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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



KOVEBIBER 19, 1834. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Nm England Galary. 



DEGREES OP DRUNKENNESS. 



" First, Frcs/i ; second Emphatic; lliiril, Glorious; fourth^ 

 Vproarious; lastly, todn^We.-'— Frolics of Puck. 



FRESB. 



Tii4T ruby cheek, and sparkling e'c 



Prove jolly Bacchus in possession ; — 

 Premonitory of a s-pree, 



They mark the aspect of a Eresh'un. 

 He fills the goblet to the brim, 



Drinks and refills, 

 Until his happy senses swim, 



And his head reels. 

 He thinks his every thought is attic, 

 And soon from fresh, becomes 



EMPHATIC. 



As in a crowded house the throng, 

 Fast to the door are borne along, 

 Shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip. 

 All the ideas by liquor wrought 

 Are, in a chaos, sudden brought 

 Upon the burdened lip ; — 

 Jostling, pushing. 

 Outward rushing. 

 The crowd, each other's steps embarrass ; 

 So one word o'er another trips, 

 Upon the emphatic bibber's lips; 

 Though pressed, not half ex-pressed, ia vain. 

 You strive his meaning to attain. 

 His words but put himself in pain, 



And serve the listener to harass ; — 

 Forthwith he rises to the squalt-\cs, 

 As if each word were in italics; 

 With gestures odd, and upraised hand 

 He emphasizes if and and; — 

 Till to all present, 'tis notorious. 

 That he has reached the order 



GLORIOUS. 



As difficulties but incite 



The impetuous mind to further daring. 

 His swollen tongue, though oft he bile, 

 Yet will he still continue swearing. 

 While deeper his potations grow, 

 His patriotism 'gins to flow ; 

 He damns the fool who does not think 

 A man to drunkenness should drink; 

 In politics his opposite party 

 Is visited with curses hearty ; 

 Till his iioise shows he has from glorious 

 Gone a step further to 



UPROARIOUS. 



"Wake Snakes!" " Huzza !" waste and confusion : 



By-words, and shouts, and noisy revel. 

 Wassail and wine in sad profusion 



Have with his senses played the devil I 

 Windows are smashed, and glasses broken; 

 Too drunk to speak, no longer spoken 

 ' His oaths are bellowed, such a rale on 

 As to astonish even Satan, 

 Jntil wilh liquor gorged full 

 Je drops liim down 



INSENSIBLE. 



Here *• Bacchi plenus," full of wine. 

 Behold the " human form divine" ! 

 Like leather bag of ages back 

 His hide is but a liquor sack. 



ed 10 sink lower ami lower iiilo tlie earth, until lie 

 had descended one hundred and fifty feet. At this 

 point, he became wedged between masses of rock, 

 and was crushed to death.— The chasm or fissure, 

 we are toUI, appears to have been forineil, by the 

 separation of the earth and rock in some convul- 

 sion of nature. The width of the fissure at the 

 stirface we have not learned, but it was covered 

 with a thin soil, which commenced giving way as 

 soon as the weight of the gentleman and his horse 

 was added to it.— Lf:r!"ng-(on (Ky.) Observer. 



A SINGUI.AR MPB PRESERVER. 



The following singular circumstance we copy 

 from " Scott's Recollections of a Naval Life."— A 

 marine who had just joined the ship, and was un- 

 acquainted with the excellent qualities of the dog, 

 endeavored while bathing to enice him from his 

 station into the water. The noble animal paid no 

 attention to his invitatior. One of the crew to'.d 

 the marine that if he swam out of the sail, and 

 would call out as if in distress, and suit the action 

 to the word, Mr. Boatswain would certainly obey 

 his summons. The marine took the hint, got out 

 of the sail, and began to enact the part of a drov n- 

 ing man to perfection. The dog instantly sprang 

 into the water, with his ears erect, his eye flashing 

 fire from intense anxiety; away he sw.nu for the 

 soldier, who, on the approach of his canine friend, 

 began to have some misgiving as to the wisdom of 

 his proceedings. He now became alarmed lest 

 the dog should seize him, which manceuvre Boat- 

 swain appeared resolved to execute. His fears in- 

 creased with the dog's endeavors to efl^'ect his pur- 

 pose ; and finally he roared out most lustily for 

 help from his shipmates. The louder the poor 

 devil sung out, the more determined was the saga- 

 cious brute to seize him, and he very soon accom- 

 plished his purpose, grasping him firmly by the 

 hair at the back of his neck, and twisting his face 

 towards the heavens, brought him alongside, amidst 

 the convulsive roars of laughter of the whole ship's 

 company and the piteous cries of the jolly n.arine. 

 Boatswain would not resign his hold till the fright- 

 ened man was assisted up the side ; the bite of a 

 rope being then placed overboard for his conduc- 

 tor, he pl"ced his fore-leg in it up to his shoulders, 

 and, holding himself stiflly out, was hauled n, , mrl 

 caln'ily resumed his watch as if nothing hud W.:\>- 

 pened. ^ 



wound ill lis breast touched it with its bill, and 

 tlieu looked up in my lace with an expression : 

 which 1 have no wish to forget, for it had power 

 to touch my heart while yet a hoy, when a thou- 

 sand dry precepts in the academical closet would 

 have been of no avail." 



Mrs. Hale never penned a truer sentence than 

 the following—" Real and pure afJ'ection is alway" 

 quiet and delicate in its attentions, and no man o. 

 refinemt-nt can long love a wife whose demonstra- 

 tions of attachment are obtrusive and importunate." 



Bavs'or Courier. ^^^^^^ 



EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT. 



A GENTLEMAN iu the neighborhood of this city, 

 in riding across his farm a few days since, was 

 suddenly surprised anil alarmed to find his horse 

 gradually sinking into the earth. He instantly 

 leaped from the animal, and by so doing his own 

 life was providentially saved. — The liorse continu- 



pOTHERGII.Ii, 



I,., his Essay on Natural History, mentions an 



incident of his boyish days, of which he says he 

 never could lose the remembrance, but which gave 

 rise to sentiments and rules of action since very 

 dear to him. • "Besides (he cays) a singular ele- 

 gance of form and beauty of plumage, the eye of 

 the common lapwing is peculiarly soft and expres- 

 sive : It is large, black and full of lustre, rolling as 

 it seems to do in liquid gems of dew. 1 had shot 

 a bird of this beautiful species, but in taking it up 

 1 found that it was not dead ; 1 had wounded its 

 breast and some big drops of blood stained the pure 

 whiteness of its feathers. As I held the hapless 

 bird in my hand, hundreds of its companinns hov- 

 ered round my head, uttering continued shrieks of 

 distress, and by their plaintive cries appeared to 

 henioau the fate of one to whom they were con- 

 nected by tics of the most tender and interesting 

 nalute: while the poor wounded bird continually 

 moaned with a kind of inward wailing note expres- 

 sive of the deepest anguish ; and ever and anon it 

 raised its drooping head, and turning towards the 



LINN.«iAN GARDEN AND NURSERIES. 



Flushino . „e«,- New York.-V/M. PRINCE &, SOINS have 

 iust published iheirAOT Catalogue uith greatly reduced p-tces 

 Application therefor, and all orders, inusl be seni dutcl to 

 them per mail. The Fruit Trees are of the largesl size or 

 iransplaniuig, and suitable for Orchards to come promptly in- 

 to bearing. Ot Ihe superior new Flemish Pears, and other 

 i,ew varii^ies, the trees are 3 to 4 years from the gralt, and in 

 ilie most vigorous stale, as are also the German varieties of 

 Apples, Cherries, Plums and Peaches, which are so « ell cal- 

 culated lor a northern climate ; Ornamenial Trees and t lower- 

 ing Shnbs can be lurnished of the largest size worth treble 

 ihe once of small ones, as several years are thus gained in 

 emblllishinenls. In fact those who wish very superior Irees 

 cante assured of receiving such as cannot lad loguelhen. 

 salisfacl.on ; ihe immense stock on hand, aflording the tneans 

 of making superior selections. The collections olliardy t low. 

 ei"g Planus, Green House Plants, and Bulbous Flower Roots, 

 have been enriched with all the new varieties, «hich are ofler 

 ed at very low prices. The assortments ol Roses and Uoubl 

 Dahlias comprise all the splendid new varieties, and eaci 

 colleeiion occupies an acre of ground.-A greal discouu 

 is maoe on both these classes ol flowers, and Splendi 

 , Dahlias are supplied at g3, ^44 and Sb per dozen, eacl 

 root a distinct liamed variety ; Chinese » " tie.'y o Moru 

 Muliicaulis, al S^ P" dozen, p5 per 100; l-^bella Ca 

 tawba, Wiiiiie, or Buck, and Alexander Grapes, al p pe 

 dozen or S^O per 100; Superior Lancashire Gooselie_rnes as 

 tried at S3 p^er doze'n, of SfO per 100 ; Fine Red Raspbei 

 ries Jili per 100. Where so desired, selections will be mad 

 ol ihe ii'ost hardy kinds of Fruil and Ornamental Irees an 

 I'lams -uited to a norihcrn climaie, and the situation ol ol 

 Nur=ems, which are in a loliy and open exposure, renders lb 

 ireespaiiicularb hardy. The assorlment ol Garden, F.el. 

 and Flower Seeds is unrivalled in extent, and forms a complel 

 tonceniraiion of the choicest varieties known in Kiirope, ai 

 iliis country, and having been raised under our own inspcclioi 

 „r orowii expiessly for us by our correspondents, we express, 

 .ruaraniee their excellence and accuracy, and we ask jio paj 

 mem where they do not prove exactly as repre.senied. 11 

 Catalogue contains many new and very superior varieties 

 veeetable and Flower Seeds, and among the Field bi^ds a 

 Suferior Proveuce Luzerne, Whii, Uuich Clover, Pacej 

 oertnmal Rye Grass, New Italian do Early Angus and Hop 

 own Oats, English Potato Oais weighing 44 lbs. per busbc 

 Orchard Gra.ss, Tall Oats Grass, Trilohum nicamaium. 



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 l„r's Forty lold, or Crimson Nonsuch Potato which is nc 

 lakiui; precedence of all others in England, and 60 bushels F 

 lalo Onions. Venders of Seeds will be supplied at very 1< 

 rites and a credit to suit iheir convenience. W here a lar 

 number ofTrees,&c. aie wanted, a discount will be made a 

 a credit allowed if desired, and to Nurseries the terms will 

 every respect be made favorable. Every invoice emaiialr 

 from us has our printed heading and signature, and none oih. 

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