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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Nov. 18, 



XaZSCEI.I.ANZES. 



[selected for the n. e. farmer.] 



VALLE CRUCIS ! 

 A Welsh Song by Mr Roscoc. 

 Vale of the Cross I the shepherds tell, 

 'Tis sweet within thy woods to dwell, 

 For there are sainted shadows seen, 

 That frequent haunt the dewy green ; 

 In wandering winds the dirge is sung, 

 The convent bell with spirits rung. 

 And matin hymns and vesper prayer 

 Break softly on the tranquil air. 



Vale of the Cross ! the shepherds tell, 

 'Tis sweet within thy woods todwt-11, 

 For peace has there her spotless throne. 

 And pleasures to the world unknown ; 

 The murmurs of the distant rills. 

 The sabbath silence of the hills, 

 And all the quiet God has given 



Without the golden gates of heaven ' ! 



I 



Virtue. — However attractive wnrl fascinnlinjj 

 are Ihe power* of beauty and the eiog^nnl accom- 

 plishments of (he soul, none olhcr can so fill, 

 devote, and eternally (\s. the heart, a« virtue. 

 This sublime emanalion from the Almig^hly 

 mind glows in every line of the face, " burns on 

 the lip, and beams each melting eye.'' 



The Rev. Mr ("Coleman, formerly pastor of 

 Brattle Street Church, Boston, in his explana- 

 lion of the [larable of the ten virgins, says the 

 croxans oj inciriy kings will burn tlicir temples in 

 another world. ' 



There is hardly any bodily blemish which a 

 winning behaviour will not conceal or make tol- 

 erable ; and there is no external grace which 

 ill-nature or affectation will not deform. 



Old Jge. — Mrs. Barbanld, when she was up- 

 wards of seventy, wrote llius to a friend : — 

 " Pope, I think, soinewiiere says, ' The last 

 years of life, like tickets left in the wheel, rise 

 in value.' The thought is beautiful, but false; 

 they are of very little value, — thev are general- 

 ly past either in struggling with pains and infir- 

 iDities, or in a dreamy kind of existence : no new 

 veins of thought are opened ; no young aflec- 

 tions springing up; the ship has taken in its lad- 



way to this discovery or this turn of thinking. I treat their admirers with disdain, then suffer 

 In his style he is original, and there we can track I (i)emselves to be gradually approached like 



his irailators. In short he seems to me to be one 

 of those who have shone in the belles lettres, 

 rather than, what he is held out by many to be, 

 an original and deep genius in investigation." 



The following curious disposition of letters 

 was found inscribed on an ancient marble : 

 ROTAS 

 OPERA 

 TENET 

 A R E P O 

 S A T O R 



Female Preaching. — Dr Johnson once remark- 

 ed that a woman's preaching was like a dog's 

 walking on his hind legs. 



princesses of dnzzling charms ; that they must 

 at one time, lend a willing eai to the vows of 

 suitors and at another, start at the slightest ex- 

 pression of feeling, and banquet on the sighs 

 and tears of desponding lovers But true affec- 

 tion should not be trammelled by such artificial 

 rules : 



'' Love is a bird of summer skies ; 

 From cold and from winter he soon departs ; 

 lie basks in the beam of good liumoured eyes, 

 And delights in the warmth of op( n hc.irts. 

 But where he has once foni;d chill and rain, 

 Ht seldom returns to that bower again." 



APPLE JELLY. 

 His not known, perhaps, so generally as it 

 ought to be, that apples make an excellent jelly. 

 Thanksgivi'ig. — It is a wise and venerable The process is as follows ; — They are to be 

 custom in New England, to set apart one day i pared, quartered, the core completely removed, 

 in the year for (ho ' voluntary commemoration , and put in a pot without water, closely covered, 

 of the divine favor and goodness, and it is and placed in an oven over a fire. When pret- 

 plcasing to see so correct a custom gaining ly well stewed. Ihe juice is to be squeezed out 

 ground'in our country. Not that in New Eng- through a cloth, to which a little white of egg 

 land, or any where else, it requires a year to ' is added, and then the sugar. Skim it previ- 

 roll over our heads to convince us of the ever-'o'is to boiling, then reduce it to a proper con- 

 lasting mercies of Heaven. The sublime struc- 1 ^'^lency, and an excellent jelly will be the pro- 

 ture of the universe ; this beautiful landscape, duct. 



the earth ; the magnificent ocean, now assail- 1 =?^ 



in? the clouds with lis foam, and then nestling ( CnnnZ ro/;*.— During (he month of October $2£P3G 00 

 .!„ r.ii« k- I, „., ;i- 1 ;u„ „ >i ™i _;„.,t. o„n i were received by the collector at Albany on account of 

 (he little birds on its billows the glorious sun,, ,, ,,.„ ,■,.,.. . i .u i j .i, 



, , . .. 1 .• ,. 1 , 1 . t tolls, on 800 boats that departed thence, ladtn with 



and those sweet sentinels ol bght, the stars; 4319 tons of merchandise, 

 the voice of the thunder, and the song of the 

 linnet ; — who knows any thing of these, and can, 

 or a moment, doubt the supreme benevolence 



The Bombay papers are endeavouring to rouse the 

 alleniiou of the people for the purpose o( promoting 

 of the Almighty ! Yet, although every instant j ^team navigation by the way of ihe Red Sea. 



be fruitful in blessings we are inaltent'ive, ''»'' I^^^^T FRTrrP T'RFF^'. t- ~ 



do not regard; we are ignorant, and do not ap-i ^^^^ " xVUi 1 1 rvilftjO, OtC. 



predate ; we are ungrateful, and do not consi.l- ' ^^pffiSj 



er; we are selfish, and will not understand j ^"** T AMF.3 Bl OODGOOD & CO. have for 



,1 mi u . • . T -11 i-.u ■ -ad^Step. ^ sale at their nursery, at 1' lushing, on 



them. 1 he best require to be reminded ot their | L^^rTTi^,,,. near New York, 



iluty, and the thoughtless must be (old it always I Fruit and Forest TreeE,Flowering Shrubs fcTIantts 01 



It is wise, therefore, to select Ihe season of , the most approved sorts. 



gladness, and point to the source of good. When { The proprietors of this Nursery attend personally to 



the husbandman rejoices for Ihe harvest js the inoculation and engrafting of «// //ie»r /.'rei* TrcM, 



ing, whatever it may be, whether precious j pecially, should he pour forth the grateful in- 

 cense of his praise, and his devotion. 



The Almighty deserves the praise of his 

 crea(ures. The flower pays its worship in fra- 

 gran( exhalation, and Ihe lark when he carols 

 t the gate of heaven, in praise of their glori 



and purchasers may rely with confidence, that the 

 Trees they order will prove genuine. 



Orders left with Jlr Zebkdke Cook, jr. No, 4-1 State 

 Street, Boston, will be transmitted to us, and recciv- 

 ., , 1111 1 /- our promiit and particular attention. Catalogues will 



it becomes man to acknowledge ihe reward ol be delivered, and any information imparted respecting 

 his labors, the blessing of his hopes, and the the condition, &c. &c. that may be reqnired, on appli- 

 goodness of the giver of all things. 'I'hen, cs- caton t" him. Sept. 30- 



ripe, and the poor go into the (ield to glean 



The sheafs which God ordains to bless 

 The widow, and Ihe fatherless, 



stones or lumber, and lies idly flapping its sails 

 and wailing for the wind that must drive it upon 

 the wide ocean." 



Dr Ji)hns(m. — The followinsr remarks on a 



FOR SALE — a Farm situated in the pleasant and 

 flourisliing village of iJixmont, through which (ho 

 ' mail stage ]iasses twict- a week from Augusta (o Ban- 

 i gor, and is only from 16to -0 miles distant to four ports 

 on the Penobscot river. It has « convenient farm-house, 

 i 2 large barns, sheep folds, sheds, and out houses all in 

 good repair; will summer and winter 100 sheep and 



,,.,,. , , " ,. T . \ nil .ni I . I -I 1 S"uu It iiaii , will MIlllliici aiiii "iiiici i\i\r siiir^ij .iini 



much disputed point— the character ot Johnson ous Maker. The sun burns incense daily, and 1 1:^^^ ^5 j^ ^^ ,,^^^ „f „^^, „,t,,. . ^.i,^ ^ good set of 

 — are likewise Irom the pen of Mrs Barbauld : the virgin stars keep nightly vigils; the my?- farming tools of the most approved kinds, which maybe 



^'Johnson, I tli nk,«as fir iiom a great character: 

 he was continually sinning against his conscience, 

 and then afraid ol going to hell for it. A Chris- 

 tian and a man of the town, a philosopher and a 

 bigot, acknowledging life to be miserable, and 

 making it more iniserable through fear of death; 

 professing great distaste to the country, and neg- 

 leclirig Ihe uibanity of towns ; a Jacobite, and 

 pensioned; acknowledged to lie a giant in lit- 

 erature, and yet we do not (race him, as we do 

 Locke, or Koii'seati, or Voltaire, in his intlnence, 

 on ;iie 0|)inioos of the times. ^Vc cannot ."ly 



had wilh the premises if reqnirid. — For further partic- 

 ulars, inquire of BENJA.MIN BU T.M AiS, on Ihe premi- 

 ses. 7t. Dixmont (Me.) Oct. 13, 1825. 



lerious anthem of Ihe forest proclaims its devo. 

 lion, and the sea declares its obedience as it 

 murmurs in repose. Every moment of time 

 ears an errand of mercy, and should not be al- j iri PARSONS & CO. City Furniture warehouse, 



nl of: -Eli • Union Street, near the Union Stone, keep con- 

 stantly on hand for sale, a general assortnunt ol' furni- 

 ture, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, fire 

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



lowed to pass without an ackuowledgeme 

 gratitude. 



" Ye chiefs, for whom the whole creation smiles, 

 Cronn the great hymn." Ck. Courier. 



Lnve. — Young ladies are too apt to imagine, 

 that they must follow Ihe rules of courtship as 

 they li'id thoin exemplified in the Waverly.an^ 



Johiison lirsl opened this vein of Ihoughl, led the I Other fashionable novels ; that they must first 



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