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NEW ExNGLAND FARMER. 



ATJGVST S, 1!!34. 



MISCELLANY. 



THK HARVEST HOME. 



Honor the Lord with thy suhstatiee, and with the first fruits of 



all thine increase ; 

 So shall thy barns he filed with plenty, and thy presses shall 



hurst out with new vine, — Proverbs. 



Shout, reapers, shout your 'harvest home,' 

 Shoul praises to the glorious Lord, 

 Who pour'tl Ihe rain, who warm'd the sun, 

 Wliose bounty has our garners stor'd. 

 He bade the Spring with zephyr breath 

 Blow mildly o'er each frozen glade, 

 Till bursting from the bonds of death 

 Up rose the green and spiky blade. 

 In vernal showers Ilis goodness Bow'd 

 On every hill, on every plain ; 

 His providential care beslow'd 

 The early and the latter rain. 

 He beckon'd to the farthest south, 

 And call'd young Summer into birlh. 

 Then crovvn'd with blessings sent her forth 

 To shine upon the gladden'd earth. 

 And bade beneath her genial heat, 

 The soil her varied riches yield, 

 That man might from his labors reap 

 • The income of each fruitful field. 

 And next, as onward roll'd the year. 

 Brown Autumn, with her plenteous horn, 

 Shook from her lap the ripen'd car, 

 The bearded grain, and yel'ow corn. 

 And when by fruitful increase spent. 

 The land from labor sought repose ; 

 Old Winter from the North He sent 

 To wrap her in his hoary snows. 

 And bade him in his icy chain 

 Bind earth and air, and ticld and flood. 

 Till balmy Spring should breathe again 

 Her fragrance o'er each flower ami bud. 

 Thus all the seasons in their turn 

 At his command their treasures pour. 

 That man with grateful heart might learn 

 The bounteous Giver to adore. 

 Then turn each eye, and bend each knee. 

 * In praise to heaven's eternal throne, 



While every heart swells gratefully , 



Thanksgiving for your han'est home. 



And as ye raise your gladsome voice, 



And liigher grows the solemn tone, 



Oh ! let your thankfid hearts rejoice 



To the glad shoul of harvest home. 



be insulated when ull the bodies arotiml it are iioii- 

 condiiotors,) the air being a bad eotidttctnr, there 

 is a larjje |joition of electricity that has nothing oti 

 which it can remain. The result i.s, that heiii^' 

 collected in large quantities, owing to the rapid 

 Cvindensation of vapor into rain, and being attract- 

 ed by the earth, the nearest conductor, it ap- 

 proaches it with such velocity as to condense the 

 air before it — the condensation of which alters the 

 course, and causes the electric fluid to turn and 

 represent a zigzag course, which is noticed in its 

 descent ; and the air, being separated by the jias- 

 sage of the electric fluid through it, in coming to- 

 gether produces the sound which we call thunder; 

 and thus the lightnutg continues to descend at in- 

 tervals, so long as the va[)ur is condensed to set it 

 free. 



It may be asked why lightning does not attend 

 all our storms, since the sante catises are at work ? 

 The answer is, because most of our rains coni- 

 inence very slow, and the air by becotning moist, 

 becomes a conductor vvhich is suflicient to convey 

 ull the electricity liberated from vapor condensed, 

 slowly to the earth. 



From the foregoing remarks, the utility of light- 

 ning rods will he readily seen ; for if, when the 

 elastic fltiid is set at liberty, by the condensation of 

 vapor, there is a good conductor to convey it to 

 the earth, all the evils attendant on its descent, 

 without a gtiide, are avoided ; and it is evident, 

 that if the number of rods were snfiiciently large, 

 all the electricity liberated would be brought to the 

 earth without a re|)ort. These rods should be 

 large, for their power to convey is in proportion 

 to their surface. They should be placed on the 

 centre of the building, and ruii high enough to 

 clear the ends of the sajiie, by making an angle of 

 4-3 degrees from the top of the rod. 



An Observer of Phenomena. 



Middldowv, Jul;/ 10. 



A TOAST HEL.PED OUT. 



Amono the many excellent toasts which have 

 beeii published as given on the recent anniversary of 

 Independence, the following has not |ierluips Ix^n 

 exceeded. At a celebration in Delaware comity,, 

 says the Peimsylvniiian, where General Root pre- 

 sided, a militia eolonel who was sitting next to 

 him was called upon for a toast. Not having |)re- 

 (lared himself heliirehiind, he was a little piiz'/led 

 what to give, lie thought a minute and finally 

 concluded it should be something of a military na- 

 ture ; but precisely what he hail not fully deter- 

 niinetl, when he arose and thundered forth, 



" The iMilitary of otir country — may ihey nev- 

 er want" — here he hesitateil — " may they never 

 want" — here he boggeil — " may they never want" 

 — and here he came to a full stop, and looking 

 imploringly at the President, whispered, " what 

 the devil shall I say next r" 



" And never be wanteil," wliisjiered back the 

 General. 



" And never be wanted" roared the Colonel. 



Thus they made between them a ctipital toast, 

 which neither of them, and perhaps nobody else 

 vvoulil originally have thought of reading, when 

 put together as follows : 



" Tlie Military of onr coimtry — may they nev- 

 er WANT, and may ihey never be wanted 



From the S'-ntinel and Witness. 

 THUNDER STORMS. 



These remarks are intended^ to throw some 

 light on the iihcnomena of thunder storms, which 

 are most freipient at this season of the year ; and 

 in order to proceed understandingly, two tilings 

 are necessary to be understood. First, it is one of 

 the fundamental principles of Electricity, that nil 

 bodies contain it in proportion to the (luantity of 

 surface which they have, and not in proportion to 

 the quantity of matter. This being understood, we 

 proceed to the next, which is the expansion that 

 water undergoes in passing from its natural state 

 to vupor or steam, which is 1728 to 1, or a siptare 

 inch of water bceoines a ctiliic foot of steam. 

 I'rom the foregoing remarks it will be evident, that 

 as soon as the vapor in the cloud begins to con- 

 dense atid fall to the earth in dro[)s, that electricity 

 wHl be given ofi', or set free, in proportion as the 

 quantity of surface in the drop is less than the 

 quantity of vapor of which the drop is composed ; 

 and since the cloud is insulated, (a body is said to 



ITEMS. 



hxttgribj. Wit and imderstnnding are trifles 

 without integrity ; it is that which gives value to 

 every charticter. The ignorant peasant without 

 faults, is greater than a jdiilosoplier with many : 

 for what is genitis, what is courage, vvithotit a 

 heart? 



AdversiUj. The greatest olijcct in the universe, 

 says a certain philosopher, is a good man strng- 

 gling with adversity ; yet there is still a greater, 

 which is the good man that ctmies to relieve it. 



Time is so ])recious an article, that Providence 

 gives it to us in the smallest possible portions, nev- 

 er yielding us two moments at once, but always 

 taking away one when the other is bestowed. 



Good Manners. Is the art of contributing to 

 the enjoyment of those with whom we have in- 

 tercourse by putting them at ease, and catising 

 them to be pleased (not with you, but) with them- 

 selves. 



Ill Manner.i — are tlie indications of pride, ill na- 

 ture, and want of sense. "Without one of these 

 ilefects no man will ofiend against good manners, 

 merely from want of being accustomed to what is 

 called genteel society. 



Dres.^. He who has no other way to distinguish 

 himself than by the fashion and materials of his 

 dress, is a despicable creature, and unites the sil- 

 liness of the goose with the pride of the peacock. 



Be sensible to your own value, estimate the 

 worth of others ; and war not with those who are 

 far above thee in fortune. 



GRINDSTONES ON FRICTION ROLLERS. 



Gruidstones of illH'erent sizes liung on Friction Hollers and 

 moved with a treader, is lountl to be a great improvement on 

 the mode of hanging grindstones, the ease widi which they 

 move upon the roilers renilers them very easy to turn with the 

 foot, by which the labor of one man is saved and the person Id 

 the act of grinding can govern the stone more to his mind by 

 having the ctuTiplele control of his wo. k. 



The above .'itones may be found of a very superior kind, and 

 hung completely as abov e described at the AgiiculturnI Waic- 

 hou.se, 51 it .j2"North Blaikel street. jo 10 



SEEDS. 



.lust received direct from Holland, a large assortment of 

 CADBAGE SEfiUS, in small and large quaniiiics. These 

 are iVum a House upon which the titmosi reliance can be placed, 

 and tiie i|uality of Dutch Seed is found superior. 



GARDEN AND PL.OVVEK SEEDS. 



An excellent collection of.G.^isimN and Fi.owKR Seeds of 

 vervlic.-,! qufiliiv. in |iapcrs of lij cents eacli.eons'anlly on hand 

 and' for s.de at New England Seed Siorc ol_ 



GF.O. t. B.ARIiETT. 



DAHLIAS. 



A Collection of fine Doulite DAHJ.iiiS, slarted in pots at 50 

 cents, for sale at the New E)igland Seed Store.. 51 & .')2 Korih 

 Market .treei. Ci. C. BARRETT. 



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