NEW ENGLAND FAHMER. 



MISCELLANIES. 



THE FARMER'S SONG. 



Away wilh grandeur, pomp, and gold : 



Away widi childish ease i 

 Give me but slronglh my plough lo hold. 



And I '1! find means lo please. 



Tis sweet (o toll for those we love ; 



My wile and darling boys, 

 Bod^ tend to make my labor prove 



The sweetest of ray joys.. 



The humble morsel I procure. 



When labor makes it sweet. 

 Is eaten with a taste more pure 



Tiian meats that monarchs eat. 



'Tis mine — yes, "tis my happy lot. 



From cares and avarice free. 

 To own but this secluded cot. 



Sweet friends and liberty. 



Thus I no monarch on the throne 



Can grudge his destiny, 

 Let him his weitrhl of care bemoar.; 



Whilst I am truly free. 



When labor wearies and grows dull, 



I with my dog and gun. 

 Set forth, the finest game to cull, 



Aud thus all sorrows shun. 



Now tell me, all ye gouty train. 



Who have what fortune gives; 

 Is not the clie?rful country swain 



The happiest man that lives. 



LAMENT FOR BURNS. 



BY T. GRAHAM. 



•Air, Highland Watch, 

 Tc heath-clad hills, ye sparkling rills. 



Deep glens and flow'ry plains, 

 To you, no more, your bard shall pour 



His soul-enehanting strains. 

 Ah! Bonny Doon, no more he'll tune. 



His infant lays to you. 

 Where genius bright, enthroned in light. 



Her mantle o'er him threw. 



While Freedom's fire flash 'd on his lyre 



To blast the tyrant foul, 

 And glory's rays beam'd o'er liis lays 



To fire the warlike soul ; 

 'Twas when its strings cauglit fancy's wings. 



To waft each witching strain, 

 With cupid's dart, to ev'ry heart, 



And fleet o'er ev'ry scene. 



But flowing Clyde, thy silver tide 



May gild ihy valleys green, 

 ^'o more again liis melting strain 



He '11 pour to Bonny Jean. 

 Ayr's gentle wave, no more he '11 lave 



O'er holiest vows of love, 

 While Mary's charms blush'd in his arms. 



And Heaven smiled above. 



But nature's lore, still, slUl shall pour. 



In strains her minstrel sung. 

 Though with him laid in death's cold shade, 



His hallow'd 1} re unstrung; 

 For dark decay, the deathless lay 



Thy dull dominion spurns, 

 Willie time shall roll, 't will charm the soul. 



And sound the fame of BuR.fs ! 



FOU Tllli NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 

 INFLUE>-CE AND EDUCATION OF FEMALES. 



If at iiiiy time any improper di.^course should 

 be atldiT.ssi'd to young Ittdies, which litis a tenden- 

 cy to indecency, immorality, or irreliyion, they 

 should be taught to e,\press a marked disapproba- 

 tion both in words and countenance. So great is 

 the power of the softer sex in meliorating the 

 characters of me:i, that if such was their uniform 

 behaviour, I doubt not liut that it would much con- 

 tribute to reform the morals of the age. 



Dr Darwin says that young ladies who continue 

 at -school to a later age " should be formed into a 

 class and property instructed in domestic economy, 

 each of them superintending the business of the 

 family a week, or a month, by turns ; not only pro- 

 viding for the table and directing the cookery, but 

 they should also be taught other parts of domestic 

 employments, as cutting out linens, and making 

 them up with plain and strong needle-work, either 

 for their own families, or to be given for clothing 

 for necessitous infants and mothers." 



The art of economising and rendering all kinds 

 of food as palatable and nourishing as possible, by 

 different modes of cookery, will repay the misU'ess 

 of a household for the investigation, and should 

 indisputably form a part of the regular instruction 

 of young females. To this, as they advance to- 

 wards maturity, may profitably be added the 

 knowledge of the value of all the necessary arti- 

 cles consumed in the family, wlietlier for the table 

 or the wardrobe, as well as the quantitio.-i of each 

 which are requisite for their respective uses. As 

 theory is of little avail unless exemplified by prac- 

 tice, they should be habituated to fill the depart- 

 ment of housekeeper, under the inspection of their 

 mother, not only by purchasing the different com- 

 modities wanted for the use of a family, but like- 

 wise by keeping'an exact account of the dcmestic 

 expenses, which will afford opportunities of teach- 

 ing them a judicious application of money, and 

 giving them distinct ideas, where frugality may be 

 properly e^^erted, and where greater latitude may 

 bo allowed. 



In educating a young woman, care should be 

 taken not to raise her expectations above her 

 rank and fortune ; for many have paiildeaily for 

 having aspired too high ; and what would other- 

 wise have rendered them happy, became disgust- 

 ing through lookii.5,' up to a stiperior station in 

 life. 



March 6, 1829. 



shook his chains, then, after a Short pause, while 

 bis hands were rtiiscd towards heaven, began the 

 fteeman's song — " Hail Culumbia, happy land." 



Some time ago, Dean H — , who was a very ex- 

 e!n[ilary and popular clergymtm in Dublin, and 

 who interested himself much in public charities, 

 sent a message to Miss Catley, an actress at the 

 Dublin Theatre, requesting her, lo give him a 

 nig|it for that ))urpcse, in one of the public gardens. 

 Miss Catley, who found from the variety of her 

 engagements, that she could not comply, pretend- 

 ed to understand him in a different light, and in 

 consequence, wrote him a note, of which the fol- 

 lowing is a copy, 



" Miss Catley iiresents her compliments to Dean 

 B — , and acquaints him, from the nature of her 

 present connexion, she cannot (agreeable to his 

 request) give the Dean a night. She begs leave at 

 the same time, to acquaint him, should this con- 

 nexion be dissolved, she does not know any gen- 

 tleman of the doth, she would sooner indulge ; but, 

 hopes that decency will prevent the Dean from- ' 

 fixing on a public garden for the rendezvous." 



Bequisitts, — There are five requisites for a pro- 

 fessed drunkard : — a face of Brass — nerves of 

 Steel — lungs of Leather — her.rt of Stone — and an 

 hicombustible Liver. 



Farmer Wanted, 



A faithful man is warned to lake charge of a small place ill 

 Roxbury, comprising a garden, orchard, &e. 



O^ It must be e.xpressly understood that no ardent spirits 

 will lie allo^^■ed on the place. Persons who are unwilling to ac- 

 cede to ll'.is, need not make application to the New England 

 Farmer Seed Store, 52 North Market St. Boston. 



,1ssorted Seeds for I'amilies, 

 For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store small boxes- 

 of assorted Seeds for Kitchen Gardens. Each bo.\ contains a 

 package of the following Seeds: 



As Ihe late king of Prussia was one day review- 

 ing his troo])S, he observed a soldier, who had his 

 face much disfigured with scars ; — he walked up 

 to him, and asked him in what public house he 

 got those sears? To wliich the soldier reiilied, 

 " Please your Majesty, it was at a place near 

 Machsen,^ where your Majesty paid the reckoning." 

 The king was pleased with the reply, and j,ave 

 the soldier a Lieutenant's commission. 



LIBERTr. 



Some time since, 15 or 20 negroes were driven 

 through Washington city in chains towards t'leir 

 place of destination. As the drove passed along 

 before the driver through the street, some gentle- 

 men, members of Congress, stood at the gate of 

 the Capitol, looking at them. One large negro 

 walked out from among the others towards the' 

 gentlemen, stopped a moment, raised his hands, 



l-ong Dutch Parsnip 



Large Cabbr.ge Lettuce 



t.onj; Green 'i'urkey Cucumber 



i'iiie-applc Melon 



Long, or Round Watermelon 



Nasturtiutn 



Large White Onion 



Large Red Onion 



Curled Parsley 



Flat Squash Pepper 



E^arly Scarlet Short-top Radish 



While Turnip Radish 



Salsafy 



Early Bush Squash 



Early White Dutch Turnip 



White Flat Turnip 



Yellow Stone Turinp 



Winter Crook-neck Squash, 



POT HERE SEEDS. 



Thyme — Sage — fliarjoruni. 



Early Washington Peas 

 Dwarf Blue Imperial Peas 

 Lale i\larrowf(,l Peas 

 Early ftiohawk Dwarf string 



B.'ians 

 China Dwarf string and shell 



lieans 

 Lima, or Saba Pole Beans 

 Long Blood Beet 

 fc^arly Turnip-rooted Beet 

 Early York Cabbage 

 Large late Drumhead Cabbage 

 Gape Siivoy Cabbage 

 Red Dutch Cabbage (for pidc 



ling) 

 Early Horn Carrot 

 Long Orange Carrot 

 White Solid Celery 

 Curled Cress 

 Early Cucumber 

 Early Silesia Lettuce 



The above list, it will be seen, comprises ail Ihe common ve- 

 getables, besides se-.'eral new varieties of recent imroduction, 

 and uncommon excellence. Every kind is warranted of the 

 very first quality, as to fi eshness and purity. Each bo.v contains 

 directions lor the management of the different sorts. Price §3 

 per box. 



Pressed Culinary Herbs. 



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

 North Market street, Culii.ury Herbs, dried, pressed, and neatly 

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

 50 cts — Summer Savory, 25 cts— 'I'hyme, 33 els — Sage, 17 cts 

 — Celery, (in bottles for soups, &,c,) ^5 cts — Balm, 33 cts — 

 Rose Flmvers. 51,00. epif 



Early Potatoes. 

 For sale by the subscriber 30 or 40 bushels of superior earl/ 

 potatoes, price Ji;i.25per bushel. SETH DAVIS. 



Newton, Feb. 13, 18'29. Steop 



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

 end of the yrar-i-bnt those who pay within sixty days from the 

 time of subscribing, are entitled to a deduction of fifly cents. 



Printed for J. H. Russell, by I. R Butts & Co.— by whom 

 all descriptions of Printing can be cxecuied to meet the wishes 

 of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. Russell, 

 ' A town in Silesia, near «hich the king lost a great battle. ■ at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. .52 North .Market Street 



