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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



NOVEitlBKR 88, 183a. 



MISCELLANY 



Fi-oin the JVcaJ- Ywrk Mirror, 

 We feel honored by the preference shown us, in being; en- 

 abled to present the readers of tlie New-York llirror, with the 

 following exquisite original production, from the pen of that 

 distinguished young lady, who has exhibited not less genius in 

 her own poetry than in the manner of rendering that of others. 

 The subject is American, and the lines are the firstlings of her 

 muse in this " green, forest-land." — Eds. N. 1'. Mirror, 

 AVTVMTH. 

 Written after a riile by the SclmylUtl. in October, 



BY MISS FANNY KEMBLE. 



Thou comest not in sober guise. 



In mellow cloak of russet clad — 

 Thine are no nielajicholy skies. 



Nor hueless flowers, pale and sad ; 



But, like an emperor, triumphing, 



With gorgeous robes of Tyrian dyes. 

 Full flush of fragrant blossoming, 



And glowing purple canopies. 



How call ye this the season's fall, 



That seems the pageant of the year ? 

 Richer and brighter far than all 



The pomp that spring and summer wear. 



Red falls the western light of day 



On rock and stream and winding shore ; 

 Sort woody banks and granite gray, 



AVith amber clouds are curtained o'er ; 



The wide clear waters sleeping lie 



Beneath the evening's wings of gold, 

 And on their glassy breast the sky 



And banks their mingled hues unfold. 



Far in the tangled woods, the ground 



Is' strewn with fallen leaves, that lie 

 Like crimson carpels all around 



Beneath a crimson canopy. 



The sloping sun with arrows bright 



Pierces the forest's waving maze ; 

 The universe seems wrapt in light, 



A floating robe of rosy haze. 



Oh Autumn ! thou art here a king— 



And ruiuid thy throne the smiling hours 

 A thousand fragrant tributes bring, 



Of golden fruits and blushing flow ers. 



Oh ! not upon thy fading fields and fills, i 



In such rich garb, doth Autumn come to thee,. 



My home ! — but o'er thy mountains and thy delU 

 His footsteps fall slowly and solemnly. 



Nor flower nor bud rcmaineth Uierc to him, 



Save the faint breathing rose, that, round the year. 



Its crimson bud and pale soft blossoms dim, 

 la lowly beauty constantly doth wear. 



O'er yellow stubble lands in mantle brown 

 He wajidcrs through the wan October light; 



Still as he goeth, slowly stripping down 

 The garlands green tliat were the spring's delight. 



At noon and eve tliin silver vapors rise 



Around his path : but sometimes at mid-day 



He looks along the hills with gentle eyes. 



That make the sallow woods and fields seem gay. 



Yet something of sad sov'reignty he hath— 



A sceptre crown'd with berries ruby red. 

 And the cold sobbing wind besJrcws his path 



With wither'd leaves, that rustle 'neath liis tread} 



And roiuid him still, in melancholy state. 

 Sweet solemn thoughts of deaUi ?nd of decay, 



In slow and hush'tl attendance, ever w'ait. 

 Telling how all things fair must pass away. 



SPONTAKEOUS COMBUSTION OP DUrKKARDS. 



Tin- spdiiiaiieoiis conibusticm of tliuiikards is a 

 tact Will e.-;lablir-hed in Meilical science. The 

 tbllowiug are among nmnerous instances which 

 have been related by eminent physicians and 

 others. 



Dr. Peter Schotield, at a late address delivere i 

 at the formation of a Tenipertuice Society in tl ; 

 township of Bastard, in the district of Johustowj, 

 iu the province of Upper Canada, states a case < f 

 spontaneous combustion which occurred in h i 

 ])ractice. ' It is well audienticated,' says tlic Doc 

 tor, ' that many habittial drinkers of anient spirit i 

 are brought to their end by what is called spoul 

 taueous combustion. By spontaneous combustion 

 I mean when a person takes fire by an eleclrid 

 shock, and burns up witliout any external applicai 

 tion. It was tlie case of a young man tiboui 

 twenty-five years old : lie had been an habitual 

 drinker for many years. 1 saw him about nine, 

 o'clock in the evening on which it happened. Ha 

 was then as usual, not drunk hut full of liquorjj 

 About 11 the stuiie evening I was called to see| 

 him. I found him literally roasted from the crowu; 

 of his head to the soles of liis fei t. He was found' 

 in a blacksmith's shop, just across the way from 

 where he had been. "The owner, all of a sudden, 

 discovered an extensive light in liis shop, as though 

 the whole building was iu one general flame. Ue 

 ran with the greatest precipitancy, and on flilig| 

 ing open tlie door, discovered a man standing 

 erect in the midst of a widely extended silver col 

 orcd blaze, bearing as he deserilied it, exactly th 

 appearance of the wick of a burning candlt' in tin 

 midst of its own flame. He seized him by the 

 shoulder and jerked him to the door, ujion which 

 the flame was instantly extinguished. 



' There was no fire in the shop, neither was 

 there any jiossibility of fire having been comniii- 

 nicated to him ti-om any external source. It \\as 

 purely a case of sjioutaneous ignition. A geiunil 

 sloughing soon came on, and his flesh was cuu- 

 sunied, or removed in the dressing, leaving the 

 bones and a few of the larger blood vessels stuiid- 

 iiig. The blood nevertheless rallied around ihe 

 heart and maintained the vital sjmrk until the tliir- 

 teenth day, when he died, not only the most Iciiilli- 

 sonie, ill-featured and dreadful picture that was 

 ever presented to human view ; but his shrii ks, 

 his cries, and lamentations, were enough to icud 

 a heart of adamant. He complained of no jiidn 

 of body ; his flesh was all gone. He said he was 

 stttfering the torments of hell ; tliat he was just 

 ujion its threshhold, and soon should enter its dis- 

 mal caverns ; in this frame of mind he gave up 

 the ghost. O, the death of the drunkard! Well 

 may it be said to beggar all description. I have 

 seen other drunkards die, but never .n a manner 

 <o awful and aftecting. They usually go oft' sense- 

 ess and stupid as it regards a future state 1' 



Kingston Gazette, 



One of the most remarkable circumstances at- 

 tending the fortunes of the signers of the declara- 

 tion of independence, says the New York Evening 

 Post, was the tranquility ui which their lives were 

 passed, and the late period to which they were 

 protracted. Most of them lived to a good old age, 

 crowiied with civil honors, bestowed by the grati- 

 tude of the republic, and some of them perished 

 by mere decay of the powers of nature. Of the 

 fifty-six who afiixed tlieir signatures to that docu 

 ment, twenty-seven lived to an age exceedm; 



ivi nty years, and fnrty-oue to an age exceeding 

 ixty. Only two of the whole number, Gwinnet 

 of Georgia, who li>U in a duel, m his 43th year, 

 and Lynch of South Carolina, who was ship- 

 wrecked iu his sixtieth — dieda violeutdeath. Twen- 

 ty one lived to the brginning of the present century, 

 three were prniiitted to see the great e.xpcrhucnt 

 of a repre.seiilative confederacy eoufirmed by the 

 events of fit\y years. Of all the delegiites from 

 New York and New England, only one, Whipple 

 of New Ham))shirc, tiled at an earlier age thtui 

 sixty. Never in the world, liad the leaders iu 

 any bold and grand political movement more n^a- 

 son to congratulate themselves .tuid their country 

 on its issue. Tlie exertions, and perils of their 

 uihood were succeeded by a peaceful, honored 

 and ripe old age, iu which they witnessed the 

 happy result of the institutions they had aided in 

 t ising, and the}' were gathered to their graves 

 amid the regrets of the generation which wai^j 

 its cradle when they laid the foundations ofipK 

 republic. vJ^ 



COBiXJNDKlJMS. 



Why is a creditor in Boston spjicitiiig the pay- 

 ent of a debt, like a particiilaBKireed of cattle? 

 .Ins. Because he is a SiijU'olk dun. 

 Why is a voter, who has just ]nit in his vole, 

 like tlic Galloway cattle of ijcotlaiid ? 

 ,1ns. Because he is polled. 



Marshall Sa.xe computed that, iu a battle, only 

 one ball in 85 takes eft'ect. Others that only one 

 ill 40 strikes, and no more tliau one in 400 is fatid 

 .\t the battle of Tournay, in Flanders, fought on 

 the 2'2d May, 1794, it is calculated thtit 236 miis- 

 J.et sliot were exjieutled iu disabling each soldier 

 telio suflereil. 



BLACK SK.V AVHKAT. 

 Jl'.^T received a low bushels of llie celebrated Black Sea 

 Wheat, described I.y Mr, Mahvin in this week's New Kug- 

 laiid I'amier, and riu»ed hy hiin near Lake F,rie ; price ^3 per 

 hu^cl. It is thought iliis uill ]'ioee a valuable acquisition to 

 Ne*v England; the seed is ol remarkably line appearance, 

 wholly tree trom small grams on mixture with other seeds, and 

 we lliiiik cannot tail to give satistaction. Farmers are request- 

 ed to call and examine ii. Nov. iil 



THE PLANTER S GUIDE. 



JUST published, and lor sale by J. B. RussEi.L, at the New 

 England Farmer Oflice,— the Planter's Guide ; or, a Practical 

 Fi.ssay on the best method of Giving Immediate Ellecl to Wood, 

 by the removal of Large 'Frees and Underwood ; being an at- 

 tempt to place Ihc Art, and that of General Arboriculture on 

 lixetl and Phytological principles ; interspersed with observa- 

 tions on General I'lanting, and Uie improvement of real land- 

 scape. Originallv intenctcd lor the climate of Scotland. Bv 

 Sir Henry Slcuari, Bart. LL. D. F. R. S. E. etc. Price gS.' 



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