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NEW ENGLAND F A R xM E R 



SEPT. ao, I84S. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Gold Watch an Emblem of Socie/;/.— I have 

 now in my liands a gold watch, which combines 

 embellislimeiits and utility in proportions, and is 

 usually considered a very valuable appendase to 

 the person of a gentleman. Its hands, face, chain, 

 and case, are of chased and burnished gold. Its 

 gold seals sparkle with the ruby, tlic topa/,, th.- 

 sapphire and the emerald. I open it, and find that 



the works without which this elcgmit case would 



be a mere shell, those hands motionless, and those 

 figures without meaning — are made of brass. I 

 investigate further, and ask, what is the spring by 

 which all these are put in motion, made of? I am 

 told it is made of steel. I ask, what is steel ? 

 The reply is, that it is iron that his undergone a 

 certain process. So then I find the main spring, 

 without wliich the watch would he motionless, and 

 its hands, figures and embellishments but toys, is 

 not of gold — that is not sufficiently good; nor 

 brass — that would not do ; but of iron. Iron is, 

 therefore, a very precious metal ; and this watch 

 an apt emblem of society. Its hands and figures 

 which tell the hour, resemble the master spirits of 

 the age, to whose movements every eye is direct- 

 ed. Its useless but sparkling seals, saphires, ru- 

 bies, topaz, and embellishments, represent the aris- 

 tocracy. Its works of brass, the middle class, by 

 the increasing intelligence and power of which the 

 master-spirits of the age are moved — and its main- 

 spring, siiut up in a bo.T, always at work, hut never 

 thought of, except when disordered, broke, or wants 

 winding up, symbolically the laboring classes — 

 which, like the mainspring, we wind upliy the pay- 

 ment of wages ; and which classes are shut up in 

 obscurity, and thou^'h constantly at work, and ab- 

 solutely as necessary to the movement of society 

 as the iron mainspring is to the gold watcli, are 

 never thought of, except when they require their 

 wages, or arc in some want or disorder of some 

 kind or other. — Edward Everett. 



if they had been burnt, we should have called it 

 pine coal. No, no, marm, you do us great injus- 

 tice to say that we coal merchants cheat. 'There 

 are tricks in all trades but ours.' Good morning, 

 marm." — Exch. finp. 



.9 Good Story A good story is told of Elder 



Ray, an eccentric travelling preacher in Ohio. 

 ■| lie elder, in his travels, always rode on horseback, 

 and was remarkable for having the best piece of 

 horse-Hcsh in the neigliborhood, ju>tly priding him- 

 self on Ins taste in this matter. One day, while 

 going the round of his parish, he was met by a 

 lawyer, who accosted him with, " Elder Ray, yon 

 ministers do not follow the example of your mas- 

 ter — he was content to ride upon a jackass." The 

 elder, with a ready wit, replied, "The fact is, the 

 whole country has been scoured for jackasses to 

 make lawyers of, so that there is not one left for 

 us poor ministers." The knight of the green bag 

 " cut dirt." — Selected. 



A Genuine Paddy. — An Irishman, the other 

 day, called on a benevolent clergyman of this town, 

 and asked for aid as one of the sufferers by the 

 Fall River fire. The reverend gentleman proceed- 

 ed to question the "sufferer" as to the extent and 

 nature of his loss, and where his property was sit- 

 uated. He replied that he had not yet lived in 

 Fall River; "but, plase your Riverence," says 

 Pat, " / am erpectin' to go there in a very few days !" 

 — JVeiv Bedford Bulletin. 



" Tricks in all trades hut ours." — Jemmy, my 

 Bon, (said a coal merchant to his young hopeful,) 

 just throw into this load of pine coal, a basket or 

 two of the best maple, birch and alder, and scatter 

 it about well — then I '11 start for morket. 



" Have some coal today, marm .-" 



" What sort have you, sir?" 



" As nice of the kind as you ever saw — the best 

 part of it maple, birch and aider, with a pine slick 

 hero and there." 



" I 'II take a dozen bushels." 



The bin is filled, the money paid, and the mer- 

 chant drives on to the next donr. Soon as the 

 dust subsides, the bin is visited, and the quality 

 discovered. Smutty-nose is sent for : he comes 

 back, and coolly looks into the bin. 



" Well, marm, what 's the matter ?" 



"I want you to take this pine coal and these 

 brand-ends back, and give mo my money, or I will 

 let the neighbors know what a cheat you are." 



"A cheat! Why, good woman, I never heard 

 such a charge before in all my born days. I told 

 you what the coal was before you bought it." 



" Did n't you say the greater part of it was from 

 hard wood ?" 



" No, marm, I said the best part — and so it is." 



" You did n't tell me it was half brand-ends." 



" Good woman, I told you tlicre was a pini; stick 

 here and there, and you see them hero and there — 



A gentleman dined one day with a dull preacher, 

 and after dinner got asleep in his chair. At church 

 time, the minister awoke him, and requested that 

 he" would go and hear him preach. " Excuse me, 

 sir," said he, " I can sleep very well where I am." 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH, ' 



Grenl iiTijiiOvements have tiei'ii made the past \cr\r in i 

 form nnd workmanship of these PInughs ; the niinilrl Ik i 

 has heen so formed as to lay the J'vrrorc '•ompielel^f or 

 turninff in evenj particle of grass or slul'ble. ami leririiw 

 pro\m,i in the bcfl possible manner. The leiis;th of i 

 mould [loard has hs a -very murh uicrcasft, so that i 

 Plough Avoiks with the greatest ease, hoih with respecli 

 the lioldini; and ihe learn. The Cominilue at the late tt 

 of Ploughs at Woreester, say, 



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

 we should prefer tor use on a farm, we might iierhaps saj 

 the inquirer, it your land is mosily light and easy to wi 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your latiUis hear}/, hard orroc 



BEGIN WITH Mr. HoWABD's.'' 



At the aljove mer.t;oned trial the Howard Pl'-ugh 

 more work, tpilh the same pmrer nf team, than any ot 

 plough erhihilid. J\'o other turned more ihan twentyse 

 and one half inches, to the 112 ll.s. draught, while 

 Hnward Plongh tvrned lircntmiinc and one half inches 

 the same poieer of team .' All acknowledge iliat Howai 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most suhsiantin 

 made. 



There has lieen quite an improvement made on the sV' 

 or land side of tliis Plough, wtiich can he renewed with 

 having to furufsh a new landside: this shoe likewise sect 

 the mould hoard and landside together, and stiengthens 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to Sl5. A Ploii 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost ali 

 Sin 50, and with ciitler St, with wheel and cutter, Sa 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed St 

 Nos. 61 & 52 North "Market Street, tiy 



JOSKPH BRECK & CC 



CHEESE PRESSES. 



SEr.F-GOVERNING CHEESE PRESSES— two kinds 

 —lately impro\ed by the Shakers. These are so construct- 

 ed that they govern and regulate themselves without weights, 

 nnd are by far the liest presses now in U55. 



For mle at the N. E. Agricultural Warehouse. 61 and 62 

 North .Market itreeL JOS. BRECK ii CO. 



Juu« 7, 184). 



ORINDSTONES ON FRICTIOBT ROLLERS 



Grindstones of different sizes, hung on friction rollers 

 moved with a loot Ireader, is lound to he a great imprt 

 meut on the old mode of hanging grindstones. Stones h 

 in this manner are becoming itaily more in use, and when 

 used, give universal satisfaction. The rollers can he alt: 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. For sale'hj 

 BRECK &, Co., No. 51 North Market street. 



L.^CTOMETERS— a sitntde instrument for test 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J, BRECK & CC 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEKKLY PAPER. 



Terms, $2 per year in advance, or $2 50 if not j 

 within sixty days. 



N. B. — Postmasters are permitted by law to franl 

 subscriptions and remittancks for newspapers, witJ 

 expense to subscribers. 



TOTTLK AND DENNETT, FKinTEHai 



21 School Street. 



