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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



DECEMBER 10, 1834. 



MISCELLANY 



From Brairtard's Poems. 

 \irRITTEN IN A COMMON-PLACE BOOK. 



Sk.k to your book, young lady ; let il be 

 An index lo your life— each page be pure, 

 By vanity uTioolorcd, and by vice 

 Unspoiled. Cheoi lul be each modest leaf, 

 Not 1 ude ; and pious be each written page. 

 Willioul hypocrisy be it devout i 

 Without uioroseness, be it serious ; 

 li" sportive, innocent ; and if a tear 

 Blot its white margin, let it drop for those 

 Whose wickedness needs pity more than hate. 

 Hale no onf— hale their vices, not themselves. 

 Spare many leaves for charity— that flower 

 - That belter than the rose's lirsi white bud 

 Becomes a wom;iJi's bosom. There we seek 

 And there wc find il first. Such he your book, 

 And such, young lady, always may you be. 



TOUCH NOT. 



The writings and sayings of Dr. .Tohnson tire 

 replete with good sense and sound morality — and 

 it is not without propriety that lie has l.cen tpriii- 

 ed, " the gieat English Moralist." The following 

 anecdote in relation to this oelelirated man, taken 

 from one of the late Biographies of Hannah More, 

 is now going the rounds of the papers: "Dining 

 one day with Dr. Johnson, whose spirits the com- 

 pany were an.xious to revive, Miss Hannah More 

 urged him to take a lillk wine. His reply was— 

 » I can't take a little, child, therefore I never touch 

 it. Abstinence is us easy to me as temperance 

 would be diffi iult." — Merc Jour. 



Mr. Slater, of Carlton, in yawning dislocated his- 

 jaw, and thus grinning, with his mouth stretched 

 open, passed througli the streets, to the no small 

 derision of the multitude, till he hail reached the 

 ) surgeon's, Mr. Mason, who soon walled up the 

 aperture by replacing the bone in its proper posi- 

 tion. 



A new paper, entitled the ' Stonington Cannon, 

 was to he issued at Stonington, Con. by G. W. 

 Dixon— and will, no doubt, be 'a great gun.' 



A stRlne of Edmund Kean, in the character of 

 Hamlet, is to be erected in the churchyard of Rich- 

 mond, Eng. — holding the skull of Yorick, — motto 

 " To this complexion must we come at hist." 



The f. Uowiiig eiiigram illustraies the folly of family quarrels, 

 »he world generlilly blaming both parlies. However ill at case 

 we may be abroad, it is surely v^'ise to procure tranquillity al 



'""""• EPIGRAM. 



No cat and dog could lead a life, 

 Of more unceasing noise and strife, 

 Than our man Thomas and his wife; 

 She says, our Thomas is lo blame. 

 Whilst he of her asserts the same. 



Nay, sometimes makeih oath. 

 To which, then, may we credence give 1 

 Which of these witnesses believe ? 



Faith ! I believe them both ! 



THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 



—In Virginia, and their virtues are thus descril><»l 

 in a letter to the editor of the U. States Gazette : 



The water has the pleasant flavor of a half 

 boiled half spoiled egg, is very clear, and not colli 

 enough to please the taste of a Philadelphia cock- 

 ney. The spring is covered with a handsome 

 dome, supported on columns, and is contained in 

 an octagonal inarhle case, about 7 feet long, 5 feet 

 wide, and 4 1-2 deep ; the bottom being formed of 

 the rock from which the water gushes. It is very 

 beautiful and tempting, and a res the following 

 diseases according to popular belief: yellow jaun- 

 dice, white swelling, blue ih'vilsand black plague, 

 scarlet fever, yellow fever, spotted fever, and fe- 

 ver of -uiy kind and color ; hydrocephalus, hydro- 

 thorax, hydrocele, hydrophobia, hypochondria and 

 hypocrisy ; dyspepsia, diari liipa, diabetes, and die- 

 of-any-lliing ; gout, gormandizing and grogging; 

 liver complaint^ cholic, stone, gravel and all other 

 diseases and bad hahils, except chawing, smoking, 

 spitting aii'l swearing. 



NK.VV MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. 



At the great ^iirniiiighani Musical festival, 

 which was to take place in the heginniiig of Octo- 

 ber, prodigious ei!ei-t to the instriiinenlal band 

 was aiiticipatfd (Vniii the introdiii-linn of a new in- 

 strument hitliiMto unknown in England, called the 

 contra-hass sOphkleidc or Keyed Serpent. It is of 

 brass, Sjilmiliil in appearanre, and the prodigious 

 len-rlh of 11 feet, copied probably from our Amer- 

 ican sea-serpent. In conipass it descends lower 

 than any instrument hitherto kiiiiwn, and its tones 

 have great varii^ty, from mellow smoothness to 

 tci ific power. It supplies what was a desidera- 

 tum, a powerful bass, making its invention an era 

 in music. 



LITERARY SEASONING. 



In preparing works for the press, it is usual for 

 the printer, after the proof sheet has been seen by 

 the author, to go over it again, and clear it of 

 what are called typhographical errors, such as 

 wrong spelling, inaccuracies of punctuation, &,c. 

 In performing this office for a celebrated northern 

 critic and editor, a printer now dead, was in the 

 habit of introducing a greater number of commas 

 than it appeared to the author the sense required. 

 The case was provoking, but did not produce a 

 formal remonstrance, until Mr. W- n himself ac- 

 cidentally afforded the learned editor an oi.porln- 

 nity of signifying his dissatisfaction with the pleth- 

 ora of punctuation under which his compositions 

 were made to labor. The worthy printer coming 

 to a passage one day which he conid not nnder- 

 stand, very naturally took it in his head that it was 

 nninteiligible, and transmitted it to his employer 

 with a remark in the margin, that " there appear- 

 ed some obscurity in it." The sheet was imme- 

 diately returned with this reply— "Mr. Jeffrey sees 

 no obscurity here, except such as arises from the 

 quantity of "commas, which Mr. W— n seems to 

 keep in a pepper box beside him, for the purpose 

 of dusting all his proofs." 



FALL GOODS. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, No. 4U Washington Street, 

 (South end,) has just received a complele assortmeul of 

 Full am! Winter Goods, from New York Auctions, consisting 

 of till- following varieties, viz. ■. — 



1 case of superfine London Broadcloths, consisting of the fol- 

 lowing shades of colors, viz.— drakeneck, adelaide, invisible 

 gieen. olive, olive brown, russcl brown, blue black, &c. One 

 case common do. suitable lor chddren's wear. 



'sajauiissieQ aseo i 

 I po. Saitineis, 

 [ do. Petershams, 

 1 bale primed Hocking, 



ITEMS. 



A quiet and contented mind is the supreme 

 good ; it is the utmost felicity a man is capable of 

 fn this world: and the maintaining of such an un- 

 interrupted tranquillity of spirit, is the very crown 

 and glory of wisdom. 



The ex|ilanation of the mystery of " the Man 

 in the Iron Mask" is said to he, that Anne of 

 Austria having twins, this was the one born last, 

 and by the ancient jurisprudence the last born 

 twin was held to be the eldest ; but it having 

 been decided that the first should succeed to the 

 throne, seclusion of this other was resorted to, 

 to avoid conflicting claims. 



Charles Phillips, the orator, dear to school boys, 

 and the lovers of declamation, has received tin ap- 

 pointment as public Prosecutor, worth ten thousand 

 a year, the gift of Lord Brougham. 



In conformity to the new act of Parliament, 

 making natives of India eligible as justices of the 

 peace, we find appointed the following Parsee and 

 Mahomedan gentlemen at Bombay, — Jugonathjee 

 Sunkerseit, Esq. Jamsetjee Jeejeehoy, Esq. Dada- 

 lioy Pestonjee, Esq. &.C. 



'Scarcili/ of Women. A St. Louis editor, remark- 

 ing on the. extreme scarcity of the gentler sex in 

 and about the vicinity of Galena, says that a man 

 who dwell in that desolate region lately walked 

 twenty miles to obtain sight of a petticoat, and 

 when he arrived at the place— lo, it was untenant- 

 ed and hanging ou a bush ! 



1 do. plain do. 



g bales cotton Carpeting, of su. 

 penof quality, 



1 bale sup. French Flannels, 



1 do. do. Welch do. warrant- 

 ed not to shrink in washing 



1 bale 4-1 English do. 



1 do. G 4 do. do. 



1 do common do. American. 



4 do. Angola do. a superior 



arucle, and warranted not 

 to ^hrink in washing. 



5 bales of »hUe Domeis, al 20 



cents per yard. 

 3 do. yellow do. at 20 els. per 



yard. . 

 3 do. red Salisbury FlanuiJls, 

 5 do. vcl'ow do. do. 

 1 do. superior French colton 



Blankets. 

 f do. London superior do. 

 1 do. common do. 



1 do superi"r Marseilles Quills 

 3 do. knot ed do. do. 

 1 do. G-4 French Merinos, 



1 do. do. English do. 



2 cases 3-4 <io. do. 

 500 pieces Circassians, assort- 

 ed colors, 



1 case Scotch Plaid, Isl quality 

 1 do. do. do. common, at 



]2 \-i cents per yard. 

 50 pieces cherry, pink, crim- 

 son, &c. 

 Iialiancit, al 12 i-2 els per yd. 

 1 bale Hearth Rugs, 

 i5d<iz. woollen Comforters, 

 10 do. Homan's Cravats, 



ladies' and children's 

 woollen Capes, 

 30 bales brown and while cot- 

 ton Hdkls. 



1 do. Suffolk Drillings, 

 5 do. Russia Diaper, of a very 



superior qualiiy, 



2 Jo. 4-4 Builaps, 

 2 case Athenian Camlet, an 



excellent ariicle liir ladies' 

 Habits, Cloaks, &c. 

 Nov. ^ 



1 case Athenian Cassimeres' 

 suitable for ladies' Habits, 

 Cloaks, &.e. 



1 do. ladies HabilCloth, of su- 

 perior quality, 



1 bale goat's haii Camlet, 

 7 bales Bed Tickings, from the 



following iiiai.uiactories, 



viz. Sliauin, Methuen, 



. Brown, Apsanpink, &c. 

 3 do. pi.wer-loom do. altid per 

 yard, 



3 cases Copperplate, 



2 do English Paich, 

 16 do. P. ints, assorted qualities 

 50 do. bleached Sheetings and 



Shirtings, from BJ to 26 cts 

 per yard, 

 75 do. blown do. do. from6ito« 

 163 cents per yard. 



4 cases colorcil Cumbric of su- 

 perioi quality 



6 do. do. do. common, at 6 1-4 

 cents per ^aul, 



1 case red Moreen, at 25 cents. 

 per yard, 



1 do. Canioii Table Malls, at 

 37 1-2 cents per set, 



1 do. Oil cloth do. do. 



1 do. do. do. do. suitable for 

 astral lam|is, 



50 Astral Lamp Rugs, 



1 case colored Damask Table 

 Cloths, 



1 do Russia do. do. do. 



1 do. superior Linens, 



1 do. Long La" IIS, 



1300 doz. Clark's Spool Cotlon. 

 (bik spools,) at 6d per doz. 



2100 doz. while union Tapes 

 No. 33, al li ds per doz. 



125 doz. twilled ilo. 



110 ladies Sable Boas, 



23 white Fox skin do. 



14 doz. Sable and Fox Opcr» 

 Ties, 



1 case French Inncy Boxes, a 

 less than hall ihccosiofim 

 portaiion, whiih wiih ihi 

 above ariides w dl be sof 

 for Cash, at loss price 

 than can be obiaiued elst 

 wlieie in the City. 



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