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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



DECEMBER 11, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



Frqm Fessi ndi n's New England Farmer's Almanac. 

 ILLS OP IDLENESS, AND PLASHES WHICH 

 PURSUE THE PUPILS OP PLEASURE. 



BV T. G. EESSENDEN. 



What pains and penalties attend 

 The wight whose being's nun and em! 



Is wholly self enjoyment ! 

 His easy chair becomes a rack, 

 And all Pandora's plagues atlack 



The wretch who wants employment. 



To shun the exquisite distress 

 Which ever waits on idleness, 



He flies to dissipation j 

 Drinks deep to keep his spirits up, 

 And in the inebriating cup 



Drowns health and reputation. 



And now in Fashion's vortex whirl'd, 

 A dandy of the genteel world, 



He figures in [he ton, 

 The wise man laughs, the simple stare 

 To see the consequential air 



The silly rake puts on. 



Now drives his curricle about 

 To club, assembly, ball and rout, 



To waste his time and treasure ; 

 Gives sensual appetite the reins, 

 And lakes illimitable pains 



To seem a man of pleasure. 



The course of life such fools pursue 

 Would worry down the wandering Jew,-— 



Worse off than galley-slaves ! 

 And ten to one, about the time 

 The man of virtue's in his prime, 



Such sots are in their graves. 



But if their days are lengthen'd out. 

 By dint of constitution stout, 



In apathy and pain ; 

 A ruby and carbuncled face 

 Displays the signals of disgrace 



Like mark, erst set on Cain- 



Now dire paralysis and gout > 



Parade their forces round about 



The citadel of life ; 

 In vain the Doctor tries his skill ; 

 His obstinate opponents still 



Are victors in the strife. 



Disease, remorse, with joint atlack. 

 , Now put at once upon the rack 

 Their bodies and their souls ; 

 The wretched victims sutler more 

 Than Montezuma did of yore 

 When strctch'd on burning coals. 



RELIGION AND COURTESY. 



\Yi: have always ranked William Penn among 

 the best men of any age. He was a christian anil 

 a gentleman. lie knew in what liberty of con- 

 science consisted, and what materials formed the 

 gentleman. A real christian is always a gentle- 

 man. Upon the subject of religion and courtesy, 

 Penn says : — 



" However different I am from other men, rela- 

 tive to religious matters, I know no religion that 

 destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. These 

 rightly understood, are great indications of true 

 men, if not good christians." 



We have had occasion, sometimes, to wish 

 that the spirit of Penn was more prevalent. 



This great man -on one of his trials, being treated 



harsh and ungenerously, put soon- home questions 

 to the Recorder, on the law, who became testy^ 

 said — " I tell you to be silent. If we should suf- 

 fer you to ask questions till to-morrow, yon would 

 never be the wiser." 



"That," replied Penn, in his quiet way, "is 

 according as the answers are." 



A WORKING MAN. 



About two years since, an old inhabitant of 

 Nantucket, now about seventy-five years of age, 

 leased a piece of ground for the purpose of rais- 

 ing vegetables for market that, through the follow- 

 ing winter his pecuniary wants might in some 

 measure be mitigated ; but more especially that he 

 might be employed in doing something — for if he 

 is a moment idle, all pleasure of living seems to 

 vanish. After having turned up his two acres, he 

 proceeded to the work of harrowing ; then pro- 

 curing a pair of traces, he attached them to his 

 body, already bent forward with hard work and 

 old age to such a degree, that the ropes from the 

 point of the harrow ran about parallel therewith. — 

 While thus at work, a passer-by dictated by the 

 feelings of humanity, offered him the use of his 

 horse. The old man thanked him, but remarked 

 that the toil was a matter of his own choice, its he 

 had nothing else to do in the day time. So he bar- 

 rowed his ground, planted it, took care of the pro- 

 duce, and at harvest time his wishes were fully 

 realized in the form of a good crop. 



This was not performed merely to attract atten- 

 tion. The whole course of his life has been a 

 continued scene of labor ; and when conversing 

 on bis situation he seems to fear nothing but his 

 inability to "find work." — JVantucket Inquirer. 



CLOVES. 



The tree which produces this well known spice 

 is a native of the East Indies, and in its general 

 appearance resembles the laurel; the parts used 

 are the unexpended flowers, which acquire their 

 dark brown color from the smoke in which they 

 are dried, in order to preserve their aromatic qual- 

 ities. 



From Fessenden's N. E. Farmer's Almanack, for 1834. 



HUSBANDMEN, MANUFACTURERS, AND 

 TRADESMEN. 



He who expects to find the husbandman flour- 

 ishing, while the manufacturers are out of em- 

 ploy ; or the tradesmen on the other hand in pros- 

 perity, while the farmer is in distress, ' let him, as 

 Fuller says, ' try whether one side of his face can 

 smile while the other is perished.' 



Man cannot be idle and enjoy life ; and though 

 he may sometimes complain of the bitterness of 

 the bread which he eats with the sweat of his 

 brow, he would unquestionably find it ten times 

 more bitter, if it could be eaten in absolute idle- 

 ness, and without any considerable exertion either 

 of the body or mind. 



In the morning think what thou hast to do ; aud 

 at night ask thyself what thou hast done. 



Hints to Emigrants. By falling trees that cover 

 the tops and sides of mountains, (says JYI. Hum- 

 boldt) men in every climate prepare at once two 

 calamities for future generations — the want of fuel 

 add the scarcity of 'water. 



Matrimony. Experience has long pronounced 

 those marriages the happiest, in which the con- 



tracting parties tire of a condition nearly equal ; so 

 that when the first ardors of love are abated by 

 lime, neither can assume a superiority, or think it 

 a condescension to have acceded to the nuptial al- 

 lium e. 



Something for setting out. Dr. Franklin did well 

 to establish prudent but indigent young men in 

 trade, to be reimbursed when they became estab- 

 lished ; because when a pump is dry, water must 

 be poured in at the top before any can come up 

 from the bottom. 



BLACK CURRANT WINE. 



A few Bottles of this wine, so highly esteemed by all ac- 

 quainted with its medicinal properties, just received by Geo. 

 C Barrett, 51 and 52, North Market street. a"ug28 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER ALMANAC FOR 



1834. 



JUST published and for sale by Geo. C. Barrett, No. 52 

 North Market street. The New England Farmer's Almanac, 

 for 1831, by T. G.Fessenden, editor of the N. E. Farmer- — 

 Astronomical calculation by R. T. Paine, Esq. Dealers sup- 

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FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamental TREES, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, &c. Nursery of WILLIAM 



KENRICK in Newton, Similes from Boston, 

 by ihe City Mills. 



Tins .Nursery now comprises a rare and extraordinary collec- 

 tion ol fruit trees, Trees and Shrubs of Ornament, Roses, \c. 

 and covers the most of 18 acres. Of new celebrated Pears alone, 

 150 kinds, a part of which, having already been provednn our 

 climate, are specially recommended. — Ot Apples 200 kinds — 

 Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries, do kinds — Plums, Nectarines, 

 Almonds, Apricots, Quinces, Grape Vines, Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Figs, etc. iVc.' — selections 

 from the best varieties known — a collection in unequal propor- 

 tions of 300 varieties of fruit. 



While mulberries tor silk worms — the fruit poor. Also the 



Morus Multicaulis or New Chineser&btlberry,^ beauti- 

 ful fruit tree, so superior for siik worms to all others. 



Of ROSES. A superb collection of from 300 to -100 hardy 

 and China varieties ; selections from numerous importations, 

 and first rate sources. Horse Chesnuts as hardy as oaks — 

 Weeping Willows, Catalpas, Mountain Ash, Silver Firs, Ve- 

 netian Sumach, Altheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, ccc &c. — 

 in all, of Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 050 varieties. Ol 

 Herbaceous flowering plants, a choice selection of -80 varieties, 

 including the Paeonies, Mouian and Papaveracea — and 24 oilier 

 kinds — and 83 splendid varieties of double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are invited lo forward their orders early — early in 

 Autumn being an excellent season for transplanting. Address to 

 WILLIAM KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered iu 

 Boston free of charge for transportation, and suitably packed, 

 ;mil from thence when ordered duly forwarded, by land or sea.. 

 Or orders will receive the same attention if left with Geo. C. 

 Barrett, who is agent, at his seed store and New England 

 Farmer Office, Nos. 51 & 52, North Market Slreet, Boston. 

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