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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCTOBER 30, 1933- 



MISCELLANY. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 THE CRUSADERS AT THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. 



Thky knelt beside Hie battle plain, 



Beneath a burning sun — 

 And number'd o'er llieir country's slain, 



And cv'ry victory won. 

 And many a heart beat high that hour, 



With feelings proud and stern, 

 Though worship brought no priestly power. 



Nor eenser there to bum. 



They knelt beside lite Saviour's grave 



In deep and solemn prayer, 

 No banner-folds above to wave, 



Nor spear nor shield were there. 

 The chieftain came— no herald's blast 



Proclaimed his princely name — 

 No minstrel of the glorious past 



To greet his knightly fame. 



The peasant, with his gleaming spear 



Along the crested line — ■ 

 Whose war-shout rang both loud and clear — 



On ! for the sacred shrine ! 

 Ho had but bravely struggled on 



For many a bloody day, 

 That he, when field and fame were won, 



His tribute there might pay. 



They woo'd a proud, a lofty fame, 



Those way-worn, aged men— 

 Who onward through old Europe came, 



And through the Paynim's glen. 

 For there, as in their native land, 



They counted death no loss— 

 So they but near His grave could stand — 



First soldier of the Cross. 



And woman in her hour of bloom, 



From sunny hills afar — 

 . With flowers to wreathe her Saviour's tomb, 



Cross'd many a field of war. 

 No cloud upon her vision came, 



No dream of earthly woe — 

 She cherish'd there that holy flame 



Which triumph'd o'er the foe. 



The priest forgot the mitred dome; — 



High words of burial rite — 

 He left afar a smiling home, 



To fight the Christian's fight. 

 He rested where the fountain gush'd, 



And palm and cedar wave— 

 The thrilling call had there been hush'd 



Beside that humble grave. 



That grave ! That grave ! Would I could stand 



Where stood that mighty host — 

 On that redeem'd and glorious land, 



To them forever last — 

 And hear again the shout that rang 



Along those hills of thine, 

 When leagued Crusaders came to free 



The shores of Palestine. G. 



Weston, Oct. 19, 1833. 



SONG OF THE BEES. 



We watch for the light of the morn to break, 



And color the Eastern sky 

 With its blended hues of safiron and lake, 

 Then say to each other, " Awake ! awake ! 

 For our winter's honey is all to make, 



And our bread for a long supply." 



And off we hie to the hill and dell, 



To the field, to the meadow and bower, 



We love iu Columbine's horn to dwell, 



To dip in the lily with snow white bell, 



To search the balm in its odorous cell. 



The mint and the rosemary flower. 



We seek the bloom of die eglantine. 



Of the painted thistle and brier. 

 And follow lb- 1 steps of the w and* i i g vine, 

 Whether it Irail on the earth supine, 

 Or round the aspiring tree top twine 



And reach for a stale slill higher. 



While each on the good of his sisters bent 



Is busy, and cares for all, 

 We hope for an evening with heart's content. 

 For the winter of life; without lament 

 That summer is gone, its hours misspent, 



And the harvest past roc;il. 



WONDERS OF PHILOSOPHY. 



The polypus receives new life from the knife 

 which is lifted to destroy it. The fly-spider lays 

 an egg as large as itself. There are 4041 muscles 

 in a caterpillar. Hook discovered 14000 mirrors 

 in the eyes of a drone ; and to effect the respira- 

 tion of a carp, 13,300 arteries, vessels, veins, and 

 bones, &c. are necessary. The body of every 

 spider contains four little masses pierced with a 

 multitude of imperceptible holes, each hole per- 

 mitting the passage of a single thread ; all the 

 threads, to the amount of 1000 to each mass, join 

 together when they come out, and make the single 

 thread with which the spider spins its web ; so 

 that what we call a spider's thread consists of 

 more than a 1000 united. Lewenhoek, by means 

 of microscopes, observed spiders no bigger than a 

 grain of sand, which spun threads so line that it 

 took 4000 of them to equal in magnitude a single 

 hair. 



NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL. 

 This whirlpool, which is several miles belo;v 

 the Falls at Niagara, is a large deep basin, about 

 the size of Primrose Hill, at the back of Chalk 

 Farm, in which the waters of the mighty St. Law- 

 rence revolve in one perpetual whirl, caused by 

 their being obstructed by an angle of the steep and 

 dreary banks which overhang this dreadful place. 

 Mr. Wallace, the blacksmith, had a son, a fine 

 youth, who one day went down to the whirlpool, 

 and the current proving too strong for him, he was 

 carried into the whirl. His poor distracted mother 

 sat on the gloomy bank for hours and days, 

 and beheld the body of her own darling carried 

 round in a circle by the water, sometimes dis- 

 appearing for a time ami then coming up and 

 revolving upon the surface of his watery grave, 

 and thus continuing for several days, no human 

 aid being available even to obtain his remains. 

 After five or six days, bodies which get into this 

 dismal cauldron are carried down the river. It is 

 usual for persons rafting timber from places be- 

 tween the Falls and the Whirlpool, to get off the 

 raft before they come to the basin, first placing the 

 raft in such a position as may best enable it to 

 float down the stream without being carried into 

 the whirl. On one occasion, however, one of the 

 raftsmen refused to leave the raft — he was not 

 afraid, all would go safe ; entreaty was unavailing, 

 and tho raft with the unfortunate headstrong man 

 upon it, made its way downwards, and was soon 

 drawn within the fatal circle, around which for 

 three days and three nights it continued to revolve, 

 all the efforts of a thousand anxious spectators 

 proving unavailing. The continual and sickening 

 motion he underwent, robbed the poor sufferer of 

 all power to eat — sleep he could not — a dreadful 

 death was before his eyes, so much the more ter- 

 rible, that it was protracted night after night in 



such a place. At last a man was found who ven- 

 tured into tho whirl as far as lie could, with tho 

 bo pes of life, a strong ropq being tied round his 

 middle, one end of which was on shore. lie car- 

 ried a line t.i throw to the raft — succeeded ; the 

 agonized sufferer fastened it to the rait, ami in this 

 way he was drawn on shore, and his life preserv- 

 ed. — Mackensie's Sketches of the United Slates. 



The Falls of Girsbury, on the western coast of 

 the Madras territories, are of the unparalleled depth 

 of 192 feet — as far as history or travels have in- 

 formed us, the highest falls in the known world. 



EPITAPH ON A MISER. 



Here, crumbling lies, beneath this mould, 

 A man, whose sole delight was gold ; 

 Contentment never was his guest, 

 Though thrice ten thousand filled his chest ; 

 For he, poor man, with all his store, 

 Died in great want — the want of more! 



SEW ENGLAND SEED STORE, 

 AND HORTICULTURAL REPOSITORY. 



THE Subscriber having made enlargements in the business 

 Of tli- above establishment, is now enabled to furnish Traders 

 and others with 



GARDEN, GRASS AND FLOWER SEEDS, 



upon very favorable terms, nnd of the growth of loJo; and the 

 Garden Seeds a arranted of the best quality. 



The greatest care and attention has been bestowed upon the 

 growing and saving of Seeds, ami none will be sold at tins 

 establishment excepting those raised expressly for it, and by 

 experienced seedsmen ; and those kinds imported which cannot 

 be raised to perfection in this country : these are from the best 

 houses in Europe, and may be relied upon as genuine. 



It is earnestly requested whenever there are any failure* 

 hereafter, they should be represented to the Subscriber ; not 

 that it is possible to obviate unfavorable seasons and circum- 

 stances, but that satisfaction may be rendered and perfection 

 approximated. 



Boxes of Garden Seeds, neatly papered up in packages for 

 retailing ; and dealers supplied at a large discount. 



GRASS SEEDS, wholesale and retail, at as low prices as 

 can be bought in Boston, as arrangements have now been made 

 to obtain the best and purest seed. 



O^Catalogues sent gratis to applicants, and Orders solicited 

 early, as better justice can be done in the execution. 



N. E. Feed Store, connected with the N. E. Partner OJfice, 

 No. 51 * 52 North Market-str. GEORGE C. BARRETT. 



oct 16 



CLOVER SEED. 



4000 lbs. Northern Clover Seed, — 500 lbs. Southern ditto. 

 For sale at the New England Seed Store, 51 & 52 NorA 

 Market street. a 14 



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