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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FEBRtlARY 19, 1834. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Token for 1834. 

 FLOWERS. 



BT MRS. SIOOURNIT. 



I'li. tell tliee a story, sweet, 



Here under this shady tree, 

 If thou 'It keep it safe in thy faithful breast, 



I'll whisper the whole to tbee. 



1 had a lover, once, 



In my early, sunny hours, 

 A fair and fanciful youth was he, 



And he told his love in flowers. 



? remember its waking sigh. — 



We roam'd in a verdant spot, 

 And he cull'd for me a cluster bright 



Of a purple Forget-me-not. 



But I was a giddy girl, 



So I toss'd it soon away, 

 And gatlier'd the dandelion buds, 



And the wild grape's gadding spray. 



He mark'd their blended hues, 



With a sad and reproachful eye, 

 For one was "he symbol of thoughtless mirth, 



And one of coquetry. 



Yet he would not bp baffled thus. 



So he brought for my chrysta! vase, 

 The rose geranium's tender bloom, 



And the blushing hawthorn's grace. 



And a brilliant and fresh bouquet, 



Of the moss rose buds he bore. — 

 Whose eloquent brows with dew drops pcarl'd, 



Were rich in the heart's deep lore. 



I would not refuse the gift 



Though I knew the spell it wove, 

 But I gave him back a snow white bud, 



" Too young, too 3'oung to love.'* 



Then he proffer'd a myrtle wreath, 



With damask roses fair, 

 And took the liberty — only think, 



To arrange it in my hair. 



And he prest in my yielding hand, 



The everlasting pea, 

 Whose questioning lips of perfume breath' 



" Will thou go, will thou go with me T" 



Yet we were but children still, 

 And our love though it seem'd so sweet 



Was well expressed by the types it chose, 

 For it passed away as fleet. 



Though lie brought the laurus leaf 



That changes but to die, 

 And the amaranth, and the evergreen, 



Yet what did they signify. 



Off o'er his vaunted love 



Suspicious moods had power, 

 So 1 put a French marigold in his but, 



Thai gaudy, jealous flower. 



But the rootless passion shrank 



Like Jonah's gourd away, 

 Till tin 1 shivering ice p ant best might mark 



The grades oi lis chill decay. 



And he satl'd o!er the faithless sea, 



To .1 brightei clii ie than ours — 

 So it faded that f nd . nd firkli 1 



Like its alph lb I ol Ho vers.i 



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Tiiiisf. we call inn 

 it i.s it very good rn ■ ■■ I ■ n pine , . 



first to make Lh in do tin ir work ns day labi . 

 and then pay them I ly whttt they I 



* ■','"' "■'■,') Book I. 



From the Poughkeepsie Republican. 

 GOLDEN RULES 



To render young Tradesmen respectable, prosperous, 

 and wealthy. 



1. Choose a good and commanding situation, 

 even at a high rent or premium ; for no money is 

 so well laid out as for a situation, provided good 

 use be made of it. 



2. Take your shop door off its hinges at seven 

 o'clock every morning, that no obstruction may he 

 opposed to your customers. 



3. Clean and set out your windows before eight 

 o'clock ; do this with your own hnnds, that you 

 may expose for sale the articles which are most 

 saleable, and which you most want to sell. 



4. Sweep before your house ; and, if required, 

 open a footway from the opposite side of the street, 

 that passengers may think of yoti while crossing, 

 and that all your neighbors may be sensible of your 

 diligence. 



5. Wear an apron, if such be the custom of 

 your business ; and consider it as a badge of dis- 

 tinction, which will procure you respect and credit. 



6. Apply your first returns of ready money to 

 pay debts before they are due, and give such trans- 

 actions due emphasis by claiming discount. 



7. Always be found at home, and in some way 

 employed ; and remember that your meddling 

 neighbors have their eyes upon you, and are con- 

 stantly guaging you by appearances. 



8. Re-weigh or re-measure all your stock, 

 rather than let it be supposed you have nothing 

 to do. 



9. Keep some article not usually kept, or sell 

 some current article cheap, that you may draw new 

 customers, and enlarge your intercourse. 



10. Keep up the exact quality and flavor of all 

 articles which you find are approved of by your 

 customers, and by this means enjoy your prefer- 

 ence. 



11. Buy for ready money as often as you have 

 any to spare ; and when you take credit, pay 10 a 

 day, and unasked. 



12. No advantage will arise to you from any 

 ostentatious display of expenditure. 



13. Beware of the odds and ends of stock, of 

 remnants, of spoiled goods, and of waste, for it is 

 in such things your profits lie. 



14. In serving your customers be firm and 

 obliging, and never lose your temper, for nothing 

 is got by it. 



15. Always be seen at church or chapel on 

 Sunday, never at a gambling table ; aud seldom at 

 the theatre or places of amusement. 



16. Prefer a prudent and discreet, to a rich and 

 showy wife. 



17. Spend your evenings by your own fireside ; 

 and slum a public house or a Scottish club (yea, 

 even a Caledonian) as you would a bad debt. 



18. Subscribe, with your neighbors to a book 

 club ; and improve your mind, that yon may be 

 qualified to use your influence with credit to your- 

 self and advantage to the public. 



19. Take stock every year, estimate your prof- 

 its, and do not spend above their fourth. 



20. Avoid the common folly of expending your 

 precious capital upon a costly architectural front; 

 such things operate on the world like paint on a 



i.s cheek — repelling beholders instead pf at- 

 •m. — [We don't know what to say to 

 this rule.] 



21. Every pound wasted by a young trades- 

 iii 1 is in" pounds lost at the end of three years, 



and sixteen pounds at the end of twenty-four years. [ 



22. To avoid being robbed and ruined by ap- 

 prentices and assistants, never allow them to go 

 from home in the evening; and the restriction will 

 prove equally useful to servant and master. 



23. Remember that prudent purchasers nvoid 

 the shop of an extravagant and ostentatious trader 

 — for they justly consider that, if they deal with 

 him, they must contribute to his follies. 



24. Let these be your rules till you have real- 

 ized your stock, and till you can take discount for 

 prompt payment on all purchases ; and you may 

 then indulge iu any degree of expense which your 

 habits and sense of prudence suggest. 



John finished his reading ; mothers and chil- 

 dren partook of a flagon of hot spiced elderberry 

 wine, which the housekeeper produced ; and 

 grandpapa kissed the little ones at parting, and 

 said this had been one of the most satisfactory days 

 in his pilgrimage of threescore and ten years. 



COTTON GOODS 

 AT REDUCED PRICES. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, 414 Washington st. (South 

 End.) offers lor sale, the largest assortment of COTTON 

 GOODS, to be found in any retail store in the city, at very re- 

 duced prices, viz. 



10 cases of Colors rich dark Calicoes, at 12^ cts. 



10 " Light, small figured " 12* " 



3 " do do do Plaid-" 10 " 

 5 " Various patterns, " 6d 



1 " Furniture Patch Is 



1 " " " 9d 



4 bales 3-4 Unbleached Cottons, 4i cts. 

 9 " 3-4 •' " 6d 



8 " 9-8 " " 10 cts. 



8 " 9-8 Newmarket, manufactured of warp and 



very stout, for shirting, 12^ cts. 



2 cases 5-4 Bleached Cotton, 12| " 



1 " Hamilton Lous; Cloth, 20 " 



2 " Fine drest 9-8 Cotton, Is 



3 " do and stout, 4-4 do 12Jcts. 

 10 " 9-8 do 10 " 



4 " 3-4 do 6d 



1 " 3-4 do 44 cts. 



1 bale Bleached Colton Flannel, 6 " 



1 " " " " 10 



1 « " " « 7-8 124 " 



1 " " " " very fine 4-4 Is 



Bleached and Unbleached American Jeans. 

 Also — A large assortment of Flannels, from one shilling to 



one dollar per yard. 

 Black and Colored Bombazetts, at 12£ cts. 



Camblet and Plaid do 12J " 



Yellow, Green and Scarlet Moreens, 25 " 



3-4 and 6-4 English Merino, superior fabric and desirable 

 colors — A large variety of superior fabric and low priced, mix- 

 ed, &c. — Cassimercs — Brown Linen — 4-4 Irish White, and 5-4 

 Linen Sheeting — Long Lawn, &.c. — 3-4 and 4-4 Col'rJ and 4-4 

 and 6-4 plain Hair, Cord and Check, and Plain Cambrics, 

 tf Feb. 5. 



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 MiddlebutUi W- — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 

 Hartford — Goodwin &. Co. Booksellers. 

 Ncu'hunjpori — Ebenf.zf.r Stedman, Bookseller. 

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

 Augusta. Me.— William Snei.l, Druggist. 

 Woodstock, IV.— J- A. Pratt. 



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

 Bangor, lie. — Witt. Mann. Druggist. 

 Halifax, X. S.—P.S. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recorder. 



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