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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FEB. 31, 1838. 



saas<g3ia>a^2f^8 



(For Ihe N. E. Former.) 

 THE FARMERS DAUGHTER. 



BY B. BllOWN. 



Ye rustic peasants of the soil, 



Come, tell me, who is she, 

 Thnt trips so liglitly down the lawn. 



So gaily o'er the lea ? 



And now she 's lost btihind the copse, 



And now again is seen : 

 She calls the flocks, they know ihe voice, 



And caper o'er the green. 



Hark ! now she sings sweet, pastoral airs; 



The laborers of the plain. 

 Admiring, stay their dusty work. 



To listen to the strain. 



She frolics by the barley field ; 



She nears me,— hah ! 1 see, 

 And recognize the witching sylph. 



Thus, bounding, full of glee. 



Tom Clover's tosy, darling child. 



Fair Ellen of the green ; 

 No one 's more virtuous to be found ; 



No one more beauteous seen. 



.i farmer's daughter, bright and fair ; 



A faithful daughter too. 

 As both her daily industry 



And her obedience show. 



She 's versed in all the housewife gear. 



The labor and the care ; 

 And in domestic management 



She 's sure to take her share. 



She lovts to help her mother kind, 



' r is daily her employ ; 

 And why, to learn this handiwork, 



Should any girl be coy .> 



She washes, and she irons loo, 



She knits her father's hose ; 

 She cooks good rolls and johnny-cakes; 



And mends the children's clothes. 



She rises too at twilight dawn, 



And milks the bonny cows ; 

 She 's ne'er afraid to give the kine 



Some hay from off the mows. 



To make good butter and good cheese 



Is her familiar work ; 

 Nor does she scruple e'er to baka 



A pot of beans and pork. 



She 'II write a letter like a priest, 



Or keep her father's books ; 

 And, if she's pressed, can modestly 



Retort in pl«Bs«nt jokes, 



Such is the girl of buxom mien, 



That flits so, like the roe, 

 Bclove(| by every village lass, 



Uosought by every beau. 



Jiob Yardntick, once he tried her heart , 

 She lurn'd away with scorn ! 



For Bob could neither plough, nor mow. 

 Nor trim a lifll of corn. 



Such shallow soil is not /tcr choice. 

 That grows but weeds and tares ; 



Give her the rich and fertile loam. 

 That fruits of hon"r bears. 



She means her wishes ever shall 



With her degree accord; 

 And thus, she 'd be a farmer's wife. 



Though worthy of a lord. 



Go, then, and learn, ye city belles, 



Of Ellf.n of the green. 

 That worth and beauty in your sex. 



Lie not in gaudy sheen ; 



Cut excellence, wherever found, 



Is rooted in the heart; 

 So may my lines, to young and old, 



Some benefit impart. 



INDUSTRY EXE.MPLIFIED, 



Heckewt'lder, who was a missionary for a 

 time among the Indians of Pennsylvania, in his 

 history of their manners and customs, relates the 

 following anecdote, from liis own personal knowl- 

 edge. 



" Seating myself ones upon a log, by the side 

 of an Indian who was resting there, being at that 

 time actively employed in fencing in bis cornfield, 

 I observed to him, that be must be fond of work- 

 ing, as I never saw liiiii idling away liis lime, us 

 is so common with tlie Indians. 



"'I'lie answer be retnrned, made a very great 

 impri^ssion on iriy mind. I have i^emembered it 

 ever since, and I shall try to relate it as nearly in 

 his own words as |)ossiblc. 



" ' My friiiiu!,' said be, ' the fishes in the water 

 and the birds in the nir and on the cartb, have 

 taught me to work — by their o.vamples, I have 

 been convinced of the necessity of labor and 

 indnstry. 



" ' When I was a yonng man, I loitered about 

 a good deal, doing nothing, just like tlie other 

 Indians, who sjy, that working is for the whites 

 and negroes — the Indians have been ordained for 

 other i)nrposes, to bunt the deer, and catch the 

 beavor, otter, racoon, and such other animal.s. 



" ' But one day it so happened, that while 

 hunting, I came to the bank of the Susquehanna, 

 and having sal myself down near the water's edge 

 to rest a little, and casting my eye on tlie water, 

 I was forcibly struck when I observed with what 

 industry the sunfish heaped small stones together, 

 to make sectire places for their spawn ; and all 

 this labor they did with llieir mouth and body, 

 without bands. 



" ' Astonished, as well as diverted, I lighted 

 my I)ipe, sat awhile smoking and looking on, 

 when presently a little bird not far from me, rais- 

 ed a song wliich enticed me to look that way. 



«' ' While I was trying to distinguish where the 

 sengsler was, and catch it with my eyes, its mate, 

 vvitli as niucb grass as it could bold in its bill, 

 passed close by me and flew into a bush where I 

 perceived tbem togelher, busily employed in 

 building their nests, and singing as their work 

 went on, 



" ' I entirely forgot that I was hunting, in 

 order to contemplate the objects I had before me. 

 I saw the birds in the nir, and the fishes in the 

 water, working diligently and cheerfully, and all 

 this wiibout bands. 



" • 1 ibougbl it was strange, and I b'came lost 



in wonder. I looked at myself, and saw two lonf 

 arms, provided with bands and fingers, and will) 

 joints that might be opened and shut at pleasure 

 I could when I pleiised take up any thing witl 

 these bands, and bold it fast or let it loose, am 

 carry it along with me. 



"' When I walked, I observed moreover, ilia 

 I had a strong body, cajiable of bearing fatigue 

 supported by two stout legs, with whi( h I coult 

 climb to the highest mountain, and descend a 

 |)leasure mto the valleys. 



'" And is it possible, said !, that a being si 

 wonderfully fortned as 1 am, was created to liv 

 in idleness, while the birds, which b.»ve no bands 

 and nothing but their little bills to help their 

 work with cheerfulness, anil without being told t 

 do so? Has then the (Creator of man, and of a 

 living creatures, given me these limbs for n 

 purpose ? 



i' ' It cannot be; I will try to go to work, 

 dill so, anil went away to a spot of good lam 

 where I built a cabin, enclosed ground, sowe 

 corn, and raised cattle. Ever since that time, 

 have enjoyed a good appetite and sound sleep 

 while the others spend their nights in dancio] 

 and are suflFering with hunger, 1 live in plenty 

 I keep horses, cows, and fowls ; I am happ; 

 See, my <;;-iend, the birds and fishes have broiigj 

 me to reflection, and taught me to work ! ' " 



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WILLIAM KENRICK 

 Nursery, Nonantum Hiil, Newton, Jan, 24, 1838. 



iPROSPECTlS OP THE AMERICAN I,FO"\VE 

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