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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JVyE 26, IS44. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Irish believe (as is well known,) that St. 

 Patrick banished all the snakes and toads from the 

 " EniPrald Isle." The following quotation is given 

 as a sample of the manner in which the laudable 

 deed is handed down to posterity : — 



" Success to bold St. Patrick's fist ! 



He was the saint so clever — 

 He gave the snaUes and toads a twist, 

 And banished ihem forever : 

 There's not a mile in Erin's isle, where nasty varmint 



musters — 

 Where'er he put his blessed foot, he murthered them in 



clusters ! 

 The frogs went hop, the lf)ads went flop, slap-dash into 



the water, 

 The bastes committed suicide to save themselves from 

 slaughter." 



Anecdote of Burns. — Being in church one Sun- 

 day, and having some difficulty in procuring a seat, 

 a young lady who perceived liim, kindly made room 

 for him in her pew. The sermon was upon the 

 terrors denounced by the scriptures upon sinners, 

 ■nd the preacher quoted several passages, to en- 

 force his point, to which the lady seemed particu- 

 larly attentive, and somewhat agitated. Burns, on 

 perceiving this, wrote with a pencil on a leaf of 

 her bible, the following lines — . 



"Fair maid, you need not take the hint, 



Nor idle texts pursue — 

 'T was only sinners that he meant, 



Not ungels such as you." 



Jump up, Girls ! — The editor of the Portland 

 Express, in discoursing upon early rising, talks in 

 thiswise: '' Up with you! Mary, Ellen, Abby, 

 Sarali, Olive, Caroline, Eliza, Jane, Hannah, and 

 all the rest of you girls, arouse — wake up — rise, 

 and see the sun rise, and brush away the dew from 

 the beautiful grass. You not only lose the best 

 portion of the day by lingering in bed, but you de- 

 press your spirits and contract sluggish habits. 



What if you are sleepy ? Jump out of bed — fly 

 round — stir about, and in a few moments you 

 will be bright as larks. We would n't give a straw 

 for girls who won't get up in the morning. What 

 are they good for? Lazy, dumpish creatures — 

 Our advice to young men who are looking out for 

 wives, would be — never choose a female who do- 

 zes away the precious morning hours." 



Female Education Hannah More has truly re" 



marked that " to know how to groio old gracefully 

 is one of the rarest attainments of lile. " When 

 admirers fall away," continues Miss More, " and 

 flatterers become mute, the mind will be driven to 

 retire into itself; and if it finds no entertainment 

 at home, it will be driven back again upon the 

 world with increased force. Yet, forgetting this, 

 do we not seem to educate our daughters e.\clu- 

 sively for the transient period of youth, when it is 

 to mnturer life we ought to look ? Do we not edu- 

 cate tliem for a crowd, and not lor themselves ? — 

 for show, and not for use.'" The fjllowing sensi- 

 ble remarks upon this subject, we abstract from 

 the "Port Folio": 



" When a man of sense comes to marry, it is a 

 companion that he wants, not an artist. It is not 

 merely a creature who can paint and play, sing and 

 dance : it is a woman who can comfort and counsel 

 him ; one who can reason and reflect, and feel and 

 judge, and discourse and discriminate ; one who 

 can assist him in his affairs, lighten his sorrows, 

 piirily his joys, strengthen his principles, and edu- 

 cate his children. Such is the woman who is fit 

 for a mother and a wife — to be a helpmate for a 

 man, and to 'train up a child in the way he should 

 go.'" 



Reproof. — "Who hath redness of eyes?" This 

 scripture interrogatory is well illustrated by an an- 

 ecdote related with most effective dryness by a 

 friend of ours. An elderly gentleman, accustomed 

 to indulge in frequent potntions of Cogniac, enter- 

 ed the bar-room of an inn, in the pleasant city of 



H , on the Hudson, where sat a grave Quaker, 



toasting his toes by the fire. Lifting a pair of 

 green spectacles upon his forehead, rubbing his in- 

 flamed eyes, and calling for a hot brandy toddy, he 

 seated himself by the fire, and remarked to the old 

 Quaker that " his eyes were getting weaker, and 

 that even spectacles did n't seem to do 'em any 

 good." " I'll tell thee, friend," replied the Qua- 

 ker, " what I think. I think if thee was to wear 

 thy spectacles over Ihy mouth for a few months, 

 thy eyes would get sound again." — Knickerbocker. 



" Sam, does n't your scliool-master ever give you 

 any rewards of merit ?" 



"Yes: he gives me a lickings every day, and 

 aays F merits two." 



Death from Vontamination by a Corpse. — A poor 

 woman named Owen, residing in Colchester, was, 

 a short time since, engaged to "lay out" a corpse 

 for interment, and on entering the cottage of the 

 deceased for that purpose, slightly scratched her 

 finger with the latch. Having performed the re- 

 quired duty, she relurnod home, and shortly after, 

 her hand became painfully inflamed, which in- 

 creased BO much that medical aid was obtained. 

 The fatal poison had, however, reached the springs 

 of life, and, after lingering in great agony for sev- 

 eral weeks, she died a few days ago. — Essex (Eng.) 

 Standard. 



Mr Timothy Tucker, of Milton, tells us he has 

 been suffering for a month past, in consequence of 

 assisting a neighbor whose cow, as the phrase is, 

 had cast htr withers, in calving. The parts had 

 been restored to place two or three times, and had 

 consequently become lacerated and diseased. Mr 

 Tucker laid bare his arm to effect his object; his 

 arm had a slight scratch on it, and he supposes 

 that some of the putrid fluid has affected him 

 through this slight wound. His arm soon swelled 

 up, and he has been long unable to use it. 



This is a very strong case to show that caution 

 is necessary in handling diseased bodies. It is 

 not incredible to suppose that the putrid blood of 

 a dead animal may poison a living being, though 

 the inocculation be as slight as in the cases of 

 small pox or kine pox. But this case goes still 

 farther: the putrid blood of a living animal is ca- 

 pable of great mischief, and there may be cases 

 where it may prove fatal. — Mass. Ploughman. 



SAYLE'S GARDEN ENQtIVES. 



A splenHid arlicle, will throw a constant stream of wa 

 to the distance of 511 to 60 leet, with great forte, and in c: 

 of tire would l-e a suhslitute for a tire engine. The m 

 perfect article for the purpose ever introduced. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse aud Seed Sti 

 Nos. 51 and 52. North Market Street. 



JOS. BRECK &. CO 



Boston, June 4. 



Curious Welsh Sign Board. — A cobler's shop in 

 North Wales, has on it the following words : — 

 " Pryce Dyer, cobler, dalor in pigtail, bacon and 

 ginger bred ; ogs laid every morning by me and 

 hot muffins ; in the sumer gentlemen and lady can 

 have good tae and crumpets and strawbery and 

 crame — with skim-milk because I can't get no 

 crume. N. B. shuse and boots mended very well. 

 When I ain't in Peggy waits on custumers." 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have heen made the past year in 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs; the m'ould Ik 

 has heen so formed as to lay the fiirrme complriely oi 

 turving in every particle of grass or stubhi-e, and leaving 

 ground in the best possible manner. The length of 

 mould hoard lias been very much Increased, so that 

 Plough works with the greatest ease, both with respect 

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

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion he asked as to which of the Plnui 

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

 the inquirer, it your land is mostly light ami easy to wi 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your /anrf is heavy, hard orroc 



BEGIN WITH Mh. HoWABD's.'' 



At the above metif.oned trial the Howard Plough i 

 more xoork, with the same pawer of team, than any oi, 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more ihan twentysei 

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

 Howard Plough turned twentynine and one half inches 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howar 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most suhstantis 

 made. 



There has heen quite an improvement made on the sh 

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

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise seen 

 the mould hoard and landside together, and strengthens 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 toSl.^. A Ploiii' 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost alic- 

 tlO 50, and with cutter Si, with wheel and cutter, »2 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Stii) 

 Nos. 61 & 52 North Market Street, by 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



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