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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 13, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



One ofihc suongesl effiirls of Ihe In si uDinan in EuroiJe— for 

 ■ulio will cojnpeic wiili Mrs Hemans ^ 



ELIJAH'S INTERVIEW. 



BT MRS. HEMANS. 



On Hnreb's rock the I'roplirt stood — 



The Lord before him pass'd; 

 A hurricane in angry mood 



Svvepl by him sirong and fasl. 

 The foresis fell before its force, 

 The rocks were sliiver'd in ils course ; 



God was not in the blast. 

 'T«as but the whirlwind of his breath, 

 Announcing danger, wreck, and deatli. 



It ceased. The air grow mule— a cloud 



Came muftling up the bun j 

 When through the mountains, deep and loud. 



An eaTthquake thunder'd on ; 

 The frighted eagle sprang in air, 

 The wolf ran howling from his lair; 



God was not in the stun. 

 'Twas but the rolling of His car. 

 The trampling of His steeds from far. 



'Twas still again — and Nature stcid 

 . And calni'd her luffled frame ; 

 When swift from Heaven a fiery flood 



To earth de\'ouring came. 

 Down to hi? depths the ocean fled, 

 The sickening sun look'd vvan and dead; 



Yet God liil'd not the flame. 

 'Twas but the terror of his eye 

 That lighlen'd through the troubled sky. 



At last a voice all still and small. 



Rose sweetly on the ear j 

 Yet rose so clear and shrill that all 



In heaven and earth might hear. 

 It spoke of peace, il spoke of lo\'e, 

 It spoke as angels speak above, 



And God himself was here. 

 For, oh ! it was a Father's voice, 

 That bade his treinbling world rejoice. 



tlie contrni-y friviiis; a yotiiig iiersoii money to 

 s\mid at will, willioiit rf(|iiiriii!; atiy acrotiitt (.fit. 

 is leading- or ratlier forcing liiin into extravagance 

 anJ folly. 



Fashionable Fu'cs.— Many young men plunge 

 into extravagance, i(ilene.sf-, anii ilissi|)ation, not 

 from any natural propen.sity to those vices, but 

 from a desire to be or seem to be fttshionable — 

 But vices of adoption and imitation are of all oth- 

 ers most disgraceful and un()ardonablc. 



Concord Lyceum. — The first Lecture before this 

 Society was given in the Court House, on Wednes- 

 day evening last, by Rev. Bernard Whitman, of 

 Wnltham. The subject was " Popular Supersti- 

 tions," and was treated in a very instructive and 

 ititrrestiiig manner. The meeting was well at- 

 tended ; we shotild think full three hundred hear- 

 ers were present, some of whom came from ad- 

 joining towns. The President announced, that a 

 second Lecttire would be given, by Dr Horatio 

 Adams, on Wednesday evening next, at the same 

 place Concord Yeoman. 



regimi-'nt of fishernicn iti full chase, dclenniiied as 

 was stipposed, to do execution, and cover them- 

 selves with immortal glory ! But they were stop- 

 ped from their bloody designs. Not a heart was 

 wounded, except by fear, nor a bone broken, to 

 Ihe credit of the gallant officers, who wore the 

 liist to riui." 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dress. — There is a certain dress suitable to 

 every station, which to neglect would be sinking 

 into meanness, and be a disrespect to those we 

 live among. Bitt nothing can be more dangerotis 

 in the eilucation of children than cherishing in 

 them a passion for fine clothes ; and a desire for 

 dressing more expensively than their associates, 

 and in habiliments more costly than their circum- 

 stances will warrant. 



Blachstone Canal. — Messrs Fox, Jewett, and 

 Brighatn, a committee of the citizens of Fitchburg, 

 have invited a meeting of all persons in favor of 

 taking measures to procure an extension of the 

 Blackstone Canal from Worcester to Fitchburg — 

 to be held at Whiting's Tavern in Sterling, on the 

 forenoon of Monday, the 9th of February. Such 

 an extension would jirobably pass throtigh AVest 

 Boylston, and Leominster, anil would, perhaps, 

 eventually connect with Nashua river, which emp- 

 ties into the Blerriniac — and thus make a half cir- 

 cle round Boston. 



We learn that the Directors of the Baltimore 

 and Ohio Rail Road Company have received let- 

 tcrs from their Engineers now in Europe, inform- 

 ing that they reached Liverpool after a passage of 

 19 days, were in good health and had met a very 

 kind reception from the Engineers engaged on the 

 Liverpool and 3Iatichester Rail Road, to whom 

 they had taken letters of introduction and discov» 

 ered the most liberal and friendly disposition to 

 give them every information. The Engineere ac- 

 conii)anied by those gentlemen, were, on the first 

 tih., actively employed in their examinations.— 

 The Liverpool and Manchester Rail Road was 

 steadily advancing towards completion — the stock 

 of the company, which a short time after the com- 

 mencement of this work, had fallen below par, 

 was, at the last dates, 60 per cent, premium. — 

 Balliinorc Patriot. 



Happiness is in the mind, and to improve the 

 mind is a principal mean for obtaining it. Less 

 liappiness is gained by enlarging our possessions 

 than by contracting our desires ; and Diogenes, 

 contented with his tub, was more happy than Al- 

 exander, weeping for want of another world to 

 conquer. 



Children's Expenses. — If you put into the hands 

 of your child more money than is suitable to his 

 age and discretion, you must expect to find that 

 he has thrown it away upon what is not only idle 

 but hurtftd. A certain small regular income may 

 be well for any child above six years of age. And 

 when he conjes to be capable of keeping an ac- 

 count, ho ought to be obliged to do it ; he will 

 thereby acquire a habit of li-iigality, attention and 

 prudence, which will last him through life. On 



Wild Pigeons. — Innumerable multitudes of 

 Pigeons have been for many days passing and re- 

 passing over this town. One ftock which pas.sed 

 over literally obscured the atmosphere, and could 

 be observed in every direction as far as the eye 

 could reach, and making a noise like a strong 

 rush of wind. No calculation can possibly be 

 made of its extent with any degree of accuracy ; 

 but we should imagine, from the time occupied in 

 their passage, that the foremost ones might have 

 flown thirty iriiles by the time the latter part of 

 the flock had passed over ! We have no doubt 

 but that, if the pigeons in the one flock above no- 

 ticed could be enumerated, they would at least 

 amount to as many in number as the dollars lost 

 by the Adams man in Baltimore, in the great bet. 

 The weather, for several weeks past, has been 

 almost as mild as during our Indian summer. 



Piqua, (Ohio,) January 3. 



Fishermen''s Sham Fight. — The Gloucester jia- 

 per at the close of an article on the abuse of the 

 Militia System, has the following anecdote : — 

 "About 12 years since, a large body of our Fish- 

 ermen were warned to appear according to order, 

 and after going through the rigmarole nonsense 

 usual on such occasions, the regiment was order- 

 ed to prej)are for n sham fight. The late Col. 

 Haskell commanded the Sandy Bay militia, com- 

 posed entirely of Fishermen, who had hardly got 

 their sea legs oflT, and certainly not their militai-y 

 ones on. When the order of attack was given, 

 Capt. II. addressed his men in their own language, 

 viz: " Ofl^ mittens, boys, and after them." And 

 tigers like, on they rushed, with fixed bayonets, to 

 the hoiror and dismay of their ojipononts, who to 

 stive their bacon, took to their heels, with half a 



For Sale, 

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

 H., lormerly occupied by Esq. Emerson as a tavern, coiitainin' 

 alxiiil 1220 acres ol good lantl. well proiiortioned in mowing, til- 

 lai^e, orchard, pasture and wood land, wilh a fine growth of su- 

 gar maple. The farm is pleasantly situated on the great road 

 leading from Boston, Mass. to Charlestown, N. H., and h.as on 

 It. a large duelling house, three barns, a cider mill and house, 

 with other out buildings, all convenient and in good repair. 11 

 would be e.\chaiiged Ibr real estate in the neighborhood ol Dan- 

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

 information. ap|ily to Joel Wright, rn the premises, to Abel 

 Citacy, of Stoddard , or lo 



^ DANIEL KING, or l^rr, 



EUKNEZER KING, J O*^ ^anvers. 



Jan. 29. 1829. 3t 



.Pressed Culinary Herbs. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 52, 

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

 packed, in parcels, at the following prices : — Sweet Marjoram^ 

 5(J els — Sutnmer Sa\'ory, 25 cts — 'I'hyine, 33 cts — Sage, 17 cts 

 — ("Celery, (in bottles iur soups, &c,) !i5 cts — Balm, o3 cts — 

 Rose Flowers. S ' ,00. eptf 



.•Assorted Seeds for Families. 

 For sale at the New England Fanner .Seed Store small boxe» 

 of assorted Seeds lor Kitchen Gardens. Kach box contains A 

 package of the following .Seeds: 



Early Washington Peas 

 Dwarf Blue Imperial Peas 

 Late fitarrowfat Peas 

 Early R5oha»k Dwarf siring 



I5.\Tns 

 China Dwarf siring and shell 



Beans 

 l.iina. or Saba Pole Beans 

 Long Blood Roet 

 Early Turnip rooted Beet 

 Early Yoi k <_labbage 

 Large late Drumhead Cabbage 

 Cape .Siivoy Cabbage 

 Red Dutch Cabbage (/or pick- 



fino;) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange Carrot 

 While Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 Early Cucumber 

 Early Silesia LeUucc 



Long Dutch Parsnip 



Large Cabbage Lettuce 



Long Green Turkey Cucumbef 



Piiie-applc Melon 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



Nasturtium 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Cuiler! Parsley 



Flat .Squash Pepper 



Early Scarlet Short-top Radish 



White Turiiij) Radish 



Salsa y 



EarU' Bush Sfiuash 



I'^arly White Dutch Turnip 



White Flat 'I'lirnip 



Yellow Stone Turnip 



Winter Crook -neck Squash. 



POT HERB SEEDS. 



.Thyme — Sage — Marjorum- 



The above list, il viill be seen, comprises all the common y^ 

 getabies, besides several new- varieties of recent intro'luction, 

 and uncommon e.\cellenee. Every kind is warranted of the 

 very UrA quality, as to fieshness and purity. Each box containf 

 directions for Ihe management of the difl'erenl sorts. Price 5^ 

 per box. 



Published every Friday, at ^3 per aniuim, payable at tb* 

 end of ihe year — but those who pay within sixty days from lb( 

 time of subscribing, are entitled lo a dediielion of filiy ceiils. 



Priiiieil for J. B. Russei.l, by I. R Butts & Co.— by ivbnm 

 all descriptions of Printing can be e.\eculed to meet llie wishes^ 

 ol eiislomers. CIrders for printing received by J. B. RcssELl, 

 al the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Stre«t. 



