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NEWENGLAND FARMER. 



Jl'IiT 13, 1830. 



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[For the New England Fanner, j 



COL.U WATER. 



" Cold water cools, thins and clears the blood. It 

 keeps the stomach, head and nerves in oider: and 

 makes people feel tranquil, serene and cheerful. ' 



Water ! delicious beverage ! let me sip ! 



No purer nectar can approach the lip. 



Tho' bards of old have sung of crimson wine, 



Extolled the S|jarkling juices of the vine, 



Let modern bards in more e.\alted strain. 



The charms of water I nature's drink proclaim. 



What liquid looks more lovely to the eye i' 

 Who never watched the pure stream moving by ? 

 Or the clear drops that from the bucket fell 

 As ilcame slowly rising from the Well i" 



Water I ay drink it, every lovely thing — 



The fairest flower that decks the breast of Spring, 



And scents the breezes with its rich perfum* 



Requireth water to preserve its bloom. 



The gay, bright feathered songsters of the air, 



Who tune their throats to drive away our caro, 



Spread their light pinions o'er the sparkling rill, 



And in the crystal waters dip the bill ; 



Then, with a happier song sail up the sky 



Waste ncher music 'neath the vaulted sky. 



And e'en the useful animal that's born 

 To toil in summer's he.-\t, and winter'r storm. 

 When thirsty, asketh nougljt but icater pure, 

 That he, his toH and labor may eudure. 



Water, the beverage which all creatures drink 

 Save MAN, that noble being, made to think ! 

 He, turns away from nature's purest spring. 

 And cries, a cup of stronger liquid bring. 

 Puts to his lips the poison .' drinks it down ! 

 Staggers, and falls besotted to the ground ! 



Not so with water : water, simple, pure. 

 Drink it, if ye would toil, fatigue, endure : 

 Drink it, ye fair, if ye would long retain 

 The hues of youth, of health and beauty's stain, 

 Drink it, all ye, who would life's journey go, 

 And never, never feel the drunkard's wo. 

 Nor, when the storms of death, around you rave, 

 Be called to slumber in a drunkard's grave ! 

 Hartford, June, 1836. . J. W. 



How TO PROCURE A BOKFJRE. Take a wood- 

 en box RDywIiere between two and four feet in 

 length, and twelve to twentyfour incljes wide, 

 with a plank bottom, and sides three or four inoh- 

 es high — fill it with scraps of paper torn finely, 

 with pine shavings, or what is preferable because 

 most fashionable, witli fres'n, dry saw-dust — kiln 

 dried if procurable. Then place the box as neiar- 

 ly as may be upon the centre of the floor of some 

 Insurance Office, Banking House, Reading Room, 

 or other public institution — large warehouses, 

 and indeed stores of every grade may sometimes 

 answer the purpose. Denominate the receptacle 

 thus stationed, a » Spitting Box " — from its fre- 

 quent spitfire pro|iensities. Drop into it acciden- 

 tally, now and then, the remainder section of an 

 ignited spgar — The warm alkaline residuuni of 

 an expiring tobacco pipe — the nnexlinjjiiished 



remnant of a uew-lighted brimstone match or 



even the last exciseil or pinched-off snuff from a 

 spermaceti candle. The later the evening hour 

 in which this process is performed the better: the 



colder and drier and darker the weather, the more 

 successful the experiment — especially if tried in 

 tlie midst of a compact pine-built neighborhood. 

 Supjiosing a eegar end, and a saw<lust spitting, 

 bdx, the agents, a result may be sometimes attain- 

 ed which will astonish the very operators them- 

 selves, and set all the town to wondering at the 

 cause. The "vital spark," being brought into 

 contact with the dusty combustible, a singularly 

 secret union is immediately forced, the effects of 

 which are imperceptible at the surface ; for the 

 course of the combustion is downward and infun- 

 dibuliforni toward the box's bottom; where it 

 seizes the solid wood, continues to penetrate and 

 extend, reaches the floor, crawls along the fixtures 

 or moveables to the wainscoting, and finally bursts 

 into the open atmosphere, in living, raging cata- 

 racts of flames, presenting a sublime and glorious 

 conflagration, not easily to be subdued by counter 

 elements in the hands of puny mortals. If repeat- 

 ed experiment of this description within a short 

 period, and in the middle of our shingle encamp- 

 ment which we call town, have been frustrated by 

 officious intennedlers, it is no evidence of a want 

 of faith in the system. Some people still insist 

 on clinging to the " sawdust spitting box," as the 

 most eligible contrivance yet discovered, for heat- 

 ing the air, straightening the streets, removing ob- 

 structions of every sort, and introducing an era of 

 perfect ecpiality — all by the enlightening aid of a 

 splendid bonfire! — JVanlucket Inq. 



Rich a:(D comfortable. — One of the wealth- 

 iest farmers on the Connecticut, in a town not far 

 below this, tells the following story: 



" When first I came here to settle, about forty 

 years ago, I told my wife 1 wanted to be ricli. 

 She said she did not wish to be rich, all she want- 

 ed was enough to make her " comfortable." I 

 went to work, and cleared up my land, I've work- 

 ed hard ever since ; and liave got rich ; as rich as 

 I want to be. Most of my children have settled 

 about me and they have got good farms. And 

 niv wife an't comfortable yet." 



A REMARKABLE LONG NIKE Jack had spo'ken 



bis passage in the New Bedford stags intending 

 to ship on a whaling voyage. Just as the stage 

 was about to start, he purchased along nine — 

 one of the longest kind — which he litatjd placed 

 in his mouth, and then made a move to get into 

 the stage. But he was taken all :iback when the 

 driver told him he could have no stnoking there. 

 However, Jack took a stand upon the sidewalk, 

 and puffed t*vay like vengeance. Finally, all the 

 other passengers being in. Whip called upon the 

 sailor to take his seat, but he heeded him not, and 

 the driver impatiently bawled out a second time; 

 "Come, come! drop your segar; all ready!" 

 " Well, well, don't be in such a devilish nip," 

 muttered Jack, "let me smoke it short enough 

 to get it into my hat, wont you." — Dedkam Ad- 

 vertiser. 



HIaxims. — The worid may accuse thee but not 

 condenm thee ; if thy conscience accuse thee, it 

 will certainly condemn thee. 



Beware of flattery — distasteful truth is more 

 useful than deceptive sweetness. 



If guilt oppress the keep it to thyself. Little 

 minds like little vessels soon run over — great 

 minds will never annoy by jiouring out their un- 

 welcome contents, unasked. 



CARROT SEED. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, 250 lbs. vi'ry lae 

 Long Orange Carrot Seed. Ever^' farmer knows tne value 

 of carrots as fodder for horses and callie. ll is calculated 

 thai one bushel of lliem, is fully equal lo one bushel of oats. 

 Tliev produce on an average 500 bushels to the acre. 1 he 

 seed may be sown to the 20in of June. Alay 18. 



NATIVE FOREST TREES. 



The subscriber will furnish the following kinds of Native 

 Forest Trees from the vicinity of Bangor, Maine, and ship 

 them careluily, according to orders, viz. : Silver Firs, (from 

 2 lo 3 feet high); Elms, (from 5 lo 25 feel); Rock Maples, 

 (from 5 lo 25 feell ; Mountain Ash, (from 5 lo 25 feet) ; 

 Spruce, Sumachs, Pines, and Cedars, Red Cherry, Sugar 

 Plums, and Junipers. Also Seed of ihe abo\'e trees furnished 

 in Iheir season. Any orders addressed lo the subscriber. 

 Seedsman at Bangor, or left at Geo. C. Barrett's Now England 

 Seed Store. Boston, will meet with pron pt alieniion. 



Bangor, May 2, 1836. WM. B. HARLOW. 



COCOONS AND RAAV SILK. 



Th''! Northampton Silk Company, will pay Cash for Cocoor : 

 and Raw |SiIk al Iheir Estabhshment at the Oil Mill Flare at 

 Northamplon. 



The C<»coons should be str'pped of the flrss, aj.d placed in 

 the sun three or four days in succession, to destroy llic I hrys- 

 alis, a. id should not be packed lor transportation till they have 

 been gathered ^hree weeks. If they are put up belure well 

 cured, the damp ness from the dead Chrysalis wih cause ihem 

 lo heat and render ihcm useless. The}- should lie carefully 

 packed in dry boxes or barrels — not pressed but shaken down. 

 The Company will contract for any quantity to I0,(X)O bushels, 

 to be delivered in good order at Northaniplon 'I'lio price 

 will be regulated according lo quality. Cuiiivalor? shiijld be 

 aware that a loss of fifty per cent is often made, by want of 

 aiiontion in feeding. Consequently the price will vary— Irom 

 g1 50 to g5 GO per bushel will be paid. It is the intention of 

 the coni])any, that this shall be a permanent market for Co- 

 coons and Raw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased l)y the 

 pound, as soon as the necessary experiments have been made, 

 lo regulate the price according lo the age of (he Cocoons, as 

 it is well known, thai they become gradually lighter lor several 

 months, till all moisture is evaporated. Cultivators in Ver- 

 mont and New Hampshire will find it convenient to forward 

 Cocoons by Ihe River Boats. 



Commujiicalions (post paid) may be addressed to 



SAMUEL WHITMARSH, 

 Prtsident of Vie Northampton Silk Compat ij. 



June 8. 



Ao acre:s 



Of the best land in Roxhury, for sale, situated o i Brush 

 Hill Turnpike, about 4 miles from thi city, near Grove Hall, 

 together with all the buddings thereon, comprising a conve- 

 nieitl dwelling house, 2 barns, oue of which has a cellar, and 

 is capable of holding 100 tons of hay, with an inexl austible 

 well of soft water conlig '.^us — a mill house — corn bar i, sheds, 

 &c. — large, valaable orcnards of inoculated fruit trees of 

 all kinds, — a nursery' of young trees — gooseberries, currants, 

 i&c. The land is well adapted lo the growth of the ft.ulberry 

 and is accessible by two roads. For further partict lars en- 

 quire of Charles Mclntire, No, 5, Exchange street, B( ston, or 

 of the subscriber on the premises. 



THOS. H. DARLING. 



Roxbury, May 23d, 1836. 



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