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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



MAY 16, 183S. 



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For tlie N. E. Fanner. 



THE BIRDS. 



A POEM, IN METRE FREE AND EASY. 



O THOU, who. Story tellers say, ' 

 Taught old Triptolemus the way * 



To plough, and sow, 

 And reap, and mow, 

 The fields to Ijeautify, and dress, and rig, 

 Just as a barher used to do the parson's wig ; 

 To fall the forests, and the plains adorn 

 With herbage, and with wavy corn ; 

 To speak in brief. 



Bright mother Ceres, of the golden sheaf, 

 Come, lend thy aid, ^ 



Else, I'm afraid, 

 I cannot, shall not, must not—" go ahead." 



That 's just enough of invocation : 

 I always hale a stufTd oration, 

 The gods and goddesses to puff and daub : 

 I '11 not, but others may perform the fulsome job. 



Farmers, attend ! 

 Poh ! that 's too blunt : — " I '11 leave to amend," 

 As lawyers say, when in a hobble, 

 And would an inuendo cobble. 

 Well then, 



My most worthy gentlemen, 

 I 've come to tell in fewest words 

 Something relating to tl:e birds. 



The birds I love. 

 E'en from the noble Eagle to the sweet Turtle-dove, 

 The Sparrow, Tomtit, and the twittering Wren. 

 Ay, and I would that truant boys and thoughtless men 

 Were not on murder bent, 

 Foul, barbarous intent, 

 Degrading all our nature 

 To a savage cr<'ature ; 

 But yet, alas, how rife 

 This love of taking life ! 



Joyful sings the merry l.ark to cheer his sitting mate, 



Lest she should be disconsolate ! 



" / 'n here, sweet Celia," is the tender strain ; 



And how it echoes o'er the blooming plain ! 



But hark! a shot! 



The little warbler falls ! 



The cruel sportsman bawls, 



And runs, exulting, to the fatal spot. 



So caitiff, thou hast done the deed. 



Hast caused a little bird to bleed, 



The meanest feather of whose wing 



Outweighs thy savage soul, thou brutal, barb'rous thing! 

 O, ye husbandmen and farmers, 



Have ye no care,' no thought for those little charmers. 



That carol o'er your lawn. 



From the first break of dawn, 



" Discoursing music" tender, soft and sweet, 



For ears in love with melody so meet ? 



Know ye not that birds protect your farms 



From predatory millers, grubs, slugs and worms ? 



They are your friends indeed, 



And, though upon your lands they feed. 



Yes, gather daily, all their food. 



It still is for your good. 



So that well you might in truth. 



As Boaz did for Ruth, 



Order some gleanings of your bounteous fare, 



Left purposely for birds to share. 



Triptolemus, the husbandman of yore. 



Of whom I spoke before, 



He would no more 



Allow a poaching rascal on his farm 



The birds to harm. 



Than he 'd permit a knave to chouse 



Him of his shield or rob his house. 



O, no ; by bastinado or the hnout, 



Farmers, then protect the feathered tribe : 

 I speak it, not intending jeer or gibe. 

 Soberly, sincerely, 



Though you may think my verse runs queerly ; 

 A very singular sort ; — 

 Long pulls, and short, — 



Somewhat like ploughing new ground, midst the stumps, 

 Now steady moving,— now by jerks and jumps. 

 Perhaps they '11 say my muse 

 Wears tight shoes, 

 Or has great " corns upon her toes," 

 And so she limping goes. 

 No matter, truth you '11 often find 

 In verse of every sort and kind ; 

 And you will have no squeamishness 

 About my manner of address. 



Once more permit me just to say. 

 Save, save the birds. — Mehercide ! 

 Should e'er a popping loafer tread your grounds. 

 Let loose your hounds. 



And chase the dastard villain from your utmost bounds. 



AGRICOLA. 



SCENE IN A SCHOOL ROOM. 

 Master. — Class in liistoiy, stej) up. Are you 

 reacly on tlie questions? — Yeth 'ir ! — Billy, who 

 was the first hunter? — Noah! — Why? — 'Cause 

 li« collected all the beasts of the field and the 

 birds of the air and the fishes of the sea into the 

 ark, and saved 'em froin being drownded. Not 

 e.vactly ; but that will do. Dick, I will ask you 

 some questions about government. All American 

 boys should understand it. What do you call that 

 in which one irian rules .' — Donno sir ! — Next. — 

 That's an empire ! — Not precisely ; it is a mon- 

 archy. Go up. Tell me, Jake, what's that in 

 which many men rule ? — That's a-a. — Next. — 

 That'.s loco-foco. — Come here fir : what do you 

 mean ? — Well sir, I seed it. — You saw what ? — 

 Why, at the tneetiti}? t'other night, wliere they 

 was all presidents and vice-presidents, and hardly 

 nobody else, 'cept itie and our black Sam. — Sit 

 down sir. Next. What government is that in 

 which the people rule themselves ? — Why, that's 

 a federalism! — Next. — That's a-a — Congress! — 

 Next. — 1 know it. That's an anarchy ! Go to 

 your places and look over that again, Harvey 

 Diggs ! — Yeth 'ir. — Bring up yotir composition. 

 What subject did I give you ? — Here it 'ith ir. 

 "Composition on wales and whale Fisheries: 

 wales are a mountancous Couiury in the Continent 

 of enghind. Whale fisheries princi|)ally goes out 

 from now bedford and uantuckit, round Cape 

 Horn, which is very crooked and hard to navigate ; 

 the people of wales is called welshirien and toast- 

 ed (Jlieesc is called welsh Rabbit. Permicity cau- 

 dles is got from whales. ']'here is no more about 



wales except Wailbone " 



go to yoiu- 



seat or I'll whale you. Silence! Begin, writing 

 class. May I get a drink, sir ? No sir ! Well 

 sir, I can't write 'cause my mouth's so dry. Si- 

 lence ! — Cincinnati Daily Express. 



Profanity rkproved with meekness and 

 WISDOM. — Dr. Gilford, as he was one day showing 

 the British Museum to strangers, was very much 

 vexed by the profane conversation of a young 

 gentleman who was present. The doctor taking 

 an luicient copy of tlie Septuagint, a Greek trans- 

 ation of the Old Testament, and showing it to him 

 — " O I'' said the gentleman, " 1 can read this." 

 " Well," said the doctor '• read that passage," 

 pointing to the third commandment. The gen- 

 tleman was so struidi, that he immediately desisted 

 from swenrine. 



PLOl'GIIS. 



Just received, a good supply of Howard's [Improved Cast 

 Iron Ploughs, the most approved Plough now in use. Also, 

 other Cast Iron and Wooden Ploughs. Likewise, Willis's 

 Improved Cultivators. For sale, wholesale and retail, at the 

 New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, No. 

 51 & 52 North Market Street, 



April 4, 1838. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



OIL niEAL. 



PKICE REDDCED. 



The price of the above is now reduced to Twentyfive dol- 

 lars at the mill, in Medford, and Twenty eight dollars per ton 

 delivered in Boston. Apply at 



No. 10, Granite Stores, Commercial Wharf. 



BONE MABitlRE. 



The subscriber desires to inform his friends and the public 

 that he has been in in the Bone business more than ten years, 

 and has spent much time and money to ascertain how bones 

 maybe converted to the best use, and is fuPy satisfied that 

 Ihey form the most powerful stimulant that can be applied to 

 the earth as a manure. He offers for sale ground bone at a 

 low price, and is ready lo receive order? to any amount, 

 which will be promptly attended to. 



Orders may be left at my manufactory near Tremont road, 

 n Roxbury, orat the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and Seed Store, No. 51 and 52 North Market Street. 



Jan. 31. NAHUM WARD 



NURSERY FOR SALE. 



A rare chance is now offered for the purchase of a young 

 nursery and farm, at Covington, Kentucky, which fronts half a 

 mile on the Licking River, within a mile of its junct'on witli 

 the Ohio, directly opposite to Cincinnati. The nursery and 

 farm comprise 101 acres of the very richest Kentucky soil ; 

 about 50 acres are laid down to mowing, between 30 and 40 

 to tillage, including the nursery, and from 12 to 15 acres are 

 filled with timber fur fencing and fuel. On the premises, an 

 orchard of 100 thrifty young apple trees, mostly winter fruit, 

 was set out last year ; also another orchard of 200 Pear 

 trees, comprising 72 different sorts, including all the winter 

 varieties of table pears, of which the demand for the New Or- 

 leans market is almost unlimited. 



On the place is a good brick house, built in 1816, with a 

 first rate well of water, 45 feet deep, a large new green-house 

 just finished, two large barns built in 1835, and all the usual 

 out-houses ; also, a farm house with two rooms that will let 

 for §50 per annum, suitable for a gardener or small farmer. 



The nursery was laid out in 1835, and bids fair lo do a very 

 lucrative business, as there is nothing of the kind west of the 

 mountains that can compete with it, for the variety and 

 choice chaiiicter of the fruits cultivated, which were all se- 

 lected from the nurseries of Buel & Wilson and Wni. Ken- 

 rick and others, and comprise all the new sorts introduced by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society from Europe, and all 

 the choice sorts cultivated near Boston; among these are 80 

 varieties of Pears, 50 of Apples, 50 of Peaches, 20 of Plums, 

 30 of cherries, witli a gieat variety of Grapes, Evergreens, 

 Ornamental Shrubs, &c. Thereare at least 100,000 seedlings 

 of Apples, Pears, &c., of oue and two years giowtli, lor inoc- 

 ulation now growing on the place. 



The above offers a rare chance for one or two enterprising 

 young men, to do a great business, in a perfectly healthy loca- 

 tion, where there is little or no competition, and a demand for 

 trees that has thus far exceeded the greatest expecialions of 

 its founders, and their ability to execute orders. It will be 

 sold at a great bargain, on account of the death of the active 

 partner of the concern, and the non-residence of the other. 



For terms, apply (post paid) to S. C PARKHURST, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



May 9, 1838. 4w 



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