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NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



April 18, 1828. 



MISCELLANIES. 



WARM REl'EPTION. 



Ruslicus wrote a leller to his love, 



And filled it lull ol warm and keen desire 



He hop'd to raise a flame — and so he did — 

 The tally put his nonsense in tht- fire. 



A Bull. — A lady wrote to her lover, begging dropsy. Great debility will always folli)w the use 

 him to send her some money. She added, by way of powerful evactitints, and the best medical wri- 

 of postscript, "I am so ashamed of the request I ters now recommend iiutri ioti.-i all en as tlis best 



have made in this letter, that I sent after the post 

 boy to get it back, but my servant could not over 

 take him." 



Dr. John.son said, that a man, by taking a sec- 

 The PresidtiU.i ^uart/. — Aji Wiiglisliman speak- jond wife, pays the highest compliment to the first, 

 ing of the presidency of W/.shiiigton, was express- j by shewing that she made him so happy as a mar- 

 ing to an American a wish to behold him. While ried man, that he wishe.i to be so a second time. 



this conversation passed, "there he goes," replied 



the American, pointing to a tall, erect, and digni- Persons employed in grinding needles are usual- 

 fied person, on the other side of the street "Is 'V setionsly injured, and become consumptive, by 

 that General Washington !" exclaimed the Eng mhaiing the steel dust thrown otrin the operation, 

 lishman, "where id his guard ?"—" Here," replied To prevent this, a magnet is now suspended over 

 the American, striking his uosom with emphasis. ^^^ wheel, which attracts particles and prevents 



! all injurious effect. This is one of the many mod- 



Irish ivit. — It happened, lately, in repairing the ern applications of science, to the purposes of 

 street in which Dr. Aljernelliy resides, that the humanity. 



paving stones were accumulated before his door. j^j^j Dogs— Aboal forty sheep have recently 

 The doctor, raiher .'ngry, remonstrates witn an 5^^^ ^^^^^^g^ [^y ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ Pennamaquan, which 

 Irish laborer, and the following dialogue took 

 place : — 

 Dr A. — Why the d — 1 have you laid your rub 



medicine in every case of letjility. The bark and 

 leaves of the elder have been lout; krmvn as pow- 

 erful evacuants, and not, eslecnied unsafe. Yet 

 caution is recommended in iisini; tlie l>u<ls, as their 

 effect is esteemed and has been found dangerous 

 in some cases. 



Hose Bushes nni Grape Vines. 

 For ^ale at the House of SA-MI !',!. UOWNF.R. in Uorches- 

 ter, 80 liundred leaf Rose bushc^— jO >\o. Pj-oviiic<;, or Cabbage 

 10 .io four seasons— 300 do. Damask— 30 ilo. Rurgundy— 5 do. 

 Aiisin^Hi— 2.5 do. Marble— 10 do. Tuscany— 100 lo. French— 

 6 \ery lars^e pots monthly Rose* sixteen years old, and iu prime 

 heahii — 7 varieties Double D,<hlias — Single, do.— 8 Lagersto- 

 oenii.n Indica. or Crape .Myrtle, iwu of wnich are 20 years old — 

 200 Grape Viues. (White Svveci water) — Snow ball Bushes — 

 White Lilies— Red and While Lilacs. 



ROSE WATER. 



20 Demijohns Double and Single distilled Rose Water, made 

 entirely fi-om Damask Roses. The above Rose Water is eon- 

 stantly' kept for sale at Mr. C. Waste's Porter Cellar, ^o. 12 

 Merchant's Row, by Demijohn or less quantity. 



61 March 14 



have been killed and burned by their owners ; 

 I and in Dennysville, a number of animals, we un- 

 derstand, , _,_, j._ _ 



bisli opposite my door where carriages arc daily , ^y a mad dog. Inconsequence of this, all the >"■;,'' ;^,*^«jj;.;e,had 

 stopping-'' [dogs that are seen in the streets, in Denoysville, 



Ensrrafti'ier and Garden Work. 

 RUFUS HOWE, of Dorchestf, , Miforms his friends and the 

 ave also been bitten, within a few days, : public, that he will attend to the r.ngrafiing ol Trees or Garden 



ork. Having had con.sideraltic experience, he ihmks he can 

 ve satisfaction lo ihose who may lavo*- him with employment. 



,, . „ , , , , -, I r»- — T ~..-j -, I iveferrence can be had of Mr. Samuel Downer, of Dorche;iler. 



f oi— Farth, your honor, it must be laid some- j ^re instantly killed.— £«s</^or< Seimnel. ■■" AprU4 



where, till the strate 13 mended. 



Dr. A. — It may be So ; — but it must not be laid 

 there. 

 Pat. — Where can I put it at all, your honor ? 

 Dr. A — Put it in h— I, if you like. 

 Pat — O-be dad. 

 would be more uul 



' 40,000. 



Improvement by plantation is at once the easiest' For sale, Forty Thousand , grafted APPLE TREES, from 



the cheapest, and the least precarious mode of in" '"o '" '°'"' y^^"'* fr"'," '''^ giaf-consisung of loity-ihree kinds 



, . ' , , .. - of the mo.st approved and sipcrior I' ruits; including earlv au- 



creasing the immediate value, as well as the fu lumn and winter Apples. Also, other Fiuii and >niam"ental 



ture income of estates ; and it would be well for Trees. Orders mav be sent to tins place via Post office, di- 



— I'd better put it in heaven ; it the lords of the soil to remember the exhortation '^'^'•"' '° FRAiN'ClS WINSHIP.^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 

 t of your honor's way. of the dying Scotch laird to bis son; "Be aye i ' ' '- — — 



A Profitable Tempest. — When Isaiah Thomas, 

 (printer of the Farmer's Almanac) was called upon 

 by a printer's boi/ to know what he should put 

 against the 13tb of July, replied "any thing ;" — 

 upon which the boy set ^'■ruiii, hail, and snow.' 



sticking in a tree, Jock ; it will be growing 

 you are sleeping." 



aye 



whilst! 



SUPEKB BULBOUS ROOTS 



' .Just received at the New ii^ngland Farmer Seed Establishment. 

 I a fine collection of superior Bulbous Roots, suitable for spring' 



I planting. Consisting of bl.itk, purple, orange, violet, crimson, 



There are in the human body no less than 500 rose, nankeen, bronze, and white color.-d DOUBLE MEXl- 



,„ ,. ., c c • . ■ CAiN DAHLIAS. Also, Ferraria Tigrida, or Mexican Tiger 



] muscles, tor the purpose of performing its various Kiower-Amarylhs For.nosissin.a, or 5acohean Lily-Do»W 



functions; but these are few compared to the Tuberose, and Ranunculus; paintings of whiih may be seen at 



The country people were amazed at this ; but it number assigned to some minute animals ; a par- tl'i^ P'a«- The ahov, cudectioncf, ulbs is in fine order and 



^" "^ J y^ f .,,■,, , • , ■ f .,, • V, 'S ''om the same House liom which we obtained the Bulbous 



30 happened that it actually rained, hailed, and ticular species of caterpillar was ascertained by Roots last autumn, which gave such uncommon satisfaction. 



snowed on that day, which proved a profitable the naturalist Lyonet, to possess 4,000 muscles in 



storm to the proprietor of the almanac for the fu- j the different parts of its minute body. 



ture numbers. 



Cure for the dropsy. — The follow ing 



Landreth's JSTurserics — A'''ar Philadelphia. 

 j From the patronage already extended this Establishment, by 

 the citizens of Boston and its viciinty. the Proprietors are again 

 article is induced to advertise to them their "Nurseries, as ofTering pecu- 



Wlniisa ffardenerthe most extraordinary man from a most respectalile source, and we strongly liar facilities for the acquirements of usefiil& ornameniaT vege- 



JO •' ."^ CTiA table productions. J he collection now cuhivated by Ihem, con 



in the world'.' recommend it (says the balem Gazette) to the at- sisus of an imm.nsp variety ol Fruit and Hardy "Ornameuial 



Because, no man has more business upon Earth, tion of our readers : — Trees and Shrubs- Green house PlanLs— Rulbous Roots, and 



, I ■ ^ . , 1 J- . ■ Garden Seeds. The assortment of Fruits is not surpassed in 



I am knowing to two extremely distressing cases ^eal value bN any m this couittry. It embraces most of the eel 



And he always chooses good Grounds for what 



he does 

 Mint. 



)f dropsy being suddenly relieved by means of the ebrated kinds of Europe, widi all the esteemed varieties whicii 



He commands his T/iUHiC, and IS .Vaster of the bark of common elder. One, a woman advanced have originated on this continent. The utmost care has beet. 

 . "■" " J ' . , , ,. , , observed in making the selection, and the whole is now offered 



in years, in the last stages of the disease ; and the as containing none" but those most worthy of cultivation. Pei- 



He fingers Penny Royal, and raises his Celery other a young woman who had been for eir'hteen sons not acquainted with the dilTereiii varieties by name, and 



" •' •' \ c 1 . 1 u J /c 1 . !■ , • 1 desirous to procure choice kinds, by merely slating the time 



every year. months conhned to her bed, (four last ol which ,|,ey wish them to ripen, may confidently refer the rest to th." 



And it is a bad year indeed that docs not bring ohe was unable to lie down). Her strength was proprietors, without a fear of disappoiniment. 



a f '"'«• „, . ; --'v -•--'-'i ;-''"' -. -- -"°>'y free from p,i_<?zsi t;as':^^:cj:^J"a::^i^^. 



He meets with more Doughs than a Minister of the disease, and is recovering strength in a man- mo,sioi which are calculated for adorning m the winter seasons, 

 State. i ner surprising. Other cases less ailgravated have parlours, sitting rooms, &c. with an assortment of Hardy Flow- 



,, , r> J .1 • .L w 1 ii 11, .1 , rr., • . 1 eriiij Shrubs, and acquisitions are continually making. 



He mtikes more iJca» than are 111 the * rencii been cured by the same method. The receipt is, j i,rthe portion of ground allotted to Garden Seeds are "row n 

 King's Palace. I "take two handfuls of the green or inner bark of 1 almast every variety of Esculent Vegetables for seeding. The 



And ne has in th4m more Painted Ladies too^ j the white elder, steep it in two quarts of white ! r^otriX^i^L'^refeXl^^i^allw^^^^^^^^^^ 



He makes Raking bis business, and not a Di- j Lisbon wine twenty four hours — take a gill of the ; subject in the slightest degree. The peparation of those kind 



version, as many other Gentlemen do 



He finds it advantageous to his Health and For- 

 tune, which few rakes can boast. 



His wife has enough of Lad's Love and Hewt's 

 Ease, and never wishes for ll'etds. 



Distempers fatal to others, never hurt him ; 



He walks the better for the Gravel, and thrives 

 most in a Consumption. 



His greatest Pride, and the World's greatest 

 wonder is, that he can have Yew when he pleases. 



mixture in the morning, fasting, or more if it ("an : I'^'i'". "°J^'^'|J'_^hi^^™^'^'' 

 bs borne. If more convenient, part in the morn 

 ing and part about noon, on an empty stomach." 

 The white pith elder abounds in Essex county — 

 we have hero two kinds, the white and black pith 

 cd. The effect of the bark prepared as above, or 

 the juice from the leaves, has been used with suc- 

 cess when wine could not be procured ; and it 

 promotes all the aniinal secretions necessary to 

 health, which is the cause of its salutary eilect in 



ui short, the whole proce-ss of cultiva- 

 ^athering, &.c.~a!l being under their own personal sup- 

 er'ntendcnce undoubtedly conspires in an eminent degree, to 

 obviate the errors and impositions, unavoidable in a depend- 

 ence on Ibreign iinportalions, or on careless or inexperienced 

 growers at home. Orders received by Parker & Codinan. No. 

 31 Congress St. Boston, of whom priced catalogues of the whole 

 may i>e had gratis. Persons ordering, may be assured of ha\ - 

 iiiK every article well and safely packed and (orwarded. 



Feb. 15. tf D. & C. LANDRETH. 



Published eivnj Fiiilaij , cU S^ per amiiim, payable at the end 

 of the year — Au/ ihose trho phtj within sixty days from the tiJitt 

 oT subscribing, are niHtlcd Iu a (Inluctioii rf fifty cents. 



