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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 10, 1829. 



MISCELLANIES. 



Tlie following beautiful Hymn, written by the Rev. Blr Pi ER- 1 

 PONT, of Boston, was sung on the 4th inst. at the public exer- 

 cises of the American Colonization Society, whose object is llie 

 Abolition of African Slavery. 



With thy pure dews and rain3. 

 Wash out, O God, the stains 



From Afric's shore 5 

 And, while her palm trees bud, 

 Let not her children's blood 

 With her broad Niger's liood 



Be mingled moie ! 



Quench, righteous God, the thirst 

 I'hat Congo's sons hath cursed — 



The thirst for gold ! 

 Shall not thy thunders speak 

 Where Mammon's altars reek, 

 Where maids and matrons shriek, 



Bound, bleeding, sold! 



Hear'st thou, O God, those chains, 

 Clanking ou Freedom's plains, 



By Christians wrought ! 

 Them, who those chains have worn, 

 Christians from home have toru, 

 Christians have hither borne, 



Christians have bought ! 



Cast down, great God, the fanes 

 That, to unhallowed gains. 



Round us have risen — 

 Temples, whose priesthood pore 

 Moses and Jesus o'er, 

 Then bolt the black man's door, 



The poor man's prison ! 



Wilt thou not, Lord, at last, 

 From thine own image, casi 



Away all cords, 

 But that of love, which brings 

 Man, from his wanderings, 

 Back to the King of kings, 



The Lord of lords! 



Economy. — The acquisition of wealth ap[)ears 

 to be the prevaihng desire amongst men, and the 

 pursuit is laudable if it has justice for its founda- 

 tion. Blackstona says a property founded oil in- 

 justice cannot be of long duration. There is no 

 honest way of acquiring wealth bnt by industry 

 and economy. All know how to be industrious, 

 but it requires information and experience to un- 

 derstand well the practice of economy, which is 

 the operation of knowledge in regulating business 

 according to time and circumstances. Whoever 

 makes use of all his time according to the best of 

 his abilities, is fulfilling the puqiose of his creation, 

 and doing all that virtue requires of him. A farm- 

 er should arrange everything throughout his fami- 

 ly and farm, according to justice and equity ; ev- 

 ery one should have their allotted portion of the 

 business to do, in order and regularity. When 

 justice is known to be the basis on which the 

 whole business of a farm is conducted, each one 

 will do his duty with cheerfulness and expedi- 



From the Baltimore Weekly Magazine. 

 BAKED BEANS. 



Oh ! how my heart sighs for ray own native land. 



Where potatoes, and squashes, and cucumbers grow 5 



Where cheer and good welcom* are always at hand. 

 And custards, and pumpkin pies smoke in a row; 



Where pudding the visage of hunger serenes, 



And, what is far better, ihepol of baked beans. 



Lei Maryltind boast of her dainties profuse. 



Her large water-melons and canteleupes fine. 

 Her turtles, and oysters, and terrapin slews. 



And soft crabs high zested with brandy and wine ; 

 \h ! neither my heart from my native land weans, 

 *Vbere smokes ou the table the ■pot of baked beaiis. 



The pot of baked beans ! with what pleasure I view it. 

 Well season'd, well pork'd, by some rosy-faced dame J 



And when from the glowing hot oven she drew it, 

 Well crisp'd, and well brown'd to the table it came. 



O give mc my country, the land of my teens. 



Of the plump Indian pudding and pot of baked beans. 



The pot of baked beans ! ah! the muse ic too frail, 



lis taste to descant or its virlices to tell ; 

 But look at the sons of New England so hale. 



And her daughters so rosy — 't will teach thee full well; 

 Like me it will teach thee to sigh for the means 

 Of health and of rapture— the pot of baked beans. 



A YANKEE. 



tion ; for justice, like salt, preserves everything 

 about it. The ladies of this great republic are 

 respectfully solicited to use their influence in pro- 

 moting industry, frugality, and economy, in their 

 domestic vocations — their example and advice 

 have great influence in society — the fashions, cus- 

 toms, and manners of a country are very much at 

 their control — it generally falls to their lot to have 

 the care of children, and to train them up to vir- 

 tuous industry, and teach them the rudiments of 

 knowledge, and duties of great weight and impor- 

 tance in society. 



Early rising, temperance in eating, drinking, 

 conversation and labor, are all necessary requisites 

 towards completing an economical life. Early 

 rising produces fine spirits, encourages industry, 

 and gives many a leisure hour for mt^ntal inijtrove- 

 ment, which is of more value than any other ac- 

 quisition. Temperance should be observed as the 

 indispensable criterion in all our actions ; it pro- 

 motes health of body, sanity of mind, and long 

 life — it shields us from many loathsome tempta- 

 tions, in which gluttony, drunkenness, and other 

 excesses, inevitably involve us. 



The faculty of speech is a divine power confer- 

 red on man, which enables him to pursue a pro- 

 gressive improvement of the mind towards perfec- 

 tion ; of course, language should be cultivated and 

 preserved in purity. 



Moderate labor strengthens the constitution, 

 regulates the circulation of the blood, and pro- 

 motes a proper tone in the system — excessive la- 

 bor debilitates the system and shortens life. 



By following the rules of economy, a young 

 man in any circumstance in life, may find time 

 and means to acquire knowledge and improve his 

 understanding. Every hour when past is gone 

 forever, and all the gold of earth cannot redeem it ; 

 if well spent, it stands in our favor ; but if ill 

 spent, it stands against us ; and whatever the un- 

 derstanding impresses on the memory, must re- 

 main there as long as the mind continues to exist. 

 Our good actions are always commending and en- 

 couraging us. This shows the necessity of mak- 

 ing use of all the vacant time in the acquisition of 

 useful knowledge. Early acquirements are of 

 great importance. Ten minutes well spent, at fif-, 

 teen years old, are worth more than a whole day 

 would be at seventy. Little do young peopi/) 

 know tlie value of the golden hours of youtli, or 

 they would be more cautious how they throw them 

 away ; for bad habits are easily acquired ; but 



nothing in nature is more diiBcult than to forsake 

 them. All our well spent hours shine like dia- 

 monds in our lives, and the mind looks back on 

 them with divine pleasure. A plough boy by a 

 judicious employment of time, might make the tail 

 of his plough the school of wisdom ; and a colle- 

 gian, by an injudicious employment of time, might 

 tnake his college a school of vice and mental de- 

 basement. It matters not what our occupation is, » 

 if we make the proper use of time ; for industry, 

 judiciously appUed, is the philosopher's stone, so 

 ardently sought after by ancient sages in vain. — 

 The farmer, of all men, has the fairest opportuni- 

 ty of acquiring knowledge in its original purity — ■ 

 his business calls liim through fielils, woods, and 

 vales, and gives him acquaintance with the nature 

 of things. There he can read the unveiled truth, 

 written in the book of creation, by the hand of 

 God, without an interpreter, and no one will have 

 the hardihood to tell him it is not true ; because 

 it is composed of self-evident facts, containing the 

 princijdes of all the sciences, and the duties of 

 life. A ploughman wishing to become acquaint- 

 ed with any particular branch of knowledge, may 

 cany a book in his pocket, containing a theory of 

 what he would wish to learn, and read a few sen- 

 tences occasionally to speculate on, while he is 

 following his plough, without interrupting th« 

 business of the day. This method of acquiring 

 knowledge can be put in practice by the inhab- 

 itants of cities, as well as those of the country : 

 but not with equal success, — for want of a rural 

 scenery they would fail, particularly in the art of 

 poetry. There have been but few good poets 

 without being acquainted with a country Ufe. — 

 Phil. Eve. Post. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass Seed. 

 This day received^at the New England Karmer Seed Store, 

 53 North Market street, 20 bushels of Tall Meadow Oat Grass 

 Seed, at ^2,60 per bushel. 



Also, White Mulberry Seed, 50 cts per ounce, Lucerne, 

 or French Clover, White and Red Clover, Sanfoin, Tim- 

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

 Jlg-ricultural Books. 



The third edition o{ Fessenden's A'eiv .Mmerican Gar- 

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

 dicious horticulturists in New England and the middle 

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

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

 f 1,'25. 



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. Bridgeman, gardener. New York- 

 price 37 1-2 cts. 



A practical Treatise on the Management of Bees; and 

 the Management of Apiaries, with the best method of des- 

 troying and preventing the depredations of the Bee Moth. 

 By James Thacher, M. D. — price 75 cts. 



Also, one copy of each of the following rare works: — 



Phytologia, or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gar- 

 dening : with the theory of Draining Morasses, and with 

 an improved construction of the drill plough. By Dr Dar- 

 win, (Dublin edition, price three dollars and fifty cts.) 



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



correc t copy. 



Powder at 2s per lb. 



DUPONT'S POWDER, quality wananted, for sale at 

 Copeland's Amviunilion Store, 65 Broad st, at retail. Also, 

 SHOT, CAPS, &:c. of the best quality— cheap for cash. If 



Puhlisliod every Friday, at gS per annum, payable at the 

 end of the year — but those who pay within si.\ty days from the 

 lime of subscribing, are entitled to a deducliou of iifiy cents. 



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 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the wishes 

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

 at the Agricultural Warehouse No. .K North Market Street. 



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