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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JAN. .?, 1838. 



s^saS'Sumis.iS.'a'^e 



[For the New England rarnier. ] 

 TOM CLOVER. 



Br B. BROWX. 



Who is it, that, in fair or fowl, 



Is sucli a constant mover ; — 

 Wliose mind is busy at his work. 



Out doors and in ? — Tom Clovur. 



Who owns the farm so nice and tiim , 



So full of stock and sttjver, 

 With fields BO furlile and so green. 



And all well fenc'd ? — Tom Clover. 



Who too the handsome dwelling ht»use. 

 That stands btside tlie grove there. 



The barns, the sheds, the pens, the ^ard<, 

 The garden .'— Why ! Tom Clover. 



To whom does that smart team belong, 



Those cattle, fit for drover. 

 And geldingf, so well disciplined ; 



So plump and fat ?— Tom Clover. 



As, yesterday, at early dawn, 



I pass'd the meadows over, 

 Wliom saw 1 mowing in the dew .■* 



It was the same, Tom Clover. 



Two neighbors were in warm dispute, 



A trifle each one strove for ; 

 A third one came and peace restored .; 



Was this he .' — Ay, Tom Clover. 



And, then, the needy ask'd an alms, 



(His robe a scanty cover;) 

 Kind looks, kind treatment he received 'i . 



From Tom too .' — Kight, Tom Clover. 



Tom Clover, then, I'll greet thy name'! 



Thou art the true chef-d' wuvre, 

 And pattern for our fiirmers all ; 



Yes, yes, indeed, Tom Clover. 



And now, could I the wide world rule, 



Its states and kingdoms over. 

 The paltry sceptre I 'd resign. 



To be, but this Tom Clover. 



HEALTH. 



Tlie first years oflife sfiotihl bu (lircctcd to Liv- 

 ing tlie foiMiilations of lienltli, wliicli are the ihtni. 

 dutioiis of lia[)|)iiie!is. Nature |ilaiiily licolares 

 that this is not the pi-oper tiitie for (leviuing tlie 

 mind to the inoessaiit labor o^^iclll)!asti(; oiliicalioii • 

 that llie faculties of the cliihl miisi tie peviiiitteil 

 gradually to increase in strciifrtli hy rtirana of tlie 

 exercise which the varied aS|.m-ts iiC naliire and 



the coiii|)anioiiship of it.s (uiiia s in years afford. 



Let the fond parent, who d';sin\< his child to excel 

 ill intellectual allainmeiits, and Iherofoie urges on 

 its fi;«ble powers to acconiplish tasks to which 

 they are altogether niieipial, be aware how vainly 

 lie strives. Suppose that the object is gained ol 

 what avail are the most spleiulid actiuirctnenls if 

 they are made by the sacrifice of hi^altli ; wiilioiit 

 which they cannot be ttiincd to good account, 

 either for his own benefit or fur iluit of oiIkm-s .' 

 Besides, although it is po.ssible to dcvelo|)e the 

 powers of the child so as to make him outstrip 

 for a time all his juvenile companions in the ac- 

 quisition of knowledge, yet, untimely, the actual 



amount of knowledge possessed, and the capacity 

 of enl.iigiiig it, will be smaller than if the dictatis 

 of nature were obeyed ; for the powers of the 

 mind are. thus worn out long before the period at 

 which, in other circumstances, they would arrive 

 at maturity ; they becoin3 incapable of further 

 exertion when they should be in their highest 

 vigor. There are few instances, indeed, on record 

 of precocious children who, on arriving at matu- 

 rily, (which but few of snch prodigies have evet 

 attained,) ilid not disappoint the fond e.xpectaiions 

 of parents and friends; but, on the other band, 

 many of the most di.-tinguished men in every de- 

 partment of science anil literature have been re- 

 markab!e in their childhood for their dulness and 

 incapacity to learn. Among these may be men- 

 tioned Sir Isaac Newton, who himself says that 

 " he was inattenlive to study, and ranked very low 

 in the school until the age of twelve ;" — Napoleon 

 who is described by those who knew him well in 

 his childhood as " having good health, and in oth- 

 er respects like other boy.s ;" — and not to multiply 

 examples, Adam Clarke, whose talent, when at 

 school, appeared to be confined to the rolling of 

 large stones, his character being that of a grievous 

 dunce ; the Rev. R. Lee, the present professor of 

 Arabic in the University of Cambritlgc, who, up 

 to the age of four-and-twenty, was a journeyman 

 carpenter; and the present able lecturer at the 

 Royal Institution, Dr. Faraday, who was brought 

 up as a boi.k-binder. Thcs' examples arc suffi- 

 cient to show that it is to self-education, rather 

 than to that which is communicated at school, 

 that eminence in the intellectual world is chiefly 

 to be ascribed Curtison Health. 



IJoTANicAi, NovEi-TY. — At the meeting of the 

 Horticultural Society last week, .Mr Don, gardener 

 to Mr 15ateman, exhibited a fi)ifi specimen of Co- 

 ryanthiis BJacraiitha, a remarkable parasite grow- 

 ing down from trees, not with its roots in the 

 branches, bit merely twisting round them, and 

 holding thereby firmly. Amongst all the various 

 forms of Orcliidea this was the strangest fieak of 

 nature, as every part was so different in its form, 

 as to render it very difficult to say what it most 

 resembled, 'i'he most remarkable part of the form 

 of the flower was the bucket at the bottom, con- 

 taining a (pianlify of transparent hiucilaginons 

 liquid, distilling into it from two liorns above, and 

 wliiidi were constantly secreting. The smell is 

 soiiiewliat insipid,Miid the plant inliabiis the woods 

 of the hotter jiartsof South .■\iiieiica. A Knightian 



medal was awarded for this plant. Siilisbury 



Heratil. 



P«ivATE Library. — There is one private librarv 

 in this country, exclusively .^mericiui, which we 



would give a splendid Illinois farm to possess. 



It consists as we are told of upwards of seventy 

 large ipiarto volumes and all by tl»e same author. 

 That author came into public life before he was 

 of lawful age, and has been in public life with few 

 intermissions ever since. He has travelled in 

 many countries and speaks many languages. He 

 bus held high stations abroad and the most exulted 

 at home. He has formed acqiiainlaiice with the 

 most illustrious scholars and statesmen of Europe 

 for t!ie last half century — and with all the affairs 

 and men of his own country, in bis knowledge he 

 is most familiar. From the moment of his first 

 entrance into |)ul)lic life until the present time, he 

 has kept a written record of the events of eoch 



day of liis life ; and the whole of bis " life am 

 lini-js," now extends, as above mentioned, to nior 

 than seventy huge quarto volumes. Need vv 

 name the anllior .' None can mistake the mar 

 The able, the fearless, the learned, the eioqueni 

 the dauntless John Qcl^cY Adams. No othe 

 American woiild have performed such a labor- 

 no one else could have done it as be has done il 

 what a rich inheritance will that work be for th 

 future historian, the politician, the antiquary !— 

 We should like much to look into it even now 

 What a mass of manuscript for a single hand, am 

 what a variety of matter! Political and pliilosopli 

 ica! — historical and biographical — literature an. 

 diplomacy — travelling diaries and cabinet collo 

 qiiii.s — lectures upon rhetoric, and treaties iipo' 

 weights and measures — ballads, lyrics, and anti 

 masonry! \\ hat a compound ! and alas ! ho( 

 many poor fellows dead and living, would fitu 

 themselves meti phorically ^ai/pd could they bu 

 run over some of the |(ages of the seventy vol 

 limes. — A". 1'. Com. 



FRUIT TREES. ORNAMEIVTAl, TREKS, aiORUI 

 MIILTICAULIS, ETC 



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

 Pears were never before so fine, the assortment so completi 



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

 mem of finest kimls, and of all other hardy fruits. 



25,000 Morus Multicaulis, or true Chinese Mulberry tre! 

 at the customary wholesale or retail prices. The trees ai 

 Ihiilly, the form perfect, and the roots fine. 



Ornamenlal Trees and Shrulis, Roses and Herhaceot 

 plants, ol Ihe most beaulitul hardy kinds. Splendid Preonif 

 and Double Dahlias. 



Trees packed in the most perfect manner for all distal 

 places and shipped or sent Irom Ijoslon to wherever ordcrei 

 Address by mail post ^laid. 

 Catalogues sent gratis to all who apply. 



WILLtAM KENRICK.' 

 Nursery, Nonanluni Hill, Newton, Nov. 22. iJ. 



TO BE LET, 



For one year, one of the best and |)Ieasaniest lion.-cs an 

 all other buildings that are neces.'sai-)' for a boarding csiablisl 

 ment and Stage and Omnibus concern, in the countv of Wol 

 oester, in ihe town of Petersham, faaious for die scattering! 

 Caplain Daniel Shays, and his companions in arms, to th 

 four winds of the earth, by Generil Lincoln and bis arm) 

 the friend and companion of General Washington, the fatlll 

 of our country. The buildings without rent or price, and 9 

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

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

 remain on the premises, and more houses if wanted : no pel 

 son need to apply unless he is folly qualilied lor fncban a 

 tablishinent. For further information inquire of JOH 

 CHANDLER, the old Farmer uf Boston, the owner, ti. i 

 TRUMBULL, Cashier Citizens' Bank, Worcester, or Ci 

 JONAS BOSWORTH, Petersham. Possession given i 

 ^he first dav of Ai>ril iiexL ' 



JON/ 



the I 



Dec. 13." 



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