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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



October 31, 1832. 



Miscellany 



From Mrs Halo's Mag: 



i for September. 



THE HARVEST MOON. 



Bright planet of even ! - 

 The husbandman's blessing. 

 That o-Ieanis at the sheafing, 

 And shines at the dressing, 

 And makes glad the hearth. 

 Which then, and then onl}', 

 Re-echoes with mirth. 



Bright candle of even ! 

 That lights up the vale. 

 When the fairies are weaving 

 Their rings on the dale ; 

 How many lay sleeping, 

 Who gazed on you last ? 

 How many are weeping 

 Who think of the past ? 



The maiden is sighing. 

 Who loved to behold, 

 When the fern owl was crying. 

 Thy broad disk of gold ; 

 The herdsman is keeping 

 His watch by the dead, 

 And the widow is weeping 

 For those that have fled. 



The wolf hates thy brightness, 

 The fox seeks his lair. 

 The swain seeks with lightness 

 The side of his (air; 

 The spaniel is baying, 

 And the wild swan and loon 

 On the calm lake arc playing. 

 By the light of the moon. 

 On the wild waste of waters 

 The seaman rejoices, 

 And he thinks of the cotters 

 And the hum of their voices ; 

 While the scenes of his childhood 

 Come rushing before him, 

 The hamlet and wild-wood, 

 And fond one that bore him. 



• Though many are weeping 



For spirits departed. 

 Still many are keeping 

 Thy vigil light hearted. 

 Blest Parent of light. 

 Oh, grant me the boon, 

 To gaze with delight 

 On the bright harvest moon. 



From the United States Gazetlt. 



THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF 

 COMMONS. 



A Speaker is regularly elected on the com 

 menceinent of every new Parliament, or on the 

 demise or resignation the member called to the 

 chair ; previously to which the mace is placed un- 

 der, not upon the table. Sir Thomas Hunger- 

 ford in 1370, (51st of Edward III.) appears to 

 have been the first who obtained this honorable 

 distinction. 



The emoluments formerly did not amount to 

 £3000 per annum, and in consequence of this, 

 tomt held offices at the same time under the croion. 

 But so sensible was the House of the inadequacy 

 of such a salary, and so justly jealous of permit- 



ting anything like dependence on the executive 

 branch of the government to exist on the part of 

 their chairman, that a few years since the BJim 

 was doubled. 1 



At present, therefore, the allowance is libefel, 

 as it appears to consist : — 1. Of a house. 2. Df 

 £1,000 equipment money. 3. Of 9,000 ounces of 

 plate. 4. Of two hogsheads of Claret annual! r ; 

 together with an allowance of £100 for stationai r ; 

 and 5. An income of £6,000 per annum. 



The Speaker of the House of Commons tales 

 rank next to the Peers of Great Britain, and 1 is 

 also the precedence at the Counciltable. 



This branch of the legislatm-e is in some r B- 

 pects regulated by him. During his absence, lo 

 business can be done, or any question propos d, 

 but that of adjournment. 



The Parliament, like the courts of justice, \as 

 formerly itinerant, being summoned, in anci nt 

 times, to meet at any place according to the e i- 

 gency of the circumstances, or the will of the e- 

 gency monarch. The Lords and Coinmons or »- 

 inally sat and deliberated, and voted in the sa le 

 apartment. When the Legislature became s i- 

 tionary and sejjarated, the former occupied t e 

 buildings adjoining to Westminster Hall, and t e 

 latter the Chapter House, until they removed o 

 the place where they now assemble. 



This is the ancient Chapel of St Stephen, n 

 Westminster, originally erected by King Stepk m 

 in honor of the martyr of the same name. It v is 

 afterwards rel)uilt by Edward I. and being coi- 

 sumed by fire, Edward 111. restored it to its fir- 

 mer state, and rendered it collegiate. Soon afer 

 this it was fitted up for the reception of the knightl, 

 citizens and biirgcsse.s, and has been usually dcnom4 

 inated the " House of Commons." St Stephen's 

 has since experienced many alterations and re- 

 pairs, and has of late been rendered more com- 

 fortable. 



THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN- 

 TATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



This officer is elected at the commencement of 

 every new Congress. Formerly the speaker used 

 to be elected at every session. He receives 

 double the pay of a member of the House. Of 

 course his compensation is IC dollars per day ; 

 he has an elegantly furnished room in the eapitol, 

 set open for his reception. His stationary is found 

 during the session of Congress, and his flanking 

 privilege continues throughout the year. He lias 

 also power to depute a member, by the rules of 

 the House, to act as speaker pro tem. This de- 

 puting of a temporary speaker cannot be made to 

 continue longer than a single day. 



The Tlce President of the tJ. S<ato is the presiding 

 officer of the Senate, and has a vote only in the sin- 

 gle instance of the Senate being eqiialbj divided. 

 He receives .'j,000 dollars per annum ; has a room 

 assigned for his reception, and has the franking 

 privilege and stationary during his continuance in 

 office. He succeeds the President in case of his 

 death, and the Speaker of the House succeeds to 

 the Presidency in case of the death of the Presi- 

 dent and Vice President of the United States. 



A Golden /Juif.— Industry will make a man a 

 purse, and frugality will find him strings for it.— 

 Nehher the purse nor the strings will cost him any- 

 thing. He who has it should draw the strings as 

 frugality directs, and he will be sure always to find 

 a useful penny at the bottom of it. The servants 

 of industry are known by then- livery ; it is whole 



and wholesome. Idleness travels very leisurely, 

 and poverty soon overtakes him. Look at the 

 ragged slaves of idleness, and judge which is the 

 best master to serve, industry or idleness. 



Splendid Bulbous Roots. 



JUST received at the Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Seed Store, No. 50i North Jlarkel Street, a large assort- 

 ment of Bulbous Flower Roots, comprising the finest va- 

 rieties of 



HYACINTHS: (Double and single,) dark blue, 

 porcelain blue, red, rosy colored, pure white with yellow 

 eye, white with rosy eye, and yellow with various eyes; 

 from 12.J to $1 each. 



TULIPS : Splendid variegated ,red, yellow, and mixed ; 

 Vlh cents each, $1 per dozen: assorted, with the colors 

 marked on each ; (our assortment of fine tuHps is very 

 large, and we are enabled to put many sorts as low as 

 :?fi per hundred ; an object to those who wish to form a 

 superb tulip bed.) 



CROWN IMPERIALS; Assorted, of the most splen- 

 did colors and showy flowers, largo roots ; 25 cents each, 

 (extra fine roots.) 



JONQUILLES : Sweet scented, finest roots 124 cts. 

 each, $1 per dozen. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS: Fragrant, white 

 with citron cups, extra sized roots, 12A lo 25 cents each- 



DOUBLE NARCISSUS: Fragrant, of all colors, 

 124 cents each, $1 per dozen. 



SPRING CROCUS : Of all colors, 6i cents each, 

 50 cents per dozen. 



LARGE GLADIOLUS or SWORD LILIES, 124 cents 

 each, $1 per dozen. 



Also, a further supply of Bulbous Roots, comprising 

 Large White fragrant Lilies. Vih cents each, 1 dollar per 

 dozen. Tiger (spotted) Lilies, same price ; Mai tagon, or 

 Turk's Cap Lilies, same price. 



The above roots are of the same superior character as 

 those sold by us the last season, and which gave such 

 universal satisfaction; some of the double Hyacinths 

 having produced bells one inch and eight tenths in diam- 

 eter. 



Purchasers are requested to notice that the above roots 

 arc not purchased at aitclion, and are all remaikable for 

 Ihoir size, and for the beauty and delicacy of lint of their 

 flowers. 



Trees, &c. 



MRS PARMENTIER, at the Horticultural Botanic 

 Garden, Brooklyn, L. I. two miles from New York, of- 

 fers for sale a choice collection of Pear, Apple, Peach. 

 Plum, Cherry, Quince, &c, Trees, Grape Vines, Orna- 

 mental trees and Shrubs — Green-house and Herbaceous 

 plnnts. 



Also, the Morus multicaulis, or true Chinese Mulber- 

 ry, of which any quantity not exceeding ten thousand 

 can be furnished. 



Orders for Boston, may be sent to Mr John B. Russell's 

 Agricultural Warehouse, No. 504 North Market Street, 

 Boston. Orders by mail will be carefully attended to. 



Brooklyn, Oct. isth, 1832, 4t 



Published every Wednesday Evening, at ^3 per annum, 

 payable at the end of the year — but tJiose wlio pay within 

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

 deduction ol fifty cents. 



CT No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. Bdtts — 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. 



AGENTS. 



Neto York — G. Thoreurn & Sous, 67 Liberty-street. 

 Albany — Wm. Thorbckn, 347 Market-street. 

 Philadelphia — B . c& C. Landreth, 85 Chestnut-street. 

 Baltimore — G. B. Smith, Editor of the American Fanner. 

 Cincinruxti — S. C. Parkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street. 

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

 Middtehtmj, P(. — Wight Chapman. 

 Hartford — Goodwin & Co. Booksellers. 

 Springjield, A/s. — E. Edwards. 

 Newhtirtiport. — Ebenezer Stedman, Bookseller. 

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

 Porthnd, ilfe. — Samuel Colman, Bookseller. 

 A'igusta. Me. — Wm. Mann. 

 Halifax, N. S. — P. J. Holland Esq. 

 Montreal, L. C. — Henry Hillock. 



