NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JANUARY 2S, 193S. 



From Brainard's Poems 

 The project for colonizing in Africa ihe " free people of 

 color," was the subject of these lines. 



"Miigna componere paivis." 



All sights are fair to the recover'ii blind- 

 All sounils arc music to the deaf rcstor'd— 

 The lame, made whole, leaps like the sportive hind ; 



And the sad bow'd down sinner, with his load 

 Ol shame and sorrow, when lie cuts the cord, 

 And drops the pack it bound, is free again 

 In the light yoke and burden of his Lord. 

 Tims, with the birthright of liis fellow man, 

 Sees, hears and feels at once the righted African. 



'Tis somewhat like the burst from dealh to life; 



From the grave's ccremcyils to the robes of Heaven ; 

 From sin's dominion, and from passion's strife, 



To the pure freedom of a soul forgiven! 



When all the bonds of death and hell are riven, 

 And mortals put on immortality; 



When fear, and care, and grief away are driven, 

 And Mercy's hand has turned the golden key, 

 And Mercy's voice has said, " Rejoice-lhy soul is free. 



MR. ADAMS' ORATION 



■ —Upon the life and character of Gen. Lafayette, 

 is spt.ken of by those who heard it as one of the 

 first prodtictions of the day. For the able man- 

 ner m which he discharged the dtity assigned to 

 him Mr. Adams has received the tlianks of both 

 houses of Congress. The House of Representa- 

 tives ordered 50,000 copies to be printed at Us 

 own expense, for gratuitous distribution, and the 

 Senate 10,000 copies. These just compliments 

 to Mr. Adams must be liighly gratifying to him, as 

 well as to his old friends, who have in this instance 

 an opportunity of seeing that his talents and char- 

 acter still command the respect due to them, m 

 spile of .-.U the force of that party machinery and 

 political depravity which controls public sentiment 

 and drives such men from the high posts of honor 

 to which they are entitled.— iancaskr Journal. 



I,EECH BITES. 

 Difficulties occasionally arise, in practice, in 

 consequence of an unexpected and profuse hemor- 

 rhage after the leech lets go its hold. There have 

 been several instances, in the United States, ot the 

 (hath of infants from this cause. It becomes im- 

 portant, therefore, to keep in recollection the best 

 methods of treatment in such cases. Plaster-ot- 

 paris paste h.is lately been thought the most suc- 

 cessful ; but a writer in England, who appears to 

 have bail considerable experience, gives the lul- 

 lovving directions: 



" Cut from rather fine linen as many pieces as 

 you may retjuire, of half an inch square each, and 

 place one over each bleeding orifice. When it is 

 perfectly wetted with the blood, it should he press 

 ed to the skin, and t.t the -same time a dossil of | cal nature 

 lint or other very absorbing substance, brought to 

 i, point, must be applied to the centre of the Imen. 

 The fresh blood being thus taken from the edges, 

 they are allowed to dry and become firm."— Bos- 

 ton Med. 8,- Sur. Journal. 



Watch Oil. Mr. Samuel Smith, watch-maker, 

 af, this city, is already well known as a manufac- 

 turer of watch oil, and we have seen a bottle ot it 

 in a fluid state, while under exposure in the late 

 severe weather. Hence it is believed to be of a 

 superior quality fijr that use.— Brooklyn, L. I. pa- 

 jjer. 



ITEMS. 

 It was said, with truth, by Charles the Twelfth 

 of Sweden, that he who was ignorant ot the arith- 

 metical art was but half a man. With how much 

 -reater force may a similar expression he applied 

 to him who carries to bis grave the neglected an, 

 unprofitable seeds of faculties, which it depended 

 on himself, to have reared to maturity, and ol 

 whicl^'the fruits bring accession to human hap;)!- 

 „ess-more precious than all the gratifit^atioiis 

 which power or wealth can cowmamX.—Dugald 

 Stewart. 



We have the following account of a genuine 

 patriot from a foreign paper : — 



General Laurent was a baker at Languedoc— 

 he took up arms during the French revolution, 

 and rose by his bravery to the rank of general : 

 but when he found Bonaparte had destroyed the 

 republic, he burnt his uniform and took to his 

 trade again, in which he continued to his death. 



Fame. What a difference too between the as- 

 piration after immortality and the pursuit of cele: 

 brity' The noise of distant and future fame is 

 like the sound of the far oii'sea, and the mingled 

 roll of its multitudinous waves which as it swells 

 on the ear elevates the soul with a sublime emo- 

 tion ; but present and loud applause flung contin- 

 ually in one's face, is like the noisy dash of the 

 surf upon the rock,— and it requires the firmness 

 of the rock to bear il.— Mrs. Jameson. 



Keep Cool. A man of sensibility is always either 

 in the attic of ecstacies, or the cellar of sorrow ; 

 either jumping with joy, or groaning with grief. 

 But pleasure antl pain are like a cucumber— the 

 extremes are good for nothing. 



A gentleman attempting to carve a fowl, finding^ 

 consiilerable difliculty in separating its joints, ex. 

 claimed against the cheat \vho sold him an old hen 

 for a chicken. " My dear," said his wife, " don't 



talk so about the aged and respectable 3Ir. B , 



he planted the first bill of corn that was planted in 



Q " a I know it," said the husband, "and I 



should think that this hen scratched it up." 



Incendianj Rat. While the owner of a soap 

 factory in the city of New York on Monday night 

 was washing his hands, he observed a lighted can- 

 dle placed by one of the workmen, carried ofl" by 

 a rat, who dived into a hole. On darkening the 

 prem'ises the light was discovered through the 

 crevice of a board, and on' raising the floor the 

 candle was found burning near some shavings, and 

 in a few minutes more the whole building would 

 have been on fire. Great caution should be used 

 not to leave candles lighted where rats can carry 



them olf. 



Squintiji^-Simple Remedy. I have not deemed 

 it necessary to notice squinting among diseases of 

 the eye, the cure of it being of a purely mechani- 

 cal nature. The contrivance of this kind with 

 which 1 am acquainted, consists of spectacle 

 frames fitted with convex horn, having a small 

 aperture only large enough to admit light to the 

 centre of the pupil, by which means the squiuter, 

 if he wishes to see at all, is obliged to accustom 

 himself to look straight forward. 



Sand. No manure is so good as sand to loosen 

 and soften a clay soil. A clay soil has more the 

 food of plants in it than any other soil, and wants 

 only to have its cohesion sufliciently broken to give 

 a free passage to the roots of vegetables. A layer 

 of two and a half inches thick will not be too 

 much for laud in tillage, if it be a stift' clay. The 



benefit of sanding does not appear so much the 

 first year, as in a year or two afterwards, for the 

 oftener the land is tilled the more thoroughly is 

 the sand mixed with the clay. But sand, laid on 

 clay land, in grass, will produce great eflect.— 

 Hartford Times. ___^_^___^^= 



' NEW ENGI-AND SEED STORE. 



At the Agrknliural and Horiiadlural Wareliouse eonnected 

 wid the New-England Farmer the subscriber continues the 

 S edt.abbshment.and nowofifers to dealers, Gardeners, and 

 die public generally an unrivalled collection ol 



GARDEN, GRASS, and FLOWER SEEDS, 

 comi-iising unusual fine varieties and of undoubted quality and 

 vUalh^-^being raised under the particular direetiou and ex- 

 uresslv for the establishment. „ , , , in .„ ir.n 



^ GardniS!etds,n bo.-ies assorted for dealers from 10 to 100 

 dolfarseaoh.-Also in pounds, halves and quarters at very mod- 



"'boITs^J Seeds containing a good assortment for private gar- 



'"loO lo*l)rctice varieties of FLOWER SEEDS in 6 cent 



'"'?j;^;r1eKM,^^i-t market prices at Wholesale and 



^T^it and Ornamental TREES, Grape Vines, Plants and 

 Rnnls suDplied at one day's notice. 



''Su:t;u''l]lished aCataJgue of 80 P^|- -^' ^AtkETr 

 gratis to customers. t.l'<J- ^- aa.tli^tu 



Jan.!;l. 



A GARDENER. _ 



An experienced Gardener well acquainted with the duties of 

 hist,srssTn"all its departments wishes a sduation^ C^ pro-l 

 duce good recommendations. Address J. B. at this otHce. 



Jan. 21. . , 



COW AND CAIiP. 



For Sale an excellent Cow and Calf.— Price , 

 o G. C. BARRETT. 



)0. Apply 

 Jan. 21. 



SILKS AT REDUCED PRICES. 



Eliab Stone Brewer intending to make a new arrange- 

 ment in his business will sell hisstock of Silk Goods at very 

 reduced prices, viz : 



"0 tipccs BIk. Gros de Naples (slightly spotted) at 25 cts. per 

 ya;d--i5 do. perfect, 2s. do -25 do. Superior batins Levau- 

 Jines 3s6. do.-lO do. do. 3s.-5 do. Ktch Striped do 3si).- 

 40 di. Rich and Superior Cordl^oult deSo,es,3s.--30 do do. 

 (snoued «" 6 -1£> do. Heavy Blk. Siiichaws Irom 2s.fa to 3s.6. 

 ij^do di'Sa snets, from 2s. ra,3s.6.-100 Dress Patterns Fig. 

 BHck Canto. Crapes at f.s. per pattern-50 do do. to match, 

 7s G--50 do o. Brown, 7s.6-.W pieces Black Canton Crapes 

 a Is per yar.l-20 do Heavy Blk Turk Satins (4-4 m widlh) 

 6 5 do do Italian Lustrii.gs'ss.-lO do. Common do. 3s -1» 

 do Fi°'d an 1 Plaid Sarsnets, 2s.6-20 do. Grecian Shallys of 

 .uperio'r labrick and figures 3s.y-a few pieces Foulards at os. 



Also, Blk. Brown, Green, Lt. Blue, Piuk and yellow Satins. 

 No. 414 Washington-street, Dec. 27th, 1834. ^ 



NEW MrORK. 



Jdst received from the Publisher a new work,entitlcd Cal- 

 CAKEous Manures, treating upon the different capacities of 

 oil; ?or improvement &e. by E. Ruffin Esq^ EdiU,r of the 

 i?,,„orV Kcwkier GEO. C. BAKKt. 11,, 



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