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NEW ENGLAND PARMER, 



[August 2^4 



M£Scz:i.i.ANn;s. 



rOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



THE FARMER'S SONG. 



BY S. D. PATTERSOI7. 



I enyy not the mijhty king 



Upon the splendid throne — 

 Nor craye his glittering diadem, 



Nor wish his power mine own : 

 Tot though his wealth and power be great. 



And round him thousands bow 

 In reverence — in my low estate 



More solid peace I know. 



] envy not the miser — he 



May tell his treasure o'er ; 

 May heaps on heaps around him see, 



And toil and sigh for more ; 

 I'd scorn his narrow, sordid soul. 



Rapacious and unjust; 

 Nor bow beneath the base control 



Of empty, gilded dust. 



Let warriors mount fame's giddy height, 



Gain glory's gallant mead — 

 Be calm, collected in the fight. 



Where thousands round them bleed ; 

 1 envy not their victor wreath. 



Their courage nor their fame ; 

 Their laurels are a fleeting breath, 



Their glory but a name. 



My wants are few, and well supplied 



By my productive fields, 

 I court no luxuries besides. 



Save what contentment yields. 

 More pure enjoyment labour give?, 



Than wealth or fame can bring ; 

 And he is happier who lives 



A Farmer than a King. 

 Jil'onistown, (Pa.) August 8. 1825. 

 -»««;«.... 



FOR THE NEW EVG LAND FARMER. 



Kjttract of a Utter to the Kditor.of Ihe New England 

 Farmer, dated Hallowtll, (Me.) August 15, IfiiS : 



" Some lime in June I saw in a Boston paper 

 <hat a gentleman at Marhias hnd nienlioneil tlie 

 Jealh of the man who Wiis the liist person killed 

 in Bunker hill (i<i;ht ; and thai Col. Prcscoll or- 

 dered hiin huriefl immediately ; l)iit that he did 

 Bot know the perscm's name. Perhftp? such in- 

 formation as 1 received from those engaged in 

 that battle, who were eye witnesses, may Ihrow 

 some ligiit on (he suhjecl. Isaac Whillier, Paul 

 Hardy, John lloyt, David Huntiniflon were my 

 neighbours, when ! lived at Amesbiirj, .nnd told 

 me they were close to the first man who ^as 

 killed by a cannon ball frnm Boston, — that it took 

 off the whole top of lii- head, the conlenls ol' 

 which were scattered ufion them. This niim was 

 from Haverhill, and a person with wliom they 

 were well acquainted. His name was .^imeoil 

 Pike, and he was ahoul 23 years of age. I knew 

 him very well, and have no doubt but he was 

 the first man killed on that day. Those men I 

 have mentioned are all now dead. 



If you think any part of the above will he in 

 leresting In your readers, you may give it a 

 place in your paper. Yours Irnly, 



i. WINGATE. 



Szeimming Feats. — A very extraordinary swim- 

 ming match took place in the neighborhood of 

 Giyn, in Susses. A young man engaged to un- 

 dress himself in deep water. He was dressed 

 in a short jacket, waist coat, trowsert, shoes, 

 stockings, neckcloth, and hat. The signal being 

 giTen, Le commenced, and completely undressed 

 himself in the water, in three minutes and three 

 quarters. His next attempt was to jwim one 

 hundred yards with his lags tied ; the cord was 

 placed round his ancles; he was then put into 

 the water, and swam the one hundred yards in 

 five minutes. He swam ou his back with his 

 feet foremost. — His legs were then untied, and 

 his arms were tied round, and close to his body 

 and he swam ivilh his head foremost, and accom- 

 plished the hundred yards in two minutes and a 

 hall". He won the three events in the short 

 space of 'CI minutes, including the time he rest- 

 ed himself. 



Adam Seeds a useful and respectahle laboring 

 man, who resided in Lombard street, being op- 

 pressed by the heat, got up about midnight to 

 open his window. It was the ujiper (rotil win- 

 dow in a short three story house ; it is believed 

 that the window was light and that he was push- 

 ing it up with his shonldcr, when it started sud- 

 denly, and he was pitched into tha street. He 

 was forlhwilh taken to the Hospital ; it was I'ound 

 that his skull was fractured and his ribs broken. 

 He died this morning about one o'clock. Phil. pa. 



A young rogue caught. — .\ lad apparently about 

 15 years old, an appronlice to Mr Deyo, a res- 

 [leclabje tailor in this place was very ingenious- 

 ly detected in stealing money from the drawer 

 of Mr Throop's store in this village. He had 

 lor some time made it a practice to call al ihe 

 store when Ihere was n<» one in excepting Mr 

 T. or one of his clerks. He would I hen goner 

 ally call for wine, or sonie triHing article kepi 

 in the store cellar, and in their absence to [>ro- 

 cure Ihe article, it was suspected tb.il he made 

 tree with the change .lrav\er. The other day 

 Mr Throop fastened a cord to the bark of the 

 drawer, nnil let one end pass thro' a small hole 

 in the cellar. It was bui a short lime before ihr 

 hoy cp.me in, and observing no one but AI. 

 Throop in the store, called for some wine: Mr 

 T. on entering the cellar, perceived ihe conl 

 move, caHght hold of it, and wiih a sudden jerk 

 made it last ; he then ran up stairs, and foun.l 

 ilie young rogue with his hand fast in the draw- 

 er, and he was taken as Prince Hslsays, •' in the 

 manner." — Schoharie Rep. 



From the ■will of J. Gross, mariner, of Bristol, 



proved 171)5. — My executrix , to pay oni 



of the first monies collected, to my beloved wife 

 Sarah, if living, one shilling, whxh I give hs a 

 token of my love, that she may buy hazle nuts, 

 a:* I knm-v she 13 lipitcr phased with craikii.g 

 lb m, than she is with mending holes in hei 

 slocUings. 



Beauty as tlie flowery bloom, soon fades ; but 

 thed'vinei excellencies of Ihe mind, like the 

 tnedicMJ virtues of the ()lanl, remain in it when 

 all .hesc charms are (led. 



A rofier w Ihout a lock shows that if ron'a;ri.s 

 no ir>-a?nre ; as a moulh always open denotes 

 uD empty brain. 



Lake Superior. — Mr Keating, who was attach- 

 ed to Maj. Long's expedition to the sources of 

 St Peter's river, lake Superior, &c. plates that 

 al .Michipicatton House, a posf on lake Superior, 

 cows are fed on fish, with but little if any other 

 food ; that they Ihrive well, atid give abundance 

 of milk, Ihe quality of which is apparently not 

 alTecled by the fish.— The lake is boisterous, 

 and snow, hail and rain are frequent. The coun- 

 try along the lake is one of Ihe most dreary 

 imaginable,— rocky, broken, ami unproductive; 

 the climate is cold and inhospitable. The wat- 

 ers of the lake are very pure and transparent ; 

 pebbles can be distinctly seen at the depth of 

 more than twenty feet. 



The Great Indian Caryiival, at Fort Maiden, 

 Upper Canada, took place the latter pari of last 

 month. Between 2 and 3000 Indians allcnded, 

 many of whom had aslolhlul, ragged, disu-usiinw 

 ajipearance The robnsi and hardy Sae.>, l"i(.m 

 the Mississippi, were Ihe only ones thai seemed 

 to possess Ihe stern virtues and iif.lilp l.pio.sni 

 generally attributed to the North Americ n Si<»- 

 asjes, ll is slated that the annual expeiuliiiin? of 

 the British government, in pre-ents to the Indians, 

 amounts to goOO.OOO,— most of which is disp.js- 

 ed of to the traders in Canada and Michigan, for 

 rum and whiskey. The British government 

 duulit the policy of these gifts, and are deter- 

 mined to lessen them gradually. 



Suicide. — If may be amusing to the reader, 

 perhaps, to be reminded of the following dia- 

 loQ'iie on this subject : 



Dr Johnson. — There is no situation a man can 

 possibly be in, thai he has a right to put himself 

 to dentil. 



.Mr BosrccU. — Suppose a man is absolutely 

 sure Ib.il, if he lues a few days longer, heshalf 

 be delected in a fraud, the consequence of which 

 wuiild be uller <lisgrace and ex]>ulsion from so- 

 ciety ? 



Dr Jihnson. — Then let him go to some pklce 

 where he is n^.t knovvn ;- i^o7i ( Icl him go tu the 

 d — / where he is known .' 



Those who early arcustom themselves to 

 reading, reflection and rational amusement, will 

 tindJhemseives enabled lo render the winter of 

 llieir days calm and |deasant. 



Every manslionld mind his own business; for 

 he who middles with other men's good or ill 

 Inrtune, will never be it rest. 



lOR SALT, a V( ry fine A!ilch Cow, not five yiar» 

 old, that has givtn the present season on grara 



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leed alone, cightrtn quarts ol milk a d.(y. She is a 

 tine looking aiiii.al, in perfect health, and is not offer- 

 ci (or sail fni any fault. Inquire at this office. 



i_^t rStiM..\,- ^^ (I), f ity Kuiniture waifhcusc, 

 m1j» L'nion Street, near the Union h^ione, krep con- 

 ^Unlly on hand for sale, a general assortment ol uiini- 

 'iire, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, fire 

 sets, brushes, bellows, iic. &c. 



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