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NEW ENGLAND FARiVlER, 



Dec. 7, 1627. 



MISCELLANIES. 



The following ludicrous passage we have extracted from a 

 Poein, written by Chaui.ks Cotton, and entitled "Voyage 

 10 Ireland, in Burlesque." Mr. Campbell, in hl.s Specimen of 

 ICnglish Poetry, inakcs some quolalioiis from this prctluction, 

 nnrt remarks, that " it probably furnished llie hint of the pcru- 

 ilar style, spirit, and manner of the 'Bath Guide.;" The ad- 

 >enlures of Dr. Syntax, are also related iji verse of a similar 

 nature : — 



THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER, 

 ft certainly was the most ugly of jaucs. 

 His hips and his rump made a right Ace of Spades ; 

 His sides were two ladders, well spnr-galled withal. 

 His neck was a Helve, and his head was a Waul ; 

 For his color, my pains and your trouble I spare. 

 For the creature was wholly denuded of hair. 

 And, e.\cept for two things as bare as my nail. 

 With a tuft of a Mauc, and sprig of a Tail. 



Now such as the Beast was, even such was the rider, 

 With a head like a Nutmeg, and legs like a Spider, 

 \ voice like a Cricket, a look like a Rat, 

 The brains of a Goose, and the heart tfa Calj 

 Even such was my Gt.ide, and his Beast, let tliem pass, 

 The one for a Horse, the other an Ass. 



hiild of the floor! — My wife, either fiozen with I out side leave.". Mr. Ploy, three Savoys, seven- 

 fear, or aware of the d.nnoer attenditig any at- ' teen pounds 1. J ounces. Mr. Partnentier, a Seed- 

 tempt to fly, roiniiined iiiotionless in her place — i ling Apple fioin Newburgh, handsome shape, 

 while the children took rtfii<;e in her lap. The j 1 l.V inches in circumference. — .V. Y. Faimei: 



cry they uttered attracted tnv attention, and I i ' , _ ; ~ '. ~ , _, 



I . J. 1 .. J L ■- » • u I At the 1' ainier s Lattle isliow and Exhibition of 



hastened towards the door : but my astonishment ' ■,-.,,. m , ,■-,, ^ 



,, u • J I I <• J .1 DoQies ick Manuhictures, at iiirkey Hills, Gran- 



may well be conceived, when I fotind the entriince , , „ . ^ O. 1 I 



. .^ ■ , . , ALU u.i ,; bv, Connecticut, Oct. y4lh, the coininitlee state 



to It barred in such a way. Although the animal ,- , , : ,/•-•! . . 



, , . •, I I that thcv deem it worthy of particular notice, that 



had not s-een me, unarmed as I was, escape seem- ; , • / .l u i r, A 



I , ■ ., , . T V 1 J .1 , I an apple was presented them by Isaac P. Owen, 



led impossible; — yet I jrhded gently, scarcely i ii r j 



I knowing' what I meant to do, to the side of the 



j house, up to the wimlow of my chaiTiber, where I 



j know my loaded trim was stnndinsr. By a most 



I happy chance, I had sot it in the corner close by 



the window, so that I could reach it with my 



hand; for. as you may perceive, the- opening is 



too small to admit of my havin.T got in ; and, still 

 I more fortunritely. the door of the room was open, 

 I so that I could pee the whole danger of the scene. 

 i The linn was beainning to move, perhaps with 

 I the intention of niakinff a sprin?. There was no P*' 

 'longer any time to think. I called softly lo the 

 (mother not to be alarmed, and involiii 



the one half of which was sweet, the other sour, 

 both of iin.eNCellent fiavoin", maintaining their dis- 

 tinct characters to an e.ta't line of division, per- 

 ceivable only by taste. [This is not ao uncom- 

 mon occurrence. — Sec New England Farmer, vol. 

 iii, pajfc 201 ] 



Fruit Treis. 

 WM. PRINCE, the proprietor of the Limueim Ti 

 tiviic Garden and Xursene^ at Flushing, L. I. h'< - 

 the pleasure ofinformmgthe public, that his nurse- 



rv now contains 172 varieties of the Apple, 302 ol 



/i. ofliierries. 139of PUims,25of ApricoL«,&^■ofPeach- 

 ) I. l'\ectarines,10of Almonds, 14 > if -Mulberries, GofQuin- 

 ces. IG of Figs, 16 of Currants, 15 ofRaspl^erries, 47 ot Goose- 

 the name ' berries, 20 of Strawberries, 2.57 of Grapes. GIX) of Ornamental 



SINGULAR EPITAPHS. 



AtAhmicIf, in Northumberland. 

 Here lies Sir William Elphinston 

 Who with his swo.d did cut in suit- 

 Oer, the body of Sir Harry 

 Crisp, who did his daughter marry. 



of the Lord, fire.l mv piece. The ball passed di-L"*"-. Above SCO of the above kinds of Fruits are not to br 



' , , ■ ' , , , , ' ,, , , found mauvoiner collection m Amoncn. 



rectly over the hair of my bov s head, and lodged I 'I'he jiiTvren; varieties cannot be otherwise than genuine, . 



in the forehead of the lion immediately above his I die yreaest attention is paid, aiul nearly all the kinds are inn- ■ 



, . , , ^ - ^, . ', - ~ 1 laled from bearnig trees. J lie C-herry, reach, and other Im 



eyes. Hhich shot forth, as it were, sparks of fire, a,.e generally of large size. Calalogne-, m.iy be obtainedat t'r 



1 and stretched him dVi Ihe erround, so that he never 



j stirred more. Lichtejislcin^s Travels in South 



j Africa. 



The late Rev. R. Cecil, when conversing with a 



On a man hilled by an Excise Officer:. I friend upon the distinuuishing traits in the female 



Here I lies character, observed "that to reason with a woman 



Killed by tlic X II. | was generally useless ; th(" feininine mind is not 



~ T ' . I composed of Inifical materials ; indeed, I believe 



Opera Dancers.— The walk of opera dancers is j^^ ^^,,3 definition of a woman is-a bundle of 



neither natural nor beautiful ; but the surprising sympathies." 



exercises they perform, ^ive to the joints of tlie 



foot a iVeedom of motion almost like that of the j Expansion of Solid.i b}/ Hraf 



New England Farmer ofl;ce, gratis, and orders left there,or sen 

 bv mail, will meet attention. 

 "" JAMES BLOODGOOD & Go's. 



AVrsei-i/, at Flushing, on Lonir-Island near A'cu 



^t'-f'.Hssfc. York. 



i^Jip-i-*'^ IN behalf of the proprietors of the above nur,.^ii; 

 'fe^v^^^ the subscriber solicits the orders of horticultan- 

 "T^** who may be desirousol stocking their gardens i.i, 

 .^^sJ^ssBm^t fields with fruit trees of the I'uiest sorts and mo; 

 he nil by ana vigorous stocks the present autumn. 



Bi.ooDGOOD & Co. a«7cnrf pi^rsnnally to the inoculating a" 

 gniflins; of all their fruit trees, and purchasers may rely u'l 

 confidence.that the tives they or<Ier will prove genuine. 



The 'subscriber, agent of the above nursery, will receive . 

 ders for anv quantity of 



" FRUIT AND FOREST TREES. 

 FL01VER!N<T .SHRUBS, 



PLANTS. 



A remarkable 

 liand. We have seen the dancers, in their morn- ! instance of the use of the power with which solids 

 ing exercises, stand for twenty minutes on the ex- ' expand by heat, occurred in Paris some years since 



tremities of their toes ; after wliich the effort is in a method which was used to force together the j And t!ie trees will be delive'r«l"in This city at the risk and e-: 

 10 bend the inner ankle down to tiie floor, in pre- walls of a orallcry in the ^bbey of St. Mnrtin, noxv ' P™se of the Purchaser; the bills may be paid to him. 

 paration for the b ,lero step By such unnatural the Conse^^ratoire .Us Arts • t Metiers. The weight 1 h J^LnCth ISa^Tha^' X^It^^^ZZ: 

 postures and exercises the foot is made unfit for : of the roof was forcing the walls of this building | want of trees to any of the Hortirultunsts in this cit^- and ii-^ 

 walking, as may be observed in many of the re- i asunder, an-^ thev were restored to their perpen- <"'P^'3'' '\"^ if ocular demonstration is desired, I invite those v 

 , , J 1 1 c . !> • J- ■ ',.,•■ 1' ,.-,, . , 1 rr > I w.sh to be thus sat sfied to ex.imiiie the trees m mv gardci 



lired dancers nml old hgurantcs. Uy standing so, diculnr position by the following method : — Holes D.irchestcr, procured from this uui-sery for three oi- four v. 

 much upon the toes the humi^n foot is converted ! were made at opposite points, in several parts in ' P?s'» some of which are now in bearing, all in a healthy . 

 to something more resembhng that of a quadru- j the walls, through which stron-r iron bars were , "■|?™3",^'j;'3\.ni be delive>-ed gratis on a™^^^^ 

 ped, where the heel never reaches the ground, introduced, so as lo e.xtend across the building, ' ''-■" •'•'->"'•' 



and wliere the paw is nothing more than the pha imd so that their extretnities should e.xtend beyond 



the walls : I.trire nuts were placed upon th.?ir ends, 



and screwed up so as to press upon the walls. — 



langes of the toes. — Trrutise on ArKimal .Mechar, 

 ics ; Librarn nf Usiful Knowledge. 



Imx& Cuinniissioner Alayuard was a very old 

 man when he waited upon the Prince of Orange, 

 •( William 111 ) lo oongvdlulr.ie him on his sale ar- 

 rival in >'.!iglanil. ••■ir," said the Prince, "you 

 must iiave survived all the great lawyers of your 

 line." — "1 should, sir," replicil he, "have out- 

 lived the law too. had not your Koyal Higiiness 

 visited these kinodoius." 



Rogers' Buildii 



ZEB. COOK, J. 

 . Ongress-SU'eet. 



JVtw Kn^la7id Frirmer's Ahnnnnck,for 1828. 

 Just published, at the New I'li^laii.l Farmeir Office, and 

 for sale livBowf.ES & DrAr>B<i:-, 7t' Washiiiflon Street, and 

 Every alternate bar was heated by powerful 1 anps, j at the Bookstores geiicralK, ih<- I'-'iir England Farmer's Alai' 

 so that its lenoth increased by e.\pansion, and the \ ™'"*; f"": 1?-^- ^'J' 'I'hotii.is G. lAssenden, Editor of the N. 



A good shot. — "It is now," said Von Wyk, 

 "more than two years since, in the very place 

 where we now s uiJ, 1 ventured to lake one of 



the most liaring s lots that ever was ha/ardeJ 



My wife was sitiiig v.ithin the house near the 

 door, the childreu wors playiiij/ about her, and I 

 was without, busied in doing something to a wa- 

 gon, wlieu su.ldenly, tliough it was mid-day, an 

 enormous lion appeared, came up, ami laid himself 



ts, before in close contact with the walls, retir 

 ed to some distance from them. The nuts were 

 then screwed up to the walls, and the bars cooled. 

 The process of cooling restored the leuffth of the 

 bars to what it had been before the heat had been 

 applied, and the nuts were dra • n to7< ther bv an 

 irresistible force, and consequently the waiU 

 drawn towar s each other. The same process he 

 in? repented v ith the intermediate bnrs. and thi, 

 bi'ini/ coutiimed. •h'> walls of the building w-ete 

 gradually restored to their perpendicular position 

 Land. Mech. Mnir. 



I'.LSland Farmer 



,Vf!P Yirh Ilortiniltttrai Societi/. — -At a meetin? 



of the InspectiniT Committee, November 90, 1897, 



Mr. Fick presented si.v Pnim-head Cabbages, 



weiijhing seventy-four pounds. The stalks were 



•luietly down in the sh:ide, upon the very thres- cut close as customary, and an unusual number of 



Rrameii Giese. 

 For sale. 3 pair of this superior breed of Geese; they are dc- 

 cldedlv superior lo the eoii.mon ' icd, in the gwal size they at- 

 tain, iii the facility with which they may be raised, and in the 

 comparatively .-mall quantity ol grain required to fatten them.— 



Inquire a t thi< olT""'e. 



JVuttal'\<} Shcpnrdia. 

 FOR Sale at th- OiT» e of the New England Farmer, 50 o( in 



'.ove kind of Ornoinenial Tree, (pi'ce .fi.' each). This P 

 Tree was first nolieeil by oiir intelligent atquunit°.nce, Proi. 

 •>ir NuTTM 1., of Cambridge Univcr...i!y, In h s iriycis into iIk- 



iiteriorof Ihe Minsonri Terriic ly. It Is usually called by the 

 liunters, the Bi'jTido Hiviij Tr,e. lis Fruit is represented lo 

 lie fine — and soiighi alter' with aviility, by the English and 



tni.wcan Hi.ntcrs. ni the proper season. li is pirlectly hardy, 

 a'ld grows vi?nwusly in our climate. .-V pariii ■ ir discription 

 of it mav be foun-l in the Trave's of Professor Nottall. It has a 

 n-ar resemblance to die Olive Tree^ 



riTeT/rn ,iiVn is ruiilisTK d every Krid.iy, .-(l jT'Tlif) 

 per ,t.-inuni. or 5-',.5U if paid in advance. 

 Gentlemen who procure /ire responsible suiscribe.r 

 ire entitled lo a ij.r/7i volume gratis. 



