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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



iWtsctUaniPiS. 



The following Song was sung at the late Anniversary 

 Celebration at Plymouth, of the Landing of the Pil- 

 grims. We understand it was written by the Rev. 

 Mr PiERPOjjT, of this city. 



The Pilgrim Fathers— where are they ? 



The waves that brought them o''er 

 Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray 



As they break along the shore : 

 Still roll in the bay, as they rolled that day 



When the May-Flower moored below. 

 When the sea around was black with storms. 



And white the shore with snow. 

 Chorus — Still roll in the bay, as they rolled that day, &c 



The mists, that wrapped the pilgrim's sleep, 



Still brood upon the tide ; 

 And his rocks yet keep their watch by the deep, 



To stay its waves of pride. 

 But the snow-white sail, that he gave to the gale 



When the heavens looked dark, is gone ; — 

 As an angel's wing, through an opening cloud. 



Is seen, and then withdrawn. 

 Chorus — It is gone from the bay where it spread that 

 day, &c. 



The pilgrim exile — sainted name I 



The hill, whose icy brow 

 Rejoiced, when he came, in (he morning's flame, 



In the morning's flame 'bunis now. 

 And the moon's cold light, as it lay that night 



On the liill-side and the sea. 

 Still lies where he laid his houseless head ; — 



But the pilgrim — where is he ? 

 Chorus — He is not in the bay, as he was that day, &c. 



The pilgrim fathers are at rest : 



When Summer's throned on high, 

 And the world's warm breast is in verdure drcst, 



Go, stand t)n the hill where they lie. 

 The earliest ray of the golden day 



On that hallowed spot is cast ; 

 And the evening sun, as he leave* the world. 



Looks kindly on that spot last. 

 dlicrus. Not such was the ray that he shed that day, &c 



The pilgrim spiri! has not fled : 



It walks in noon's broad light ; 

 And it watches the bed of the glorious dead, 



V/lih the holy stars, by night. ' 



h watches the bed of the brave who have bled, 



And shall guard this ice-bound ?hore. 

 Till the waves of the bay, where the May-Flmcer lay. 



Shall foam and freeze no more. 

 Chorus, It watches the bed of (he brave who liave bled. 



Jn Embalmed Head. — David Bailey, Esq. of 

 this city, having; lately received from a relation 

 resid«>nt at Sidney, New Holland, the embalm- 

 ed head of a New-Zealand Chief, has sent it to 

 the Museum of South-Carolina, in Chalmers- 

 street. This is a very stranafe production, the 

 si^ht of which is calculated to excite wonder | 

 and admiration. The whole face is tatoocd 

 in a manner that may he called hnth frightful 

 and heautifiil, and the countenance is in a stale 

 of the most perfect preservation. The hair of 

 the head is Ions:, thick, and bushy, inclining (o 

 deep brown. The teeth are uncommonly even, 

 sharp, and ^ood, and the wliole sitsemble, in 

 «hoil, luoUs the cannibal :i;;tl the sr.iKi^c in the 



highest degree. The preserving art of the 

 New Zealanders, from this grand specimen, 

 throws the embalming of the Egyptians into 

 contempt. An Egyptian Mummy, at best, is 

 hut a death-like, wilhered form. The preserv- 

 ed head of the New-Zealand Chief, is com- 

 plete in its features, and death has made no al- 

 teration on it. We understand this curious and 

 wonderful production is the gift of a young sur- 

 geon. It w;\s tirst sent by way of Rio de Janei- 

 ro, from thence to New York, and on to Charles- 

 ton. It was with consideriible difficulty the spe- 

 cimen could be obtained, as the natives of the 

 Island are particularly jealous regarding their 

 Morals or burial places. The head will be 

 kept in the box in wh.ich it made its long jour- 

 ney, and will be exhibited to visitors of the 

 Museum, gratis. A large specimen of Cloth of 

 New Zealand, jilso came in the same bos. 



We also understand that the Grumpus Whale, 

 twenty feet in length and sixteen feet in cir- 

 cumference, preserved on Sullivan's Island in 

 August 1823, liflving undergone lately a very 

 subtile and exfiensive process, has been also 

 placed in our ?tluseum. 



A full description of the Tatooed Head of 

 the New-Zealand Chief, from the pen of a gen- 

 tleman of learning and science, will appear in 

 a few days. This is following the example of 

 the Savans or learned men of F^urope, ivho, 

 when they receive any thing wonderful from 

 abroad, immediately publish it to the whole 

 civilized world. — Charleston Courier. 



Lords and Ladies. — The Peerage of England 

 has doubled within the Inst forty yearvS. In 

 1782, there were hut 187 Peers — now there 

 are 371 ! Some of the^e were born Lords — 

 others made so by the King's creative power. 

 What a number of Ladies there must be! — 

 N. B. The Lady is made by the Lord. What a 

 number too of Lordlings! ! 



That independent and inspired bard, Robert 

 Burns, once sung in the language of truth : — 



A prince can make a belted knight, 



A marquis, duke, and a' that : 

 But an honest man 's nboon hi'; might, 



Gude faith, he mauna fa' that ! 



And in the same poet's elegy on Capt. Mat- 

 thew Henderson, " a gentleman who held the 

 patent for his honours immediately from Al- 

 mighty God," we find the same spirit of inde- 

 [lendence. 



Snorer.i. — The celebrated Dr South, one of 

 the chaplains of Charles II. preachirig on a cer- 

 tain day before court, which was composed of 

 the most profligate and dissipated men in the 

 nation, perceived in the middle of his discourse, 

 that sleep had gradually taken possession of his 

 hearers. The doctor immediately stopped short, 

 and chansfing his tone of voice, culled out to Lord 

 Lauderdale three limes. His lordship standing 

 up, " Mv lord," .said South, with great compos- 

 ure, " I am «orry to interrupt your re|)ose, but 

 I must beg of you, that you will not snore quite 

 so loud, lest you awaken his majesty !" 



Epigram. 

 Says Tom, as he told a queer story in st.cit 

 To .Ned, whose credulity could not o'erlaap it, 

 ' I'll give you my word ' — but his friend cut him short. 



Jlffecting Anecdote.— \ miller going to his mill 

 (o get some meal to bring home, borrowed a 

 bag of one of his neighbors The poor miller 

 was some Fiow or other knocked into the water 

 by one of the wheels, and the bag with him."_ 

 He was drowned, and when the melancholy in- 

 telligence was brought home to his wife, ' Lord ?' 

 said the good womnn, ' uhat a fuss there'll be 

 "otu about that ba".' 



FRUIT TREES, &c. 



J .AMES nLOODGOOD&CO. 

 have for sale at their Nursery 

 at Flushing, on Long Island, near 

 New York, 



Fruit and Forest Trees, Flowering Shrubs & Plants, 

 of the most approved sorts. 



The Proprietors of this Nursery attend personally to 

 the inoculation and engrafting of nH their Fruit Trtej 

 and purchasers may rely with confidence, that the 

 Trets they order will prove genuine. 



Orders left with .MrZKBEDF.E Cook, jr. No. 44 State 

 Street, Boston, will be transmitted to u«, and receive 

 our prompt and particular attention. Catalogues will 

 ht delivered, and any information imparted respecting 

 the condition, i!b:c. i:c. that may be required, on appli- 

 cation to him. Sept. 4. 



American Wine. 



YER'S superiour Red and White Grofeilte'^or 

 Currant) Wine, is for sale, wholesale or retail, for 

 the present, at 65, Broad-Strett, by E. COFELAND, ix. 

 Price per keg of 6 gallons, deli-, --^A at any part of 

 the city, 87 1-2 cents per gallon, '.eluding keg and 

 sending home, for the Red ;— iud $1,60 per gallot. 

 for the White. The extensive ja^t of this valu.iblo ar- 

 'Icle of Domestic Industry is its best recommendation. 



The fulloteing notice of this JVine is extractid/rom the 

 {Salem) Essex Megisltr. 

 " We have been politely favoured with a sample of 

 (he Groseille IVine, made by the Messrs. Uyers, of 

 Providence, K. I. and have no tiesitation in pronounc- 

 ing it superiour to much of the imported Wine, and a 

 beverage of uncommon richness of flavour and colour , 

 It is said to be very wholesome ; and we cannot doubt 

 that it will take the place of the foreign Wines at our 

 social parties," &c. Dec. 24. 



THE Subscriber, for a few vearspast, has been cul- 

 tivating an extensive FRUIT NURSERY. He 

 now has a large assortment of Peach Trees, budded 

 from the best Fruit in the country, native and foreign, 

 in the best order for transplanting. By another season 

 he liopes to offer Pear and Cherbt Trees of the 

 first quality. O. FISICE, Worcester. 



W.\N'rEL>, as an Apprentice to the Printing busi- 

 ness, a smart, active lad, of good edncation and 

 habits. Apply at this office. 



"VTOS. 1 and £6 of Vol. ii of the N. E. Farmer, are 

 -L^ much wanted to complete a file for a Gentleman 

 in New Bedford. Any person having a copy of either, 

 will much oblige us by ("orwarding it to this office. 



For sale at this office, a few pounds of -t/an^c/ Wurt- 

 set. Sugar Beet and Rula Baga Seed, raised by 



John Prince, Esq. Roxbury. 



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