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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ART OK PRUNING WALL TREES. 



Behead new grafted trees in spring, 

 Ere the first Cuckoo tries to sing ; 

 But leave four swelling buds to grow 

 With wide diverging arms below ; 

 Or fix one central trunk erect, 

 And on each side its boughs defiect. 



In summer hours from fertile stems 

 Rub off the supernumerous gems ; 

 But where unfruitful branches rise 

 In proud luxuriance to the skies, 

 Kxsect the exuberant growth, or bind 

 A wiry ringlet round the rind ; 

 Or sieze with shreds the leafy birth, 

 And bind it parallel to earth. 



When from their winter lodge escape 

 The swelling fig, or clustering grape, 

 Pinch off the summit-shoots that rise 

 Two joints above the fertile eyes ; 

 But when with branches wide and tall 

 The vine shall crowd your trellis'd wall. 

 Or when from strong external roots, 

 Each rafter owns three vigorous shoots, 

 Watch, and as grows the ascending wood, 

 jLop at two joints each lateral bud. 

 IBo shall each eye a cluster bear. 

 To charm the next succeeding year ; 

 And as the spiral tendrils cling, 

 Deck with festoons the brow of spring. 



W here crowded growths less space allow. 

 Close lop them from the parent bough ; 

 But when they rise too weak or few, 

 Prune out old wood, and train in new. 

 So, as each tree your wall receives, 

 Fair fruits shall blush amid the leaves. 



Menage has this acute observation on the 

 ivritings of love and religion : — " Books of de- 

 votion and those of love are alike bought. The 

 only difference I find is, that there are more 

 who read books of love, than buy them ; and 

 there are more who buy books of devotion, 

 than read them." 



There are many things in this world which 

 can be learned only by experience, and there- 

 fore the most brilliant and acute genius in most 

 cases ought to pay some attention to an old man 

 who has learned wisdom by age and experience. 



There are tuo things which ought to make 

 us think but meanly of human glory ; the very 

 be?t have had their calumniators ; the very 

 worst their panegyrists. 



From the Portland Gazette. 

 Mr. Shirley— While taking a journey some 

 time last winter through the country, I stopped 

 at a village where, for the want of a tavern, I 

 was obliged to call at a store to procure re- 

 freshment for my horse. Among the numerous 

 notices and advertisements that decorated the 

 tire place, as is usual in such cases, 1 noticed 

 one of a singular character, and which, as soon 

 as 1 stopped for the night at my next stage, I 

 endeavored to note down, as nearly to the ori- 

 ginal as my recollection served me. If yau 

 think it worthy of notice in your paper, ple.ise 

 to give it a place. a subscriber. 



THE WET TAX. 



A true statement of Mr. Ichabod BoO:y''s '^■et tax 

 fur the year 1822, viz : 



One day spent each week at the store, 

 equal to b2 days, which at 4s per day 

 amounts to §31 67 



Parts of other days spent at the stores 

 every week, besides the above, say in 

 all 20 days, at 4s 13 33 



One gill new rum drank on each of those 



days, say 90 gills in all, at 4 cents, is 3 60 



The same quantity bought to treat his 

 brother, Obadiah P.oozy, and other 

 good friends by way of reciprocal ci- 

 vility 3 60 



Twenty-five glasses of brandy, bought 

 occasionally, to stimulate the system, 

 give an appetite, acd brighten the 

 spirits, at 8 cents 2 00 



Thirty glasses of gin and molasses, to 

 counteract the evil effects of the bran- 

 dy, at 6 cents 1 80 



Losses sustained by reason of his being 

 absent from home, viz : 



Damage to three tons of hay b}- rain, it 

 not being got in season — good hay half 

 spoiled, 3 tons, at 4 dolls. 12 00 



Damage to the corn by brother Obadiah's 

 cattle, that broke in while the boys 

 were gone a fishing — about 20 bushels 

 lost 10 00 



Loss on a yoke of steers which he was 

 obliged to sacritice to get money to 

 pay his other taxes, worth ^40, sold 

 for pO, 10 00 



Bill of cost paid on a suit by Capt. T. the 



trader, for his rum score for 1821 5 68 



From I.as Cases' Journal. 

 The Emperor Napoleon shaves in the recess 

 of the window nearest the fire-place. His first 

 valet-de-chambre hands him the soap and razor, 

 and the second holds before tiitn the looking- 

 glass of his dressing case, so that the Emperor 

 may present to the light the side that he is 

 shaving. It is the business of the second valet- 

 de-chambre to tell him whether he shaves clean. 

 Having shaved one side, he turns completely 

 round to shave the other, and the valets change 

 fides. The Emperor then washes his face. — 

 After he has finished shaving each side of his 

 beard, he sometimes good humoredly looks his 

 valet in the face for a few seconds, and then 

 gives him a smart box on the car. 



Total amount of Mr. B.'s wet tax, for 



1 ooo 



$96 68 



An equal stake. — A delegate in Congress offer- 

 ed to stake his reptitatioji against a cent on the 

 propriety of a certain measure which he had 

 himself proposed. A gentleman in opposition 

 pronounced it the most equal bet he had ever 

 heard of = 



H'gh Living. — A certain physician, whenever 

 he visited his wealthy patients, always went into 

 the kitchen, to make his compliments to the 

 cooks, saving, " My good friends, I owe you a 

 thousand thanks for all the good services which 

 you render us physicians ; without your art of 

 poisoning, the Aiculty would all be soon in the 

 poor house." =^?=!? 



A gentleman being asked to make a pun, re- 

 quested to know on what subject. " The can- 

 dle," said a lady present. " What, madam, said 

 he. do you wish to make light of my puns ?" 



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AGRICULTURAL E.STABLISHMENT, 



NO. 20, MERCHANTS' ROW, 

 Oi^r ^l the East End of ike Old Market. J^ 



FOR sale as above, a variety of the most approved 

 single and double mould board Ploughs, 



C. Howard's improved cast iron mould board, with 

 wrought Shear and Coulter, 



Ca^t iron do. do. do. 



}. Seaver & Co's. do. do. 



Bigelow's wrought do. do. 



Warren's much approved common Ploughs, 



Sinclair's side hill do. do. do. 



Howard's much improved Cultivator, an implement 

 highly esteemed lor its use and utility in drill cul- 

 tivation, 



Bcatson's Scarifier, 



Bennet's Broad Cast, 



Seed Sowing Machines, calculated for large and sm;/ 

 seed, 



Eastman's improved Straw Cutter, 



Saflbrd's new invented Straw Cutter, much improved. 



Common hand Straw Cutters, 



An English Vegetable Cutter, 



Stevens' patent steel spring Hay and Manure Forks, jv. 



Steel spring Polatoe Hoes, 'n 



English cast steel broad Hoes, "' 



Common and steel do. do. 



A great variety of Garden and other Agricultum 



Implements. 



(C5= Tree Brushes, for destroying Caterpillars, ai 



article highly recommended for that purpose, by thi 



Hon. Timotliy Pickering, whose communication on thi 



subject appeared iu the New England Farmer, Apri 



2G, page :jOa. May 3. 



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.\GRICLi.n kaL ii IIORTICLI/ILIRAL SEED5 



JOSEPH BRIDGE, No. 25, Court Street, has jtt( 

 received, per London Packet, a variety of 



GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS, 



which added to his former extensive assortment, make 

 the most complete variety, probably in the U. Statei 

 Among them— 300 lbs. Carrots, 200 lbs. Beets, 50 Ibi 

 Mangel Wurtzel, 200 lbs. Ruta Baga, 30 bush. Pea; 

 100 Raddiah, of sorts ; Lettuce, Cabbage, Cauliflowei 

 Kale, Brocoli, Sweet Marjoram, Thyme, Summer am Bt 

 Winter Savory, Sage, Hysop, Fennell, Dill, Salsifiel gi 

 Scorzenera, Endive, Red and White Clover, Red Tojj 

 Foul Meadow — with an extensive collection of Flowt 

 Seeds, Bird Seeds, &c. 



{;t5-GARDEN TOOLS, viz: Pruning and Buddift 

 Knives, Pruning Saws, Transplanting Trowels, Garde 

 Reels and Lines, Edging Irons, &c. Flower Pots coi 

 stantly on hand. May 3, 



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