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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[March 24 



iaZC0i:Z.LANSS3. 



THE LAWYER'S PRAYER. 



Ordained to trpad the thorny groiinJ, 



Where few, I feat, are I'aitlitul found, 



Mine be the conscience void of tlame, 



The upright heart, the spotless name ; 



The tribute of the wid"w''s prayer, 



The righted orphan's grateful tear. 



To virtue and her friends, a frii nd. 



Still may my voice the weak defend 1 



Ne'er may my prostituted tongue 



Protect the oppressor in his wrong. 



Nor wrest the spirit of the laws, 



To sanctify a villaio's cause ! 



Let others, with unsparing hand. 



Scatter their poison through the land ; 



Inflame dissension, Ifindle strife. 



And strew with ills the path of life. 



On such her gifts let fortune showi r. 



Add wealth to wealth, and power (o power. 



On me may favouring heaven bestow. 



That peace which good men only know ; 



The joy of joys, by few possessed. 



The eternal sunshine of the breast. 



Power, fame, and riches, I resign, 



The praise of honesty be mine, 



That friends may weep, the worlhy sigh, 



And poor men bless me when I die! 



[SELECITD FOR THE N. E. FARMER.] 



Clicerfulitess is (he best liyntin (o the Divini- 

 ty, nnd ill fact it is impious to ?uppo«c that (he 

 Great Father of matikiml, iviiose lieiiiu;iiity nnd 

 love 90 strikingly pervade universal nature, 

 could delight in the mi«ery of his children, or 

 liave created them lor other purposes than those 

 of virtuous enjoyment. 



Egotism. — There is hardly n crime, folly, or 

 misery of which some men will not accuse them 

 selves, even wrongfully, rather llian not be the 

 subject of convcrsaiion. Not a lew love to de- 

 tail all their bodily ailments, and recapitulate a 

 whole Buchan of remedies with a most nauseat- 

 ing minuteness. Others again will boast of a 

 bad leg or cadaverous eomplesion with a vanity 

 as deformed as their figures, holding every de- 

 fect (o be redeemed if it happens to appertain 

 to thai impeccable object of their idolaliy — self 



Happiness is the chief good, and virtue the 

 only happiness. No mind is so constituted, as 

 to be capable of unalloyed happiness while il 

 can reproach itself with any crime towards man, 

 however secret and undiscovered, since it must 

 be always conscious of having offended a supe- 

 rior power, from whom nothing is hidden. 



G'r«i'jri/.--Whilc the shallow pedant endeav- 

 ours to impose upon the vvorlil by a serious and 

 pompous deporliiient, minds of a superior order 

 will be often found abandoning themselves to 

 playfulness and puerility. I'lato, after discus- 

 sing philosophy willi his friends on the [iroinon- 

 tory of Siinium, frequenlly indulged the gaiety 

 of his heart by relaxing into a vvAn of the most 

 trivial jocosencss; but once seeing a grave form- 

 nlist approach in the midst of their (rilling, he 

 exclaimed " Silence, my friends ! let US be wise 

 now ; here is a fool coming." 



Snuff-Taking. — Every professed, inveterate 

 and incurable sniiir-(aker, at a niouerate compu- 

 tation, takes one pinch in ten niiuutes. Every 

 pinch, with the agreeable ceremony of blowing 

 nnd wiping the nose, and other incidental cir- 



cumstances, consumes a minute and a half. One 

 minute and a half out of every ten, allowing six- 

 teen hours to a snufT-taking day, amounts to two 

 hours and twenty-four minutes, out of every na- 

 tural day, or one day out of every ten. One 

 day out of every ten amounts to thirty-six days 

 and a half in a year. Hence if we suppose the 

 practice to be persisted in forty years, two en- 

 tire years of the snuff-taker's life will be dedicat- 

 ed to tickling his nose, and two more to blow- 

 ing it. 



-»e9«— - 

 Method, as Mrs More says, is the very hinge 

 of business; and there is no method without 

 punctuallily. Punctualily is important, because 

 it subserves the peace and good temper of a 

 (amily: the want of it not only infringes on 

 necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this du- 

 ly. Piincluaiity is important as it gains time ; 

 it is like packing things in a box, a good pack- 

 er will gel in half as much mure as a bad one. 

 The calmness of mind which it prodnces, is 

 another advantage of punctuality : a disorderly 

 man is always m a hurry : be has no time to 

 speak with you, because he is going else-where: 

 and when he gels there, he is too late for his 

 business, or he must hurry away to another be- 

 fore he can finish it — It was a wise maxim ol 

 the Duke of New caslln — "I do one thing at a 

 time." Punctuality gives weight to character. 

 "Such a man has made an ajipointment : then 

 1 know he will keep it" And this generates 

 punctuality in you : for like other virtues i( 

 propagates itself: servants and children must 

 be punctual where their leader is so. Appoint- 

 ments indee.l, become debts ; I owe you punc- 

 tualily, if 1 have m.ide an appointment with yoa. 

 and have no right to throw away your time if 

 1 do my own. 



Fori;elfulness — doing errands gratis — rxcu.ics — 

 •Si-c. — We heai<l the other day of a man in Gro- 

 ton who had a doubtful glO bill on one of the 

 banks in New York, and who committed it to 

 (he care of the captain of a sloop that passed as 

 regularly, as wind, tide, freight and passengers 

 would permit, forward and back, from Peck-slip 

 to Barber's Wharf; with charge to call on the 

 bank and ascertain whethei it was a good bill or 

 a bad one. The first time the captain returned 

 from New York, he honestly slated to the own- 

 er of the hill wilh which he had been intrusted, 

 that he had forgotten to do his errand, but pro- 

 mised to attend to it next time. He returned 

 the next time wilh the bill in his pocket bock, 

 met with the same question and relumed the 

 same answer, wilh a promise, by way of rider, 

 that be would attend to the business the next 

 lime, and would make a memorandum to insure 

 his memiiry. The third time, as ho was fasten- 

 ing his sloop to one of the piles of the wharf, 

 he saw his old customer, and his conscience 

 smote him. "• Did you encpiire this time at the 

 bank, whether that bill was good or bad." — 

 '' Why, yes, sir, I enquired, and they told me il 

 was not a very good bill nor a very bad bill — it 

 was about middling.'''' — Con. Mir. 



Eternilii. — The following beautiful answer 

 by a pupil of the Deaf and Dumb school at Paris 

 contains a sublimity of conception scarcely to 

 be equalled; " What is eternity ?" was the ques- 

 tion to which he immediately answered, "The 

 life-time of the Almighty." 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, ^c. 



FOR SALE, at the Kenrick 

 Place, near the Brighton Post 

 Office. The Nurseries have been 

 much extended, & besides a vari- 

 ety of English Cherries,Pe»rs, Ap- 

 ricots, &c. contain many thous- 

 ands of grafted Apple trees of su- 

 perior kinds, thrifty, handsome 

 and ofgood size. Also, some thousands of budded Peach 

 Trees, remarkably thrifty, and comprising a choice col- 

 It clion of about 40 of the most approved sorts discover- 

 ed in our best gardens, or brought to the markets ; the 

 Pe.ich trees are from .'j to <i feet high and sold at the 

 )nod(ra(e price of 30 cents each. Of good sized orna- 

 mr-ntal trefs,lhe flowering Horse Chesnut; flowering Ca- 

 talpas ; European Mountain A^h , \\'eeping Willow ; 

 Evergreen Silver Fir ; and the Larch ; Butternuts, and 

 Fnirlish Walnut". Currant bushes of the prolific red 

 kind, of all sizes, by the dozen, hundred, or thousand, 

 on moderate terms. Also, the black, white, and C ham- 

 pnene do. ; red, and white Roses ; Lilacs, Senna, Gum 

 Aracia, Enjlish Grapes, &c. 



Orders addressed to JOHN or WM. KENRICK. and 

 sent to the Brighton Post Office, nr to the office of UA- 

 N* & FENNO, Brokers, in State-street, will bs duly 

 atteudi d to. 



N. B. Trees will be parked in < lay and mats for ship- 

 ping, and conveyed to Boston, when ordered ; and on 

 Saturdays without charge for conveyance ; but Gen- 

 tlemen remote should employ some person to receive 

 and pay for them. 



In removing trees, one year's growth is frequently 

 Io=t, if the Irees happen to survive, by unreasonably di- 

 minishing their roots; therefore special care will he 

 tnken for their preservation. filarch 10. 



AMES BLOODGOOD & CO. have for 

 sale at their nursery, at Flushing, on 

 Long Island, near New York, 



Fruit and fore.st trees, 



FLOWERING SHRUBS and PLANTS, 

 of the most approved sorts. 



The proprietors of this Nursery allfvd personally to 

 the inor ilalion and engrafting of all Ihtir Fniit Trers, 

 Bn;5 purchasers may rely with confidence, that (he 

 Trees they order will prove genuine. 



The subscriber, agent ofthe above nursery, will re- 

 ceive orders for any quantity of trees, plants and shrubs 

 and transmit the same, and the bills may he paid to 

 him on the delivery ofthe trees in this city, the freight 

 &c. to be paid by the purchaser. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis, and any inform- 

 ation respecting the condition of the trees. Sic. impart- 

 ed on application to him. Z. COOK, jr. 



Boston, Feb. 10, 18'26. cplOt 44 Slate street. 



WM. PRINCE, Proprietor c/ 

 the Linna?an Garden, ixar 

 ew York, offers to the public 

 is very extensive collection of 

 the choicest Fruits, which have 

 been selectt-d wilJi the greatest 

 care from the most crkhrattd 

 establishmeoCs throughout the 

 world, and to which very large 

 additions have recently been 

 made- The assortment of Or- 



riamental Trees, Shrubs, and , 



Plants, is very extensive. Above 1900 species of Green 

 House Plants, comprising the most rare and splendid 

 kinds. In the collection are above 500 vaiieties of 

 Roses, including 54 varieties of China Ros>-s, and 9 of 

 Moss Roses. Also, about 10,000 thrifty Grape Vines,.,_i 

 ofthe finest f'uropean kinds The new catalogues for ! 

 1825 may be obtained of Joseph Bridge, No.25Court 

 .Street, Boston, and orders thro' him will meet prompt 

 attention. 3t March 17. 



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