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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JUITE 13,- 1833. 



MISCELLANY. 



IiINES -WRITTEN ON A PUNCHEON OP 

 SPIRITS. 



BY PHILIP J-RENEAU. 



Within these wooden walls, confined, 

 The ruin lurks of human kind, 

 More mischiefs here, united, dwell, 

 And more diseases haunt this cell, 

 Than ever plagued the Egyptian flocks, 

 Or ever cursed Pandora's box. 



Within these prison walls repose 

 The seeds of many a bloody nose ; 

 The chattering tongue, the horrid oath ; 

 The fist for figlUing, nothing loth ; 

 The passion quick, no words can tame, 

 That burst like sulphur into flame ; 

 The nose with diamonds glowing red, 

 The bloated eye, and broken liead ! 



Forever fastened be this door ! 

 Confined within, a thousand more 

 Destructive fiends of hateful shape. 

 Even now are plotting an escape, 

 Here, only by a cork restrained, 

 In slender walls of wood contained. 

 In all their dirt of death reside 

 Revenge, that ne'er was satisfied ; 

 The tree that bears the deadly fruit 

 Of murder, maiming and dispute ; 

 Assault, that innocence assails. 

 The images of gloomy jails. 

 The giddy thought on mischief bent. 

 The midnight hour in folly spent. 

 All these within this cask appear. 

 And Jack tlie hangman in the rear. 



Thrice happy he, who early taught 

 By nature, ne'er this poison sought ; 

 Who, friendly to his own repose. 

 Treads under foot this worst of foes ; 

 He with the purling stream content, 

 The beverage quaft's that nature meant ; 

 In reason's scale his actions weighed. 

 His spirits want no foreign aid ; 

 Not swelled too high, or sunk too low. 

 Placid his easy minutes flow ; 

 Long life is his, in vigor passed, 

 Existence welcome to the last, 

 A spring that never yet grew stale-^ 

 Such virtue lies in— adam's ale. 



"LIFE IN THE -WII-DS." 



The following is an extract fioin one of Miss 

 Harriet Martineau's " Eluslrations of Political 

 Economy," several of which, besides the one with 

 the above title have been republished in this coun- 

 try. Miss M. has brought this hhliorto abstract 

 subject down to the comprehension of the most 

 ordinary capacities. She is the young lady of 

 whom Lord Chancellor Brougham recently re- 

 marked, that " there is a deaf girl in Norwich, 

 who is doing more good than any man in the 

 Kingdom." 



" That reminds me," said Mrs. Stone, " of what 

 1 was wishing to ask you. I see clearly, and I 

 suppose the most ignorant person in the village 

 sees, how useful macliinery is in a case like ours 

 where the great object is to save labor. But are 

 those in the wrong who dislike the extensive use 

 of machinery in countries, such as England at the 

 present day, where the great object is to find em- 

 ployment for labor?" 



" Clearly in the wrong," replied her husband : 

 " because, till the human race reaches its highest 

 point of attainment, there must always something 



more to do; and the more power there is set at 

 liberty to do it the better. Till all the arts and 

 sciences are exhausted, till nature has furnished 

 the last of her resources, and man found the lim- 

 it of his means in making use of them, the great- 

 est possible supply of human labor is wanted, and 

 it is our duty to make the utmost possibility of sa- 

 ving it." 



" I remember," said his wife, " what the gov- 

 ernor said about labor being a power of which 

 man is the machine ; aiid I see how it must he for 

 man's advantage to economize this power to the 

 utmost. But I cannot reconcile this with the in- 

 troduction of machinery where labor is abundant." 

 " I do not deny the evil," replied her husband : 

 " but I see the distress is temporary and partial, 

 while the advantage is lasting and universal. You 

 have heard of the dismay of those who got their 

 living by copying manuscripts, when the art of 

 printing was introduced." 



" Yes : and that many thousands now are main- 

 tained by printing, to one who used to copy for 

 bread. The case is the same with cotton-spin- 

 ning. Where one was employed to spin by hand, 

 hundreds are now maintained by spinning with 

 machinery ; and thousands of times as much 

 work is done." 



" Such a result in any one case shows that the 

 principle is a good one ; and if, in any other case, 

 it appears not to be good, we may he pretty sure of 

 finding that the blame lies — not with the principle 

 — but with some check or other which interferes 

 with it. Such checks are imposed by the bad pol- 

 icy of some governments, and by want of union 

 between the diflerent parts of society. While the 

 race at large has still so many wants and wishes uii- 

 gratified, it ought to be an easy thing for any rpian- 

 tity of labor, which is turned away from one kind 

 of work to find employment in another. That it is 

 not easy, is the fault of the consthution of society, 

 and we should be fitr from remedying the evil by 

 repressing the principle and restricting the powers 

 of labor." 



" Do you think that if labor had its free course 

 all over the world, machinery might be e.xtended 

 to the utmost perfection, without doing any thing 

 but good to the whole of the race?" 



11 I do. — And 1 see yet farther evil in restricting 

 the use of machinery in any one country ; — that it 

 invariably increases the amount of distress on the 

 very spot. Since no power on earth can stop the 

 t'.ie improvement of machinery in the world at 

 once, it does nothing but mischief to stop it in any 

 one place. Wherever it is done that place is 

 thrown hack in the race of competition, and will 

 soon stifler under a failure of demand for its pro- 

 ductions and manufactures ; because by the aid of 

 machinery they can be furnished more cheaply 

 elsewhere." 



" Then the only thing to be done is to open as 

 many channels to industry as possible, and to re- 

 move all obstructions to its free course." " Just 



him lay mangled thousands of French and Eng-' 

 lish — it was a few hours after the battle of 

 Salamanca had been won by the British. The 

 soldier started, and after saluting his General, an- 

 swered — "I was thinking, my Lord, how many 

 widows and orphans I perhaps this day have made 

 for one shilling." 



■WHOIrESALE AND RETAIL CASH STORE. 



ELIAIS STONE BREWER, No. 414, Washington Street, 

 (South end) has received a general assortment of Spring oTid 

 Summer (ioods, among which are 100 cases English, French and 

 American Prints of all prices and qualities — 2U cases Petticoat 

 Robes — 1 case Cambric Muslins, some of which are very fine — 1 

 case Cotton Cambrics do. do. — 1 case White Lilesia for lining- 

 lathes tiresses — 1 case Book Binders' Cambrick for do. do.^ — 3 

 cases do. — 1 00 cases bleached and brown Sheeting and Shirting, 

 some extra fine — I case Marseilles Quilts, from 8 to 10 quarters 

 — 5 cases London Rose Blankets, some of a very superior qual- 

 and large size — 1 case Hearth Rugs — I cases Chapp's spool 

 6 cord cotton, warranted — 200 yards superior qualitv — o cases 

 Clark's ilo. at very low prices by doz. or case — 1^000 fancy 

 boxes — a large variety of colored and black French Silks at 



cry reduced prices — 2 cases coi'd Battiste — 1 case black and 

 colored Barage — 4 cases French and London printed Muslins 

 of new patterns and beautiful colors — 2 eases three corded su- 

 perfine Itnlianettcs, black iuid fashionable colors — 1 case com- 

 mon do — 1 case Plaid Palmgrim's super quality — 1 case Pou 

 de Sol a genteel article for ladies' summer dresses, 9d per yd 

 — 20 ps super mix'd, drab, and olive Merino Cassinetls for 

 children's summer dresses — 20 ps Rouen Cassimere with a large 

 variety of superfine and fine Broadcloths and Cassimeres — 

 20 bales Pelisse Wadding — 3 cases superior Ticking — 4 cases 

 cheapdo — 10 cases improved soft finished 4-4 Irish Luien, man- 

 ufaeluied for the London market and imported expressly for 

 the suhsi'riber. 



The ajove goods are offered for cash only at prices so ex- 

 tremely ow as will make it an object for purchasers either by 

 piece or yard to call and see. May 29 



THE HORSE NUflHDIAN. 



The full Blooded Arabian Horse Numidian will stand for 

 mares tlit ensuing season at the Ten Hill Stock Farm, on the 

 Medford turnpike, 2.^ miles from Boston, at twenty dollars the 

 season, or twentv-fivc dollars to insure with foal. 



Tiic history of Numidian is tins ;— In the winter of 1823—4, 

 tlio i>ey of Algiers was at war with ihe Caholls, a tribe of 

 Numidian Arabs. The Aga, (or General) Eliiea, who com- 

 manded the Dcy's Janissaries (or troops) returned to Algiers 

 in the spring of 1824. having conquered the Arabs and brought 

 with him as booty a number of their best horses, of which Nu- 

 midian was one, a four year old colt at the time. He was ob- 

 tained of the Aga by Mr. Shaler, then Consul in Algiers. He 

 arrived in this country in December, 182G. 



He is said to be a sure foal getter and the colts are consid- 

 ered very valuable. They are five years old and under. 

 Since 1827 he has stood for marcs at Mount Holly, Burlington 

 CO. N, J. 



The Arabian horses from the Barbary coast are often called 

 barbs. 



Gentlemen who may wish to know more particularly about 

 him are requested to inquire of the subscriber at the Ten Hills 

 Stock Farm. SAMUEL JAQUES. 



m 1 



If a man has a quarrelsome temper, let him 

 alone. The world will soon find him employment. 

 Ho will soon meet with some one stronger than 

 himself, who will repay him better than you can. 

 A man may fight duels all his life, if he is disposed 

 to quarrel. — C'ea'L 



"What are yoti thinking, my man?" said Lord 

 Hill, as he approached a soldier who was leaning 

 in a gloomy mood upon his firelock, while around 



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