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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JAN. ir, 1844. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Farmer and the Beggar. — A etrono;, hearty, 



-_ ^ ^ _^ lazy fellow, who preferred begging for a precari- 



ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF THE STATES. |ous subsistence, to working for a sure one, called 



Mnine was so called as early as ](i38, from 

 Maine, in France, of wliich Henrietta Marie, Queen 

 of Enghiiid, was at that time proprietor. 



New Hampshire was the name given to the ter- 

 ritory conveyed by tlie Plymouth company to Cap- 

 tain John Mason, by patent, Nov. 7, iCW, with ref- 

 erence to the patentee, who was Governor of Ports- 

 mouth, in Hampshire, England. 



Vermont was so called by the inhabitants in 

 their declaration of independence, Jan. 16, 1777, 

 from the French vard, (green,) and mont, (moun- 

 tain.) 



Massachusetts was the name of a tribe of Indi- 

 ans in the neighborhood of Boston. The tribe is 

 thought to have derived its name from the Blue 

 Hills of Milton. "I have learned," says Roger 

 Williams, "that the Massachusetts were so called 

 from the Blue Hills." 



Rhode Island was so called in 1644, in reference 

 to the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean. 



Connecticut was so called from the Indian name 

 of its principal river. 



New Vork was so called in reference to the 

 Duke of York and Albany, to whom this territory 

 was granted. 



Pennsylvania was so called in 1G81, after Wil- 

 liam Penn. 



Delaware was so called in 1703, from Delaware 

 Bay, on which it lies, and which received its name 

 from Lord De La War, who died in this bay. 



Maryland was so called in honor of Henrietta 

 Maria, Queen of Charles I., in his patent to Lord 

 Baltimore, June 30, 1632. 



Virginia was so called in 1584, after Elizabeth, 

 the virgin Queen of England. 



Cs'rolina was so called by the French in 1564, 

 in honor of King Charles IX. of France. 



Georgia was so called in 1722, in honor of 

 King George II. 



Alabama was so called in 1817, from its princi' 

 pal river. 



Mississippi was so called in 1800, from its west- 

 ern boundary. Mississippi is said to denote the 

 whole river, that is the river formed by the union 

 of many. 



Louisiana was so culled in honor of Louis XIV. 

 of France. 



Tennessee was so called in 1796, from its prin- 

 cipal river. The word Tennessee is said to signi- 

 fy a curved spoon. 



Kentucky was so called in 1782, from its princi- 

 pal river. 



Illinois was so called in 1809, from its principal 

 river. The word is said to signify the river of 

 men. 



Indiana was bo called in 1802, from the Ameri- 

 can Indians. 



Ohio was so called in 1802, from ita southern 

 boundary. 



Missouri was so called in 1821, from its princi- 

 pal river. 



Michigan was so called in 1805, from the lake 

 on its borders. 



Arkansas was so called in 1819, from its princi- 

 pal river. 



F"lorida was so called by Juan Ponce do Leon, 

 in 1572, because it was di.<covered on Easter Sun- 

 day, in Spanish, Pascus Florica. — Selected. 



at the house of a blunt Massachusetts farmer, and 

 in the usual language of his profession, asked for 

 •' cold victuals and old clothes." " You appear to 

 be a stout, hearty man," said the farmer — " what 

 do you do for a living ?" " Why, not much," said 

 the fellow, "except travelling from one place to 

 another." "Travelling about, ha!" rejoined the 

 farmer ; " can you travel pretty well r" " O yes," 

 returned the sturdy beggar, "I 'm pretty good at 

 that." " Well, then," said the farmer, coolly open- 

 ing the door, " let '4 set you travel." — Selected. 



Reasons for not Paying for a ATewspaper. — The 

 Richmond " Christian Advocate" publishes the fol- 

 lowing extract from a letter. It is a very fair spe- 

 cimen of the treatment printers occasionally re- 

 ceive from their subscribers: 



"Please say to the editor of the Advocate, that 

 it would doubtless be well to erase the name of 

 C. C. from his books, and give up as gone that 

 $7 50. He says, in the first place, he never or- | 

 dered the paper — and if he did, he never got it ; 

 and if he did, 't was as an agent ; and besides he 

 thinks he paid for it long ago — and if he did n't, 

 he's got nothing to pay — and if he had, he could 

 plead the act of limitation." 



^ Sad Mistake. — In the practice of politely 

 bowing strangers out of a pew, where there is still 

 room to spare, is there not a lack of even worldly 

 courtesy ? " Have you not mistaken the pew, sir ?" 

 blandly said one of these Sunday Chesterfields, as 

 with emphatic gracefulness he opened the door. 

 " 1 beg pardon," replied the stranger, rising to go 

 out, " I see that I have : I took it for a Christian's." 

 — Bost. Mail. 



PATENT COIllV SHELLBR. 



A Corn sheilcr is one of the most convenient and labor 

 saving implements that the practical farmer has in use. 

 Various machines for this purpose have been invented. It 

 can be used in all cases for large or small sized ears. Il is 

 very simple in its construction, and durable in its operation, 

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

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

 W"rks it much better than one alone. They are so Ught and 

 portahlej as to be easily removed from place to place, and 

 one maciiine will serve lor several families ot even the in- 

 babilanls of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 and 62 North Market Street. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Not. 1. 



-WILLIS'S LATEST I.IIPROVED VEGETABLE 

 CtTTER. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse, 

 No. 51 and 62 North Market Street, Boston, Willis's La- 

 test Improved Vegetable Culler. This machine surpasses 

 all others for tlie purpose of Cutting Ruta Baga, Mangel 

 Wurtzel, and other roots. The great objection to other 

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

 it almost impossible lor the cattle to get hold of them : this 

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

 pieces, of such shape as is most convenient for the cattle to 

 eat. It will cut with ease Irom one 10 two bushels of roots 

 per minute. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 



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

 No. 52 North Market st. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have been made the past year in 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs ; the mould hi 

 has been so formed as to lay the furrow completely 

 turning in every ■particle of grassor sluhb!e,andlearing 

 ground in the best possible manner. The length it'C 

 mould board has be n very much increased, so that 

 Plough works with the greatest ease, both with respec 

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

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



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

 we should prefer lor use on a farm, we might perhaps sa 

 the inquirer, i( youf land is mostly light and easy to w 

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

 BEGIN WITH Mn. Howard's.'' 



At the above mentioned trial the Howard Plough 

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

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than twentysc, 

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

 Howard Plough turned twcntmine and one half inche 1 

 the same power of learn .' All acknowledge that Howa I 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substanti 

 made. 



There has been quite an improvement made on the s 

 or land side ol this Plough, which can be renewed wit! 

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise sec 

 the mould hoard and landside together, and strengthens 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to 815. A Ploi 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost al 

 *10 50, and with cutter Si, with wheel and cutter, *■ 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail 

 the New England Agricultnral Warehouse and Seed Si > 

 Nos. 61 & 62 North Market Street, by 



JOSEPH BRECK & C( 



GREEN'S PATKNT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England Agri 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 62 North I 

 ket Street, have for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a mechanical principle not bt 

 applied 10 aHy implement for this purpose. The most pi 

 inenl eifecis of this application, and some of the conseq 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requ 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is sumi 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easilycutstwob 

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

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or st 

 power. 



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

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any c 

 straw culler. 



4. The machine is simple inils construction, made ant 

 together very strongly. Il is therefore not so liable as 

 complicated machines in general use to get out oford< 



HARRIS' TREATISE ON INSECTS. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK CO., Harris' Treatises 

 on Insects. Price 34. Also, the second edition of Dana' 

 Muck Manual, price 62^ cis. Feb. 16. 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for tea 

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



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 

 jl wekklt paper. 



Terms, |;2per year in advance, or $.2 50 if not 

 within sixty days. 



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

 subscriptions and remittances lor newspapers, will 

 expense to subscribers. 



TBTTLE AND DENWKTT, PKIJITEKS, 



31 School Street. 



