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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



August I, 1828. 



MISCELLANIES. 



RECORDS OF WOMAN. 



BY MBS. HEMANS. 



The following is thf picture of Gertnide ron dei- Wart, u'/iosc 

 devotedness to her husband tm the rack is well known. 

 Hex liauils werf elasp'd. Iior dark eyes raised, 



The l»recze tliiow back lier hair ; 

 Vp to die l^tirlul wht'el she g'azed — 



All mat she loved was there. 

 The night was round her clear and cold, 



'I'hi' holy heaven above. 

 Its pale sl.irs watching to behold 



'j"he might of eaithly love. 



• '-And bid me not depart," she cried. 



" My Hudol|ih, »rty not so ! 

 This IS no time to quit thy side ; 



Peace, peace, 1 cannot go. 

 Haih the world ou^ht lor me to fear 



VViiei! death is on thy brow '! 

 The world ! wliat means it 1 — mine is here — 



I will not leavt: thee now. 



I have been wiih thee m thine hour 



Oi glory and ot bliss j 

 DouDi not m.mory's living power 



To stiengtiien me thiough this! 

 And thou, mine honor'd love and true. 



Bear on, bear .lobly on ! 

 We have the blessed hcven in view, 



Whose rest shall soon be won." 



.\nd were not these high words to flow 



From woman's breaking heart .' 

 Thro' all ih,it night ol biiierest wo 



tshe bore her lolly pait ; 

 But oh ! with such a glazing eye, 



With such a curdieil cheek — 

 I,ove, love ! of mortal agony, 



Tliou, only thou shouid'st speak ! 



The wind rose high— but with it resc 



Her voice, that he might hear ; 

 Perchance that dark hour brought repose 



To happy bosoms near, 

 Vv'hile she sat slrivirtg wiih despair 



Beside his tortured form, 

 And pouring her deep soul in prayer 



Forth on the rushing siorni. 



Slic wiped the death-damps from his brow. 



With her pale hands and soft 

 Whose touch upon the lute chords low 



Had still'd his heart so oh. 

 She S])rcad her mantle o'er his breast, 



She balh'd his lips with dew, 

 And on his cheek such kisses press'd 



As hope and joy ne'er knew. 



Oh ! lovely are ye, love and I'aiili, 



Enduring to the last ! 

 She had In-r meed — one smile in death — 



And his worn spirit pass'd. 

 While ev'n as o'er a martyr's gra^e 



S'cie kn;-li on that sad spot, 

 And, weeping, bless'd the God who gave 



Strength to forsake il not !'' 



I will describe it to you — you know what a statue 

 is — well, a statue by itself is uothiiig more than 

 a sinUi, but wlieu there is more than one statue, as, 

 for instance in the case of Gog and IMagog at 

 Guildhall, or the men at St. Dunstan's, why then 

 that is statue and co. — that is the latin statu quo.'"' 



From the Zion's Herald. 



plicity, has not reason to blush for tlie littleness, 

 the insincerity, the worldliness, the degeneracy, of 

 his own. 



ANCIENT BURYING GROUND. 



While at Pittsburg, Penn. in May, the Rev. Mr. 

 Gwinn, an aged and rcsjicctable niPinber of the 

 general conference, related to me some circum- 

 stances respecting ancient burying grounds, in the 

 sectioii of the country in which he resides, which 

 appeared to me of an interesting character. Hav- 

 ing a desire to retain the facts, he very kindly 

 gave them to me in writing ; with permission to 

 make any use of them I pleased. My informant 

 said that he had examined those grave-yards him- 

 self, and could attest to what he had written — the 

 substance of which I forward for yonr insertion in 

 [the Herald, if you think it worthy a place. 

 I jYtw Bedford, June 26, 1828. J. SANBORN. 



" In the county of White, State of Tennessee, 

 near the town of Sparta, there have been discov- 

 ered three burying grounds, where a very small 

 people are deposited in tombs (cotSns) of stone. — 

 The greatest length of the skeletons is nineteen in- 

 ches. Some of these people appear to liave lived 

 to a great age — their teeth being worn smooth 

 and short, while others are full and long. Many 

 of the tombs (graves) have been opened, and the 

 skeletons examined. The graves arc about two 

 feet deep ; the coffins arc of stone, made by lay- 

 \ ing a flat stone at the bottom, one at each side, 

 one at each end, and one over the corpse. The 

 dead are all buried with their heads to the et;st 

 and in order, laid on their backs and tlieir hands 

 on their breasts. In the bend of the left arm is 

 found a cruise or mug, that would hold nearly a 

 pint, made of ground stone, or shell of a gray col- 

 or, in which is foimd one, two, or three shells, siij!- 

 posed to be sea shells. One of these skeletons 

 had about the neck 94 pearl beads. There arc 

 many of these burying grounds. Near the one 

 which I examined is the appearance of an ancient 

 town. The bones found in these graves are strong 

 and well set, and the whole frame appears to he 

 •ivell formed. These grave-yards are in extent 

 from half an acre to an acre and an half. 



In the same neighborhood is a burying ground 

 where the dead are buried in the same manner as 

 above described, and where the skeletons are from 

 seven to nine feet long." 



Genius and Feeling. — Nobody possessed of com- 

 mon sense or common sensibihly would otl'er eair- 

 soiation to one who had just lost a beloved wife. 

 Siimpathy is the only thing that the case will ad- 

 mit of. The subjoined letter is not excelled, per- 

 haps is net eipialled, by any siuiiiur etiusion. — 

 The very peculiar circumstances under wltich it 

 was written might have deterred a trieud less 

 anxious, or a writer less contideut lu the expres- 

 sion of what he felt than Mr Gray. — Charleston 

 Courier. 



MI! GRAY TO MR MjlSON. 



" I break in upon you at a moment when we 

 least of all are permitted to disturb our triends. 

 only to say tliat von are daily and hourly present 

 to my thoughts. If the worst be not yet, you will 

 neglect and pardon me ; but if the last struggle be 

 over, — if the object of your long anxieties be no 

 longer sensible to your own sutierings, allow me, 

 at least in idea, (for what could I do, were 1 pres- 

 ent, more than this ?) to sit by you in silence, and 

 pity frotii my heart, not her who is at rest, but. 

 yuu who lose her. 



'• May he who made and he who afflicts us, the 

 1 Master of our pleasures and of our puiiis. support 

 you! — Adieu. 



"I have long understood how little you had t(> 

 liope." 



It need scarcely be added that the amiable 

 woman whose extreme illness prompted Mr. 

 Gray's anxious inquiry, was she whom her hus- 

 band has inunortalized (so long at least, as Eng- 

 lish ])oetry shall endure) in the e.xcpiisite inscrip- 

 tion on her monument hi the Cathedral of Bristol. 

 " Take, holy earlh, all that my soul held dear,'' &.C. 



Childhood. — There is in childhood a holy igno- 

 I ranee — a beautiful credulity — a sort of sanctity, 

 j that one camiot contemplate without something 

 'of the reverential feelings with which one should 

 j approach beings of celestial nature. The impress 

 I of the divine nature is, as it were, fresh on the iii- 

 The Einperor of China has prohibited " the j lant spirit— fresh and unsuUied by contact with 

 fdth used for smoking," from being imported into | this vyithering -^vorld. One trembles, lest an ini 



the celestial empire. 



A worthy knight and citizen was asked, a few j 

 days ago, to exjilain the term statu quo, which he j 

 did in ihe following manner : "Why, statu quo — 1 

 jitatu quo belongs to the fine arts — you all know | 

 what CO is — co is latiii for company, as we see it i 

 marked, you know Barclay & Co. ]\Ieux^& Co. — I 

 whenever it is more than one, it is aI^^•ays co. But 



Turnip Seed, S,-::. 

 Just received at the Xew England Fanner Seed ."^torc, No. 

 5-I\oitli .Market Street, Uosiou, an extensive assortment of ^ 

 Turnip Si. *ds, some of which are the giowih ot li.e present 

 season— the Oiiesl sorts eilher lor liiniil} use or stock. J he 

 most improved sorts lor the loriner are the While Stone, \\ hilc 

 Dutch, Vellow Stone, Yellow Malta. 'J^ie ieltoiv Stone iy 

 one ol uncommon excellence and keeps well. Ol the sorts for 

 field culture, the White Norfolk, White Globe, and ieitoiv Ah- 

 erde^n or Bullock me preferable. 'VU& Veilow .Aberdeen i- 

 most approved among the farmers of England and Scotland, a: 

 it grows to a laige size, is very sweet ami nutritious, and kee;>s 

 till June. Also, Yellow Ruta Baga, or Russian i tiiuip, of the 

 best description. The above seeds were saved in Europe ex- 

 pressly fo»- us. and the utmost dependence may be placed upon 

 theii genuine quality. A variety of Long and Turnip Radish- 

 es, suitable for growing the three ensuing months. Prickly or 

 Fall Spinach. Long Prickly and Early Cluster Cucumber ; also 

 the genuine Girkin Cucumber, or VVest India pickling one of 

 he finest pickles. 



Likewise 200 lbs. fresh common while flat English Turnip 

 Seed, a part of it the growth of 1k28 :— to ilealers and purchas- 

 ers by the quanlity. it will be put at a low rale. 



Oat Meal, Oat Flour, Grotts, ^c. —^ 



Just received at the New England F.irmei Seed Store, a 

 further supply ol Ihe above articles, via. 30 barrels ot fresh Oat- 

 Meal, fine boiled Oat Flour, Hulled Oais or Vermont Rice. 

 Scotch Barley, &c. lor sale in any quantilie«, wholesale or ir 

 lail. Also a few eannisters of fine Oat Flour, neatly packci' 

 al 50 CIS. per cannister. . 



Seeds for the West Indies. 



Merchants, in....... . ' vessels and others trading to Ihe Wesl 



Indies, can be tuinisii. with boxes ol Seeds, assorted, suiiabic 

 ! for that market, at fron ^-1 lo go per box.— Each box coiilains 

 ■ upwar.ls of sixty difiV i. in kinds of seeds, vegetable and orna- 

 ' mental, in quantities si fl cienl for a common kitchen garden.— 

 '. Likewise the greatest variety of seeds to be lound in New Eng- 

 land, by the pound or bushel, all warranted pure, and of the 

 wihol 1?"7 



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line brei'th shoidd dim the clearness of its brislit 

 iiirror. And liow perpetually must those w!i 

 ,re in the habit of contemplating childhood — i 

 '.udying the characters of little children, feel mi, 

 epeat to their own hearts — " Of such is the kinj 

 ;om of heaven !" — Aye, which of us, of the wisest 



mons us, may not stoop to receive instruction—-—^ ,, , ,, o,.- ,.„,. ,„„„„, r.=vai,ip ai ihn 



, ^, , ' ■' , , ' i. ,. , , -11 ^ ' Published every Friday, at go per .iiinum. payauie at iiic 



nd reuiUie from the character ot a little child f — ' ^^^ o,-,hg year— but those who pay wi.hin sixty days hom Ihe 

 \Vhich of iir., by comparison with its divine sim- time of sii'bcribing, 'ore entitled u 



grow 



a deduction of ftliv cents. 



