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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 30, 1832. 



miscellany. 



WOMAN. 



Ihoul by lieaven ordained to be 



Arbitress of man's destiny! 



From thy sweet lip one tender sigh — 



One glance from thine approving eye — 



Can raise or bind him at thy will, 

 To virtue's noblest flights, or worst extremes of ill. 



Be angel-minded ! and despise 



Thy sex's little vanities; 



And let not passion's lawless tide, 



Thy better purpose sweep aside ; 



For wo awaits the evil hour, 

 That lends to man's annoy thy heaven entrusted power. 



Woman ! 'tis thine to cleanse the heart 

 From every gross, unholy part ; 

 Thine in domestic solitude, 

 To win him to be wise and good ; 

 His pattern, guide, and friend, to be. 

 To give him back the he?ven he forfeited for thee ! 



Greece, enkindles a desire in the minds of llie pu- 

 pils to undeistand the geography and history of 

 those coinitries, and of those near them, to which 

 they sustain important relations. Tlie history and 

 geography tlius tauglit will Iiardly ever be forgot- 

 ten. — Annals of Education. 



MODE OF USING NEWSPAPERS IN 



SCHOOLS. 

 It has been more than once proposed that news- 

 papers should be introduced into our schools ; — 

 their indiscriminate use would be far from profit- 

 able ; but the following extract from " Alcot's liis- 

 torical description of the first public school in 

 Hartford," illustrates a method of conducting this 

 exercise, which cannot fail to do good. 



" Scholars, what is the latest news from Eu- 

 rope ? 'The 15i-itish Parliament is prorogued.' 

 Prorogued ! what does that mean .' ' Adjourned.' 

 Who did this ? Wlio prorogued the Parliament ? 

 < The king.' Who is tlie king of Great Britain ? 

 ' William IV.' Is he a popular king ? ' Yes.' 

 What do you mean by popular? 'In favor with 

 the people.' Why did the king prorogue the Par- 

 liament? 'Because he was friendly to the Reform 

 Bill.' And who are ojiposed to that Bill ? ' The 

 Peers, or House of Lords.' How many Houses 

 are there in the British Parliament ? ' Two.' 

 What are they called ? ' The House of Lords, and 

 House of Commons.' 



" How has the war between Russia and Poland 

 terminated ? ' The Russians have taken Warsaw 

 and conquered Poland.' What is to become of 

 Poland now ? ' It will probably come under the 

 yoke of Russia again.' Who has most distinguish- 

 ed himself in this war ? ' The Polish General, 

 Skryznecki.' 



" What was the last news of Greece ? ' The 

 Count Capo d'Istrias has been assassinated.' Who 

 ■was Count Capo d'Istrias ? ' The President of 

 Greece.' Is Greece in Asia? 'No, sir.' Where 

 is it then ? ' In the southern part of Europe.' 



" What is the most important news in the Uni- 

 ted States? 'Congress has just assembled at 

 Washington.' For what purpose does Congress 

 meet ? ' To make laws.' Of whom does Con- 

 gress consist ? How many Senators from each 

 State, and how often a])pointcd ? How many 

 Representatives, and how long do they hold their 

 office ? " 



This will serve as a specimen of the method of 

 studying newspapers. This plan is rather novel, 

 and well calculated to excite a taste for reading 

 and a love for general information. But this is 

 not all. The conversation about Poland and 



FAULTS OF ANNIVERSARIES. 



To be perpetually calling out " Mr President ! " 

 or " Sir ! " " Sir ! " in the most animated and em- 

 phatic parts of the address, as if the speaker Avould 

 overwhelm the unfortunate chairman with a flood 

 of eloquence that had been directed towards the 

 audience. 



To have everything so "cut and dried" before 

 hand as to appear too formal ; resolutions being 

 printed and seemingly a matter of course, for 

 which the audience have little care. Concealed 

 method would no doubt improve this defect and 

 afford the audience the pleasure of novelty. 



To speak in a measured, oratorical manner — 

 sentences sweUing with the pomp of Johnson and 

 Burke — while an audience of three thousand peo- 

 ple are hungry for simple facts, and are prepared 

 to hail an anecdote well told, if it be the truth and 

 have a bearing on the subject, with greater joy 

 than they would all the sonorous elocjuence that 

 ever was bellowed from the forum, or the bar, or 

 the desk. 



To compliment a previous speaker, who no 

 doubt has his hands full to keep down the risings 

 of i)ride which have their promptings nearer home. 

 To speak of being unexpectedly called upon to 

 take a part in the exercises, when every word of 

 the speaker's address had been written more than 

 a year before, and safely deposited in the recesses 

 of a cranium too thick to have suffered a single 

 sentence, word, or comma, to make its escapg/rT 



To overstate the importance of favorite objects ; 

 and thus lay a temptation before an audience, that 

 may swerve from a true judgment. — Badger's 

 jyeekly Messenger. 



The full blooded Horse Sportsman. 



THE Subscriber has secured the full-blooded horse 

 Sportsman, to stand the ensuing season at the " Ten 

 Hills Stock Farm," commencing April 10th, and ending 

 August 10th. 



Terms — One Dollar to the Gjoom. and ten dollars for 

 the season, — rash, or a note on demand, or fifteen dollars 

 to insure a mare in foal, by a conditional note at eleven 

 months. 



Good keeping for mares, at one dollar per week, at the 

 risk of the owners. t 



Sportsman is not surpassed for spirits, and has as good 

 strains of blood, as any horse in this country. His dam 

 was a direct descendant from the best blood in England, 

 his sire, the full-blooded imported Arabian Horse " Bus- 

 sorah." It is with these strains ot blood that England 

 has hid defiance to the world on the fur/" and iu ihe field, 

 for more than a century past. 



Sportsman's get are very promising, and may be seen 

 on tlie farm. 



Satisfactory proof of the pedigree of this horse as given 

 below, is in my possession. 



PEDIGREE. 



Sportsman was foaled in 1S23, the property of the late 

 Gen. Coles of Dosoris, Long Island, and sired by the 

 " Bussorah Arabian," out of Sportsraistress by Hickory, 

 her dam the famous racing mare Miller's Damsel (the' 

 dam also of American Eclipse) by Mcssinger Grand Dam, 

 the imported PolSos mare, G. G. dam by Giincrack, &c. 



Hickory was by Whip, his dam. Dido by Dare Devil, 

 G Dam by Wildair, G G Dam by Clockfast,G G G Dam 

 the Dam of the celebrated Virginia, " Bucephalus" and 

 Lailv Teazle. 



"Mcssinger" by " Mambrino," Dam by Turf, G 

 Dam by Rc'gulus,G G Dam by Starling, Fox, Bay Bol- 

 ton. Duke of Ancastor's Turf, Byerly Turk, TaRblet 

 Barb, Place's white Turk, Native barb marc, PotSos 

 was by Eclipse, Dam Sportsmistress, by Warren's Sports- 



Enormous Stones at the Temple of Bailee. 

 There is a curiosity of this place, wliicli a man 

 had need be well assured of his credit before he 

 venture to relate, lest he should be thought to strain 

 the privileges of a traveller too far. That which 

 I mean is a large piece of old wall which encom- 

 passed a number of structiu'cs. A wall made of 

 such enormous great stones, that the neighbors 

 thereabouts (as it is usual in things of a strange 

 nature) ascribe it to the architecture of the devil. 

 Three of the stones which were larger than the 

 rest, we took the pains to measure, and found them 

 to extend sixtyone yards in length ; one was twen- 

 tyone, and the other two each twenty yards ; in 

 depth they were foiu' yards eacli^ and in breadth 

 of the same dimensions. These three stones lay 

 in one and the same row, end to end. The rest 

 of the wall was made also of great stones, but none 

 I think so great as these. That which added to 

 the wonder was, that these stones were lifted up 

 into the wall more than twenty feet from the 

 ground. — MandreWs Journey to Jerusalem. 



man, G Dam Golden Locks by Oronoko, I'anton's Crab, 

 Partner, &.c. See 1st and 2d volume of English stud 

 book. 



PF.RFORMANCE. 



At three years he won the sweepstakes on the Union 

 course. Long Island, against five horses. On the same 

 course, the same season, he won a maichrace against 

 Mr. Stevens' " Rattler". In the autumn of 1827, he ran 

 upon the same course, and won at three heats, (three 

 mile heats) beating Richard 3d from Virginia, Misfor- 

 tune and American Boy. He has never given way in his 

 limbs or wind. These are all his public performances, 

 and he never U'as beaten. 



Ten Hills Stock farm, on the Medford Turnpike, two 

 and a half miles from Boston. 



SAMUEL JAQUES.Jr. 



Ten Hills Farm, April 4. 



Younir Barefoot. 



THIS very handsome Colt, just three years idd, (wa» 

 Ihe first colt ever got in America, by the truly cele- 

 brated full blood horse Barefoot, sent from England by 

 Sir Isaac Coffin,) was raised by John Prince, Esq. at Ja- 

 maica Plain, near Boston, out of a large and superior 

 mare of American breed. He is a beautiful dark bay, 

 with black mane and tail, and is considered an animal of 

 great promise. He will be kept for the usual season at 

 the stable in Brighton, where Barefoot and Cleaveland 

 have heretofore stood. 



Terms — $12 — to be paid before the mare is taken 

 away ; and should the mare not prove to be in foal, the 

 money will be returned. Pasturage can be furnished for 

 mares, they to be, however, at the risk of the owners. 

 JOHN PARKINSON. 



Brighton, May 16, 1832. 



"Johnny, where 's my razor," bawled out an 

 Eastern shoreman, as he stood before the looking- 

 glass duly prepared for the operation of shaving. 

 "Why, daddy, I 've jist done opening oysters with 

 it." " Well, tarnation take the boy, run and rub 

 it on a brick-bat ; and by gosh, if ever you do the 

 ike again, if you shan't grind it ! " 



Barefoot. 



THE celebrated English Horse Barefoot will return i 

 from New York to the Brighton stable about the latter ■ 

 end of June. Barefoot has proved one of the most suc- 

 cessful racers of his day, at York, Doncastcr, Newmarket, 

 Ascott, &c, and his pedigree exhibits the best blood 

 known. epGw May 23. 



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 sixty days from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a 

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