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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JTDI-Y 3!, 1939, 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



RAILROAD ENGINE. 



The following grand description of this new and 

 tnighty anima], that is now careering through our 

 land, is extracted from the London Quarterly Re- 

 view : 



" There are, no doubt, many of our readers who 

 iiave yet to receive those common-place impressions 

 which are made upon the mind of the traveller, 

 when for the first time he sees and hears the en- 

 gine, as from a point in advance on the railway it 



ored figures on one of the long stripes of painted 

 glass, which, after slow exhibition before children, 

 are by the showman rapidly drawn across the lens 

 of his magic lantern ; all these sensations unite in 

 making the traveller practically sensible of the as 

 tonishing velocity with which not only he and his 

 fellow passengers, each seated in his arm chair, but 

 heavy goods, can now be transported." 



The following communication comes from an es 

 teemed correspondent, who has left us some of the 

 oak galls referred to for distribution to those who 



reTroVrIdingly\7proVcle7in"orderto'behooke'd^n>^''^ *«'■■ ^''"'"^^ '" ""= ^''^^'^ '" 



to a train composed, a^ on the London and Liver- q'^e^t'on.— Ba«. Jlmtr. 



pool line, of eighteen or twenty huge cars, besides j Remedy for Dysentf.rt — Grate a dry oak gall 

 S>rivate carriages on runners, caravans full of hor- I ("i" b^i'l) fine and .stew it for a few niinntes in about 

 ses, wagons of heavy goods, &c. &c. &.c. The j the third of a tea-cup full of water ; then add a tea 

 Immense weight, upwaids of eighty tons, to be cup full of brandy and sufficient loaf sugar to make 

 transported at such a pace to such a distance, when j >' *'ery sweet For a grown person take a table 



'■ " ■ spoonful and repeat every hour or two according to 



the virulence of the disease. For a child a tea- 

 spoonful is sufficient. Two or three doses will gen- 

 erally effect a cure. 



I have known this remedy to succeed in the most 

 violent case of dysentery. 



I do not know whether the oak gall can be had 

 of the apothecaries, but they are abundant in the 

 country, and can be obtained gratuitously at almost 

 every farm in the vicinity of Baltimore. 



A few of them are left with the editors of the 

 American to be given to such as desire to try them 



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compared with the slight, neat outline of the en 

 gine, the circumference of whose black funnel would 

 not twice go round the neck of an antelope, and 

 whose bright copper boiler would not twice equal 

 the girth or barrel of a race-horse, induces the 

 stranger to appn^hend for a moment that the ap- 

 proaching power must prove totally inadequate ; 

 but the tearing and deafening noise with which this 

 noble animal of man's creation advances to his work, 

 satisfactorily demonstrates that it has itself no fear, 

 fjut comes as a bridegroom out of his chamber, re- 

 joicing like a giant to run his course. 



If the character of this noble creature be con- 

 sidered for a moment with that of a horse, the com- 

 parison is curijus. With sufficient coals and wa- 

 ter in his manger, which, it must, be observed, 

 whenever he travels he takes with him, he can, if 

 Che aggregate of his day's work be considered, carry 

 cveiy day for years, at the rate of si.\teen miles an 

 hour, the weight of an army of 21,404 men, of 10 

 stone 10 lbs. each ; whereas a good horse could 

 not, at the same pace, and for the same distance, 

 continue to carry, every day, more than one such 

 man. For a distance of 80 miles he can carry the 

 weight of 2,768 men at a rate (16 miles an hour) 

 that neither the hare, the antelope, nor the r i ■ ■-■ - 

 horse could keep up with him. 



No journey ever tires him'; he is never heard to 

 grumble but for want of work ; the faster he goes 

 Uie more ravenously he feeds ; and for two years 

 he can thus travel without medicine or surgery, ft 

 requires however, £2000 a year to support him. We 



Yankee Perseverance. — An itinerant map sell 

 er went into a merchant's counting room near our 

 office, the other day, and asked the occupant if he 

 w ished to purchase a map. " No," was the tart reply. 

 "Will you look at one ?" "No; I have more of 

 my own now than I have time to examine." " Will 

 you allow me to look at yours then ?" " Yes, 

 there they hang." " Well, while I am looking at 

 your's I'll just tmroll mine — that you know won't 

 hurt any body." So the map vender displayed sev- 

 eral of his best at full length upon the counter, 

 and then quietly commenced looking at the mer- 

 chant's, which hung against the wall. Afler mak- 

 ing a few observations about some curious water 

 falls, caves, &c , at places which he traced out up- 

 on the map before him, he managed to engage the 

 merchant's attention, and at last referred to his own 



map, lying on the counter, for a more perfect illus 

 might to these observations" add a graver reflection ; j tration of his descriptions, and finally so much in 



that, as by the invention of the telescope, man has 

 extended his vision beyond that of the eagle, so, by 

 the invention of the locomotive engine, he has now 

 surpassed in speed every quadruped on the globe. 

 We will, however, detain the engine no longer, but 

 for a few moments will, with our readers, accom- 

 pany the train with which it has now started. 



The dashing at full steam speed into ihe small 

 orifices of the tunnel — the midnight darkness that 

 prevails there — the flashes of light that occasion- 

 ttUy denote air shafts — the sudden return to the 

 joyous sunshine of the world — the fi 

 company's green servants, who, as the 

 past them, stand all in the same attitud 

 as statues, with white flags (the emblems of safety)" 

 in their extended hands — the occasional shrill, 

 plaintive whistle or scream by which the engine, 

 whenever necessnry, scares the workmen from the 

 rails — the meteor-like meeting of a return car, of 

 which in transitu no more is seen than of the col- 



terested the auditor, that he bought three different 

 maps, at six dollars each, of the pedler, and very 

 politely asked him to call again when he put out a 

 new edition ! — Bost. Post. 



Eloquence. — A Mississippi paper gives the fol- 

 lowing pathetic commencement of a speech of one 

 of their lawyers some years since, on the trial of a 

 negro for the murder of another named Daniel, 

 whom he buried on the hill-side, in such haste as 

 to leave one of his feet uncovered, which led to the 

 detection of the crime : 



Daniel is no more ! 

 k the snowy cotton ball, 

 plough the straight furrow — no more shall he 

 enliven the negro quarter on Saturday nights with 

 the recital of coon hunts, or sing "jaw bone" at the 

 corn shuckling! No, gentlemen, he lies buried on 

 the iiill-side, with one foot out and one foot point- 

 ing to the arched vault of heaven I" 



c ,, 1 aeiection oi tne crime : 

 gures of the 



; train whisks " Gsntlemen of the Jury 



]e, motionle^Bkno more s'lall Daniel pluck 



ems of safety Por plough the straight fun 



STRA1VBERR I ES. 



Those who am desirous of cullivniing this delicious I 

 are respectfully informed that ihe suliscrdier has succee 

 afler a number of years experimenling upon the SlTawbi 

 not only in ohlamin^ 7if7r varictlfSf |jut in ascertaining 

 best methoJ ol'cultivation. 



Specimens of the fruiis grown in his Garden have 1 

 exhiliiieil at the Massach usetli Horliculturul Society Re 

 \he four past years, and are also too well known in Fai 

 Hall Market to need a particular notice here- 



He has for sale at his Garden in Brighton, Mass., 

 following eio'kt varieties of Plants. They are of supi 

 stock and quality, all warranted to he truly named and 

 from the mixtures often found in those offered for sale 

 miscuously. 



Those who are in want of Strawberry Plants, are resj 

 fully invited, and ihey will find it interesting, to call al 

 Garden and see the manner of cullivalion. The melhc 

 cultivation, and any information desired will be cheerl 

 given. 



The subscriber would state that from many years pers 

 experience, he is saiisBed that plantations of these v 

 made the last of July or early in August, by careful 

 constant attention will produce nearly or quite as much 

 the season followinjas those plantations made in the Sp 

 will produce the second year. 



Warren's Seedling Mclkven. — A new and valuatile k 

 A free bearer, fruit very lar^e and juicy; fruit meusu 

 four and a half inches have been exhibited the present 

 son. 



Melhren Castle. — Fruit extremely large, high flavo 

 and showy. Specimens of this kind have been exhibtte 

 the Horticultural Rooms for two years past, measuring 

 and a half inches in circumference. 



Balk Scarlet.— Ftail large, lull hearer, and beautiful s 

 let. 



Early Virginia.— This is considered the earliest fruil 

 free bearer, hardy, and very early ; decidedly i; Jine kind 

 market. 



Royal Scarlet — Kruit long oval shaped and juicy. 



Hauthois — Pruit smaller but very iiurr.'crous- 



English Wood —Fruit well known. 



Monthly. — Kruit is gathered from the vines from Jun 

 October, and in good quan.iiv and fine quality. 



J>- Orders left at the Garden, or directed to the suli! 

 her, Brighton, .Ifass , or left at Messrs J. Breck & ( 

 Agricullural Warehouse, Hoston, will be carefully 

 promplly allended to, and all Plants will be carefully pi 

 ed and forwarded agreeably lo directions. 



.iAMES L I.. F. WARREP 



Nonantum Vale, Brighton, Mass. July 17. isSw 



irlciilas, C 



Tulips, Kaiiunculujies, Asiemo 



NATIONS, I^ICOTEES, PiNKfl AND GEHANlUftlS 



H. GROOM, of Walworth, near London, England, by 

 poinlment Florist to Her Majesty Gtueen Victoria, begs 

 spectfully to call the attention of' his friends and the adi 

 ers (if flowers in America generally, to his extensive collec 

 of the above flowers, which from his having been very ! 

 cessful in their cultivation this season he can offer at i 

 moderate prices. He would parlicularly recommend toll 

 persons about commencing the growl h of the Tulip (wl 

 in tl^nglaud is becominir very fashionable) the unde rco. 

 tinns in beds, as it is by far the cheapest mode of purcba: 

 them. 



Tulips arranged in lieds with their names. 

 First Class. 



A bed of 30 rows containing 210 bulbs including severa 

 the newest varieties, -..---. 



A bed of 4.1 rows, - 



.^ uv.- ol no rows, - - - . . 

 Second Class. 



A bed of 30 rows including many fine sorts, 



A bed of 4o rows do - - 



A bed ol 60 rows do - 



Tulips not arranged. 



too Superfine sorts with their names from 



Superfine mixtures, from 



Ranunculuses. 



too Superfine sons, with their names from £3 3s to £s 



Superfine mixtures, from - - - 5s to ais per 

 Anemones. 



100 Superfine sorts with their names, - - £3 



Superfine double mixtures irom 10s Gdto2lsper 



Auriculas. 



25 Superfine sorts with their names, - - £3 13! 



Catalogues with the prices of the other articles may 

 had on application. 



Orders received by JOSEPH BRECK & CC 



Nov. 1. eow. 



25 guic 



£17 



£7 7s to . 

 7s 6d to 



THIS HEW e:ngla>u fakmf.k 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per anr 

 payable al the end of the year — but those who pay wil 

 ixtydays from the time of" sufiscribing are entitled lo a 

 ductionof 5U cents. 



TUTTLE, DENNETT AND CHISHOLM, PRIRrERi 



n SCHOOL STREET BOSTON 



