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NfiW ENGLAND FARMER 



NOVEMBER 5, 1834. 



MISCELLANY. 



AGRICUI.TURAI1 HYMN. 



GpF.AT God oi Eden! 'Twas Ihy liand 



That first clad earth in bloom, 

 And shed upon a siniling land 

 Nature's first rich perfume. 

 Fresh from thy glance the flowers sprang, 



Kissed by the sun's first rays- 

 While plain and hill, and valley rang 



With life, and joy, and praise. 

 God of the Clouds! Thy hand can ope 



The fountains of the sky. 

 And on th' expectant thirsty crop 



Pour down the rich supply. 

 The farmer, when the seed lime's o'er, 



Joys in the mercies given ! 

 Thinks on thy promis'd harvest's store, 



And, smiling, looks to heaven. 

 God of the Sheaf! To thee alone 



Are due our thanks and praise — 

 When harvest's grateful labor's done. 



On plenty, glad we gaze. 

 Then shall our hearts on Heaven rest. 



Thy grace we will adore, 

 And thank that God whose mercies blest 

 Our basket and our store. 



From the Maine Fanner. 

 PRESERVING METALS FROM ROST. 



It is strange how slowly improvements and 

 discoveries oftentimes creep over the country, and 

 how long a time it takes for an important fact 

 which partakes of a little science, to become gen- 

 erally known and applied to practical pnrposes. 



Every one knows, or ought to know that there 

 is such a thing or power in nature as electricity — 

 that there api)ears to lie either two kinds of this 

 fltiid, or that some bodies naturally contain an ex- 

 tra quantity, and some are deficient of it — that ac- 

 cording to Franklin's theory, bodies with a sur- 

 plus of it are said to be positively electrified, and 

 those boilies which lack are saiil to be negatively 



electrifiiid ami those boilies wliich are positive 



attract the negative, and repel those that are posi- 

 tive while those that are negative attract the pos- 

 itive and repel the negative — or in other words 

 the same kind of electricity repels its own kind 

 and attracts the opposite. Every one knows, or 

 ought to know that there is sucli a thing as o.\y- 

 gen iu the atmosphere, or perhaps better known 

 by the name of vital air. That it is the union of 

 this substance called o.xygen which causes soine 

 bodies to become oxidized, or if that teriu smacks 

 too much of " book laming" you may say they 

 become rusted. 



It is several years since Sir Humphrey Davy 

 discovered the fact, that the nietiils were as it re- 

 gards electricity, positive, and that this vital air 

 or oxygen was by nature negative, and that ac- 

 cording to the laws of electricity, the metals had 

 an attraction for oxygen and become rusted, lie 

 also discovered the fact, that the metals varied 

 somewhat in their characters in regard to their 

 electrical states ; and that when two pieces of met- 

 al were put in contact, one of them would be- 

 come positive and the other negative, of course 

 according to the laws laid down by Franklin as 

 above mentioned ; the metal which would become 

 in a positive state of electricity would attract the 

 oxygen (because it is negative) and be rusted, and 

 the other metal would repel it and reiriain un- 

 rusted. A piece of Zinc about the size of a pea 

 would protect 40 or 50 square inches of copper 



iTsidderetFupon it and plunged into sea water— 

 whereas if the coi)per were plunged in alone, it 

 would become corroded. 



He accordingly concluded that by soldering^ 

 pieces of zinc to the cojiper bottom of ships, the 

 copper would be preserved as long as the zmc 

 lasted. The experiment was tried— a ship wtis so 

 pie|iared, and sent out on a long voyage. On her 

 return she was exaitlined— the copiier was pre- 

 served according to expectation, but an unexpect- 

 ed evil had taken place. The worms and barna- 

 cles and sea weeds, which, when it is not thus pro- 

 tected, were prevented from attaching themselves 

 by the bad taste of the copper as it became cor- 

 roded and dissolved by the sea water, now finding 

 nothing but a smooth, clean surface, and no bad 

 taste, stuck themselves on in immense numbers 

 and retarded the ship's motion. Thus the matter 

 rested for a long time. Some ingenious surgical in- 

 strument makers have recently applied slips of zinc 

 beneath the bandies, next to the steel, and thus 

 preventing in a great degree the rusting of these 

 articles, lint now, gentle reader— brother farmer 

 — brolher chip, QJ' whoever thou art, that has 

 gone thus far with us in this brief statement ot 

 facts, can this principle be put to no other good 

 uses- couldn't your copper kettle, if you have one 

 be protected from rust by soldering some zmc here 

 and there? Zinc is cheap and easily procured, 

 and may be renewed, when by shielding the cop- 

 per it shall become thoroughly oxidized itself. 

 May not your scythe, your hoe, your ploughshare 

 bave a patch of zinc upon it, and thus be prevent- 

 ed from rusting when laid away ? Could not 

 your chisels,. your axes and tools have a little put 

 upon them by way of an antirustmatic, and thus 

 be kept bright? could it not be applied in a 

 thousand useful ways not now thought ol ? Pon- 

 der upon the subject— try the experiment and let 

 us hear the result. 



ately ensued between them, ilnriiig which the girl 

 went into the thicket, took four of the savage an- 

 imal's whelps, put them into her apron and carri- 

 ed them safe home. The dog soon afterwards ar- 

 rived without having received any severe wounds 

 in the battle as he was protected by a large spiked 

 collar. 



FASHIONABLE SHELL. COMBS, 



Siffn of the Goldi-n Cuvtb, 242 Wushinglou street, Boston. 

 Thf la-hion of Combs having undergone considerable mod- 

 ificaliou during the last eighle.n months, and the coml.s u< w 

 worn bcin>r much smaller than those formerly, induces the sub- 

 scriber to suggest to the ladies that they can have Ihe.r combs 

 reduced to conform to the present style, (--on.bs that aie now 

 lost to die owner, inconsequence ol their HUfiKNESs can oe 

 altered into one or more combs with wrought or plain lops at 

 the oplioii of the owner, at a moderate 1 barge. 



Tliev have on hand and are cunslanlly manufacturing the 



mo»t lashionable combs. Ladies in want ol touibs, will please 



call belore purchasing. . i ai„ 



Jewelry and Fancy Goods at reduced prices for cash. Also, 



Warranted Silver Spectacles to su:i any ^pe '"rJi,-.OU. 



„Pl, CLERMONT E. HINE. 



FLOGGING. 



A LATE English writer, in enumerating the 

 modes of punishment in China, says:— The pa- 

 nacea, however, after all is the rod. The general 

 application of this vigorous instrument ot admiii- 

 istraiion is by no means confined to Chniii, but 

 embraces without exception every coimlry of the 

 East from Japan to Bengal, including above 

 500 000,000 of people, or more than half the hu- 

 man race. There the rod under its various ap- 

 pellations of bamboo, cane, cudgel or birch, is ac- 

 tively at work from morning till night, and after- 

 wards from night till morning. The Grand Pa- 

 triarch canes his first minister; the Prime Minis- 

 ter canes the Secretary of State ; the latter ad- 

 monishes Lords of the Treasury by belaboring 

 liieir backs; these enforce their orders to the first 

 Lord of the Admiralty, by applying what is equal 

 10 a cat-t.'-nine tails. Generals cane field officers, 

 and field ofiicers the captains and suballerns. Ol 

 course the common soldiers of the celestial army 

 are caned ad lihitum by every body. Then hus- 

 bands cane their wives, and wives their children. 

 In short the Chinese and their neighbors may be 

 truly described as well flogged nations. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamkntal trees, akd PLANTS, &c 



NuRSEKY of WILLIAM KENRICK, id 



Newton, Mass. b.K miles from BostoJi by tlu 



Western Avenue, and ^a mite from tlie Worees 



"Ttis"ettabli's.hmenl now compactly covers 18 acres, and 

 comprises the selections of the finest kmds of l-l^ars, App es 

 Cherries, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines Apricots, Almonds 

 Uuinces Grape Vines, Currants, Raspberries, Gooseberries 

 and Mumernes, including the Chinese Mulberry, or Muua 

 .McLTicAULis, so celebrated for silk ; Strawberries, F.g^, &.c 

 No pains, no labor, or expense has been spared, m obtain ni 

 he most celebrated varieties, which have here been congregate, 

 from divers climates and latitudes, and Irom first-rate souice 

 -selections adapted'.lo every section of the Union. The Oi 

 i.amciilal Trees and Plants alone, comprise one thousand va 

 riclics,the most beamilul kinds known ; these include Hors 

 Chesnuls. Weeping Willows, Calalpas Mmmiaiil Ash A.lai 

 dius or Tree of rfeaven, Scolch Larch, Silver Firs, Venet^ 

 Sumach, Altheas, Snowballs, Lilacs Honeysuckles, &c— b 

 peib China and Hardy Roses, Heibaceou, Hower.ng Plant 

 Pcennies, and splendid Double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen afe respectfully invited to orward their orde, 

 earlii -Early in Autumn, being an excellent season for Irani 

 I , ing Iwdressto W ILLLViM KENRICK, Newton, Mas 

 'l-rees &c. delivered in Boston wilhont charge lor transport, 

 uon tiicy are .selected and labelled with due precaution ai 

 ,.,,re ; and when ordered thence, ihey are suitably packed,al 1 

 l.nwarded to their deslination, by land or sea. Or orders w 

 receive the same attention if left with (iEo C Baijrkt 

 viol agent, at his soe.l store and New England l-arn, 

 Ollice, INos.51 & 52, North Market Street, Boston. Cat 

 logues gratis on application. "'' 



COURAGE. 



Not long since a young girl of Jarlon was sent 

 to the Laiide, a pasture near L'lionniton, in the 

 Basses Pyrennees, accompanied by a large dog, 111 

 order to drive home some cattle. On entering a 

 part of the common thickly covered with broom, 

 the dog found a she wolf, and a combat immedi- 



15,000 PEACH TREES. 



Gentlemen deMions of lorming orchards of the Peach tr. 

 are now otlercl a caplial .electioM ol the finest kinds. 



A^r, "o WILLI \ M KENKICK.Newtom oct 1 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Is oubllshed every Wednesdaj Evening, at S3 per anni 

 ASe at the end ol the year-bnt those who pay «n 

 iixty daysfrom thelime ol subscribi«g,areentitled to a ded 



''""/No'pap'e'r'will be sent to a distance without paym 

 being made in advance. 



.AGENTS. 

 New rorf— G.C.THoRBUiiN,f.7 Liberty-street. 

 ,,//„„,„_W»l. Thok BURN, 347 Markel-slreet. 

 PI deh,l,i,,-U. &, C. LandReth.85 Chesnul-streel 

 1 lvZ-\ . L 1 1 ITCHCOCK , Publisher of Amencai, t arr 

 ^;;; ,,,,,,_S. C. Pakkhurst.^S Lower Market-street 

 Fw'i»g, A'. I-.-Wm. Prince & SoNsProp. Lin.Bot.( 

 Middlehny. IV— Wight Chaphian , Merchant. 

 'Hartford-V.ouD\s'lK & Co. BooksellcTS. 

 NewLwort-V. V. EN E/EK St EI. M A N Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. //.-J. W. Foster Bookseller. 

 Aiio-usta. jl/f.— Wii.i.ARn Snei.l, Druggist. 

 Woodslork. Vt-3. A. Pratt. 



7J«HW.Jt/c.—W«i. Mann, Druggist. fp„,„, 

 fi"lifa.r, A. .S.-P.J. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recoi 

 .«(. Lowis— Geo. Molton. 



Printed for Geo. C. Barrett by F "Ri) & Damr 

 whoexeeute every description of /,««/.■ and Fancy / 

 ,,„ in .rood style , and witli promptness. Orders for p 

 n'.ma'v he left with Geo. C. Bar,;ett at the Agr. 

 uJal Warehouse, No. 52, North Market Street. 



