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NEW ENGLAND FARMJER, 



JULY 17, 1S33. 



MISCELLANY. 



A BRANCH OP THE MAPLE. 



HY DAVXb EVERETT. 



Let the tall oak llic bolts of heaven deride, 

 Or deal his mimic thunder on the tide; 

 Be this the theme of Albion's lofty muse, 

 An humbler task, my Tameless pen pursues. 



Shall roses bloom in verse from age to age. 

 Shrubs spread their foliage on the poet's page; 

 The willow, poplar, fir and cedar throng 

 Alike the rustic and the classic song ; 

 Pines wave in Milton, and no bard be found 

 To plant the maple on poetic ground ? 



Columbia's muse forbids, in simple strain 

 She sings the maple and the hardy swain. 

 Who draws the nectar from her silvery pores, 

 Nor envies India all its pamper'd stores. 

 • What though the cane, our colder clime denies ; 

 The cultured plant a native tree supplies ; 

 A tree, the fairest of the forest kind, 

 Alike for use and ornament design'd. 

 For use to those, who first essay the wood, 

 To form the table and supply its food ; 

 To warm the laborer by its bounty led ; 

 And rear the lowly cottage o'er his head : 

 For ornament, to grace the winding rill, 

 Shade the green vale or wave upon the hill ; 

 Or leave the forest, where it useless grows, 

 Rise in the cultured field in stately rows, 

 Spread o'er the rocky waste a shady grove, 

 The haunt for sportive mirth and pensive love. 



Ere jarring seasons rest in equal scales ; 

 While winter now, and now the spring prevails; 

 Sol's milder beams around the maple play, 

 Frost chills by night, a thrilling warmth by day 

 Dilates each tube ; the tube by mystic laws 

 The sap nutritious from earth's bosom draws ; 

 As higher still the swelling tube distends, 

 The circling sap to every branch ascends ; 

 Now each young bud the rich donation shares, 

 •For laurel'd spring his earliest wreath prepares. 



Great universal Cause, mysterious Power! 

 That clothes the forest, and that paints the flower; 

 Bids the fell poison in the Upas grow, 

 And sweet nutrition in the maple flow ; 

 Let Berkeley's pupil dream in endless trance ; 

 The wilder'd athicst form his world by chance, 

 By this, his reason, that, his sense belied; 

 A world discarded, and a God denied ; 

 In spite of these, the impartial eye must sec 

 Each leaf a volume — its great author, Thee ; 

 Nor less in every twig than Aaron's rod, 

 Behold the agency of nature's God \ 



A boat ascending the Ohio river, was hailed by 

 one coming up — and the following conversation 

 cnsue d — What boat is that? The Cherry 



Whence came you ? 



GLEANINGS. 



Warning. The wife of Mr. Chester Beard, of 

 Rockdale townhip, is lying dangerously ill. Near 

 a year since she was inching her ear with a pin (a 

 very common practice among females,) the head of 

 ■which coming off lodged in her ear, and all at- 

 tempts to extract it proved unavailing, and it is 

 supposed that this will soon be the cause of her 

 death. — Meadville Messenger. 



" What did Mr. , die of?" asked a sim- 

 ple neighbor. " Of a complication of disorders," 

 replied his friend. " How do you describe that 

 complication, my good sir?" "He died," rejoin- 

 ed the other, "of two physicians, an apothecary 

 and a surgeon." 



A writer in the Friendship's Offering commen- 

 ces a chapter with ' I love an old maid.' Who 

 can say as much ? — Much as ho may admire an 

 old maid, he omits to tell us how much better be 

 likes a young one ! 



stone 

 From Red stone. Where 

 are you bound to ? lAme-stone. Who is your 

 captain ? Thomas Stone. What are yon loaded 

 with ? Mill-stones and Grind-stoies. You are 

 ahard set to be sure, take care you don't go to the 

 bottom — Farewell. 



A person who cannot relish absurdity and wit, 

 and must, moreover, have a satisfactory reason for 

 whatever is said or done, is a philosophical block- 

 head. 



By putting a piece of lump-sugar, the size of a 

 walnut, into the tea-pot, you will make the tea in- 

 fuse in one-half the time. This fact is very well 

 known to bag-men and stage-coach travellers. 



If a woman writes in a bold, manly hand, 

 depend upon it she has got a masculine mind, and 

 in all probability wears the breeches. There is a 

 much greater analogy between the hand-writing 

 and the character of individuals than people are 

 aware of. 



Members of dilletanti societies are generally es- 

 pecial asses ; their eternal talk about the fine arts, 

 drawing, coloring, harmony, composition, chiaro- 

 scurp, fore-shortening, design, &c. is enough to 

 turn the stomach of a horse. The thing is more 

 insufferable, because they absolutely know nothing 

 of the subject, and have aboutas much real appreci- 

 ation of genius as a pig possesses for the inventions 

 of Watt or Daedalus. 



There is, perhaps, not an instance of a man of 

 genius having had a dull woman for his mother, 

 though many have hrfd fathers stupid enough in all 

 conscience. Talent, therefore, is much more com- 

 municable to the offspring from the maternal side 

 than from the other. If a man wishes to have clev- 

 er children, this may perhaps serve him as an apol- 

 ogy for marrying a woman of talent, should all 

 other excuses be wanting. 



c Go' — A transitive verb. A teacher not long since 

 in explaining the difference between transitive and 

 intransitive verbs, told the classes that the verb ' go' 

 was intransitive, because it would not make sense 

 with the words a person or a i/rt'ng- after it. When 

 a little fellow looking very significantly at him said 

 ' Sir. don't people go the whole hog sometimes ?' 



Anagrams. The letters in the word " warrant- 

 ed," will spell 167 good English words, besides 

 many other iu different languages. 



In boiling salmon, split the fish from head to tail ; 

 if you do not do this, but boil it entire, or cut 

 horizontally through the middle, it is impossible to 

 cook it thoroughly, the thickness of the back and 

 shoulders being such, that if the outside be prop- 

 erly done, the inside must needs be little better than 

 parboiled. On the Tweed, and other salmon dis- 

 tricts, the latter system is held in abomination. 



If you wish to annoy a little man, quiz him about 

 his diminutive stature. He will affect to laugh at 

 himself; but will, for all that, hate you like the 

 devil. 



Snuff-taking in a woman is abominable, unless 

 she be very aged — say eighty, or upwards, — when 

 it is rather becoming than otherwise. 



If a person has a great knack at finding out 

 tricks of legerdemain, you may pronounce him a 

 blockhead. I never knew a clever man who was 

 worth a farthing at detecting such tricks. 



Arguers and spouters are invariably assrs, ccc. 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CASH STORE. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, No. -II 1, Washington Street. 

 (South end) has received a general assortment of Spring and 

 Summer Goods, amongwhich are 100 cases English, French and 

 American Prints of all prices and qualities — 20 cases Petticoat 

 Robes — 1 ease Cambric Muslins, some of which are veryfine — 1 

 case Cotton Cambrics do. do. — 1 case While Lilesia tor lining 

 ladies dresses — 1 case Book Binders' Cambrick for do. do. — V. 

 cases do. — 100 cases bleached and brown Sheeting and Shirting, 

 some extra fine— 1 case Marseilles Quilts, from b' to 10 quarters 

 — 5 eases London Rose Blankets, some of a vi i \ superior qual- 

 ity and large size — 1 case Hearth Rugs — !• cases ' 'it.ipp's spool 

 6 ' "id cotton, warranted — 200 yards superior quality — 5 cases 

 Clark's do. at very low prices by doz. or case. — 2000 fancy 

 boxes — a large variety of colored and black French Silks at 

 very reduced prices — 2 cases col'd Battiste — 1 case black and 

 colored Barage — 4 cases French and London printed Muslins 

 of new patterns and beautiful colors — 2 ease> three corded su- 

 perfine Italianettes, black and fashionable colors — 1 case com- 

 mon do — 1 case Plaid Pahngrim's super quality — 1 case Pou 

 de Sni a genteel article for ladies' summer dresses, yd per yt[ 

 — 20 ps super mix'd, drab, and olive Merino Cassinelts for 

 children's summer dresses — 20 ps Rouen Cassimere with a large 

 variety of superfine and fine Broadcloths and Cassimercs — 

 20 bales Pelisse Wadding — 3 cases superior Ticking — 4 cases 

 cheapdo— - 10 cases improved soft finished 1-1 Irish Linen, man- 

 ufactured for the Loudon market and imported expressly for 

 the subscriber. 



The above goods are offered for cash only at prices so ex- 

 tremely low as will make it an object for purchasers either by 

 piece or yard to call and see. May 29 



PEMBROKE BUTTER AND TABLE SALT. 



Just received by Schr. Boston Packet — i 



301 barrels and 360 sacks Butte. Salt. GG00 loaves Table 



Sal'- 

 Abundant evidence is before the public of the quality of this^ 

 Salt being superiorto any hitherto manufactured in any part of 

 (In win id. As such we warrant it and offer it for sale. 

 June 5 CHAS I. CAZENOVE &. CO. 



YOUNG FLORIST'S MANUAL. 



JUST Published and for sale by GEO. C. BARRETT, 

 51 & 52 North Market Street. 



The Yiib\g Florist's Manual, or a description of the 

 Plants usually cultivated iu the Flower Garden with their 

 Habits and Modes of cultivation. The whole being a compila- 

 tion from the best Authors, arid intended for Common use — price 

 37icts. J 19. 



TREATISE ON SILK. 

 For sale at the N. E. Seed Store, Nes. 61 & 52, North Street, 

 \ Brief Treatise on the Culture of Silk. Price G] cents, 

 jtme 12 eop6w 



THE NEW ENGLAND PARMER 



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Never praise or talk of your children to other 

 people ; for depend upon it, no person except your- 

 self cares a single farthing about them. 



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