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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



lOR THK NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



LA FAYETTE. 

 Welcome to our land, Fayette ; 

 Where the sua of slavery's set, 

 Hail to Freedom's sacred home 

 Where no proud invaders come, 

 Where no kingly tyrant rules 

 O'er fawning courtiers, flattering fools! 

 Freedom's champion I welcome, here, 

 To the hearts of Freemen dear ! 

 Freedom's champion ! hail, all hail 1 

 Echoes from each hill and vale. 



Years may pass — (and as all must) 

 Kings may mix with kindred dust — 

 Despots rule, and slaves obey. 

 Cowering to oppression's sway ; 

 Still Columbians, brave and free 

 Will " rally round their Liberty" — 

 Still support their country's cause. 

 Equal rights and equal laws. 

 While La Fayette, thy spotless name 

 Pealing from the trump of Fame, 

 Shall with our acclamations rise 

 On glory's pinions to the skies. 



MORTIMER. 

 Boston, ^ug. 24, 1824. 



roR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 

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On seehig Ike Monuintnl erected at BunJ;er^s Hill, " to 

 the meniory of Warren and his brave Jlssoctates.^'' 



Shades of the brave! in tranquillity rest. 



For the '^ battle's commotion" is o'er 



The just cause of Freedom by Heaven is bUst 



And tyrants have (led from our shore 



>fo more by the clangor of arms. 



Or by ruthless invaders assail'd ; 



We repose now in peace from the war's dread alarms. 



For freedom, fair freedom prevaii'd. 



Earth's blessings are scatter'd around. 



With a free and beneficent hand, 



And Heaven's bright courts with the echo resound. 



Whilst the glad (hanks of millions ascend. 



Then rest 'mid the honour and fame. 



By your deeds o'er your memory cast, 



And glory's bright halo encircle each name 



'V^^liIst American Freedom shall last. 



MORTIMER. 

 Boston, 1824. 



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FAMILY GOVERNMENT. 

 Passing the house of a neighbour, in one of 

 vny evening excursions, 1 heard a great noise 

 and tumult, and seating myself to learn the 

 cause and issue of the event, soon understood 

 that some unlucky chap, in imitation of his fa- 

 ther's example, had been into the garden with 

 Ijis lillle hoe, but unforlunalcly not bein"- able 

 distinguish noxious weeds from useful plants, 



haol unwittingly deslrnynd one or two vine" 



a mighty offence considering the unpromising 

 appearance of the season. Strict inr|uiry was 

 now made to discover the rogue — but all de- 

 nied the deed, till a little boy, ahout four years 

 of age, innocent of any evil design, and ignorant 

 of the art of dissimulation, came furward and 

 owned the fact. Nohle hoy, said 1 to mvsell, 



your harmless intentions and free confession, 

 will surely not only screen you from punish- 

 ment, but entitle you to commendation. But 

 what was my surprise when the mother, void 

 of all humanity — void of those peculiar traits 

 so becoming in the female character — void even 

 of maternal affection, with the mad fury of a daj- 

 mon, flew to the helpless child and beat him 

 most unmercifully; at the same time accompa- 

 nying every blow with such threats and impre- 

 cations as almost chilled my blood to hear. 



Blind and misguided [larents, said 1, little do 

 you consider how much evil you have done 

 without effecting any good. It will readily be 

 •^ranted, by every candid person, that no real 

 good can be expected to result from so improp- 

 er a manner of correcting. I am far from be- 

 lieving that a child treated in (his manner will 

 be deterred from committing even that which 

 it knows to be wrong, whenever he has any 

 temptation for so doing. But the evils result- 

 ing from so ill-timed and improper a chastise- 

 ment are numerous. 



First, It confounds in the minds of children 

 the ideas of right and wrong, and the difference 

 between accidental and intended mischief. 



Second, they are taught, by the example of 

 a parent, to fly into a passion at every trifling 

 occurrence which is not agreeable to their testy 

 humours. They learn to exercise the baneful 

 passions of malice, revenge and cruelty, among 

 their playmates. 



Third, they are taught to pay little or no re- 

 gard to the judgement or authority of their ])a- 

 rents. They will not consider their punish- 

 ment as the desert of their crimes, but the ef- 

 fects of hasty and petulent temper in those who 

 correct them. 



1 aftenvards understood, that this accident 

 happened upon the Sabbath, but not a word 

 was uttered by the parents, intimating the of- 

 fence as aggravated by this circumstance: the 

 child is thereby taught a total disregard of the 

 Sabbath, and contempt for the laws of God. 

 But this is not all, this child is likewise taught 

 to lie ; a jjractice too easily learned without 

 the aid of an instructor. What will induce a 

 child to confess that for which he is sure of be- 

 ing punished ? 1 know of no motives which will 

 promjit older people lo do this, hut a full and 

 practical belief of their accountability, a prin- 

 ciple which seldom actuates the conduct ol 

 children. 



So I returned and said in mine heart — this 

 also is a sore evil, and the great vexation of 

 our age- — that (here is so little judgment, rea 

 son or religion, exercised in the education of 

 children. The little master, for breaking a 

 j pane of glass, letdng tail a tea-cup, or ignnrantly 

 j destroying a favorite tree or flower, is, in a mo- 

 I ment of rage, beaten without mercy; while al 

 the same time, perhaps, he is permitted, with 

 scarcely a rebuke, to indulge anger, malice, 

 and revenge, towards his litlle brothers and 

 sisters; to deceive and prevaricate; to rob 

 his neighbors' orchards and gardens; and make 

 use of the most uncivil, obscene, and profane 

 language. The truth is (his, they treal (heir 

 children like a dog for accidentally destroying 

 a few pence of their property, while they let 

 pass unnoticed (he far more destructive and 

 pernicious evils of the heart. 



[ yermont Jaurnal. 



During the reign of Cromwell, a Clergyman 

 during his service, took occasion to pray " that 

 the king and parliament might hang together in 

 peace and concord.'' A sailor present jumped 

 up, and exclaimed, " that's right ; only hang 

 tliem, I donl care by what cord it is." 



— ^.w% 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Suspicion. — Many persons are too subtle and 

 too suspicious tor their own enjoyment. They 

 apt to put some sinister construction on every 

 look, word or action of (heir acquain(ance. Re- 

 marks made, or actions performed, of a perfect- 

 ly innocent nature, are thought by the jealous 

 or suspicious person to be intended for some- 

 thing of a cutting or sarcastic nature. Make this 

 a rule, never to take offence unless you are 

 sure otTence is intended ; and even intentional 

 offence is, generally speaking, better overlook- 

 ed than resented. 



Talents misapplied. — There can be no grea(er 

 injury (o human society than (hat grea( (alents 

 should be held honourable without regard to 

 (heir application. The gifts of na(ure, and the 

 acquisitions of art should be held in esteem on- 

 ly in proportion to (heir (endency to promo(e 

 (he welfare of mankind, and (heir applicadon 

 to useful purposes. No man should, by any 

 stretch of courtesy, be accounted as a great man 

 unless he is a good man, and goodness should 

 ever be esteemed the principal ingredient of 

 greatness 



ftO" Subscribers lo the Former, are informed 

 lliat they can have their lolumes bound on reasona- 

 ble terms by leaving them at this Office. 



LANDS FOR SALE IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



THE subscriber offers for sale in small lots to actual 

 settlers, or in larger tracts to others, the following 

 lands in the State of I'tnn'yhauia, btlcngirg to the 

 estate of the late Wm. Bingham, viz: two hundred 

 and fifty thousand acres in the counties of Bradford 

 and Tioga, at from /Aree dollars, to luo dollais fifty 

 cints per acre, according to situation ; and fire hun- 

 drid tliousand acres in the counties of I'otler, McKtan, 

 \'enango, Armstrong, Jeffei son and Lycon.ing, at tvo 

 dollars per acre. '1 he terms are ten years for pay- 

 mtnts, three of them without interest. The land is 

 geiurally of a good quality, well watered, intersected 

 by important roads, and in a healthy situation. For 

 lurlher particulars application may be made to agents 

 m the difierent counties, or to 



ROBERT H. ROSE, 

 July 24. Silrer Lake, Pennsyhania. 



ANTED No. 51, of the 1st Vol. of the N. Ev 

 Farmer. For which a generous price will be 

 given by the publisher of this paper. 



TO PRINTF.RS. 



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 prices. 



R. GRO\'E'S Essay on Sheep, in a pamplilct form 

 for salt at this Office. " July 10. 



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