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ENGLAND FARMER. 



fp^ The following flower of Parnassus is as fragianl 

 as the fruit it celebrates. 



To the Hon. the Speaker B»»***w, who presented 

 nine incomparable Peaches, to be divided between 

 three Sisters. 

 '= How beautiful ! how rich 1 how very fine ! 

 Sisters see this ; sec that 1 O, how divine ! 

 If Eve with fruit like thii did Adam treat. 

 Sure none can blame the man " thai he did tal." 

 Such, " Mr. Speaker,^'' were the grncious speeches 

 Made by the .Sisters over your nine peaches. 

 I merely said " Men by their fruil are knonn, 

 .Indlhis is in the Speaker clearh/ sheu-n." 

 The sisters then cuUM each their peaches three, 

 ■Without reserving even one for me. 

 On that / moved, what did not seeni unfair. 

 To take from each a peach, and leave a pair. 

 But calling me " lo order'''' one and all, 

 I was obligM my motion to recal. 

 Yet still they " order" cried with all their might. 

 Until the " Prer^us Question'''' brought them right. 

 " Thanks to the Speaker," then was the decree, 

 And this most pleasant task impos'd on me ; 

 No sooner " Mr. Speaker'''' said than done, 

 A " role of thanks'''' was passed to you " A'em. Con.'''' 

 And next year should your peaches prove as fine. 

 Again " shew cause" and PU invoke the nim-. 



Lynn Mineral Spring Hotel. I. T. S. 



I do not know a practice which I should more 

 recommend than early rising, whether devotion, 

 health, beauty, or improvement of the mind, 

 were the objects in view. How cheerful and 

 how animated are tlie meditations of the morn- 

 ing ! What a delightful bloom tlushes into the 

 checks from its balmy exhalations I ^Vhat an 

 unspeakable cheerfulness glides into the soul, 

 from hearing the devotional matins of the lark, 

 and from beholding the new-born scenery of 

 nature ! How necessary is such a regimen to 

 preserve that sweetness of complexion and of 

 breath which are the very essence and perfume 

 of beauty ! When people think of accounting 

 to God for the talents they have received, they 

 overlook the hours which are lost in morning 

 sloth and unreasonable indulgence. 1 liave in- 

 ured myself for many years to this habit of ear- 

 ly rising. In the spring months of April and 

 May particularly, 1 grudge every moment that 

 is wasted after live. 1 consider it as a rude ne- 

 glect to all those sweets which opened to sa- 

 lute me, and always find ao much more deduct- 

 ed from the firmness of my health, and the 

 vigor of my understanding. — Bemtcfs Letters. 



ENGLISH BULL. 



FOR sale or to let, an IMPORTED BULL of 3 1-! 

 years old, of the Normandy breed (similar to tliii 

 Jllderniy., only rather larger sized) and considered thi' 

 richest ililkers in Europe. This animal is large, an< 

 very finely shaped, a brindle color and perfectly gentle 

 Price, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ; or if well pla 

 ceJ, will be let on equal shares for two years. 



Also— TWO BULL CALVES, from first rate Milk 

 ers. and a FULL BLOOD ALUERNEY BULL, ownt. 

 by the Massachusetts Agricultural .Society — will be soli 

 for Fifteen Dollars each, if taken away immediately. 



.\pply to JOHN PRINCE, at his Farm on Jamaic 

 Plain. Roxbury, 19th April, 1823. 





The li'cather. — It is a luxury to live in so de- 

 lightful a season as we have enjoyed for a 

 week past. In so bland an atmosphere — under 

 so bright a sky — the affections must bloom and 

 expand like the flowers. Good as you may be, 

 taking the average of the year, you ought to 

 be better and more amiable now than at any 

 other period. 



" Chief, lovely Spring, in thee and thy soft scenes 

 The smiling God is seen." 



Spring is the darling offspring of Deify. And 

 it repays his kindness by the fragrant worship 

 of new-born flowers, and the sweet anthems of 

 the birds of music. It is the season of inno- 

 cence — when maiden roses look for the first 

 time on the earth which they adorn. It is the 

 season of love — when zephyrs allare him to 

 enchanting beauty. It is the season of happi- 

 ness — when we transplant to our own bosom 

 the sweets that surround us, and, discarding 

 every annoying sentiment, make the mind as 

 gay within as the garden is without. 

 " Earth in her rich attire 

 Consummate, lovely smiled.'' [Ch. Courier. 



In Holland, that beehive of industry, every 

 available source of service is made use of, so 

 that dogs, and even goats, are not suffered to 

 pick the bone or eat the bread of idleness. — 

 Most of the little wares and merchandizes, veg- 

 etables, turf, and particularly fish, are drawn 

 by the former, who are properly harnessed for 

 the occasion io little carts, and according as 

 the carts vary in size and are laden, the dogs 

 arc put to in proportion, so that sometimes 

 there are six dogs harnessed to a cart, three 

 abreast, whilst the goats are yoked to infantine 

 wagons and cilrricles, to air and exercise little 

 children. It is really astonishing to see the 

 weight these animals will draw ; nothing can 

 exceed their docility ; and for their labor, the 

 Hollander (who is remarkable for his humanity 

 to the dumb creation) feeds them well, and 

 lodges them in bis own house very comfortaljly. 

 — Owing to the great care paid to their dogs, 

 the canine madness seldom appears among 

 them. On Sundays they are permitted to re- 

 fresh and enjoy themselves, and never show 

 any disposition to escape from their lot. 



Every body has heard of Irish Bulls, but it is 

 seldom we have a genuine blunder of this sort, 

 on as good authority as the following : In 1808, 

 the present Capt. Woolsey, the late Capt. Gam- 

 ble, and Mr. James Cooper, of this city, then 

 all of the Navy, with the late Col. Chrystie, 

 and Col. Gardner, now of this city, of the Army, 

 formed one mess, at Oswego, on Lake Ontario. 

 The servant of Colonel (then Ensign) Gardner, 

 was an Irish lad of about twenty, who was 

 known in the mess by the name of Sligo. On 

 one occasion, when the gentlemen were drink- 

 ing their tea, the fire tiill down, and a coal 

 lodged in a large crack, where it soon produced 

 a blaze. " Put out the fire, Sligo," said one ol 

 the gentlemen. The lad seized tlie tea-kettle, 

 in haste, but when he had it over the fire, he 

 suspended his operations, though every featare 

 in his face expressed doubt, anxiety and zeal. 

 " Put out the fire," cried the head of the mess, 

 in a voice of thunder. The poor boy wished 

 to obey, but his brain was on fire itself. He 

 thought he saw instantaneous destruction in the 

 act. The dry, shingle edifice was in flames 

 before his mind's eye, and forgetful of his cus- 

 tomary obedience, he ventured to expostulate : 

 he cried in a tone of awful remonstrance — "■ The 

 water's war-r-m Sir !" — jV. Y. Com. Adv. 



Jinecdote of Dr. Mitchell. — It is said the cele- 

 brated Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, travelling in the 

 stage, and happening to be the only passenger, 

 was very sociable with the driver, asking him 

 many questions, some of which the driver con- 

 sidered rather philosophical, and not a little 

 puzzling. The " knight of the whip," in turn, 

 put the following question to the learned Doc- 

 tor : — " Why, Sir, do white sheep eat more 

 than black sheep ?" 



" Indeed," said the Doctor, " I was not aware 

 that they did." The Doctor was proceeding 

 iti a very philosophical manner to account for 

 the ditTerence, by supposing the white sheep 

 had less oil in their fleeces, than the black 

 shoep. — "You are not right. Sir," said Jehu. 

 '• Pray, my friend," said the Doctor, after a 

 tew moment's reflection, " can you tell ?" " I 

 can Sir ; there are more of them." 



BELLFOUNDER, 



Tlie Wonderful Xorfolk Trotter., imported Juh 



1822, from England, 



■WILL STAND THIS SEASON, 1823, 



At Twenty Dollars, and One Dollar the Groom. Thi 



money to be paid to the Groom at Covering. 



THIS celebrated Horse is a bright bay, with blacl 

 legs, standing 15 hands high ; his superior blood 

 symmetry and action excel those of every other trottio; 

 Stallion. He is allowed by the best judges in Norfoll 

 to be the fastest and best bred Horse ever sent out c 

 that County. He has proved himself a sure foal getter 

 and his Stock for size and substance are not to be sur 

 passed ; they are selling at the highest prices of an; 

 Horses in Norfolk. 



BELLFOUNDER was got by that well known, fas 

 and high formed Trotter, Old Bellfocnder, out c 

 Velocity, which trotted on the Norwich road, in 1806 

 Sixteen miles in one hour, and though she broke fiftee 

 times into a gallop, and as often turned round, won he 

 match. In 1808 she trotted Twenty-eight mtles in on 

 hour and forty-seven minutes, and has also done man 

 othi r great performances against time. 



liELLFOUNDER, at five years old, trotted Tu 

 miles in sis minutes, and in the following year w; 

 matched for 200 guineas to trot .Vine miles in thirt 

 minutes, and he won easily by thirty-two seconds. H 

 owner shortly after challenged to perform with him Se 

 rntccyi miles and a half in one hour, hut it teas not a 

 ceptid. He has since never been saddled or matchec 



Oi.D Beli.focnder was a true descendant from tt 

 original blood of the Fireaways, which breed of Horst 

 stands unrivalled, either in this or any other Nation. 



BELLFOUNDER is strongly recommended to th 

 public by the subscriber, as combining more usefi 

 properties than any other Horse in America, and wi 

 stand, during the season, at his Stable in Charlestowi 

 where all inquiries, post paid, will be attended to. 



SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr. 



Charlestown, Mass. April 25, 1823^ 



FRUIT TREES IN THE NURSERY. 



HANDSOME budded Peach Trees, but three yeai 

 from the seed, j'et as large in general as can t 

 reasonably desired, may be had at the Kenrick Pi.ac 

 in Newton, at 33 cts. each. The Nursery contains uj 

 wards of twenty of the best kind of Peaches which hav 

 hitherto appeared in the Boston market. Also, 200 

 Currant Plants of two years growth, on moderate tcrtD:' 

 if applied for soon: they should be planted out at foB' 

 feet distance in rows four feet apart. Also, large En§j 

 lish Walnuts, Butternuts, Catalpa, Mountain .^sh, &( 

 Newton, April 26^ 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS. 

 ale, by GEO. MURDOCK, No. 14, Markl| 

 Square, a great variety of English and America 

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

 ing of early Frame, Hotspur and Charlton Pease ; earll 

 and late Cabbage ; early and late Cauliflower ; Swe< 

 .Marjoram, Th)-me, &c. with every other Seed suitabl 

 for a Kitchen Garden, .ilso, 40 lbs. Mangel Wurt2< 

 or Scarcity— 100 lbs. Ruta Baga or Swedish Turnip-| 

 a quantity of .Vrmack or Carrot. March 29.— 6w 



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