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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 15, 1828- 



MifeCELLANIES. 



EDUf ATION. 



By J. Kowring. 



\ child is born — Now lake the germ and make il 



A bud ol morfd beauty. I,et the dews 

 Ol kuo«k>dgc, ajid llie lijht of virtue, wake it 



lu licliesl fragrance and in purest liues ; 

 When i/aision's gust and sorrow's tempest sliake it, 



Thf shelter of affeclioii ne'er refuse, 

 For soon the gatlieriiig hand of death will break it, 



From its weak st(.m oi life, and it shall lose 

 \11 poiver to charm ; \m\ if the lovely flower 



Iladi swelled one pleasure, or tubducd one pain, 

 O who shall say that it Ijath lived in vain. 



However fugitive its frealhiog hour ? 

 For virtue leaves its sweets wherever tasted. 



And scattered truth is never, never wasted. 



" Sir Edward Coke being now very infirme in 

 body, a friend of his sent him two or three Doc- 

 tors to regulate his health ; whotn he told that he 

 had never taken phj'sick since he was born, and 

 would not now begin ; and that he had now upon 

 him a disease, wliich all the drugges of Asia, the 

 gold of Africa, the silver of America, nor all the 

 Doctors of Europe could cure, old -age. He 

 therefore both thankt them and hia friend that 

 sent them, and dismist them nobly with a reward 

 j of twenty pieces to each man." 



1 FARM BUILDINGS. 



I Liberality in proviiling good barns and warm 

 I shelter, is the source of hcaltli, strength and com- 

 j fort to animals ; causes them to thrive on less 

 i food, and secures from damage all sorts of crops. 



on this plan, after the house was finished, ana in 

 which there have been fires for nine months, the 

 purity and cleanliness of the rooms autficiently 

 testify its efficacy ; but he has a still farther 

 proof in the testimony borne by the person vvho 

 built the house and made the alterations, and vvho 

 was so convinced of the improvement effected 

 from what he saw, while the chimnies were damp, 

 that in two houses which lie has since built in 

 Melville-slreet, Edinburgh, he has constructed all 

 the chimnies on the same principle. The method 

 is simply to contract the chimney as soon as pos- 

 sible ; then gradually to widen it for four or five 

 feet, and then again contract it tu the usual di 

 mensions, and carry it up in any direction. 



,, , ' Historical Fads. — Vasco de Gauia, employed 

 Morals.-\l is stated in a letter from Holland ^^ ^,^^ ^._^^ ^j. p„^j„g^,_ ^^^^ d„^,3,gj j,,^ ^.^j,^ „f 

 that last year, in a population of upwards of six ^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j^^^ j^y-.^ ^^^^^^ opened a pas 

 millions, there were hut two executions. -* 



A man in Charleston advertises 20 anchors of 

 peach brandy. Brandy is an anchor that has 

 brought so many to their moorings, that a bury- 

 ing place might well be called an anchoring \ 

 ground. 



(Qualifications for Congress. — " Why do you not 

 present yourself «s a ca-ndidate for Congress .'" 

 said a lady the other uay to her husband, who 

 was confined to liis chair by the gout. " Why 

 ahotild I my dear?" replied he, "I am not qualifi- 

 ed for the station." " Nay, but I think you are," 

 returned The wife, " your language and actions 

 are parliamentary. When bills are presented, for 

 instance, you either order them to be laid on the 

 table, or make a motion to riec, though often out 

 of order, you are still supported by the chair; and 

 you often poke your nose into measures which are 

 calculated to destroy the constitution." 



ruiLosornY. 

 To pass our time in the study of the sciences, 

 in learning what others have discovered, and e.x- 

 lending the bounds of human knowledge, has, in 

 all ages, been reckoned the most dignified and 

 haj^py of human occupatiotis ; and the name of 

 Philosopher, or Lover of Wisdom, is given to 

 those who lead such a life. But it is by no means 

 necessary th.'it a man should do nothing else than 

 study known truths, and explore new in order to 

 earn this high title. Some of the greatest phi- 

 losophers in :;ll ages have been engaged in the 

 pursuits of active life ; and an assidiio'is devotion 

 of the bulk of our time to the work which our 

 condition rerpiires, i.s an impoitant duty, and in- 

 dicates the possession of practical wisdom. Tiiis, 

 however, does by no means hinder us from apply- 

 ing the rest of our time, beside what nature re- 

 quircK for meals and rest, in the study of scie:ice ; 

 and he who, in whatever station his lot may be 

 cast, works his day's work, and improves his mind 

 in the eviming, as well as he who placed above 

 necessity, prefers the refined and elevating pleas- 

 ures of knowledge to the low gratification of the 

 sen.ses. richly deserves the name of a True Phi- 

 losopher. 



PECULIARI^TT OF LORD COKE. 



The following is extracted from a letter from 

 Mr Men 1, to Sir Martin SluteviUe, published in 

 Ori _'inil Letters, illustrative of English History, 

 &c. By Henry Ellis, F. R. S. &c. 



sage to the East Indies. 



Twenty-three years after the''W'st discovery of 

 America by Columbus, Mug^Blan, a native of 

 Portugal, in the service of SAtiin, penetrated into 

 the Pacific Ocean, by the strait which bears his 

 name. He ddvanced through the south seas to 

 the Ladrone islands, of which he took possessioif 

 in the name of Charles V. — He was here slain in 

 1520, either by the natives or as some accounts 

 say, by his own rebellion's crew. 



Newfoundland was discovered 24th June, 1497, 

 by the Cabots, who were commissioned to sail in 

 quest of new comitries by Henry Vlil. 



In the years 157(J-7-8 the coast of Labrador 

 was e.xplored by Martin Frobisher, under the aus- 

 pices of Elizabeth of England. About the same 

 time Sir Francis Drake accomplished his cele- 

 brated voyage around the world. 



Sir Walter Raleigh fitted out an expedition of 

 two small vessels, in 1564, which reached the 

 coast of North Carolina on the 4th July. — A fa- 

 vorable report of the country, to which he gave 

 the name of Virginia, leu to two succeeding ex- 

 peditions and ittempts at settlement, in 1.585 and 

 86, both of which failed ; the remnant of the first 



One hour a day. — Spending one hour more in 

 bed, seems, at the time, but a small maiier, and so 

 it may be — yet in the course oi a year it makes a 

 material difference. The person who rises at 5 

 o'clock, will nave 3t)5 hours more in a year than 

 the one who sleeps till six. 'I'his is equal to five 

 weeks" pure daylight, [allowing 12 hours per day] 

 so that his year will number 13 months. Is not 

 this loo great of a morning uap, which makes us 

 feel ''nothing better but rather worse ?" Where- 

 as, if we can summon sufficient strength of mind 

 for the first effort, Ihe deed is done — the hour 

 gained — conscience satisfied — and, business will 

 go better all day. 



Lotteries. — A powerful memorial has been read 

 in the Pennsylvania Legislature, against the sanc- 

 tion o( Lotteries. It details many melancholy re- 

 cent instances of infamy and suicide arising from 

 t' > temptations held out by this species of gam- 

 bling. It is signed by the Rt. Rev Wm. White, 

 Bishop of Pennsylvania, and some of the most 

 distinguished citizens of that state. 



A Savannah paper says the Duke of Bridgewater 

 owns more than a million in the Bank of the Unit- 

 ed States. 



The remarkable warmtn of the season, is spok- 

 en of in newspapers from different parts of the 

 country. \l Charleston, in January, green peas 

 returned to England, the others perished by fam- | and tomatos were plentiful in the ma. ket. At Au- 

 ine and at the hands of the natives. j gusta, Georgia, in January fresh shad were in mar- 



The first restorers of learning in Europe were ! ket, and strawberries were plucked in the neigh- 

 the Arabians, who in the course of their Asiatic hoiirhood. At Milledgeville, Geo. Jan. 7th, the 

 conquests, became acquainted with some of thoniercury ranged at 70. At Wheeling, Virginia, 

 Greek authors, procured copies of the ancients, Jan. 9th, a rose was plucked from a garden bush, 

 and had them carefully translated into Arabic. — I At Louisville, Kentucky, in Jan. the thermometer 

 The, Western Kingdoms of Europe became first ' ranged from C8 to 72 degrees. In Virginia, in the 

 acquainted with the learning of the ancients ! middle of January the hyacinth was in bloom — 

 through the medium of tlieso translations. The j pgach trees were also partly in bloom. At Savan- 

 Arabians disseminated their knowledge in the nah, Jan. 15th. vegetation was putting out buds 

 course of their conquests, and founded schools land blossoms— the thermometer was at summer 

 and colleges in all the countries they subdued. I heat, and a sun flower in full bloom. Fruit trees 

 The boldest naval enterprize of the ancients ' vvere in blossom in Cheraw S. (". At Richmond, 

 wasthe Periplus of Hanno ; who sailed from Car- ' Virginia, on the 22d Jan. Ihe rivers hud not been 



thage to the coast of Guinea, within four or five ' fro en. .iV. 1'. Dnihi .Advertiser. 



degrees of the equator, in 570. They did not 1 -, ^ i-in i n iii ^ ^ ?^!?rr 



know that Africa was almost circumnavigable. st^i!.!*. . 



" For Sale at the SEED ESTAUMSHMENT. connected with 



eiurku-tr f<MiMT«ii:'Ar« I '''" New England Farmer Office, .^o. ."iS, Noilh Market-Street. 



SinuJiV t.Hljni^l!.Y». ! Boston ;— Orchard gr.iss. Lucerne, Herds grass. Red-lop. Red 



There is a way of building a chimney, which and White Clover, .Millel, genuine Fowl Meadow-grass Seed. 



was found to succeed in the huts which were (^f' receive this Seed direct from the person who raises ii in 



.,,,,„.., ■ , . Vermont, so there can be no iioubt of Us genumcncss). Broom 



erected by the British army in this country dur- Corn, a few barrels White Field Heans, (very fine and pure, as 



ing the war of the revolution ; and even in the the seed was all selected before planiiog). .\ few barrels Early 



1 _ J I- L ■ I. L -1. . *t - Washinelon. and Dwarf Imiierial Peas. Manscl Wurtzel, Ruta 



underground chimnies which were built to their r;a,'a,&e&c. •<=.*<.„ . u. i., .,uiu 



tents when out at a late period in autumn or rath- -^,^=='TT~.-^^ r; "7^ — TT^ , " ■ --— ■ 



,, , . . r ■ . T .1 •. ! rr^ '"'lisiied e\erv r'RinAV. .u 7^/irff Do«<irs per annum, 



er the beginning of winter. In the writer s own p;,yat.le at the end of the year; but thofc who p.ay wiihin sixty 



house, where the principal chimnies were altered davs from the time of subscribing, arc cniiiled lo a deduction of 



' ' Finij Cents. 



