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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



August 22. 1832, 



Miscellany 



THE ACCEPTED. 



BY THOMAS HAYNES BATLY. 



I thank you for that downcast look, 



And for that bliiehinp; cheek, 

 I would not have you raise your eyes, 



I would not have you speak : 

 Though nuite, I deem you eloquent, 



I ask no other .■'ign, 

 While thus your little hand remains 



Confidingly in mine. 

 1 know you fain would hide fiom me 



Those tell-tale t ars that steal 

 Unbidden forth, and half betray 



The anxious fears you feel ; 

 From friends long tried and dearly loved, 



The plighted bride must part : 

 Then freely weep — I could not love 



A cold unfeeling heart. 

 I know you love your cottage home. 



Where in the summer time, 

 Your hand has taught the clematis, 



Around the porch to climb, 

 Yon casement with the wild rose screen 



Yon little garden too, 

 How many fond remembrances 

 Endear them all to you. 



You sigh to leave your mother's roof. 



Though on my suit she smiled, 

 And spurning every selfish thought, 



Cave up her darling child; 

 Sigh not for her, she now may claim, 



Kind deeds from more than one ; 

 She'll gaze upon her daughter's smiles 



Supported by her son ! 



1 thank you for that look — it speaks 



• Reliance on my truth ; 



And never shall unkindness wound 



Your unsuspecting youth; 

 If fate should frown, and anxious thoughts 



Oppress your husband's mind. 

 Oh! never fear to cling to me — 



I could not be unkind. 



Come look upon this golden ring — 



You have no cause to shrink. 

 Though oft 'lis galling as the slave's 



Indissoluble link ! 

 And look upon yon church, the place 



Of blessings and of prayer, 

 Before the altar hear my vows — 



Who could dissemble there. 



Come to my home ; your bird shall have 



As tranquil a retreat ; 

 Your dog shall find a resting-place, 



And slumber at your feet ; 

 And while you turn your spinning wheel. 



Oh ! let me hear you sing, 

 Or I shall think you cease to love. 



Your little golden ring. 



ALWAYS IN A HURRY. 



Some men live in a huiry, and die in a liurry ; 

 they drive through the world Jclm like, and all 

 their business is done by coiiiinencing in the 

 middle and branching every way. With wliat- 

 over they come in contact, they stop to make no 

 compromise, but what they cannot brush aside 



they prostr.ate atid jump os'er, pressing ahead to 

 some fixed ];oint, which, when reached, is not ex- ] 

 actly the tiling wanted. And thus they bustle 

 on, and wlLcthfr sleeping or waking, the flutter 

 goes on. I once met with such a man, and had 

 occasion to journey a short distance with him. 

 He arose while it was yet dark, and called up tlie 

 householil — ordered liis horse and breakfast be- 

 fore (Uiy — stirred uj) his fire — sat down — got uj) 

 to see why the tardy sun was not up, and chided 

 the cock for not crowing — declared he should not 

 wait for the coffee to boil, though the good wo- 

 man had made all possible speed, and the badness 

 of the road forbade the venturing out till the 

 morning should dawn. The budgets were crkm- 

 med into the trunk, some this way and some that 

 — the breakfast jirepared and the grace liurried 

 over, the children called up and a chapter read, 

 then all were left to say their own prayers till his 

 return, charging John to drive the cows to pas- 

 ture in good time, and see that he found them all 

 at night. We started, but in the Iiurry lie had 

 left his whip — hurried back, but the good house- 

 wife had forgotten where she had put it, in her 

 haste to drive out the geese, &c. And when I 

 get over my htirry, I will tell you how the journey 

 terminated. — Genius of Temperance. 



your marketing a little ? Less fresh meat, pas- 

 try, butter and green vegetables, fewer drame 

 and oyster suppers : and more lime, cldoride, yel- 

 low soaj), ruin Avateraiid bath liouse tickets would 

 not only be safer, at the present critical time, but 

 much more economical, in these " hard times." — 

 GenixLS of Temperance. 



An old picture founded on a solemn fact, rep- 

 esents a king sitting instate, with a label, "I govern 

 ill;" a bishop with a legend, " I |)ray for all;" a 

 soldier with the motto, " 1 fight for all ;" and a 

 firmer, drawing reluctantly forth a purse, 

 with the superscription, " I pay for all." It is true 

 that the chief wealth of all countries, is agricultural. 

 Necessaries were sought before lii.\uries. Adam 

 was placed in Eden, " to dress that garden," before 

 he sought out the invention of covering. The 

 plough is an honorable thing to follow, and Cin- 

 cinnalus acquired from it more honor than from 

 the sword. 



The farmer with all his winter leisure, in the 

 long evening, wlnn the storm beats upon his win- 

 dows, while the fire blazes cheerfully within, has 

 not as yet liad a choice of many hooks devoted to 

 his parlicularpursuit and habits of thought. Fam- 

 ily Libraries, Theological Libraries, Scholars Li- 

 braries, Libruries of useful and of entertaining 

 knowledge abound, but it remains for Mr Fes- 

 senden, or some other friend to the farmer, equally 

 qualified, to compile or select a few volumes, that 

 will fill the usual circle of the farmer's wants, or 

 curiosity. The Fanner's Own Book, just published 

 by Carter, Hendec & Co. is a useful compilation 

 from various good works, of many matters of do- 

 mestic and agricultural economy, cookery, &c. 

 &c. — Boston Courier. 



Timely Repartee. — A soldier of Marshal Saxe'e 

 army being discovered in a theft, was condemned 

 to he hanged. What he had stolen might be worth 

 about 5s. The marshal meeting him as he was 

 being led to execution, said to him, " What a mis- 

 erable fool you v/eie to risk your life for 5s. I" — 

 •' General," replied the soldier, " I have risked it 

 every day for five-pence." This repartee saved 

 his life. 



Keep Clean! — The cleansing of the streets by 

 corporation, even if the supposition were allowa- 

 ble, that the thing would ever be done thoroughly, 

 would av.Til little, unless the citizens see well to 

 their own premises, dwellings, clothing, and per- 

 sons. How is it with you, neighbor ? Do you 

 carefully remove nil filth from your cellar and 

 backyard? Do you cleanse them often with 

 lime, Slid chloride ? Are your rooms clean and 

 well aired ? Do you treat yourself with a bath, 

 and a "light colored shirt" two or three tjines a 

 week? If not, don't complain if you get the 

 cholera. But you " can't afford the expense !" 

 Ah ! can't you ? But hearken — can't you curtail 



A punning lawyer made allusion to the testi- 

 mony of the "vegetable witness on the other side." 

 " What do you mean," inquired his opponent, "by 

 vejjetable witness ?" " Why I mean," was the re- 

 ply, "the man with carrotty hs.ir, reddish whiskers, 

 and a tum-xip nose." 



Farm for Sale. 



TO be sold, at private sale, that well known country- 

 seat, lormerly owned by Joseph Cordis, Esq. located in 

 ^oulb Reading, on the easterly side of*' Reading Pond," 

 so callad, and adjoining the Forrester farm, now owned 

 by John Clapp, containing sixty acres of excellent mow- 

 ing, tillage, and pasture land, surrounded with a gooil 

 stcine-wail ; also, a 1 ine, two rods wide, passing through 

 the centre of the farm, which renders it convenient to go 

 to any part thei-eof, and is peculiarly advantageous, it 

 being fenced with a good wall, into lots averaging from 

 five to six arres each. 



The buildings on said farm consist of a large two-story 

 House, about forty feet .square, finished throughout, with 

 Sheds, and every other convenience, including a never- 

 failing Well of excellent water. 



Also, a Bain, ninety feet long by thirtysix feet wide ; 

 and adjoining said barn, is a large, convenient buildinf^ 

 for stables, carriage house, chaise house, &c, with a good 

 well near the same. 



The above buildings are all in good repair. 



The above larin is well calculated for a country-scat, 

 or puhlic house, as it lies about an equal distance from 

 Boston and Andover, whci'O a number of stages pass 

 daily, and the public travel is increasing. 



For further particulars inquire of the subscriber on the 

 premises. MOSES SWEETSER, Jr. 



N. B. Twehlyfive acres of Wood Land can be pur- 

 chased with tlie above farm, if desired. 



South Reading, Aug. 7, 1832. 4t 



Caution to Trespassers. 



THE Roxbury Yeoman Association for the protection 

 of Fields, Orchards and Gardens, against the depreda- 

 tions of strollers and pilferers, caution all boys, apprenti- 

 ces, and other persons, against entering their inclosuree 

 if they would avoid the penalty of the law. 



SAM'L J. GARDNER, Sec'y. 



Koxbury, July 16, 1832. 3m 



White Mulberry Seed. 



THIS day received at the New England Seed Store, 

 No. 50h North Market Street, Boston, a lot of White 

 Mulberry Seed, saved the last month expressly for us, 

 from one of the largest white mulberry orchards in ('on- 

 necticut — warranted fresh and of the very first quality. 



Aug. 15. 



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