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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



OCTOBER a, 1133. 



MISCELLANY. 



IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. 



Why do ye tear 

 Yon lingering tenant from his humble home ? — 

 His children cling about him, and his wife 

 Regardless of the wintry blast doth stand 

 Watching his last, far footsteps with the gaze 

 Of speechless misery.— What hath he done ? — 

 In passion's madness did he raise the steel 

 Against his neighbor's breast, — or in the stealth 

 Of deep, deliberate malice, touch his roof 

 With widely desolating flame ?— No.— No.— 

 His crime is poverty.— He had no hoard 

 Of hidden wealth from whence to satisfy 

 His creditor's demand.— Sickness perchance 

 Did slay his arm,— or adverse skies deny 

 The promis'd harvest,— or the thousand ills 

 That throng the hard lot of the sons of toil 

 Drink up his spirits. — Ye indeed may hold 

 His form incarcerate,— but will this repair 

 The trespass on your purse ? — To take away 

 The means of labor, yet require its fruits 

 In strict amount, melhinks doth savor more 

 Of ancient Egypt's policy, than Christ's.— 

 Themis, perchance, may sanction what the code 

 Of Him who came to teach the law of love, 

 Condemns.—" How readest thou ? " 



There are who deem 

 The smallest portion of their drossy gold 

 Full counterpoise for liberty and health,— 

 And God's free air, aud home's sweet charities, 

 'Mid the gay circle round their evening fire 

 They sit in luxury,— the warbled song, 

 The guest,— the wine-cup speed the flying hours, 

 Eorgetful how the captive's head doth droop 

 Within his close-barr'd cell,— or how the storm 

 Doth hoarsely round his distant dwelling sweep 

 Where SHE who in their lowly bed hath wrapp'd 

 Her famish'd babes, kneels slhv'ring by their side, 

 And weeping mingles with her lonely prayer.— 



Revenge may draw upon these prison-griefs 



To pay her subsidy, —and sternly wring 

 An usury from helpless woman's woe, 

 And infancy's distress- — but is it well 

 For souls that hasten to a dread account 

 Of motive and of deed, at Heaven's high bar, 



To BREAK THEIR SAVIOUR'S LAW? 



— Up— cleanse yourselves 

 For this dark vestige of a barbarous age,— 

 Sons of the gospel's everlasting light !— 

 Nor let a brother of your own blest clime 

 Rear'd in your very gates, participant 

 Of freedom's and salvation's birthright, find 

 Less favor than the heathen.— It would seem 

 That man, who for the fleeting breath he draws, 

 Is still a debtor, and hath nought to pay,— 

 He who to cancel countless sins expects 

 Unbounded clemency, — 'twould seem that he 

 Might to his fellow-man be pitiful, 

 Aud show that mercy which himself implores. 



LOAN TO A HIGHWAYMAN. 



A Quaker was stopped between Brentford and 

 London by a highwayman, who demanded his 

 money — the Quaker answered, "Well, friend, if 

 thou art in want of money I will lend thee some." 

 The same demand and answer were repeated seve- 

 ral times, till the highwayman became impatient, 

 and the Quaker reluctantly gave up all his cash, 

 which was very considerable. The highwayman 

 then perceiving the Quaker to have a better horse 

 than his own, insisted on his exchanging. The 

 Quaker answeretl, "Well, friend, if thou thinkest 

 my horse will be of more service to thee than thine 

 »wd, thou shalt have him" — and accordingly 



they exchanged. On the Quaker's arrival in Lon- 

 don, he slackened the reins of the highwayman's 

 horse, and let the animal take his own course — 

 the horse stopped at a livery stable in llolborn, 

 the Quaker alighted, and when the hostler came, 

 inquired if he knew the horse? The hostler an- 

 swered in the affirmative, and that he belonged to 

 Mr. , who lived in square. The Quak- 

 er took no further notice, but left the horse and 

 his address. The next day the highwayman 

 brought the Quaker's horse, and told the hostler 

 he had sold his own horse, and purchased another 

 — when, to his great surprise, the hostler inform- 

 ed him of his horse being brought home, and what 

 passed at the time. The highwayman went to the 

 Quaker's house, who accosted him with, "Well, 

 friend, hast thou brought the money I lent thee?" 

 The highwayman said he had, and falling on his 

 knees, implored mercy and secresy. " I lent thee 

 the money," said the Quaker, " because my prin- 

 ciples allow me not to swear even to a robber; I 

 will conceal thy name, in hopes of thy amend- 

 ment; beware how thou spendest thy money in 

 future, and thou will have the less occasion to bor- 



A PROUD MAN 



— Is a fool in a fermentation, that swells and boils 

 over like a porridge pot. He sets out his feathers 

 like an owl, to swell anil seem larger than he is. 

 He is troubled with a tumor and inflammation of 

 self conceit that renders every part of him stiff and 

 uneasy. — Butltr. 



GRATUITOUS SERVICES : A NEW DEFINI- 

 TION. 



By " gratuitous services" we have hitherto been 

 accustomed to understand services performed with- 

 out fee or reward of any kind. Hut from certain 

 circumstances which have recently transpired, it 

 appears that this expression is susceptible of an- 

 other meaning, and that, by " gratuitous services," 

 we are to understand " services performed for a 

 gratuity." 



DESCENDANTS OP THE MAY-FLOWER'S 

 COMPANY. 



Deacon John Cook, of Kingston, son of Sylva- 

 nns Cook, who was son of John Cook, who was 

 son of Jacob Cook, (the man who stood with the 

 Indian who shot King Philip) who was son of Ja- 

 cob Cook sen'r, who was son of Francis Cook 

 who came to Plymouth in the May Flower in 

 1620, picked from a tree, the present season, an 

 apple which measured 14 1-8 inches in circumfe- 

 rence ? — Transcript. 



ENORMOUS TREE. 



A Sycamore Tkee of most singular and extra- 

 ordinary size has been brought to this city from 

 the western part of the State. The interior is hol- 

 lowed out, and will comfortably accommodate 

 some forty or fifty persons. It is splendidly fur- 

 nished as a sitting room, and contains every article 

 of elegance or usefulness. It has a handsome 

 piano, sofas, glasses and mirrors, of a fit and be- 

 coming style; is decorated with pictures and fancy 

 articles, and will be open this evening to the in- 

 spection of a selected and invited party. On Mon- 

 day evening it will be thrown open to the public 

 view in the Saloon of the American Museum, when 

 several Ladies Schools will pour forth their pretty 

 little tenants of the play ground to witnoss this 

 huge tenant of the woods. — JV. Y. Trav. 



THE NEWT COPPER MINE 



— Recently discovered in Luzerne county, Penn. 

 has been opened about twenty yards in length, and 

 four feet thick; the ore is imbedded in gtawucke, 

 and in appearance very extensive. A specimen of 

 the ore, and also of the copper made from it, was 

 a few days since shown to the Wycoming Herald, 

 who was assured that the yield was fifty per cent. 

 If so, it is of itself ' a mine of wealth,' aud will 

 adil much to the universal resources of the county, 

 already rich in minerals, and all it wants to con- 

 vert it into the solid metal is 'capital.' 



FRESH FALL GOODS. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, No. 41 1 Washington street, 

 has received an extensive assortment of fresh Fall ami Winter 

 goods, which he oners, wholesale and retail, for cash only, con- 

 siderably lower than can be bought in the city. Among which 

 are 4 cast's English, French and American cloths, consisting of 

 supeiior, extra superior, middling and low priced, black, blue, 

 mixed, and every variety of colors. 50 pieces Cassimeres, of 

 all colors — 2 cases pelisse cloths, an excellent article for chaise 

 lining (very low) — 1 case very nice Habit doth, Brown. Blue, 

 Claret, \c. — 7 cases Satinells, Striped, and plain of various 

 colors — 5 cases 6-4 Eng. Merino, a very superior article, and 

 all Ihe most desirable colors, imported expressly for the sub- 

 scriber — t cases 3-4 Eng. do. of various colors and qualities — 



4 cases Circassians, very superior qualities and various colors 

 — 1 case superior Goats Hair Gamble! — i bales 4-45-4 and b'-J, 

 Booking, green and mixed — 12 bales splendid TurrirlVille 

 Hearth nigs — 5 bales Eng. low priced do. do. — 54 bales Do- 

 metts, while, yellow, red, tfce. — 10 bales Flannels. Eng. Welsh, 

 and Amercan — 10 bales Cotton Carpeting, striped and blocked 

 — G bales Russia Diaper — 1 bale Canton Flannel, lower than 

 the tost of importation — 3 bales American Cotton Flannels, 

 bleadied and unbleached — 1 bale While Counterpanes, all 

 size;; — 10 bales superior London Row Blankets from 10-4 to 

 14-4—7 bales real Indigo Checks from 3-4 to 5-4 — 3 bales 

 AinerieanGiugham — 2 cases Eng. Gingham — 29 bales cotton 

 Batting — lb beles Pillisse Wadding, 12 bales black Wadding — 



5 cases Embossed Furniture Dimety — 2 cases Embossed 

 Cambrick lor stage lining — 20 cases Prints, all patterns and 

 prices, Eig. French, and American. — 35 cases Bleached Cot- 

 tons — 50 lales unbleached cotton — 10 bales Ticking 3-4,7-8 

 and 4-4, mine very superior quality — 2 cases Sinchaws — 2 

 cases Sannets — 2 cases Satin Levantines, superior quality — 

 3 cases Levantines, low priced — 7 eases Crape Dresses, all 

 colors — 5 cases Linens, Lawns, and Shirtings 4-4 to 10-4 with 

 a very exletsive assortment of Cambrics and Cambric Muslim), 

 Bobbinette ind Grecian lace, 4-4 and (i-4 Swiss nonsook, Book 

 Jacouctt phin and figured muslins — Hosiery and every varie- 

 ty of seasonable Dry Goods. 



Country merchants will do well to call and examine for 

 themselves. septl8. 



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