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BKES0EI.XiA»722S. 



FARKWKLI. MM:S, 

 By a late I isilnr lo JS'crmandy. 

 Farewell to the land of boivs nm\ griuiacps, 

 Farewell Ic the land of hi^li cajis and large f-ices ; 

 Farewell to the land of confessions and sinntrs, 

 Farewell to the land of fat priests and good dinners ; 

 Farewell to the land of cathedrals anfl churches, 

 Frirewell to the land of passports and searches ; 

 Farewell to the gend'armerift, prefects and mayors, 

 Farewell lo the sexions, to beadles and players ; 

 Farewell to hotels, farewell to their bills, 

 Farewell to their breaklasts, the leart of their ilh ; 

 Farewell lo the cider, both sour and thick 

 Farewell to the wine which made me so sick ; 

 Farewell lo the garcon^ filles de chambre, farciwell, 

 Farewell to each shop;_where/air dealing does dwell ; 

 Farewell to the fools lyiiom I met on their travels. 

 Farewell to the landlord their wants who unravel? ; 

 Farewell to the voitures dirty and crazy, 

 Farewell to the diligence heavy and lazy ; 

 Farewell to the girls who are pretty and easy. 

 Farewell to the men who art fillhy and greasy ; 

 Farewell to liie streets whirli sehlom are clean. 

 Farewell to the priests at mass often seen ; 

 Farewell to thee, France, thou shalt not me detain ; 

 From country, from home, and iilnni-pudding ;;gaii!. 

 From the. Lonilnn Liferart/ Gazelle.. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



moved round lo the passage ; the maid openeil 

 ihc dnor for him, and he told her he should re- 

 turn imn)edi:ilclv to ten. Alter the lirU comidi- 

 ments had passed among the ladies, ihe tea was 

 called lor; the visitors, who thought themselves 

 in the secret, tillered ; the mistress of the hoase 

 was at -.1 loss to know the reason; A\e rang the 

 hell : the maid missed the kettle ; an alarm a- 

 rose ; and the visilors were obliged to cmd'ess 

 that the nephew had hidden himself in the next 

 room, with the teakettle, to excite surprise.— 

 The lady stared at the word nephczi), having no 

 relative of that denoniiiiation. The maid horo 

 testimony lo the man's ahrnpl exit ; and not the 

 least doubt could remain of his artful viUany. 



[May &, 



Smart Reply. — la 1586, Philip II. King of 

 Sjiain, sent the young Constable of Ca'^lile lo 

 Home, to I'elicilale Sextus V. on his exalialioi) ; 

 the {'ope, displeased ihat so young an ambassa- 

 dor ha(i been cle|iutcd to him, could not lielp say- 

 ing, "And well, sir, did your masier want men, 

 by sending lo me an nmbassuiior \vilhoiit a 

 beard ?" — "If ray sovereign had thought," re- 

 [died the jiroud Spaniard, "Ihat merit consisted 

 in a beard, he wotdd have sent you a buck goat, 

 and not a gentleman as 1 am." 



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Curiuus Circit,iistunce. — The poor ivon:ieii of 

 the village of Sutton Wick, Berks, have, here- 

 tofore, earned iheir livPldiond by spiniiini;-, pro- 

 cured from the latter place ; but having fniished 

 Jill the work o\' Ihal de'^cription in Abinjlou, 

 and havuig nothing to do, ihoy applirri to tbr 

 overseer for ridief, who not being \v;llintj that 

 the (((rf]>.9 shnuitl be without em(doy;ncnl having 



!iO doubt the words of the pool in his rnind, 



that " Satan finds somn evil zeork /or iillc hands 

 id do.,"' he, alter some C(>nif»mi)lalion and consid- 

 erable racking of lirains, bit npon Ihe foHouing 

 ntnployincDl:;, which perhaps may be of use to 

 .'!0me of your readers who are at a Io^-j to find 

 employnipnl f.'r feniaSes.--Ale.afed Ian was (da- 

 ceil in sight of liis wiu'loiv, and pai t of them 

 were employed the whole day in endeavouring 

 !0 btozi.' titc sno-,o friiin ojf the rnnj of //i; lui:i.ie, but 

 without ciTecl, andlhe rer-irluc were cmploved 

 (to niucli the same porpost;) in (mptijint; a large 

 pond i^i'.'/i pi.il ciip.i. — M.iiiy iiersouhcame (o see 

 these novel eniployiiienis, and there was some 

 dell. lie helbre is was liindiy decided ivliich look- 

 «'d the most silly, ibe emplojer or eijiployed. — 

 ■l,ondu)t Fanners'' Juiirnal. 



A goud (inc. — At a recent pailiamenlary din- 

 ner, Mr I'lunkelt was asked if Mr Hume did nol 

 annny him by his irnad speeches. ' No,' repli- 

 ed he, ' it is liie length of Ihe speeches, not 

 Iheir breadth lli;\t we complain of in Ihe House.' 



WM. FRI.XCF., Proprietor of 

 the Linn.-ean Garden, nfar 

 cw— ^-- ^-»-7.>r '^ew York, offers to the public 

 ''5i'';^^;^j,i^(^%^phis very extensive coUeetinn of 

 ^.^■i^-^i,^ii^^^. ^ the choicest Kriiiis, -which have 

 ■*,^i.'^'^^^^ g?-'^ been select, d wifh the greatest 

 ^•t' W^ 'hP'S' care from Ihe most celebrated 

 Sfj-y establishmeats Ihrcnghout the 

 s?|If|i?-» world, and to which very large 

 ^■S^^fe /^additions have recently been 

 ■ |r|j /((i^m-Aie. The assortnit nt of Or- 

 (r'fy.fi'fei^J^namental Trees, Shruli.=, and 

 Plants, is very extensive. Above 19C0 species of Green 

 House I'lants. comprising the moft rare and splendid 

 kinds. In the collection are above 500 varieties of 

 Roses, including 54 varieties of i 'hina Ros' s, and 9 of 

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

 of the fintst Furopi'an kinds. The new catalogues tor 

 18'25 may he obtained of Josf.fh I!riI)(;k, No. a5 Court 

 Street, iJoston, and orders thro' hiai will meet prompt 

 attention. :'m March 17. 



Green House Plants, Shrnos, and Fruit Trees. 



A consideiable variety of valuable PLANTS, and 

 in high order, are for sale at the Green-hnnse cl the 

 subscriber, on Jamaica Plains, in Rnxbury, by apply- 

 ing to the Gardener. j^Iso. Roots and Flowering 

 SflRUBS and TRF.KS, and a few thousand ol the Ntw- 

 castie Cockspur Thorn, which are tfe only scrt with 

 me, that have Tot as ytt been ...Jacked liy the borer, 

 and r.re lhri:r vairx old. The proprirtor is also bring- 

 ing forward a Nursery of Kruit Trees, 'r(rv Tire of 

 ivhich is frnm seed and nol suehers, and icill be. so 

 warranted; some hundreds, of superior 5nrt.« of Apple 

 Trees, are now large enough for nmoval, other sorts 

 will not he lit for a year or two. .\ few large white 

 Dutch Currants, and F.nglish Gooseberries. 



Rnsbnrii.^iprilM, 1806. .lOHN PRINCE. 



Troy. — Tlve annual 

 valuable jnslilution, 



Rcnsselear SchuoL near 

 commencemnnl in this 



(which we have more than once nnliced, and 

 which is said lo have succeeded beyond Ihe ex- 

 pectations of Its founders) was appointed for 

 yesterday. .M'lev which, it is slated in Ihe Troy 

 Sentinel, the Students will proceed in a body on 

 a scienlitic lour to ihe west, lo Lake trie and 

 Niagara Falls. The expedition is lo be con- 

 ducted by Professor Eaton, Principal of Ihe 

 School. The primary object is the study of 

 ualur.d hisloiy, and the colieclious of specimens 

 in the dilTereul departments ol bulaiiy, geology 

 and rniueralogy. — A". 1'. paper. 



ORIGIN OF PHKASFS. 



To E:de the Roast — is lo govern, manage, or 

 preside over, .iolinson observes, that it was o- 

 riginally wrilleii Hoist, which signitied n luiniill, 

 and then implied to direct the ralibie.-t-/)rai///'i' 



inall 

 1 Ihe 

 / orietie.': of Litcrattirc. 



Jack for Sale. 



THE Sub.scriber offers for sale t!ie high bred Jack 

 Cohiniella. His dam is of the .Andalusian breed and 

 the largest Spanish Jennet in the country. His sire the 

 nott^d .Jaek BarOnros.^a, now owned by Gen. \A illiams 

 of Stonington Con. who will realize 5GOO, for his ser- 

 vices the last season. 



Columella is three quarter of Spanish blood and out 

 quarter Maltese, a proper cross to unite vigor and 

 spirit with sufficienl bone, is two years old, and gives 

 promise to he equal if not superior in size and othfr val- 

 uable properties to any Jack ever bred in the United 

 States. S. W. rO.MFROY. 



Brighton, April ?I. 



A'czv Imported Garden 'Seeds, S,-c. 



JOSEPH CALI.EM)F.R No. 166 \Va?bington street 

 nearthe Old .'^oulli, has just received per l-ondon Pack- 

 et, a general asortnieiit of G.^RUliN SEEDS, of last 



vear^s growth, vi^ : — 



To come in Pudding time — that is, hy dinner 

 lime, or time to begin dinner, pudding being 

 formerly Ihe lirsl dish tiiat was served u[}.--lbid 



^ . . To bear the Bell — is io surpass others, or lo 



The door was opened, and they all walked in ! be Ihe first in merit; alluding to the wether. 



A Dc.^troijs Theft. — .^s two ladies were 

 knocking at a doer on Siiiulav afternoon, a per- 

 son w!io had the appciraiice of a. gentleman 

 stepped up In the liou<e, and bowed to Ihetn. — 



Early Hotspur Peas, 

 Dwarf .Marrowfat do 

 Green rrolific do 

 l-'warf Rordi ring do 

 Sf-arlet Radish. 

 Red and white Turnip, 

 Early Heail Lettuce, 

 Grani Imperial do 

 C'obe Savoy Cabbage. 

 j Early Dutch do 



True Swedish Turnip, 

 Also, a few biish'l 



Pip 



Ilot.- 



togelher. Allcr some conversation in Ihe par- 

 lour Ihe genlleman began to ivotidcrat his aunl's 

 nol reluming frcm church, and observed Ihal | on Ids collar. 

 the length of Ihe sermon must be Ihe cause of 

 it. The wisheil-for lady, however, »vas soon 

 heard at the door; and he instantly proposed h 1 1|,„ cu.slom of a f 

 Foheme lo frighten his relative furlho diversion 

 of tiie ladies. The scheme was, Ihat he should 

 slip ijito the nexl room with the silver teakellie 

 and lamp, and then his aunt, as soon asshe .should 

 ciU for it, might conclude ihat it was stolen. — 

 As Ihe hfdy came into tlie room, the genlleman 



who bears Ihe hell, and is followed by Ihe (lock 

 or Ihe lirsl packhorsc ofa drove, who has bells 

 lb. 



This expression is taken from 

 >aker".s blowing his Iiorn io vil- 

 lages, lo let Ihi- people know his bread was just 

 drawn, and consequenlly ' hot ' and light. — lb. 



White Dutch Turnip, 

 field Turnip, 

 Plood Rett, 

 Mangel Wurlzel, 

 Doubie curi'd Parsley, 

 Long Southgate Cucumber 



I Sweet Marjoram, 



j Summer .Savory, 



( Thyme and Sage, 



I White Cellery, 



I Lemon Balm, 

 nperior English Split Peas. Ou 



hand, a large assortment of American Seedj of last 

 year's growth ; Canary. Hemp, Millet, Rape and Maw 

 seeds for Rirds ; a largo collection of Green House 



Plants, Shrubs, Sec. 



Flower Pots and I lower J'oxcs^. 

 April 2L 



A IVclsk Rabbit. — Bread and cheese toasted; 

 that is, a Welsh rttre bit. — Ibid. 



THE subscriber has for sale at his nursery in Sa- 

 lem — the English Mountain .\ih and the Common Ash, 

 both of them of good size and very fine trees — also a 

 •'rest m.my setdliug English Oaks. 



•Salem, \|iil7. E. HERSY DERBY. 



(Cy Published every Friday, at Thrkf. Dollars, 

 pera.nnom, payable at the end of the year — but those 

 who pay within si.tf)/ dat/s from the time of sub?ciibJnff 

 will be entitled to a rieUuctioa of Fim Cems. 



