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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JVSE 10, IS44. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



THE GOOD MINISTER. 



A TRUE STORY. 



Some years since, there lived in the town of S., 

 Ma.ssachusftts, a most practical and good minis- 

 ter, by tlie nnme of P Two of his parish- 

 ioners by tlie names of White and Hagar, lived on 

 the opposite sides of a beautiful little pond that 

 was full of pickerel. White was a rich farmer, 

 and lived in a two story huiise : Hagar was a poor 

 day laborer, with several small children, and lived 

 in a little loj^-liiit on the very brink of the pond. 

 Both were members of the chnrch. 



On a cold Sabbath morning in January, farmer 

 White started at an early hour for church, and, it 

 being nearer, instead of going by the road, he cut 

 across the pond upon the ice. But how was he 

 mortified to find his poor brother Hagar upon it, 

 fshing. Fishing on the holy Sabbath! Ho ap- 

 proached him at or.ce, and with a stern voice, and 

 a feeling of deeply offended piety, reprimanded 

 him for his great wickedness. Hagar attempted 

 to reply, but While would not hear him. Hagar 

 said he hnd a good excuse, and that his brother 

 White would not only forgive, but even justify 

 him, if he would only consent to hear. But no, 



no he would lay the matter before the church, 



was the only reply. 



Accordingly, as soon as meeting was over, he 

 accompanied parson P. a short distance on the 

 road, and related to him the great wickedness he 

 had witnessed in Hagar, in the morning. Parson 

 P. though of a mild and amiable temper, felt as 

 though Hagar ought to be brought to judgment, 

 and made- an example of. Accordingly, the first 

 time he met him, the subject was Jtroached with 

 all due form and gravity, as in days, of yore, was 

 customary in cases of such heinous offences. 



The story of tanner White was repented, and 

 the parson asked if it was true. Hagar replied in 

 the afhrniaiive, stating also the fact that brother 

 White refused to hear an explanation, which he 

 desired to give, and which he now proposed to 

 state. '• Well," said the parson, nuldly, " what is 

 it?" " Why," said Hagar, " I worked for Mr B., 

 till late on Saturday night, and expected to gei 

 something to lust my family over Sunday, at .Mr 

 G.'s stiire, on my way home. But it was shut up, 

 and I got nothing. We had nothing hut a few 

 potatoes in the house, and I told Mrs Hagar that I 

 would go out on the pond and catch three pickerel. 

 She made no answer. And accordingly, in the 

 morning, just as I had cut a hole in the ice, and 

 put my hook in the water, brother \\ hite came 

 along, and reprimanded me as he told you. I 

 thought 1 was doing right. I was but a few rods 

 from my house, and I knew not wiicre else to go 

 for dinner. I was very thankful when the first 

 fish bit. I kept my"mind meditating on religious 

 truths all the time, and just so soon as F had the 

 three I warited, I went home. I was so thankful 

 when we came to the table, that we had been pro- 

 vided with something to cat. We went to church 

 in the afternoon, and I don't think we did wrong. 

 What else could a poor man do, who had nothing 

 for his wife and children to eat for the day, but a 

 handful of pnor potatoes ?" The parson gave him 

 some good words of advice and comfort, and tlicy 

 parted. 



In the course of a few days, he met farmer 

 White, who asked hi.u, straight" ay, if he had seen 



Hagar. " Yes," was the reply. " What did he 

 say ?" The pardon related to hiin Hagar's story, 

 and then said — " Brother White, don't you have 

 a warm dinner on Sundays .'" " Why, yes," said 

 the farmer, somewhat surprised. " How do you 

 get it, brother White ?" continueil the minister, 

 pleasantly. "How? — why, Mrs White goes to 

 the meat barrel, and takes nut a piece large onoui;h 

 for the whole family's dinner, and boils, or fries if, 

 and — " " Hold !" said the parson : " That pond, 

 brother Wliite, is Hagar's meat barrel — it 's al] 

 the one he has, and every body knows it. He 

 took out just meat enough for dinner, and no more ; 

 and, though I cautioned him not to be caught in 

 such a difficulty again, if he could possibly avoid 

 it, I thought upon the whole it would not be best 

 to trouble tho church with the matter." 



Farmer White was a man of sense, and he ad- 

 milted that the good parson was right. The pond, 

 he said, was Hagar's meat barrel, and no mistake ; 

 and he should say nothing !iiore about the matter. 



The apostles plucked the ears of corn on the 

 Sabbath, and ate, because they were "an hunger- 

 ed," and the Jews complcined of them to their 

 Master. What was his reply ? 



Child Killed by a Cat The Pottsville (Pa.) 



Emporium has the following : — On Tuesday last, 

 an infant daughter of Dr. George H. Brandlner, in 

 this borough, came to its death in a very sudden 

 and singular manner. The mother left her babe 

 asleep in the cradle, up stairs, whilst engaged be- 

 low in domestic affairs — and after a short time had 

 elapsed, returned to look after it, when, sad to re- 

 late, she found a cat silling directly upon ila breast, 

 and apparently engaged in sucking its breath, and 

 on taking up the child, found that it was lifeless. 

 Every possible expedient was used to' resuscitate 

 it, but the vital spark had fleil. 



JCild Oats. — In his early days. Lord Chief Jus- 

 tice Holt gave but little promise of future emi- 

 nence. He had a great many " wild oats" to sow, 

 and it took him a great while to sow them. Many 

 of the associales of his younger years were un- 

 principled, and socm became abandoned. One of 

 ihein, while Justice Hull presided in the Court of 

 the King's Bench, was tried for iiighway robbery, 

 convicted, and sentenced to be executed. After 

 sentence had been passed, the Chief Justice in- 

 tpiired of him what had become of Jack such a one, 

 Bill such a one, and the rest of the gang ? " Alas, 

 my lord," said the criminal, with a low bow, " ihey 

 are all hanged but your lordship and myself.'^ 



We heard an anecdote the other day, and here 

 it is. Before this County (Norfolk) was set off 

 from Suffolk, our people had to go to Boston to at- 

 tend the courts. It happened that one of our 

 townsmen, doubtless a very worthy man, was drawn 

 as a juror, and had to go and listen to the many 

 contradictory stories of witnesses and lawyers, un- 

 til he was quite tired of it. On his return, one of 

 his neighbors asked him what they were doing at 

 Court. " Well," said he, " I do n't know ; if they 

 all tell the truth, some of them lie like fury." — 

 JVorfuUc Dan. 



" My son, tell me who was the strongest man ? 

 "Jonah." "Why so?" "Because the whale 

 could n't h(dd him afler he got him down." "You 

 need n't study the catechism any more at present 



SAYI.B'S GAROBPI ENGINES. 



A splendid article, will throw a constant stream of waK 

 to the distance of 60 to 60 feet, with greal forte, and in cas 

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 perfect article for the purpose ever introduced. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed Stoi 

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Boston, June 4. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH, 



Gr^at improvements have been made the past year in tl 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs; the mould hcai 

 has heen so lormed as to lay the furrow completely one 

 turning in erery particle of grass or sluhble, and tearing tl 

 ground in tfie best possible manner. The length of ll 

 mould hoard has heea very murh increased, so that tl 

 Plough works with the greatest ease, hoth wiih respect ' 

 the holding and the team. The Coinmillee a t the lale In 

 of Ploughs at Woreester, say, 



" Should our opinion he asked as to wliich of the Plougl 

 we should prefer for use on a farm, we might perhaps say 

 the inquirer, if your land is mostly liglit ami easy to wiir 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your land is heavy, h.ir'd orrucj, 



BEGIN WJTH Mh. HoWARD'S.'' 



At the ahnve mentioned trial the Howard Pli^ugh d 

 more icork, with the same pmrer of learn, than any olh> 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than lwenlysci'< 

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

 Howard. Plough turned t^ccnti/nine and one half inehes, 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howard 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most suhstaotial 

 made. 



There has Iteen quile an improvement made on the shn 

 or land side of this Plough, which can be renewed witliri' 

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise secun 

 the mould hoard and landside together, and strengthens tl 

 Plough very much. 



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

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost ahm, 

 *10 50, and with cutler Si, with wheel and culler, »2 l| 

 extra. 



The atiove Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail, 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed Stui 

 Nos. 61 d. 62 North IVlarket Street, hy 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 

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