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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



NOV. 8, IS'^r. 



32"#31ir5^^s 



(From the Piiilailelpliia Sat. Courier.) 

 THE DRUNKARD TO HIS FAMILY. 



Weep on poor wife ! there was a day 

 When, had I seen thee thus dislrest, 



I couli] have kisst-d thy tears away, 

 And liusljed ihy sorrows on my breast. 



Weep on — it grieves me nothing now. 

 To hear thee sob the night away ; 



And see thee rise with haggard brow, 

 To toil and suffer through the day. 



I do not heed thy bitter sighs ! 



My soul is so obdurate grown ; 

 I now can meet thy sad meek eyes. 



And dasii their pleading with a frown. 



I know thy heart is breaking fast ; 



I see thee fading every hour ; 

 And well 1 know lliat misery'.* blast 



Has never crushed a lovelier flower. 



Ah ! suffer on ! it grieves me not. 

 To think upon thy joyous youth, 



When love's pure blessing crown'd our lot, 

 And hope's sweet lay seem'd wholly truth. 



It grieves me not to know that I 



Have crushed the love that bloom'd for rae ; 

 And sunk thy hopes, so fair and high, 



In abject want and misery. 



Cry on ! poor little hungry things, 

 It gives your father's heart no pain 



To see vou round your mother clmg. 

 And shriek, and plead for food in vain. 



I know your cries pierce through her soul, 

 For hunger gnaws her life strings too, 



For yester' night slie gave tlie whole 

 Of her remaining h'od to you. 



I might procure you bread, I know — 



Might see those wet eyes bright with bliss, 



And make this scene of want and woe, 

 A paradise of happiness. 



Yes ! I might yet be loved again ; 



Mi'iht meet affection's smile once more, 

 And these poor, trembling children, then 



Would meet nie laughing at the door. 



And peace might dwell within this breast, 

 Now by the vengeful furies torn ; 



And I could sweetly sink lo rest, 



And rise with health and joy at morn. 



I might ! — but no — it cannot be — 



The spell is on my abject soul ; 

 I have no power to break its sw.ay, 



No wish to burst its vile control, 

 » 

 Away ! away! — this burning thirst, 



I barter all to gratify ; 

 I go, a wretch, abhor'd ' accurst 1 



Fiend-like! and vile ! to drink and die f 



United Slates for the term of 2 years, may he ad- 

 mitteil to become a citizen thereof, on application 

 to any common law court of reconl, in any of the 

 States wherein he shall have resided for the term 

 of one year at letist, and making proof, to the sat- 

 isfaction of such (^ourt, that he is a proper per- 

 son, cf good character, and taking the oath or af- 

 firmation prescribed by law, to support the Con- 

 stitution of the United States, wliicli oath or affir- 

 ination,snch Court shall administer, and the clerk 

 of said Court shall record said application, anil 

 the proceeding.s thereon, and therefrom such per- 

 son shall be considered a citizen of the United 

 States." 



This was approved March 26, 1790. On the 

 29tli January, 179-5, it was repealed, and the fol- 

 lowing condition was substituted: 



That aliens should declare their intentions 3 

 years before their admission, and to have resided 

 5 years in the U. S. 



Repealed, Jan. 29, 1798. 



When a previous declaration of 5 years before 

 admi.ssion, and a residence of 14 years was nec- 

 essary — and 5 years residence in the State where 

 application is made. 



Repealed April 14, 1802. 



When a previous declaration of 3 years, and 5 

 years residence was required — virtually substitu- 

 ting the law of 179-5. 



In 1804, an act was added, enabling those who 

 had resided in the country between the years of 

 '98 and 1803, to become citizens without previous 

 declaration; and a'so, to make the widows and 

 children of those who had declared their inten- 

 tions, citizens. 

 July 30, 1S13. 



In consequence of the war, which, by a provis- 

 ion in our naturalization law, cut oflf all rights of 

 aliens, subjects of a belligerent nation, to citizen, 

 ship, an act was passed to receive those who had 

 declared their intentions previt tisly to the 18tli 

 of June, 1812, notwithstanding they were alien 

 enemies. 



On the 26th May, 1836, the following provis- 

 ions and alterations were enacted : 



" That 3 years of the minority of alien minors 

 should be included in the five years probation, 

 and to be admitted without previously declaring 

 their intentions, — and after this date, a [irevions 

 declaration of two years, instead of three of the 

 five years probation was sufficient," which is the 

 existing law. — Sag Harbor Rep. 



Patent I^anip Apparatus for Heatiug "Water, 

 Cookiug, &.C. 



This appa-atus has been louiid veiy useful in small fam- 

 ilies, and lor iuch persons as may wish lo prepare tea oi 

 cofl'ee-drink, cook oysters, &c., ill their own aparimeuls wi;hl 

 out ilie trouble of a wood or coal fi. e. Kis very convenien- 

 in public houses, cnflee-houses, and other places where it is 

 wished to keep any hoi liquid constantly on hand. Besides 

 answering all the purposes of what is called ihe nursi lamp il 

 may he made lo boil Irom one pint lo a gallon of water, by a 

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

 ical and expeditious, %liiclj can I e devised. 



This apparatus has been much used and highly recom- 

 mended in wriling by all. or nearl}' all the druggists in Bos- 

 Ion, whose ceriilicates of approbation may be seen al ihe 

 iiffice of the New England farmer, No. 52 North Market 

 Street, where Ihe apparatus is for sale. It may also be 

 bought of William Spade, No. 26 Union Sireel. Handbills 

 or pamphlets wi.l always be delivered wilh Ihe apparatus, 

 when sold, co.ilaining an explanation of ils principles and 

 particular directions lor its i.se, &e. 



J-tne 14. 



OUR NATURALIZATION LAW. 



We have been struck with the want of knowl- 

 edge with regard to our Naturalization law; and 

 have interrogated meiidjcrs of the bar, judges of 

 our court of record, and even of the Marine court, 

 of New York, where thousands of citizens are 

 made yearly, none of whom could give us even 

 an outline of the difTcrcnt enactmenis on this sub- 

 ject by the U. S. We have, therefure, compiled 

 one ourselves, for the edifii^ation of our readers, 

 jirofcssioiial, practical anil political. 



The first act to establish a uniform rule of nat- 

 uralization, was passed in 1790, as follows: 



"That any alien, being a free white person, 

 who shall have resided within the limits of Ihe 



The Immortality of Genius — The Island of 

 Juan Fernandez has been obliterated by an earth- 

 quake, from the map of the world, and not a trace 

 is left of its existence. The restless waves flow 

 over its ocean tomb, and not even the peak of a 

 mountain, or the summit of a rock, elevates itself 

 into a cenotaph. The mariner knows il no lon- 

 ger, and in a few short years, its very name will 

 be remembered only by chart makers. Hut Rob- 

 inson Clriisoe still lives, and will continue to live, 

 on the immortal pages of De Foe, when not only 

 Islands have disappeared and been forgotten, but 

 when whole nations shall have passed away, and 

 left scarcely a name for a memorial. 



Boston Trans. 



1IVOCUL.ATING ORANGE TREES, L.AVI1VG OtIT 

 GARDEMS, 



EDWARD SAVERS, Gardener, begs leave to inform the 

 citizens of Boston and ils vicinity, that he intends to remain 

 for a short time in Boston, and would devote his lime lo the 

 above business, to those who may be inclined lo employ him. 



fld^All orders left at the Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Seed Store, No 52 Norlli Market Streel, will be punctually 

 attended lo. July 26. 



CHOICE BLOWER SEEDS PROM CALCUTTA. 



We have received a box of choice flower seeds from the 

 celebrated Botanic Garden at Calcutta containing the seeds 

 of 150 species i>f plants for the Greenhouse; said lo be a fine 

 colleclion. Price $15. 



Sept 27, 1837. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



STRAW CUTTER. 



Just received a good supply of Greene's l*atcnt Straw 

 Cutler, one of the most pertecl machines for cutting fodder 

 which has ever been introduced for the purpose, lor sale at 

 th» Aeiiculiural Warehouse No 51 and ha Norih Rlarkel 

 Blreei. JOSEPH BRECK AND CO. 



Aug. 16, 1837. 



PEAR TREES. 



For sale at the Pomological Garden, Dearborn street, Norlh 

 Salem, a great variety of Standard and Dwarf Pear Trees 

 Orders directed to the subscriber will receive immediate at 

 tenlion. ROBERT MANNING. 



Oct. 25, 1837. 



MORI'S MUl.TICAUi.IS. 



The subscribers hive for sale a few thousand superior Mb- 

 ruii JVitirticau/is of extra size, which will be disposed of on 

 reasonable terms. Also 50 000 catlings of the same. 



Sept. 27, 1837. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



' No one doubts,' says an ancient writer of the 

 middle ages, ' that heretics ought to be jitit to 

 death ; but the particular method of e-\ecutioii, 

 may well be a topic of discussion.' 



TERRIBLE TRACTOR ATIOIV. 



Terrible Tracloralioii and other Poems. By Dr Caustic. 

 4ih Ediiion. For sale al the New England Seed Store. 

 April 19. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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