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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JUNE 6, 183S. 



ME^^miS^lL^m'^e 



THE FIRST OF JUNE. 



BY M. W. BECK. 



Awake, awake ! — from hill and brake 



The joyous shout is rung, 

 jind prelly girls with waving curls 



Like pearls at random strung — 

 Arc singing sweet as now they meet 



Beneath the rayless moon. 

 Awake, awake, your slumbers break, 



And hail the first of June. 



Away, away, the fields display 



Their robe of living green, 

 And wood and hill and plashing rill 



Are waiting for their queen ; 

 With shout and song they bear along 



Frtmi dewy morn till noon, 

 The echoed voice — Let all rejoice 



And hail the first of June. 



Beneath the trees, the cooling breeze 



Perfumed with sweetest flowers. 

 The young and fair now gather there 



In nature's greenest bowers. 

 And all the day they sing and play 



Some old familiar tune. 

 And crown the queen of fairy mien 



Upnn the first of June. 



TRUE HEKOJSiM. 

 The little incident vvliich I am abotit to men- 

 tion, was one among many which had an eflect 

 4 prol)ahly a very decided eftVct, in fbrnjing the 

 character of one who was left to be educated by 

 the impressions of circumstances. His friend 

 had a small farm, on which the hoy worked with 

 such men as from time to time happened to be 

 employed. In a remote field stood a large tulip- 

 tree, a tree apparently of a century's growth, and 

 one of the mo?t gigantic of that .splendid species 

 of tree. It looked like the father of the sur- 

 rounding forest. A single tree of huge dimen- 

 sions, standing all aloup, is a sublime object. On 

 tlie toj) of this tree, for years, an old eagle, com- 

 monly cidled the " Fishing F.agle," had built her 

 nest eveVy year, and unmolested raised her young. 

 What is remarkable, if it be remarkable, this tree 

 stood full ten miles from the sea-shore. It had 

 long been knosvn as the " Old Eiigle Tree." On 

 a warm sunny day, the workmen were hoeing 

 corn in an adjoiniBg field. At a certain hour of 

 the day, the old eagle was known to set off for 

 the sea-side, to gather food for her young. As 

 she this day returned with a large tish in her 

 claws, the workmen surrounded the tree, and by 

 yelling, and hooting, and throwing stones, so 

 scared the poor bird that she dropped her (ish, 

 and they carried it off in triumph. The men 

 soon dispersed ; but Joseph sat down undei a 

 bush near by, to watch, and to bestow unavailing' 

 pity. The bird soon returned to her nest without 

 food. The eaglets at once set up a cry for food 

 so ahrifl, so clear, and so clamorous, that the boy 

 was greatly moved. The parent bird seemed to 

 try to soothe them, but their appetites were too 

 keen, and it was all in vain. She then perched 

 herself on a limb near them, and looked down 

 into the nest with a look that seemed to say, " I 

 know not what to do next." Her indecision was 

 but momentary ; again she poised herself, uttered 

 one or two sharf) notes, as if telling them to " lie 

 still," balanced her body, spread her wings, and 



was away again for the sea. Joseph now deter- 

 mined to see the resiilt. His eye followed her 

 till she grew small, smaller, a mere speck in the 

 sky, and then disappeared. What boy has not 

 thus watched the flight of the bird of his country 

 in this way? She was gone nearly two hours, 

 about ilouble her usual tiine for a voyage, when 

 she ayain returned on a slow, weary wing, flying 

 unconmionly low, in order to have a heavier at- 

 mosphere to sustain her with another fish in her 

 talons. On nearing the field, she made a circuit 

 around it, to see if her enemies were again there. 

 Finding the coast clear, she once more reached 

 her tree, drooping, faint and weary, and evidently 

 nearly exhausted. Again the eaglets set up their 

 cry, which was soon hushed by the distribution 

 of a dinner such as, — save the cooking, — a king 

 •might admire. " Glorious bird !" cried the boy 

 in ecstacy and aloud ; " what a spirit ! Other 

 birds can fly swifter — others can sing more sweet- 

 ly — o(hers scream more loudly ; but what other 

 bird, when persecuted, and robbed — when weary 

 — when discouraged — when so far from the sea, 

 — would do it I Glorious bird! 1 will learn a 

 lesson from thee to-day. 1 will never forget, 

 hereafter, that when the spirit is deterniined^ it 

 can do almost any thing. Others would have 

 drooped and hung the head, and mourned over 

 the cruelty of man, and sighed over the wants of 

 the nestlings; but thou, by at once recovering 

 the loss, hast forgotten all. I will learn of thee, 

 noble bird 1 I will remember this. I will set 

 my mark high. 1 will try to do something, and 

 to be something in the world ; and I will never 

 yidd to discouragements ! 



Three years after this, a boy was seen tripping 

 merrily along towards Philadelphia, with a stiff 

 hickory cane in one hand, and a small bundle in 

 the otiier. He was alone and on foot. This was 

 the eighth day of his solitary travels, which he 

 had continued to |)wrsue, with the sum of fifty 

 cents a day. In his checkered handkerchief were 

 all his worldly goods, consisting of a Testament, 

 a i'tiw shirts with a black ribbon in tlie collar of 

 each, and a small number of unimportant articles 

 of dress. He was overtaken by a man on horse- 

 back, with a knowing, and somewhat dignified 

 look. The boy at o.ice recognized him as an old 

 schoolmaster, to whom he had been for i|istruc- 

 tion, several winters before, in a free school. At 

 first he seemed unwilling to use his memory, 

 when hailed by the boy ; but his good nature 

 soon obtained the ascendancy. 



" Where are you going, my boy ?" ■ 

 " To Philadelphia, sir. My cousin, Mr Eaton, 

 told me last spring, that if I could get to him he 

 would help me to a better education than I could 

 get in (Connecticut." 



******* 



I Years have passed away — this boy has since 

 become a man. 



I have seen this man occupying a most cou)- 

 manding pi, ice in the cliurch of God, command- 

 ing in inlliience, respectability and usefulness ; 

 I have heard him speak in manly tones, and with 

 surprising power, before the great congregation ; 

 and 1 have seen his writings published in other 

 countries and in other languages. I have seen 

 many most enviable characters, but few to be 

 compared to this man for traits, noble, manly, 

 and Cliristi.ni. 1 never see him without admiring 

 the native energy of his character, the wonderful 

 providence by which he was led, and the fields 



of usefulness to which he has been conducted. — ■ 

 Clirislian Keepsake. 



Going as Freight. — An Irishman, whose 

 funds were rather low, had footed it all the way 

 to Wheeling and was still desirous to gel as far as 

 Portsmouth, thence to proceed by canal to a point 

 not far distant from the latter place, where work 

 was to be obtained. Having worn bis toes through 

 his boots, and the heels of a jiair of old shoes 

 quite low, he gave up the idea of using " Shank's 

 mare" any longer. There were plenty of steam- 

 boats puffing and blowing at the landing, and he 

 became quite fascinated at the idea of such an 

 easy mode of conveyance. 



" Captain, dear," said he, stepping on board a 

 beautiful craft — " Captain, dear, an' what 'II you 

 charge to take me to Portsmouth .'" 



"Seven dollars, in the cabin." 



" Siven dollars! arrah ! siven dollars ! Why 

 cafitain, dear, I hav'n't the half of that sum." 



" Oh never tnind that, Pat, I'll take you as a deck 

 passenger for three dollars, if you'll half work 

 your passage, that is, help the hands to wood the 

 boat." 



Pat mused some minutes on this proposition, 

 and then put another question. 



" And Captain, dear, what'llyou take about a 

 hundred and saxty pounds of freight for?" 



"I'll charge you seventyfive cents for that." 



" Then Captain, you see, I am just the boy that 

 weighs that — so you can enter me as freight, and 

 I'll stow away snug enough somewhere below 

 staias." 



A proposition so novel pleased the Captain 

 highly, auil calling one of the hands, he gave di- 

 rections to have Pat stowed carefully away in the 

 hold — and ordered the clerk to enter on the freight 

 list — ■■ One Irislimnn iveigking 160 puxtnds," 



Pat kept snug until he reached Portsmouth, a 

 distance of 365 rliiles — having shown himself but 

 twice, and oidy a few minutes at a time during the 

 whole passage. There hepaid his freight, of sev- 

 entyfive cents, honorably, and was next seen with 

 his bundle, tramping it along the tow p.-ah of the 

 canal for his desired destination. — Baltimore Alhe- 

 n<Eum. 



OIL MEAL. 



PRICE KEDUCED. 



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

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

 delivered in Boston. Apply at 



No. 10, Granite Stores, Commercial Wharf. 



BOKK MABiURE. 



The subscriber desires to inform his friends and the public 

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

 and h.is spent much time and money to ascertain how bonea 

 may be converted to the best use, and is ful'y t^atisfied that 

 they Ibrm the most powerful stiuiulani that can be applied to 

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

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

 which will be promptly attended to. 



Orders may be left at my manufactory near Tremont road, 

 n lioxbury, or at the New Elngland Agricultural Warehouse \\ 

 and Seed Store, No. 51 and 62 North Market Street. J 



Jan. 31. NAHUM WARD 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARAIKR 



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 payable at tlie end of llie year — but those who pay within six- 

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