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MISCELLANIES. 



FOR THE NKW ENGLAND FAKHKR. 



A celebrated Scytliian Philosoplier. being asked how it was 

 possible a person might conlraci a dislike to wiuOj answered, 

 *' Hy behnUliiig the ind'Cfricicy of the dnivkard" 



On entering a house a fmv evenings since, I (bund a lad of 

 15,diverting himself in writing poetry. I requested him by way 

 of trial, however, lo make a few hues on ivtemperance. He in 

 ilanlly set about it, and soon handed me the fol!ov\ ing portrait. 



VEiUTAS. 

 The evil of evils that prevails, 

 O'er New England s hills and dales; 

 Tlie scourge and cur&e of this our land, 

 Is not the warrior's vengeful hand: 

 But what is woi'se, yes, wofse by far, 

 'J'han all the noise and rage of war, 

 Is ardent spirit and strong drinks, 

 That poisons our whole frame, and sinks 

 The noblest work ihat God has mnde, 

 Beiow the beasts that range the mead. 



Oh, see the drunkard take the cup, 



Oh, see him drink ihe liquor up ; 



Oh, see him trying to go home, 



But cannot for the cause is inim. 



Oh, see him lott'ring, siaggVing round. 



At last be falls unto the ground ; 



And then he tries but tries in vain, 



His former p<isture to regain ; 



And after trying all he could, 



He does as every drunkard should; 



He takei a nap and sleeps it out. 



And then gets up and walks about. 

 Now let us look into his cot, 

 Still there we ^ee a drunken sot ; 

 But some to pity, there we see, 

 A wile, and chddren two or liiree; 

 His children are all clotlied in rags. 

 His wife, a life of slavery drags, 

 She thinks in silcnl,dumb despair. 

 On prospects that surround her there. 

 To make his ruin quite complete. 

 He fHids himself involved in debt; 

 And then the law for want of bail, 

 Confines him in some neighbVing jail. 



Now to all drunkards I would say, 



It they would keep fromjalls away, 



You must the poison never drink. 



And not so much as on it think : 



For Chamber?' nauseous drug is vain, 



Yfur suftisk thirsting lo restrain ) 



Uidess you make a resolution, 



Never again lo taste the poison. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



snnke, and iiuiiieiliately aftc^r had occasion to re- 

 tnrii to liis house, and took through mistake his 

 son's waistcoat and put it on. His. son was but a 

 3'outh, and the waistcoats of both father and son 

 were made from the same ))iece of cloth. The 

 weather being warm, the old gentleman did not 

 attempt to button his waistcoat until he had ar- 

 rived and seated liimself in his house ; when to 

 his astonishment he found it much too small. Im- 

 agination now took wings, and he instantly con- 

 ceived the idea, that he had been bitten, impercep- 

 tibly, by the snake, and was thus swollen from its 

 poison. He grew suddenly ill and took his bed. 

 The family, in confusion, as not a nfmnte was to 

 be lost, sent a messenger, jiost-haste, for three phy- 

 sicians. The (irst that arrived poured down oil, 

 the second drenched him with the juice of plantain, 

 and the third gave him freely the decoction of 

 hoarhound. But, notwithstanding all these medi- 

 cines, the patient grew worse and worse, every 

 minute, until, at length, his son came home with 

 his father's waistcoat danglijig about liim. The 

 mystery was instantly unfolded, and notwithstand- 

 ing the oil, plantain, and hoarhound, the patient 

 was immediately restored to health ; exce])t a load 

 on'the stomach, and his frightful imaginations and 

 apprehensions vanished, " like the baseless fabric 

 of a vision." 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Diess. — He who has no other way to distinguish 

 himself than by the fashion and materials of his 

 dress, is a des|)ical)le creature ; and unites the sil- 

 Lness of the goose with the pride of the peacock. 



Variety of opinions. — As we never see two faces 

 exactly like each other, we need not expect to 

 find exact similarity of opinions ; and we may as 

 well quarrel with a man for his form and features 

 «s on account of the articles of his creed. 

 *' For modes of faith let senseless hio^itts fight, 

 His can't he wrong, whose life is in the right." 



Mental Enjoyments. — By reading we enjoy the 

 company of the dead, by conveivatioii that of the 

 Viving, and by contemplation we may be happy in 

 ourselves. 



FORCE OF IMAGI.^ATI0N. 



Mr Elijah Barnes of Pennsylvaiua, some years 

 •ince, while at work in the lield, killed a rattle- 



The king of Siam, who had never .seen or heard 

 of such a thing as frost, when told by the Dutch 

 Ambassador, that in his country, water would 

 sometimes, in cold weather, be so liard that men 

 might walk on it, replied, " Hitherto I have be- 

 lieved the strange things you have told me, be- 

 cause I looked upon you as an honest man, hut 

 now I am sure you are a liar." 



So it is with many farmers of the old stamp. — 

 They will not believe in any improvement, and 

 siturn at every attempt towards it. 



WICKEDNESS OF ABUSING A HORSE. 



By Rev. Mr Pierpont. 



The sins which we comntit, my children,against 

 the brute creatures of God, when we subject them 

 to unnecessary suffering, are sins against God 

 their Creator. Shall we believe according to the 

 declaration of his holy word, that a righlcons man 

 regardeth the life of his beast, and not believe that 

 a righteiius God will regard it ? He heareth the 

 raven cry ; and shall he not hear, and will he not 

 avenge the wrongs that cry out against man from 

 youth to age, in the city and the field, by the way 

 and by the fireside ? 



Look out into the street. See that cartman ! 

 What has thrown him into such a passion ? The 

 street echoes with the crack of his whip. His 

 horse stting almost to madness, springs f irward to 

 clear himself from his coiitinement — to disengage 

 himself frem his cruel thraldom. He is met by a 

 blow with the loaded end of the driver's whip. 



Whence comes this dreadful siruirgle between 

 that manly spirit of a brute and that brutal s|)irit 

 of a man .' Whence comes it ? The man has 

 loailed the horse beyond his strength. Everv 

 ounce of the generoirs creattu'e's weight has been 

 thrown fiirwanl again and again, but in vain ; and 

 now comes the reproach, and now the lash, and 

 the curse, and the sisirgering Mow : 



Righteous God ! who gavest that noble aninal 

 his strength, and his spirit, is lhat uionstc'r, that is 

 thtis heaiitig him, a rnan ? the man whom tli ni 

 niadost him to serve ? God of battles ' who 1 as 



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kindled the fire in the horse's glorious eye, 'clothed 

 his neck with thunder,' and has made him to mock 

 at fear, anil to ttirii not away IVtJiii the .sword, that 

 he might help man to maintain his rigiits, and de- 

 feml a righteous case, — it is to such a creaitire as 

 this, that thou hast mtide him to \y in subjection ? 



Jittt, pet haps, the man in form is no longer a 

 matt. He has thrown away the oidy thing that 

 luul raised him above the brute. He has drowned 

 his reason in a cup. He is drtink, atid his gener- 

 ous horse must suffer! How much nobler is the 

 brute that is beaten, than the brute that beats 

 hini ! 



' Slop, degraded wretch ! you shall not thua 

 abuse your horse !' — But hark ! he replies : — ' It 

 is my horse, and have I not a right to do what I 

 will with my own ?' I answer ; — • It ujay be your 

 horse, btit he is yotirs for use, not for abuse.' I 

 answer again : — ' You have not a right to do a 

 wrong either with what is your own, or with what 

 is not.' The Maker of this horse is your Maker 

 also, atid yotir .fudge. He sees the sufiering 

 which you inflict tipou the faithful and defence- 

 less subject of your power; atid although he has 

 sealed up the dutnb creature's lips, so that he can- 

 not plead for himself agaitist you, yet what he 

 meekly and patiently suffers from your cruelty will 

 plead for him, and if more mercy is not sliown to 

 yoti, than you show to your beast, it will bring 

 down upon you the righteotts judgment of the 

 Lord. 



Farmer Wanted. 



A faithful man is wanted to take charge of a small place in 

 Ro.\l>urv, comprising a garden, orciiard. &c. •* 



[ITT' h must he expressly understood tliat no ardent spirits 

 will lie allowed on the place. Persons who are unwilling to ac- 

 cede to this, need not make applicali<in to the New England 

 Farmer .Seed Store, .5i .North Market .Si. Boston. 



Farmer Wanted. 



Wanted, an active, inilustrious man (a Scotchman will b© 

 preferred) to take the charge and assist in laboring on a (arm. 

 To a person properly ((ualdied. a fair compensation, punctual 

 pay, and employment for several years will lie given, 



(CT An entire ahstiiience fiom ihe use of ardent spirits, wili 

 he required. Apply lo Geo. Hacon, al Thompson's Hotel, No. 

 9 ^;lm street. 3t Feb 6 



lissorted Seeds for Families. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store small boxes 

 of assorted .Seeds lor Kitchen Gardens. Each box contains a 

 package of die following Seeds: 

 Early Washington Pens Long Dutch Parsnip 



Dwarf Blue Imperial Peas Large CnbliBge Letince 

 Eate Slarrowlai Peas Long Green 'I'nrkey Cucumber 



liarly Aiohawk Dwarf string Pineapple Melon 



H.tans l.onii, or Round Watermclo 



China Dwarf string and shell 



Iteaiis 

 Lima, or Saba Pole Reans 

 Eoiig Rlood Reel 

 E.arly Turnip rooted Beet 

 Early Yoik ('abhage 

 Large late Drumhead Cabbage 

 I'ape Savoy Cabbage 

 lied Dutch Cabbage (for pick 



lilts) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange C^arrot 

 While Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 L.irly Cucumber 

 EariySilesia Lettuce 



Naslurtium 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



('uiied Parsley 



F'lat Squash Pepper 



I'arly .Scarlet Short-lop Radish 



While Turnip Radish 



Salsafy 



EarK Push Squash 



Early White Dutch Turnip 



White I'^lat 'I'lirnip 



Yellow .'^tone Turnip 



Winter Crook-neck Squash, 



POT HERB SEEDS. 



Thyme— Sag( — Mijrjoium. 



The above list, it will be seen, comprises all the common ve* 

 gelahles, besides several new varieties of recent iiilrodnction, 

 rind uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted of the 

 very first qiialily, as lo lieshness and purity. Eacli bo.\ contains 

 iliiertions fiir the ni.iiingement ol the tlitVerent sorts. Price J^3 

 per Iiox. 



Pnbl shed every Friday, at ^3 per annum, payable at t)i9 

 end of ihe year — hut those who pay within sixty days from th0 

 lime of subscribing, are entilled lo a deduction of fifiy crnls. 



Priiite-I for J. It. Russivt.L. by I K lUiTTs & Co. — by whom 

 nil (lesrripbons of Printing can be executed to meet the wishe« 

 ol cnstoniers Orders for prinling received by J. B. RussELl^ 

 at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Su-eet 



