I3f> 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCTOBER 31. ISI" 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Frran ttje Conrieclicul Currant. 



AUTUMN SONNETS. 



THE HABVE3T MOOS. 



Mild were her lieams, and light her graceful horn, 

 When first her slender crescent hung on high : — 

 — Now, like the l>rcakin? of another morn, 

 She halhes in silv.T light ihe eastern sky. 

 They say with hastening step at set of sun. 



She Conner, the autumn harvest home, to light. 

 And when our woods, and hills, and streams have won 



Her beaming eye, she lingers o'er the sight. 

 How doth her beauty sink upon Ihe heart !— 



— Waking the thoughts we cannot breathe in words. 

 O'er which our saddened spirits brood apart, 



And sigh to break their chains, and soar like birds. 

 Strange that the beauty of her gentle beams 

 Should make us sad, as when we wake from pleasant dreams ! 



A SUM.MEH DAY IN AUTUMN. 



A warmj bright, sunny day, like one of those 



That thrilled our hearts, when earth was goy with flowers, 

 And leaves were fresh in all the forest bowers !— 



— The fragrant summer lingers, ere she goes 



Krom her green haunts, beside the cooling brook. 

 With a sad beauty, like the last fond look 

 Of one we love. The melancholy sky, 



The fading leaves — the withering grass— the dim. 

 And hazy light, have to the gazer's eye, 



A mournful charm ; and hark ! the funeral hymn 

 Of the last summer day is on the breeze, 

 Mocking the briglitness of the tinted trees. 

 And gently o'er the earth, with dying swell. 

 The lingering zephyr sighs its last lareweil ! • ** 



YOUNG MECHANICS. 



There is no class of the community \spon whom 

 the future welfare of the country move essentially 

 depends tlian upon the ri.sing- generation of young 

 mechanics. If they are intelligent, sober, indus- 

 trious, and consequently independent, able and ac- 

 customed to judge for themselves, and governed, 

 in their conduct, by an enlightened view of their 

 own best intere.sts ; if they are men of this sort, 

 the mechanics and especially the young mechanics, 

 will form the strongest bulwark of our free institu- 

 tions, and the be.st hope of the Republic. 



If, on the other hand, they are ignorant, idle, 

 dissolute, and consequently poor, and dependent 

 upon those who are willing to trust them — if our 

 mechanics should unhappily become such a class, 

 (of which, thank God, there is but little danger,) 

 they wotild soon be converted into the mere tools 

 of a few rich and artful men, who, having first 

 stripped them of every sense of self respect, and 

 every feeling proper to virtuous citizens, would use 

 thetn as passive instruments for jiromoting their 

 own ambitious objects, and for the enactment of 

 laws which are beneficial to nobody bnt the artful 

 few with whom they originate. 



It is as true of the mechanical arts as of any 

 other profession, that " knowledge is power," and 

 we earnestly recommend to the attention of our 

 friends among tlie young mechanics, the following 

 excellent "hints," copied from the Butfalo Journal: 

 — J\rationnl Intelligencer. 



Hints to Young Mechanics. — The first object 

 of a mechanic, as it should be that of every one, 

 is to become thorouglily acquainted with his partic- 

 ular business or calling. We are too apt to learn 



our trade or profession by halves — to practise it 

 by halves— and hence are compelled to live by 

 halves — die by inches. 



Study and labor to excel your competitors, and 

 then you will not fail to command the patronage of 

 the most discerning and liberal paymasters. There 

 is a great variety of highly useful knowledge which 

 appertains to every branch of business, that may 

 be acquired by a course of judicious reading. 

 This knowledge, well digested and systematized, 

 constitutes tlie science of every occupation. Thus, 

 if you are a carpenter, the science of architecture 

 should be studied with profound attention; if a 

 ship-buildor, the science of navigation and hydro- 

 statics, and that combination of them which will 

 give the largest capacity to a vessel with the least 

 resistance from the water, and the greatest safety 

 in time of danger from tlie elements. If you are 

 a mechanist or~ mill-wright, the mechanic powers 

 should be well understood; and if the machinery 

 is to be propelled by steam or water, you should 

 study tlie science of hydraulics, and should have a 

 perfect knowledge of the chemical combination of 

 heat and water, both in its latent and active state, 

 and understand how it happens that a quart of 

 water converted into steam, which, by a thermom- 

 eter, is no hotter than boiling water, yet will bring^ 

 a gallon of water up to the same temperature. If 

 you are a hatter, a dyer, a painter, or a tanner, 

 there is no study so useful as chemistry. 



The fact was known a quarter of a century to 

 chemists that gum shellac was insoluble in water 

 before any hatter ever used it to make waterproof 

 hats. The whole art of giving beautiful and dura- 

 ble colors to different bodies depends entirely upon 

 the chemical artinity of such bodies for the color- 

 ing material, and tlie affinity of this latter for the 

 diflTerent colored rays of light. 



We speak understandingly when we say that 

 the tanners and the public in the United States 

 lose millions annually from the lack of scientific 

 knowledge how best to combine vegetable tannin 

 with animal gelatin, which is the chemical process 

 of making leather — call it by what other names 

 you please. 



There is a vast amount of knowledge which is 

 now completely useless that ouglit to be brought 

 home to the understanding of every operative in 

 this Republic. We love industry and respect all 

 who practise it. But labor without study is like a 

 body without a soul. Cultivate and enrich the 

 mind with all useful knowledge, and rest assured 

 that an intelligent understanding will teach the 

 hands how to earn dollars when the ignorant earn 

 only cents. 



The above was raised by John Hall, (milkman,) 

 on the lloyle farm, in the south part of the city, 

 from seed brought from France, by Mr Cushman. 

 The seed planted nearly three weeks later than the 

 proper time. 



Great Ccriositt. — Lieut. Comdt. Sturgis, of 

 tlie Revenue Cutter Hamilton, showed us, this 

 inorninff, a hoe, which was found completely em- 

 bedded in a stick of live oak timber, of Georgia 

 growth, intended for the ship Republic, built last 

 year, at \V areham, by Capt. David Nye, and now 

 sailing out of the port of New York. The timber 

 measured 15 inches square, and the hoe was dis- 

 covered by one of the shipbuilders cutting into it 

 with an axe. — Trans. 



The editor of the Vevay Times says, unless 

 some of his subscribers send him some oats he 

 shall again have to feed his horse upon e.xchange 

 papers. 



Extraordinary Yield — From the farm of 

 Abram Bennett, of Saratoga County, N. Y. has been 

 raised this season, a large Chinese Squash, mea- 

 suring in circumference, (> feet 5 in., weighing 13.") 

 lbs. This is one of six raised from fi single seed, 

 the whole weighing 714 lbs. From tivo seeds, Mr 

 Bennett actually has raised the weight of 1177 lbs. 

 Beat this who can ? This squash may be seen at 

 the store of Smith &, Wood, '237 River street. 



L\RGE Squash, at Undkruill & Hall's. — 

 ft in. 

 Length, 2 3 



Diameter, 2 .5 



Circumference, (longitudinal,) 8 1-2 



do (latitudinal,) 7 



Weight, 236 lbs. 3 oz. 



FRiriT AND ORNASIENTAI. TREES, MUL.BER- 

 Rli!:s, d^c. 



yursery of William Kenrick. 

 The Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees for I83S is now ready, and will be sent 

 to all who apply. It comprises a most exten- 

 sive selection ofthe superior varieties of Pears, 



. Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, Quinces, 



Gooseberries, Raspberries, Currants, Strawberries, Grape 

 Vines, &c. The slock of Cherries and reaches now ready 

 is particularly large. Also, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 

 Roses, Honeysuckles ; Pa;onies, Dahlias and other Herba- 

 ceous Flowering Plants. 



-| f\t'\ (\f\f\ MoBUS MuLTicAULis are now offer- 

 J.UU.UUU cd for sale; the trees genuine and 

 line, will be ready for delivery at the cities of Boston, New 

 York and Philadelphia, in October nest, at prices fair, and 

 varying with the size, and the quantity which may be de- 

 sired. Also, Bronssa and other varieties. 



Mulberry and olher trees, when so ordered, will be secure- 

 ly piicked for safe transportation to distant places, and all 

 orders promptly executed, on application to B. D. Breck, 

 Commission Store, No. 132 Water Street, New York, M. S. 

 PcwELL, Seed Store, No. 7 Arch Street, Philadelphia, or to 

 the subscriber, Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston. 

 Augustl,183S. WILLIAM KENRICK. 



MU1>BERRT TREES. 



200,000 Genuine Mulberry Trees, and as many more as 

 may be wanted, of the most approved kinds— consisling of 

 the best selected varieties now in use, for cultivation, feeding 

 worms, and making silk ;— being acclimated to this country, 

 and adapted to either w-,rm or cidd climates, affording a 

 rare opportunity for companies or individuals to be supplied, 

 from the most extensive collection of mulberrry trees evei 

 seen in any village with™ the Uniied Slates, 



Autumn is decidedlv the best time for removal, and orders 

 left with Messrs. I, B. Colt, Secretary of the Connecticut 

 Silk Manufacturing Company, Hartford ; Alonzo Wakeman 

 at the office of the American Institute, No. 187 Broadway 

 N Y. ; Thomas Lloyd, Jr, No. -'36 Filbert street, Philadel- 

 phia Pa. ; Luther I. Co.>;, Baltimore, Md. ; B. Snider, & 

 Co. Savannah, Ga,; Bliss Jenkins, &Co. Mobile, Al ; James 

 Lyman, Si. Louis, Mo. ; Case and Judd, Columbus, O. ; G 

 Harwood, Rochester, N. Y.; and the publishers of this ad- 

 vertisement, or with the subscriber, in Northampton, Mass. 



Orders left with the above gentlemen will be promptly at- 

 tended to, and each will be furnished with samples of thf 

 foliage. . 



Several valuable farms may be had Willi or without Mul 

 berry Plantations. 



Apply at the office of 



Northampton, Aug 23, 1833. 



D. STEBBINS. 



THE NEW ENGl.ANI> PARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Eveniiig, at S3 per annun 

 payable at the end of the year— but those who pay withir 

 sixty days from the lime of subscribing are entitled to a de 

 ductionof 50 cents. 



DENNETT AND CHISHOLM, PRINTERS, 

 n SCHOOL STREET.. BOSTON. 



