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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JWfsccUanfPS. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



THE VICTIM OF SEDUCTION— A Sketch. 

 Behold those " sunken cheeks, those hollow eyes," 

 And, vile seducer, say " the work is mine ;" 

 For once those cheeks the tint of roses wore. 

 And once those eyes in gaiety did shine 

 With prospects bright as morning's opening dawn. 

 The pride of a fond, widow'd mother's heart. 

 She liv'd — nor dream'd of danger or deceit. 

 But ah I how chang'd the scene — those rosy cheeks, 

 Those loTely sparkling eyes that chaim'd awhile, 

 Where are they now ? All, all their beauties fled I 

 And now a " ghost, a living skeleton," 

 Betray'd, deserted, scorn'd, she lives alone 

 Mid thousands round — and utters constant prayers, 

 That Heaven may grant a calm release iu death, 

 From shame, despair and woe. 



* * * *^ 



This is thy work, seducer ! cursed fiend ! 

 In human shape and human garb array'd ! 

 Kay, start not, it is thine — and if there is 

 A part of the dark realms of endless night 

 More torturing than the rest, well may'st thou tremble, 

 Lest the just God of widows and of orphans, 

 •Should seal thy dread, irrevocable doom. 

 And sentence thee to fire and pain forever. 



Boston, 1824. Mortimer. 



From the Delaware (OltAo) Patron. 



ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. 



"• Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them 

 not ; for of such is the kingdom of fteat'c??." 



How calm are thy slumbers, thou sweet little stranger. 

 Unmindful of sorrovp — regardless of danger ! 

 Thy mild spirit left thee as pure as it found (hee. 

 Ere the cold cares of life spread their darkness around 

 thee! 



Thy purity owned not this world of confusion. 

 Its joys deign'd no relish for " fancy's illusion ;" 

 Thine eye clos'd upon them, thy pilgrimage ended. 

 Thy soul mounted upward, by angels attended. 



Sleep on, lovely cherub l no more shalt thou waken ; 

 Thy body lies tenantless, cold, and forsaken. 

 No more shall the arms of a parent enfold thee — 

 Ho more shall the eye of affection behold thee. 



Though now thy frail body in death is reclining, 

 Thy bright, spotless spirit with angels is shining ; 

 For our Saviour, to us, an assurance has given, 

 That " of such" as thou art, " is the kingdom of 

 Heaven." Velasco. 



From the Jfew Jersey Eagle. 



Men, ever eager in search of Tactitious joys, 

 go down to the sea in ships, visit various and 

 distant climes, and tempt evil in a thousand 

 forms, when safe and cheap delight is (o be pro- 

 cured at home. The merchant, says an elegant 

 satirist, hurries to the Indies, to secure a flight 

 from poverty : a more reflecting adventurer on 

 the point of embarkation, might consider that 

 poverty is alike discoverable in the east as the 

 west, and might be as easily eluded at home as 

 abroad. I consider few tilings more baneful 

 than that species of discontent, which urges to 

 go here and to go there, rather than to pcrse- 

 yere in an uniform conduct, in a permanent sta- 

 tion. Restlessness is ever a capital defect in 

 character, generally indicating either a lio-jit 

 mind, or a tniuted lieart. The " Foul Fiend'" is 



depicted as a wanderer ; going to and fro and 

 walking up and down. Cataline is described by 

 Sallust, who saw him with a painter's eye, as 

 ever tiring of things possessed, and panting to 

 reach the distant and inaccessible. Hope pre- 

 sents the false light, " gliding meteorous" before 

 us ; we follow and are beguiled. 



" Then where, my dear countrymen, are you 

 going," and why do you wander ? O, we are on 

 the march to Florida, and to the country of the 

 Mississippi, the genuine gardens of the Hes- 

 perides, exuberant in golden fruit. — We are 

 embarking for the Indies, expecting under their 

 hot sun, our fortunes will ripen in a year. Do 

 not detain us with your dogmas ; it is not advice 

 we seek, it is gold. If that be the motive of 

 these long journeys from Dan to Beersheba, the 

 time, trouble, and expense may be saved. Su- 

 perfluous to ascend Potosi, when mines are under 

 our feet. The field of industry is not remote ; 

 it is a kind of homestead, within reach & within 

 view ; and adventurers may believe, " that the 

 gold of that land is good ; there is bdellium and 

 the onyx stone." 



It has been so fashionable for persons of a 

 speculative turn, to argue the propriety of emi- 

 grating to Alabama, Florida, and to the Lakes, 

 that many look askance at domestic blessings, 

 and fancy that neither gold, nor any thing else 

 of value, can be found, except among southern 

 sands and in tlie western wilds. But wealth ami 

 power are not bounded by "eographiral line-;, 

 nor suddenly conjured up from the e;irth, as in 

 the strife of Neptune and Minerva, by the instru- 

 ment of the surveyor. A slower process is re 

 quired, but it is sure ; Labour and the plough ef- 

 fect more at home, than twenty joi(rney.i abroad. 

 Suspend your schemes, ye speculators, and con- 

 fide in the resources of your mtive soil. Re- 

 freshed by sweet and running waters, diversified 

 by hill and valley, ventil.ited by buxom ffales, 

 and fertilized by the kindest inliuence of heav- 

 en, America, quickened by industry, is the El 

 Dorado of romance. From such a soil, tillage 

 will derive gold ; and " the gold of that land is 

 good," where the yeon^an is strenuous and per- 

 severing. Gazing at the full eared corn and the 

 ample hay-cock, and matured oichard, the rural 

 enthusiast may exclaim, in the Oriental lang- 

 uage — " Tliere is bdellium and the onyx-stone," 

 the sources of our wealth and splendour. 



Colonel Daviess, who fell in the battle of the 

 Wabasb, was a man of Kentucky. — He was a 

 lawyer whose character was tinged with those 

 eccentricities which indicated future genius. — 

 There w.is a difficult question to decide before 

 the court of Kentucky, involving an important 

 question in regard to the title of an estate.— 

 The case embraced a long concatenation of 

 several technical niceties. When the case was 

 called, a Kentucky hunter, with his musket and 

 bird bag loaded with provisions, all equipped 

 complete, entered the hall and took his seat 

 among the lawyers. — There was a grin on the 

 faces at the bar, court, jury and spectators. He, 

 all unconscious, took out his provisions and be- 

 gan to eat with most perfect composure. The 

 lawyer on the side of the plaintiff arose and 

 made a long argument. And who answers (or 

 the defendant ? inquired the court. 1 do, re- 

 plied the hunter, and rising, broke forth into n 

 torrent of elo(|uence that astonished the court 

 and jury» Anay went the plaintill", iii.v and ev- 



idence ; and so complete was the discomfiture 

 that the opposite counsel made a most pitiful 

 reply. 



The jury found a verdict for the defendant 

 without retiring from their seats, when the 

 court adjourned and invited the stranger to 

 their lodgings. " No, I thank you gentlemen ; 

 and unless you will take a cold cut with me, 1 

 must be gone." So saying he shouldered his 

 musket, and with great sang froid departed. — 

 Such a man was Colonel Daviess '. 



A countryman about to alter his condition, 

 appeared last week, before a magistrate to 

 swear the affidavit required by the New Mar- 

 riage Act, when, on its being read to him, he 

 complained that he didn't understand it. "Not 

 understand it," said his worship, who was not 

 over burthened with sense — " Not understand 

 it ; why you must be quite a fool." " No, I 

 ben't quite," said Clod, drily, " but I be very 

 near one.'''' — London paper. 



The Planting of the Fine. — When Noah plant- 

 ed the first vine, and retired, Satan approached 

 it and said, "• I will nurture you, charming plant." 

 He quickly fetched three animals, — a sheep, a 

 lion, and a hog; and killed them one after the 

 ether, near the vine. The virtue of the blood 

 ol' these animals penetrated it, and is still mini- 

 tested in theirgrowth. When a man dninks one 

 goblet of wine, he i- then agreeable, gentle, and 

 friendly ; that is the nature of the lamb. Whea 

 he drinks two, he is a lion, and si-.ys, " who is 

 like me?" he then talks of slujiondous things. 

 When he drinks more, his sense?- forsake him, 

 and ill length be wallows in the mire. Need it 

 be said, that iie then resembles a hog. 



I.r-ltcr from Doctor Franklin to the Marquis La Fay- 



clle, (with the sword ordered by Congress.) 



Passy, 241h August, 1789. 



Sir, — The Congress, sensible' of your merit 

 towards the United States, but unable adequate- 

 lij to rewaj-d it, determined to present you with 

 H sword, as a small mark of grateful acknowl- 

 edgment. They directed it to be ornamented 

 with suitable devices. Some of the principal 

 actions of the war, in which you distinguished 

 yourself by your bravery and conduct, are 

 therefore, represented, upon it. These with a 

 few emblematic figures, all admirably well ex- 

 ecuted, make its principal value. By the help 

 of the exquisite artists France affords, I find it 

 easy to express every thing, hut the sense we 

 have of your worth and our obligations to you. 

 F'or this, figures, and even words, are found 

 insuificient. 



I therefore only add, that, with the most per- 

 fect esteem and respect, I have the honor cf 

 presenting it to you. B. FR.ANKLIN. 



P. S. — My grandson goes to Havre with the 

 sword, and will have the honor of presenting 

 it to vou. 



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