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New ENGLAND FARMER. 



^CsccUantfs, 



SELECTED. 



THE FARMER. 



O happy he, happiest of mortal men, 



Who, far removM from slavery as fromprldf, 



Fears uo man's frowu uor cringiag wants to catch 



The gracious nothing of a great man's nod : 



"IVhere the laced beggar bustles for a bribe. 



The purchase of his honour : Where deceit 



And fraud, and circumvention, dress'd in smiles, 



Hold shameful commerce : and beneath the mask 



Of friendship and sincerity betray. 



llim ; nor tlie stately mansion's gilded pride, 



Rich with whate'cr the imitative arts, 



Painling or sculpture, yield to charm the eye ; 



Nor shining heaps of massy plate, euvprought, 



AVith curious, costly workmanship, allure. 



Tempted, nor with the pride nor pomp of power, 



Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines 



Of grasping avarice, nor the poison'd sweets 



Of pamper'd luxury, he plants his foot 



With firmness on his old paternal fields. 



And stands unshaken. There sweet prospects rise. 



Of meadows smiling in their flowery priJe, 



Green hills and dales, and cottages, embow'rd, 



The scenes of innocence and calm delight. 



There the wild melody of war", ling birds, 



And cool refreshing groves and murmuring tpring?, 



Invite the sacred thought, and lifts the mind 



From low pursuits to meditate on God. 



EPITAPH. 



FROM THE GREF.E. 

 ,My name ! my country I what are they to thee ? 

 What ! whether base or proud, my pedigree? 

 i'erhaps I far surpass'd all other men ! 

 Perhaps I fell below them all ! what then ? 

 Suffice it, stranger, that thou see'sta tomb ! 

 Thou knowest its use ; it hides — no matter whom. 



From the JVew i'ork SiaUsman. 



Good Advice. — The following excellent max- 

 ims, a strict observance of which wouiil insure 

 wealth, reputation, and liappines=, are taken 

 from the close of an Address to the members 

 of the Albany Apprentices' Libra r^i Association, 

 by the Rev, Mr. Larcey, Rector of St. Peter's 

 Church. 



1. Having selected voiir profession, resolve 

 not to abandon it; but bj a life of industry and 

 enterprise and industry to adorn it. Yon will 

 be much more likely to succeed in business you 

 Jong have studied, than in that of which vou 

 know but little. 



2. Select the best company in your power to 

 obtain, and let your conversation be on those 

 things you wish to iearn. Frequent coDversa- 

 tion will elicit much instruction. 



3. Obtain a friend to select for you the best 

 books, on morality, religion, and the liberal 

 arts, and particularly on those which treat on 

 your own profession. It is not the reading of 

 many books that makes a man wise, but the 

 loading only of those which can imjiart wisdom. 



•1. Thorougldy understand what you read; 

 take notes o( all that is worth rememberin"-, 

 and frefjuently review what you have written. 



5. Solect for your model, the purest ar.d 

 greatest characters ; and always tMuleuvour iu 



imitate their virtues, and emulate their great- 

 ness. 



6. Serve God ; attend his worsliip : and en- 

 deavour to set an example of piety, charity, 

 and sobriety to all around you. 



7. Love your country ; respect your rulers ; 

 treat with kindness your fellow apprentices, 

 and let it be your great aim to lie useful to man- 

 kind. 



8. Get all you can by honest industry ; spend 

 nothing extravagantly ; and provide largely for 

 old age. 



9. Remember with gratitude the patrons of 

 the apprentices' library ; and, should it ever be 

 in your power, imitate their benevolence. 



Trotting Malcli for 200gMi«e«i.— The famous 

 horse Traveller was matched for the above 

 sum, to trot 28 miles in two hours, — and he 

 started on Friday se'nnight on the Cambridge 

 road; betting live to four on the horse. He 

 completed the first seven miles in 29 minutes, 2 

 seconds; the second in 29 minutes 9 seconds; 

 the third 28 minutes 10 seconds; and the last 

 seven miles it was thought he had won, but a 

 difference of four seconds occurring in the 

 watches of the umpires, it was referred to Ma- 

 jor W. who decided it to he a draw, but option- 

 al with the owner nf the horse to trot the 

 match over again within two imntij?. 



^London paper. 



Mr. Owcn''s Match. — This iindorlaking to 

 go on foot 6t miles per day for 12 successive 

 days (and not 12 as iirst stated) was concluded 

 at a quarter before one o'clock on Wednesday 

 morning. It was for 2(10 sovereigns, over four 

 miles. He shifted his four miles of ground to 

 turf, at Fairfield, Epping Forest, on the G:h Hay, 

 and the following is descripfive of rarb (hiy's 

 labour. First day he did his ciound in about 

 It; hours ; second, third and fourth in about ICi ; 

 and he rose 18 hours on the 9th day, and frit 

 lame ; he however recovered, and the tentn 

 day the pedestrian was 19 hours at work, and 

 on the two last days he (ravelled ne-;rly the 

 whole time, and Vi-on the malch with much diffi- 

 culty, having less than a quarter of an hour lo 

 spare. Sixty miles per day, for 16 days, is said 

 lo be the most that has been done in this way 

 before. — London Fanners'' Journal. 



A Great Pun. — When Sir IVilliani Curtis re- 

 turned fiom his voyage to Italy and Spain, lie 

 called lo pay his respects to l\lr. Canning, at 

 Gloucester Lodge. Among other questions, Sir 

 William said "But pray, l\Ir. Canning, what doj 

 you say to the tunnel under the Thames?" — I 

 " Say," replied the Secretary, "Why, I say it' 

 is the greatest bore London ever had, and that 

 is saying a great deal." — Ibid. 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 



FOR sale, as usual, at the 

 KENRICK PLACE, near 

 Brighton. The Nurseries have 

 been much enlarged, and contain 

 variety of Pears,.^pples, Cherries, 

 Plums, Apricots, kc. Also, the 

 finest Nursery of budded Peach 

 Trees known in America ; con- 

 sisting of a choice collection of about 00 of llic most 

 approved kinds in our best gardens, or seen in the mar- 

 kets ; the Peach Trees are from five to eight feethigh, 

 and sold at the moderate price of 33 1-3 cents each ; — 

 of good sized ornamental trees, — the flowering Horse 

 Chcsnut — flowering Catalpa — European Mountain Ash 

 — Weeping Willow — the Evergreen Silver Fir, and the 

 Larch — English Walnuts and Butter Nuts, both of 

 which are justly admired for their fruit. The latter is 

 a hardy, handsome tree, and its bark valuable in dyes 

 and medicine. 



Currant bushes of the large prolific red kind, of all 

 sizes, by the dozen, hundred or thousand, on moderate 

 terms. Also the black, white, and Champaign, do — 

 red and white roses — Lilacs — EngHsh Grapes, iic. 

 Orders addressed to JOHN or WILLIAM KENRICK, 

 and sent to the Brighton Posl-Oflice, or to the Office 

 of Mr. Samuel Dana, Broker, in State-street, boston, 

 will be duly attended to. 



N. B. Trees will be packed in clay and mats for 

 shipping, and conveyed to Boston when ordered ; but 

 gentlemen at a distance should employ some agent to 

 receive and pay for them. 



.3 Turf Bull— The Mayor of an English city 

 has put forth an advertisetnent previous to the 

 races, " that no gentlenwii will be allowed to 

 ride on the courses except the horses that are to 

 run." 



The Wishes Gratified. — In order to know the 

 idea a sailor had of happiness and the compass 

 of his wants, he \vas iiiformed that every thing 

 he could wish for in three times should be giv- 

 en him, — •' \Vhy, then," criod Jack, " let me 

 have ail the rum in the world." Wiiat nest? — 

 "Why, let me have all the tobacco in the 

 worhl." And whaljelse ?— -"Blast me if I know ; 

 wiiy you may give me a little more rum." 



SAXON SHEEP. 



f¥^HE improvement of the breed of Merino Sheep 

 § having at length been .<£t7i to be important by 

 farmers generally, we are induced to offer for sale some 

 of our best slock Ihtck.v. And that the proprietors of 

 flocks, living at a distance, may knoiv something of our 

 sheep, we slate that for the original stock, from which 

 the r.iost of our present stock is derived, we paid from 

 '57i) to $175 a sheep, than which none better were 

 1)1 cii'.ht from 'rpaii.. They were of the Paular, Slcn- 

 lachi>, and IN egretti flocks. They have been kept and 

 improved Vv'itii great care ever since they were pur- 

 chased, under the immediate attention of one of the 

 o'.ir.ers of them. With a view to a favourable cross, 

 we imported in the year 1822, a buck from Saxony, se- 

 lected l)y a good judge, and bought without limitation 

 as to price. He was one of lire first two imported, and 

 the choice of lliose two. From a cross of this buck 

 with our best Merino ewes, — not ewes matured into 

 what are called (\i\\ bloods, — we have fifty bucks, com- 

 ing two years old. In the autumn of IR'iJJ, we import- 

 ed anotiier buck and three ewes, selected by the same 

 agent ; and from these ewes we have three ram lambs, 

 aboi:t eight months old. We have also seventy-five 

 half blood Saxon ram lambs, the cross of last year. — 

 The half blnods — the full blood Saxon lambs — and ei- 

 ther of the full blood Saxon bucks we ofl'er for sale. 

 I. C. BATES, 

 SAMUEL HKiNSIIAW. 

 N. B. Letters addressed to I. C. Bates, Northampi- 

 ton, or S. Ilcnshaw, Boston, will be duly attended to. 



JVorthampton, {Mass.) Sept 24, 1821. 

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Removal. 



THE Agricultural Establishment is removed from 

 No. 20 Merchants Row to No. 5, north side of (he 

 Old Market, up stairs, where is for sale, a general as- 

 sortment of the most approved Farming Implements, 

 logether with Willis's improved Straw Cutter and Blind 

 Fastenings. Sept. ?5. 



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