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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
“SHE’S A SEWING GRIRL ” 
We have frequently heard the above re¬ 
mark, when it excited in our mind a feeling 
of ineffable contempt for the worthless piece 
of humanity that uttered it. It is a source 
of deep regret to us that it should ever be 
our duty to deal harshly with any portion of 
the fair sex who maintain a reputable stand¬ 
ing in society; and there are some, and not 
a few, who, although their fame may be un¬ 
spotted, are so deeply imbued with envy, 
jealousy and hatred toward those of their 
sex, who happened to be less favored of 
fortune, but not more perfectly molded and 
finished by nature than themselves, that their 
heads are gall, their souls are wormwood, 
their breath is pestilence whenever they can 
make it convenient to speak to them. These 
are they, who, with a sarcastic leer and 
scornful turn of the nose, stigmatize as “ no¬ 
thing but sewing girls,” such young females 
as have the moral courage and virtue to 
work with their hands for an honest liveli¬ 
hood, rather than be dependent, destitute or 
disreputable. 
It is sometimes applied opprobriously to 
married ladies, after the following manner : 
“ Did you ever see the like how Mrs.- 
dresses herself and children of late V’ “ La, 
yes, I’ve seen many like her—I knew her 
when she was a sevjing girl, and her hus¬ 
band when he was a poor carpenter and 
worked for my father. Now they have got 
a little something in the world, they stick 
themselves up for mighty somebodies.” “ It 
is just so almost always with such creatures. 
As soon as they get a little start in the world 
they forget the poverty they sprang^ from, 
and begin to put on airs of gentility. I can’t 
bear that for my part.” 
Reader, if you are a young man, and hear 
anything like the above sentiments uttered 
by a young lady to whom you are paying 
your addresses, let that be your last visit. 
Even if you were under promise of marriage, 
it would be better to break off, and incur the 
penalty of a breach of promise, than to be 
united to one so utterly devoid of that kind- 
hearted sympathy for those of her own sex 
thus virtuously struggling with adversity ; 
and who holds it disreputable in a young 
lady who is without fortune or able friends, 
to draw for support upon her own physical 
faculties, in an honest and useful vocation. 
We can not conceive any evidence more 
conclusive, that a young female possesses in 
an eminent degree, that innate principle of 
virtue which would set at defiance every 
seductive wile of libertinism, than see her 
adorned with all the native graces of her sex, 
heroically braving the sneers of the proud 
and scornful, and steadily plying her needle, 
as a means of independence. Such a one 
rarely, if ever, fails to possess an amiable 
disposition, and seldom, if ever fails to make 
a virtuous, affectionate, and prudent wife, 
and a good mother. 
Good. —The Sunday Mercury thinks that 
Dr. Townsend should place the following 
motto upon his new place in this city : 
Sarsaparilla 
Built this villa. 
Abucrtbcmcrtto. 
Terms —(invariably cash before insertion): 
len cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing one month one-fourth less. 
Advertisements standing three months one-third less 
t en vvoids make a line. 
No advertisement counted at less than ten lines. 
UpO FARMERS.—A YOUTH 10 years of 
* s desirous ol becoming thoroughly acquainted with 
u 0 nculture, and wishes to connect himself with a competent, 
practical and energetic Farmer. He is robust, healthy and 
strong, and has received a good common English education. He 
i-oXf i pec .i?^ y v ^onnectei 1 , and wishes to remain with a pleasant 
tamily where he will have plenty of farm-work and good treat¬ 
ment until he is 21 years of age. His object is to become a 
farmer. Address YOUTH, at this Office. 73-77 
P URE BRED ANIMALS 
AT 
PRIVATE SALE. 
Mount Fordham, Westchester County, 11 miles from City Hall, 
New-York, by Harlem Railroad. 
Having completed the sale of my domestic 
animals, as advertised in Catalogue of 1854. (excepting the Short 
Horn bull BALCO (9918), and at prices highly remunerative— 
for which patronage I feel grateful, not only to the public of 
almost every State in the Union, but to the Canadas, Cuba, and 
the Sandwich Islands—I will issue, about the 1 st of MARCH 
next, A CATALOGUE FOR 1855, consisting of Short Homed 
bulls, and bull calves, (some of which belong to my friend and 
part associate, Mr. Becar); North Devon bulls, and bull calves, 
Southdown rams, Suffolk, Berkshire, and Essex swine, now 
ready for delivery, of almost all ages, and both sexes. This Cat¬ 
alogue will be illustrated with portraits of my Prize animals. 
Most of the original animals of my breeding establishment, 
were selected by me, in England, in person, and strictly in re¬ 
ference to quality, in my judgment, best adapted to the use of 
this country. ' L. G. MORRIS. 
January 23, 1855. 73— 
SHORT HORN BULLS.—I have for sale 
three young, thoroughbred SHORT HORN BULLS ; ages 
—four months, seven months, eighteen months; colors—roan, 
red, chiefly red ; the get of SPLENDOR, a son of Vane Tem¬ 
pest and imported Wolviston, 
73- 
JO HN R. PAGE, 
Sennett, Cayuga Co. N. Y. 
P ATENT TRUCK CULTIVATOR. 
THE HOE SUPERSEDED. 
The attention of Gardeners and farmers is invited to a new 
Machine (patent applied for) for tending by hand all kinds of 
vegetables that are grown in rows, as soon as the plants can be 
seen. It cuts up the weeds within a half inch of the growing 
plant, without moving or covering it or injuring the root. 
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE MAN CAN DO MORE 
WORK WITH ONE OF THESE MACHINES THAN SIX 
MEN CAN DO WITH HOES, and do it better. 
Growers of Onions, Carrots, Turnips, Parsnips, and all garden 
crops, are invited to inspect a Machine at the store of 
73—76nll55 R. L. ALLEN, 191 Water-st., N. Y. 
A S GARDENER.—An Englishman who 
_Zja_ thoroughly understands the growing of fruits, flowers and 
vegetables; also the management of green-houses and grape¬ 
ries, with or without fire. Excellent testimonials as to ability 
and steadiness can be given if required. Will board in or out 
of the house. A situation near the city preferred. Address 
W. SUMMERBEY, Bellport, L. I., where he is at present em¬ 
ployed. 72—75 
W PEELING MACHINE.—A 
- • few Machines for peeling the BASKET WILLOW, 
either by hand or horse power, will be furnished next Spring, if 
ordered immediately. 
Also Cuttings for planting, with full directions. 
GEO. J. COLBY, 
Jonesville, Vt. Jan. 16, 1855. 72-75nll54 
L arge sale of short horn 
STOCK AT AUCTION. 
The undersigned being about to remove his place of residence, 
will sell, at his present residence, (known as the Ayres Farm,) 
in Barre, Mass., on THURSDAY, the 1st day of February next, 
HIS ENTIRE HERD OF SHORT HORN STOCK, 
as follows: 
The high bred, full blood Durham bull DUKE, bred by E. P. 
Prentice, at Mount Hope, sired by Fairfax, (Coates’ Herd Book, 
3754); he by Sir Thomas Fairfax (5186), which took the following 
premiums: At Otley, Eng., 3 guineas; at Leeds, 20 sovereigns, 
and at Yorkshire, 30 sovereigns—and was never beaten. The 
dam of Duke was Matilda, (Vol. 5, p. 629,) which took the first 
prize at the Fair of the American Institute in 1843, sired by 
White Jacket, (5647); dam Heart, bred by the late Thomas Hol¬ 
lis, Esq., at Blythe, Eng. 
FORTY COWS, 
About half of which were sired by Duke, the remainder were 
mostly sired by the celebrated imported bull MONARCH. 
The above stock was selected with great caie, not only as re¬ 
gards symmetry of form, but also for their extraordinary milking 
properties; and to guard against the impression that the best 
will be kept from sale, the ENTIRE HERD will be sold with¬ 
out reserve, and will be sold by catalogue. The age and pedi¬ 
gree given at the sale, offering an opportunity to stock-breeders 
to purchase animals of raTe excellence. 
Terms made known at the sale. CALVIN SANFORD. 
DANIEL BRACON, Auctioneer. 
Barre, Mass, Jan. 15, 1855. 71—72nll55 
F armers and gardeners who 
can not get manure enough, will find a cheap and powerful 
substitute in the IMPROVED POUDRETTE madejby the sub¬ 
scribers. The small quantity used, the ease with which it is 
applied, and the powerful stimulus it gives to vegetation, ren¬ 
ders it the cheapest and best manure in the world. It causes 
plants to come up quicker, to grow faster, to yield “heavier and 
ripen earlier than any other manure in the world, and unlike 
other fertilizers, it can be brought indirect contact with the 
plant. Three dollars’ worth is sufficient to manure an acre of 
corn. Price, delivered free of cartage or package on hoard of 
vessel or railroad in New-York city, $150 per barrel, for‘any 
quantity over six barrels. 1 barrel, $2; 2barrels, $3 50; 3 bar¬ 
rels, $5 00; 5 barrels, $8 00. A pamphlet with information and 
directions will be sent gratis and post-paid, to any one applying 
for the same. 
Address, the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
No. 74 Cortland-street, New-York. 
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 19 1854. 
Lodi Manufacturing Company : 
Gentlemen—At the request of John P. Cushing, Esq., of this 
g lace, I have, for the last five years, purchased from you 200 
arrels of Poudrette per annum, which he has used upon his 
extensive and celebrated garden in this town. He gives it al¬ 
together the preference over every artificial manure, (Guano 
not excepted), speaks of it in the highest terms as a manure for 
the kitchen garuen, especially for potatoes. 
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, 
Your obedient, servant. 
70—121nll52 BENJAMIN DANA. 
fl*ANCY FOWLS FOR SALE.—A variety 
-B- of pure bred Fowls, Asiatic, Spanish and Game Fowls, Se¬ 
bright, Black African, Antwerp, ami other Bantams. 
B. & C. S. HAINES, 
70-74 Elizabethtown, New-Jersey. 
AMERICAN HERD BOOK. 
CIRCULAR. 
B EAR SIR: During the past year I have been in¬ 
quired of, by several Short Horn cattle breedeis, 
iwhen I intended to issue a second volume of the American 
Herd Book. My reply has been, “Not until the Short 
Horn breeders would come forward in sufficient number 
to patronize the work, by furnishing the pedigrees of their 
stock, and to buy the book to an extent sufficient to war¬ 
rant the expense of its publication.” The first volume of 
the American Herd Book, which I published in 1846, is 
still indebted to me in the cost of the book itself, throwing 
in the time and labor I spent upon it. 
At the late “ National Cattle Show.” held at Springfield. Ohio, 
a large number of Short Horn breeders -were assembled, from 
iten or twelve States and the Canadas. The subject of a contin¬ 
uance of the publication of an American Herd Book was fully 
discussed by them. It was agreed that, with so large a number 
;of Short Horn cattle as are now owned and bred in the United 
States, and the Canadas, a Herd Book, devoted to the registry of 
American Cattle, was imperatively demanded. The expense 
i.lid trouble of transmitting their pedigrees to England, and the 
[purchase of the voluminous English Herd Book, now costing at 
least one hundred dollars, is no longer necessary: and that as 
the breeding of pure Short Horn Blood must depend much upon 
having a domestic record at hand, when the requisite informa- 
(tipn can bo obtained, and that of a reliable character, a Herd 
IBook is indispensable. 
In pursuance of the unanimous request of the gentlemen en¬ 
gaged in breeding Short Homs, above alluded to, together with 
many individual solicitations, which I have received from other 
breeders during the past year, I have concluded to issue this, my 
Prospectus, for a second volume of “ The American Herd Book,” 
and to request you, if you feel an interest in the work, to inform 
me at your earliest convenience, whether you will aid in its pub¬ 
lication by sending a record of your animals for registry, and to 
designate the number of volumes of the book you will take. The 
size of the work will, of course, depend upon the number of ani¬ 
mals registered, which, if this opportunity is embraced by the 
breeders generally, will be several hundred pages octavo, and 
illustrated with portraits of such animals, properly engraved, as 
the owners may be desirous to have inserted, they furnishing the 
cuts for the purpose. 
I shall also give an account of all the recent importations into 
the United States. A copy of the Catalogue of each separate 
herd will be given, whenever they can be obtained, togethe 
with the account of their sales, the prices at which they were 
sold, purchaser’s names. &c. In short, every matter of interest 
in relation to them, so far as it can be obtained, will be given. 
All papers relative to such information will be thankt uLly re¬ 
ceived, sent to my Post-Office address at Black Rock, N. Y. 
As it is necessary that I get to work by the first of March next, 
you will oblige me by replying immediately, and informing me 
whether you will have your cattle recorded, and if so, what the 
probable number will be, and the number of volumes you will 
take. The 1 ecording-fee for each animal will be fifty cents; 
the price of the book five dollars. The recording fees will he 
expected to be remitted in advance, when the pedigrees of the 
cattle are forwarded, and the hook paid for on delivery. 
If, by any casualty, the book should not be issued, tho ad¬ 
vance money will be promptly refunded. 
That there may be as little uncertainty as possible, I wish that 
the reply to this mav be as prompt as convenient, that I may 
know whether I shall be justified in undertaking the work; if so, 
I will give you notice of the fact as early as the first of Februa¬ 
ry, 1855, on receiving which, your pedigrees and insertion-fees 
will be required to he sent immediately. 
Very Respectfully yours, 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Buffalo, Black Rock Post-Office, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1854. 
P. S.—As I can not be presumed to know tho name and address 
of every Short Horn breeder in the country, you will oblige me 
by sending one of these Circulars to every breeder with whom 
you are acquainted, or to whom you have sold “Herd Book” 
animals, and give me a list of others, that I may send them a 
circular, so as to give as extensive information as possible on 
the subject. L. F. A. 
{SiPAgricultural papers throughout the United States giving 
the above Circular one or more conspicuous insertions, shall be 
entitled to receive a copy of the Herd Book when issued. Aside 
from this, they will confer a favor on their several subscribers in 
thus giving them notice. 69—71nll40 
D EBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE, Pe¬ 
ruvian GUANO, BONE DUST, POUDRETTE, &c., 
f or sale by R. L. ALLEN, 
70—77 189 anil 191 Water-st , N. V. 
F ERTILIZERS.—Bone Dust, Guano. 
Poudrette PLister, and Super Phosphate, all warranted o 
the best quality. R. L. ALLEN, 189 a nd 191 Water-st. 
T AWTON BLACKBERRY.—Genwine 
Plants may be purchased of WM LAWTON, 
57 ’ No 54 Wall-st., New-York 
G uano outdone.— the gas 
WORKS TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT. 
C. B. DeBURG has the pleasured announcing to his former 
patrons, and to other farmers who may wish to improve their 
lands, that he has, during the past year, succeeded in manufac¬ 
turing from the gas works, in and around New-York City, a 
superior quality of Sulphate of Ammonia, in large quantities, 
and he is now prepared to furnish . 
C. B. BeBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, * 
Highly charged with AMMONIA, which is now acknowledged 
to be the most valuable ingredient in Peruvian Guano and other 
concentrated fertilizers. Price $45 per ton. DeBURG’S Su¬ 
perphosphate is warranted to cont ain 
SEVENTEEN PER CENT OF AMMONIA. 
Agricultural Societies and distinguished farmers tried many 
experiments during the last season, and with almost universal 
success. Detailed accounts of several ot these will shortly be 
placed before the public for examination. 
The Proprietor is working for a future and lasting reputation, 
and will spare no effort to make every bag of Superphosphate 
bearing liis name just what it purports to be. To avoid imposi¬ 
tion or deception, every bag will henceforth be distinctly marked 
C. B. DeBURG, No. 1 SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME 
Pamphlets with instructions for its use, &c., will be sent 
on application. C. B. DeBURG, Williamsburg, N. Y., 
70—C2nll51 Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer. 
WILLOW, &C.—The subscriber 
will furnish cuttings of the SAL1X VIMINALIS, the best 
OSIER WILLOW, at S3 per 1 , 000 . They can be seut during 
the winter and early spring to all parts of the continent. 
Orders addressed to the subscriber, care of C. P. Williams, 
Albany, N. Y.. will meet with prompt attention. 
Also all varieties of Fruit Trees, Foreign and Native Grapes, 
&c. Catalogues sent on application. 
S. P. HOUGH 
70-87nU49 Hillside Nurseries, Albany, N. V. 
