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THE WOOD THRUSH. 



pour thy song — thy ihriUing note, 



Sweet warbling woocl-thnish through the grove ; 

 When twilight comes thy music float 



Around my humble dwelling. 



Thy'slrain of melody so soft. 



Inspires devotion's purestllay ; 

 And whilst I listen here so oft, 



I feel my bosom swelling. 



How clear and sweet thy jjensive notes, 



How soft thy soul-inspiring song, 

 When on the gloamin breeze it floats, 



And echoes round my dwelling. 



Thou hring'st again within my view, 



Departed lime and youtliful joys, 

 That now have fled like morning dew. 



No more to me returning. 



They here uo more for me remain 



My pleasures now are blighted hopes. 

 And friendship turned to cold disdain — 



These all my toils rewarding. 



Thy pleasing melancholy strain, 



That starts a tbrob within my breast. 

 Reminds of woes that yet remain — 



Of youthful hopes all withered. 



Are all thy joys like mine destroyed? 



Or hath thy love deserted thee ? 

 Such notes are but by grief enjoyed, 



With sorrows still enduring. 

 Bilierica, June, 1837. D- P- 



THE SERENADE. 

 What soft low strains are those I hear 



That come my dreams between ? 

 Oh ! mother, look ! who may it be. 



That plays so late at e'en ? 



" I hear no sound, I see no form? 



Oh ! rest in slumber mild : 

 They '11 bring no music to thee now, 



My poor, my sickly child !" 



It is not music of the earth 



That makes my heart so light ; 

 The ,angels call me with their songs. 



Oh ! mother dear, good night ! 



From the Olive Branch. 

 GEMS. 



Eabth has its gems around ! 



Creatures through ether winging, 

 Flow'rets in glory springing. 

 Dew drops upon the ground ; 

 Sparks of the waterfalls, insects' wings. 

 Ay ! and a million beautiful things. 



Sea hath its gems below ! 

 In grottos to man forbidden. 

 Marvellous treasures are hidden. 

 Pearls and corallines grow : 

 Deep and dark in the tombs of the wave. 

 Jewels are hung in palace and cave. 



Heaven hath its gems above ! 

 Look ! for its arch exalted 

 With planets and stars is vaulted. 

 O, what spirits may rove — 

 Gems of the soul, — through scenes like these. 

 Learning eternal mysteries ! 



Tlie Editor of the Raleigh Register gives the 

 following pleasing anecdote of Chief Justice Mar- 

 shall : 



"Chief Justice Marshall. — We heard re- 

 cently an anecdote of this distinguished man, 

 which so strongly illustrates the dignity and sim- 

 plicity of his character that we ventnre to relate it 

 hoping thiit it may come into the hands of his fu- 

 tin-e biographer, and be woven into the thread of 

 his narrative. It occurred in this city, on the oc- 

 casion uf one of the Chief Justice's periodical 

 visits to hold the Federal Court for this District. 

 The old Crier of the Court having removed or 

 died, the Marshal, Gen. Daniel, selected a new re- 

 cruit, and gave him, some days beforehand, the 

 necessary Proclamations and forms to commit to 

 memory, that he might be au fait when the Court 

 met. The important day at len-tli arrived, and 

 the Crier, with his 'task well conned,' made his 

 appearance, attracting the attention of every one 

 by the loftiness of bis stride, and an air of con- 

 scious self-importance which he made no effort to 

 conceal. Every thing went off admirably at first. 

 Th3 Proclamations to Jurors, Witnes.ses, &c. weie 

 roared out most sonorously, and the time having 

 arrived for charging the Grand Jury, the Chief 

 Ju.stice pulled out a well-thumbed paiier, and wait- 

 ing a few moments for the usual caution of si- 

 lence to be given by the Ciier, but observing no 

 movement to that effect, commenced his ('harge. 

 He had proceeded some way in it, when the Crier, 

 aroused from his reverie, found what was going 

 0*1, and considering the whole matter informal, 

 with the quickness of thought, stepped into the 

 bar, between the Court and Jury, and addressing 

 the Judge in a mandatory voice, cried 'Stop, sir I 

 Stop, sir!' The Chief Justice, who seemed to see 

 in a moment through the whole transaction, in- 

 stead of ordering the Crier to prison for a con- 

 tempt, stopped, as commanded, and quietly await- 

 ed the result. A dead silence reigned throughout 

 the Court. The fall of a pin might have been 

 heard. What now? mentally exclaimed each 

 beating bosom. The astonishment depicted on 

 every countenance may well be imagined, when 

 the Crier, drawing himself up to his full length, 

 bawled out : 



' O yes ! O yes ! O yes I All manner of persons 

 are required to keep silence, upon pain of impris- 

 onment, while the honorable Judge is giving his 

 charge to the Grand Jury.' 



When he had finished this proclamation, he 

 turned to the Court, with an air of complacency 

 and a wave of the hand, and said to the Chief 

 Justice: 'You may go on, sir.' Every one ex- 

 pected to see the unfortunate Crier s(Mit to jail, as 

 a matter of course, liut, without cracking a smile, 

 the Chief Justice commenced his charge de novo, 

 and went through as though nothing had happen- 

 ed. He saw, at once, that the conduct of the 

 Crier proceeded from no disrespect to the Court, 

 but from ignorance, and a desire to perform bis 

 duty punctiliously, and, with the kindness so char- 

 acteristic of the man, overlooked the whole affair. 

 But the scene was one worthy of the pencil of 

 Hoirarth, and deserves to be recorded to the honor 

 of tiial great and good man." 



" He had the largest garden, the best culinary 

 plants, and the finest fruits in the city, and all cul- 

 tivated by bis own hands. This fact will excite 

 surprise, when it is recollected that he delivered 

 a lecture to his class six days in a week ; per- 

 formed the duties of Professor of Divinity, and 

 superintended the government of the college. 

 He was the first in this city who cultivated the 

 strawberry extensively and successfully. He de- 

 monstrated that an abundance of delicious fruit 

 might be cultivated at a very little expense. He 

 was a minute and accurate observer of the habits 

 and laws of vegetables, and delighted in conver- 

 sation to give or receive instruction in horticul- 

 ture. He infused into his conversation music 

 and poetry, and he was listened to with delight, 

 even when his theme was cultivation ol Cabbages. 

 He taught that the proper time to prune fruit 

 trees was in June, when the plant was in the most 

 rapid growth ; and the reason was, that the wound 

 would Ileal most readily at that season. Dr 

 Dwight was enabled to perform so much and so 

 various mental labors, by invigorating his consti- 

 tution by exercise in the open air. No one felt 

 more strongly the sentiment of the poet ; 



" The idler is a watch that wants both hands, 



As useless when it goes as when it stands. 



Want of occupation is not rest; 



A mind unoccupied is a mind distressed." 



Good Nervks. The White Pigeon Gazette 

 has an account of a Canadian from the neighbor- 

 hood of Toronto, named Thomas Smith, who had 

 his arm torn to shreds by a threshing machine, 

 and it was necessary to amputate the stump; and 

 while under the operation, he evinced a degree 

 of firmness seldom equalled ; not a tear nor a 

 groan escaped from him. During the w hole of 

 the operation, which occupied about twer.ty min- 

 utes, he sung with an unwavering voice the well- 

 known popular air, " Home, sweet home!" 



How TO DROWN A Passengkr. A stage dri- 

 ver at Ottawa writes thus to the Chicago Demo- 

 crat. " This morning i started for Ottawa with 

 seven [lassengers, aiid found the water at the 

 Rock Run from 7 to 12 feet deep, and the ice 

 runnin". We therefore procured a canoe, which 

 capsized in the middle of the stream, and drown- 

 ed one of our passengers, and came very near 

 drowning another." 



MULTIPLICATION. 

 As Tom, whose end of poverty was dashed. 

 Lay snug in bed while his one shirt was washed, 

 The dame appeared, and holding it to view. 

 She said, " If washed again, 't will wash in two." 

 " Indeed !" cries Tom, " then wash it, pray good cousin, 

 And wash it, if you can, into a dozen!" 



It is better to make a confidant of a rascal than 

 a fool. The rascal may sometimes do right, hut 

 the fool is necessarily incapable of it. 



Industriods Habits.— Professor Ives, of New 

 Haven makes the following instructive reference 

 to the late Presi<lent Dwight, in a recent address 

 before a Horticultural Society : 



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