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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JAN. 34, 1844. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



EDUCATION ABROAD. 



The last number of llie Comnion School Journal 

 contains a long and deeply interesting article on 

 the state of education in Europe, from the pnn of 

 Its editor, Hon. Horace Mar.n, who spent a conside- 

 rable part of last year in iravelling in Europe. He 

 saw many things to admire, and much to deplore. 

 '' Europe," he says, " rxhibits beacons to terrify, 

 as well as lights to guide us. Over some of the 



Scotland, as illustrative of the ignorance found 

 among the laboring classes in some of the large 

 towns. To eighteen young men, from 16 to 18 

 years of age, brought together for the purpose of 

 giving them some rudiments of moral and religious 

 instruction, the following question was put: — 

 "Where was the birth-place of Jesus Christ.-" 

 Not (me of them answered— all looked blank and 

 stupid, and said nothing. At length, the interroga- 

 tors observed the countenance of one of them light- 

 ed up, and thinking that he was ready to reply, the 

 question w.ts put directly to him, "Where was Je- 



fairest ficlde that God ever planted out of the gar 



den of Eden, the flood of ignorance has rested for I jug Christ born r" to which he answered, •'Paisley.'" 



thousands of years, deepening and corrupting from | SaUvi Observer. 



a^e to age, until now. No tongue of man can de 



scribe, nor mortal imagination conceive, the foul 

 and hideous forms of poverty, and wretchedness, 

 and crime, which have been engendered in the 

 waters of this Dead Sea." 



England, a country to which we are prone, with 

 all our pretensions to republicanism, to look for 

 examples after which to pattern, is the only coun- 

 try in Europe, truly civilized, that has no system 

 for the general education of the people. It ex- 

 pends freely indeed, for classes, but not for the 

 whole. As a consequence, there exists in striking 

 contrast, the highest intelligence in the few, and 

 the most debasing ignorance in the many. "A 

 thirst for knowledge in a few, and a patronage of 

 it by the government, which prompts them to in- 

 vade the solitudes of either pole, and to break 

 through the phalanx of disease and death that 

 guards the head-springs of the Niger, is applauded, 

 and its object pursued at immense expense, while 

 there are (ens of thousands around who do not know 

 whether the land of their nativity is an island or a 

 continent." When we connect this statement with 

 the otEoial disclosures made of the condition of 

 the factory population, and of the children in the 

 mining districts, we are led to adopt the strong 

 language of IMr Mann, and say, that "theFejee 

 islanders, the Caribs, or the most ferocious tribes 

 of cannibals that prowl in the interior of Africa, 

 thousands of miles from the confines of civilization, 

 ought to seiid missionaries to England." 



We are not to suppose, however, that there are 

 no redeeming traits in the character of our nation- 

 al progenitor. There are many En^'lish hearts 

 that feel deeply the existing evils, and some noble 

 souls that have toiled iiianfiilly for a better state 

 of things. And though Great Britain has planted 

 colonies of convicts and malefactors in the islands 

 of the ocean, and yet by her selfish institutions 

 breeds them at home faster than she can convict 

 and export them, — and tliough the established 

 church is fostered by the State with an annual rev- 

 enue of eight millions of pounds sterling, and em- 

 braces within its parochial territory thousands of 

 persons arrived at manhood, " who never heard the 

 name of Christ," — we look confidently for a reform 

 in the moral and educational condition of the peo- 

 ple. Until such a rofurcn is efiVcled, our national 

 pride need not take offence at any English travel- 

 ler in the United Slates who writes " Notes" upon 

 us " for general circulation." 



In Scotland, the condition of education is much 

 better, thou_'h the schools are far from being what 

 they should be. Only about oue-lhird part of the 

 children in Scotland are educated in the parish 

 schools. A portion of the rest are educated in 

 private schools — but n^t all. 



Mr Mann relates the following anecdote, on the 

 authority of the Queen's Inspector of Schools in 



^^ You're my Prisoner." — Decidedly the best 

 joke we have heard for some time past, was played 

 off upon a constable in the western part of this 

 State. lie started out to arrest a person who had 

 often evaded pursuit, but who, he was informed, 

 was at that time engaged in a neighboring corn- 

 field. The constable, wishing to take him by sur- 

 prise, took a roundabout direction, scaling the 

 sheds and fences until opposite, when ''squatting 

 low," he crawled stealthily along and at last pounc- 

 ed upon his victim, clenching him firmly around 

 the waist, exclaiming, "You're my prisoner." Im- 

 agine his mortification, when upon a more careful 

 inspection, his prisoner proved to be a scare-crow. 

 — Buffalo Giiz. 



A Dutch member of the N. Y. Legislature being 

 asked by one of his constituents, what they had 

 done during the session, '' Done ? I know not vot 

 do resht do: / make two hunder dollar," answered 

 the honest Dutchman. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have been made the past year in 

 form and worlimanship of these Ploughs; the mould bi 

 has jjeen so formed as to lay the fxirrmD nompleiely c 

 turning in ev -y parlirle cf grass orsluhhie, andicav'ing 

 grmind in the best possihie -manner. The length of 

 mould lioard tias be a very much increased, so that 

 Plougti works with The greatest ease, holh with respe& 

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

 of Ploughs at VVoreesler, say. 



" Should our opinion lie asked as to which of tliePloi] 

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

 the inquirer, if your laud is inosily light anil easy to »i 

 try Prouly & Mears, hut if your landis heavy, hard orri 



BEGIN WITH Mb. HnWAllD'S." 



At the above mentioned trial the Howard Pl'^ugh 

 more worl^, with the same power of team, than any t 

 plough exhibited. No utiier turned more than Iwenlys 

 and one half inches, lo the 112 llis. diausjhl, whih 

 Howard Ptough turned twentynine and one hatf ineht 

 tfie same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howi. 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most subslanti 

 made. 



Tiiere has been quite an improvement made on the f 

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

 liavini; to fnrnish a new landside: this shoe likewise se( 

 the mould tioard and landside together, and strengthen: 

 Plouqh very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from $6 to St 5. A Plo 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost 8 

 $iO 50, and with cutter St, with wheel and cutter,! 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and reta 

 the New [England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed £ 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, hy 



JOSKPH BRECK & C'< 



Cure for the Gout. — Live upon sixpence a day, 

 and earn it. — Akernetliy. 



PATENT COIllV SHELLGR. 



A Corn shellcr is one of the most convenient and labor 

 saving implements that the prautical farmer has in use. 

 Various machines for this purpose have been 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 liahle lo get out of order; one man can work it 

 to good advantage, tho'ngh a man lo turn, and a boy lo feed it, 

 \V"H<s it much belier ihan one alone. They are so light and 

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

 one machine will serve lor several families or even the in- 

 hal.uanls of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 and 52 North Market Street 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



WILLIS'S LATEST I.1IPROVED VEGKT.\B1-E 

 CUTTKR. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse, 

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

 lesl Improved Vegetahle Culler. This macnine surpasses 

 all others for the purpose of Culling Ruta Baga, Mangel 

 Wurtzel, and olher roots. The great ohjection to other 

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

 it almost inipossihie tor the cattle to get hold i^f them : this 

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

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

 cat It will cut with ease Irom one lo two bushels of roots 

 per' minute. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1 . 



DUAPT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 



2110 " Draft Chiiins. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., 

 .\o. 62 North Market st. 



GREEN'S PATKNT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH DRECK & CO. at the New England ^^■ 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 52 North 

 ket Street, have for sale. Green's Patent Sir.iw. Haj 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not h 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most j 

 inenl effects of this application, and some of the consei 

 peculiarities of the machine are; 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum ol power reqi 

 to use it,°that the slrenglh of a half grown boy is suffi 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easilycutstwol 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has hcen cin 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or s 

 power. 



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

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any 

 straw caller. . . 



4. The machine is simple inits construction, made iir 

 together very strongly. Ills therefore i:Pt so liaMe r 

 complicated machines 111 general use to gel out ofort 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for te 

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



HARRIS' TREATISE ON INSECTS. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECIf CO., Harris' Treatise 

 on Insects. Price Si. Also, the second ^edition of Dana's 

 Muck Manual, price 624 cts. Feb. 16. 



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