152 



NEW E^^GLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 23, 1827. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From the Lmdcn Star. 



AN EJIIGRANT'S ADIEU TO SCOTI-AND. 



Our nalive land, our native vale, 



A long and last adieu ! 

 rarewcli to bonny Teviotdalc, 



And Cheviot mountains blue ! 



Farewell, the hills of glorious clci^d?, 

 And streams renown'd in song ; 



Farewell, ye blylhsome braes and meads. 

 Our hearts have lov'd so long ! 



rarswell, ye broomy elfin knowes, 

 Where thyme and harebells grow ; 



"arewell, ye hoary haunted howes, 

 O'erhuug with birk and sloe ! 



The battle mound, the Bordertowcr, 



Thai Scotia's annals lell — 

 The martyr's grave, the lover's bower. 



To each, to all, farewell ! 



Home of our hearts ! our father's homo ' 



Land of the brave and free! 

 The sail is flapping on the ibam 



'i'liat bears us far from thee ! 



We reek a wild and distant shore 



Ecyond th' Atlantic main j 

 We leave thee, to return no, more, 



>ior view thy cliffs again ! 



Hut may dishonor blight our fame, 

 And quench our household fires, 



When we, or ours, foi'get thy name, 

 Green island of our sires ! 



f>ar native land, our nalive vale, 



A long and last adieu ! 

 Tarewell to bonny Teviotdalc, 



And Scotlantl's mountains blue ! 



gal and you will be rich. Be sober and temper- 

 j ate and you will be healthy. Be virtuous and you 

 will be happy. — U. S. Gazelle. 



Lord Georg-e Germain was of u remarkably 

 amiable disposition ; and his domestics lived with 

 him rather as huir.'ilo friends than menial ser- 

 vants. One day entering his house in Pall-Mail, 

 he observed a large basket ef vngetat'les standing 

 in the hall, and inquired of the porter to whom 

 tlicy belonged, and from v;hcni;s they came ? — 

 Old John immediately replied, "They are ours, 

 my lord, from our country-house." — "Very well," 

 rejoined his lordship. At that instant a carriage 

 stopped at the door, and lord George, turned 

 round, asked U'hat coach it was? — " Ours," said 

 honest John. '"And are the children in it ours 

 too?" said his lordship smiling. ''Most certainly, 

 my lord," replied John, with the utmost gravity, 

 and immediately ran to lift them out. 



French Chesnuts. — Ten chesnuts, which grew 

 in the garden of St. Mary's Colle:xe. Baltimore, 

 from seed brought fromthesouth of France, weigh- 

 ing 8 ounces. Ten American chesn'its, of the aver- 

 age size, weighed 1.^ oz. 



To make durable candles. — To ten ounces of 

 mutton tallow, add a quarter of an ounce of cani- 

 I phor, four ounces of bees-wax, and two ouices of 

 I alum — melt them all together, and make your 

 i candles. 



A writer in the Norwich Courier recommends 

 the establi.'ihment of a Rail Road from that city — 

 to connect v.ilh the Rail Road from Boston to the 

 Hudson, if made. 



i There is a story tflld of a French sharper hav- 

 ing arrived in New York so destitute that lie was 

 I under the necessity of using " Ways and Means," 

 jin order to " Raise tlie Wind," and pay his v/ay. 

 ! Accordingly, he advertised that he had a monkey, 

 of extraordinary sagacity, that ho wotdd exhibit 

 'on a particular evening. Tickets of admission 

 were issued, the rooiTi was tolerably well attend 

 I ed, and the hour of the promised performance ar- 

 i rived. The audience full of expectation, were 

 /anxiously awaiting the extraordinary animal's ap 

 pearance, when, to their disappointment and as- 

 'touishment, the little Frenchman stepped forward 

 jon the stage, and spoke as follows; "Gentlemen 

 jand ladies — dcro will be no performance dis night 

 1 — de monkey very sick." 



Glass being a non-conductor of lightning, it is 

 siiggesteil that were farmers to put only an in- 

 verted broken bottle on the conical top of their 

 hay and wheat st.icks, fewer instances of their 

 being destroyed by lightning would occur. 



IMPBDl>E^cr. 



rise man who builds, and wants wherevi-itli to pay, 

 Provides a home irom a\ liich to run away. 



Causes of offence. — Lord Chesterfield scys, that 

 ■'I'len are more unwilling to liuve tht-ir weaknesses 

 and imperfections known than their ctimes. And 

 ■-hat if you hint to a ann that you ti.iiik him igno- 

 rant, silly, or even lU-bred, and awkward, he will 

 l>ate you more and longer than if you tell him 

 plainly you tiiink hiin a rogue." 



//f^/i notions. — Some people have such ideas of 

 honor, and sucli high opinions of their own oon- 

 «equence, that thej are ottcudcd at many things 

 ■vhich take place in society where no offence was 

 hitended. A sensible nian is not a very sensitive 

 •nan. 



Cheap goods. — Those articles which are fold 

 cheapest, generally, tire the most expensive pur- 

 chases. If a thing is good for nothing, ii is a foily 

 to give any thing for it. 



Empty heads. — It is with men as with barrels — 

 those which are emptiest make the most sound. 



Trite charily. — It is generally better to give a 

 [luor man sometliiiv^ to do, for which he is well 

 ^aid, than to give hi'ii money without an equiva- 

 lent in labor. 



.^ great fortune . — A groat foituiie in the pos- 

 session of a weak man, is a great misfortune, both 

 tt) the public and to the individual. Riches in- 

 I'rease hi:i pnwer to do mischief, and extend the 

 pernicious effects of his bad example. 



J) .ftorl road I-} a good destiny. — Bs studious 

 and yoj will be learned. Be industrious and fru- 



Fastir.g. — Dr Knight, in his work on insanity, 

 relates some curious instances of obstinate disin- 

 clination to food among the insane. One man, 

 John BootI), aged about tliirty five, fasted fourteen 

 days. "lie certainly," says Dr K., " took no food 

 during this pei'ioil, and though he had access to 

 water, I believe he never drank any. He amused 

 himself by walking in the galleries of the asylum, 

 and very seldom sat or rested, yet he appeared as 

 equal to exercise at the end of the fortnight, as iit 

 tiie commencement. His pulse continued good to 

 the last ; his tongue, which was furred and brown 

 at the beginning, !iad become clean ; and his breath 

 which was very offensive, as the breath of lunatics 

 usually is, had become as sweet as an infant's. 

 He. was generally very haughty and taciturn, but 

 j had now become more tractable, and I at last suc- 

 ceeded in drawing him into a conversation. He 

 [told me he had not experienced any benefit from 

 eating, that it hid frequently made him ill, and 

 that he had, therefore, resolved to retrain frosi it 

 i altogether. I asked him if his objection extended 

 I to medicine also; to which he replied, he would 

 lliike any medicine I thought fit lo prescribe. I 

 told him it would he necessary to drink it in beef 

 j tea, to which he consented. A pint of good beef 

 tea was accordingly sent to him, and lie readily 

 took it. and in a convenient time the dose was re- 

 peated, and so he was humored till his appetite 

 returned, when he again took his food as usual, 

 and finally lie was discharged well." 



It is proposed to construct a Rail Road from 

 Concord, H. H. to Ogdensburg, on Lke Ontario. 

 Concord if sixty miles north of Boston, and enjoy.= 

 the priviletre of a canal to the latter place. 



Trees, Ornamental .^hrubs, ^c. 

 MR WI.\SH!P offers !br sale at his Nursery, in Erighlcn 

 the lai'gest variety of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, &.»• 

 His collection of Fruit Trees is large antl well selected; and hi-^ 

 variety of Ornamental Shruits is very extensive, comprising the 

 Rjse Acacia, Three ihovned Acacta, Gum Acacia, double fiow- 

 ering Almonds, red and white Altheas.l 1 1 1 m' nut tree, I'igno- 

 nia Radican, K-urning Bush, dwarf flowering Horse Chestnut, 

 splenditi flowering Catalpas, Dahlias, Daphne Pink Mazereon 

 (first flowering shrub) variety of Grapes, variety of Honeysuck- 

 le, English walnuts, Weeping willow's, Quinces, Syringes, La- 

 burnum. Snowballs. Rhubarb. Raspberries, Plums, Pecan nut 

 trees. Mountain Ash, Lilacs, l.ajkspur granriiflora. Japan pear, 

 Japonnica chorchorrns, &:r. — Orders for any of Ihcse article.-^ 

 leAvviihMrRussF.it.. at ihriS'ew England Farmer ofSce, will 

 be excuted on the same terms as at the nursery, and delivered 

 in Boston, free ol e.\p4>nse. — f ';*-i!'ugues furnished gratis. 



Mew Engtrnut Frirmer'.'^ .r}hiianack,for 182S. 



Just published, at the New England Farmi-r Otticc, and 

 for sale by Bowles &, Dfarburk, 72 Washington Street, and 

 at the Bookstiires generally, the NeiD England Farmers Alms- 

 naci. for J8'28. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the Nev,- 

 England FarmcF 



Gooseberry Bushes. 

 Persons in want of superior varieties of Gooseberries, can prO' 

 cure the bushes, by sending their orders to the office of the Nev. 

 . England Farmer, 'i'hey are from Glasgow in Scotland ; th' 

 i fruit is fine flavored and larf;e, (>omc may be seen at this offic< 

 measuring 3 and 4 inches in circumlcreiice) and of white, re(\ 

 and yellow colour. The price will not e:;ceed $-1 per dozen. 



Inq- 



P-remeii Geese. 

 or sale. 3 pair of this s-iperior breed of Geese; they are tie- 

 ■div superior lo the common lireetl, in the great size they at- 

 . in the facility with which they may be raised, and in the 

 paratively small quantity of grain required lo fatten them. — 

 lire at thisofiice. 



The Mexican Congresshas appropriated .$15,000 

 lo defray the expenses of commissioners to exam 

 ine and report upon the boundary tine between 

 the United States and Mexico. 



^■■Agricultural Books. 

 ijsi received fi)r sale at the olfice of the New England Farm 

 a further supply of stan'tard agricultural books, among wliich 

 . Loudon's Encyclopedia of Agriculture 



Marshall on the Knowledge and i'raclire of Gardeninj; 



Gleanings in Husbandry and Gardening 



Just received at the New England Farmer office, a forlhei 

 supply of M'Wahon's American Gardener. This work is ihi- 

 moit elaborate of the kind ever pubii; hed in this country, com- 

 prising ample directions for the ina::ngcment of the kitchen gar- 

 den, fruit gartlcn, orciiard, viney.ird, nursery, pleasure grouut^s 

 llouor garden, green house, hot house, and forcing frames, fci 

 everv month in the year. 



Davenport's jVursery. 

 Orders for Fruit and Ornamenial Trees received by Joseph 

 R. Newell, No. 52 North Market Slrocl, n here a catalogue may 



1 he Fabmbr is published every Friday, a($3.00 

 per ,<nnam, or $2,50 if paid in advance. 

 Genllemcii who procure yict responsible sufescriitrr. 

 are ciititleil to a.si:clh volume jrtit'is-. 



