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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEPT. 13, 1843. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Jfidow. — It was a cold and bleak evening 

 in a most severe winter. The snow was driven by 

 the furious north wind. Few dared or wore will- 

 ing to venture abroad. It was a night which the 

 poor will not soon forget. 



In a most miserable and shattered tenement, 

 somewhat remote from any other habitation, there 

 then resided an aged widow, alone, and yet not 

 alone. 



During the weary day, in her excessive weak- 

 ness, she had been unable to step beyond the door- 

 stone, or to communicate her wants to any friend. 

 Her last morsel of bread had been long since con- 

 sumed, and none heeded her destitution. She sal 

 al evening by her small fire, half famished with 

 hunger, and from exhaustion unable to sleep. 



She prayed that morning, "Give me this day my 

 daily bread" — but the shadows of evening had 

 descended upon her, and her prayer had not been 

 answered. 



While such thoughts were passing through her 

 weary mind, she heard the door suddenly open and 

 shut again, and upon going to the entry, found de- 

 posited, by an unknown hand, a basket crowded 

 with all those articles of comfortable food which 

 she needed, and which had the sweetness of man- 

 na to her. 



Where were her feelings on that night, God on- 

 ly knows; but they were such as rise up to Him, 

 the Great Deliverer and Provider, from ten thou- 

 sand hearts every day. 



Many days elapsed before the widow learnt 

 through what agent God had sent her that timely 

 aid. It was the impulse of a little child, who, on 

 that dismal night, seated at the cheerful fireside of 

 her home, was prompted to express the generous 

 wish that the poor widow, whom she had some- 

 times visited, could share some of her numerous 

 comforts and cheer. Her parents followed out the 

 benevolent suggestion, and a servant was soon de- 

 spatched, to her miserable abode with a plentiful 

 supply. 



What a beautiful glimpse of the chain of causes, 

 all fastened at the throne of God. An angel, with 

 noiseless wing, came down, stirred the peaceful 

 breast of a child, and with no pomp or circum- 

 stance of the outward miracle, the widow's prayer 

 was answered. — Portland Tribune. 



The Straight Way to Heaven. — An itinerant 

 preacher, of more zeal than discretion, was in the 

 habit of accosting those he met in his walks, and 

 inquiring into their spiritual welfare. Passing 

 through a small village, he met a simple country 

 fellow driving a cart loaded with corn. " Do you be- 

 lieve in God, sir?" said he to the countryman. 

 " Yes, sir," was the instant reply. '' Do you read 

 your bible, pray to your Maker, and attend divine 

 worship regularly ?" and this string of questions 

 was also answered in the affirmative. " Go on 

 your way rejoicing, my lad," continued he, "you 

 are in the high way to heaven." Cudpole flour- 

 ished his whip, and drove on much delighted, no 

 doubt with the agreeable intelligence. Another 

 person came up by this time, and he also was in- 

 terrogated with an unceremonious " Do you believe 

 in God, sir ?" "What have you to do, sir, with 

 what I believe r" replied the person accosted, with 

 a look of surprise. " You are in the gall of bitter- 

 ness and bond of iniquity," cried the offended 

 preacher : " Look at that poor lad ahead, whistling 

 and driving his cart — he is on the straight way to 

 heaven." " It may be so," replied the honest far- 

 mer, " but to my certain knowledge, if he 's going 

 there, he 's going with a cartload of stolen corn!" 

 -^English pap. 



Humble Virtue. — Flowers have bloomed on our 

 prairies, and passed away, from age to age, unseen 

 by man, and multitudes of virtues have been acted 

 out in obscure places, without note or admiration. 

 The sweetness of both has gone up to heaven. — 

 Mrs. Sigourney. 



Bishop Hughes. — The Bishop occasionally says 

 some '' good thing" which ought not to die. On 

 landing at Liverpool, his trunks, as usual, were 

 subjected to examination by the cuilom-house offi- 

 cers, and a quantity of enuff, which some friend 

 had provided, was discovered. The Bishop was 

 obliged to pay about $4 of duly. " You must pay 

 this in honor of the Queen," said the officer, with 

 an official grin. " For which," quickly returned 

 the Bishop, " I should like to give her majesty a 

 pinch." — Exch. pap. 



" If I give you office," said a man in power to 

 an applicant for a place, " will you aid the party 

 in carrying out its principles ?" 



" I should most willingly," said the other, " but 

 I do n't belieye the party has got any principles." 

 — Selected. 



A Joke. — A " down east" editor asks his aubscri. 

 hers to pay up, that he may play a Blmilar j'o/ie up- 

 n his creditors. 



The New Haven Daily Herald acknowledges 

 the receipt of some pears from a tree two hundred 

 years old. 



CHEESE PRESSES. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvemems have l)een made the past year in 

 form and workmanship o( these Ploughs ; the mould lie 

 has heen so formed as to /m/ the Juttow completchj Oi 

 turning- in every particle of grass or stubble, andieaving 

 ground in the best possible manner. The length of 

 mould hoard has he n very much increased, so that 

 Plough works with I he greatest ease, liolh with respect 

 the holding and the team. The Committee at the late li 

 of Ploughs at Worcester, sav, 



" Should our opinion be aslted as to which of the Ploui 

 we should prefer (or use on a farm, we might perhaps saj 

 the inquirer, if your land is mostly light and easy to w( 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your land is heavy, hard orroc 

 BEGIN WITH Mr. Howard's." 



At ihe above mer^f.oned Irial the Howard Pl'^ugh , 

 more work, with the same power of team, than any ot. 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than tweniysc' 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, while 

 Howard Plough turned twentvnine and onc'half inches 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge thai Howat 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substantii 

 made. 



There has lieen quile an improvement made on the sh 

 or land side of this Plough, which can be renewed with 

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise seen 

 the mould board and landside together, and strengthens 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from $6 toSl5. A Ploii 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost ab 

 SlO 50, and with cutter «l, with wheel and cutter, $2 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail 

 the IVew England Agricultnral Warehouse and Seed St. 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, by 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO 



SELF-GOVERNING CHEESE PRESSES— two kinds 

 —lately improved by the Shakers. These are so construct- 

 ed that they govern and regulate themselves without weights, 

 and are by far the best presses now in use. 



For sale at the N. E. Agricultural Warehouse, 61 and C3 

 North Market •trect. JOS. BRECK i CO. 



Juiw 7, 1843. 



GRINDSTONES ON FRICTION HOLLERS. 



Grindstones of different sizes, hung on friction rollers i 

 moved with a foot treader, is found to be a great inipro 

 ment on the old mode ol'hanging grindstones. Stones hi 

 in tins manner are becoming daily more in use, and where 

 used, give universal satisfaclion. The rollers can be attai 

 eJ to stones hung in the common way. For sale by 

 BRECK «fe Co., No. 61 North Market street. 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for tesli 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J. BRECK & CO. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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