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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JANUARY 16, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



DOItlESTIC lOVE. 



Domestic love ! not in proutl jialacc lialls, 

 Is often seen lliy beauty to abide : 

 Thy dwelling is in lowly collage walls, 

 That in the thickets of the woodbine hide, 

 With hum of bees around ; and from the side 

 Of woody hills some little bubbling spring. 

 Shilling along through banks with hare bells dyed; 

 Ajid many a bird to warble on the wing 

 When Morn her saffron robe o'er heaven and earth doth flii 



O! love of loves! to thy white hand is given 

 Of earthly happiness tlie golden key! 

 Thine are the joyous hours of winter's even, 

 When the babes cling around their father's knee j 

 And thine the voice, that on the midnight sea 

 Alelts the rude mariner with Ijiougiils of home, 

 Peopling tl)c gloom with all he longs to see. 

 Spirit ! I've built a shrine and thou hast come 

 And on its altar closed — forever closctl lliy plume ! 



From FauUliiig's New Novel of n-esln-ard Ho I 



AN e:arthq,vake:. 



While the argonauts of the broad horn «ere 

 gathering drift wood along the sliorc, Raiiisford, 

 accompanied by Capt. Sara, strolled to the confines 

 of the Great Prairie, as it is called, which extends 

 for many miles from tlie borders of the Missis- 

 sippi. As they stood admiring the rolling ex- 

 panse of vapor which gave to its vast surface the 

 appearance of the distant ocean in a calm, and 

 coursing with their eyes the dead and noiseless 

 solitude, a distant rumbling sound caught their at- 

 tention for a moment — ceasing for a moment, and 

 in a moment beginning again, apparently nearer 

 than before. It was succeeded by a vast cloud of 

 dust, which all at once obscured the air and hid 

 from their view the face of the world. 



"Cut dtirt, stranger, for your life, there's a 

 whirlwind coming," cried Capt. Sam, suiting the 

 action to the word. 



But scarcely liad he spoken when the earth 

 opened between them, and they stood rocking to 

 and fro on either side a yawning chasm. The 

 ground rose in waves, like the sea 4n a storm ; the 

 vast trees that skirted the bare prairies of the end- 

 less plain, nodded and struck their bough heads 

 together with a crash, and lashed each other with 

 their giant limbs; the earth burst its strong ribs, 

 and rose, and split into vast ravines ; the waters 

 burst through their bouuds, and while they form- 

 ed new channels in some places, in others they left 

 /arge spaces high and dry. Anon the waves of 

 the firm, fixed earth, subsided for a moment, and 

 she lay trembling and quivering as in the pa- 

 roxysm of an ague. 



During this appalling interval, Rainsford and 

 his comi)anion rose from the ground, where they 

 ■ had been thrown by the resistless force of the vi- 

 brations, and instantly sought reftige they knew 

 not whither. The captain made towards the river, 

 as being his natural element ; while the other 

 climbed one of the lofty trees that skirted the 

 bounds of the intermediate plain, from the vague 

 apprehension of the waters, which as well as the 

 earth, seemed struggling to fi-ee themselves froL„ 

 the fetters of nature's inflexible laws. He had 

 scarcely done this, when again the same appalling 

 noises approach from another quarter, and, again 

 the firm set earth began to heave and curl itself 

 into a sea of waves tliat seemed to aj)proacl 

 ■from a distance, gathering strength, and in raisins 



higher and higher, until they burst, scattering vast 

 volumes of water and sand high in the air, and 

 leaving the ground seamed with deep chasms, 

 which the traveller still surveys with astonish- 

 ment and dismay. In a few moments the earth 

 seemed changed into a diftcrent element, and to 

 become an ocean. A large portion of the district 

 around was covered with the waters, and the trees 

 on which Rainsford sought refuge, stood rocking 

 to and fro in the midst of them. Darkness or at 

 least an obscurity like that of an eclipse, came over 

 the world ; and such was the dismay of all anima- 

 ted nature, that a little bird came and sought 

 refuge in the bosom of the young man, where it 

 lay quiet and tame in the trance of terror. He 

 could feel its little heart against his own, and the 

 conmiunion of sympathy between him and the 

 panting flutterer was not unsoothing in this terri- 

 ble horn-. 



Casting his eye towards the town of New-Mad- 

 rid, he beheld the houses tottering and tumbling 

 to pieces and the peojjle fleeing to and fro in all 

 the desperation of overwhelming terror. Turning 

 to the Mississijjpi he siuldenly observed it in one 

 particular si)ot boil up, and overflow its banks, 

 carrying boats and every thing that floated on its 

 surface far over into the fields, were they were 

 left perfect wrecks. Nay, it spared neither the 

 livin;;- nor the dead, for all at once he saw the lit- 

 tle grave-yard of the village, with its mouldering 

 bones and quiet inhabitants, raised, as it were, 

 from its resting place, and hurleil into the torrent, 

 where it and thi-y were scattered, never to be 

 associated again in time or in eternity. 



It look(!d like the last agony of ex|)iring nature ; 

 as if the Onniipotent lind resigned his empire of 

 the ;miverse, and left the rebel elements to strug- 

 gle for mastery. 



COI.OSSAI. STRKNOTH. 



The French army numbers in its ranks an ath- 

 letic personage, whose |>rodigiou3 stren^h might 

 seem to revive the miracles of Samp-^on, or the 

 astonishing labors of Hercules. Hitherto this 

 strength has not found objects worthy of it, and is 

 only exercised in the stables and prisons ; but let 

 the opportimity oflVir itself and our enemies would 

 have line sport. This new Goliah is a curassier 

 of the 1st Regiment, and is five feet seven inches 

 in height. When he is angry nothing can resist 

 him; his hand can break iron as easily as glass, or 

 give a large horse a blow on the shotdder, and 

 place him just where he wishes him to be. One 

 day in the month of last July, he was ordered by 

 his Lieutenant to attend to the horses newly arriv- 

 ed. He complained of injustice, saying it w«s not 

 his turn. His superior insisted, and on his refus- 

 ing ordered him in custody for four days at the 

 hall of the police. He at length went there quiet- 

 ly, but no sooner was the door locked than he 

 broke the iron bars and the doors to pieces, and 

 was at once set at liberty. He was persuaded to 

 moderation by some of his comrades, and was by 

 order of the Lieutenant conveyed to the prison of 

 the corps. He broke out again with new fury, 

 and destroyed all the camp-beds and the bars. of 

 the window, while the wall and the door were de- 

 stroyed like the walls of Jericho. He was oi"coiase 

 again at liberty, but was by order of the Lieuten- 

 ant conveyed to a dungeon ; where he was com- 

 pelled to remain tranquil, in consequence of the 

 injury done to his hands in demolishing the prison 

 and the hall of the police. — Li Voleur. 



INDIA RUBBER CI<OTH. 



A FEW weeks ago we published from a Boston 

 pa])er, a notice of an invention which has been 

 made to cover cloth with India rubber — gum elas- 

 tic. This week, the author of the invention — a 

 subscriber — Mr. Reuben Bracket, of Unity, Me. 

 has called upon us and exhibited some specimens 

 of his work. And really we were pleased with 

 tlie exhibition. The rubber is spread exceedingly 

 thin upon cloth of any texture, from the coarsest 

 woollen to the finest silk, without injuring the 

 material, and presents a siirfiice at once beautiful, 

 elastic and impervious to water. A pair of gloves 

 which he showed us, we secretly coveted to ride 

 in during the storms of the present winter. Wo 

 believe this invention is a desideratum. We can 

 now have shoes, boots, gloves, mittens, and cloth- 

 ing of any kind we choose, through which no wa- 

 ter can ever find its way; tmd the cloth is as light, 

 elastic and soft as you please. — Eastern Chranicli. 



LAZINESS. 



Dr. Hai.es \ised to say that " Laziness grows 

 on people ; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron 

 chains. I have experienced (he observed) that the 

 more busin<-ss a man has, the more lie is able to 

 accomplish ; for he learns to economize his time ; 

 that is a talent committed to everyone of yon, and 

 for the use of which you must account." 



gAVEET HERBS, &.C. 



FOR SALE, at the Ki-w England Seed Store, 52, North 

 Market Street — The follow ing Sweet Herbs, pulverized, aud 

 packed in tin eaunisters lor domestic use, viz ; 



Sweei Marjoruni, ;i7j^cls — 'I'hyme, 33cts — Summer Savory, 

 !25 cts — Sage, n cts — per cannister. Also — lilack Currant 

 Wine ti)r medicinal purposes, lb els' per bottle. Tomato ICci- 

 chup, 3*^ cts per boitlc. dec '26 



SEEDS FOR COUNTRY DE.AI.ERS. 



TRADEKS in the country, who may wish to keep an as- 

 sortment of genuine Garden St'cils lor sale, are inlbrnied they 

 can lie furnished at the New England Farmer olficc, Nos. 61 

 &. 3tf North Market street, boston, with boxes containing a 

 complete assortment of the seeds mostly used in a kitchen 

 garden on as favorable terms as ihey can be procured in this 

 country, neatly done up in small papers, at (j cents each.— war- 

 ranted to be ot the growth oi 183'.^, aud ol the very Jirst qtiahty. 

 Ors.iMkst.vl Fi-owKR Sef.ds will be added on the same 

 terms, when ordered, as well as Pkas, Bkans, Early and 

 Sw KKT Corn, &-c. of differen sorts. 



tnr The seeds vended at this establishincut, arc put up on an 

 improved plan, each package being accompanied with short 

 directions on its managements, and parked in the neatest style. 

 Traders are reiiuested to call and c.\amiiic for lliemselves. 



Dec. 21-. 



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