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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



OCT. as, IS4S. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Almost all the cigars sold in tlie shops for foreign 

 cijjars, are made at home. — JVew Haven Herald. 



Sea Serpents. — Here are a couple of stories 

 about these mysterious monsters of the deep, whose 

 existence has been so generally doubted: 



A letter has been received at tlie Boston Mer- 

 chants' Exchanfre, from Capt. Wales, (son o( T. B. 

 Wales, Esq.,) of bark Wave, at Malaga, in which 

 he states, that on the 4th of August, at 6 P. M., 

 bearing E. by S. 30 miles, he discovered a huge 

 sea monster crossing the bow^ about half a mile 

 distant to the northwest. It at first appeared like 

 the surf breaking over a rock or reef, but soon 

 arose in a perpendicular position 30 or 40 feet 

 above the surface, remaining for about 10 seconds, 

 and then following horizontally, the body disap- 

 peared, leaving a wake in the water, and rising 

 again in the same position at nearly regular inter- 

 vals, for the space of half an hour, when it disap- 

 peared entirely. Its form was that of an eel, the 

 largest part appearing next the water. The head 

 was somewhat smaller than the body, and from the 

 portion exposed, (doubtless a third of the whole 

 length,) Capt. \V. judged the body to have been 

 from 90 to 120 feet long, and the circumference 

 that of a hogshead cask. Both of Capt. Wales's 

 officers, Mr Lincoln, a passenger, and a part of the 

 crew, had a fine view of the monster. 



The Wiscasset Republican states that a strange 

 fish was discovered near Seguin, on Tuesday, of 

 last week, by Capt. Mclntyre, of the schooner Ade- 

 line, of Phipsburg. The fish is described as 35 

 feet long, his body of the size of a si.x ton boat, 

 and striped like a tiger ; head flat like a snake's, 

 his fin like a boat's sail, tail flat, running to a point. 

 Capt. Mclntyre says he sailed alnng side and prick- 

 ed the fish with a harpoon, and that he shoved his 

 body up against the vessel, and made her tremble 

 as though she had struck a rock. Not having suf- 

 ficient gear, did not harpoon him. 



Covnedicut Tohacco. — Almost every person con- 

 versant with the character and history of Connec- 

 ticut, knows that tobacco, though not a staple pro- 

 duction of the soil, has been cultivated by the far- 

 mers for the last hundred years. Though not so 

 common now as formerly, yet many of the old far- 

 mers still have their tobacco patch, raising at least 

 enough for their own consumption, and often a lit- 

 tle to spare. We know several farmers in the in- 

 terior, who have always raised their own tobacco, 

 and also one terrible " old aristocrat" in Ibis city, 

 who is very fond of the vile weed, and who now, 

 in the green old age of eighty years, has never 

 used any other. Meet him in the sanctuary, at 

 the forum, in the halls of legislation, in the public 

 streets, or at the domestic fireside, and you will 

 always find him prepared with a quid of good old 

 Connecticut tobacco. In the Connecticut valley, 

 nround Windsor and Warehouse Point, extensive 

 fields of tobacco are cultivated, from which im- 

 mense quantities of cigars are manufactured and 

 sold throughout the country. The native is mixed 

 with the Cuba or other foreign tobacco, and the 

 " very best" Principe, Regalia, and La Norma, or 

 any other quality of cigars required, are manufac- 

 tured to order in any quantity, — and in truth very 

 few others are used even by the first rate (jtiid mmcs 

 and connoisseurs. There 's hardly a booby of them 

 that knows the difierence between a Connecticut 

 cigar and a Cubian — and for the best reason in the 

 world — there is actually but very little difference. 



To MnUe Good Coffee. — First, procure the be.'st 

 coffee in the market ; wash it very clean, and roast 

 it to the color of a golden brown, but not a deeper 

 shade by any means. Then take the whites of 

 three e£gs to each pound of cotlee, mix very care- 

 fully with the coffee while warm, and immediately 

 transfer to earthen vessels, tying them over with 

 bladders to render them air-tight. Take from the 

 vessels sufficient coffee for one making only at a 

 time ; grind it, place it in a fine muslin bag, (if a 

 "biggen" is not used,) suspend it about mid-way 

 in the pot, turn on the boiling water, and put on 

 the cover, to prevent the escape of steam. By 

 this mode, the coffee will be very strong, but it is 

 best to reduce it by the addition of boiling hot 

 milk, when it will form a most delicious beverage 

 — very different indeed from that which is produc- 

 ed by boiling tlie ground coffee in water. And to 

 be convinced of tlie fact, that by the above meth- 

 od, which is simply infusion, all the virtues of the 

 coffee may be obtained, it is only necessary to 

 take the dregs left in the bag, and boil them in 

 water for a considerable time ; the result will be, 

 a black, bitter, nauseous, feverish, woody extract, 

 without a trace of the fine flavor of coffee, and an- 

 swering well to the name by which it was known 

 on its first introduction into use, according to the 

 eighth volume of the " Harleian Miscellany," viz: 

 "the devil's black broth" 1 The making of tea is 

 by infusion, not decoction : who ever thinks of boil- 

 ing tea '? — Far. Cabinet. 



Jin Inch of Time " Millions of money for an 



inch of time," cried Elizabeth, the gifted but ambi- 

 tious queen of England, upon her dying bed. Un- 

 happy woman! reclining upon a royal couch — 

 with ten thousand dresses in her wardrobe — a king- 

 dom on which the sun never sets, at her feet — all 

 now are valueless, and she shrieks in anguish, and 

 in vain, for a single "inch of time." She had en- 

 joyed ihreescore and ten years — but, like too many 

 among us, she had so devoted them to wealth, to 

 pleasure, to pride and ambition, that her whole 

 preparation for eternity was crowded into lier final 

 moments; and hence she, who bad wasted more 

 than half a century, would give millions for "an 

 inch of time," when, alas, it was not to be purchas'- 

 ed. — Selected. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have heen maile the past ye.ir in 

 form and workmanship of these Plousrhs ; the nmuhl hi- 

 has lieen so formed as to lai/ the furrojn romplcieb/ oi 

 tm-ning in every parlicle of grass or sluhble, andicavintr 

 grovnd in the best possil>/e wanner. The length of 

 mould lioard has he o very much increased, so that 

 Plouoh works with the greatest ease, hoih with respect 

 the holding and the learn. The Committee al the late t 

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion he asked as to which of the Plou 

 we should prefer (or use on a (arm, we might perhaps sa' 

 the inquirer, if your land is mostly light and easv tow. 

 try Prouty & Mears, but if vour land is heavy, hard orroi 

 BEGIN WITH Mr. Howard's. '■ 



At the aliove mentioned trial the Howard Pl'-ugh 

 ■more work, with the same pmrer of team, than any o. 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more ihan Iwenlvst 

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

 Howard Plough turned iwentmine and one half inche 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howa 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most suhslanli 

 made. 



There has heen quite an improvement made on the s 

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

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise sec 

 ihe mould hoard and landside together, and strengthens 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to Sl.5. A Plo 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost a 

 SiO 60, and with culler Si, with wheel and cutter, S 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and reta 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed S 

 Nos. 61 & 52 North Market Street, hy 



JOSEPH BRECK & Cd 



William Cobbett showed no small exultation in 

 recapitulating the naval victoriea of the Americans. 

 He was one day speaking sonibwhat boldly on the 

 subject, in presence of an English officer, who pet- 

 tishly observed, "There is a good reason for it: 

 I went on board their man of war after our defeat, 

 and found /irr//" their sailors were English." "And 

 had you not all English ?" asked the undaunted 

 radical. 



Spinsters. — This term applied to single women, 

 is said to have originated thus : In olden time, it 

 was a maxim that no young woman should be mar- 

 ried till she had spun herself a full set of linen. 

 Hence all unmarried women have been called spin- 

 sters — an appellation they still retain in all deeds 

 and law proceedings. — Exch, pap. 



If " spinning" ani/ quantily of " street yarn," was 

 now-a-days a marriageable requisite, precious few 

 young ladies would be disqualified for entering in- 

 to the " slate of double blessedness'' I — Pr. Dev 



AVILLIS'S LATEST IMPROVED VEGETAB 

 CtTTI<;R. 



This machine surpasses all others for the purpose of 

 ting lluta Baga. Mangel Wurtzel, and other roots, 

 great objection lo other machines, is their culling the 

 into slices, which makes it almost impossible for the ( 

 to get hold of them : this machine with a little alien 

 cuts them into large or small pieces, of such shape 

 most convenient for the cattle to eat- It will cut with 

 from one to two bushels of roots per minute. 



For sale by JOSEPH BREUK & CO., No. 62 I 

 Market st. 



GRINDSTONES ON FRICTION ROLLERI 



Grindstones of different sizes, hung on friction roller 

 moved wilh a foot treader, is found to he a great imp 

 ment on the old mode of hanging grindslones. Stones 

 in this manner are becoming daily more in use, and whe 

 used, give universal satisfaction. The rollers can be at 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. Vot sale 1 

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



LACTOMETERS— a simple inslrument for le 

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



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