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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANIES. 



From Ibe (London) New-Year's Gift. 



TO A DEAR LITTLE BOY, AFTER AN 

 INTERVAL OF ABSENCE. 



BY ALARIC A. WATTS. 



1 miss Ihee from ^y side, 



Willi lliy merry eyes of blue; 

 From lliy crib of murning-lide, 



Ofl ils curlains peeping llirough ; • 



In llie liisses not a few, 



Tliou vverl wonl to give me ihen ; 

 In lliy sleepy, sad adieu, 



When 't was lime for bed again '. 



I miss Ihee from my side, 



When the dinner buslle 's o'er; 

 Wlien Ihe orange I divide, 



Or exlracl ihe apple's core ; 

 What avails my hoarded store 



Of barley sugar, comfits sweet ; 

 Thou art by my side no more ; 



Vacant is thy wonted seat. 



X miss thee from my side. 



With thy query oft repeated; 

 On thy rocking-horse astride, 



Or beneath my table seated ;* 

 Or when tired and overheated 



With a summer day's delight. 

 Many a childish aim defeated. 



Sleep halh overpower'd thee quite. 



I miss thee from my side, 



When brisk Punch is at the door; 

 Vainly pummels he his bride, — 



Judy's wrongs can charm no more ! 

 I He may beat her till she 's sore, 



She may die, and he ma^' flee ; 

 Though I loved ilieir squalls of yore, 



What '^ the pageant now to me 1 



1 miss thee from my side, 



When the light of day grows pale; 

 When with eyelids opened wide. 



Thou would'st list the oft told tale, 

 And the murdered babes bewail ! 



Yet so greedy of thy pain, 

 Thati\'hen all my lore would fail, 



I must needs begin again. 



I miss thee from my side 



In the haunts that late were thine ; 

 Where thy twinkling feet would glide,. 



And thy clasping fingers twine, 

 Here are che(|uered tumblers nine, — 



Silent relics of thy play; 

 Here the mimic tea-things shine. 



Thou would'st wash the live long day.- 



Thy drum hongs on the wall ; 



Thy bird organ's sounds are o'er; 

 Dogs and horses, great and small — 



Wanting some a leg or more ; 

 Cows and sheep — a motley store — 



All are stabled 'neath thy bed ; 

 And not one but can restore 



Memories sweet of him that 's flfcd '.: 



I miss Uiee from my side. 



Blithe cricket of my hearth ! 

 Ofi in secret have I sighed 



For thy chirping voice of mirth : 

 When the low-born cares of eorth 



Chill my heart, or <hm my eye, 

 Grief is stilled iu ils birth 



If my little prattler 's nigh. 



I miss thee from my side. 



With lliy bright, ingenuous smile; 

 With thy glance of infant pride. 



And the face no tears delile : 

 Stay, and other hearts beguile. 



Hearts that prize thee fondly loo ; 

 I must spare thy pranks awhile ; 



Cricket of my hearth, adieu ! 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Hypocrisy — Though so different from religion, 

 indicates its existence, as smoke points out that of 

 pure fire. , Hypocrisy cannot exist unless religion 

 to a certain amount is held in esteem, because no 

 one would be at the trouble to assume a mask, 

 which was not respectable, and so far compliance 

 with the external forms of religion is a tribute 

 paid to the doctrines which it teaches. The hyp- 

 ocrite assumes a virtue if he has it not, and the 

 example of his conduct may be salutary to others, 

 though his pretensions to piety are wickedness to 

 Him who trieth the heart, and judgeth of men's 

 conduct by the motives which led to its adop- 

 tion. 



Feb. 6, 1820. 



being neither more nor less than a polite beggar, 

 who, seeing my friends were Englishmeifjiad folr 

 lowed them into the house and up stairs. This, 

 however, is nothing uncommon ; and I under- 

 stand that the residents in the upper stories of ihe^. 

 houses (perhaps six or seven high) have these bet 

 tcr sort of beggars continually knocking at theii 

 doofs. — JVotes on lAshun. 



It is affirmed in the Loudon Morning Chroni- 

 cle of the 15th Nov. that of "the suffering refu- 

 gees from Spain, Portugal, and Italy, in that capi- 

 tal, one thousand were literally wilhout bread." 



Good manners is the art of contributing to the 

 enjoyment of those with whom we have inter- 

 course, by putting them at ease, and causing them 

 to be pleased (not with you, but) with themselves. 



Ml manners are the indications of pride, ill na- 

 ture, and want of sense. Without one of these 

 defects no man will offend against good manners 

 merely for want of being accustomed to what is 

 called genteel society. ■ 



Job's Comforters. — Though nothing is so galling 

 to the wounded spirit as reproof, most comforters, 

 like the friends of Job, are apt to administer cen- 

 sure as the grand specific for wo. 



Poverty and Servility. The want of indepen- 

 dence of circumstances is a severe if not an abso- 

 lute check to independence of spirit. 



It is proposed to erect stationary engines on 

 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which, if 

 it succeeds, pttssengers can travel the road, 32, 

 miles for 1 shilling, leaving a handsome profit. 



A meeting of citizens in favor of taking meas- 

 ures to procure an e.xtension of the Blackstone 

 Canal from Worcester to Fitchbtirg, is invited to 

 be held at Whiting's tavern in Sterling, on Mon- 

 day the 9th day of February next, at 10 o'clock, 

 A.M. 



For Sale, 



A valuable Farm in Stoddard, in the county of Cheshire, N. 

 H.. formerly occupied by Esq. Emerson as a tavern, contaiuillg 

 about 2i0 a'cres ot guoil land, well proportioned in mowing, lil- 

 la£;e, orchard, pasture and wood land, with a fine growth of su- 

 ga^r maple. The farm is pleasantly situated on the great road- 

 leading from Boston, Mass. to Charlestown, N. H., and has on- 

 it, n large dwelling house, three barns, a cider mill and house, 

 w'ith nlher out buildings, all convenient and in good repair. It 

 would be e^hanged lor real estate in die neighborhood of Dan- 

 \ ers, Mass., or sold on very liberal terms. For more particular 

 information, apply to .Toel Wright, en the premises, to Abel 

 Stacy, of Stoddard, or to 



ElSzE^fKl."^,^^°-"ers. 



Jan. 29. 1829. 3t 



Pressed Culinary Herbs. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 62, 

 North Market street, Culinary Herbs, dried, pressed, and neatly 

 packed, in parcels, at the foUowiuw prices ;— Sweet Marjoram, 

 30 CIS— Summer Savory, 25 els— Thyme, 33 els- Sage, 17 cts 

 —Celery, (in bottles for soups, &c,) 25 els— Balm, 33 cts— 

 Rose Flowers, S', 00. eptf 



.,9ssorled Seeds for Families. 



Golden Fruit. — Trees are rented in Bengal, jnst 



as lands and houses are in this country. A man- ,,,,,, jt^ c i o. nu 



•' I For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store small boxes 



go tree produces one rupee annually ; a cocoa-nut „f assorted Seeds liir Kitchen Gardens. Each box contains a. 



eight anas, a jack one rupee, a tamarind one ru- 

 pee, a betel-nut four anas, a lime four anas. 



Test of perfod Vaccination. — All persons should 

 insist on the family surgeon using the test discov- 

 ered by Dr Bryce, of Edinburgh. It consists in 

 vaccinating on the other arm, from the one first 

 vaccinated. If the first has been perfect, both 

 pustules will ripen precisely at the same time ; if 

 this does not take place, the constitution has not 

 been properly affected, and vaccination must be 

 repeated. This simple and easy security ought 

 never to be neglected. 



Jl Portuguese Beggar. — Two English fiicmis 

 called on me one day in Lisbon, and at the same 

 time a third gentletnan, well-dressed, hair-pow- 

 dered, &c. entered the apartment, (which was on 

 the first floor.) He remained some time in tlie 

 room before it was noticed that neither the visit- 

 ors nor the visited appeared to own him, each 

 party waiting for the other to introduce the 

 stranger. This, after some staring on all sides. 



package of the following Seeds : 

 Early Washington Peas 

 Dwarf Blue Imperial Peas 

 Late Marrowfat Peas 

 Early Mohawk Dwarf string 



Beans 

 China Dwarf string and shell 



Beans 

 Lima, or Saba I*ole Beans 

 I.ung Blood Beet 

 Early Turnip-rooted Beet 

 Early York Cabbage 

 Large late Drnmlicad Cabbage 

 Cape Stivoy Cabbage 

 Red Dutch Cabbage (for fick- 



ling) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange Carrol 

 While Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 Early Cucumber 

 Early Silesia Lettuce 



Long Dutch Parsnip 



Large Cabbage Lettuce 



Long Green 'Purkey Cucumbec 



Pine-apple Rleloii 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



Nasturtium 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Curled Parsley 



Flat Squash Pepper 



Early Scarlet Short-top Radish. 



While Turnip Radish 



S.^lsafy 



Early Bush Squash 



Early White Dutch Turnip 



While Flat Turnip 



Yellow Stone Turnip 



Winter Crook-neck Squash. 



POT HERB SEEDS. 



Thyme — Sage — Marjorum. 



The above li.st, it will be seen, comprises all the common ve- 

 getables, besides several new varieties of recent introduction, 

 and uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted ol the 

 verv first quality, as to freshness and purity. Each box contains 

 directions lor the management of the ditl'erent sorts. Price $3 

 per box. 



Published every Friday, at ^3 per annum, payable at the 

 ^, „ - , , end of the year— bui those who pay within sixty days from (he 



produced the natural question, " Shall I liavo the , ,;„,g of subs'-nbing, are enliiled to a deduction of filiy cents. 



honor to receive your commands ?" which was Printed for J. B. Russell, by L R.Butts &. Co.--byw;liom 

 . . , ,. 1 -.1 I .u 11- <• <i /-I all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the wisliei 



instantly complied with by the_ usual whine of, " O j ^f ^us,o„,^,5. osiers for priming received by J. B. Russell, 



Senhor .' 



por 



amor de Dios," Sfc. ; this g-enHeinan i at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Street. 



