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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. 21, 



JiltsccUanfrs. 



A THOUGHT ON DEATH. 



By Mrs BarbAcld— ffnV/en oil her eighlielh year. 

 When life in opening biuls is swett, 

 And golden hones the spi it greet, 

 And youth prepares his joys to meet, 

 Alas ! how hard it is to die ! 



When scarce is seized some borrowed prize, 

 And duties press ; and tender ties 

 Forbid the soul from earth to rise, 



How awful then it is to die ! 



When one by one those ties are torn. 

 And friend from friend is snatched forlorn, 

 And man is left alone to mourn, 



Ah 1 then how easy 'tis to die '. 



When trembling limbs refuse their weight. 

 And films, slow gathering, dim the sight, 

 And clo'ids obscure the mental light, 



'Tis nature's precious boon to die. 



When faith is strong and conscience clear, 

 And words of peace the spirit cheer. 

 And visioned glories half appear, 



'Tis joy, 'tis triumph then to die I 



sary, invites liim to follow his example. Nolyon hear this mollo in your mind constantly, — 

 Japanese gentleman can decline such an invila-|" PEascvERE." 

 tion ; for if he docs not instantly phinsre the 



knife into his own bowel?, he is dishonoured for 

 life. 5^=^ 



John Wilkes was once asked by a Roman Cath- 

 olic gentleman in a warmdisjuite about relio;inn, 

 "Where was your religion before Luther?"- 

 Did you wash your face this morning?" inquir- 

 ed the facetious alderman. "I did. Sir." Then, 

 pray where was your face before it was wash- 

 ed ?" -=^= 



A tailor in Cork-street, London, has prophesi- 

 ed the end of the ivorld in two years. — " He 

 has an eye, (said a wag,) to a general mourning. 



[selected for the n. e. farmer.] 



Our Actions. — The only things in which we 

 can be said to have any property, nrp our actions. 

 Our thoughts may be had, yet produce no pois- 

 on ; they may be good, yet produce no fruit. 

 Our riches may be taken from us by misfortune, 

 our reputation by malice, our spirits by calumny, 

 our health by disease, and our friends by death. 

 But our actions must follow us beyond the grave ; 

 with respect to them alone, we cannot say that 

 we shall carry nothing with us when we die, 

 neither that we shall go naked out of the world. 

 The Greek hero, Canaris.—Cannris is one of | Qur actions must clothe us with an immortality 

 the most remarkable men of modern times ; and loathsome or glorious ; these are the only litle- 

 siot only what he has done against the enemy, but dcds, of which we cannot be disinherited ; they 

 for the moral lesson which he has set to his ^^jn h;,ye their full weight in the balance of e- 

 countrymen, is deserving of that immorlalily | tppnity^ „hen every thing else is nothing ; and 



, their value will be coiitirnied or established by 



Modesty. — Nothing bestows so much beauty on 

 a wom.iu as modesty. This is a maxim laid 

 down liy Ovid himself, the greatest master in 

 the art of love. He observes upon it, that Venus 

 pleases most, when she ap[iears in a figure with- 

 drawing herself iVom the eye of the beholder. 

 It is very probable that he had in his thoughts 

 the statue of the Venus de Wedicis, where she 

 is represented in such a shy, retiring posture, 

 and covers her bosom with her hands. In short, 

 modesty gives the maid greater beauty, than, 

 even the bloom of youth ; it besto\vs on the wife 

 the dignity of a matrftn ; and reinstates the wid- 

 ow in her virginity. 



Diffidence may check resolution, and obstruct 

 l)eriorniance ; but compensates its embarrass- 

 ments by more important advantages. It con- 

 cilialcs the proud, and sol'lens the severe ; averts 

 &T)\\ from excellence, and censure from mis- 

 carriage. 



He that embarks in the voyage of life, will 

 always wish to advance rather by the impulse 

 of the wind, than the stroke of the oar ; and 

 many founder in the passage while they lie 

 waiting for the gale. 



Best precept of the Koran. — Shew mercy ; do 

 good to all ; and dispute not with the ignorant. 



Trtie friendship is like sound heallh,— 

 vaine of it is seldom known until it be lost. 



the 



those two sure destroyers 

 things, — Time and Death. 



of all other earthly 



which will be his reward. Canaria haslieen cal 

 led by some foreign journals an Admiral. He 

 has never accepted that rank, from a notion, !?en- 

 erally very foreign to those to vvhoin promotion 

 is oftered, viz. that he is not fit for it. Having Words frequently flow from the tongue which 

 burned two Turkish Commanders in cbief, and give offence when none was intended. It is 

 defeated a third, he is, as he was before, a Cap- 1 therefore best to put the best possible construc- 

 tain. Among a people who have, like more ad- j tion on every thing which is said to us or about 

 vanced and better established states, their full us. And even where observations are intended 

 shnre of intrigue and rapacity, Jie has offered a j to wound our feelings, it is commonly best not to 

 constant example of disinterestedness ; in other j betray emotion, or appear to he hurt. It was 

 words, he has proposed to himself, as an end, ! vvetl observed iiy a (ihilosopher, whom an imper- 

 to save his country, and not to rob it. In going | tinent follow was trying to provoke, " It requires 

 in his fire hoat against the Captain pacha's a man of more consequence than you possess to 

 ship in the canal of Scio, he was, as he informed make me angry." 

 the English Commander, who saw him at Psara, 



Happiest Hours. — Perhaps there is scarcely a 

 nmn, who has once experienced tlie gonaice 

 liTlight.s of virtuous love, however great his in- 

 tellectual pleasures may have been, that does 

 not lookback to that period as the sunny spot in 

 his whole life, where his imagination loves most 

 to bask — which he recollects and contemplates 

 with the fondest regret--and which he would 

 most wish to live over again. 



American IVine. 



YER'S superiour Red and White Groseille (or 

 Currant) ii hit, is for sale, wholesale or retail, lor 

 the present, at 65, Broad-Street, by F.. CO^LLA^U, .Ir. 

 Price per keg ol 6 gallons, delivered at any part of 



becalmed in sight of two Turkish corvettes. 

 His sailors were afraid that they should be ob- 

 served and massacred, and became mutinous. 

 «' What would you have," he cried, " if you are 

 afraid, throw yourselves into the sea, and swim 

 to Psara; tor myself I shall remain. " Let no 

 calm frighten you," he continued, " it will detain 

 she. enemies' vessels as well as our own. At 

 ten o'clock we shall have wind." At half past 

 nine the night breeze sprung np, and at mid- 

 night the Captain Pacha was on fire. When he 

 was seen «t Psara by the Captain to whom we 

 have alluded, his wife was employed, with other 

 Greek women,' in making ball cartridges ; but 

 though poor, he has steadily refused pecuniary 

 rewards, as well as superior commands. 



Duelling. — The manner in Japan is singular, 

 but quite as rational as an afipeal to the sword 

 or pistol. When two "men of honor" quarrel in 

 that country, the parly who conceives himself 

 injured, rips up hia own estrails with a large 

 knife, and prcsenti0g the instrument to his adver- 



the city, 87 1-2 cents per gallon, including keg and 

 Cheerfulness in Religion. — Cheerfulness, even i sending home, for the fied; — and $1,5U per gallon 



to gaiety, is consonant with every species of 

 virtue, and practice of religion. I think it only 

 inconsistent with impiety or vice. " The ways 

 of heaven are pleasantness." We adore, we 

 praise, we thank our Almighty Father in hymns, 

 in songs, jn anthems, and those set to music too. 

 Let " O he joyful,''^ be the Christian's anthem; 

 and leave the sad Indian to meant the devil with 

 tears and screeches. 



MacUvi's advice to his son. — I have often told 

 you that every man must be the maker or marrcr 

 of his own fortune. I repeat the doctrine ; he 

 who depends upon incessant industry and integ- 

 rity, depends upon patrons of the noblest and 

 most exalted kind ; they are the creatures of 

 fortune and fame, the founders o? families, and 

 never can disappoint or desert you. They con- 

 trol all human dealings, and turn evtn vicissi- 

 tudes of an tinfortunate tendency to a contrary 

 nature. You have genius, you have learning, 

 you have industry at times, but you want perse- 

 verance ; without it you can do nothing. I bid 



for the While. The extensive sale of this valuable ar- 

 ticle of Domestic Industry is its best recon.niindatiou. 



The folloivirtg notice of this Wine is extracted from the 

 {Saltni) Essex Register. 



" We have been politely favoured with a sample of 

 the Groseille fVine, made by the Messrs. Dyers, of 

 Providence, IX. I. and liave no hesitation in pronounc- 

 ing it superiour to much of the imported W ine, and a 

 everagc of on com mon richnefs of flavour and colour. 

 It is said to be very wholesome ; .ind we cannot doubt 

 that it will take the place of the foreign W ines at our 

 social parties," &c. ' Dec. 24. 



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