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NEW ENGLvVND FARMER. 



May 29, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



MY GIRLISH DAYS. 



Wl«ii 1 was young I loved ihc boys, 



And now I iove the men ; 

 And O, lo ta^le those artless joys, 



1 'd be a girl again. 



I 'd ramble o'er each flowery field, 

 To wliere the berries redden; 

 ' Some lad should go willi me lo yield 

 Kind offices unbidden. 



He 'd brjng each flower its head that rear'd, 



An<l help me o'er ilie brook j 

 And when a pretty bird a|ipcar'd, 



Cry out, " Oh Jenny, look." 



If a poor cow should Trighlen me, 



IJc 'd drive her out of sight ; 

 And if a snake we chanced lo see. 



He 'd kill Ihe beasl oulrighl. 



And if in some onlucky fen 



i chanced to lose my shoe, 

 He 'd pull it oul and wash il clean, 



And my misforlune rue. 



Arrived where berries deck the lea, 



Allhongh I should nol ask il, 

 He 'd find t'le thickest .spots for me, 



And heip me fill my basket. 



Should saucy thorns my gown attach, 



He 'd quickly set me free ; 

 And if my finger got a scratch. 



How sorry he would be. 



And other joys 1 oft recall, 



That with my chihlhond fled, 

 Wheu Orcmony o'er them all 



Her chilling intliicnce shed. 



'I'welve 3'ears had not passed o'er me Ihen, 



And now I 've seen a score — 

 And O, I 'd be a girl again. 



To lasle those joys once more. 



Pardon me, Sir : I recollected a iriiuister lately 

 said ill Ills sermon that preacliing was tlie hardest 

 work that was done under the sun." I wish the 

 tool was in this ditch : he would soon learn that 

 some of his authors had taught him to tell fibs. — 

 Farewell, my most affectionate friend ; industry, 

 plenty, frugality, prosperity, generosity, and piety 

 he with you. Allien. 



"Yours ever. 



" ROBERT ROmNSON." 



schools, to make the New Testament speak in fa- 

 vor of his church : but a Baptist, whose whole re- 

 ligion lies in believing a few plain facts, and in im- 

 itating that very plain example, Jesus Christ, — 

 what liath he to do to rack his invention, and 

 to assemble all apologies, ancient and mod- 

 ern, to justify him for doing so? Oh! but 

 there were some beautiful readings, and fine 

 criticisms, and strokes of oratory, which deserve 

 the study of a minister of Christ ! Well, God for- 

 give me, poor sinner that I am ! I feci that three 

 pounds, gained honestly, by the sale of a fat bul- 

 lock, produce more fire in my spirit, than all those 

 pretty, but jioor tassels and spangles, can give me. 

 With three pcunds I can set fire to ten cold hearts 

 frozen with infirmity, and widowhood, poverty, 

 and fear. Haifa guinea will purchase the native 



eloquence of a grateful old woman ; and she, if 1 1 for catlle are too well known to need comment. 

 set her to read, will give me a criticism of the Also roots of the Pie Plant, or Tart Rhubarb, in fine 

 , , , ^ J- . 1 II nu I "''der lor transplanUno;, — 2o cts per root. Double and 



heart, and the finest reading m the world. Oh ! ] g.,^g|g ^^hlias, from 2.5 cts to one dollar each. The col- 

 bless the old soul ! what honeyed accents she pours jors and form of (bis flower are magnificent, and are of the 

 into my ear ! If I can honestly get, and afford to 'easiest culture, requiring the poorest soil, in wbich they 

 give away three poun.ls, it will always be my ovvnlt'lo"™ '" «he highest perfection. The rooisare tuberous, 

 fault, if I be not very happy. Now, then, set me 

 to preach. How is it possible I should be dull. 



Mangel jrurtzel, Sugar Beet, ^-c. 

 For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Fat n-.er, 52 North Market street, 

 200 lbs. Monoel V/urtzel. 



200 lbs. French Sugar Beet, raised expressly for this 



establisliniont, by John Prixce'; Esq. -Koxbiiry. — The 



uperiority of this seed and the excellence of the roots 



G. M. 



THE INDCSTRtOUS CLERGYMAN — ROBERT ROBIN- 

 SON. 



" Tliat a minister of the gospel should thus de- 

 vote himself to mercantile employments, was by 

 many of his christian brethren construed to his 

 disadvantage. But all illiberal imputations he 

 submitted to without difficulty : and the only no- 

 tice they received from Robinson, were smiles at 

 their impertinence. " Gracious boobies," he would 

 say, " too iiile, many of them, to work, too igno- 

 rant to give instruction, and too conceited to study, 

 spending nil their time in tattling and mischief, — 

 are these the men to direct my conduct, to cen- 

 sure my industry .- " His sentiments concerning 

 such reverend busy-bodies may be collected from 

 the following letter written to a worthy minister, 

 Thoinai Dunscombe, of Bampton, Oxfordshire. 



"Chesterton, .A'ov. 14, 1785." 

 " Dear Sir — I, own it gives me a great deal of 

 pleasure to see any of the ministers of our churches 

 address themselves to honest employments in life ; 



there are many reasons to induce us to do so 



Idleness is abominable, and the pretence of study 

 is a joke, where a man hatli not more books than 

 he can read over in a month : Besides, what is 

 there to find out ? A catholic had need be a 

 subtle dof;, and furnished with all the lore of the 



The luxury of living to the glory of God and the 

 good of society ; the joy of having saved a for- 

 lorn and forgotten crijiple from hanging herself in 

 despair; the felicity of setting fire to incense thai 

 burns to the glory of God ; these are i)re])aration.- 

 for the i)iilpitj which the cold consumer of mid- 

 night oil never derives from his accents and quan- 

 tities. I was the other night in our vestry with 

 several gownsmen, just before the lecture. In 

 comes one of my sister Abigails. "How do you 

 do, Sarah.' I am glad to see you returned safe 

 from visiting your fiimily at Soham." " Bless th3 

 Lord, Sir, 1 am. We heard ]\Ir Watts on the 

 Lord's day, and were very much edified indeed! 

 But the day after wo wcrcconiing out of town, 

 my husband saw him — and poor creature he was 

 so shocked." O Sir! — Thunderstruck at all this 

 I trembled, expecting to hear that my ]ioor brother 

 Watts was seen drunk, or some such thing. — 

 Lord, thought I, haiipy is that man who hath not 

 a foolish, babbling, good woman in his congrega- 

 tion. I looked pale. Sarah went on, " O Sir, 

 there was the poor man on the top of a ladder a 

 thatching a rick." I Ittughed, but stamped, and 

 said, have I bestowed so much instruction upon 

 you and your husband for nothing .' Are you yet 

 in a state of infancy ? I honor the man, and must 

 be acquainted with him. " Dear Sir, lie works 

 five days, and has only Saturday to study." Well, 

 Sarah, I shall try to convince him, that he ought 

 to work six days : for one day will never make 

 lini a scholar, and his people are only a set of 

 turf diggers : and fourteen ]iencc more in his 

 pocket every Lord's day, will make him preach 

 v.ith more vigor, and pour the gospel with more 

 power into the turf-men's souls. I a])peal to these 



I resembling a sweet potato — can be packed for tiansporta- 

 ' lion to any part of the union. 



Also, Double Titbeioses, Tiger Flowers, Amaryllises, 

 Formossissima, &c., beautiful bulbs now in season to 

 plant. 



Also, 'VN'^hite Mulberry Seed, 30 cts per ounce, Lucerne, ' 

 nr French Clover, White and Red Clover, Sanlbin, Tim- 

 othy, Orchaid Grass, Oat Grass, Herds Grass, &c. 



Also, several varieties of field cot n, viz. the Early Gold- 

 en Sioux, Gilman, Red, Turkey Wheat, EarlyJetTerson, 

 (for the table) Sweet, or Sugar (for the table.) 



The Early Tuscarora Corn, a fine sort for the table; 



The .Appalusia Melon — a new variety from Illinois, in- 

 troduced by Doct. Green. — This melon was originally 

 derived from the western Indians, by E. Warren, Esq. 

 — is in eating from the Ist of September to Ihe 1st of No- 

 vember — melons small, remarkably sweet, with red fiesb, 

 and a veiy thin rind — 25 cts per ounce. 



Also, Ihe Apple Seeded Melon, a very early variety. 



The Star Melon, a very late variety, of the Nutmeg 

 species. 



Jlgricultural Boois. 



The third edition o[ FcssenJen's JKliir American Gar- 

 dener ; this woik has been pronounced by the most ju- 

 dicious horticultuiists in New England and the middle 

 states, to be the best treatise on Fruit Trees, Vegetables, 

 Grape Vines, &c., to be found in this couuliy — price 

 $l,-2.5. 



The Vine Dresser's Theoretical and Practical Manual, 

 on the Culture of the Vine ; and Making Wine, Brandy, 

 and Vinegar. By Thiebaut de Berneaud. 



The Young Gardener's Assistant, containing Directions 

 for the cultivation of Culinary Vegetables, and Ornament- 

 al Flowers. By T. Biidgeman, gardener, New Vork — 

 price 371-2 cts. 



A practical Treatise on the Management of Bees ; and 

 the Maiiagementof Apiaries, with the best method of des- 

 troyif.g and preventing Ihc depredations of the Bee Moth. 

 By James Thacher, M. D. — price 7.5 cts. 



Also, ( .e copy of each of the following rare works:— 



Phylologia, or the Philosophy of Agiiculture and Gar- 

 deiiiug; with the theory of Draining Morasses, and with 

 an iiiijiroved construction of the diill plough. By Dr Dar- 

 win, (Dublin edition, pi ice three dollars and fifty els.) 



Darwin's Botanic Garden — (price three dollars, a tme, 

 correct copy. 



The Horticulltiral Repository, containing Delineations 

 of the best varieties of Ihe different species of English 



learned gentlemen." After all, the prejudices of F'"''* j with delinealions of its blossoms and leaves, in 



the common people are very great against the P^"'"', '"■'"■""''" "''''^^^ ""^^ ^'''' '"''"*'''?'■'''' "^"***'"y> 

 , I ' ,. . . " , , .. with descriptions and coloied drawings of all the promi- 



sccular emjiloymcnts of mimslers ; and while we „,„( Apple.i, Apricots, Cherries, Cutnmts, Figs. Filberts, 

 pursue them, wc should take care, and not giviM Gooseberries, Grapes, Melons, Nectiiines, Peaches, 

 any unnecessary offence. This last seed time 1 I'e.ir'^, Pines, Plums, Raspberries. Strawberries, Nuts, &c. 

 w^as in the field along with a young g,,n,ie,),„„ | ISy.t'Corge Brackshaw, author of the " Pomona Biitlanni- 

 who looks after my farm, and lie was digging a 



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water furrow across a land. It was a strong 

 clayey soil, and he groaned, so that in pity I took 

 the spade and went into tlie ditch, which was 

 very dauby, and presently groaned too, at which 

 lie fell a laughing, 



In 2 octavo volun'cs, with 104 large colored engrav- 

 ings — price $7 per volume. The original cost of tha 

 work was $-32,00. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass Seed. 

 This day received at the New Flngland I'aimer Seed Store, 

 ,,,, , ■ , ., „ I .jJ North Market .streei, 20 bushelsof Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



« What do you laugh at .' "~ \ geed, at S"fiO per bushel. 



