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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NOVEMBER «0, la*?. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the independent Press. 

 AUTUMN. 



The faded grove is silent now, 



Its songsters all are gone, 

 Hocay liai touch'd each verdant bough, 



And yellow is the lawn. 



No balmy odors scent the air, 



No flowers their fragrance yield, 

 And yonder shrubs are scath'd and bare, 



That skirl the desert field. 



The autumn winds send forth disease 



Upon the living green — 

 So hoary age does manhood seize, 



And change its summer's scene. 



The tender plants thai flourish'd fair, 



Now drooping 'uealh decay, 

 Proclaim lhat youth and beauty are 



As vanishing as they. 



The scatter'd leaves that wither'd lie, 



To all a warning send — 

 That soon, whatever is, must die 



And life, and being, end. 



Although mid-summer's days are past, 



And sober Autumn reigns, 

 And leaves around are dropping fast, 



The laurel leaf remains. 



So, when the chilling frosts of age 



Make life a desert drear, 

 When joys have flown and troubles rage, 



Hope still is left to cheer. 



E. G. P. 



THE HERJHIT AND THE VISION. 



It is told of a religious recluse, who in the early 

 ages of Christianity, betook himself to a eave in 

 Upper Egypt, which in the times of the Pharaohs 

 had been a depository fur mummies, that he pray- 

 ed there, morning, noon and night, eating only of 

 the dates which some neighboring trees afforded, 

 and drinking of the water of the Nile. At length, 

 the hermit became weary of-life, and then he 

 prayed still more earnestly. 



After this duty one day he fell asleep, and the 

 vision of an angel appeared to him in a dream, 

 commanding him to arise, and cut down a neigh- 

 boring palm-tree, and make a rope of its fibres ; 

 after it was done, the angel would appear to him 

 again. Tlio hermit awoke, and instantly applied 

 himself to obey the vision. 



lie travelled about, from place to place, many 

 days before he could procure an axe ; and during 

 this journey, he felt happier than he had been for 

 many years. His prayers were now short and 

 few ; but what they wanted in length and number, 

 they outmeasured in fervency. 



Having returned with the axe, he cut down the 

 tree ; and, with much labor and assiduity during 

 several days, prepared the fibres to make the rope ; 

 and, after a continuance of daily occupation for 

 some weeks, completed the command. 



The vision that night appeared to tho hermit, us 

 promised, and thus addressed him : " You are 

 now no longer weary of life, but happy. Know 

 then that man was made for labor ; and prayer 

 also is his duty ; the one as well as the other is 

 essential to his well being. Arise in the morning, 

 take the cord, and with it gird up thy loins, anil 

 go forth into the world ; and let it he a memorial 

 to theo of what God expects from man, if he would 

 h« blessed with happiness on earth." 



AN Ot'TOGENAKIAS. 



We have, during tho past summer, several 

 times seen a venerable old man passing through 

 our streets with a team of oxen, whose vigor and 

 activity have attracted the notice of many of our 

 citizens. His name is Jonathan Loomis, is 87 

 years of age, and he comes from IJecket or Wash- 

 ington, on the summit of the Green Mountain 

 range, about 40 miles to the west of us. He trav- 

 els on foot, driving his oxen with loads of lime, 

 which he brings for the buildings erecting at the 

 United States Armory in this town. — When he has 

 delivered his lime, he goes on 1G miles further, to 

 Stafford, Conn, loads his wagon with soap stone, 

 and retraces his steps to the lime kilns on the 

 mountains. His step is firm and fearless, and he 

 is on the whole, a remarkable instance of vigor 

 and hardness in one so far advanced. 



Springfeld Gazette. 



Extract from Sullivan's recent Address before the Amcri- 



citu Institute. 



THE MOMENT OP PERIL. 



" At this day Americans are precisely at the 

 moment of peril. The memory of colonial depen- 

 dence is gone. The sentiment of acquired free- 

 dom is not a daily, constant one. It requires an 

 effort and a course of reasoning to feel it. — Liber- 

 ty is spoken of hut what ideas are suggested 



by this word ? More probably the liberty to do 

 just what one chooses to do, titan the liberty to do 

 what the laws of the country and society permit, 

 which is the only civil liberty society can have ; 

 how, then, can we hope to maintain civil liberty if 

 we do nothing to teach what civil liberty is? The 

 first step towards such teaching is hut little attend- 

 ed to, taking the whole of the young population 

 into view. What is the remedy ? It is supposed 

 to be this : The Legislatures of the several States 

 have power to do all that the exigency of the coun- 

 try demands. The Legislatures do whatsoever 

 they believe constituents will approve. The first 

 step, therefore, is to awaken the general attention 

 to the interests of education ; and to make the 

 truth felt, that no money,- public or private, is so 

 will laid out as that, which goes for general instruc- 

 tion. Why general instruction ? Because the most 

 wise, eloquent, and honest, are powerless in a 

 country that rules by universal suffrage, unless 

 they speak to those who can understand. So, 

 what avails it, if there be some who are moral, 

 virtuous, and exemplary, if a majority of citizens 

 ate unable to comprehend the value of such quali- 

 ties ? Thus, education is not a concern of a few 

 privileged pe7-sons, but of all persons. 



Education, however, even general education, in 

 the usual acceptation of the term, will not save 

 our country from anarchy and revolution when 

 the. contrast between the rich and the poor, be- 

 tween rulers and the ruled, (caused by unequal 

 privileges,) which is rapidly increasing, shall be as 

 great hire, as ill the old countries. 



Let every rich man be obliged to educate his 

 children to some useful manual labor ; let all edu- 

 tion be considered worthless which does not ad- 

 vance the useful arts, nor add to the happiness of 

 man ; let the poor man's children have their por- 

 tion of this, and the moment of peril will be yet 

 far oflV' 



"Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the 

 servant who is escaped from his master unto thee. 

 He shall dwell with thee, — where it liketh him 



best ; thou shalt not oppress him." — Deuteronomy 

 xxiii. 15, 16. 



FRESH FALL G009S. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, No. 414 Washington street, 

 has received an extensive assortment of fresh Fall and \\ iulei 

 goods, which be offers, wholesale and retail, lor eash only, con- 

 siderably lower llinn can be bought in the city. Amftiig which 

 are 4 cases English, French and American clolhsj i ctnsistulg ol 

 superior, extra superior, middling and low priced, black, 1 lue. 

 mixed, and every variety of colors. 50 pieces Ca'ssimer^s, I f 

 all colors — 2 cases pelisse cloths, an excellent arl'u !<■ lor chaise 

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

 Claret, iX-c. — 7 cases Salineits, Sniped, and plain of various 

 colors — 5 cases fi- 1 Eng. Merino, a very superior aiticle, and 

 all the most desirable colors, imported expressly fei the sub- 

 scriber — 1 cases 3-4 F.ng. do. of various colors and cjuali'ie- — 

 1 cases Circassians, very superior qualities and various colors 

 — 1 case superior Goats Hair Catublct — 4 bales 4-1 5-4 and li-4 

 Hocking, green and mixed — 12 bales splendid TnrrilVvilhj 

 Hearth rugs — 5 bales Eng. low priced do. do. — 51 hales Do- 

 metts, white, yellow, red, &c. — 10 bales Flannels, Eng. Webb, 

 and American — 10 bales Cotton Carpeting. striped and Mocked 

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

 Ihe cost of importation. — 3 bales American Cotton Flannel*, 

 bleached and unbleached — 1 bale While Counterpanes, all 

 sizes — 10 bales superior London Row Blankets from 10-4 lo 

 14-4 — 1 bales real Indigo Checks from 3-4 to 5-4 — 3 bales 

 American Gingham — '2 cases Eng. Gingham — 29 bales collon 

 Batting — 25 belcs Pillisse Wadding, 12 bales black Waddine — 

 5 ca;>es Embossed Furniture Dimely — 2 cases Embossed 

 Cambrick, for slagc lining — 20 cases Prints, all patterns and 

 prices, Eng. French, and American. — 35 cases Bleached Col- 

 tons — 50 bales unbleached colton — 10 bales Ticking 3-1, 7-C 

 and 4-4, some very superior quality — 2 cases Siucliaws — 2 

 cases Sarsnets — 2 cases Satin Levantines, superior quality — 

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

 colors — 5 cases Linens, Lawns, anil Shirtings 4-4 lo 10-4 with 

 a very extensive assortment of Cambrics and Cambric SffusDni*, 

 Bobbinette and Grecian lace, 4-4 and 6-4 Swiss nonsook, Book 

 Jaconett plain and figured muslins — Hosiery and every varie- 

 ty of seasonable Dry Goods. 



Country merchants will do well lo call and examine for 

 hemsclves. scptlS. 



BOOKS. 



Books upon Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural Economy, 

 Published and for sale by Geo. C. Barrett, N. E. Farmer Of- 

 fice, 52 Norih Markel st. Wholesale and Retail Booksellers 

 supplied on very liberal terms, and their orders solicited. 



auer 14 



GKNTLEMAN'S POCKET FARRIER. 



For sale at the Farmer Office, showing how to use your 

 Horse on a journey ; and what remedies are pioper for com- 

 mon accidents which may beta! him; by F. Turlhell, Veter- 

 inary Surgeon. Price 15 cents. 



July 17 



YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. 



COBBETT'S ADVICE to Young- Men, and incidentKillij 

 to Young Women, in a Series of Letters addressed to a Youth, 

 a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Citizen, or a Subjects — 

 2Go pages, price 56 cents — for sale at the N. E. Farmer 

 office, b'Z, North Market street. aug 2B 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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Cincinnati — S. C. Parkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street. 



Flushing, N. V. — Wm. Prince &- Sons. Prop. Lin. Bot. Oaf. 



Middlebury, Vt. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 



Hartford — Goodwin & Co. Booksellers. 



A'. wDurypdri — Ebenezer Stkhman, Bookseller. 



Portsmouth, A r . //. — J. W. Foster, Bookseller. 



Portland, Me. — Colman, Holden &■ Co. Booksellers. 



Ban&or t Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 



Halifax, N. S. — P.J. Holland, Esq. Editor of liwouider. 



Montreal, L. C— Geo. Bent. 



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