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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Feb. 18, 



iWfscpllanirs. 



From the JVeio Monthly Magasin: . 



I love to hear at mournful eve 

 The ploughman's pensive tone, 



And still be wending on my way 

 When the last note is done. 



I love to see the misty moon, 



And cross the gusty hill, 

 And wind the darksome homeward lane- 



Wben all is hush'd and still. 



From way thus distant, lone and late, 



How sweet it is to come. 

 And, leaving all behind so drear, 



Approach our pleasant home ; 



While every lowly lattice shines 



Along the village slreet. 

 Where round the blazing evening fire 



The cheerful household meet ! 



And passing by each friendly door, 

 At length we reach our own, — 



Ind find the smile of kindred love 

 More kind by absence grown. 



To sit beside the fire, and hear 

 The threatening storm come on, — 



And think upon the dreary way, 

 And traveller alone. 



To see the social tea prepared. 



And hear the kettle's hum, 

 Atid still repeated from each tongue — 



" How glad we arc you^rt come ."' 



To sip our tea, to laugh and chat 

 With heartfelt, social mirth, 



\nd think no spot in all the world 

 Like our own pleasant hearth. 



The largest Diamond in (he world is the great 

 diamond of Portugal, it was found in Brazil, is 

 vet in il'i rotisli state, and weigiis one tliousand 

 six hundred and eiglity carats. Some persons 

 suppose it to he only colorless topaz. 



The hir^e iiniloubted diamond belongs to the 

 o-reat tnojnl ; it weighs two hundred and eighty 

 carals. The next, is the Brazilian diamond, be- 

 longing to the liing of Portugal, weighing two 

 hundred and fifteen carats. 



An oriental diamond, formerly belonging to a 

 Persian Snltan, now in possession of the emperor 

 of Russia, has not (he least flaw or fault, and 

 weighs one hundred and ninety three carats. It 

 was^ bought by Catharine for ninety thousand 

 pounds in cash, and an annuity of four thousand 

 pounds [seventeen thousand seven hundred and 

 sixty dollars.] it is about the size of a large 

 pigeon's head. 



The next is the celebrated regent diamond, 

 called also the Pitt diamond [after the gentle- 

 man who broug-ht it from India ] It was bought 

 for one hundred ihoutanil pounds and remains io 

 the crown jewels of France. 



In the crown jewels of France are forty two 

 diamonds worth at a low compulation six mil- 

 lions live hundred thousand dollars. 



MtcJiluvian hones. — Another assemblage of 

 fossil bones has lately been discovered in Som- 

 ersetshire, England, in a cavern of the limestone 

 rock. The floor to a great depth is covered 

 with sand and mud, through which are dispersed 

 I a large quantity of the bones, horns, and the 

 teeth, of the ox, deer, elk, wolf, &,c. From the 

 i fact that some of tlie bones belong to the great 

 I extinct species of bear, it is considi-red as certain, 

 th;it the animals fell into the cave before the 

 delasre, through an openinH" in the roof which 

 was filled up bv the innndHtion. The cave is 

 some distance below the surface, and has imw no 

 oi)ening, except the one made by the miners. 



A rich man lived in a hocse between two 

 blacksmiths, and was disturbed by the noise they 

 made. At last they promised to remove on con- 

 dition that he should give them an e.xcellent din- 

 ner, which he readily agreed to do. When the 

 promised feast was ended, be asked thetn 

 wiiither they intended to transfer their domi- 

 ciles. "Why," answered one of lhem,"my com- 

 panion will remove to my house, and I to his." 



A man was condemned to the gallows — one of 

 his relations having seen him, asked what he 

 had done to deserve that punishment. "As I 

 was'' said he, "[tassing along the highway, 1 saw 

 a small rope on the ground, I thought it might 

 be good for something, and I picked it up and 

 went aivay with it. This is the cause of my 

 misfortune." "What ?" said the kinsman, "hang- 

 ed for taking a rope ? This was surely never 

 seen before." — "It is true," replied the thief, 

 "there was something at the end of it." — Being 

 asked what it was, jie answered : "only two 

 oxen." — Port Fulio. 



Deception. — A late Calcutta paper contains an 

 anatomical description of a mermaid lately ex- 

 hil)ited there, which proved to be made up of 

 the head and arms of a monkey, with some of 

 the teeth of a porpoise, and the fins of various 

 lishes. 



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lleasoning among cinimals. — There is perhnp^^, 

 no surer criterion of reason than, after having 

 tried one mode of accomplishing a purpose, a- 

 dopling another more likely to succeed. Insects 

 are able to stand this test. A Bee, which Huber 

 tvatched while soldering the angles of a cell with 

 propolis, detached a thread of this material with 

 whish she entered llio cell. Instinct would have 

 faught her to separate it of the ex.ict length 

 required ; hut after applying it to the angle of ! 

 ;he cell, she found it too long, and cut nflTapor-l 

 tion so as to fit it to her purpose. This is a 

 very simple instance ; but one snch fact is as 

 decisive in proof of reason, as a thousand more 

 comjilex, and of such there is no lack. Dr 

 Darwin informs iis, tli;U walking one day in bis 

 garden be perceived a wa'sp upon the gravel -.valk 

 with a large fly nearly as big as itself, which il 

 had caught. Kneeling down he distinctly saw 

 it cut otTlbo head and abilomen, and then tak- 

 ing up with its feet the trunk or mi<idle portion 

 of the body, to which the wings remained attach- 

 ed Oy away. Rut a breeze of wind acting ujion 

 Ihe wings of the fly, turned roiind the wasp 

 tvilh its burthen, and im[ieded its progress. 

 Upon this it aiigbled again on the gravel walk, 

 deliljorately sawed oiT first one and then the 

 otiu'r; and having thus removed the cause ofils 

 embarrassment, tlew oil with its body. — Could 

 any processof raliocin<Uion be more perfect? 



" And I am. so old .'" exclaimed the present 

 King of France, while looking at the dead body 

 of the late monarch. A pathetic expression, and 

 strikingly exemplifying the miseries of old age 

 and royalty united. Tliese eyes, now dim, are 

 doomed for the remainder of my life to read 

 com]ilaints of wrong and injustice — these ears, 

 now growinir deaf, to be stunned with tales of 

 foreign or of domestic commotions, wars and ru- 

 mours of wars — and this while head, that aches 

 for a pillow, is to be surmounted with a crown. 

 Indeed, when we come to the miseries of public 

 life in its best estate, who can express astonish- 

 ment at the man, who, when he walks around 

 the boundaries of his native (arm — contemplates 

 hi.s fireside, his barn and orchard, turns his back 

 upon a public station with abhorrence. 



Chinese Bon Mots — A learned Chinese perceiv- 

 ed a robber was digging a bole in the wall of 

 Ills house. Me had at that moment on the fire 

 a tea k<jttle t'ull of boiling water — He takes it, 

 «els himself near the wall and wails the result 

 of Ihe rolibcr's ojieration. The opening made, 

 Ihe intruder first tbrusls in his two (eel, when 

 the ninster ol'llic bouse lays bold of and S|)rinklrs 

 them with boiling water. The robber shrieks 

 out most dreadfully, and begs to be released. — 

 But the other answers him with groat gravity : 

 "Only wait until ! have emptied my tea-kettle." 



mcncan ffine. 



DYER'S superiour lied and White Gro.veille (or 

 Currant) iVine, is for sale, ^hoh sale or retail, for 

 the present, at 05, Eroad l-treet, Iiy 1: . tOI iLA^D, Jr. 

 I'rice per keg ol 6 gallons, delivered at any part of 

 t'e city, C7 1-2 cents per gallon, inrluding keg and 

 sending home, for the Red 'j-aend $1,50 per j;allon 

 lor the \A liite. The extensive Wle of this valu.ible ar- 

 ticle of Domestic Industry is its best recomnieiidatioB. 



Tlie following notice of this Wine is c.Tlraclcdfrom the 

 (^Salcm) Esscv Register. 



" We have been politely favoured with a sample of 

 the Groseille Wine., made hy the Messrs. Itytrs, of 

 Providence, R. I. and have no hesitation in pronounc- 

 ing it superiour to much ol the i.^lported Wine, and a 

 everagr nf uncommon richness of flavour and colour. 

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

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

 s 'cial parties," &c. Dec. 24. 



FAllM FOR B.\LE, in Cambridge— for sale, a farm 

 about 4 miles from the city, consisting of 35 acres 

 of as good land as any in the county of Middlesex. It 

 is under good improvement, and may be made at small 

 expense to cut fiom 60 to 70 tons of English hay ; has 



■ from 3, to 400 Fruit Trees, 10 acres of Meadow land, 



, about a quarter of a mile from the farm. On said farm 

 are 2 dwelling houses, barn, corn-barn, chaise-house, 

 pigery, &c. Said farm is on the main road to Lexing- 



; ton and Concord, and one or two stages pass daily. The 

 farm, cattle, and farming utensil? will be sold at a bar- 

 gain. A small jiart of the purchase money will be re- 

 quired, and the residue may lie 5 or 10 years. 



Inquire of Chandler Robbins, real estate broker, Ex- 



I change Street, or at this office. tAl Jan. 28 



PREMIUM White Currant \Viiie.—\\hite Currant 

 Wine, which obtained the first premium at Brigh- 

 ton the present season, for sale at No. 106, Washington 

 Street, at lij cents per Gallon. 

 IVb. 11. CALLE.\DER Sc SEAVERNS. 



TERMS OF THE FARMER. 

 0:5=Publislud every Saturday, at Tjibte Doi r aes 

 per annum, juiyable at Ihe end of the year — bet those 

 vA\o pay williin .•^i.rly r'nvs from the time of subscribing 

 v'ill be entitled to a drduction of Fifty Cj.kts. 

 (]t5~Fostage must he paid on all letters to the Editor or 

 I'ublisher. 



