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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANY. 



SEPTEMBER 4, 1833. 



From the Greenfield Gazette. 

 [The following Ode was sung a few weeks since by an old 

 gentleman on board a ranal boat in New 5fork,ai a place where 



li,r •'■ " is freely worshipped. It created some little stir 



among the flagon-votaries, to hear their Dagon so rebuked on 

 his own ground. A gentleman from this quarter, who happened 

 to be present, was pleased with the occurrence, and procured 



scv " oflite Ode, one of which he has sent us for pub- 



lication.] 



TEMPERANCE ODE. 



Ye sons of Columbia, your Freedom assert, 

 in contest ''ii rgg e with die foes of the nan 



This rum-sell ng trade has done us much hurt, 

 Caused widows lo weep with great consternation ; 



The old and the young, 



Deluded have been, 

 While drunkards have died again and again. 

 O. ne'er may l he sons of Columbia deplore, 

 The loss of their freedom till time is no more. 



Ye young men and maidens, look up and behold, 

 This Temperance Reform, your country's salvation; 



Health, comfort and peace, more precious than gold, 

 Shall dwell in all dwellings throughout the whole nation: 

 And though drunkards are sad, 

 And merchants get mad, 

 The hearts of all good men will ever be glad. 

 <•. ne'er may the sons of Columbia deplore 

 The loss of their freedom till time is no more. 



Hail Temp'rance Reform, Humanity cries, 

 Thy banner is waving both sides of the ocean; 

 The world very soon will reform and be wise. 

 For none can help seeing the drunken man's portion ; 

 To aid the blest cause, 

 Without human laws, 

 See the Angel of Death close the drunken man's jaws, 

 O, ne'er may the sons of Columbia be slaves, 

 While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves. 



Should Satan again, to poison the world, 

 Encourage the practice of rum-distillation, 



And merchants to aid him, with banners unfurled, 

 Grow bold in their sin all over the nation, 

 The two-edged sword, 

 From the month of the Lord, 

 Will ever afford strict Temp'rance a Guard. 

 And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, 

 While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. 



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THE WAY TO GET COOL, 



A ludicrous mishap befel an unfortunate toper 

 ) other day, in the vicinity of Brandywine 

 Bridge. The flay being warm, and the gentleman 

 having been also pretty warmly engaged with the 

 bottle, felt inclined to sleep, and no softer bed pre- 

 senting itself, lodged himself on the stone parapet 

 of the arch which spans the mill race. In this 

 luxurious position he remained for some time, ex- 

 posed to the rays of a burning sun, and to the as- 

 saults of all the bottle flies in the vicinity. Sleep- 

 ing as he was, be displayed no little restiveness 

 under the annoyance of these insects, till at lentrtli 

 one, more daring than the rest, attracted by the 

 rubicund glories of his nose, made a settlement on 

 that prominent point, and so worked upon the feel- 

 ings of the sleeper, that, raising his arm, and aim- 

 ing a desperate blow to annihilate his tormentor, 

 the unlucky wight lost his equilibrium, and fell 

 from the parapet some eight or ten feet into the 

 water below. It is supposed that he awoke when 

 he got to the bottom ol the mill race, as he was 

 seen to gather himself from the water as fast as 

 possible, and making for home, as Major Jack 

 Downing would say, full chisel ; as cool, and ap- 

 parently as sober as a drowned rat.— Delaware 

 Journal. 



"Barney, leave l/ic girls alone." A correspon- 

 dent of the British Naval Chronicle, affirms thai 

 tliis musical bagatelle, owes its origin to the kiss 

 publicly bestowed on the late Commodore Barney, 

 by the beautiful Queen of France, on the occasion 

 of his visit to Paris, after his gallant exploits* at stria, 

 in the war of the Revolution. The maids of hon- 

 or were all so eager to follow the gracious exam- 

 ple of the Queen, that it is said, the young A mer . 

 ican became thenceforth, an object of envy and 

 dislike to all the beau monde at Court. 



The bagatelle was composed by an Irish officer, 

 who was preseut when the royal familiarity wis 

 exhibited. 



Anecdote. "Why do you not pay me that six 

 and eight pence, Mr. Mulroony ?" said an attor- 

 ney to an Irishman ; who replied, "Why, faith, be- 

 cause 1 do not owe you that same." "Not owe it 

 to me, yes you do, it's for an opinion you bad of 

 me." "That's a good our, indeed," replied Pat 

 "when I never had any opinion of you in all my life." 



SELECT PROVERBS OP ALL, NATIONS. 



Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 

 Eggs of an hour, fish of ten, bread of a day, 

 wine of a year, a woman of fifteen, and a friend 

 of thirty. 



Every man is the architect of his owu fortune. 

 Ever drunk, ever dry. 



Every fool can find faults where a great many 

 wise men can't mend. 



Every one bastes the fat hog, while the lean 

 one burns. 



Every man bows to the bush he gets shelter of. 

 Fair maidens wear no purses. 

 Fair and softly goes far in a day. 

 Fair words break no bones, but foul words many 

 a one. 



False folks should have many witnesses. 

 Forbid a fool a thing and that he'll do. 

 For the rose the thorn is often plucked. 

 Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 

 He who imagines be can do without the world, 

 is much deceived — but he who fancies the world 



cannot do without him, is still more deceived. 



Mass. Spy. 



FRUIT TREES. 



''rnamfntal TREES, KOSES, FLOWER- 



L'-'J' rV NT V tC ' Nd ks*kv of WILLIAM 

 KENRII Iv in IWton, Si miles from Boston, 



by Ihe City Mills. 



Tins .Nursery now comprises a rare and^xtraordinary eollec- 



' ' ( ,""-• ' I Shrubs of Ornament, RoW&c 



" "vers the most ol 8acres. Of new celebrated P ,:■ 

 50 kinds, a part of which, having already been proved "Zr 



' ,' " !™ds— < heroes, 55 kinds— Plums, Nectarines 



Al.ioii'k. Apricots, Quinces, Grape Vines, Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Strawberries. Figs. &c. &c— selections 



' I':, 1 ;;; 1 va "? lles k'"»™-* coll, etion in unequal propor- 



tiolis <ii 800 varieties of fruit. p ' 



[\ hue mulberries lor silk worms— the fruit poor. Also the 

 IJorus aliiric.i lis or New ChineM Mulberry, a beauti- 

 l"-lfrun; tree, so superior for silk worms io all otheis 



)l KOSEb. A superb collection of from 31 to I0G hardv 

 ana China varieties; selections from numerous importations 

 an9 in-. r,ie | sources. Horse Ghesnots as hardy as oaks-^ 

 VH i ping \\ illows, Catalpas, Mountain Ash, Silver Firs Ve- 

 "-'"' Sumach, Allheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &e.&c — 

 mall, ,,| Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 650 varieties Of 



Herbaceous flowering- p ts, a choice selection of 280 varieties 



including He r aeonies, Moutan ami Papaveracea— and 24 other 

 Kilds— and !,3 splendid varieties of double Dahlias 



penllemen are invited lo forward iheii orders eariv— earlyin 

 Ahumn ^.nffanexcellent season-for transplanting-. 'Address lo 

 WILLIAM KEiNRlCk, Newton. Trees. &c. delivered in 

 rSJston tree ol charge for transportation, and suitably oarked 

 'od Iron, Hi, ,,1'c when ordered duly forwarded! by land or sea ' 

 U orders will receive the same attention if left with tiro r 

 BIkrett who is agent, at his seed siore ami New England 

 Firmer Office, Nos. Si & 52, North Market Street, Boston. 

 Catalogues gratis on application. J, 17 



HORNED 



IMPROVED DURHAM SHORT 



CATTLE. 



- F ? ? n s: ! le ' one lhree >' car old bul1 of a 1>r <>wn color, 2 rear- 

 ing- bulls both red, 3 bull calves 1 red. 1 red and while, and 1 

 wholly white, also 3 two year old heifers, 2"roan and 1 brown 

 and white, 3 yearling heifers, 1 roan. 1 red and while, and one 

 necked the dams of the above have given more than 20 

 qurrls ol milk a day oil grass only. 

 Also; 2 bull calves, one bright-red, and one red and while. 

 I hiy are all descended from the famous imported Bulls, 

 tJouiar and Ccelehs, and from cows of imported stocks. 



F.r milkers, working oxen or Beef, lies slock is considered 

 2d_to none in New England. Inquire of Mr. Geo. C. Barrett 



OhVeof theN. E. Fanner. 



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A PATRIARCH. 



O.ne day last week, we visited Mr. John Whit- 

 comb, of Swanzey, who will be 102 years old in 

 December next, and spent a half hour with him 

 very agreeably. His countenance is as fresh as most 

 men's at 65, who are in good health. His hair pre- 

 sents the only indication of extreme age. He has 

 resided on the same farm about 65 years. Since 

 he unfortunately lost his spectacles, two or three 

 years ago, he has not been able to read, and being 

 pretty deaf, bis great source of amusement, for the 

 last ten years is dried up. Latterly his knees fail 

 biin, and it is with some difficulty that he gets about 

 with bis two staves. Otherwise his health is good, 

 and his digestive powers ample for the simple food, 

 bread and milk, on which from choice he has for 

 the most part subsisted, (we so understood him) for 

 20 or 30 years. His extraordinary age is the result 

 of temperance in eating and drinking. The old 

 gentleman's memory is very good, especially as to 

 events in his earlier years. He was a soldier in the 

 war of '55. Being sick at Albany, he thought the 

 use of tea was injurious, and for nearly 80 years he 

 has refused to drink it. He was a soldier in the 

 revolution, and receives a pension from Govern- 

 ment. — Keene Sentinel. 



RUSSIA DIAPERS, at $3 a Pie, e. 



F.LIAB STONE BREWER has just received 1000 pairs- 

 lyjssia Diaper 1-2 ell. Selected in Russia bv Wm. Ropes 

 1 .s|. expressly, for the reiail trade of Boston, which are offered' 

 lo- sale for cash only, al 414 Washington Street. a 20 



PETTICOAT ROBES, at 3s. 



ILIAB STONE BREWER has just received 500 three 

 reidlh Pellicoal Robes for 3s. For cash only at 414 Wash- 

 lgon St. a 20 



mt-KTnoitjis. 



0,000 Buckthorns of thrifty growth, from two to three feet 

 lush, for sale — apply al ihis office. aug 14 



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