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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



FEBRUARY 13, 1839. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



(From the Bangor Courier.) 

 RECEIPT FOR MAKING CAKES. 



VERSiriKD BV S. A. A. 



If there's a lady in this learned land, 



Upon her tea hoard wishes sonielhing grand — 



Let her take this advice ; 

 Here's a cake, whose flavor's past dispute — 

 The most fastidious palate needs must suit ; 



Two pounds of Hour froin fre.<hly gathered wlie; 

 One half a pound <»f butter that is sweet, 



While sugir of the same weight — 

 A pint of milk, three eggi, a little yeast — ■ 

 Such as is fresh, 'tis said is always best 



A relish to create. 



Part of the flour and milk and yeast mix well, 

 And let it stand till it doth plainly tell 



'Tis as the other— light. 

 The butter then, the eggs and sugar stir 

 Together nicely — as you would prefer 

 Jfound cake on bridal night. 



The last along with balance of your flour. 

 To the first mixture you shall gently pour, 



And let them once more stand 

 Tliat the grand compound may become ai light 

 The merest glance assure you it is right, 



Then put it in the pan. 



To rise your cakes fit for a courtier's table. 

 Requires, I judge, as near as I am able — 



Five hours, or thereabout ; 

 Then you will have, or I'm no judge, I ween. 

 As wholesome comfits as were ever seen, 



For levee or for route. 



P. S. A lady at my elbow hints. 



That as a stich improves a rent in chintz. 



Salt makes the dough lees tough. 

 Use it, or not, I deem it little matter, 

 Since cakes like capons, never need be better, 



When they are good enough. 



WHAT A GOOD FARMER HATES. 

 He hates long stories and short ears of corn, 

 A costly farm house and a shabby barn ; 

 More curs than pigs, no books, but many guns. 

 Sore toes, tight boots, and paper duns. 



He hates tight lacing and loose conversation. 

 Abundant gab, and little information ; 

 The fool who sings in bed, and snores in meeting. 

 Who laughs while talking, and who talks while eating. 



THE WAY TO SETTLE DIFFICULTIES. 

 Two neighbors (who by the way were brothers 

 by marriage,) had a difiicnlty respecting their par- 

 tition fences. Although tliey had mutually erected 

 a substantial fence four and one half feet in heiirht 

 on the line separating the sheep pasture of one, 

 from the grainfield of the other, yet the lambs 

 would creep through tiie crevices and destroy the 

 grain. 



Each asserted it to he the duty vS the other to 

 chink the fence — after the usual preliminaries of 

 demands, refusals, threats, challenges, and mutual 



rccriniinntion, they resolved to try the " glorious 

 uncertainty of the law" — they were however per- 

 suaded by their friends to the more amicable mode 

 of submitting the dilTerence to the final determin- 

 ation of a very worthy and intelligent neighbor, 

 who was forthwith conducted to the scene of trouble, 

 and in full view of the premises, each party in turn, 

 in a .spppcli of some lenirth, urged his claim, as- 

 serted hia rights, and set forth the " law and the 

 facts" — at the conclusion of which tlie arbitrator 

 very gravely remarked : » Gentlemen, this case 

 involves question.s of great nicety and importance 

 not only to the parties in interest, but to the com- 

 munity at large, and it is my desire to take suitable 

 time for deliberation and also for advisement with 

 those wlio are learned in the law and most expert 

 in the customs of good neighbors; in the mean 

 time however, I will just clap a billet or two of 

 wood into the sheep holes" — and in ten minutes 

 time with his own hands lie effectually closed ev- 

 ery gape. 



The parties silently retired, each evidently 

 heartily ashamed of his own folly and obstinacy. 

 The umpire has never been called upon to pro- 

 nounce final judgment in the case — so the law 

 remains unsettled to this day. — Vermont Patriot. 



A Good Wiff — Slie loves home, believing 

 with Milton, that — 



" 'The wife, where danger and dishonor lurks. 



Safest and seomliest by her husband stays, 



Who guards lier, or with her the worst endures." 



The place of woman is eminently at the fire- 

 side. It is at home you must see her, to know 

 what she is. It is less material what she is abroad ; 

 bill what she is in the family circle is all important. 

 It is bad merchandise in any department of trade 

 to pay a premium for other men's ojiinions. In 

 matrimony, he who selects a wife for the applause 

 or wonder of his neighbor?, is in a fair way toward 

 domestic bankruptcy. Having got a wife, there is 

 but one rule — honor and love her. Seek to improve 

 her understanding and her heart. Strive to make 

 her more and more such a one as you can cordially 

 respect. Shame on the brute, in man's shape, who 

 can affront or vex, not to say neglect, the woman 

 who has embarked with him for life, — "for better, 

 for worse," and whose happiness, if severed from 

 his smiloa, must be unnatural and monstrous. I 

 find, I am proud of nothing in America so much as 

 our American wives Bangor Courier. 



Misfortunes of the Poor. — The slightest 

 misfortunes of the great, the most imaginary un- 

 easiness of the rich, are aggravated with all the 

 power of eloquence, and held up to engage our at- 

 tention and sympathetic sorrow ; the poor weep 

 unheeded, persecuted by every subordinate species 

 of tyranny, and every law which gives others secu- 

 rity becomes an enemy to them. Tenderness 

 without a capacity of relieving, only makes the 

 man wlio feels it, more wretched than the object 

 who sues for assistance. — Goldsmith, 



Slippkry Places. — A follow coming out of a 

 tavern one icy morning, rather blue, fell on the 

 door step. Trying to regain his fooling, lie re- 

 marked, "If, as the bible says, the wicked .^Uind un 

 slippery places, I must belong to a diff'erent class, 

 for it is more than I can do." 



FOR sale:, a first rate: farm, 



Well situated on the road leading from the Theoloijicali 

 Seminary in AnJovcr, to the old Uoslon road : hlely owned 

 by Peter F. Shed, and well known as the David Blum Farm, 

 conlniiiins 70 ocret, more or less. There is about 20 acmsi 

 of good Woodland wiibin sight of the house. The remain-l 

 der of the farm is in jjooil coudition, and is gCDerally consid-j 

 ered, by those acquainted with it, to be -'a garden spot.'i 

 Thtre arc from 3au to 600 apple trees on the place, indepen-1 

 donilj- of other fruit trees of Rn-at value. The farm is welll 

 wnlled aud watered, the l.uililiiips in first rale order, and 

 there are upon it three wells ol cicelleni, sofi water. It is; 

 well situated for a gentleman wishinir for a resideiTce in the' 

 country, l.einc retired, and yet in the immeditte vicinity ol 

 ihe public Schools and ihe Theological Seminary ;— or foi 

 the fDriner, who wishes to raise Tegelables for market, the: 

 land la iuf; all "ood, and markets near. Il lies about half c 

 mile from Ihe Ballard Vale Kaeiory, one mile from the Rai! 

 Koad depot, and nine miles from Lowell. There are upon 

 the place about len cords of manure. 



The conditions of sale will be liberal, the owner being, 



obliged on account of ill health, to go South. — For particu-l 



lars, inquire ot the subscriber, on the premises. i 



ANDREW n. STIMP.SON. ! 



Audover, January 15, 1939. 4w 



FARM FOR SAL,K. 



A Farm situated in the southwesterly pan of Townscnd 

 on the road lending from Townsend west village to Worces 

 ler. Said farm contains 110 acres of land divided into mow 

 ing and pasturing, and a large share of wiod and limber; i 

 one story house, with two front rooms, kitchen, buttery, anc 

 two bed rooms well finished ; parlor papered ; wood house 

 well, under cover, forty feet barn, and shed, a large sheef 

 house, fifteen by thirty feel, a large cooper shop, and anothe 

 small house well finished, on the lower floor; a good aque 

 duct which comes into the barn yard, and a good orchard. 



The suliscriber will sell a part or all, and eive possessioi 

 this fall or winter, or next spring. Those who wuh to buy 

 will do well to call on the subscriber, who lives on iheprem 

 iscs, and look for themselves. ASA H. ADAMS. 



Nov. 29,1S38. 



MULBERRY TREES. 



Wm. Prince & Sons will make sales of trees and cut 

 tings of the genuine Chinese Morus Muliicaulis, Morus El 

 pansa, Alpine, Broussa, Canton and other varieties, delivera 

 ble to the purchasers at such period in the Spring, as is con 

 venient to them, and will enter into contracts accordinglv. 



Prices and terms for the trees and cuttings will be formard 

 ed to all who mav apply for them by mail, as well as prices 

 of Silk Worms' Eggs, Mulberry Seeds, &e. The Mullicau 

 lis trees ere remarkably vigorous, and as we first imported 

 the genuine tree, purchasers are sure of obtaining the genu, 

 ine kind. It is from this cause and from the ureal attention 

 paid by them, that the trees that they have sold, have giveo 

 universal satisfaction. 



Dec. 20, I33j. 2m Flushing, nearNtw York. 



FARM IN BROOKLIKE. 



For sale a farm siluntcd in Brookline, ahont four milet 

 from Boston, containing forty acres of first rate Tillage Land 

 and thirty acres ol Woodland and pasture— with a good 

 House in comple.c repair ; Barn, Chaise-house, Cornbarn, 

 Shed, Slc. 



The Farm will be sold low, together with the .Stock, Hay, 

 Tools, &c. if applied for soon, at No. 30, North Market St. 

 Boston, or Koibury Street, near Boston line. 



Dec. 26, IS3S. 



JOHN HUNT. 



A person now in the Nursery business, on a limited scale, 

 who has peculiar advantages for its extension, not possessed 

 f^y any other individual in this country, wishes to connecti 

 h mseir with some person who can furnish a small capital 

 sufficient to make the business lioth pleasant and profitable, 

 Inquire at ihc office of the N. E. Farmer. 



Nov. 21, 1833. 



WANTED. 



In the Seed Garden, connected with the New England Ag- 

 ricultural Warehouse, a first rale farmer ; one who has some 

 knowledge of the manai;enient of hot beds would be pre- 

 ferred. Inquire at ihe N. E. Farmer Office, Nos. 61 & 68 

 North Market J?!. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



THE HEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at 83 per annum 

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

 sixty days frcn the time of subscribing are entitled to a de- 

 i^ctionof 69 cents. 



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