, of the last year's growth ; com 

 ing of early Frame, Hotspur and Charlton Pease ; ei _ 

 and late Cabbage ; early and late Cauliflower; Swe? 

 Marjoram, Thyme, &c. with every other Seed suitablii 

 .•or a Kitchen Gsrden. JiUo, 40 lbs. Mangel ■\S'urtzf 

 or Scarcity — 100 lbs. Ruta Baga or Swedish Turniii- 

 a quantity of Armack or Cirrot. March 29. — 6ir 



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