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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



iWtsccllantrs. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAKD FARMER. 



MORAL REFLECTIONS. 



Written in a grave yard. 

 I look around — and see the beds 

 Of thousands — whLTe their weary heads 

 In calm forgetfulness repose, 

 Of earth's allurements, joys, and woes. 



There my proud soul a lesson learns, 

 Man 's formed of dust — to dust returns ; 

 The poor, the mean, the great, the brave, 

 Alike repose within the grave. 



No proud distinctions here divide 

 Master and servant — side by side ■ 

 Their mouldering bodies lie and rot, 

 By the vain world unknown — forgot. 



Beauty here fades — the fairest flov/er 

 In splendor bloomed but for an hour ; 

 Youth sinks into the silent tomb, 

 And rests unconscious of its gloom. 



Bright hopes of future ne'er can save 

 The gayest, loveliest, from the grave ; 

 The pale-faced messenger comes on, 

 Cuts life's frail thread, and — they arc gone. 



Then think not perfect, lasting bliss. 

 Belongs to such a world as this ; 

 Shake off earth's chains, look up to Heaven, 

 And find it in — " Thy sins forgiven." 

 Horristoxm, (Pa.) MORTIMER. 



From Blachu-ood^s Magazine. 



BY-PAST TIME. 



The sky is blue, the sward is green. 

 The leaf upon the bough is seen. 

 The wind comes from the balmy west, 

 The little songster builds its nest, 

 The bee hums on from flower to flower, 

 Till twilight's dim and pensive hour ; 

 The joyous year arrives ; but when 

 Shall by-past times come back again ? 



1 think on childhood's glowing years- 

 How soft, how bright the scene appears ! 

 How calm, how cloudless pass'd away 

 The long, long summer holiday ! 

 I may not muse — 1 must not dream — 

 Too beautiful those visions seem 

 I'or earth and mortal man ; but when 

 Shall by-past times come back again ? 



I think of sunny eyes so soft, 



Too deeply felt, enjoy'dtoo oft. 



When tlirough the blooming fields 1 roved 



With her, the earliest, dearest loved ; 



.\round whose form I yet survey. 



In thought, a bright celestial ray. 



To present scenes denied ; O when 



Shall by-past times come back again ! 



Alas ! the world at distance seen 

 Appear'd all blissful and serene, 

 An Eden, form'd to tempt the foot, 

 With crystal streams, and golden fruit; 

 That world, when tried and trod, is found 

 A rocky v/aste, a thorny ground 1 

 We then rcvirt to youth ; but when 

 Shall by -past times come back again ? 



From the Emporium. 



A true picture, ~jchliout paint! — Journal of a 

 gentlaiian of pleasure. 



Sunday, 9 o'c/oc/;. — Disnirlied by the bells 

 lintjino for church. Half jiast 9. a^ot up — head- 

 achp,as usual— don't know how I got home last 

 night — dare not ask mv wife, for 1 see she looks 

 melancholy. J^N. B. My coat ami pantaloons 

 appear to have iieen mudily, althoiish I believe 

 my wile hns been emJeavorinsj to clean ihem.] 

 Sick— no appetite. Hall'past 10 o'clock.— Wile 

 and children gone to meeting', urp^ed me to go 

 —but don'l feel com[)osed. Very dry — took 

 some brandy and water sirong. 11. Took an- 

 other tumbler. Flalf (last 11. Not having eat- 

 en any breakfast, drank a little more brandy and 

 water. 12 o'clock. Never have an appetite for 

 dinner without little forcing — took some brandy 

 and water. Half past 12. Dinner — brandy all 

 out — .sent ]\Iary for another bottle. Wife beg- 

 ged me not to send to the shops Sunday. Must 

 have some brandy — can't eat without. Drank 

 only two tumblers at table — then slept till three 

 o'clock, awoke parched with thirst — took some 

 brandy and water. Half past three. Drank an- 

 other tumbler. From 4 to 6, not quite so dry — 

 Drank but two or three times. Evening. Wife 

 assembled the chiUlreii to read the Bible. Didn't 

 like what they read about a drunkard — 1 am glad 

 however, 1 am sober to-day. 7 o'clock. Went 

 out to walk — soon tired — slept in at the sign of 

 ,to rest — good company — sat down and 



Dr Juhnson^s Marriage. — An equalily of coH- 

 dition between persons about to form matrimo- 

 nial alliances, is often thought to lay a surer 

 foundation for domestic comfort, than those di- 

 versities either in fortune or acquirements, 

 which seem to place the parties greatly in con- 

 trast with each other. It is probable that this 

 idea was present to the mind of both Dr .John- 

 son and Mrs Potter, whom he afterwards marri- 

 ed. At one of their interviews during court- 

 ship, tbe Doctor told her ' that he was of a 

 mean extraction, that he had no money, and 

 that he had an uncle that was hanged ;' to 

 which, by way of reducing herself to an equal- 

 ity with him, she replied, ' that she had no 

 more money than he, and though no relation of 

 hers had been hanged, she had ffty vho dcserv 

 ed lianging.'' 



drank something, and spent the evening in con 

 versation, and smoking a few cigars. 11. Got 

 home without help, though, from the badness of 

 the pavements, fell twice, and the streets were 

 muddy. Most ashamed my wife should see me. 

 Half past 11. Went to bed. 



Monday. Awoke at 10 — got up — headache 

 and sick. Took two glasses of brandy to correct 

 the nausea of the stomach — ate nothing. My 

 wife desired I would not go out, and said, kindly, 

 1 looked too unwell to go abroad. Wanted to 



see R ; met him at the sign of . After 



we had been to the polls, took a glass together. 



More company came in — ail voted for Mr ; 



offered to treat us — accepted ; treated them in 

 our turn. 9 o'clock. Concluded not to go home 

 (o dinner, called for beef steak. 4 o'clock. — 

 Waiter told me I had had eight glasses of grog 

 — I am sure 1 have drank but si.f. 0. — A quar- 

 rel between R and G . I interfered — 



Jl great Pun. — When Sir William Curtis re- 

 turned from his voyage to Italy and Spain, he 

 called to pay his respects to Mr Canning, at 

 Gloucester Lodge. Among other questions, Sir 

 William said, " But pray, Mr Canning, what do 

 you say to (he tunnel under the Thames?" — 

 " Say !" replied the Secretary, " Why I say it is 

 (he greatest bore London ever had, and that is 

 saying a great deal.'" — London paper. 



A few years since Iho Proprietor of Vauxhall 

 Gardens lost his celebrated carver of hams, 

 when he advertised for a new carver in that de- 

 partment of harmless anatomy. One of notori- 

 ety applied, when the worthy Proprietor ask- 

 ed him how many acres he could cover with 

 only one fine ham; upon which he replied, 

 " he did not stand for an acre or tivo, more or 

 less, but could cover the whole of his garden 

 with one ham;" upon which he was instantly 

 hired, and told he was the very fellow for that 

 establishment, and to cut away for the benefit of 

 the concern and mankind at large. 



Dr Johnson, — Being asked his opinion of the 

 title of a small volume, remarkable for its pom- 

 posity, replied, that it was similar to placing an 



eishl and forty pounder at the dour of a pig sty. 



Weariness. — Weariness can snore on the flint 

 when sloth finds the downy pillow hard. 



Bremen Geese. 



FOR sale by Thomas Williams, at Noddle's Island, 

 near Boston, 20 large Bremen Geese, which, at 

 5 months'old, weighed from 15 to 20 lbs each. These 

 Geese were obtained by Mr. Williams of Col. Jaques 

 of Charlestown, Ms. and are of the same breed, of which 

 notice is given in the New England Farmer, vol. iii. p. 

 •15. in an article copied from a Providence paper. — 

 They are recommended in preference to all others by 

 their weight, extra quality and quantity of down, and 



got knocked down — obliged to be carried home, 



with my face much bruised. Wife appeared ! feathers (yielding double ;) they are perfectly white, 

 distressed— but came and bathed my wounds, i set much earlier, are more sure of bringing olT a brood, 

 irave me some warm tea. and helped me to bed. ! ^"'^ remarkably hardy, and will weigh wlun fatted dou 

 Waked in the night, and found her crying. 



Tuesday. Rose at 10. Face sore — one eye 

 verv black — headache still hangs on me — 

 strange nothing will cure it. Wife brought me 

 some coffee, which she said she had made good 

 for me. Could not drink it, till 1 had taken a 



ble the weight of our common geese." They are like- 

 wise very prolific. Mr. Williams raised, the present 

 season 28 goslings from 3 geese. The original stock of 

 these geese was imported by Ebene/rr Rollins I'sqr. of 

 Boston. Oct. 9. 



TERMS OF THE FAltMER. 

 0:5°' Published every Saturday, at Three Dollars 

 1 c u ! 13 ■ 1 -r i" '"""' ij ' per annum, payable at the end of the v<ar— but those 



lass of brandy. Promised my wite I would ^^o pay within ..^r/i/ rf«yH>om the time of subsoibing 



not go out to day. From II to 1, drank four or 

 five glasses. 2. Dined, after taking another 

 forcer — no appetite — can't always force. 3. — 

 Put a patch over my eye, and went out. — Mv 

 wife reminded me of my promise, and I tbnuglit 

 1 saw the tears in her eyes, although she turned 

 away her face to conceal them. Went to tlie 

 sign of 



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JOB PRINTING 

 .executed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable 

 ' terms at this Ujlice. 



