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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MABCH C, IS44 



MISCELLANEOUS 



WHAT IS CHARITY? 



'T IS not to p:u^^Je vvlmii at my door, 



A shivering brotliur stands ; 

 To ask the cause that made him poor 



Or why he hcilp demands. 



It 's not to spurn that biuther's prayer 



For faults hi; once h'ls known ; 

 'T is not to leave hiin in despair, 



And say that I have nono. 



The voice orCHARirv is kind — 



She ihinkelli notliiiig wrong ; 

 To every fault slie seemelh blind, 



JSor vaunleth with her tongue. 



Jn Penilencu she placcth Faith — 



Hope smileth at her door ; 

 Relieveih first— then softly sailli, 



" Go brotlier, sin no more !" Selected. 



Power of the Pence Principles. — The following 

 beautiful siory is totd by a correspondent of the 

 Boston Courier, to illustrate tlie power of peace 

 principles : 



I have read of a certain roffiment ordered to 

 march into a small town (in the Tyrol, I think,) 

 and take it. It chanced that the place was settled 

 by a colony who believed in the gospel of Christ, 

 and proved their Caiih by works. A courier from 

 a neiohborinn; village informed them that troops 

 ■were advancing to take the town. They quietly 

 answered, " If they will take it they must." Sol- 

 diers soon came riding in, with colors flying, and 

 fifes piping shrill defiance. They looked round 

 for an enemy, and saw the farmer at his plow, the 

 blacksmith at his anvil, and the women at their 

 churns and spinning wheels. Babies crowded to 

 hear the music, and boys ran out to see the pretty 

 trainers, with feathers and bright buttons, ''the 

 harlecjuins of the nineteenth century." 



Of course none of these were in proper position 

 to be shot at. 



" Where are your soldiers ?" asked the invaders. 

 "We liave none," was the reply. 

 " Hut we have come to take the town." 

 "Well, friends, it lies before you." 

 "But is there here nobody to fight?" 

 "No: we are all Christians." 

 Here was an emergency altogether unprovided 

 for by the military schools. This was a sort of 

 resistance which powder and ball could not meet; 

 a fortress perfectly bomb proof. The commander 

 was perplexed. 



" If there is nobody to fight with, of course we 

 cannot tight," said he. "It is impossible to take 

 such a town as this." 



So he ordered the horses' heads to be turned 

 round, and the troops evacuated the village, as 

 guiltless as when lliey entered, and perchance 

 somewhat wiser. 



^ Ten/ Fair Hit. — A collector of church rates 

 in England, called upon a Quaker, who kept a dry 

 goods store, for the usual sum. The latter said — 



" Friend, is it right that I should pay, when I 

 never attend the established church?" 



"The chuich is open to all," answered the col- 

 lector, " and you might have attended, if you had 

 a mind to." 



The Quaker paid the money, and the next day 

 sent the collector a bill for a quantity of broad- 

 cloth. The man came immediately to the store of 

 the Quaker, and in a great passion asked the mean- 

 ing of it, declaring that he never had a single arti- 

 cle from his store. 



" Oh !" said the Quaker, rubbing his hands, " the 

 store was open for thee, and thou mightest have 

 had the cloth if thou hadst a mind." 



ffhert is the Scltoulmaster'? — The Boston Cou- 

 rier says the following is a literal copy of an en- 

 dorsement on a petition, recently presented to the 

 Mass. House of Representatives : 



" Mr Handy of Barnstable Presents the Pretishon 

 of Snow & Rich and 20 others Citersons of Bos- 

 ton Praying for the Law to be amended as Setforth 

 in said i'relishon Relating to Barrels for Mackrel 

 and other Pickled fish wish it Referred to the Com- 

 mitty on Fishreys." 



J\"egro Eloquence A dandy black stepped into 



a provision store to buy sotne potatoes : before 

 purchasing the article, he gave the following truly 

 eloquent description of its nature : " Tte later is in- 

 evitably bad or inwerably good. Dere am no me- 

 diocrity in de combination ob de later. De exte- 

 rior may appear remarkably exemplary and bute- 

 some, while de interior is totally negative: but, 

 sir, if you wends de article 'pon yoiir own respon- 

 sibility, knowing you to be a man of sagacity in 

 all your translations, why, sir, widout furder cir- 

 cumlocution, I lake a bushel." 



" Now, as you are on my side, I hope you will 

 stick to me," as the patient said to the strengthen- 

 ing plaster. 



The following humorous definition was given by 

 Sheridan: — "Irishman — a machine for converting 

 potatoes into human nature." 



PATENT COKN SHELTER. 



A Corn shellcr 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 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 get out oi" order ; one man can work it 

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

 works it much better than one alone. Tliey are so light and 

 portable, as to !>e easily removed from place to place, and 

 one machine will serve for several families or even the m- 

 haliilants of a small town. 



For sale at the Aaricullural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 and 52 North IMarkel Street 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



WILLIS'S LATEST I.ttPROVED VEGETABI.E 

 CLTTKK. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehou.se, 

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

 test Improved Vegetable Culler. This macnine surpasses 

 all olhers for the purpose of Cutting Ruia Baga, Mangel 

 Wurtzel, and other roots. The great objection to other 

 machines, is their culling the roots inio 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 from one lo two bushels of roots 

 per minute. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. i . 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 



20U " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., 

 No. 62 Norih Market st. 



HARRIS' TRE.VTISE ON INSECTS. 

 For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., Harris' Treatise 

 on Insects. Price 32. Also, the second edition of Dana's 

 Muck Manual, price 62i els. Feb. 16. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great iiiiprovemrnis have been made the past vear i 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs ; the mould b 

 has been so formed as to /ui/ Ihe furrow complrleh/ 

 turning in evenj particle of grass orsluhhle, and leaviri 

 ground in the best possible mariner. The length of 

 mould board has bt ,i very much increased, so that 

 Plough works with the greatest ease, liolh with respei 

 the holding and the team. The Committee at the late 

 of Ploughs at Worrester, say, 



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

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

 the inquirer, if your land is mostly light ami easy to v 

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



BEGIN WITH AIh. HoWABD'o '' 



Al the above me:;t:oned trial the Howard Pl-'ugh 

 more -work, with the same pnwfr of team, than any 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than Iwentys 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, whih 

 Howard Plough turned twenti/nine and one' half inch, 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that How: 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substaul 

 made. 



There has been quite an improvement made on the i 

 or land side ol lliis Plough, which can be renewed wit 

 having lo furnish a new lanilside: this shoe likewise sei 

 the mould board and landside together, and strenglhen 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to $15. A Pk 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost e 

 SIO 50, and with cutter 41, with wheel and cutter,! 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and reta 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed S 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Strf-et. by 



JOSEPH BRECK & C' 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at Ihe New England Agi 

 Uiral Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 and 52 North 

 kel Street, have lor sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical principle not b 

 applied to any implement lor this purpose. The mostp 

 inent effects of this application, and some of the conseq 

 peculiarities of ihe machine are : 



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

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

 to work it etiiciently. 



2. With even ihis moderate power, it easily cuts two h 

 els a minute, which is full twice as last as has been elai 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or si 

 power. 



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

 cut, require sharpening less often than those uf any < 

 straw culler. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made am 

 (ogelher very strongly. It is therefore not so liable a: 

 complicated machines m general use to get out ofordi 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for tes 

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



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



A WEKKLY PAPER. 



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

 within sixty days. 



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

 subscriptions and remittancts for newspapers, witj 

 expense to subscribers. 



TUTTLE AND DE1H^ETT. PKlNTEKSi 



21 School Street. 



