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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MARCH Sr, 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



THE liOVE OP OUR COUNTRY. 



By Professor Thomas Thaanip, of Copenliagcn. 

 Thoo spot of earlh, where ftoni my bosom 



The first wesik tones of Nature rose ; 

 Where first I cropp'd the stainless blossom 



Of pleasure, ^ct unmixed with woes ; 

 Where, with my new-born powers delighted, 



I tripped beneath a mother's hand ; 

 Li thee the quenchless flame was lighted, 



That sparkles for my native land ! 



And when in childhood's quiet morning 



Sometimes to distant haunts we rove. 

 The heart, like bended bow returning, 



Springs swifter to its home of love ! 

 Eacli hill, each dale, that shared our pleasures. 



Becomes a heaven in memory ; 

 And ev'n the broken veteran measures 



With sprightlier step his haunts of glee. 



O'er Nonvay's crags, o'er Denmark's vallies, 



Heroic tombs profusely rise, 

 Memorials of the love that rallies 



Nations round kings, and knits their ties. 

 Sweet is the bond of filial duty. 



Sweet is the grasp of friendly hand. 

 Sweet is the kiss of opening beauty, 



But sweeter still our native land. 



INTERESTING TO AJVTIQ,UARIANS. 



Discoveries liave frequently been made in 

 some parts of the country, particularly in the 

 Western States, which go far to prove that this 

 part of the western continent was once inhabited 

 by a race of men who possessed a more perfect 

 knowledge of the civilized arts than was exhibited 

 by the Aborigines, when the country was first dis- 

 covered by Columbus, and many circumstances 

 prove conclusively that great changes have taken 

 place in the face of the country in the lapse of 

 years. 



It was but lately that while some laborers were 

 building a dam iu Gilnianton, on lands belonging 

 to Mr. Isaac Sawyer, they came, while digging, 

 to a loelt about ten feet below the surface, which 

 was regularly stoned ! The well was about three 

 feet deep and three feet in diameter, and from its 

 situation and very peculiar appearance, must have 

 been built long before this country was visited by 

 Europeans. The stones which were used iu its 

 construction are about as large as a man can lift. 

 In the same stratum were found the remains of 

 Beavers' Dams, small pieces of wood from one to 

 six inches iij length, in a state of preservation, in 

 ■which the prints of the beavers' teeth were still to 

 be seen as smooth as if cut with a gouge. The 

 spot where these relics of a former age were found, 

 ■was hut a short distance IVom the borders of the 

 Winnepissioga Lake, and was probably a place of 

 resort for the tribes of the forest. The land is low, 

 but the deposite must have been gradually accu- 

 mulating for many ages. — Exeter J^'eivs Letter. 



THE DOG. 



We learn from a slip in the Buffalo Journal, 

 descriptive of the late fire in that town, that tlie 

 life of one of the principal sufierers — Mr. Trox- 

 ell — was undoubtedly preserved by the attach- 

 ment of a favorite dog. — His lodging room was in 

 one of the upper stories of his dwelling, and he 

 was first alarmed by his little room mate spring- 

 ing upon the bed and attempting to rouse him by 

 his howling. Not sufficiently awakened he threw 

 him from his bed and bade 'him be still' but the 

 faithful animal furiously dragged off the covering 



and continued his efforts till his master was made 

 sensible of his danger and just in time to preserve 

 himself from suffocation. A late number of the 

 Nantucket (Jlass.) Inquirer gives, on the authori- 

 ty of an experienced shipmaster of that town, a 

 similar instance in an account of a dog, which 

 swam to the shore, at midnight from a ship wreck- 

 ed A'essel, in the British channel, between Land's 

 End, and Lizard Toint, and proceeding to a farm 

 house, atler long, and, for a time baffled exertion, 

 succeeded, apparently frantic with gratitude in 

 inducing the peasant to follow him to the edge of 

 the cliff, where looking over, he discovered the 

 forlorn and almost perishing mariners clinging to 

 the rock, at a shoit distance from the strand. 

 The alarm was immediately given to the neighbor- 

 ing farmers, who soon procured ropes and other 

 aids from the town of Falmouth, three or four 

 miles from the spot, and succeeded in saving all the 

 survivors, with a single exception — one man hav- 

 ing been killed by the fall of a stone from the cliff. 

 Fourteen were thus rescued, who unquestionably 

 owed their lives to the faithful and sagacious do" 

 — Providence Journal. 



liEPT OBT THE GROUND. 



An Antwerp Journal contains the following 

 anecdote of a recent duel in that neighborhood: 

 On arriving at the ground the two principals who 

 were to fight, entered into a parley. "Come," said 

 one of them, "nothing remains but to measure the 

 distance." " I will fight at any distance you please," 

 replied his adversary, " but if either of us is 

 wounded there is an end to the affair, and we may 

 declare ourselves mutually satisfied." "Never," 

 said the first, "one of us must remain upon the 

 ground." " Then you may' remain by yourself," 

 replied the doughty combatant, " for I have busi- 

 ness that calls me away." With this coUocjuy, the 

 affair terminated, and the parties separated with- 

 out effusion of blood. 



A SAILOR being about to sail to India, a citizen 

 asked him where his father died .' ' In ship- 

 wreck.' 'And where did your grandfather die r" 

 'As he was fishing, a storm arose, and he, with lii.s 

 companions, perished.' 'And your greatgrand- 

 father ?' ' He also perished from shipwreck.' 

 ' Then, if I wore you, I would never go to sea.' — 

 ' I'ray, Mr. Philosopher, where did your father 

 die ?' ' My father, grandfather and great grand- 

 father died in bed.' ' Then, if I were you,' re- 

 torted the son of Neptune, ' I would never go to 

 bed.' 



BRUT.II. STORIES. 



We have had two or three anecdotes of beasts 

 on hand for two or three weeks with which we 

 now propose to entertain the reader. 



A dog belonging to an Irishman, residing in this 

 town, is in the habit of paying a visit twice or 

 thrice a week to the wife of his owner, in the city 

 of Boston. Dividing his attachment between the 

 two. Tray trudges to the city, spends an hour or 

 two with his mistress, and then . faces about and 

 returns to his master. Messages have been trans- 

 mitted by him. 



A clerk in a druggist's store on Central Street, 

 heard a bell tinkle in his sleeping apartment. The 

 bell wire was attached to a knob at the door of 

 the store, and as no person stood there, he went 

 immediately to his room, where he found a strange 

 cat, who having been accidentally shut in, had 

 rung the bell to call some one to her assistance, 



in setting her at liberty. ' As some doubt remain- 

 ed whether this ringing was accideiual or inten- 

 tional on the part of puss, she was shut up in the 

 same room on the day following when she repeat- 

 ed the ringing. — Loioell Compcnd. 



STAIiLIONS. 



THE following Horses are for sale or to let the cnsuin" 

 season. If not parted with they will stand for Mares at the 

 Farm of A. Dty, at Lodi, Bergen County, New .Jersey, near 

 Newark Bridge, about 7 miles from the City of New York, 

 under the care of HosEA Worthington. 



PATH-KII.LER,— ChcsUwt, 6 years old 30th April, 1833, 

 measure.-. Is hands o inches high, and is still growmg — Sire, 

 Amtriiim Eclipse; Dam Uijticiiith^ a pure thorough bred mare 

 of the ICu'ilish race breed — lor pedigree sec llie Sd Vol. Ameri- 

 can Tiirl llcgister, Nos. 8 & y, April and May 1832, where her 

 pedigree is verified up to the Oriental Horses, more than 150 

 years, — I'alh Killer's Colts are remarkable for their beauty, 

 size, bono and action, and promise to be great trotters. 



N.VVAUINO,— beautiful blood Bay, 5 years old in May 

 1833, measures 15 hands and 3 inches high, and still growing — 

 Sire, ■■ llilijroot's Sir Harnj" — Uam, Ihjacinth above nanied. 



H.VKI'I.N'US, — beautitul blood Bay, measures 11) hands 2 

 inches liigh.7 years old this sprmg(1833) — Sm.Uambtetmtian 

 — Mam, Messenger Mare, a great trotter and iiis colts large 

 and fine, well calculated for Coach Horses ; lor one pair of 

 them, only two and tliree years old, g400 was oti'ered and re- 

 ibsed. 



KING PHILIP,— a Sorrel, said to be 13 years old ; a full 

 blood Narragaiisell, and the only known tliorough-bred in this 

 part of the country. He is a descendant of a race of animals 

 tlial have been in the family of the late Governor Jay for many 

 years. His slock, especially those by high bred mares, arc 

 said lo be very fine, and will carry a man with great case fiO 

 miles a day under the saddle. As saddle horses, they readilv 

 sell from ^300 to §500, at five years old. They rack, troi, 

 and ranter, and are good for both sadtlle and harness. 



Tlic! above horses will stand for %\i> the season, payable on 

 the 1st January, iy,>l.. islw m 20 



THE PLANTER'S GUIDE. 



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 \Vniid,by the removal of Large Trees and Underwood j being 

 an attempt to place the Art, and that of General ArboricuUuro 

 on (wvA aad Phytological principles j interspersed with obser- 

 vations on General Planting, and the improvement of real land- 

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HARDWARE. 



100 dozen Ames Backstrap Shovels. 

 20 do. do. Large Shovels, from No. 4 to 12. 

 20 do. do. Cast Steel Polished Shovels. 

 100 do. Plympton Hoes. 

 ."iO do. Sieison do. 

 50 do. Falos Cast Steel Goosenecked Hoes. 

 Also, various other kinds of Hoes. 



100 dozen Manure Forks, comprising an assortment of vari- 

 ous makers and qualities. 

 1.50 dozen Farwell's Scvlhes. 



\M do. Whipple &. 'Hales half set Scvthes, together with 

 every description of HARDWARE GOODS, ibr sale by 

 L.\NE & HEAD, at No. 6, Market Square, near Fanned 



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