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NEW ENGLAND FAUMER 



EEC. Sr, 18-i7. 



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WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE ! 



BY COL. G. P. MORRIS.* 



WooDMAK, spare that tree ! 



Touch not a single bough, 

 In youth it slicltercd me, 



An(i I'll protect it now. 

 'T was )ny father's hand. 



That placed it near liis col ; 

 Then, Woodman, let it stand. 



Thy axe shall harm it not. * 



That old familiar tree. 



Whose glory and renown. 

 Are spread o'er land and sea ; 



And wouldst thou hack it down ? 

 Woodman, forhear thy stroke ! 



Cut not its earth-bound ties, 

 Oh ! spare that aged oak. 



Now towering to the skies ! 



When but an idle boy, 



I sotight its grateful shade ; 

 In all their gushing joy, 



There too, my sister played. 

 My mother kiss'd me here ; 



My father press'd my hand ; 

 Forgive this foolish tear 



But let that old oak stand ! 



My heart-strings round thee cling. 



Close as thy bark, old friend ! 

 Here shall the wild bird sing. 



And still thy branches bend. 

 Old tree ! the storm shall brave I 



And, Woodman, leave the spot ; 

 While I 've a hand to save. 



Thy axe shall harm it not ! 



TO A ROBIN. 



Away, pretty Robin, fly home to your nest, 

 To make you my captive I still should likeliest. 



And feed you with worms and wiihbrcadj 

 Your eyes are so sparkling, your feathers so soft, 

 Your little wings flutter so pretty aloft. 



And your breast is all colored with red. 



But then 't wouUI be cruel to keep you, \ know., 

 So stretch out your wings little Robin, and go. 



Fly home to your young ones again ; 

 Go, listen again to the notes of your mate. 

 And enjoy the green shade in your lonely retreat, 



Secure from the wind and the rain. 



But when the leaves fall, and the ^vintcr winds blow. 

 And the green fields are cnver'd all over with snow. 



And the clouds in while feathers descend ; 

 Wlien the springs are all ice, and the rivulets freeze, 

 And the long shining icicles drop from the trees, 



Then, Robin, remember your friend. 



When with cold and with hunger quite pevislied and 



weak, < 



Come tap at my window again with your beak. 



And gladly I'll let you come in ; 

 You shall fly to my bosom, or perch on my thumbs, 

 Or hop round the table and pick up the crumbs. 



And never be hungry again. 



" If j'ou marry .1 protid woiiinn, you oiigljt to 

 linvo a gooti estate ; fur yon will fiml a proiiil 

 wifu in a low situation, will bo >m nnconifortubli; 

 coni|uinion, and the fir.'St in adversity that shall 

 Jenil a liel|>ing hand to your ruin." 



INDIAN TR.\niTIO?J. 



We liaVG lieen lavored with an Indian tradition 

 coneernini? the orinin of tobacco, Indian corn, and 

 wheat, which althoujrh our readi rs may have seen 

 before, wc shall relate. At some distant period, 

 two Indian youths, pursuing the pleasures of the 

 cliase, were led to a remote and luifrequented 

 |)art of the forest, where beinfr fatifiued and hun- 

 !;ry, they sat down to repose thenjsplves, and dress 

 iheir vi(^tuals. Whilst they were thus employed, 

 the spirit of the woods, attract<'d, as it is sup. 

 posed, by the tinnsnal and savory smell of the 

 vension, approached them in the form of a beau- 

 tiful woman, and seate<l herself by ihetn. The 

 youths, awed by the presence of so superior a 

 being, and struck with gratitude for the conde- 

 scension she had shown them in lioconiing their 

 guest, presented to her, in tli<: most respectful 

 manner, a share of their repast, which slie was 

 pleased to acce])l, and upon which she regaled 

 with seeming satisfaction. The meal being fin- 

 ished, the .spirit having thankevi them cordia'ly 

 for their attentions, and iiilormcd them tliat if 

 they would ri;Iurn to the same place, after the 

 lapse of twelve months, they wt-nid find some- 

 thing which would recomiieiise their kindness, 

 disappeared from their sight. The youths having 

 watched the revolving moons, and having return- 

 ed at the appointed tinse, found that upon the 

 place on wliicb the right arm of the goddess had 

 reclined, an ear of corn had sprang up — under 

 the left a sta'k of wheat ; and from the s[)ot on 

 wliich she had b.-en seated^ was growing a t^onr- 

 isliing plant of tobacco. 



THE ISLANDER'S LAMENT. 



"Alas!" exclaims the Nantdcket Inquirer 

 " We are not permitted, in quietude, to glorify even 

 the few fat things that Providence has thrown at us 

 in these foreign parts, as kindly testimonials of its 

 remembrance ! If we drop a word of laudation 

 upon our delicious lilue-fish — lol Major Noah 

 swells with indignation at the idea that we can |)ick 

 up anything that can hold a candle to the creatures 

 of that same species which they pretend to catch in 

 «ome little nasty bay in his neighborhood! So, if 

 we indulge our palate, as we did this morning, with 

 a broiled steak from the tender loin of one of the 

 porjioises taken yesterday in Mattekut harbor, anri 

 shall chance to let the fact leak through our nnso- 

 phislicated ])en, we sJiall expect to lie told liy the 

 pretendc(i epicures of the city jiress, that we are 

 mere barbarians — bolters of blubber, like tiie greasy 

 Hottentots — since we prefer such diet to the del- 

 icate city stai-vlings, which lie immured for a fort- 

 night in floating coffins, dying in dock innd, at the 

 slips of the commercial cm|>orium ! 



" Have we the temerity to crow a single note in 

 favor of eel-chowdor and clam-bakes — la ! what 

 are they, compared .with the tiyster soups served at 

 a city refectory, whereof 90 per cent, consists of 

 the slops of slobbering customers of yesterday — or 

 10 the dust-peppered crabs and cookies, secondarily 

 stewed in sunshine, and monopolized by fashiona- 

 ble innkeejiers, to be immortalized in type as am- 

 brosial dainties ! If we pull a huge vegetable out 

 of the soil, 



Where parsnips stretch their roots with case 

 Quite through to our anlijiodes — 



and go to record its gigantic dimensions with al 

 proper complacency, and warrantable ostentation 

 forthwith some Roxbury yeoman, or Long Islanc 

 plough-jogger pretends to dig a bigger monster 

 and all the city prints at once fall to wondering ai 

 our presumption ! Thus it is — while we are com 

 pelled to regard all the aflTairs of our neighbor] 

 who live among high houses and multitudinou 

 peojile, through an instrument of vision, whici 

 magnifies their ]iroportions — they, in return, look 

 ing through the other end of the telescope, sei 

 hi:reabouts nothing but a little world lying upoi 

 the waters, whose very whales cannot cornpet 

 wjthNew York poggies, and whos6.men and wo 

 men are but pigmies in a potato patch, or ants upo 

 a sand heap!'' 



PRt-'IT TREES, ORKAMENTAl. TREES, itIORU 

 MUliTICAULIS, ETC. 



For sale by tlie subs.-rilicr. The trees of the Plums an 

 Pears were never before so fine, the assortment so complet 



Apples, Peaches, Cherries, Grape vines, a superior assor 

 meat of finest kinds, and of all other hardy fruits. 



25,000 Moras Alullicaulis, or true Chinese Mulberry tret 

 at the customary wholesale or retail prices. The trees ai 

 thrifly, the form perfect, and the roots fine. 



Oi-namenlal Trees and Shrubs, Roses and Herbaceoi 

 plants, of the most beautiful hardy kinds. Splendid P^onii 

 and Double Dahlias. 



Trees packed in the most perfect manner for all dista 

 places and slilpped or sent from Boston to wherever ordere 



Address by mail post jiaid. 



Catalogues sent geatis to all who apply. 



WILLIAM KENRICK. 

 Nursery, Nonanlum Hill, Newton, Nov. 22. tJ. 



TO BE I.ET, 



For one year, one of the best and pleasanlest hou?t? a, 

 all olher Iniildings that are neces.saryfor a boarding esiablii 

 ment and Stage and Onniibus concern, in the county of We 

 cester, in the lov/n of Petersham, famous for the scattering 

 Ca))lain Daniel Shays, and his companions in ai'nis, to t 

 four winds of the earth, by General Lincoln and his arm 

 the friend and companion of Gcnei-al Washhigton, tlie fatli 

 of our country. The buildings without rent or price, and 

 many acres of land as are wanted of the first qualily, at 

 fair rent, not to exceed five hundred acres — all the manure 

 remain on the premises, and more houses if wanted ; no pi 

 son need to apply uidess he is fidly qiialified for suci) an ) 

 tablishment. For further information inquire of JOB 

 CI^I ANDLER, the old Farmer of Boston, the owner, ('•. . , 

 TRUMBULL, Cashier Citizens' Bank, Worcester, i C 

 JONAS BOSWORTH, Pelersham. Possession gn. " 

 the first day of .4pril next. 



Dec. 13.' 



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