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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 2 



x»a[zsosi.i.ANzz:s. 



CHOICE OF A WIFE. 

 I ask not beauty — 'tis a gleam. 



That tints the morning sky : 

 I ask not learning — 'tis a stream 



That glides unheeded by. 



I ask not wit — it is a flash 

 That oft blinds reason's eye : 



I ask not gold — 'tis glittering trash. 

 That causes man to sigh. 



T ask good senie, a taste refin'd, 

 Candor, with prudence blencled — 



A feeling heart, a virtuous mind, 

 With charily attended. 



j J^'egative Qualifications. — A liUle man observ- 

 |ecl,hehad two negative qualifications, wliich 

 I were that he never lay lon^^ in bed, nor wanted 

 i a great coat. 



Dedication. — At a time when the ministers o( 

 stale were Ireqiiently changed in France, a cer- 

 tain author dedicated his booit to the Brazen 

 Horse on the Pont Neuf; " I'ur 1 am persuad- 

 ed," said he, " that my patron ■will long remain 

 in place.'" 



.1 Spoiled Fool. — King James the First gave 



ail manner of encouragement to the exercise of 



buffoonery, and took great delight in it himself 



, Flappening one day to bear rather hard on one 



Lord Erskine — A barrister m the Court of ! q,- his Scotch courtiers— the Peer retorted " He 



King's Bench, describing the bud usage of a i „.i,o ^^,1^ M^jps, 



high-bred horse, said that it had for some time Ij^^i j„ Christendom." 

 been employed in dragging heavy loads, and 

 fed on coarse old hay, till the animal himself 

 demurred to the treatment — " He should not 

 have demurred" replied Mr. Erskine, " now the 

 winter season is over; he had better put him- 

 self on the country.'''' 



A certain sergeant, who is apt to get a little 

 testy in argument, was one day reminded by Mr. 

 Erskine that he should not sho~us anger but show 

 cause. 



Admiral Rodney. — During Sir George Rod- 

 ney's residence in Paris, where he had gone to 

 avoid his creditors, so great was his indigence, 

 that he frequently knew not where to apply for 

 a dinner. Monsieur de Sartine, no stranger to 

 his professional abilities thought this a proper 

 time to wean his affections from his country, 

 and therefore employed the Duka de Biron to 

 make him an offer of the command of the 

 French West India fleet, with a sum oi' money 

 that should restore him to independence The 

 Duke, in consequence of this, invited Sir George 

 to spend a month at his house, and in the course 

 of that time frequently sounded him wilh great 

 delicacy on the subject ; but not being able to 

 make himself properly understood, he at last 

 openly declared to him that as his Pioyal mas- 

 ter meant the West.Indies to be the theatre of 

 the present war, he'tojs commissioned to make 

 the handsomest offers'to Sir George, if he would 

 quit the English service, and take upon him the 

 command of a French squadron." 



Sir George, after hearing him with great tem- 

 per, spiritedly made this answer : "Sir, my dis- 

 tresses, it is true, have driven me from the 

 bosom ot my country ; but no temptation what- 

 ever can estrange me from the service. Had 

 this offer been a voluntary one of your own, I 

 should have deemed it an insult ; but I am glad 

 to learn that it proceeds from a quarter that can 

 do no wrong." 



The Duke de Biron was so struck with the 

 public virtue of the old British tar, that he in- 

 stantly exclaimed — " it is a great pity so gallant 

 an officer should be lost to his country. Will a 

 thousand louis-d'ors enable you to revi«it, and 

 tender your services lo your sovereign ''.''' The 

 other replied that they would. The Diikc im- 

 mediately advanced him Ihe sum, with which 

 Sir George set out the next day for l^ngland, 

 where he had not arriveil a week, loforc he 



King spoiled Ihe best 



Affectation of Wit. — One who either in writ- 

 ing or conversation is always attempting to bo 

 witty, though he may sometimes suceed, will 

 never be respectable, and will frequently make 

 enemies of those who laugh at and appear best 

 pleased tviili his witticisms. 



is nothing formidable about Death but the co 

 sequences of it : and these we ourselves can r 

 filiate and control. The shortest life is lot 

 enough if it lead lo a better, and the longest 

 loo short if it does not. 



Pernan Wisdom. — In the treasury of one 

 the Kings of Persia, was found a vase with tl 

 following lines inlaid in gold. One cannot b 

 smile at the turn, in which is an equal propt 

 tion of philosophy and humour. He who h 

 no wealth, has no credit; he who has not 

 obedient wife, has no repose ; he who has 

 offspring, has no strength ; he who has no k 

 dred, has no supporters; and he who has no 

 ol these — lives free from every care. 



WM. I'KINCF^ Froprie 

 ol Linna 



0)1 Death. — Some have styled this certain, 

 but at most times unwelcome visitor, Ihe King 

 of Tenors when he might, with less impropri- 

 ety, have been termed the terror of liings. 

 The Puet has lent his fictions, the Painter 

 his colors, the Orator his tropes to portray 

 Death as the grand destroyer, the enemy, the 

 prince of phantoms and of shades. But, can he 

 be called the destroyer, who, for a perishable 

 state, gives us that which is eternal? Can he 

 he styled the enemy, who is the best friend only 

 of the best, who never deserts them at their ut- 

 most need, and whose IVieiulship proves the 

 most valuable to those who live longest? Can 

 he be termed the prince of phantoms and of 

 shades, who destroys that which is transient 

 and temporary to establish that which alone Is 

 real and fixed ? And what are the mournful 

 escutcheons, the sable trophies, and the melan- 

 choly insignia, with which we surround him — 

 the sepulchural gloom, Ihe mouldering carcass, 

 and the slimy worm ? These, indeed, are the 

 idle fears and empty terrors not of the dead, 

 but of the living. The dark domain of death 

 we dread, indeed, to enter, but we ought rather 

 to dread the ruggedness of some of the roads 

 that lead to it. But if they are rugged, they 

 are short ; and it is only those that are smooth 

 that are wearisome and long. But perhaps he 

 summons us too soon from the feast of life. Be 

 it so ; if the exchange be not for the better, it 

 is not his lault, but our own : or he summons us 

 late — the call is rather a reprieve than a sen- 

 tence ; for who would «vish to set at the board 

 when he can no longer partake of the banquet, 

 or to live on to pain when he has long been 

 dead to pleasure ? Tyrants can sentence their 

 victims to death, but how much more dreadlul 

 would be their power could they sentence them 

 to lite 1 Life is the goaler of the soul in this 

 lillhy prison, and its only deliverer is Death : 

 what we call life is journey to Death, and what 

 we call death is a passport to Life. — True wis- 

 dom thanks Death for what he takes, and still 



Let us therefore. 



returned the Duke's loan, accontpaniei! vvith a ,■ i_ . l . • 



most grateful letter for the sir..,r.liar obligation | [""'^ '"^ '"^"/^ ^^T' 

 he had so politely conferred on him. I '''"^ sent.ne s, be ready because we are uncer- 



' -^ lain, and calm because we are prepared. There 



a;an Gaidcn ni 

 New- York, offers to the put 

 his very extensive collectior 

 the choicest (ruit?, which h; 

 been selected with the great 

 care from the most ctlebia 

 pstablishmenTs throughout 

 ,-, world, and to which very la 

 '^ /^additions have recently hi 

 ■ PTr P' l"^i a',wC^'''^'^e. The assortment of i 

 --^-Jifci^^^gyr^namental Tree.:, Shrubs s 

 Plants, is very extensive. Also, Hyacinths, Tulips, ! 

 other Bulbous Flowers. Above I POO species of Gn 

 House riants comprising the most rare and splen 

 kinds. In the collection aie above 500 varieties 

 Koses, including 54 varieties of Cliina Roses, and J 

 .Moss Roses. Also, about 10,000 thrifty Grape Vin 

 of the finest F.uropean kinds. 'I he new catalogues 

 \Qib, are just published and maybe obtaii eri of Jose 

 Bridge, No. 25, Court-street, Boston, and orders throi 

 him will meet prompt attention. Sept. 2( 



•^ruit and Ornamental 2\ces, ^c. 



FOR SALE, at the Kenr 

 Place, near the Brighton P 

 Otiice . The Niu'series have hi 

 much extended, & besides a v; 

 ety of Fnglish Cherries, Peirs, J 

 ricots, &c. contain many tho 

 and= of grafted Apple trees of 

 perior kinds, thrifty, handso 

 , some thousands of budded Pes 

 Trees, remarkably Ihrilty, and comprising a choice c 

 lection of about -40 of the most approve d sorts discov 

 ed in our best gardens, or brought to the markits ; i 

 Peach trees are from 5 to H feet high and sold at I 

 moderate price of 30 cents each. Of ^ood sized on 

 mental trees, the flowering Horse Chesnut; dowering ( 

 lalpas ; Furopean iMounlain A-h ^ Weeping \\ illo' 

 Evergreen Silver Fir ; and the Larch ; Bultfrnuls, a 

 English \\alnut":. Currant bushes of the prolific i 

 kind, of all sizes, by the dozen, hundred, or (honsai 

 on moderate terms. Also, the black, white, and Cha 

 pagne do. ; red, and white Roses ; Lilacs, Senna, Gi 

 Acacia, Fnglish Grapes, &c. 



Orders addressed to JOHN or WM. KFNRICK, a 

 sent to the Brishton Post Office, or to the oftice of D 

 NA & FF.NNO, Brokers, in State-strctt, will be di 

 attend»d to. 



N. B. Trees will be packed in clay and mats for sh 

 ping, and conveyed to Boston, when ordered ; and 

 Saturdays without charge for conveyance ; but G( 

 tlemen remote should employ some person to rccei 

 and pay for them. 



In removing trees, one year's growth is frequen 

 lost, if Ihe trees happen to survive, ty unroasonablj i 

 minishing their roots; therefore special care will 

 taken for their preservation. 



f^ PARSON'S & CO. City Furniture warehou! 

 J» L'ninn Street, near the Union Stone, keep co 

 stantly on hand for sale, a general assortment of furi 

 fure, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, £ 

 sets, brushes, bellows, &c. &c. 



and of "ood 



The FAKMEK is published every Friday, by JoH^ 

 Russell at $i;.i>0 per annum, in advance. 



