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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MAT 14, 1834. 



M ISC El, LA N Y. 



BIRTH DAYS. 



" My birth day!" — What a different sound 



Thai word had in my youthful ears; 

 And how, each time the day comes round, 



Less and less while its mark appears ! 

 "Whin 1 1 r > t nor scanty years are told, 



It seems like pastime to grow old ; 

 And, as youth counts the shining links 



That time around him binds so last, 

 Pleased vviili the la-k he little thinks 



How hard that chain will press at last. 

 Vain was the man, and false as vain, 



Who said, ' were he ordained to run 

 His long career of life again, 



He would do all that he had done,' 

 Ah ! 'lis tioi thus the voice that dwells 

 In sober birth days speaks lo me ; 

 Far otherwise — of tune ii lells 



Lavish'd unwisely — carelessly — 

 Of counsel niock'd — of talents, made 



Haply for high and pure designs, 

 But oft, like Israel's increase; laid 



Upon unholy, earthly shrines — 

 Of nursing- many a wrong desire — 



Of wandering after love too far, 

 And taking every meteor fire 



That cross'd my pathway, for his star ? 

 All this it tells, and could I trace 



The imperfect picture o'er again, 

 With power to add, retouch, ciVace 



The lights and shades, the joy and pain, 

 How little of the pa-t would' slay! 



How quickly all should melt away — 

 All — but that freedom ol the- mind 



Which halh been more than wealth to me; 

 Those friendships in my boyhood twined, 



And kept till now unchangingly; 

 And dial dear home, that saving ark, 



Where love's Hue light at last I've found, 

 Cheering within, when all grows dark, 



And comfortless, and stormy round I 



HISTORICAL, SCRAFS. 



Julius Cesar fought 50 pitched battles, and 

 killed one million and a half of men. Mauling, 

 who threw down the Gauls from the Capitol, had 

 received 23 wounds, and taken two spoils before 

 he was seventeen years of age. Dentatus fouaht 

 120 haitles; was 30 times victorious in single 

 combat, ami received 4.5 wounds in front; he has 

 among bis trophies 70 belts, 8 mnrial, 3 obsidionel, 

 and 12 civic crowns. Cato pleaded 400 causi> 

 and gained them all. Cyrus knew the names of 

 all the. soldiers in the army. Lucius Scipio knew 

 the names of all the Roman people. Cbiinedes 

 could relate all he ever beard, in the stone words. 

 Julius Ctes.ir wrote, read, dictated, and listened to 

 the conversation of bis friends at the same time. 

 A philosopher is mentioned by Pliny, who being 

 struck with u stone, forgot bis alphabet. A man 

 reputed fur bis stupidity, fell from his horse, ami 

 being trepanned, became very remarkable for the 

 sprjghlliiless ol' bis genius. The orator Carv'mus 

 forgot his own name. Mithridates spoke to the 

 ambassadors of 22 different nations without tut in- 

 terpreter. Julius Viator lived lo an advanced old 

 ag ■, without drinking water, or using any kind ol 

 liquid nourishment. Crassus, grandfather to the 

 Triutnvirassus who was slain by the Parthians, 

 never laughed. 



A CASE OP EMERGENCY. 



A.n Irishman, who made an honest penny by 

 swapping horses, anil taking something to boot, 

 once attempted to cross a river' at a high freshet, 

 with bis only remaining mare and colt. He was 

 washed from the back of the former, arid si izing 

 the tail of the colt, liufielteil the angry waves, 

 much lo the dissatisfaction of the "crater." His 

 friends on the banks of the river, seeing bis peril- 

 mis situation, and bis frail support, called out to 

 him to leave the coll and take the mare. "Oh! 

 botheration to ye," exclaimed Pat, in till his tribu- 

 lations, " it's no time jentlemen to talk about swap- 

 ping horses." 



ALTERED HABITS OP THE LADIES. 



The ladies have made their " state more gra- 

 cious" by reducing the size of their bonnets, for 

 which relief much thanks. When the sleeves shall 

 have recovered from the swellings with which they 

 have so long been affected, our beauties will look 

 more beautiful yet ; For when it is recollected that, 

 in military tactics, eighteen inches is the space 

 allowed for a soldier's breadth in line, it must 

 seem rather disproportionate in a lovely girl ol 

 eighteen to occupy at least three times as much 

 ground as a grenadier. — New Monthly Magazine. 



DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOLAR AND ARTI- 

 FICIAL HEAT. 



A remarkable difference has always been ob- 

 served between the calorific rays, emanating from 

 the sun, and those emitted from terrestrial sources, 

 even of the most intense beat, viz.; that the for- 

 mer can pass through glass, without suffering any 

 apparent diminution, whilst the hitter cannot pass 

 through the same substance but in an almost insen- 

 sible quantity. The experiment is easily made : 

 expose yourself to the sun, and afterwards to the 

 fire of a chimney ; interpose a large square of glass 

 to the passage of the rays on the face — the sensa- 

 tion of bent from the solar rays continues without 

 any sensible alteration, while it completely ceases 

 from those of the fire. 



Researches sufficiently extensive proved to M. 

 Melloni, that this essential difference in the na- 

 ture of solar and terrestrial heat, depends on a 

 simple mixture of many sorts of rays, in various 

 proportions; that is to say, that the heat of both 

 one and the other, is like light, composed of many 

 rays, and that rays of the same kind are not found 

 in the same proportions. — Journal Hebdnn. 



Conundrum. — Why are good singers like Cod- 

 fish ? lit cause ihey have nothing better than 

 tongues and sounds. 



From the Zion's Herald. 

 A GOOD WIPE. 



A good wife will help to improve the fortune 

 of her husband. No man ever prospered in the 

 world without the consent and co-operation of his 

 wife. Let him be ever so frugal, regular, indus- 

 trious, intelligent, successful, all goes for nothing 

 if she is profuse, disorderly, indolent, or unfaith- 

 ful to her trust. " By much sloihfulness the building 

 decayeth, and through idleness of llie bauds, the 

 house droppeth through." But, Olhow good a 

 thing it is, and how pleasant, when the gracious 

 intentions of God and nature are fulfilled ! With 

 what spirit and perseverance does a man labor in 

 his vocation, when he knows that bis earnings 

 will In faithfully disposed, and carefully improved. 

 With what confidence will be resort to bis farm, 

 to his merchandise — fly over the hind, over the 

 sea, meet difficulty, meet danger — if he has the 

 assurance that he is not spending his time and 

 strength and vain ; that all is well and safe at home ; 



that indulgent Heaven has crowned all his other 

 blessings with that of an help-meet tor him, a dis- 

 creet manager of bis estate, a fellow laborer with 

 him from a sense of duty, from interest,. and from 

 affection. This is the portrait of a g<n >il wife, 

 drawn by the pencil of inspiration. — (Prov. -\-\.\i. 

 10—31. Joseph. 



Wiw-.he.ndon, April 24, 1S34. 



FRUIT TREES. 



'CRNAMMiTAl. TREES, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS,&c. Nursery of WILLIAM 

 KENRICK tn Newton, 5^ miles I rem Boston, 

 by the t lity Mills, 

 lurser) now comprises a rarcahd extraordinary collec 

 lion ot i run trees, Tree's and Shrubs ol Ornament, Ki sea, &c. 

 and oovers the most ol 18 acres: Of new celebrated \Feafi alone, 

 150 kinds, a part of which, having aln ady been proved in ,air 

 climate, are specially recommended — <>i Apples 200 kinds — 

 Peaches 115 kinds — Cherries, 55 kinds — I lums, Nectarines, 

 Almonds, Apricots, Quinces, Grape \ ines, Currants, Raspber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Figs, sVc &c.' — selections 

 from the b< i varied* s known — a collection ia unequal propor- 

 tions of800 i ni ielies ol fruit. 



While mulberries for silk worms — the frail poor. Also the 

 Morus MuLTiCAULis or New Chinese Mulberry, a beauti- 

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



Of ROSES. A superb collection ol from 31 II to 400 hardy 



and Ciena varieties; select - from numerous importations, 



and first rate sources. While Flowering Horse Chesnuts. 

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

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

 n all. ol Ornamental trees, and shrubs, 650 varieties. Ol 

 Herbaceous flowering plants, a choice selection of 280 varieties, 

 including the Paeonies, Mouiau ami Papareract a— and 24 other 

 kinds — and 83 splendid varieties ol double Dahlias. 



Gentlemen are invited to lorward their orders early Address 

 to V\ ll.l.IA.M KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &.c. delivered in 

 Boston free of chargefor transportation, and suitably packed, 

 and from I la -nee w hen ordered dulv I ecu arded, by land or sea.. 

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

 Barrett, who is agent, at his seed store aiuvNcvi England 

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

 Catalogues gratis un application. Jy 17 



GOOSEBERRIES. 

 A new importation of superior kinds, jusl received, of all 

 colofs.by WM. KENRICK. Newton. 



DAMAGED BISHOPS LAWN AND MIS1.INS. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, at No. 414 Washington 

 Street, will open lor stile this (lav. 



1 Case wet (but not damaged) Bishops Lawn. 

 1 do. do. do. Book Muslin. 



Also, 1 do. Superfine 6-4 Cambric Dimoties, which will be 

 offered by the Piece at 25 per cent, less than cost ol importa- 

 tion, m 14 



STRAW CARPETING. 

 ELIAB STONE BREWER, No. 414 Washington street, 



has received a lot ol lUli pieces superior straw carpeting white 

 and fancy checks, 5-4. 6-4, aad 7-4 widths, wh.cli he will sel 

 by the piece or yard at very low prices. Also, Canton Straw 

 table mails. islf. ' a 16. 



THE HEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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 Cincinnati — S. C. Pakkhckst. 23 Lower Market-street. 

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 Hartford — 6oodwin & Co, Booksellers'. 



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Portsmouth, A'. H. — J. W. Foster, Bookseller. 



Augusta, Hie. — Wili.ako Smell, Druggist. 



Woodstock. Vt. — J. A. Pratt. 



Portlaiiid. Me. — Coi. a in. Holden & Co. Booksellers. 



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Halifax, A. <B. — P.J. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recurder. 



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