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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FEBRUARY 5, 1S3*. 



MISCELLANY. 



THE FARMER. 



All the toils of summer o'er, 

 Peace and plenty round his door, 

 Who on earth so blest and free 

 As the Farmer? — Like the bee, 

 All the sweets oflife are his— 

 Large and lull his cup of bliss. — 

 Who can envy thrones to kings, 

 When the Plough such treasure brings ? 



See his works with profit crown'd — 

 Barns, with hay-stacks huddled round, 

 Like a family, whom fear 

 Draws within a citcle near; 

 Stately steeds and cattle neat, 

 Cribs of corn and mows of wheat. 

 Thickly peopled is his fold. 

 Harmless sheep and lambs behold, 

 Like the Christian 'midst the din 

 Of a noisy world of sin. 

 Fowls oviparous cackling round, 

 Poised with one foot on the ground, 

 Meet their master as be comes, 

 Cluck their wants and shade their plumes. 

 When at midnight all is still, 

 Hear the geese with voices shrill, 

 At the silliest thought of harm, 

 Raise the tocsin of alarm; 

 While from all the barn-yards round, 

 Echoes back the screaming sound. 



See the lofty turkey-cock, 

 Monarch of the feathered flock, 

 Like a haughty potentate, 

 Strutting round the yard of state, 

 Filled with anger, fierce and dread, 

 At the sight of daring red, 

 Swelled and gobbling as he goes, 

 Dire destruction on his foes — 

 But like other tyrants, he 

 Soon will lose his head, you'll see. 



Ere the morn unlocks her doors, 

 Whence a stream of day -light pours, 

 Ere the bacchanalian goes . 

 From his cups to seek repose, 

 Hear the game-c<>ck's clarion peal, 

 Breaking sleep's mysterious seal, 

 Like a summons from the skies, 

 Calling mortals to arise : 

 While each faithful sentinel, 

 Answers loud that " all is well." 

 Industry obeys the call, 

 Rises, hastens to the stall, 

 And replenishes with food 

 All bis slock, and all his brood, 

 Who around him gladly fly 

 To a bountiful supply. 



Back the husbandman returns, 



Where his fire now briskly burns, 



Where the partner of his joys — 



Ruddy girls and healthful boys, 



Kneeling with him round the chain, 



Send to heaven iheir matin prayers, 



Thus the year with him begins, 



Thus the race to heaven he wins. 



PERIODICAL. AUTHORSHIP. 



There is no lalior more destructive to health 

 than that of periodical literature, and in no species 

 of mental application, or even of manual employ- 

 ment, is the wear and tear of hody so early and so 

 severely felt. The readers of those light articles 

 which appear to cost so little lahor in the various 

 publications of the day, are little aware how many 

 constitutions are broken down in the service of 

 their literary taste. — Dr. Johnson. 



ITALIAN MUSIC. 



An Italian singer on a certain occasion, offended 

 a Venetian nobleman. The singer, to avoid his 

 fury, went to Koine. He was followed by two as- 

 sassins, who arrived at Rome one evening when be 

 was giving a concert. The assassins determined 

 to murder him when the people came out of the 

 church, and went in to watch their victim. Scarce- 

 ly had they listened for a few moments to his 

 delightful voice, than they began to soften ; they 

 were seized with remorse ; they melted into tears, 

 and when he came out, they assured him that lie 

 owed bis life to the impression which his voice 

 bad made upon them. 



ROMAN MORALS. 



" Iw ;!v -itusiiiess of razing anil plundering cities, 



there ought to be taken a very special cure that 

 nothing of rashness or cruelty be shown." 



Cicero's Offices, Book I, § 24. 



POWER OF THE PRESS. 



The two Napier presses worked by steam, now 

 employed by the New York State Tern. Society, 

 can, if driven to the extent of their power, throw 

 off twelve millions of Temperance Recorders per 

 year; and from present indications from all parts 

 of the Union, they will not lack employment. 



100 BUSHELS TIMOTHY SEED, 



GROWTH of 1833, just receive.) ai G. C. Barrett's 

 Seed future. Nos. 51 ifc 52 North Market Street. 



NOTICE. 



A young man, 25 years of age, bred a farmer, and is capable 

 nl overseeing ami laboring on a Farm, wishes lor employment 

 in the above business. Letters post paid, and addressed lo 

 Moses Field, Norihtield, Mass., will be attended lo. Testimo- 

 nials ol good moral character and ability, can be given it ne- 

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cessary. 



INSULT. 



I do not know how you will relish it, said a 

 subscriber who was owing us a couple of dollars, 

 but I shall venture to insult you, by offering you a 

 dollar now, which is all the cash I have by me. 

 We assured him that no offence was given, and 

 that we would be perfectly willing to receive such 

 insults every day — always pocket them. — Erie Obs M 



HIGH PRICES. 



There was once a country store keeper, who 

 was remarkable for the high prices he charged for 

 bis goods. A customer calling one day, found the 

 store open, but no one in attendance. After wait- 

 ing a few moments, he inquired of a neighbor 



where Mr. Cambric was. " Gone over to ,— ," 



(a distance of about ten miles.) " What ! and leave 

 his store open ?" " Yes — his goods are marked so 

 high, he knows that the one who steals them gets 

 a hard bargain at that !" — Lowell Times. 



A SENSIBLE HORSE. 



We do not think the records of instinct ever con- 

 tained a more extraordinary instance than we are 

 now about to relate, and for the truth whereof we 

 pledge ourselves. A few days since, Mr. J. Lane of 

 Pascornb, in Gloucestershire, on his return home 

 turned his horse into a field in which it had been 

 accustomed to graze. A few days before this, the 

 horse had been shod all fours, hut unluckily had 

 been pinched in the shoeing of one foot. In the 

 morning Mr. Lane missed the horse, and caused 

 an active search to be made in the vicinity, when 

 the following singular circumstances transpired. 

 The animal, as it may be supposed, feeling lame, 

 made his way out of the field, by unhanging the 

 gate with his mouth, and went straight to the same 

 farrier's shop, a distance of a mile and a half. The 

 farrier had no sooner opened his shed, than the 

 horse, which bad evidently been standing there 

 some time, advanced to the forge, and held up the 

 ailing foot. The farrier instantly began to examine 

 the hoof, discovered the injury, took off the shoe, 

 and replaced it more carefully, on which the horse 

 immediately turned about, and set off at a merry 

 pace for his well known pasture. Whilst Mr. 

 Lane's servants were on the search, they chanced 

 to pass by the forge, and on mentioning their sup- 

 posed loss, the farrier replied, "Oh, he has been 

 here, and shod, and gone home again," which on 

 their returning, they found to be actually the case. 

 Portland Advertiser. 



TO BE LET 



THE whole, or part of a Farm, in the vicinity of Boston, 

 containing aboui 95 acres of good land, with a convenient 

 House, Barn, and oul houses — of which p s*ession may be had 

 on llie 1st of April next — Provided application is made by a 

 capable, steady and industrious man, of good moral character, 

 and who has neen educated in llie business ot Farming, and 

 who will produce a good recommendation of such qualinca 

 lions — and none oilier need apply. 



For further information, enquire of the proprietor and pub- 

 lisher of the New-England Farmer, at his Office, Nos. 51 &. 

 52, North Market .Street. Boston. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamental TREES, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, &c. Nursery of WILLIAM 

 KENRICK in Newton, 5£ miles, from Boston, 

 by the City Mills. 



This Nursery now comprises a rare and extraordinary collec- 

 tion ot 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 proved in our 

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

 Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries, 55 kinds — Plums, Nectarines, 

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

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

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

 tions of 800 varieties of fruit. 



Wliift mulberries for silk worms — the fruit poor. Also the 



Murus Multicadlis or New Chinese Miuoerry , a beauti- 

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



Of ROSES. A superb collection of from 300 to 400 hardy 

 and China varieties ; selections from numerous importations, 

 and first rale sources. White Flowering Horse Chesnuts. 

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

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

 in all, of Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 650 varieties. Ot 

 Herbaceous dowering plants, a choice selection of 280 varieties, 

 including the Pseonies, Moutan and Papareracea — and 24 other 

 kinds — and 83 splendid varieties of double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are invited to forward their orders earlv Address 

 to WILLIAM KENRICK, Newton. Trees, Redelivered in 

 Boston free ol charge for transportation, arid suitably packed, 

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

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

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

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

 Catalogues gratis on application. Jy 17 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at $3 per annuni, 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pay within 

 sixty days from the lime of subscribing, are entitled to a deduc- 

 tion of fifty cents. 



O 3 No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



AGENTS. 

 New York — G. Thorburn &l Sons, 67 Liberty-street. 



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-W». Thorburn, 347 Market-street. 



Philadelphia — 1). &. C. Laniireth, 85 ('licsnut-streel. 



Baltimore — I. I. Hitchcock, Publisher of American Farmer. 



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



Flushing, N. Y. — Wm. Prince & Sons. Prop. Liu.Bol.Gai. 



Middlelmi'i, Vt. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 



Hartford — Gooiiwin & Co. Booksellers. 



X, taourypori — Ebenezer Stedman, Bookseller. 



Portsmouth, N. H. — J. W. Foster, Bookseller. 



Portland, Me. — Oilman, Holden & Co. Booksellers. 



Bangor, Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 



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



Montreal. 1.. C. — Geo. Bent. 



fife. Louis — Geo. Holton. 



Printed for Geo. C. Barrett by Fold & Damke6*, 

 who execute every description of hook and Fancy Print- 

 inirin good style, and with promptness. Orders for print- 

 ing may be left with Geo. C. Barrett, at the Agrieui 

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