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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 14, 1826. 

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MISCELLANIES. 



THE WEATHER. 



The season, 't is granted, is not very gaj', 

 Bui WK caunot, in justice, complain of the weather; 



For if changes delight us, we have in one day, 

 Spring, summer, and auluoin, and winter together. 



Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of 

 the particular injury to him whom he deceives, 

 but of the diminution of that confidence which 

 constitutes not only the ease but the existence of 

 society. 



MORAL, SENTIMENTS. 



1 To insinuate a thing prejudicial to another, 



A Captain's wit Frederick the Great, at' a ' which we are not willing openly to avow is a kind 



grand review at Berlin, observing one of his sol- of mental assas.sination. 



diers whom he knew to be a brave man, but who, 3 He is a brave man who dares to meet himself 

 [as Cowslip says in the jlartmhk Surprise,] would alone in the open field, to examine his heart, un- 

 go to any lengths for beer or ale, to be very much influenced by the world. 



cut and slashed, in differenl parts of his body : "I 3 Opinions connected with our hopes of happi- 

 say," asked the king, "at what tavern did you ness, cannot be too strictly e.xainiiied. 

 gel those beautiful marks?" — " At the sign of the ; 4 The love of money is Hn opiate, that often 

 Prague, wliere your majesty paid the reckoning," lulls conscience asleep, and binds the judgment 

 answered the man. [It was at this city that Fre- in chains. 



derick was so signally defeated by Marshal Lau- 5 They who are the least apt to offend, are the 

 doHJ. "Bravo! captain," replied the king, whose most ready to forj.>ive. 



humor led him to approve of these sallies; 'bravo, 6 In religious disquisitions, the tongue does not 

 captain." And he did not use the term idly, for a always represent the mind. 



commission was prepared in compliment, at once 7 The judgment clarified by charity, may be 



to the service and wit of his interlocutor. compared to the bee — which finds honey where 



the wasp and the hornet trather poison. 



The .greater part of those whom the kindness of 8 Habitual reflection on the uncertainty of time, 

 foitune'has left to their own discretion, and whom tends greatly to fortify the mind against the snares 

 want does not keep chained to the counter or the both of prosperity and adversity, 

 plough, play throughout life with the shadow of 9 A man without discretion, is like a ship with- 

 business, and know not at last what they have O"' * helm. 



been doing. i 10 Permanent rest is not expected on the road, 

 ' but at the end of the journey. 



The character of 'covetousness is what a man 11 He who makes conscience his counsellor, 

 generally acquires more through niggardliness or may expect to gain his cause. 

 ill grace, in little and inconsiderable things, than in 12 True generosity remembers benefits receiv- 

 c.xpenses of any consequence, a very few dollars ed, and forgets those it has conferred, 

 a year would ease that man of the scandal of 13 We are to apt to covet what others possess, 

 avarice. ! without considering that we po.ssess what they 



do not. 



To tho honor of virtue be it said, that a man's ,4 g^,^^ ^^^ ^g^i^,,^ ^^^^ trifles, and some tri- 

 greatest misfortunes are generally occasioned by ^^ ,^ ^^^-^^^^ matters, 

 his crimes. jg j, j^ ^^^ ^.^^ possession of wealth that makes 



ESTABLISHMENT FoB ^KDS. 



For sale at the Seed Establishment, connet; d wuh theofli 

 of the New England Farmer, No. 52 North ftlai kei Street, !!os 

 ton. the largest variety <>f Seeds lo be (bund in New England— 

 of the crops of 1827. The greatest care has been taken to have 

 them raised by our most experienced seed-growers, and to have 

 the sorts perfectly genuine. The (bllowing comprises some ol' 

 our most prominent sorts. 



Resolution to 

 the .shot. The shot does the execution- 

 powder gives the impetus. 



abilities is what the powder is to " ■""" *■■"•> respectable, but the riyht use of it. 



shot does the execution— but the 16 If love were nev^r professed but when U is 



felt, it would be a scarce article. 



i 17 Unassuming modesty and diflidence, engage 



Inquisitive people are the funnels of conversa- that respect and attention which is often refused 



tion — they do not take in any thing for their own to positive assertion and confidence. I 



use, but merely to pass it to another. 18 The beauty of Christianity has been obscur- 



ed by the frivolous contests and intemperate zeal 



The mistakes of a layman are like the errors of of its votaries. 

 a pocket watch, which affect only an individual; 19 Those who fancy the book of nature con- 

 but when a clergyman errs, it is like the town tains all the instruction which is essential to their 

 cluck going wrong — it misleads a multitude. happiness, should consider what thoy will do when 



that book is closed. 



An ancient writer, speaking of such as are ene- 



mies to innocent amusements, says, "had these Revolutionary relic. — A few weeks since the 

 peop.e the government of tlie world, they would remains of a rifle were found in the Flatbush 

 deprive the year of spring, and life of youth." woods, sibout three miles from this villaje. on a 



part of the old battle ground of 1776. The rifle 



"n the 2tJth of November last, at Rouen, [in had been a very fine one, and the brass work and 

 France] a nutrrieJ couple celebrated the comple- , silver plate and sight were perfect. The plate 

 tion of the Jifiii-th year of their union, by a new "as made of n coin on which 144(i is te be seen. 

 wedding, as is customary there in such instances Tlie letters I. C. I. are rudely cut on it. The 

 ol conjugal longevity. The same priest tUat read wood was entirely gone and the iron much cor- 

 the marriage ceremony on the first occasion, offi- j foded. It was found to be loaded with ball, 

 ciated at the .second, being ninety-one years of i The rifle is now in possession of William Bige- 



and, what is remarkable, six other friends 

 and several domestics, who wore present at the 

 original wedding, shared in tho festivities of the 

 second ; and, the principal fiddler (or the dance 

 was the same on both occasions. A French paper 

 of the 3d Dec. gives the names of the parties, and 

 vouches for the trulh of it. 



low of this village. — Brooklyn Star. 



The Lon. Medi. Society has pronounced the tea 

 raised in Brazils to be equal to the finest hyson. 



Government has forbid the licensed traders, 

 with the Indians, delivering them any spirituous 

 liquors in sale or barter. 



Artichoh^, Green Globe 

 Asparagus, Devonshire 

 Gravesend 

 Battersea 

 Large white Reading 

 Beans, (20 varieties,) including 

 the English broad beans 

 dwarfs and pole. 

 Beds, true Long Blood 



Early blood Turnip 

 Early While Scarcity 

 French Sugar, or Ambei 

 Orange 

 Borecole 



Brocoli. Early White 

 Early Purple 

 Large Cape 

 Brussells Sprouts, 

 Cabbage, Early Salsbury dwarf 

 Early York 

 Early Dutch 

 Early Sugarloaf 

 Early Lon. Battersea 

 Early Emperor 

 Early Wellington 

 Large Bergen. &.c. 

 Large Cape Savoy 

 (.arge Scotch 

 Large Green glazed 

 Large laie Drumhead 

 Tree, or 1000 headed 

 Green Globe Savoy 

 Red Dutch 

 Yellow Savoy 

 Turnip rooted, &.C. 

 Chou .le Milan 

 Russian 

 Lale Imperial 

 Late Sugarloaf 

 Cardcnri. 



Carrots. Altringham 

 Early Horn 

 Blood Red(for West I 



dia market) 

 Lemon 

 Long Orange 

 Cauliflower. Early and Late 

 Celery, White solid 



Rose coloured solid 

 Italian 



Celeriac.or turnip rooted 

 ChereU. 

 Chives. 



Com Salad, or VettikosJ 

 Cress, Curled or Peppeigrass 

 Broad leaved or Garden 

 Water 



Long" Orange 

 C«cwwi6e/-, Early Frame 

 Green f luster 

 Short Prickly 



Traders in the countrv, who may wish to keep an assortment 

 of Garden Seeds for sale, are informed the}' can be furnished, 

 at this Establishment with boxes conlaiuing a complete assortment 

 of the seeds used ui a kitchen gHr<lcn, n as favourable terms as 

 tliey can be purf based in this i-ountry, neatly done up in small 

 papers, at 6 and i2 cis each — warranted to be ol the growth of 

 1827, and of ;hf purest qvulity. Ornamental ^Fi.ower 

 Seeds will be adedon the same terms, when oideredj-as well 

 as Peas, Beans, Eariv White Sweet Corn, &c. of dif- 

 ferenl sorts. The smallest order punctually attended to. 



Likewise, Esculent Root- and Plants. Field and Grass 

 Seeds, Pot and Sweet Herb Seeds. Medicinal Here 

 Seeds, Bird Seeds, and more than 200 dirtirent kinds of Ok 

 namental Flower Seeds. 

 200 lbs. Onicn .Seed, Red, While and Yellow. 

 250 lbs. Radish, superior quahty, &c &e. 



Cucumber, Long Prickly 



i. .lig green Turkey 

 Long wliite Turkey 

 White Spined 

 Small Girkin, &c. 

 Egg Planl, Purple 

 While 

 Endive, Green 



White <'urled 

 t'road leaved Balavi,ni 

 '11 Burnet 

 (iai lie Setts 



Jndi.in Corn, (several varietics'i 

 Kale, Sea 



Pur()le culled 

 Green curK' Scotch 

 Leek, Loudon 



Laige Scotch 

 Lettuce, 14 varielies 

 Marjoram , 

 Melon, 11 varieties 

 Mustard, While and Brown 

 Nasturtium 

 Okra 



Onidn. 8 varieties, including the 

 iiniK.ried Madeira, Potaloe 

 ami Tree Onion 

 Parsley, Siberian 



D«arf Curled 

 Curled, or Double 

 Parsnip, Large Dutch swelling 

 Peas, Early Washington 



Early double blossomed 

 Early F anie 

 Early Golden Hotspur 

 Early Charlton 

 Early Strawberry DwarJ 

 1)\\ ai f blue Imperial 

 Dwarf blue Prussian 

 Dwarf Spanish, or Fan 

 D»ar( Marrowfat 

 Dvvarf Sugar 

 Maichless. or Tall Mar. 

 Kni»lii's Tall Marrows 

 TalliVooked-pod Sugar 

 Peppeis, 4 varieties 

 Pumpkins. Finest Family 

 Connecticut Field 

 Alammolh 

 liadisli, 9 varielies 

 Rhubarb, for tarts, &c. 

 Salsa/y, or vegetable oystei 

 Skirret 

 ScorzoTiera 

 SpiTiacb, 5 varielies 

 Sage, 



Syuash, 7 varieties 

 7'oinatos 



Turnips, 15 varieties 

 Thyme, 

 Laivnder, 6cc. 



FAKM WAITED. 



. Any pcr-son having a large and goo farm, that is capable, 

 and tloes make, not less than one hundred tons of good hay, 

 with a suitable proportion of tillage and pasture land, and a 

 good supply of wood and orchartiing, wiih good buildings, and 

 a pleasant and healthy situation, as to good neighborhood, (and 

 not exceeding 60 or '10 miles from Hoston. wouki be preferred,) 

 will please ilirecl a letter, giving a very particular description 

 thereof, (postage paid) and the lowest puce and teinis of pay- 

 ment, to A. Z. Care of Sir Russell, publisher of llie New Eng- 

 land Farmer. 



I^ Published every Friday, at Three Dollars per aunum, 

 payable at the end ol the year j but those who pay within sixty 

 <lays from the time of subscribing, are enlilled to a deduction ol 



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