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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JAN. 10, 18 38. 



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THE FARMER'S WIFE. 



DY JAMES T. FIELDS. 



" She is what you would have her, 

 Fix your eye here." 



Who liatli a happier smile than she 



Wlio waits on yonder swatd, 

 Beneath tlie spreading walnut tree, 



The coming of her lord. 



Who makes his hearth gleam fresh anil bright 



When daily toil is done, 

 And sheds around a holier light 



As swiftly fades the sun. 



Who, open hand and hearted, meets 



The cheerless f;iinting poor 

 And kindly looks on all she greets 



That piss her lonely door ? 



'T is she, the merry farmer's wife. 



Who sits his chair beside. 

 And tells him what a happy life 



It is to be his bride ; 



And when misfortune's cares arise, 



And earthly hopes grow dim, 

 She '11 point him upward to the skies, 



And place their trust in Him, 



Who rich in love, with goodness rife, 



Rules ever land and sea, — 

 Then blessings on the farmer's wife 



Wherever she may be '. 



Yankee Farmer. 



THE DUTY OF PARENTS TO CIIIL- 

 DRF.N. 



In looking over Mr Hill's collection of Po- 

 lice Court reports, lately publislied, we find the' 

 following remarks appended to an account of 

 the detection of a theft by four boys, the leader 

 of whom named Roach, had once been in the 

 House of Reformation, the others were brothers. 

 One of the boys was discharged, but Roach and 

 the other two were sent to the house of Refor- 

 mation. Mr Hill remarks; — 



The father of the brothers was present at the 

 trial, and exhibited that anxiety and grief which 

 might naturally be expected. His general char- 

 acter is very good and he is considered a faithful 

 man to his family ; and perhaps he will be offend- 

 ed when we intimate the probability, that if he 

 had performed all his duties as a parent, he 

 would not now, be afflicted by the shame of his 

 sons. We firmly believe, and from what we have 

 observed, have reason to believe that parents ip 

 general fall very short of their whole obligations 

 to their children ; and, in fact, that they are 

 much more defective in the great duty of uni- 

 formly inspecting, and vigilantly watching and 

 disciplining their children than the latter are in 

 rendering obedience. ^Ve do not remember an 

 instance of an erring child brought into cogrt, 

 whose parent fulfilled all these duties with that 

 unintermitted fidelity which their inniortatice so 

 imperatively demands. The physic.i' wants of 

 children — their food, apparel and health are 

 usually carefully attended to, I ut every thing 

 else is left to the ininiater and schoolmaster, 



who cannot ))ossibly bestow five minutes person- 

 al attentipn, in a day, upon those whom they are 

 expected to instruct. There can be no apology 

 for this neglect. Whether poor or rich, the 

 father's duty is substantially the same ; the only 

 difl'erence, however strange it may sound, is that 

 the poor man has the easiest task ! His chil- 

 dren move in a more limited sphere, and he 

 himself is less exposed to having his attention 

 withdrawn from his family by the great world 

 and its empty, but fascinating delusions. 



Suppose that the fallier of the two brothers 

 spoken of above had discharged the duties we 

 have specified ; would they have kept the cor- 

 rupting company of Roach '>. Had he daily and 

 system" tically acquired into their in-coming and 

 out-goings, would he not have been able to learn 

 what the'y employed themselves about when not 

 within his sight ? Was he— is one father in a 

 hundred— in the habit of giving distiiict and 

 specific cautions, commands and instructions, to 

 his children m the morning, and then at noon, 

 or night, inquiring and insisting upon an une- 

 quivocal account of the doings of the day ? their 

 attention at school ; their lessons, employment, 

 and deportment while there, and their prompt 

 return ? their recreation and amusements? what, 

 where and with whom. 



Are these simple but necessary questions put 

 home to children generally ? And is there aught 

 in them that the most hardworking daily laborer 

 cannot attend to? Can a parent omit this great 

 duty of constant inspection, and not be arraigned 

 at the bar of his own conscience when his neg- 

 lected offspring go astray ? These questions 

 require-neither learning nor skill on the part of 

 the propoonder — the dhpusition to ask them is 

 the only qualification requisite. If they be put 

 in a spirit of kindness, not only the acts of the 

 child may be discovered, but its associates and 

 affections — its thoughts and opinions — its hopes 

 its wishes, and aspirations — so that its mental 

 and moral condition may be as well understood 

 as its physical ; and if there be any thing in its 

 state that requires assistance, either by advice 

 or reproof, the appropriate treatment may be un- 

 derstandingly applied. 



Let tione answer that when the .toils of the 

 day are over, the laborer requires rest ; (or in 

 the first place a change of employment — the ex- 

 ercise of tlie mentdl "faculties and the domestic 

 affections, after the body be fatigued— is rest— 

 the sweetest rest ; and in the second place, it 

 this personal attention to children be esteemed 

 labor, it is one which the parent is as much 

 bound to undergo, to protect them from igno- 

 rance, crime, and moral death, as to protect 

 them from death by starvation or cold. The 

 niau who omits either " is worse than an infidel'^ 

 and may not reap where he has not sown. — Bos- 

 Ion Cour. 



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ment and instruction. In no place do we 

 more cheerful countenances than around 

 blazing fire upon the farmer's hearth. The! 

 at the merry apple pearing, or at the neigh' 

 hood collection, or even in the family c' 

 alone, do we find social happiness in its punt 

 simplicity. What an opportunity this for an a 

 quisition of knowledge! What f.>rmer who ii 

 proves these opportunities can but be intelligeri 

 And what instruction so inleiesting as that whi 

 gives him a knowledge of his own eniploymei 

 Here we would suggest the importance of ev< 

 farmer having a supply of agricultural books a 

 papers. It seems to us that no one can be 

 sensible of their utility. If this should be 

 suggestion of self-interest, which we do not i 

 ny, still we believe it coincides with the intern 

 of the farmer. We will not enlarge on thissn 

 ject, as we apprehend it would not convey tl 

 knowledge which we recommend. We vi 

 barely say, that we expect our subscribers to 

 crease as the evenings lengthen. — 'Ini. . 

 Grower. 



PRUIT TREKS, ORNAWEKTAL, TREES, MOB" 

 MUL.TICAITLIS, ETC 



For sale by the subscriber. The trees uf I he Plums 

 Pears were never before "so fine, the assortment so comp 



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

 ment of linesl kinds, and of all olhtr hardy iVuils. 



25,000 Moras Mullicaulis, or true Cl4^--'e Mulberry ■ 

 at the customary wholesale or retail prices. The tree: 

 Ihrilty, the form perfect, and the roots fine. 



Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Roses and Herbac 

 plants, ol the most beautiful liartly kinds. Splendid Pffii 

 and Double Dahlias. 



Trees packed in the*inost perfect manner for all di»l 

 places aud shipped or sent from Boston to wherever ordil 



Address by mail post paid. 



Catalogues sent gratis to all -ho^ ap^y.^^ ^^^^^^ 



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



Farmer's Evenincs. — In one respect the 

 farmer has the advantage of almost all other 

 classes of the laboring community, his evenings 

 he has to himself. While the mechanic has to 

 labor from morning till nine o'clock in the even- 

 ing, the farmer's day commences with the rising 

 an^l closes with the setting sun. Although the 

 indiistriiuis farmer finds many little jobs of work, 

 to which he very economically appropriates his 

 evening leisure, yet the greater part of the long 

 winter'evenings he can appropriate to his amusB' 



PRUNING PKUIT AND FOREST TREES 



Grape Vines, and dressing Green house Plants, Shrubs 

 E. SiY^Ks begs leave to inform the citizens of 15ostor 

 its vicinity, that he will devote a part of bis lime U 

 above business this present season, and solicits the ein 

 ment of those person.-J who may be pleased to engage hi 

 the same. All orders lel'l at the Agricultural Warehouse 

 52 Nortii Market .Street, 13o5lou, will be punctually atu 

 to. 



Dec. 27, 1S37. 



THE NEW BNGLANO FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Kv<-niiig,at gSper aj 

 payable at the end of the year — hutthose ivlio |>ay n 

 ex'ly iiyj IV.un liic fine 111 suhscriliillg. aie eu'itb il LO 

 ductiou otoO cents. 



(nrNo paper .lill be sent to a distance, without pnj 

 being niude in advance. 



A O E M T B . 



Xnw York — O C. Thojibukn, JlJohn-street. 

 Flii^liiiitr, N. y. — Wm. I'RiNCEi^.S'oNS, Prop.Liii Bnl 

 Alt}umj~\V« .'l'HoKBUi!N,3n JIarket-sUecl. 

 I'liiladelvhia — D. iV C. I.anuheth, 83 Chesniil-strcet J, 

 lUltimu'r.c — I'ublisber «l Aiiurican Farmer. I| 



C't;ic;ji/in(i— S.C. 1'akkhi;ust,23 Lower Market str* 

 iliddlfhury . Vt. — \V i c ht Cha pma ,v . Alerchant 

 Taanton. iWuss.— Sam'i, O. Du'nbab, Bookscilcr. 

 Hurt/o/vV— (JooiiwiK .V I'o- Huokseliers. ^ 



Neu-liuriiporl — KliK.N I'./.KR Steiiwa.v, liookseller. i 

 Portsmaulh,i\. H.~-^uHK W. Fostkh, Hookseller. j 

 WooJslock, tV.— J. A. Pkatt. 1 



UraUlebvro'—in-i Stkkn, liookseller. j 



lljtigor.Me. — \Vm. Mann. l)iuggisi,and W'm. I!. Hll 

 f/.ilifux.N. S. — F,. linowN.Esq. 

 Louisville— ^AMUV.i CoopEB, IJullit Street. 

 St. Loais—H.L. IIokfma.s, and Wii.i.is it Stkveh 



IPriuIra by Vulllr. Benuell If Chitholm 



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