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NEW ENGLAND FARxMER. 



July 4, 1828. 



MISCELLANIES. 



AGRICULTUKE. 

 Thou firsl of ans, source of domeslic ease, 

 Pride of Ihe land, and patron of the seas, 

 Thrift Agriculture I lend Ihy poleul aid ; 

 Spread lli> gieen fields where dreary forests shade ; 

 Where savage men pursue their savage prey, 

 Lei the nhiie flocks in verdant pastures play ; 

 From the bloom'd orchard and Ihe showery vale 

 Give the rich fragrance to the gentle gale ; 

 Eeward ivith ample boon the laborer's hand. 

 And pour thy gladdening bounties o'er the land 

 Columbia's sons, spurn not the rug;ed toil ; _ 

 Your nation's glory is a cultur'd soil. 

 Rome's Cincinnatus, of illustrious birth, 

 liicreased his laurels whilst he tiU'd the earth 

 E'ven China's Monarch lays his sceptre down. 

 Nor deems the task unworthy of the crown. 



Reasons for emigrating. — A Scottish gentleman 

 in the warmth of national veneration, was prais- 

 ing Scotland for the cheapness of provisions ; a 

 salmon migiit be bouglit for saxpence, and a doz- 

 en mackerel for twapence. "And pray, sir," said 

 one of the listeners, "how came you to leave so 

 cheap a country?" — "In gude troth, mon," re- 

 plied the Scotchman, "although fish is plentiiiil 

 enotigh, the saxpence and twapence are unco 



By this time the fire in my bones began to burn. 1 India rubber has been successfully used hi 

 Rishig from my seat, I said, 'Good woman, have England for hose for engine.*. A certificate, in 

 you a family ?' 'No,' was her reply, and, as if con- its favor, is published by a man who had 126 feet 

 science was beginning to do its oflice, she added, in constant use two years. It answered the pur- 

 'I hav'nt got it for myself.' | pose completely, and was tlecidedly preferable to 



The sequel I will not relate, only that I went j leather hose. It required no care, no oiling, and 

 on my way thinldng on the poicer of appetite. This beuig always perfectly air tight, it is vastly supe- 

 woman had been picking up a rag here and a rag rior for suction hose. 



there — and had been anxiously watching her hen | — — 



for nine successive days. And for what.' For the | The Saco Palladium states that the mill erected 

 means of gratifying a raging and an unconquera- j by the Saco Manufacturing Company, wiU con- 

 ble appetite. These are thy triumphs, O rum ! | tain 12,000 .spindles and 360 looms. 1200 spin- 

 Should this little incident, Mr. Editor, make the ! dies have been started within a few weeks, and a 

 same impression on your mind as it did on mine, proportionate number of looms. 



:you will throw it into some corner of your useful | 



paper. I Illuminated church dials are becoming numer- 



I ous in London, and are found very convenient to 

 "Forty." — A writer in the Atheneum, under the the ptibUc. 

 head "Biblical Criticism," has some curious ob- ,,_^_____^__^_^,^„^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 servatious on the word "forty," as used in the 7r_ ^~jZ ~ 



Scriptures. He observes that this numeral, 'vvhich At the Agricultural Warehouse 100 Doz. of Derby's patent 

 occurs so frequently, and in places where its in- Scythe Rifles — Forsemore. Dudley. Foster. Farwell and other 



troduction is manifestly at variance with the ^f ' wa"a'"^'' f.7";'''-'"TW^^' "' n "''"'i^'*t' "■^'"'"«'' 

 , ,,,.■■ .... h^y rakes— Willis's Improved Horse Power Machine— Pope s 



passages that precede and follow it, is m the Hand Threshing Machine, ifec. 



Cucumber Seed, Sfc. 

 Just received at the New England Farmer Seed Store, a furth- 



In old times it is said a parishioner thought 

 himself cheated if a sermon were less than an 

 hour long. Now, short sermons are called for. 



A farmer hired a man to break flax by the day, 

 and he said he could hear all day long the slow 

 sound By — the — d-a-y — By — the — d-a-y — By — 

 tlie — d-a-y. He afterwards hired him by the job ; 

 the music was then changed to double quick tune 

 — By the jo6, By the job, By the job, job, job. 



The clerk of a church in England lately gave 

 notice of a parish rate ui the following manner : 

 "1 am desired to give notice that the third levy 

 is assessed five pence in the pound," and without 

 pausing, added, "let us sing to the praise and 

 glory of God, 



" Lord what a wretched land this is. 

 That yields us no supplies." 



Liongevity. — There ai'e 17 men now living ui 

 New Haven, whose united ages amount to 1413 

 years. The average of each individual is eighty- 

 three years. In addition to these, there are twen- 

 ty-seven men, whose united ages amount to 1971 

 years, and whose average age is 73 years. The 

 average age of the two together is about seventy- 

 seven years. 



Eggs, Rags, and Rum. — A few days since, as I 

 was journeynig baclt from the sea-board, I called 



at a store in to bait ray horse. ^Vhile 1 was 



waiting for the wearied animal to take his allow- 

 since, there came m a squaUd looking woman, and 

 passing to the counter, in a low voice iuquu-ed of 

 the clerk — ' Have you any rum ?' She was an- 

 swered agreeably to her wisli. 'Give me a quart,' 

 _said she, handing him a jug, and at the same time 

 beginning to lay out upon the counter from a cov 



East, constantly used as a general term, implying 

 " many" or indefinite numbers, as we use the 

 words "score," and "dozen or two." A ruined , er 

 palace at Persepolis is called "Cselmiminar," or 

 the "forty jiiUars," though it has but 19 standing, 

 and when perfect had 260. The Arabs also use 

 one thousand and one in a similar manner. Thus 

 Moses was in the Mount "forty" days, means 

 many, not "forty" years in the wilderness. This 

 meaning explains numerous difficulties in Scri])- 

 ture historj'. And Persians, Arabs, and Turks, 

 still use the term "forty" in this case. 



The Militia. — A correspondent in the Lowell 

 Journal, signed " 8000," thus notices the niiUtia 

 system : Of all the laws of the present day, there 

 is none that operates so unequally on all, and so 

 large portion of society as does the present odious 

 militia system. It is also very injurious to the 

 welfare of society — induces idleness, drinking and 

 many other vices. It is a tax on the rich man's 

 purse, and a tax on the poor man's time. If the 

 sum of money is to be got rid of, we say apply it 

 to some nobler object. In vain may we build 

 churches, have prayer meetings, form societies 

 for suppression of intemperance, &c. &c. We 



Prick . 

 latter is 



uply of Green and White Turkey, While Spined, Long 

 1\, and small West India Girkin Cucumber Seed — the 



I fine sort for pickling, and should be planted soon. 



For Sale, 

 Al the New England Farmer Seed Store, " A Memoir of the 

 Cultivation of the \'ine in America — and the best Mode of mak- 

 injWine. Second edition. By John Adium. June 27 



Field Beans. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store two barrels 



of small white prolific Field Beans, raised in Milton, Mass. — 



Tkey are of fine quality, free from any mixture, the seed being 



selected, and are all of the growth of 1827. 



Gvnpowder, Sfc. 



Du Font's Gun Powder, at 23 to 50 cts. per pound — Shot Balls 



— Flints and Percussion Caps. 



Also. Alum — Refined Salt Petre — Blue Vitriol, &c. constant- 

 ly for sale al the Ditpoiit Pmcder Store, No. 63 Broad street— 

 By E. COPELANl), Jr. 



0= The Du Pont sold as above, is warranted first quality— 

 and is marked "E. Copeland, jr. Boston," on the head of the 

 cask If March 14 



MILLET. 



Just received at the New England Farmer Seed Store, 

 60 bushels of Millet of superior gua/itij . gentlemen in want ot 

 this article are requested to call and examine it. 



Also, a furlher supply of Orchard Grass, Lurerue, FowJ 

 Meadow, Mangel Wurtzel. Sugar Beet, Ruta Baga, Russiao 

 Flax, Lima Beans, &c. with several new varieties of I'urnip 

 say in vain may we do these things unless we ' Seed from Europe, including the Yellow Malta, Yellow Stone, 

 nli„i;«li pntirelv'tlip rr.ilitin <ivRtpm Nn man Ins'"*'*""" Aberdeen. &c. A lew barrels fresh White Mustard 

 aboUsh entnely tne militia system. i\o man Has gged_Aiso, Green Citron. Pine Apple, ard Pomegranate 

 ever yet shown that the countrj' has been benefit- Musk Melons ; Carolina and Long Island Waier Blelons. 

 ted, bv these trainings. The system has none, For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, a few 

 ,';;., , *^ , ... t pounds of Long White Summer Naples Radish, a variety high- 



other for Its advocates, except those ^^ ho are, hke , \y esteemed in the Southern States, 

 children, " pleased with a rattle, tickled with a I 

 straw ;" who admire to strut about dressed in re- 



Bull Bolivar. 



, J. 1 1 ■. .1 1 • .u 1 The high bred imporled Improved Short-homed Pull Bolivar, 



gimentals, and to exhibit themselves to the gaze L^iiij,^^!,, ,he subscriber's stable in Charlestown. Mass. Price 

 of the public, to show to the world how much ga for each cow tor Uie season. This bull was selected by Mr 



braver they appear in times of peace, than they 1 p-"!^"' ""= T.f'"p''""i,"'"'l J'™'', without limitation of cost, 



■' '^' „ -,, ,.,,., I for Ihe use of the Fowolton slock, an 



would in time of war. We are far behind our 



southern friends in this bu,siness. In Maryland, 

 of so little consequence is it, that, by paying two 

 dollars you are exempt, any body old or young 

 for the year. Every one ought to read tlie Rev. 

 Mr. Pierpont's sermon before the Ancient and 



ered basket, the quid pro ouo.—^Thero are nme of Honorable Artillery, on the Election day, 1828. 

 your eggs,' said the clerk. ' Here are some paper ] ^» ^'"'W^ »''« ™'"'^ '>'^**''" '" "^ P'^P" ^^i'^— 

 rags also,' said she of the brown jug. They were ^he supporters of the system are decreasing eve- 

 thrown mto the scales, and raised a twelve ounce ' '">' day and it must ere long go down— down- 

 weight. 'You have -I of a pound,' said the clerk. I "''"''^ '° " ^^ again— .Sa^em Obser ver. 

 'The eggs^and the rags come to nine conts-thc | ^ -^ saidi;;7ha7becn ordered to bo admitted 



so highly valued by 

 Col. Powel, that he has always refused to sell him, and has 

 consented to part from him but lor a season, considering him in 

 form, points^ and pedigree, equal to any animal to he had in 

 Great Britain. 



Bolivar is red and white, is not three years old and has never 

 been forced ; yet he gi.ls immediately behind his lore legs 7 

 feet 8 inches. The singular neatness of his shoulder, the 

 straightness of his back, the width of his loin, the smallness of 

 his head, neck, and nfibi, the Quickness ol his gait, together with 

 the well known character of nis family as dniry stock, render 

 him one of the roost desirable males for improving our neat cat- 

 tle, that can in any country be found. 



SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr. 



Published every Friday, at $3 per annum, payable at the end. 

 of tlie year — Ziirf those who pay ivithin sixty days from ftie timr 

 of SUiscriSip;. cert: nililled toa tlsdlicCiim of fifty emts. 



