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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



F^BRTTARY 15, 183 



NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



NEW AND VALUABLE BOOKS. 



We liave received from tlie kindness of An- 

 tliors, Booksellers, and other friends, sevend vol- 

 UMies and pamphlets of much merit, which we 

 would recommend to our readers as works which 

 will repay well the purchase money, and the time 

 spent in a diligent and carefid perusal. We will 

 now mention the titles and ohjects of some of these 

 productions, and hope hereafter to find room and 

 leisure for more extended notices. 

 Permantnt Temperance Documents of the American 



Temperance Society. Vol. I. Boston : Setli 



Bliss, 5 Cornhill ; and Perkins, Marvin & Co., 



114, Washington Street. 



The object of this work is laudable, and it con- 

 tains a mass of facts and arguments which cannot 

 fail to convince those who, suffering appetite to 

 predominate over reason, will not refrain from 

 the poison of spirituous liquors. The following 

 extract presents a fair sample of this work. 



" By the facts presented in the Fourth Report 

 of the American Temperance Society, the follow- 

 ing truths are established, viz : — 



" 1. Ardent spirit as a drink, is not needful. 



" 2. It is not useful. 



" 3. It is a poison which injures both the body 

 and the mind. And this results not merely from 

 the great and increasing quantity of the liquor 

 which may be taken, but from the kind. It is u 

 liquor which is injurious in its nature, and which 

 cannot be taken without harm. 



" 4. It impairs and often destroys rsason. 



" 5. It lessens the power of motives to do right. 



"6. It strengthens the power of motives to do 

 wrong. 



" 7. It tends to bring all who use it to a pre- 

 mature grave ; and usher those who understand 

 its nature and effects, and yet continue to drink it, 

 or to furnish it as a drink for others, into a mis- 

 erable eternity." 



In the introduction it is said ''The principles, 

 facts and Teasonings contained in this volume, 

 have special reference to Alcohol in the form of 

 distilled liquor ; but they will apply to it in every 

 other form, in proportion to its quantity, the fre- 

 quency with which it is used, and its power to 

 produce intoxication, or derangement of the reg- 

 ular and healthy action of the human system. — 

 The volume is divided into five parts, called Re- 

 ports. These, however, are not so much Reports 

 of the operations of the friends of Temperance 

 and their results, as reports of Principles in the 

 Government of God, as illustrated by facts with 

 regard to men, which show, that for them to con- 

 tinue to use ardent spirits as a beverage, is a vio- 

 lation of his laws ; and will prove by its conse- 

 quences, that ' the way of the transgressor is 

 hard.' " 



History oj Wori:eHer,Ma^s. from its earliest set- 

 tlement to Sept., 1836 ; with various notices 

 relating to the History of Worcester County. 

 By William Lincoln. Worcester: Moses 

 Phillips & Co. 1837. 



This is a work of merit, and is entitled to a 

 place in the Library of the Farmer, as well as in 

 that of every person engaged mostly in profes- 

 sional or literary pursuits. It is dedicated to the 



Rev. Aakcjn Bancroft, D. D. In the dedication 

 the Author observes as follows : 



" Except for your warm encouragpinent of the 

 general design of this history, without knowledge 

 of the maimer of its execution, it would have per- 

 ished. If there is any merit in the preservation 

 of the facts it contains, it is yours," &c. 



In a well written Preface, the Author observes 

 as follows : 



" The events of the history of the town, were 

 closely interwoven with those of the county, and 

 seemed to demand detailed notice from this con- 

 nexion : and at every .step, matters of curious in- 

 ter.st, which it seemed impossib'e to reject, arose 

 to seduce fiom the direct path of narrative ; until 

 the annals of a village have become as voluminous 

 as the records of an empire. # « » 



"The general plan of airangement,afrording con- 

 venience in tracing the course and connexion of 

 events, and facility of reference, has been imitated 

 from Mr Shattuik's History of Concord. It would 

 have been greatly desirable that the excellence of 

 the model could have been more fully copied." 



The style of this work is perspicuous, without 

 much ornament o.- ostentation. The narrative is 

 sufficiently ininute to answer all the purposes of 

 accuracy, without being too circumstantial, or ren- 

 dered tedious by prolixity. The following may 

 suffice for a specimen. After describing the lo- 

 cation of the county road to Connecticut, the au- 

 thor proceeds : 



"On this road, south of the fording place, was 

 erected, at a very early period, one of those edi- 

 fices called block or garrison houses, and denomi- 

 nated in the records ' the old Indian Fort.' The 

 structures for defence against the tribes prowling 

 in the forest, j^o far as specimens have survived 

 tlie waste of time, or descriptions lieen preserved 

 liy tradi.ion, had great uniformity in construction. 

 They were built of timbers hewn on the sides in 

 contact with each other, firmly interlocked at the 

 ends, and fastened together with strong pins. — 

 They were generally square in form, and two sto- 

 ries in height. The basement was furnished with 

 a single thick door of plauk. The walls were 

 perforated with narrow loop holes for the use of 

 musketry against an approaching foe. A ladder 

 easily drawn up, if the lower floor was forced, 

 ascended to the next room, which projected two 

 or three feet over on each side, having slits for 

 infantry, and wider port holes for cannon. The 

 gentle slope of the roof afforded an elevated posi- 

 tion to overlook the surrounding country, and was 

 sometimes crowned with a little turret for an ob- 

 servatory. These watch towers, impervious to ball 

 or arrow, were of abundant strength to resist an 

 enemy unprovided with artillery, and might defy 

 any attack, except that of fire on the cunibustible 

 materials. To these wooden rastles, in the infan- 

 cy of the country, the inhabitants repaired on the 

 alarm of danger, and found ample ppotection with- 

 in the rude fortresses, seldom reduced by thesav. 

 age of too fierce temperament to await the linger- 

 ing progress of a scige." 



The Lady's Book. — The February number of 

 the Lady's Book, shows that it has fallen into 

 good hands. Mrs Hale is eminently competent to 

 the task she has assumed, and is adding greatly 

 to the claims upon further patronage, which this 

 interesting periodical always possessed. Mr Bar- 

 ton has contributed a good thing to the number, 

 and others, whose names are connected "with the 



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literature of the country, are also writing for the 

 Book. 



Mrs Hale is a proper person for such a work as 

 the Lady's Book — we have had occasion for as 

 many years as it would be courteous in an old 

 gentleman to remember a lady, to notice her wri- 

 tings, and to admire the strictly useful tendency 

 of every line — to see that effort which she made 

 at amusing the young, was connected with the 

 great end of their improvement. Well educated, 

 a mother and a widow, she knows how to feel for 

 the rising generation, and how to express that 

 feeling — and whenever she undertakes the work 

 of instruction, by narration or by morals, we find 

 in her composition, an unction that carries con- 

 viction and produces good. We congratulate the 

 readers of the Lady's Book, upon the acquisition 

 of such a person — may they long enjoy lier ad- 

 ministration, and liberally minister to her comforts. 

 — U. S. Gaz. 



Catching Rabbits with Eaglfs. — An Eng- 

 lish gentleman, Capt. Greene of Buckden, in Hun- 

 tingdonshire, has in his possession a splendid 

 specimen of the gold eagle, that he has himself 

 trained to take hares and rabbits. When the dif- 

 ficulty even of handling a bird of the size and 

 strength of the golden eagle is considered, this 

 must be deemed extraordinary. 



SEEDS FOR COUNTRY DEALERS. 



Traders in the country who may wish to keep an assort- 

 ment o( Genuine Garden Seeds, lor sale, are inlormed they 

 can he furnished at the New England Farmer Office, Nes. .'il 

 ando'i North Market Street Hoston, with boxes containing a 

 complete assortmcnl o( tlic Seeds mostly used in a Kiicheu 

 Garden, on as favorable terms as lhe\' can be procured in tliis 

 country, neatly done up in small papers, at 6 l-4eents each — 

 warranted to be of the growth ol 1836, and of the very first 

 quality. A liberal discount will be made to dealers. Orna- 

 inonial Flower Seeds will be added on the same terms, when 

 ordered, as well a? Peas, Hcans, Early and Sweet Corn, etc. 

 Orders should be sent in early. Catalogues supplied gratis. 



Jan. 18. 



GARDENER WANTED. 



One who thoroughly understands his r-usiness, paiticularly 

 greenhouse culture, wil find cmuioymeni. hy addressing 

 MARSHALL P. WILDER, 3 Central Wha.f. 



Jan. 11. 



GARDENER WANTS .4 SITUATION. 



CommunicaticTS lef. at this Office will be attended to. 

 Feb 1. 



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