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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. 14, 



ilWtisccnanifB. 



From B!acktoood''s Maqaztne. 

 SONG. 



The soothing shades ol gloaming 

 With gladsome heart I see, 



When by the streamlet roaming 

 To meet, my love, with thee. 



O ! then each flowVet closing 

 Seems fairer than by day : 



It tells, by its reposing, 

 Thou wilt not long delay. 



Each bird, its vesper singing, 

 Delights my listening ear, 



It tells (he hour is bringing 

 My fairest angel here. 



Methinks more brightly beaming, 

 The stars look from above. 



Each, like a fond eye, gleaming 

 With joy, to see my love. 



O ! come then, love, nor linger, 

 For day has gone to rest. 



And night, with dewy iinger, 

 The woods in gray has dressM ; 



The moon has sought the fountain, 

 Thy shadowy form to see, 



And the cloudlet on the mountain 

 A curtain spreads for thee. 



ing the habit of early rising. They are, we 

 understand, to assemble on certain days at an 

 early hour in the morning, to regale themselves 



Burns, the poet, was never in Greenock but 

 once, and that was when about (o take passage 

 to the West Indies. On that occasion, however. 



with a walk before breakfast ; and the plan is; his satirical spirit gave hirlh to one causlir, re 

 also said to include the project of taking a pub-| mark which is too good to be lost. Having gone 



Flight of Birds. — It has been objeclod to the 

 migration of birds, that it is impossible tliey 

 should support themselves so long upon (he wing, 

 or exist so long iviihout food, as (hey must prob- 

 ably do in performing such long Jouineys ns 

 migration supposes. " But these dirticallies,'" 

 says Dr. Fleming, " vanish allogelher when 

 we attend to ilia rapidity of the flight of birds. 

 The rapidity with which a hawk and many other 

 birds occasionally fly, is probatdy not less (ban 

 at the rate of 160 miles an hour. M.ijor Cart- 

 wright, on the coast of Labrador, I'ound by re- 

 peated observations, that the llight of an eider 

 duck was at the rale of 90 miles an hour. Sir 

 George Capley computes the rate of flight, even 

 of the common crow, at nearly "b miles an hour ; 

 and Spallanzani found that of the swallow com- 

 pleted abou^ 92 miles. A falcon, which belong- 

 ed to Henry IV. of France, escaped from Fon- 

 tainbleau, and in CI hours was Ibund at Malta. 

 a distance of IoTjO miles ; a velocity ucarlv equal 

 to 57 miles an hour, sup|iosini,' the falcon to 

 have been u[)on the wing the whole time. But 

 as such birds never fly by night, and allowing 

 the day to be at tiie longest, his flight was per- 

 haps equal to 7.5 miles an hour. But if we even 

 restrict the migratory flight of birds to the rate 

 of 50 miles an hour, liovv easily can they per- 

 form their most extensive migrations! And we 

 know in the case of woodcocks, and perhaps all 

 other migrating birds, that they in general take 

 advantage of a fair wind with wliicli to perform 

 their flights. This breeze perhaps aids them 

 at the rate of 30 or 40 miles an hour. — Smcllic. 



The Earli/ Club. — An association has been re- 

 cently forined by a few gentlemen of Monlreal, 

 tending lo promote a practice certainly harmless 

 as far as regards others, and beneficial as regards 

 themselves, being for (lie pur[)ose of cncourag 



lie breakfast occasionally at some place a short 

 distance from the town. We fear this is too 

 good a proposal to be carried into operation by 

 many. They ate in general too fond of their 

 beds to leave them. It is but f.iir however to 

 say that the attempt deserves praise, and slill 

 more so, if success attend it. Early rising has 

 been always considered as conducive to hea'th; 

 a walk before breakfast gives to the mind a 

 stimulus which prepares it well for (he dulies 

 of business through the day. Early rising tends 

 to prevent that pernicious habit of late siding 

 at night which has exactly (he contrary effect 

 both on the health of the body and mind. This 

 plan has another advantage lo recommend it — 

 no excess occurs at a bre.ikfast, hence it will be 

 exempt from those instances of di'^sjpalion which' 

 too frequently attend associations of young men, 

 and may even have the effect of preserving its 

 members from falling into such habits at night. 

 We recommend as their motto, the old maxim, 



Early to bed, ear'y to ri=e — ■ 



The way to be healthy, -vealthy, and wise. 



The Peasantnj of Franc: are extremely igno- 

 rant. Whole villages maybe foimd, where not 

 more (ban (hreeor four cm read. Even in the 

 immediate vicinily of Paris, and within the 

 echoes of the legi-lative debates, there ate town? 

 in which not three newspapers are taken, and 

 (hose nol by persons who actually belong to the 

 people. The eloquent pleas ("or liberty are of 

 no effect, for (boy are not heard by the mass of 

 the nation. Hence no general political spirit 

 exists, except when the popularity of individual' 

 is concerned, or as (he (axes of (he State aflecl 

 private interest, and national attention can hard- 

 ly be directed to refined questions on the man- 



lown to the harbour to view the ship which he 

 had destined to carry him from his native shores, 

 he arrived just as a gentleman, going on board 

 on the same errand, had the misibrlune (o stum- 

 ble and fall into the water between the ship's 

 side and the quay. By the intrepidity' and ex- 

 ertions of a seaman, who instantly plunged in 

 alter him, he was saved from drowning, and 

 brought on board with no othar injury save a 

 sound ducking. The rescue, however, demand- 

 ed a signal display of his liberality towards his 

 preserver, and turning round, he, ivith no sinaU 

 ostentation, tendered him the sum of sixpence, 

 as the reward of his courage and humauily. — 

 The byestanders v.'ere astonished, and inveighed 

 loudly against such unpaialleied meanness. Burns 

 alone remained silent, but when pressed to give 

 his opinion of the act — " Why (said he) the gen- 

 tleman is surelj' the best judge of the vcluc o*' 

 his oun life." 



igement of the elections and the tVee expression 

 of opinion. Sn great is the poptlar ignorance, 

 that the most liberal politicians have never ad- 

 vocated any very wide ex(ension of (he elecdve 

 franchise, believing it to be first necessary lo 

 educate the nation. — North American Rcvicjs. 



Industry. — Man must have occupatinn or be 

 miserable. Toil is the price of sleep and appe- 

 tite, of health and enjoyment. The very ne- 

 cessity whi'h overcomes our natural sloth is a 

 blessing. The world does not contain a briar 

 or a (horn (hat divine mercy could have spared. 

 We are happier with (bes(erility which we can 

 overcome by industry, (han we could have been 

 with spontaneous plenty and unbounded profu- 

 sion. 



The body and (he mind are improved by (he 

 toil that fatigues them ; that toil is a thousand 

 limes rewarded by the pleasure w hich it bestows. 

 Its enjoyments are peculiar, no wealth can pur- 

 chase them, no honour can v-. in them, no indo- 

 lence can taste them. They flow only from the 

 exertions which they repay. 



Serenity. — .\ military officer being at sea, in 

 a dreadful slorm, his lady, who was sitting near 

 him, and filled wilh alarm for (he sal'e(y of the 

 vessel, was so surprised at his composure and 

 serenity, that she cried out, " My dear, are you 

 nol afraid ? How is it possible jou can be so calm 

 in such a storm?" He arose from a chair lashed 

 lo the deck, and supporting himself by a pillar 

 oi a bed-place, he drew his sword, and pointing 

 it to the breast of his wife, he exclaimed, "Are 

 you not afraid?" She instantly replied, " No, 

 certainly not." " \Vhy ?" said (be officer. — 

 '• Because," rejoined his lady, " I know the 

 sword is in (he hand of my husband, and he loves 

 me too well to burt mc." " Then (said he) re- 

 member I know in whom 1 have believed, and 

 that He holds the winds in his fist, and the waters 

 in the hollow of his hands." 



Jlmericcui Wine, 



DYER'S supcriour Red and White Groscille (or 

 Currant) If'inc, is for sale, wholesale or retail, lor 

 the present, at G.i, Broad- Street, by E. COPELAND, Jr. 

 Price per keg o( 6 gallons, delivered at any part of 

 the city, !J7 l-^'cents per gallon, including keg and 

 sending home, for the lltd ; — .and $1,50 per gallon 

 for the White. The txtensive sale of this valuable ar- 

 ticle of Domestic Industry is its best recommendation. 



ThefoUou-ing notice of Ihi.t Ji'ine is extracted from the 

 {Stilem) Esae.r Register. 

 " We have been politely favoured with a sample of 

 the Groseille H'lne^ made by the .Messrs. Dyers, of 

 Providence, R. I. and ha'^c no hesitation in pronounc- 

 ing it superiour to much ol 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 \\ iin-s at our 

 social parties," i:c. Dec. 24. 



When a young man has acquired a love of 

 reading and of course a relish for intellectual 

 pleasures, he has one of the best preservatives 

 against dissipation. A fondness for low company, 

 and nni«y in(empera(e pleasures, is generally the 

 consequence of ignorrnce and want of taste. 



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