MISCELLANEOUS 



THE YANKEE GIKL. 



She laughs and runs a cherub thing, 



And proud is the doating sire, 

 To see her pluck the birds of spiing, 



Or play by the winter fire. 

 Her golden hair falls thick and fiir, 



In many a wavy curl ; 

 And freshly sleek is the ruddy cheek 



Of the infant Yankee girl. 



The years steal on and day by day, 



Her native charms expand, 

 Till her round face beams in the summer ray 



Like the rose of her own blest land. 

 There's music in her laughing tone, 



A darker shade on the curl, 

 And beauty makes her chosen throne 



On the brow of the Yankee girl. 



She is standing now a happy bride. 



At the holy altar rail , 

 While the sacred blush of maiden pride 



Gives a tinge to the snowy veil, 

 Her eye of light is the diamond bright, 



Her innocence ihe pearl ; 

 And these are ever the bridal gems 



Of a happy Yankee girl. 



Naomi on her last passage down the Mississippi, 

 encountered a fine large buck swimming in the 

 middle of the river, and immediately gave chase. 

 Having soon come up with the enemy, she rounded 

 to and threw out grappling irons ; but the deer let- 

 ting out a reef in his topaails, scudded away from 

 tlieir reach. Now commenced a regular and inter- 

 esting trial of skill. The deer doubled and tacked 

 with the skill of an old privateer. At length the 

 deer, wearied at bis exertions, and dismayed at his 

 persevering adversary, surrendered himself an un- 

 conditional prisoner of war, and was treated with 

 great honor and attention at a public dinner given 

 on board the next day. — St. Louis Bulletin. 



A JVegro Fiddler. — A negro man was going 

 through the woods with no companion but his fiddle, 

 when he discovered that a pack of wolves were on 

 his track They pursued very cautiously, but a few 

 of them would sometimes dash up and growl, as if 

 impatient for their prey, and then fall back again. 

 As he had several miles further to go, he became 

 much alarmed. He sometimes stopped, shouted, 

 and drove back his pursuers and then proceeded. 

 The animals became more and more audacious, and 

 would probably have attacked him had he not ar- 

 rived at a deserted cabin which stood by the way 

 side. Into this he rushed far shelter, and without 

 waiting to shut the door, climbed up and seated 

 himself on the rafters. The wolves dashed in after 

 him, and becoming quite furious, howled and leaped, 

 and endeavored with every expression of rage to 

 get at hira. The moon was now shining brightly, 

 and Cuff being able to see his enemies, and satis- 

 fied of his own safety, began to act on the offen- 

 sive. Finding the cabin full of them, he crawled 

 down to the top of the door, which he shut and fast- 

 ened. Then removing some of the loose boards 

 from the roof, scattered them with a tremendous 

 clatter upon such of his foes as remained outside, 

 ■who soon scampered off, while those in the house 

 began to crouch witli fear. He had now a large 

 number of prisoners to stand guard over until morn- 

 ing ; and drawing forth his fiddle, he very good na- 

 turedly played for them all night, very much, as lie 

 supposed, to their edification and amuseiTient ; for, 

 like all genuine lovers of music, he imagined it had 

 the power to soften even the heart of a wolf. On 

 the ensuing day some of the neighbors assembled 

 and destroyed the captives, with great rejoicings. — 

 Hall's J^otes on the Western States. 



Efffcis of Sleep upon the Eyes. — A due portion 

 of sleep is as essential to enable the eyes to perform 

 their office comfortably and effectively, as a due 

 portion of rest is to enable the limbs wearied with 

 toil, or the mind with reasoning, or other kind of 

 exertion, to resume with alacrity their wonted offi- 

 ces. But sleeping, too long protracted, on the oth- 

 er hand, is hardly less destructive of accurate, 

 healthy vision, than when taken too sparingly ; for 

 as in the one case the organ is enfeebled by unre- 

 mitting activity without a proper degree of repose, 

 so in the other case, the eye from unfrequent or in- 

 sufficient exercise, becomes torpid and dull, and if 

 inaction be persisted in, it is at length unfitted for 

 Its functions. — Curtis on the Eye. 



MoRUS MuLTicAULis Shoes ! — We presume 

 that Hartford can boast the latest application yet 

 of the far-famed morus multicaulis — being noth- 

 ing less tlian than the manufacture of shoes. — 

 We have just been shown a lady's shoe, full siz- 

 ed and handsomely finished, made from a morus 

 multicaulis leaf The advantage of shoes made 

 from this article is, that after they are worn out, 

 they are as valuable as ever — they will still do to 

 feed worms Hartford Cour. 



Hunting Deer by Steam.— \Me have heard of 

 boots being blacked, clothes washed, love letters 

 written, and butter churned by the application if 

 steam ; but we never before heard of deer being 

 caught by the same omniscient agent. The steamer 



Lying. — There is no vice so pitiful, so contempti- 

 ble as that of lying. He who permits himself to 

 tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a sec- 

 ond and third time, till at length it becomes habit- 

 ual : he tells lies without attending to it, and truths 

 without the world's believing him. 



Though you cannot see when you take one step 

 what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice and 

 plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out 

 of the labyrinth in the easiest manner possible. 



If a person is bent on quarrelling with you, leave 

 him to do the whole of it himself, and he will soon 

 become weary of his unencouraged occupation. — 

 Even the most malicious ram will soon cease to 

 butt against a disregarding object, and will usually 

 find his own head more injured than the object of 

 his blind animosity. 



Hale's Patent Horse Power and Patent Thresh- 

 ing Machine. 



.lOSEPH BRECK & CO. oiiTer for sale this valuable 

 machine and feel greal confidence in recommending it as the 

 best machine now ui use. It will thresh from 75 to 100 

 bushels per day in the best possible manner. The horse 

 power is calculated to propel any kind of machinery, 

 IS very simple in its constrnclion, occupies but the 

 small space of nne feet by two, and can easily be transport- 

 ed fn)m one piaie to another, and when combined with the 

 Threshing Machine it forms the most superior article for the 

 purpose ever invented. They can be supplied at short no- 

 tice at the N. E. Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. 



Auirusi 23. 



fie-%v York Urate and Pondrette Company. 



Ntit incorporated but carried on by individual enterprise. 



The manures are not divided among the Stockholders, as 

 are those belonging to another establishment, but sold, to ap- 

 plicants, for cask on delivery. Orders are supplied in the 

 order of lime in, which they are received. Urate 50 cents and 

 Poudrate 40 cents per bushel, with conttngent charges for 

 hags or barrels, &c. 



The compiiny are daily preparing for use, during the 

 warm, dry weather, the materials collected during the past 

 winter, and will have severdl thousand bushels ready before 

 the first of October next. The material is disinfected and 

 rendered iVee from offensive smell, by a compound, every 

 part of which is in itself a good manure. 



The experience of the past and present years, 1838 and 

 1839, on Long Island, has satisfied many of the fanners 

 that these manures have the quickest operation upon vegeta- 

 ble matter, producing greater abundance, and the cheapest 

 of any manure they have ever tried. 



Amended instructions for their use, the result of praetied 

 experience, will be furnished on application. The effect o7" 

 Poudreite upon Grape Vines and Morus Multicaulis is bey- 

 ond all comparison. 



This company are erecting large and extensive works in 

 the vicinity of the city of New York to prepare the manures, 

 and farmers and gardeners may confidently rely on a supply. 



Orders, postpaid, directed to " TIte New York Urate and 

 Poudrate Company," Box, No. 1211, Post Office, NewY'nrk, 

 or sent to the store of STILLWELL & DEY, No. SB5 

 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, will be attended to. 



The Company will he very much obliged to gentlemen 

 who have used the manures, to give them a statement in wri- 

 ting what has been the result of their use and experiments in 

 relation to them. 



New York, August, 1839. 



Exercise. — Exercise is generally considered too 

 omnipotent ; and relying upon its restoring power, 

 people run into every kind of extravagance in liv- 

 ing, apparently in the firm faith that an evening or 

 a morning ride will fully indemnify them against 

 any deleterious results from such excesses. Xhey 

 seem to think that late hours, excessive drink, and 

 gluttonous eating, may all be indulged in with im- 

 punity, if they will but occasionally submit them- 

 selves to a gentle jolting in a carriage, or the almost 

 imperceptible motion of an ambling nag. Exorcise 

 is indisputably a capital assistant in the preserva- 

 tion of health, but, without the concurrent aid of a 

 temperate and prudent course of life, it is but a 

 broken reed to lean upon for the promotion of a 

 healthful state of either body or mind. 



Hard Currency. — " Musket balls full bore," were 

 a legal tender in Massachusetts in 1656, ," current 

 for a farthing apiece, provided that no man be com- 

 pelled to take above 12 at a time of them." In 

 1680, tlie town of Hinghain paid its taxes in milk 

 pails. 



Multicaulis, Alpine and other Mulberries. 



WILLIAM PRINCE & SONS, proprietors of the Lin- 

 nsean Nurseries near New York, are ready lo receive orders 

 to any extent for all the varieties of Mulberries, including the 

 Chinese Muhicaulis, American Multicaulis, raised from seeds 

 and very hardy, Expansa, Elata, Alpine, Canton, Broussa, 

 Rose of Lombardy, Dandolo, Pyramidalis, &c., the six first 

 named of which surpass all others and are placed in rota- 

 tion according to merit. The prices will be moderate and 

 terms easy, and priced Catalogues will be sent to every one 

 desirous of purchasing. Fruit and Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs, Green House Plants, Bulbous Flower Roots, Field 

 and Garden Seeds, Rohan Potatoes, &c., can be supplied, 

 and priced Catalogues will be sent to every applicant. 



September 4. St 



TO WOOIi GROWERS, 



For sale a full blood Leistershire Ram, 3 years old this 

 spring ; wa."; imported into this country in May, 1838, by 

 the present owner. This ram is particularly valuable to 

 raisers of sheep, as he is very large an.f of beautiful propor- 

 tions, and produces extraordinary long wool of the best qual- 

 ity. Applvto JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



August 2'l. 4tis 



THE NEW KNGL.A^D FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annum 

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

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

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