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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 30, 18-2is 



Mfi^lJSLLAIVlES. 



FOR THE NEW £NGLASD FARMER. 



The art of conversation is not much bettor nn- 

 der.stood by the f;ro:iter part of tntinlunil, than that 

 of calculatiniT eclipses. In ordinary society, you 

 nre usually annoyed by inleruiinahle stones, rc- 

 l.-iting to the spenker's private concerns, iut ludint; 

 perhaps a bulleliii ol the narrator's health or want 

 of health, with ''disorders topical and symptoiuat- 

 ic," described with liisgustins; minuteness Or, it 

 the orator happens t" choose a different topic, you 

 are teised ani! tantnliied by arLnimenls and as 

 sertions inspired by the spirit of contrailiction, or 

 a love of par^iloN. in which victory :ind the dis 

 play of intellectual superiority are the manifest 

 main sprinirs of the tongue's perpetual motion. — 

 The object of conversation should be to amuse or 

 benefit I he hearer, not solely to display the talents 

 and accomp'ishments of the speaker. • 



Conversation may be puldic or private, and many 

 thini;s may be s.iid in a private interview, wiib 

 perfect propriety, which would justly cause of- 

 fence if uttered before company. No man is wil- 

 ling to have his faults, frailties, weaknesses, errors 

 or deficiencies carped upon, or even pointed out 

 before auditors, more especially stranifers. It m.iy 

 be a proof of frieiidsuip to speak of faults and fol 

 lies to the person who coinmits them, but to pub \jield Courier. 

 lish them to others is an act of hostility which 

 nothing but a desire to prevent (not make) mis 

 chief can justify. 



he heard the door of the cemetery close with an 

 appalling sound, the tape' fell from liis hand, and 

 he remained petrified by the knowledge of his 

 awful situation, entombed with the dead. He had 

 not the power to pick up the taper, which was soon 

 extinguished by the noisome damp, and he imag- 

 ined that the cemetery would not be re opened un- 

 till another royal interment should take place ; — 

 and thi s be must soon from the effects of f.imine, 

 be numbered with the dead. He swooned, and 

 remained insensible for some time. At length re- 

 covering himself, he rose upon his knees, laid his 

 hands upon a mouldering coffin, and to use his own 

 words, " felt strength to pray." A recollection 

 then darted across his mind, that he had heard the 

 workmen say, that about noon they should revisit 

 the cemetery, and take away some plumes. &c. 

 which they left there. This some.vhat calmed his 

 spirits. Hoon aftei 12 o'clock he heard the doors 

 turn upon their grating hinges, he called for as 

 sistance, and vvas goon conveyed to the regions of 

 ilay. His clothes were damp, and a horrible dew 

 hung upon his hair, which in the course of half an 

 hour turned from black to grey, and soon after to 

 white. The pain which he felt in the scapula du- 

 ring the period of his incarceration, he described 

 to our informant to be dreadful. This is perhaos. 

 the best authenticated account upon record of a 

 man's hair turning grey from fright. — Macchs- 



Tliumpiiis: Dividend. — Under this head, an east 

 ru editor ranks 52 per cent, per annum on In 

 suronce stock, and the arrival of three chililron at irregular, every thing will go wrong. The stoin 



ach is the primum mooile, as it were, of the consti- 

 tution ; the cause when disordered, of the most 

 afflicting diseases, and the first thing to be restor- 

 ed in order to their cure. — Loudon. 



A lady named Mrs. Fortune, lately in London, 

 presented her husband with three female twins 

 (as paddy would say) at a birth. This is a strik- 

 proof of the old adage — " Miss fortunes seldom 

 come single." 



Early Risin/^. — V'oiing Ladies would you im- 

 prove vour minds.' — know that the inoruing is the 

 best time to study. Would you impro- e your beau- 

 ty ? — know that the morning air is the best cos- 

 metic. — Would you enjoy pleasure without alloy ? 

 know that the sun rising from his yello* couch, 

 presents o,ie of the most sublime and be iutiful 

 scenes of nature. Would you delight your eyes 



HEALTH. 



The foundation of all heulth is regularity in the 

 time and quantity of food taken and in the common 

 evacuations. If these are strictly attended to, 

 every thing will go on well ; if suffered to become 



Female Education. — The branches of literature 

 most essential for a young lady in this country, 

 appear to bo, 



1. A knowledge of the English language. She 

 should not only read, but speak and spell it cor- 

 rectly ; and, to enable her to <lo this, she should be 

 taught the English grammar, and be frequently 

 e.xaniined in applying its rules in common conver- 

 sation, 



2. Pleasure and interest conspire to make the 

 riting of a fair and legible hand, a necessary 



and reorale vour olfactories ? — know that flowers ! , .f r i i - j ."' .i' u J i / . 



" -^ , , ,^ , , 1 branch of a lady s education — on this head I have 



are clad in the best attire.and send forth the ^^veet- j ^^ ^^j^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^,, j^^.^^^^,, j^^^^^^ 



est perfumes in the morning. I< inally. would you i^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ with difiicultv, are by no means 

 attend a mo rning school ?-get up at tou r o clock, j ^^^^^^^^^^^^ j„ the active "state of business in 



A Rock Fish, alias Streaked Bass, weighing ! '^'"«'"'°='' "-^ *° 'he simplicity of a republican 

 one hundred and ten poum/s, was caught in the ! . 3- Some knowledge of figures and book-keep- 

 liver Delaware, opposite BiUingsport, N. J. on the i '"S '" absolutely necessary to quality a young la- 

 :jp.. ,,1, dy for the duties which await her in this country 



I These are certain occupations, in which she may 



We have henrd of many instances wherein fright assist her husband with this knowledge, and should 

 it is said, has produced very strange effects upon she survive him, and agreeable to the custom of 

 the human system. The following account we our country, be the e.vecutrix of his will, she can- 

 give upon the authority of a highly respectable not fail of deriving immense advantage from it. 

 medical gentleman resident in London. At the 4. An acquaintance with geography, and some 

 time of the funeral of his late Uoyal Highness the instruction in chronology, will enable her to read 

 Duke of York, a gentleman well known lor his an- history, biography and travels, with advantage, and 

 tiqunrian researches, whose name we withhold,^c-' thereby qualify her, not only for a general intei- 

 scended into the Royal cemetery at Windsor,nfler course with the world, but to be an agreeable com- 

 the interment had taken place, and busily engag- panion for a sensible mon. To these branches of 

 ed himself in copying inscriptions from various cof- knowledge, may be added, in some instances, a 

 fins. While thus engaged, and absorbed in thought general acquaintance with the first principles of 



astronomy, natural pnilosophy, and chemistry, par- 

 ticularly with such parts of them as are calculated 

 to prevent superstition, by e.\plaining the causes, 

 or obviating the effects of natural evil, and such 

 as are capable of being applied to domestic or cu- 

 linary purposes. 



jYcw Jigricnltaittl Books. 



Jusl received at die New Eiiglsiid Farmer Seed Store, from 

 I.ondoii, a furlher supply of standard works on agnruliure, hor- 

 ticullure anil floriculture, of the latest editions ; anmng which 

 are, 



An Encyclopedia of Gardening ; comprising the Theorv 

 and Pracuce of Horlicuhure, Floneuliure. Arb rieuliure anil 

 Landscape Gardening, including all ihe lalesl Improvements; 

 A General H slory ol Gardening lu all Countries; anri a sta- 

 tistical view of us present state, wah Suggestions ibr its Future 

 Progress, in the l-lrilcsh Isles. I.y J. i '. l.oudcn. F.L.S. H.S. 

 &c. lllusir.ited with many hundred F.ngravings on woo<l bv 

 BransK.n. Fdih Edition. =6 



An Encyclopedia ol .\gricullure; comprising the Theorv and 

 Practice of die Valuation, Transfer, Laying Uui Improvement, 

 and Management of Landed Property; and the culuvatiou and 

 economy of the Aiiiinat and Vegetable Prodnc; ons of Agricul- 

 ture, iinluding all the lalesl Improvement^; a General History 

 of Agriculture in all Countries; and a .slaiistical view ..fits pres- 

 ent stale, with suggestions (or its ftiture progress in the British 

 Isles. Hy J. C Loudon F.L.S H.S . &c. Author of the En- 

 cyclopcdi-T of Gardening. Idu-iraied with upwards of eight 

 hundred f.ngravings o.. wood, by l;raiision. 



Tile .Science of Hordculiiire : comprising a practical system 

 for the -'^lanogement and 'IVaming of Fru.l-Trees, exemplified 

 by sketches lioni irees actually trained .Also a Comparative 

 Invesiig.ition ol die Foundation and Applicaiion of the Physio- 

 logical Principl.-- o Hr Kiruan. Sir Hiimphi n Davy. Mrs. Ib- 

 beLson, anil Messi-s. Hid, Forsyth, and Kn-ghl ' .-Second Edition. 

 To which are added, an Essay on the t'liltivation of the Pine- 

 Apple, describing and e.xeniplifyiiig by skctche.... an Improved 

 Arrangement for furni«liing every neces«ary Degree of Heat 

 by Sieam. and of applying it lo every required Purpose : the 

 results of a course of e-vperiments in gruw'ing Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines, in pots, in a conservatory, iiy Joseph Hayward. Sec- 

 ond Etlilion, 



The Fruit Grower's Instructor; or, a Practical Treatise on 

 the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees : containing a 

 descri|jiion of the Apple Fly, cominonlv called die American 

 Blight, which causes the Canker in Apple Trees, with an Effect- 

 ual Remedy. Iiy G, Bliss. 



A Treatise oq the Improved Culture of the Strawberry. Ra.sp- 

 berry. Gooseberry and Currant ; in wh'ch are pointed out ihe 

 best methods of obtaining ample crops of"lhese fruits. To which 

 are prefi.xeil Descriptions ol the most esteemed Varieties. Third 

 edition, with coloured plates. By Thomas Hayiies. 



The Green House Companion ; comprising a general course 

 of Green-House ant! Conservatory Practice ihrouglioui the year; 

 a Natural Arrangement of all ihe Green-House Plants in culti- 

 vation ; with a descripiive catalogue of the most desirable lo 

 form a collection, their proper soils, modes of propagation, man- 

 agement, and references to botanical works in which they are 

 figured. Also, the proper treatment of flcwers in rooms, and 

 bulbs in water glasses. Second edition, 



A Treatise oa the culture and management of Fruit Trees: 

 in which a new meihod of pruning ami Training is fully des- 

 cribed- To which is added, a new and improved edition of 

 " Observations on the Diseases, Defects, and Injuries, in all 

 kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees;'' with an account of a Partic- 

 ular .Method of Cure, published I \' order of government, Bv 

 William Forsyth, F.A.S and F S.,\„ gardener lo his Majesty at 

 Kensingion and St, James's, Mcml'er of the ./Economical So- 

 ciety at St. Petersburgh,&.c. &c. The seventh edition, cor- 

 rected, with additions of new Fruits, and references lo their fig- 

 ures ; also a calendarial index. 



The Florist's' Directory, a Treatise on Ihe Culture of Flowers ' 

 to which is added, a Supplementary Di.sseri.itioii on Soils, Ma- 

 nures, &.c. By James Maddock. Florist, A new edition, im- 

 proved; with notes and an appendix on the cultuie of the Dah- 

 lia, Chrysanihemum, Lobelia, and Tree iVIignionette, By Sam- 

 uel Curtis, Editor of Lectures on Botany, &-c. 



Horins Gramincus Woburnensis : or, an Account of the Re- 

 sults of Experiments on the Produce and Ntiiritive Qualities of 

 different Gra.sses and other Plants used as die food of the more 

 v.duahle domestic animals : Insiitutcd by .lolin. Duke of Bod- 

 ford, Illuslratcd with numerous figures on the plants and seeds 

 upon which these experiments have been made, and practical 

 observations on their natural habiis, and the soils best adapted 

 to their growth ; pointing out the kinds most proliiable for per- 

 iiciit pa-lure, irrigated meadows, dry or upland pasture, and 

 alicriKiie husbandry; accompanied with the Discriminating 



aractcrs of the Species and Varieties. By George Sinclair, 



III 

 CI 

 I'.L.S, F,H,S. Thii.l editit 



.Sweet's Horlus Briiannicus : or, a Catalogue of Plants CLdti* 

 v.Tied in the gardens of Great Britain ; arranged in natural or- 



A Concise and Practical Trealise on the Growth and Culture 

 of the Carnalinn, Pink, Auricula, I'olvanlhus, Ranunculus, Til- 

 lip. Hyacinth, Rose, and other Howei-s ; including a Disserttt- 

 I on on Soils and .Manures, and cciniaiiiing catalogues of th^ 

 most esteemed varielics of each Hower, By Thomas Hogg. 

 Florist. Third edition. 



