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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



t^EBRVARY 4, 1835. 



aaas.^^a>s.^sf'Sa 



APOSTROPHE TO TRUTH. 



LV II. W. I.ONGFF.l.LOW. 



Oh hn\y ;ind elprnnl Tnill) ! Tlioii art 



An emannlion of the Eunial MiiiJ I 

 A ghiiinus attribute — a tidhle part 



Of uncreatcrl being '. who can find, 

 By diligent searching, who can find out thee, 

 Tlie Incorijpreiiensible — the Deity ! 



The human mind is a refleclinn cauglit 



From lliee, a trembUng sliadovv of thy ray, 



Thy glory heanis around us, but the thought 

 Tliat lieavenward wings its daring fliglu away, 



Returns to wher. i;s fiiglit was first begun, 



Blinded and dark beneath the noon-day sun. 



The soul of man, though sighing afier the.:. 

 Hath never luiown thee, saving as it knows 



The .stars of heav.-n, whose glorious light we see, 

 The sun whose radiance dazzles as it glows ; 



Something, that is hi-yond us and above 



The reach of human jKnver, though nut of human love. 



Vainly Philosophy may strive to teach 

 The secret of thy being. Its faint r.iy 



Misguides our steps. Beyond the utmost reach 

 Of its untiring wing, the eternal .lay 



Of truth is shining on the longing eye, 



Distant— unchanged — changeless— pure and high 1 



And yet thou hast not left thyself without 



A revelation. All we feel and see 

 Within us and around fi)rl>ids to doubt, 



Yet speaks so darkly and mysteriously 

 Of what we are and shall be evcTmore, 

 Wo doubt, and yet believe, and tremble and adore! 



loiis and uncultivated are generally engaged, will 

 be done away. — At the same time, such cliildren 

 are more attached to industry ; for when the toils 

 of the day are over, a mental collation awaits the 

 mind at home, in the character of a weekly visi- 

 tant ; the children are not seeking relief from toil 

 by i)erambulatiiig a neighbor's premises. 



" These, among a great variety of causes that 

 crowd U[)on lis, are the reasons why we would lie 

 willing to direct the attention of parents to the 

 sunple article of a newspaper. — Switzerland Guest. 



Troy, 28 below zero, Jan. 4. 



I tiea, (N. Y.) 34 " " "f " " 



Washineton city, 16 " " fcf " " 



Worcester, (Mass.) 19 " " ^^ " " 



At Northampton, in Mas.-iachtisetts, the vvater 

 in an open well was frozen at the depth of four- 

 teen feet from the surface of the earth. 



And in Bethelstown, (forming the southwest- 

 ern extremity of tliis city) a crust of ice covered 

 the water in a draw-well, twelve feet below the 

 earth's surface. This well is sliehered by a roof 

 I over the windlass. 



» A NEWSPAPER IN A FAMIIiY. 



The minils of active children are ever agog 

 after something on which their fancy may rest. 

 Tills principle of the human faculty never can be 

 satisfied short of enjoyment in something. This 

 being a self-evident position, the question fairly 

 arises, what is the best ibod for such minds ? If 

 we wish their faculties to remain useless,- deprive 

 children as much as possible, of sources of infor- 

 mation, teach them that all polish of whatever 

 kind it may be, is superfluous. Then they will 

 either be drones, or vagabonds, according as the 

 bent of their inclination may lead them. But on 

 tho contrary, if you would like to have the off- 

 spring of your charge both active and useful, }>lace 

 such Incentives bcfin-c them, as would lead a ten- 

 der and susceptible mind into a train of useful 

 ihoughts, which would so bias future conduct, as 

 to justify tho saying of the wise man, " Train up 

 a child in the way he should go and when he is 

 old he will not depart from it." One great source 

 of this bending the twig, may be attributed to the 

 reading of iiewspa|)ers. Tbi.M-c is not at any one 

 time, more niatti'r placed before a child than he 

 may think he can peruse in the course of a week, 

 after which soon arrives another treat, until it bc- 

 .-oines a matter of course ; and in proporti.m to 

 the cx])ansion of the mind of the child, will his 

 eagerness for each successive paper increase. 



When once this thirst for imiiroveincnt and in- 

 formation has gained an ascendency, the little 

 looleries and foibles that .so frequently disgrace 

 neighborhoods, and in which none but the frivo- 



COIiD WEATHER. 



. The following is the enumeration made by M. 

 Araao of all the severe winters during the last 

 ten "centuries: — In 806, the PJioue was frozen 

 over. The cold was from 18 to 20 centigrade 

 degrees below zero. In 1133, the Po was frozen 

 froni Cremona to the sea. In 1234, loaded carts 

 and wagons crossed the Adriatic in Front of Ve- 

 nice, in 1305 all the rivers of France were 

 frozen over. In 1324, it was possible to travel 

 from Denmark to Lubec and Dantzic on the ice. 

 In 1334, all the rivers of Provence and Italy were 

 frozen. In Paris the frost lasted two mouths and 

 twenty days. In 1468, it was necessary to break 

 up the wine in Flanders with hatchets, in order 

 to serve it out to the soldiers. In 1544, the same 

 became requisite in France. In 1594, the sea was 

 frozen from Marseilles to Venice. lu 16-57, the 

 Seine was entire frozen over. In 1677, the Seine, 

 was frozen for thirtyfive successive days. In 1709, 

 the Adriatic and the Mediterranean, from Blar- 

 seilles to Genoa, were frozen. In 171G, shops 

 were established on the Thames ; and finally the 

 Seine was entirely frozen over in 1742, 1744, 17C6, 

 1767, 1770, 1788, and 1829. 



The following record of the state of the ther- 

 mometer, at various places, on the recent cold 

 days, may prove satisfactory to such as are curious 

 in these matters. 



Albany, 23o below zero, Jan. 4. 



Bangor, (Me.) 40 " " " " 



Baltimore, 10 " " " " 



Boston, 15 " " " " 



Catskill, 28 " " " " 



Dunstable, • 38 " " " " 



Dover, (N. 11.) , 28 " " " " 



Goshen, (N. Y.) 32 " " " 5 



Greenfield, (Conn.) 36 " " " 4 



Hartford, 25 " " " " 



Haverhill, (Mass.) 33 " " " " 



Kinderhook, (N. Y.) 29 " " " " 



Keimebeck, (Me.) 35 " " " " 



Lowell, (Mass.) 29 " " '" " 



Lancaster, (Pa.) 22 " " " " 



Montreal, 35 " " " " 



Newberry, (Vt.) 33 " " " " 



Norwich, 24 " " " " 



Newark, (N. J.) 13 * » " " 5 



New Haven, (Conn.) 23 " " " '1 



Northampton, (Mass.) 32 " " " 



New Lebanon, (N:Y.) 39 " " " " 



Poiighkeeiisie, 33 " " " " 



Portland, (Me.) 21 " " " 



Ports uth, (N. H.) 20 " " " " 



Pittslield, (Mass.) 32 " " " 



Pottsville, (Pa.) 24 " " " " 



Saratoga Springs, 34 " " " " 



Saco, (Me.) ^ 28 " " " " 



Schenectadv, 33 " " " " 



Salem, (Mass.) 17 " " " " 



NEW EKGIiAKD SEED STORE. 



Al Ihe Afrricullun,/ oral Ilortinilturut VVaielwi se, connect- 

 ed with llie^New England Farmer llie subicnher conlmues the 

 yeed Eslal.lislimenl, and now offi-rs lo dealer Gardeners, 

 and llie public generally an unrivalled colleclion of 



GARDEN, GRASS, am. FLOWKU SEEDS, 

 romprlsing unusual fine varieties and of nndoul.led qualily and 

 viialiiy — being raised under the particular directiou and ex- 

 pressly for diis eslablishmenl. 



(lanlm Seeds in boxes assorted for dealers from 10 to lUU 

 dollars eacli. — Also in pounds, halves and quarters al very.| 

 moflerale prices. . | 



Boxes of Seed containing a good assorlmenl for private 

 E-ardens al g3 each. ,.,^,»c ■ a . 



300 to 400 choice varieties of FLOWER SEEDS m 6 cent 

 pai.rrs— Iwentv papers for gl,UO. 



Grass Seeds 'at the lowest maikel prices al \\ holesale ano 



fn/r-f and Ornamental TREES, Grape Vines. Plants am. 

 Roots supplied al one daj's notice. 



Just published, a Catalogue of 80 P^Sfs wh^cl, wdl be sen. 

 rrratis lo customers. GEO. C. BAKKt. 1 1 . 



Jan. 21. 



MULBERRY AND SIl.Iv. 



COBB'S Treatise on Ihc Cultivation of the Mulberry, an. 

 upon Silk, being an improve.l ediiion. For sale al Ihe oliic 

 of IheN. E. Fanner.. Tnce 60 cents.^^ ^ BARRETT. 



HERDS GRASS,.,OR TIMOTHY SEED. 



200 liusiiELS Iler.ls Grass Sec.l^, srowih of 1!J34-, of ver 

 ■rood quality and un.iMnlly hrigln'an.l dean, just received an 

 i^or sale at the New England .Seed Store 5 & 52 ^^nrth M,ark< 

 street. GEO. C. BARKE 1 i . 



.Jan. 7. 



FRESH WHITE MULBERRY SEEDS. 



Jdst received at the New England Seed Stoi-c, 51 &. S 

 North Market street, . ,, ,, j <•„, 



A quantity of fresh and geenuie Whae Mulberry-seed, froi 

 one of the greatest Mull..rry,Orrl,ards in Connectirul.warrall 

 ed new and good, directions accompanying each package. 

 Dec.31,lU34. GEO. C. UAlxlvE 1 1. 



NE"W 1VORK. 



Just received from llie Publisher a new work entitled Cai 

 c^BKOUS Manukfs. Healing upon the diirerent capacities ■ 

 soil for improvement &e. by E. Rnflin. E.q^Mdor of U 



Farmer's Register. ^;F-",- ^'I'i' "^ nffii. 



° Now England Farmer Oftice. 



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THE NEW ENGLAND PARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, al p per annul 

 navaWe al the end 'of Ihe year — bul those who pay wUh 

 six'lv days from the time of subscribing, are entitled lo a <i 

 duc'linn "of fiftV rents. „,,.„,, 



03= No paper will be sent lo a distance without pavmt 

 being made in advance. 



AGENTS. 



Neto Vorfc—G. C. THORBunn. G" Liberty-slrccl. 

 Albmni—WM. Thorburn, 347 Market-street. 

 rhil,uM)Ma-~D. .S- C. Landbf.th, 85 Chesnul-slreel. 

 lialtmwrr—l. I. Hitchcock, Publisher of American tarro 

 <-i„ri„m,ti-S. C. Parkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street, 

 Fhis'-iii-. N 1'.— Wm. I'KiNci; \ Sons, Prop. Lin. Hot, o 

 Mkldl.'Imni. IV.— Wight Chapman. IMerchanl. 

 /7ar//"(irrf— GooliwiN cV Co. Booksellers. 

 ^'ew'lmrypnrt—KJ^r.!<r.■/.r.R Stfpman, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth. N. 11.— Jons W. Fostkr, Bookseller. 

 Aiirnisla. .1/,. — WiLi.Ani) Snkll, Druggist. 

 JVW.<;or/.-. 17.— J. A. Bratt. 



n„«.-..r, jif.'.— Will. JL\nn, Dmsgist. , 



Halifii.r. N. S.—V- J. IIoli.anu, Esq. Editor of Kecorda 

 S/. /.<""s— Geo. IloLToN. 



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