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NEW ENGLAND FARr^IER. 



Feb. 15, 1832. 



M I S C E !>, L. A N Y , 



From the New Monthly Magazine. 

 THE PRAYER IN THE WILDERNESS. 



BY MRS HEMANS. 



Soul of our souls ; anil safeguard ef the wnrhl ! 

 Puslaiu — Thou only cans^ — llio sit'k of heart ; 

 Restore their languid spirits and rei-all 

 Their lost affections unto Thee and Thine. 



WOBDSWORTH. 



In the deep wilderness, unseen, she prayed. 



The daughter of JercisalfTri ; — alone. 



With all the still small whispers ol the night, 



And with the searching friaiices nf the stars, 



And with her Goil, alone! She lified up 



Her sad, sweet voice, while tremblino; o'er her head 



The dark leaves thrill'd with prayer; the tearful prayer 



01 woman's quenchless, yet lepentant love. 



' Father rt' spirits, hear! 



Look on the inmost soul, to Thee revealed ; 



Look on the fountain of tlie burninf; tear. 



Before thy si^ht, in solitude unsealed ! 



' Hear Father ! heat and aid ! 



If I have loveil loo well, if I have shed 



In my vain fondness, o'er a moital head. 



Gifts, on thy shrine, my God, more fitly laid, 



' If I have sought to live 



But in one light, and made a mortal eye 



The lonely star of my idolatr\', 



Thou that art love ! Oh, pity and forgive ! 



' Chastened and schooi'd at last, ' 

 No more, no more my slrugj^lins; spirit burns. 

 Hut lix'd on Thee, from that vain worship turns ! 

 — What have I said .' — the deep dream is not past ! 



' Yet hear! if still I love. 

 Oh ! still too loudly — if fur ever seen, 

 An earthly image comes my soul betwesn, 

 And Thy calm glory, Father, throned above : 



* If still a voice is near, 



(Even while I str;ve these wand'iings to control,) 

 An earthly voice, disquieting my soul. 

 With its deep music, too intensely dear: 



' O Father, draw to thee 

 My lost alfeclions back ! the dreaming eyes 

 Clear from their mist — sustain the heart that dies ; 

 Give the worn soul once more its pinions free I 



* I must love on ; God ! 



This bosom tnust love on ! — but let thy breath 

 Touch and make pure the llnmc that knows no death, 

 Bearing it up to Heaven, Love's own abode !' 



Ages and ages past, the wilderness 



Wiih its dark cedars ; and the thrilling night 



With her pole stars; and the mysterious winds. 



Fraught with all sounil.were conscious of those prayers. 



Huw many such liath itoman's bursling heart 



Since Ihen in silence and in ilarkness breath'd. 



Like a dim night flower's odor up to God! 



it is as liiali as a man, and can even bite a man on 

 horseback. Mr Morreau de Joanes was once 

 riding throvigh a wooil, wlien his horse reared ; 

 and wlien the rider looked arountl to discover the 

 cause of the animal's terror, he perceived a Fei- de 

 lance viper standing quite erect in a bnsli of bam- 

 boo ; and heard it hiss several limes. He would 

 have fired at it with his pistol ; but the affrighted 

 horse drew back so ungovernably, that he was 

 obliged to look about for somebody to hold him. 

 He now espied at some distance a negro upon the 

 ground wallowing in his blood, and cutting with 

 a blunt knife, the flesh from the woiaiil occasion- 

 ed by the bite of the same viiier. When the 

 author acquainted him with his intention of kill- 

 ing the serpent, he earnestly opposed it, as he 

 wished to take it alive and make use of it for his 

 cure, according to the superstitious notion of the 

 negroes accordingly. 



He soon rose, cut some lianes, made a snare 

 with them, and then concealing himself behind a 

 bush, near the viper, he attracted his attention by 

 a low whistling noise, and suddenly throwing a 

 noose over the animal, drew it tight, and secured 

 his enemy. 3Ir INIorreau saw this negro twelve 

 months afterwards, but he had not perfectly 

 recovered the use of his limbs bitten by the viper. 

 The negroes persecute these vipers with the great- 

 est acrimony. When they have killed one, they 

 cut ofl" his head, and bury it deep in the earth, 

 that no mischief m.-iy be done with their fangs, 

 which are dangerous after the death of the animal, 

 i\Icn and lieasts slum this formidable reptile ; the 

 birds manifest the same antipatliy for that, a.s they 

 ilo for owls in Europe, and a small one of the 

 loxia kind, even gives warning by its cry that a 

 viper is at hand. 



THE HORSE AND VIPER. 



By a report read before the Royal Institute of 

 France in 1830, it appears that the great viper 

 called Fer de lance is one of the most dreadful 

 scourges of the West Indies, but is found only in 

 Martinique, St Lucia and another small island. 

 The viper is so savage tliat tlie moment it sees any 

 person, it immediately erects itself and springs 

 upon him. In raising itself it rests upon four 

 rqiial circles, formed by tlie lower part of the 

 body ; when it sjjrings these circles are suddenly 

 dissolved. After the spring if it should miss its 

 object, it may be attacked with advantage, but th 

 requires considerable courage ; for as soon as it 

 erects itself again, the assailant runs the greater 

 risk of being bitten. Often, too, it is so bold, as 

 to follow its enemy by leaps and bounds instead 

 of fleeing from him ; and it does not cease the 

 pursuit till its revenge is glutted. In its erect 

 position it is so much the more formidable, because 



Seeds for Country Dealers. 



TRADERS in the country, who may wish tokepp an as- 

 sortment of ;;eniiiTie Garden Seeds lor sale, are informed 

 Ihey c.ui be furnished at the New England Farmer of- 

 fice. No. 5lli North Market street, Boston, with boxes 

 contniuing a complete assoi-iinent of the seeds mostly 

 u-^cd in a. kitchen garden, on as favorable terms as Ihey 

 can lie procured in this country, neatly done up in small 

 lin|H'is, at 6 and 12 cents each — warranted to be of the 

 \;rowlh of 1831, and of the rery first quality. Orna- 

 mental Flowkp. SiJEDS will he added on the same 

 terms when ordered, .is well as Peas, Beans, Early 

 and S^EET CpR.N, &c, of different smts. 



[t"' The seeds vended at this establishment, are put tip 

 on an improved plan, each package being accompanied 

 with j'lhort directions on its management, and packed in 

 the neatest style. — Traders are requested to call and ex- 

 amine for themselves. Nov. 12. 



Farm for Sale. 



FOR sale an excellent Farm in the town of Peterbo- 

 rough, N.Ii. Said Farm is pleasantly situated about a 

 mile fioin the village ; formerly the residence of the late 

 John Smith, Esq. and contains about si.xly acres of good 

 land, well walled, with a good House and Harn, and other 

 out-buildings. Terms reasonable, and possession to be 

 given the first of April. For further particulars, inquire 

 of Dea. John Field, near the premises, or at No. 3, 

 Kowe's Wharf, Boston. 31* Jan. 25 



Flooring Boards, &c. 



OF hard Southern Pine, or Eastern White Pine, fur- 

 nished to order, ready planed (by steam power) and 

 tongued or grooved, of any required ilimensions. Quality 

 good, and price lower than thev can be elsewhere had. 



Apply to E. COPELAND, Jr, 6.5, Broad street. 



We give the annexed extracts from the letter of 

 •T. J. Audubon, Esq. the Ornithologist, which were 

 omitted on Saturday. The amphibious habits of the 

 rattlesnakes at tlie South, are certainly novelties 

 in the history of that species of serpent. — Philadel. 

 Gaz. 



' I have discovered a most extraordinary fact in 

 the habits of the rattlesnake which abounds in tliis 

 country— it is no less than the reptiles swim across 

 the salt rivers which divide in a continued line tlie 

 main fioni the sea islands ; — swimming in some in- 

 stances, fully one mile. I have indeed heard the 

 dubious assertion that they coiled themselves on the 

 water, on being approached by a man, as they do on 

 the land, without sinking. This I prefer to see before 

 I ran believe. 



When wo leave this, I proceed to Indian River, 

 the whole of which, with its tributaries, I must 

 explore, lintend to be employed thus, about two 

 months. 



I design, if possible, to go in the U. S. schooner 

 now at St Augustine, up to the head waters of the 

 St John River, and afterwards to Cape Florida and 

 Key West. If I should be disappointed in this, I 

 shall pro'bably be forced to return to Charleston, and 

 charter a small vessel for that purpose.' 



A newspaper published in Indiana contains the 

 following notice from a candidate for office : 



' Mr .Semans : You are authorised to announce 



Reuben Putnam, as a candidate for County 



Recorder. And, moreover, that / will roll out a 

 barrel of RUM on the day of election. 



Lafayette, Dec. 13. REUBEN PUTNAJM.' 



European Leeches. 



The subscriber has made such arrangements abroad 

 as to enable him to be eonstanlly supplied with Ihe gen- 

 uine medical Leech. .Ml orders will receive prompt at- 

 tention.' EBENEZER WIGHT, 



46, Milk street, opposite Federal-sf., Apothecary. 



Ammnnition. 



OF the best quality ai.n lotrest prieef, for sporting 



constantly for sale at COPELANU'.S PO W DER STORE 

 6'> Broad Street. ' 



N. B. If the quality is not found satisfactory, it may 

 be returned, and the momy will ho reh^nueu Jan. 1 



Jewelry, Watches, and Fancy Goods. 

 \VM. M. IVESSON, Nn. 105 Washington Street. 

 Boston, is coiwtanlly supplied with a good assortment 

 of Watches, Silver and Plaied Ware, Jewelry, Cutlery, 

 Trays of all kinds, Fancy Goods, ^c, fyc, which he wili 

 dispose of at ss low a rate as can be purchased in the 

 city. [CT Watches repaired and warranted. 



Farmer Wanted. 



Wanted on a dairy Fiirm wilhin thirty miles of Bos- 

 ton, a manicd man to lake the same on shares. Good 

 recommendations will be required for capacity, integrity 

 ind fiulblulness, as also ex|eiience in making butter.— 

 Inquire at this office. Feb. 1. 



Published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annum, 

 payable at the end of the jear — bnt those who pay within 

 sixty d.ivs Irom the time of subscribing, are entitled to 

 deduction ol lifty cents. 



O" No paper will be sent to a distance witnout payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. RissELi,, by I. R. Bi;tts— by whom 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for Printing received by J. B. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 'North 

 Market Street. 



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 Baltimnre — G. B. Smith, Editor of the American Farmer. 

 (•incymat! — S. C. P.irkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street, 

 Flusln„x- N.r. Wm I'rince& Sons, Prop.Lin.Bot.Gardea 

 Middlelntnj, 1(. — Wir.HT Cbapm \N. 

 Hartford — Goodwin tV Co. Booksellers, 

 Springfield, ..1/s. — E. Edwards. 

 Newlni.ryport. — Ehenfzer Stedman, Bookseller 

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

 Portla7id, ^/e. — Samuel Colman, Bookseller. 

 Ai'gysta. Me. — Wm. Mann. 

 \Halifux, Ti.S. — P.J. Holland, Esq. Recorder OlBca, 

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