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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEPT. 13, 1837. 



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0°The iibject of man's existence, is set f"ith in the 

 following lines, which we copy from the Kniclseibocit- 

 er: — 



MANS KXISTENCE. 



Why are we lierc ' Tile infunt wail, 

 VVliile resting on its mother's breast, 



VVilh feeble tongue begins the tale, 

 Then passelh to a better rest ; 



A fleeting smile — a fallen tear, — 



Why are we here ? why are we here ? 



Why are we here? The bud of hope, 

 That springs in ciiiltlliuocl's happy hour. 



Lies crushed, ere yet its blossoms ope, 

 Beneath dull care's all withering power ; 



Fit emblem of man's weak career, — 



Why are we here? — why are we here? 



Why are we here ? As brief as frail 

 Is man s maturity and j)ritne ; 



Lone wand'rerdown life's stormy vale — 

 Swift voyager of fleeting time ! 



A breath — a tlionght — and death is near; 



Why are we here? — why are we here? 



Why are we here ? That silvery hair, 

 Those palsied limbs bespeak decay; 



Those feeble eyeballs' sightless glare 

 Too surely tell life's cooling day ; 



The trial o'er — man on his bier, — 



Why are we here ? — why are we here ? 



Why are we here ? Behold yon star. 

 In splendor beaming o'er the sea I 



E'en thus the souls of virWie are. 

 When purged from earth, Iroin sorrow free ; 



In heaven no sorrow can appear, — 



For this we're here — for this we're here! 



Why are we here ? Who could but choose 

 Though thrice earth's cares beset the road, 



To toil life's chequer'd journ<:y through, 

 And dwell eternally with God ? 



To fit us for that glorious sphere, — 



For this we're here — for this we're here ! 



Massacre of tiik Bradi.f.ts in 1746. — Tlie 

 9l8t anniversary of the massacre of tlie Uradieys 

 by the Canada Indians at Riiniford, (now Con- 

 cord, N. H.) in 1746, was celebrated by tlic citi- 

 zeii9 of Concord, on 'i'ueaday last, with appropri- 

 ate services. A niotiuineiit was erected to their 

 memory, an address was prononnceil by Mr Asa 

 McFarlan, and ilie services interspersed with odes 

 written by Messrs Pierpoiit and Kent for the oc- 

 casion. 'I'be reader of liie history of New Mump- 

 sbire, need not lie reminded of the dangers to 

 which the frontier provinr s were exposed a cen- 

 tury ago, from attacks from the savage foe. I'he 

 massacre of Jonathan and .Samuel Bradley, Bean, 

 Peters and Lnffkin upon the morning of August 

 lltb, (new style 2'2d) on tlie road from Concord 

 to Hopkinton was one of the most disastrous and 

 bloody events that signalized the opening of the 

 French war. It is ineet that the descendants of 

 those who were called upon to suffer in ttiose per- 

 ilous days, sliould now, in the hey-day of their 



peace and prosperity, cherish the memories an' 

 names of tlieir brave ancestors. 



Claremonl Ea^le. 



llusT IN Ikon. — We are not avvare that it has 

 been satisfactorily accounted for, why iron which 

 i.s in use, although exposed to a damp atmosphere, 

 is not affected by rust, while iron similarly expos- 

 ed, and which remains uiidistorhei!, is almost uni- 

 formly affected by it. 'Ibis difference is striking- 

 ly exhibited in the comparative effect on the iron 

 of rail roads in use, and not in use. Not only 

 the rails which are in use, but the chains to which 

 they are attached, and wliiidi are never touched 

 by tiie wheels, are equally protected. This eTect 

 has-been attributed to electricity, with what truth 

 we cannot say. 



'Ihe art of effectually protecting iron from rust 

 is nil imjiortant desiradatum. We learn from a 

 foreign journal, tliat an important discoveiy, for 

 the attainment of this object, has been made in 

 Paria. It is staled that Mr Sorel lias found out a 

 means, by gaivani/^ing iron, to prevent its under- 

 going the process of oxidation. No description 

 is given of lii» method, which seems to be a se- 

 cret, but that a galvanized powder is employed. 

 It is aflirmel that the ex|)eriments of several mem- 

 bers of the Society for Encouragement of Art, 

 have fully confirmed the statements of Mr Sorel, 

 and that there is a strong hope that his process 

 may be applied to every species of iron employ^ed 

 in machinery or in the arts, however large, which 

 it is desirable to preserve from rust. Cannon- 

 halls, and even the cannon themselves, may be 

 preserved ; and a statement is made of the saving 

 it wonl.i cause to the French Government were 

 only the cannon-balls which are rusted away in 

 twenty years, saved from the effect of the air. — 

 Watch sjirings and jewelry of polished steel, are 

 sniil to have remained perfectly bright, though 

 they were a long time immersed in water, sal ma- 

 ted with the galvanic powder. The experiments 

 of Sir Humphrey Davy in preserving copper from 

 the effects of salt water by galvanism, are noticed, 

 and these (experiments give countenance to the 

 statement that it may be possible, by galvanism, 

 to guard iron from rost. — Boston Adv. 



Christianity has done more than all things to 

 determine the character imd direction of our pres- 

 ent civilization ; and who can question or over- 

 look the tendency and design of religion ? Christ- 

 ianity has no plainer purpose, than to unite all 

 ineH as brethren, to make man unutterably dear to 

 man, to pour contempt on outward distinctions, to 

 raise the fallen, to league all in efforts for the ele- 

 vation of all. Under its influence, the differences 

 of nations and rank are softening. To the estab- 

 lishment of a fraternal relation among men, the 

 science, literature, commerce, education of the 

 Christian world are tending. Who cannot sec 

 this mighty movement of Providence ? Who is 

 so blind as to call it a temporary impulse ? Who 

 so daring, so impious, as to strive to arrest it ? — 

 Channing. 



I'he following have been Queens of England 

 by their own right since the Conquest: — 1. Ma- 

 ry; reigned from July 6, 1553, to November 6, 

 155S. — 2. Elizabeth ; reigned from November 7, 

 1558, lo March 25, 1603. — 3. Mary ; reigned from 

 Feb. 13,1689,10 Maridi 8,1702. — 4. Anne; reigned 



from March 8, 1702, to Aug. 1. 1714.— 5. Victo- 

 ria, began to reign June 20, 1837. By courtesy, 

 there are two Queens of England at the lu'esent 

 time, namely : Victoria, the Queen Regnante ; and 

 Adelaide, the Queen Dowager. — Salem Gaz. 



Progress of TEMPERA.^'CE. — It a)ipeared at tfie 

 late annivert-ary of the American Tenijierance 

 Union, in New York, says the Newark Adverti- 

 ser, that during the last ten years, the consuinp 

 tion of ardent spirits in the United Slates has lea- 

 sened one half, notwithstanding the vast increase 

 of our population — that the foreign importation 

 of spirits has been at most, not more than one 

 half what it was before, while the home manu- 

 facture has been diminished at least three fourtbe 

 that at least one half the fires burning in distiller- 

 ies, have been put out : and that in the State ofj 

 New York aione, not more than 200 out of 1,149 

 establishments of this kind, which existed ten 

 years ago, are now in operation ; that notwith- j 

 standing many undeniable cases of relapse, 15,000 

 reformed inebriates are among the monuments of 

 the benign effects of the spread of temperance 

 principles. 



Fortyseven young gentlemen received the de- 

 gree of " A. B." at the late Commencement at 

 Cambridge. 



Patent Lamp Apparatus for Heating Water, 



Cookiiii^, &.C, t 



This appa-atus lias been loiiiul ve.y useful in small fain- . 

 iiies, and lor such persons as may wish to prepare tea or , 

 cotTee-tlriiik, cook oysters, &<-.. in ilieir own aparlmeiUs with- ' 

 out the Iroiible of a wood or coal fi e. It is very co:i\"enient 

 in public houses, cofiee-houses, and oilier places wlieic il is 

 wished to keep any hot liquid constantly on hand. Besides 

 answering all the purposes of what is called ihe'nursi lamp it 

 may be made to boil from one pint to a gallon of water, by a i 

 melliod, which in many cases will be found the most econom- : 

 ica! and expeditious, which can 1 e devised. ' 



This apparatus has been much used and highly recoin- 

 niended in writing by all, or nearly all the drug;gists in Bos- : 

 Ion, whose certdicales of approbation may be seen at Ike 

 olficc of the New England fanner, No. 5'2 North Market' 

 Street, where ilie apparatus is for sale. It may also he ; 

 housht of William Spade, [Mo. 26 Union Street. Handliills 

 or pamphlets wi.l always bo delivered with the apparatus, 

 wlieii sold, containing an explanation of ils principles and 

 particular directions lor ils use, &.c. 

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AGENTS. 



Niw York—G C. Thokuiikn, 11 Jolin-street. 



Flushing, N. Y. — Wm. 1'rinck ijj- Sons, Prop. Lin Bol t! 



Albany — Wm .Thorb urn, 3-17 .llarkel-slieei. 



Pldladelvhiii — D. ^V C. LANURErH, 83 Che.innt-slroel. 



Batthno'rc — Tublislicr ot American Farmer. 



Uincinnati — S.C. Parkhukst,23 Lower Market street. 



Middlehury, Vl. — Wight Chapman. Merchant 



Taunton, Mass.— Sam'l O. Dunbar, Bookseller. 



Hartford — (ioouwiN Sf Co. Booksellers. 



Newhuryporl — EBENK/.tR Stkdma.v, Hooksellcr. 



Portsmouth, N. H.—ioHS W. Fosteh , Bookseller. 



IVooc/sioc/r, K;.— J.A.Pratt. 



Brattleboro'—los Steen, Bookseller. 



Bantror,Me. — Wm . Mann, Druggist, and Mm. I!. ILtRi.ol 



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