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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



FEB. Kg, 1838. 



S52as<22SlS>3E.^12r'a?8 



Kroni Yankee Notions, lately published by Otis, Broaderi & Co. 



HORACE It* BOSTON. 



" Happy the man, escaped from town, 

 Who sits in rural snuggery down, 



And takes to cultivation." 

 Thus Daniel Discount pondering said, 

 And shook his calculating head 



In lonely cogitation. 



"Oh 1 would it were my only care — 

 A turnip patch an acre square ; 



A corn-field somewhat wider; 

 Ton trees that rosy apples bring, 

 The large, for dumplings just the thing i 



The smaller crabs for cider. 



" My eye ! but 't is a glorimis dream j 

 A flock of sheep ; — a four-ox team ; 



Fit for domestic labors ; 

 A Byfield pig ;— a mongrel goose ; 

 A dapple steed for private use ; — 



A donkey for my neighbors. 



" Within my whitewashed garden wall 

 I '11 rear me kitchen greens of all 



Choice orders and conditions. 

 Here pumpkins shall bedeck the ground i 

 There, mighty cabbage heads, us sound 



As many a politician's. 



■" String beans I '11 raise, of many a •class j 

 My pease in flavor shall surpass 



All gormandizing wishes-; 

 And onions of astounding size 

 Start iron tears from, Pluto's eyes. 



When served among his dishes. 



"" And up and down the fie'ds I 'II stray. 

 Where lambkins frisk the livelong day, 



And pigs and poultry squabble ; 

 Or round my barn-yard sauntering go, 

 ITo hrar the doughty cockerels crow, 



And valiant turkeys gobble. 



'* And then my dining-room shall be 

 Under a shady greenwood tree ; 



There o'er my pewter platter, 

 While I courageously fall to. 

 The plaintive turtle-dove shall coo. 



And bob o'links shall chatter.. 



'' Give rae a plt^inwd frugal meal ; 

 A shin of beef,— a scrag of veal ; 



A hoe-cake like a squatter's. 

 Soma little kickshaw stew or fry ; 

 A gooseberry snap ; — a pumpkin pie; 



A hpiled sheep's head and troUers,. 



** Oh for that dish to bumpkins dear! 

 Which suits all seasons of the year. 



Calm, blustering, bright or cloudy j 

 1 doubt what learned Thehans call 

 The same, but Yankee natives all 



Have CHRISTENED it Pan-Dowdy.* 



" With line and rod of cane-pole stoui, 

 I Ml tickle many a simple trout, 



Which all esteem a crack fish ; 

 Along the streamlet's sunny side, 

 I 'II lay me down perdue, yet wide 



Awake as any blackfish. 



• This rustical and true Yankee dish i^ not now, we trow, ortcn 

 ■een at tattle in Boeton. .^hiiiijd any riti7.en he i^rnonint of its na- 

 ture, we heg leave to inform him, on the authority ot* Dr Dryandust, 

 tliat It is a prodigious apple-pie, with a brown crust, baked In a 

 deep pan, U()(/i iwmei. Ornatand contents are eruehed into a rliaos; 

 mid whtiu served up cold, as tJlo Doctor 8aye,creditc Pisonei, iiia 

 flt for an Archduke, 



" Notes, bills, deeds, bonds — I will not scan ; 

 Those daily plagues of mortal man 



My eyes no more shall light on. 

 All paltry pelf I now despise, 

 To bear away a nobler prize — 



The best bull-calf at Brighton. 



" No whims of fashion I '11 obey. 

 But dress in homespun, green or grey, 



Drab, yellow, dun or grizzle. 

 No more .lohn Kuhn &. Co. shall strait 

 Lace up these limbs ; no more this pale 



Shall Bogue & Dudley frizzle. 



" Ah ! busy Boston's hustling sons ! 

 Beneath blue-devils, dust and duns, 



Forever fagged and flustered, 

 .K long adieu ! and so good bye. 

 For lo ! I 'm off— as said the fly, 



When flitting from the mustard." 



Thus Daniel, in poetic mood, 



Near State Street corner, pondering stood, 



Of passcrs-Iiy unheedful ; — 

 When lo ! up steps a needy knave ; 

 Pops in his hand a note to shave : 



Great premium for the " needful." 



He lifts his head — he stirs his frame 

 He scans the sum and signer's name, 



With gestures quite alarming. 

 His air-built casiles disappear; 

 Fifty per cent, for half a year 



Is fatter gain than farming. 



This, in a trice, dispelled the charm ; 



■Daniel has never bought his farm, 



Nor thinks of it, that T know. 



And, gentle reader, well or ill, 



The huuks will cash your paper still, 



When'er you lack the rhino. 



THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



It is ratlior a sulijert of surprise that, in our 

 general associations and mixed societies in times 

 so liijilily onliglitened as the present, when many 

 ancient prejudices are giadually flittinir away, as 

 reason and science dawns on mankind, we should 

 meet with i»o few, compiirnlively speaking, who 

 have any knowledge of, or take tlie least interest 

 in Natural History, or if tlie suhject ohiain a mo- 

 ineiit's consideration, it has noahiding place in the 

 mind, heing ilismissctl ns the fitting employment 

 of tliildreii, and inferior ca|'acities. Hut the nat- 

 ural lii,<torian is requirdd lo attend to something 

 more lluinthe vagaries of butterflies and the spin- 

 ings of caltorpillars. This study, considered apart 

 from the various branches of science which it em- 

 braces, is one of the most delightful occupations 

 that can employ the altention of reasoning beings. 

 And periiapsnone of the amusements of human life 

 are more satisfactory and dignified than the Inves- 

 tigulion and survey of the workings and ways of 

 Providence in this created world of wonders, filled 

 with his never absent power. It occupies and 

 elevate."! the mind, is ine.vhaustible in supply, and 

 while it tiirnishes inedilaiion for the closet of the 

 studious gives to the reflections of th« moralizing 

 rambler, admiration and delight, and is an engag- 

 ing coinpauiou that will communicate an interest 

 to every rural walk. 



We need not live with the humble denizens of 

 the air, the tenants of the wood.') and hedges, or 

 the grasses of the field ; btit to pass them in utter 

 disregard is to neglect a large portion of rational 



pleasure open to our view, which may edify s 

 and etnploy many a passing hour, and by ei 

 steps, will often becoine the source whence & 

 contemplations of the highest order. 



Young minds cannot, 1 should conceive, he 

 strongly impressed with the simple wonders 

 creation by which they are surrounded ; in 

 race of life they may be passed by, the husit 

 of life may not admit altention to them, or 

 unceasing cares of the world may smolhcr e; 

 attainments, but they can never be injurious 

 They will give a basis to a reasoning mind, 

 tend in some, after thoughtful sobered hour 

 comfort and to sooth. T he little insights thai 

 have obtained ihto Nature's works are man; 

 them the offspring of scientific research; and 

 tial and uncertain as our labors are, yet a i 

 gleam will occasionally lighten the darksome j 

 of the humble inquirer, and give him a mon 

 tary glimpse of hidden truths. 



He ih.'tt thinks he sees another's estate in a [ 

 of ( ards, or a bo.x and dice, and ventures liis 

 in the pursuit ol it, should not repine if he f 

 himself a beggar in the end. 



FRUIT TREES, ORNAMENTAti TREES, MO ' 

 MUt.TICAUI..IS, ifcc. 



For sale by the subscriber. The varieties. 



licularly of the Pears and the Plums were 



befoix so fine, the nssoi unent so complete. ' 



so of Apples, Peaches, Cherries, Grape vii I 



superior assoi'tment of finest kinds, and I 



other hardy fruits. 



20,000 Monis Mulncaulis or Chinese Mulberry irt: , 

 still be furnished ai the cuslomaiy prices, if applieil loi r 

 this being all that now remain unsold. 



Ornamental Trees and Srhrubs, Roses and llnl; ,l 

 plants, of the most beautiful haidy kinds. Splendid P; i 

 and Double Dahlias. 



4,CU0 Cockspur Thorns, 10,000 Buck thorns for Hedg. 

 800 Lancashire Gooseberries, of various colors an( I 

 kinds. [ 



Harrison's Double Yellow Roses, new and hanly, I 

 fine, it never fails to bloom profusely. 



Trees packed in the most perlect manner for all i i 



places and shipped or sent from Boston to wlierevei .i i j 



■Transportation to the City without charge. 



Address by mail posl jiaid. I 



Catalogues will be sent gratia to all who apply. I 



WILLIAM KKNKKI 



Nursery, Nonanlum Hill, Newton, Jan, 24, 1838. 



PROSPECTIS OF THE AiHEHICASI P1.0WI 

 GARDEN COMPANION. 



Bij EdwaTd Sayers, Landscape Gardener. PitbOsk 



Joseph Breck iS- Co. A^'ivnltural Warehouse, Nos. 



52 North Market Street, Boston. 



The American Flower Gartien Conipanion will be p 

 on a fine medium paper wiih a clear lype, and will c 

 from 160 lo 200 pages 12 mo. Price 75 cents. 



Tlie object oi ihe work is to assist those |)erson9 w I 

 desirous of cuUivatin^ floweis, by giving praclicd hi 

 the culture of the difierent Annuals, Biennials, P<;ici 

 i^^hrubs, and such other kinds as generally find a phue 

 Flower Garden. To each class a list will be given, di 

 ing vhe heigh'., color and time of flowering, of the kint 

 ommended. To which will lie added useful hints on ihf 

 agation of Plants, with a monthly calendar on the cuku 

 general management of the Flower Garden ; willi a dl 

 tivc plan ol a small Green-House, and the general m: 

 mem of green-house plaiils. Also, a Ireatise on the Co 

 and Geraaium,widi descriptive lists. 



The work will conclude with miscellaneous arlirle.^ : 

 priate to the purpose, and a glossary of ihe most iisiUil 

 10 be known by those who cuhivatc Planls and FtiuMi 



THE NE1V EJJGLAND PARBIER 



Is published e,\ery Wednesday Evening, at ^3 p' r ; »'> 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pav a\ illi 'i" 

 ty d.iys from the time of subscribing, aie enlitleJ to a i«« 

 tion of 50 cents. 



Priulrd by fnlllr. amnell It Chititolu. 



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