NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



October n, 1832. 



Miscellany 



HARD TIMES. 



BY HANNAH MORE. 



We say the times are grievous hard, 



And hard they are, 'tis true ! 

 But, drunkards, to your wives and babes 



They 're harder made by you. 



The drunkard's tax is self-imposed, 



Like every otiier sin ; 

 The taxes altogeiher cost 



Not half so much as Gin. 



The stale compels no man to drink, 



Compels no man to game ; 

 'Tis Gin and gambling sinks him down 



To rags, and want, and shame. 



The kindest husband changed by Gin, 



Is for a tyrant known ; 

 The tenderest heart that nature made. 

 Becomes a heart of stone. 



In many a house the harmless babes 



Are poorly clothed and fed. 

 Because the craving Gin-shop lakes 



The children's daily bread. 



Come, neighbor, take a walk with me, 

 Through many a London street, 



And see ihe cause of poverty, 

 In hundreds that we meet. 



Behold Ihe shivering female there, 



Who plies her woful trade ! 

 'Tis ten to one you'll lind that Gin 



That helpless wretch lias made. 



Look down those steps, and view below 



Yon cellar under ground ; 

 There every want and every wo. 



And every sin, are found! 



Those little children trembling there, 

 Wilh hunger and with cold, I 



Were by their pareuts' love of Gfm, 

 To sin and misery sold. 



Look through the prison's iron bars! 



Look through that dismal grato, 

 And learn what dire misfortune brought 



So terrible a fate ! 



The debtor, and the felon, too, 

 Though differing much in sin. 



Too oft you'll find were thither brought 

 By all-destroying Gin. 



See the pale manufacturer there. 



How lank and lean he. lies ! 

 How haggard is his sickly cheek ! 



How dim his hollow eyes ! 



How amply had his gains suffieed. 



On wile and children spent ! 

 But all must for bis pleasure go ; 



All to the Gin-shop went. 



See that apprenlice, young in years. 



But hackneyed long in sin ! 

 What made him rob his master's till ? 



Alas! 'twas love of Gin. 



That serving man ! I knew him once, 

 So jaunty, spruce, and smart! 



Why did he steal, then pawn the plate .' 

 'Twas Gin ensnared his heart ! 



But hark ! what dreadful sound was that ? 



'Tis Newgate's awful bell I 

 It tolls, alas, for human guilt ! 



Some malefactor's knell ! 



Oh, woful sound ! Oli, what could cause 



Such punishment and fin ? 

 Hark! hear his words ! he owns the cause, 



" Bad company and Gin." 



And when the future lot is fix'd. 

 Of darkness, fire, and chains ; 

 How can the drunkard hope to 'scape 

 Those everlasting pains ? 



Bonaparte.— \X\rd\ a vain thing was his ambi- 

 tion ! Who can hope to attain half what Napole- 

 on won ? Yet what did even he win ? He ennobled 

 liis tdinily — but it has sunk back into obscurity. \^y^i 



liinnaean Botanic Garden and Nurseries. 



Flushing, neak N tw VoKii. 

 WM. PRINCE &. SOiNS, in oflering their A'cw Cata- 

 logULS with nilnced prices, desire lo state th;it their Fruit 

 oi large yize and vigorous growth, and cannot 



He heaped up treasure — but his enemies have i fail lo give peilecl saiisfaclion bv their superiuiilv. They 

 scattered it He allied liimself to the Royal Fam- ' »■« therelore well calculated to repai, in part -the losses 

 ^'"" ,■ u .,.„„U,i occasioned by the last severe winter. Ornamental Trees 



ily — but his wife soon forgot him. He i-'e^ea ^^^^j shrubs, can also be sup|.liod of the l.irgest size, and 



the collection of Jicrbaccovs Flowering Plants, is a cou- 

 cculration of the lieautilul and interesting, iind unrivalled 

 in extent. The collection of Roses h.is been made an 

 obji:ct of great aileiition, and comprises abo\'c (illO splen- 

 did varieties ; 1(1(1 of which are ChiiiLse and other 

 .Monthly Roses. 'Ihr Red Moss Roses, as well as others, 

 are strong and vigoious, and the whole are put at teri/ 

 low pnces. 'I"he assoitmenl of Faionies, includes not 

 only those found in Ftiiope, but also many olbers im- 

 ])ortcd direct from China, or originated by ourselves. 

 Of the Chinese Mulberr;/, or Morns multicntilis, there 

 are several thousand tliiilty trees of good size, and the 

 price is reduced to ij;(i5.0('l per 1(10,— §35,00 for 50, — 

 .■i;i),00 per dozen, or $5.0(1 per half dozen. Of the DaAiia, 

 the collection isparticulaily brilliant, and comprises above 



his son a King — but this son died a mere subject. 

 His jKtrer was first on the earth, and bis name car- 

 ried terror in the sound —but his arm lies powBr- 

 less in the i;Tave, and his name is rapidly passijig 

 into oblivion ! I 



The objects of liis ambition were difficult of It- 

 tainment, unsatisfying in their nature, and brtef 

 in their duration. J 



How much nobler is that ambition which seeks 

 the distinction of being just, merciful, peacealle 

 and useful I How much rather would we enjiy 

 the reputation of a B-aiMin, a Howard, or a W i- 



be.rforce than to attain to the glories of a Boi i- i suo varieties, the mo.st choice that could be selected from 

 parte, an Alexander or a Ctesar ! t f'e Ave largest collections of Eu.ope, and the great stock 



' , , ■ 11 • .i,„ oi-tlt nnrt ' . ' OH haud, cnablcs US lo fii i/ic Br/cts t'c) « fcu). 



How much more enviable is the skill and 1 1- ^^^^^^; ^^ ^,^ . iri„„.e,i„g shrubs and iLes are so large, 

 dustry which makes " two blades of grass grc ,v | (,j,, several plants may be readily propagated from one, 

 where but one grew before," than the talents if the tinest specimens hi-inii selected lor orders from the 

 the warrior, wliich spread misery all around, ai 1 great sto<:k on hand. Where anumber of Roses, Pa;onies, 

 "' ' ' . ' 1 . V , ,1 111,,, and Oahlias, are de>ired, a considerable discount will be 



add no happiness to his own lot. i et the uii^ - ^^ .^^^ ^^ ^^.^^^ j^^.^^^^ ^^^^^ gj, „gp ^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



ble reputation" is sought " at the cannon's inouth i^,,, delivery, combining all the choicest Table and Wine 

 by inen who claim to be great; while the su :; i (ir.ipcs, amonjc which, there is a large number of the 

 and certain road to happiness, quiet industry, wi ,i ^-^J.^l^-fSJI^l'p;";::^?^ U^'^l^'^l^ 



contentment and a good conscience, is passed 1 y 

 untrodden and almost unseen. — Portsmouth Jot : 



Extraordinary Madness.— ThcTc is at presents 

 man who believes himself dead ever since the bJ- 

 tle of Austcrlilz, where he received a seriot^ 

 wound. His delirium consists in tl^at he can no, 

 longer recognise his own body. If be is asked 

 how be is, be says, you ask how Pere Lambert is, 

 but he is dead, he was killed at the battle of Aiis- 

 terlitz ; what you now see is not him, but a iiui- 

 chinc made in his likeness, and which has been 

 very badly made. This man has frequently fall- 

 en into a state of immobility or insensibility which 

 lasts for several days. Neither sinapisms nor blis- 

 ters ever cause the slightest pain. The skin has 

 been frequently pinched, and pierced with pins, 

 without his bein^ aware of it. Does not this man 

 ofter a remarkable example of delirium manifest- 

 ly influenced by want of sensibility in the skin, 

 and w^ant of well marked modification of visceral 

 sensibility ? — London Medical and Surgical Jour. 



Sagactty of an Elephant. — I was one day feed- 

 ing the poor Elephant (who was so barbarously 

 put to death at E.Keter Change) with pottaoius 

 which he took out of my hand. One of them, a 

 round one, fell on the floor, just out of the reach 

 of his proboscis. He leaned against his woodi n 

 bar, put out his trunk, and could just touch the 

 potato, but could not pick it up. After several iii- 



tlie Camellia Ja/ionica, or Japan Hose, about 100 varie- 

 ties have been greatly increa.sed ; and these, and other 

 Green House Plants, are now oflered at such low prices, 

 that this can no longer form an objection. Catalogues 

 will be sent to every applicant, and as every Invoice of 

 Trees, &c, has their printed heading and signature, ii 

 is particularly enjoined on all who do not apply direct, to 

 insist on the above proof of origin, without which no 

 articles are guaranteed. Thoso persons who are not 

 conversant wilh the different varieties ol fruit, can obtain 

 Ihe Treatise on Fruits, which contains descriptions of 

 about 800 varieties, and the Treatises on the Vine and on 

 Horticulture, fiom Lord & Ilolbrook, and other venders 

 in Boston ; and the best course for persons at a distance, 

 is t" call on their local bookseller to send for them. The 

 venders of (larden Seeds who desire quantities imported 

 from Euiope, suitable for retailing, can be furnished with 

 a Catalogue containing the low price at which we will 

 import tiicm. A credit will he given where desired, 

 and every communication will meet wilh prompt at- 

 tention and the accustomed despatch. 

 3t 



Sitaation Wanted, 



As manager of a farm, by a native of Scotland, who 

 considers liimself well qualified for his business, also 

 well acquainted in cattle. Apply at this office. 



Sept. 19. 4t' 



Published every Wednesday Evinin;,', .it .'JS per anrum, 

 payable at the end of the year — but those wljo pay within 

 sixty dav8 from the time of subscribing, arc entitled to u 

 deduction o} til^ty cents. 



Uj" No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Rdssf.ll, by \. R. Butts — by whom 

 all descriptions of Printing cnn be executed to meet the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for I'rinting received by J. B. 

 efiectual efforts, be at last blew the potato against i ^i";Xet Street,*"' ^'"'"""'■•■'' Warehouse, No, 52, Nonl, 

 the opposite wall, with sufficient force to make it j " ' _ 



•ebound : and be then, with difficulty secured it. AGENT.S. 



!few York — G. Thorbur.v 6i. Sons, GT Liberty-street. 



Somebody, we know not who, sends us occa- 

 sionally a conundrum. We received one yester- 

 day from the unknown manufacturer, in the fol- 

 lo%\ing form ; — 



" Crack's Last. — Why is the sun like bread ? 

 Because it rises from the (y)east." 



That is pretty well done, and we will return the 

 compliment in kind to our correspondent, as thus : _ 



Why is the moon like a welsh rabbit ? Because j ^^,';;,5'^s~_'p''j.1lmLKD, Esq. 

 it is made of green cheese. — U. S. Gazette. jHo!i(r<a(,L. C — Henry Hillock. 



Albanxj — Wm. Thorbukn, 347 Market street. 

 Philaaelplna — D. it C. LANniiETH, 85 Chestnut-street. 

 BMinwre — G. B. Smith, Editor of the American Fariiwr, 

 Cincinnati — S, C, Parkhubst, 23 Lower Market-street. 

 Flushing, ff. Y. Wm. Prince&, Sons, Prop, Lin.Bot.Garden 

 JUiddlehiry, Vt. — Wight Chapman. 

 Hartford — Goodwin & Co. Booksellers, 

 Springfeld. Jl/s. — E. Edwards. 

 IVewburyport. — F.eENEZER Stedman, Bookseller. 

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

 Portland, Me. — SiMOEL Colman, Bookseller, 



