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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



wo v. 29. ISi 



MISCELLANEOUS 



■ '"Talcethe other hand." — A lady, walking' out 

 for exercise, came to a rope-walk, and being fond 

 of the smell of tar, slie entered. At one end of 

 the building she .saw a little buy lurninff a very 

 large wheel : she thought it was too laborious 

 work fur such a child, and as she came near him 

 she thus addressed him : 



" Who sent you to this place, niv lad .'" 

 "Nobody; — I come of myself" 

 "Docs your fiillier know you are here?" 

 " I have no father." 

 " .^re you paid for your labor .'" 

 " Yes, ma'am — I get ninepence a day." 

 " What do you do with your money .' ' 

 "I give it all to my mother." 

 " Do you like this work .'" 



" Well enough : but if I did not, I thould do it, 

 that I might get money for my mother." 

 " How long do you work in the day ?" 

 "From nine until twelve in the morning, and 

 from two until five in the afternoon." 

 "How old are you ?" 

 " Almost nine." 



"Are you never tired of turning this great 

 wheel ?" 



" yes, someliines." 

 " And what do you do then ?"' 

 " / lake the other hand." 



The lady gave the lad a piece of money, and 

 went home strengthened in her devotion to duty, 

 and instructed in true practical christian philoso- 

 phy, by the words and example of a little child. 

 'J'he next time that duty seems too hard for me, 

 (she said to herself) I will think of this little boy, 

 and not complain, but ''take the other hand." — The 

 Child's Friend. 



len again to the bosom of society. This form of 

 mine is w.isting and bending under the weight of 

 years. But, my young friends, you are just bloom- 

 ing into liCe ; the places of your fathers and moth- 

 ers will soon b<! vacant: see that you come up to 

 fill theiri with pure hearts and anoinied lips. Bind 

 the blessed pledge firmly to your heearls, and be 

 i. the Shibboleth of life's warluro I" 



Jin Easy Tempered Man We were much 



amused by a story told of a stuttering man not 

 many leagues from Vermont, who unfortunately 

 became possessed of a pair of "breachy" cattle. 

 He olfered them for sale, but such was their repu- 

 tation for tearing down and getting over fences, 

 that nobody wished to buy. At length, a strangi'r 

 came to look at them, and, inquiring into their dis- 

 positions, was told by the owner, that they never 

 " t-t-t-troiibled him in any way." Satisfied with 

 the price, the stranger purchased and paid down 

 (or them. Jt was not long before he returned aod 

 claimed damages. 



" They tear down my best fences," said he. 



" I th-th-think it quite likely," replied the seller, 

 coolly. 



" r understand that they served you in the game 

 way." 



"I sh-should think they did." 



" But, (exclaimed the indignant purchaser,) did n't 

 you tell me they never troubled you in any way .'" 



" To be s-s-sii-shure I did," answered the other ; 

 " the f-f.fact is, I never let s-s-such things trouble 

 me." — Exch. pup. 



Truly Eloquent — Washingtonianism has given 

 birth to as brilliant specimens of true eloquence 

 as heart could desire. Witness the following 

 touchi:ig appeal to the young, made at a tempe- 

 ranee jubilee at Newmarket, N. H., by an old ship- 

 master, Capt. Otis Falls, of Portsmouth, N. H. : 



"I have come (ho continued,) 12 miles to attend 

 this meeting_yel I do not value my time or trou- 

 ble— I feel rewarded by what I see around me. 

 My friends, I have seen more of the world than 

 most of you. I have trod the streets of proud old 

 liondon, and the winds of distant India have fanned 

 these furrowed cheeks of mine. My keel lias 

 been upon every sea, and my name upon many a 

 tongue. Heaven blessed me with one of the best 

 of wives, and my children — oh, why should I 

 Bpeak of them ! My home was once a paradise. 

 But 1 bowed, like a brute, to the killing cup— my 

 eldest son tore himself away from his" degraded 

 father, and has never returned. My young heart's 

 idol, my beloved and suffering wife, has gone bro- 

 ken hearted to her grave ; and my lovely daugh- 

 ter, whose image I seem to see m the beautrful 



around me— once my pride and my hope pined 



away in sorrow and mourning because her father 

 was a drunkard, and now sleeps by her mother's 

 side. But I still live to tell the history of my 

 shame, and the ruin of my family — I still live, and 

 stand here before you to offer up my heart's fer- 

 vent gratitude to my heavenly Father, that I have 

 been snatched from the brink of the drunkard's 

 grave. I live to be a sober man. And while 1 

 live, I shall struggle to restore my wandering brelh- 



" I say, Jim, how many legs would a calf have, 

 calling his tail one .'" 



" Five, of course, you ninny." 



" No it would n't, neither — cos calling his tail 

 a leg, would n't make it so." 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUG 



(S^Ta'"^'?"""'"^? '""^ ''^'•" maile tlie past vea 



^rZni Tn IhTTJ'^''' %^,^"'' ''"'"'"*''' ""^'^^"^ 

 r,roi7!rf m the best possible maimer. The leiioth 



mnul, M,oard has k a very muct, increnscri "S ,h 

 >h»h'7"'''''r"l'"'"'?''^'«<'^'"s^.'">lh wih res 



ll Pb fJhl„7w""' '''"^- ^''^ Coinmu.ee at the a 

 oi i-iougtis at VVorrester, say 



we should prefer /or use on a farm, we mi?ht perhaps 

 v pZl7k M *'""', '"■^. '^ '""^'"y light an/elsj' 



mol-'/l^z"'"",! ,'I"=^'-">'>e'i trial the Howard PI-„„ 



ami one half inches, 1„ the 112 Ihs. draught wh 

 Hojrard Plon/.k turned ticent.mine and one'hafll 

 PloiX i"""""["r •' A if acknowledge thai Ho 

 made '"" " "'^^g^^' =»"'' most suhsia 



orlaml'tillf I'!r';i,",''<^\"'"iP™^'='"entmadeon thi. 

 VZt ,n f "' 'i'" '^'""."''' '^''ich can he renewed » 

 he Z, IH^ ""^'' ^"^ 'r-l^'ri"^ 'his shoe likewise s 

 p\lZT[ ■'' u"* '-'"dside together, and slrengihe 



riough very much. " 



s«ffiH,?,T 1*' 'h,^Pl»"g''s is from S6 to $15. A P 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost 



extra '" ''""" *'■ "i'h wheel and cutter, 



The ahove Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and rel 

 ^l^tT^rS^l""^ Agrienltural Warehouse and Seed 

 Nos. 6t & 52 North Market Street hy 



JOSKPH BRECK & (i, 



" Come rest in this bosom," as the turkey said 

 to the stuflnng." 



I PATENT COUN SHELLER. 



I A Corn shellcr is one of the most convenient and labor 

 j saving implements that the pra. ileal farmer has in use 

 Various machines for this purpose have hecn invented It 

 can he used in all cases for large or small sized ears. It is 

 very simple in its construction, and durable in its operation 

 and no way liable to gel out of order; one mau can work it 

 to good advaniage, though a man to turn, and a boy to feed it 

 works It much heller than one alone. They are so li"ht and 

 poriahle as to he easily removed from place lo plare. and 

 or,e machine will serve lor several families or even the in- 

 haliitants of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 JNos. 51 and 52 North Market Street 



„ , JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. I. 



WIICLIS'S LATEST iniPISOVED VEGETABLE 

 CtTTEK. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 No. 51 and 52 North Market Street, Boston, Willis's La- 

 test mproved Vegetal.le Cuiter. This macnine surpasses 

 all others for the purpose of Cutting Rula Baga, Mangel 

 W urtzel, and other roots. The great ohjection to other 

 machines, is their cuiting the roots into slices, which makes 

 It almost imnossihle lor the cattle to get hold of them • this 

 machine with a little alteration, cuts them into large or small 

 pieces ol such shape as is most convenient for the cattle to 

 eat. It will cut with ease from one to two hushels of roots 

 per minute. J06EPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " 'IViick and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO 

 No. 62 North Market st. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW Cl;TTER 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England Agit 

 lural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 and 52 North 

 kel Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Ha\ 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle'not h 

 applied to any implement fortliis purpose. The most p 

 menl effects of Ihis application, and some o( ihe consei 

 peculiarities of the machine are; 



t. So great a reduction of the quantum of power reni 

 to use It, that the slrength of a hall grown boy is suHi 

 to work It efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easily cut* two! 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been tia 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or s 

 power. ' 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which 

 cut. require sharpening less often than those of any i 

 straw cuiter. ^ 



4. The machine is simple in its construction made am 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable a' 

 complicated machines in general use to gel out oi ordi 



LACTOMETERS — a simple instrutrient for tes 

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



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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