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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DECEMBER 86, 1S32. 



MISCELLANY. 



CHRISTMAS. 



Let ev'ry voice an ajithem raise,. 

 And every tongue be heard in praise, 



Upon lliis happy mom ; — 

 Each tear of sadness chase away, 

 With smiles of gladliess greet the day 



Our Saviour Christ was born. 



Spread the glad tidings o'er the earth, 

 Speali of the Mediator's birth 



In ev'ry clime and tongue ! 

 Could nobler theme our minds employ 

 Than that which filled the heav'ns with joy. 



And hosts seraphic sung. 



Commission'd by the Power on high, 

 Celestial heralds lefX the sky 



A Saviour to proclaim ; 

 In robes of light they took their way, 

 On pinions radiant as the day 



The bless'd harbingers came. — 



Night's sable veil hung o'er the earth, 

 No sound of labor or of mirth 



On Judah's plains arose ; 

 The flocks in peaceful clusters fed. 

 Or rested on their verdant bed 



In imdisturbed repose. 



" In nistic row the Shepherds sat," 

 And passed their time in sober chat, 



Well suited to the hour ; 

 Their thoughts beyond this sphere did ri.\i-. 

 They gaz'd upon the worlds above 



And own'd their Maker's power. 



Pale grew each feature as tliey gaz'd, 

 In trembling fear they stood amaz'd, 



When on the earth there beam'd 

 A ray of pure resplendent light, 

 A ray of glory, dazzling bright. 



From Heaven's high court it stream il ; 



From Heaven's high court the heralds came 

 A Prince and Saviour to proclaim. ' 



In music's sweetest voice 

 An Angel first tlie silence broke, j 



An Angel tongue to man thus spoke. , 



" Fear not, let all rejoice." 



" Fear not, I bring unto the earth 

 " Glad tidings of a Saviour's birth 



" At Bethlehem this day : \ 



" You'll find the babe in humble shed, , 



" Within a manger is the bed 



" Where Christ the Lord doth lay." 



The Angel ceas'd, Ih' attending throng 

 Raised their glad voices in a song 



Of gratitude and praise •, 

 In chorus full the notes were given. 

 The blissful concord rose to heaven 



And reached the Throne of Grace. 



" Glory to God," tlie Seraphs sung, 

 " Glory to God," in echoes rung 



Throughout Judea's plains. 

 The air such music to retain, 

 Repeated o'er and o'er again 



The heav'nly warbled strains. 



Celestial strains, — such ne'er were known 

 Until the angelic host came down. 

 With joyful tidings fraught. 

 Blest were their ears who heard the somid. 

 Blest were their eyes when they had found 



The Saviour whom they sought. 

 Glory to God, th' Eternal One, 

 Praise and Thanksgiving to the Son. 



Our Maker and our Lord, 

 This day the chains of Death were riven. 

 This day the promis'd boon was given, 



And fallen man restor'd. 



THE L.ION AND THE BE.\R. 



The New Orleans Empofiuin of the 23(1 ult. 

 has this article : — We were yesterday iuformed 

 that on Tuesday la.st a bear was taken to the 

 Menagerie now exhibiting in this city, and let 

 down into the cage of an African Lion, twenty- 

 four years of age, with the belief that it would be 

 immediately torn to pieces. Many people as- 

 sembled under the awning which encompasses 

 the exhibition to witness the scene, but all were 

 disappouited and struck with astonishment, for 

 although the Bear, as soon as he reached the bot- 

 tom of the cage, placed himself in a fighting posi- 

 tion and once or twice flew at the Lion, with tlie 

 ajjparent intention to commence the battle, the 

 Lion did not attempt to injure it, but on the con- 

 trary, after some time elapsed, placed his paw on 

 the Bear's head as if to express his pity for its 

 helpless situation, and evinced every disposition to 

 to cultivate friendship. 



Having beard and read much of the Lion's 

 nobleness of disposition, and understtuiding that 

 the Bear was still in the cage, prompted hy curios- 

 ity, we visited the menagerie this mornuig and 

 actually saw them together. The Manager of the 

 Lion tells us that since the Bear has been put into 

 the cage no person has dared to approach it, and 

 tliat the Lion has not slept for three hours, but 

 continue* constantly awake to guard bis weaker 

 companion from danger. The Lion, says the 

 manager, suffers the Bear to eat of whatever is 

 throwii into tbe cage until he has enough, but will 

 scarcely touch food himself. 



During the time that we remained, tbe Lion 

 once or twice walked to the end of the cngi; op- 

 posite to that where the Bear was lying, and some 

 person motioned bis baud towards tbe Bear, but 

 as the Lion saw it he sprang to the Bear and kept 

 his head resting over it for some time : he is so 

 fatigued himself with watching, that as soon as lie 

 lies down he falls asleep, but awakens again at the 

 first noise that is made and springs to tbe object 

 of bis care. 



This seems to us astounding indeed, and will no 

 doubt attract the notice of naturalists. 



citizens, who have avtiiled themselves of the oppor- 

 ttiiiity to augment their cabinets, by securing his 

 services in their behalf. — Christian Register. 



A late London paper has the following — "The 



labits of life acquired by the ex-King of Spain, 



tiring his long residence in America, have unfit- 



ej him for the late hours of our fashionable circles 



n London. A proof of this was given a few 



fvL'iiings ago, when a few loiterers still left in town 



weie invited to meet his ex-JLijesty at the house 



of a ceitain Countess. The company assembled 



jftt half past ten o'clock, and found tliat half an 



|hour before that period his e.x-Majesty had retired, 



a\ing his fair hostess to describe, instead of ex- 



ibiting the Lion, she bad promised her visitors." 



NBW-BRVKSWICK. 



There were on Wednesday last sixteen scpiare- 

 rigged vessels loading at the ship harbor near tlie 

 mouth of Magagtiadavic River, whose cargoes 

 would average 600 tons each. 



Timely Repartee. A soldier of Marshal Saxe's 

 army being discovered in a theft, was condemned 

 to be liitug. What he had stolen might be \\orth 

 about OS. The IMarshal meeting him as he was 

 led to execution, said to him, " What a miserable 

 fool you were to risk your life for 5s !" " Gener- 

 al," replied the soldier, " I have risked it every 

 day for five-pence." This repartee saved his life. 



J^aiural History. The December number of tlie 

 Naturalist has just been published, and contams, 

 says the Daily Advertiser, among other interestuig 

 matter, a copious abstract of the lectures recently 

 delivered by Dr. Spurzheim. The enterprising 

 editor of this useful periodical, Mr. D. J. Brown, 

 has just departed for the West India Islands, and 

 the Southern Shores of the United States, for the 

 purpose of malcing scientific observations and col 

 Iccting specimens in the various departments of 

 Natural History. It is pleasant to know that lie 

 has been enabled thus to pursue his important ob- 

 jects, through the encouragement of many of our 



Human society resembles an arch of stone ; all 

 ,oiild fall if one did not sujiport the other. 



BREMEN OEESE. 



I JOHN' PERRY has for sale on his farm at Sherburne, twen- 

 ^-six superior Bremen Geese, of pure blood. Also, a few 

 llumlretl While Mulberry trees, four years old. 

 ( h'or information please apply to Mr. Hollis, Quincy Market, 

 jr Ic the subscriber on his larm. JOHN PERRV. 



' Nov. 7. 



FRESH AVHITE MUliBERRV SEED. 



JU.'^T received, at GEO. C. BARRETT'S SEED 

 ITORE, Nos. 51 &, 52 North Market Sireet— 



.\ supply of fresh and genuine White Mulberry Seed, 

 farriuited the growtli of the present season, from one of the 

 fcrf,Tsl Mulberry orchards in Mansfield, Connecticut. Short 

 [ircclions for its culture accompany the seed. dec 5 



THE PLANTER'S GUIDE. 



Jl'->T published, and for sale by Geo. C. Barrett, at the 

 Sivv r'.ngland Farmer Office, — the Planter's Guide ; or. a Prac- 

 lir, [I K.^^ay on the best method of Giving Immediaie ElTect to 



W .Iiv'thc removal of Large Trees and Underwood ; being 



an .iH'iiipt to place the Art, and that of Gencr;tl .Vrbunculture 

 oil li\d and Phylological principles ; interspersed with obser- 

 valjoig on General Planting, aucl the improvement of real land- 

 scape. Originally intended for the climate of Scotland. By 

 .Sir Henry Steuarl, Bart. LL. D. F. R. S. E. etc. Price g3. 



SPECTACLES. 



A GOOD assortment of Silver .Spectaci es constantly 

 on 'land and for sale ai fair prices by William M. Wesson, 

 at Ho. 103, Washington Sireet. 4t dec 18 



WANTS A SITUATION, 



AN e.vpericnccd GARDENER, capable of taking charge of 

 . Greenhouse, and willing to do any work relating to a Garden, 

 .■ndations will be produced. Apply at this oflice. 

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NEW ENGLAND FARMER'S ALMANAC. 



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 183.'!, hy T. G. Fessenden, editor of the New England Far- 

 mer — containing the usual variety of an almaoac, and several 

 tides on agriculture, by the editor and otliers. Price .lO 

 [Its per dozen. Nov. 7 



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