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NEW E N G L i^ N D FARMER 



JANCARY a, is: 9 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



(From the Salem Kegisler.) 



We have been requested to publ sh tliis morning the 

 following lines^ written by a young sailor, some yeara 

 ago, who lias since found a watery grave : 

 TllANK:<(iIVIi\(i DAY. 

 The fire burns briglit in my father's liall, 

 And the family circle draw round at his call, 

 Uis table is loaded with luxury's store. 

 His wine cup and flagon are both running o'ei. 

 My table's a cotton bale ; wine I have none, 

 My heat I derive from the rays of the sun ; 

 On salt beef and biscuit my hunger I stay, 

 For I'm on the wide ocean on Tkunks^iviJig Day. 



The young and the gay have met in the hall, 



And manhood and beauty both vie ut the ball ; 



They merrily dance to the brisk viol's sound. 



While the bright beams of health are gleaming around. 



No music have 1 hut the ^iorth-wostern gale. 



No dance, save the dance of the waves as I sail ; 



Froi^flbe smiles of the fair I am far, far awa}'. 



On the broad bosomed ocean, on Thanksgiving Day. 



The priest in the temple has opened the book. 



And oflered thanksgivings and prayers for his flock ; 



Loud anthems ascend, and sweet songs of praise, 



As the full choir their voices in harmony rise. 



But 1 have a temple more splendid by far. 



Its ceiling bespangled with many a star ; 



With its azure girt wreath, and its sea-girt floor, 



A place for a creature his God to adore ; 



For the voice of his children is heard when they pray. 



In tli(j midst of the Ocean, on 'riuinhsgimng Day. 



the prepared flax. The texture resembles cotton 

 sosnewiiat, and looks to be what it professes, pre- 

 pared for spinninf^. It would greatly astonish our 

 kind oUl grandmother spinsters, whose greatest de- 

 liglit is to he seated by their little " flax wheels," 

 with the lump of flax wound upon bowed sticks at 

 its head, resembling the old fashioned Dutch cap. 

 They would no doubt heave an involuntary si;:;h at 

 the prospect of the abolishment of that important 

 macliine in the economy of the homestead, the lit- 

 tle buzzing flax wheel. 



This invention is to the North what the cotton gin 

 was to the South. Our v.illie.') too are great for 

 raising flax, and we may congratulate Virginia up- 

 on this interesting di.scnvery. Revolutions are 

 taking place daily — not of blood — but in the arts, 

 the sciences and in morals. A few years may per- 

 haps set aside all our discoveries and customs as 

 antiquarian, and inutile. — Richmond Compiler. 



tains, besides the information furnished by almanac 

 generally, a large amount of information 'lit'lil- 

 interesting to all. The labor and care of collect 

 ing such an amount of information must be immense 

 and we hope tiie public will duly appreciate it 

 usefulness. 



A GREAT DISCOVERY. 



One of the greatest inventions of the age, is 

 that, of recent date, of machinery for the prepara- 

 tion of flax for spinning, after tiu; manner in which 

 cotton is spun. We have been favored with a cir- 

 cular from the "Delaware Manufacturing Company," 

 setting forth the prospects and designs tif tliat com- 

 pany. It is engaged in the manufacture at tliis 

 time of the lint or '-short .-staple," which is the pre- 

 pared state of the flax lor the spinner or manu- 

 facturer. The advantages of the " sliort staple" 

 system for manufacturing flax are stated as fol- 

 lows : 



1. There is no loss of fibre, as no tow id requir- 

 ed to be taken out — all the lint is converted to lin- 

 en of tlie finest quality, [by the old mode, of brack- 

 ling, spinning with the fingers, &c., there was a 

 loss of from (hrce quarters to seven-eighths of the 

 original weight.] 



2. The expense of labor required to convert 

 it into cloth, is reduced to oiij-tenth the former 

 cost. 



3. The expense of bleaching in the flax [as it 

 is done on the now system,] is much less than 



n the cloth, [according to the old,] and is not so 

 liable to be injured in the process. 



4. The operation of bleaching in tlie cloth 

 takes from it a considerable weight of glutinous 

 matter, and consequently loaves the goods open, 

 and the thread soft twisted. On the other hand, 

 by the short system, the glutinous matter is extract- 

 ed before it is spun, and the thread will of course 



; in nincli inoix solid. 

 \V ith the circular wc received a specimen of 



AiiTiFiciAL Showers. — Stand back Animal 

 Magnetism, and all the rest of tlie train of hum- 

 bugs, and give precedence to Mr Espy, who has 

 petitioned Congress to bo appointed Commissioner 

 of the Storms. With all tlie gravity of a genius 

 seeking a patent for a new washing machine, Mr 

 Espy, of Philadelphia, has sent a memorial to the 

 Senate, representing that he is the inventor of a 

 machine with which he can raise a thunder cloud 

 at a moment's notice ; aye, and tup it too ; and 

 then extract from it such a plentiful rain as slrall 

 not oii'j moisten the dry and parched earth, but 

 swell the Ohio river to such a magnitude that it 

 shall be navigable for steamboats at all seasons of 

 the year, liut the mortal who has such a tremen- 

 dous power in his hands, is a fool to beg patronage 

 froiTi any body. Let him station his machine at 

 the door of the Capitol some day, and, just as the 

 members of Congress are passing out after an ad- 

 journment, " pelt them heartily" with rain, and thi-y 

 will soon l(g of him to accept any favors they may 

 have to give. But he needs no aid from govern- 

 ment. So great is the number of people who are 

 dissatisfied with the laws and operations of nature, 

 that he would never lack employment, if he can 

 only perform what he promises. A friend of ours 

 has got on his premises a beautiful site for a mill ; 

 a large basin seams to have been scooped out pur- 

 posely for a pond'; and he often laments that it is 

 not furnished with even a small stream of water. 

 The manufiicturers, too, will be ready to contract 

 with him for a constant supply of water at all sea- 

 sons of the year. Then, again, there are country 

 towns that wish to he converted into sea-ports. 

 Why thp man who can construct a good navigable 

 river from Worcester to Long Island Sound, or 

 Narraganset liay, so that steamboats can come 

 from the ocean up into the Heart of the Common- 

 wealth, is terribly beside himself to be caught lay- 

 ing at the doors of the Capitol, Gulliver among 

 Lilliputians, begffing like a sick girl for a cup of 

 water. Out on such an arrant impostor ; his own 

 actions belie his professions ! — M'orceslcr Palladium. 



Hard Labor and Lo>g Life. — A youn'j 

 at the age of eighteen years in 1714, wa.-^ 

 demned to the galleys in France, on account 

 high crime, for the long period of one huuire 

 years, which was probably intended by the Judg 

 to confine him for lile. Remarkable as it may ap 

 pear, in 1814, the man being in perfect health, at 

 ter an unremitting series of hardships of an entir 

 century, was discharged, being exactly one hundre 

 and eighteen years old. On visiting Lyons, h 

 laid claim to an estate which belonged to his fan- 

 ily. M. Bertholm, the possessor, who considore 

 his title undoubted, by the advice of his own law 

 >er, paid the old heir 4,^001. to S(!ttle the biisinee 

 and free his property from embarrassment. 



Liberty on both sides. — A ragged milit.ar 

 officer, and a still more bandy legged negro, uu 

 at the bar of a public house, where tlie followin 

 conversation took place : " Cuff, you're a cood hoi 

 est fellow, and I like to compliment a man wjiat 

 lived an honest life if he is black ; you shall tak 

 a glass of drink with me Cuff." " Well, captin; 

 I's berry dry, so I won't be ugly 'bout it ; eon 

 niggers is too proud to drink with militia office! 

 but when he's sober he jis as good as nigger- 

 'epecially when de nigger's dry." 



The Boston Almanac for I83!>. — This ster- 

 ling little volume, edited by S. N. Dickinson, and 

 published by Thomas (iroom — is just issued from 

 the press and for sale at the bookstores in this city. 

 It is a very servicable pocket Companion to a citi- 

 zen in the country as well as a citizen in Boston. 

 As an annual, it is inferior to none in it.-i usefulness, 

 as well as its typographical appearance. It con- 



Tulipa. ItRnnncnIiiseii, Aurinane!<. Aurlrnlas, Co: 

 ■liilioiis, Picoiccs, PiiiUa, nnci Giraiiiiiiiit 



H GHOO-M, of WiiUvorlh, near Lomlon, Englan.I, !.y a 

 pnintmeril Florist tn Her Majesty Qneen Victoria, heg' 

 spcctftilly i« iall the alicnJioa ol hi^ friends and the lidm. 

 ers ol fioivirs in .tmerica generally, to hisexleiisivecolUcli. 

 of the atiove flowers, which iVoin his haviiijr been very 

 cessful in ihcir cuhivoiion this season he can offer ai 

 moderate prices. He would parliculaily reconiuienci toiho 

 persons ohout commencing the growth of the Tulip (whi. 

 in (injlantl is hecoming very rashionalile) the under coile 

 tions in beds, as it is hy far the cheapest mode of purchash 

 ihem. 

 Tulips arranged in beds n ith their names. 



First Class. 

 A lied of 30rowscoMlauiiug 2t0 bulbs including several 



the newest varieties, £ 



.\ hcd of 4.-. rows, £ 



A heil of 60 rows, ----- 25 guiiie 



Second Class. 

 A bed of 30 rows including maiiv tine sorts, - £ 



A bed of l.T rows du ' - - - £ 



A bed of 60 rows do - - - £t7 1 



Tulips not arranged. 

 100 Superfine sorts with their names from £' 7s to £ 

 Superfine mixtures, from - - - 7s 6d to 2 



Raiiuncnhisps. 

 100 Superfine sorts, with their names from £3 3s to £5 

 Superfine mixtures, from - - - 5s to 21s per I 



Anemones. 

 1 no Superfine sorts with their names, - - £s 

 Superline double mixtures from lUs Cd to 2ts per 1 



Auriculas. 

 25 Superfine sorts with their names, - - £3 I3s 

 Catalogues with the prices of the other articles may 

 had on applicaliou. 

 Orders received by JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



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