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7 . ':,n the Rockingham Gaselle. 



WINTER. 

 The midnight winds are sounding; loud 



The storm is gathering; fast ! 

 It floats upon the hurrying cloud, 



And rides the rising; blast. 



The slumberer starts from troubled sleep 



To hear the wintry gales ; 

 The seaman on the threateninj; deep 



Collects his tattered sails. 

 And now it sweeps o'er earth and main, 



With fierce and boundless power; 

 And snow-clouds following in its train 



Send down their icy shower. 

 Oh ! what a wreck of all below 



The morning su' shall see ; 

 The gloomy winding-sheet of snow 



Is hung on every tree. 



How rapidly have passed the hours 



Since Spring was shining bright, 

 And all its paradise of flowers 



Were opening to the light. 

 But sadder changes than of years 



Our mournful thoughts engage ; 

 We think upon the hour of tears 



When youth gives place to age. 



might show their regret or extrav.ignnce }>y 

 sculptured marble or alabaster. What is now 

 expended on a cofiin would buy wood (or the 

 pile ; and as (o the perfumes ancirnlly used, 

 their place mieht be supplied by very homely 

 expedients. Instead, also, of the planed wood, 

 and wine to extinguish the flame=, commanded 

 by law among the llomnns, common faggots and 

 water might be sulstiluled." — London jjaper. 



Burning ihe Dead. — A clever writer in the 

 Oriental Herald has a " PropoMl forhurnintr the 

 dead in England," which he very ingeniously 

 maintains to be a more rational mode than (he 

 present one, of disposing of ourmorlnl remains. 

 Burning, he contends, would get rid of the un- 

 wholesome, disgusting, and superstitious results 

 of public cemeteries, and would substitute a 

 pure, cleanly, tasteful method. The odious as- 

 sociations which burial connecis with death 

 would be avoided, but we should be familiarized 

 with it, and it would lose much of ils ush' (er- 

 rors, by the mild and philosophic aspect which 

 the preservation of ashes in eleeant urns would 

 cause it to assume. Corpses and roltenness gen- 

 erate gloom and (error; but (here is nothing 

 painful in the idea of Ihe "inodorous ashes" to 

 which our friends would be reduced ; and their 

 memory would be preserved by what is in il-^elf 

 beautiful— the art of sculpture. We agree with 

 our friend in the Herald, (hat his propasalmust 

 obtain the suffrages of the tasteful and philp- 

 Sophie, and be opposed only by Ihe undeilakers, 

 sextons, aud resurreclion men,— we should jht- 

 haps add by Ihe clergy. But be prudonllv pro- 

 poses to ward off the opposition of that Jisinler- 

 ested body by providino- for (heir presence at 

 burnings just as now at burials. Besides, he ar- 

 gues, that the melancholy ideas and unwhole- 

 some exhalations, attendant upon church-yards, 

 are adverse to the cheerful piety which should 

 be encouraged by every means" in public wor- 

 ship. "On warm summer days, when the sun 

 darted his rays through the lon^ dim windows of 

 a country church, we have often observed blu- 

 ish steams ascending heavily towards the roof 

 ot the building ; these, mingling with Ihe breath 

 of a numerous congrcgadon, depress the spiri(s.'" 

 Even on the score of economy, too, burnino- 

 would be preferable to burial. "A common urn 

 might be purchased for a few shilliues, and wi(h | 

 such the poor would be content ; while the rich 



Ingenuity of the Beaver. — Roswell King, jr. 

 Esq. has politely sent us a (e\v specimens of 

 the beaver's ingenuity, perseverance and wonder- 

 ful powers in architecture. These specimens 

 consist of several logs of harxl wood, cut by the 

 Beaver for (he construction of a house ; one of 

 these logs measures two feet in lenglh, girls sis- 

 teen inches, and weighs fourteen pounds ; — 

 (his was one of (lie side logs of Ihe house ; lin- 

 olber of the same girt, is half (he leriglh of the 

 I'ormer and was one of Ihe end logs of (he build- 

 ing; the others are smaller and vvere used as 

 rafters. It is evident from the marks at the ends 

 of them that they have all been cut through 

 with the (eeth ; and cut in a manner so as to 

 lock when laid upon each other, Ihe same as logs 

 formed by hutr.an industry tor the construction 

 oilog houses so often me( wi(h in New York. 

 But where these animals found slrensjlh or how 

 they raised a purchase (o lilt the logs, is a ques- 

 tion that we cannot solve. The house being 

 two slories high, each slory being eigh(een in- 

 ches, mu.'t have cost no little labor to the archi- 

 tects in placing those heavy logs one above the 

 other. r^^;-^ 



A True A'i7iff.--There is no king comparable 

 to acock. If he marches haughtily and iiercelv 

 in Ihe midst of his people, it is not out of vauily. 

 If the enemy is advancmjr, he does not content 

 himself wi(h issuing an order to his subjects to 

 go and be killed for him, in virtue of hisunfail 

 ing knowledge and resistless jiower ; he goes 

 in person himself, ranges his young troops be- 

 hind him, and tighls to the last gasp. If he con- 

 quers, it is himself who sings the Te Deiim. 

 In his civil domestic life, (here is nolhine sn 



[gallant, so respectable, and so disinterested. 

 Whether he has, in his royal beak, a grain of 

 corn or a grub worm, he bestows it on Ihe (irsi 



I of his female subjects that comes within his 

 presence. In short, Solomon in his harera was 

 not to be compared to a cock in a farm-yard. 



.Marriage ; Voltaire vs. Mallhns. — The more 

 j married men you have, the fewer crimes there 

 will be. Examine the frightful .".olumns of yourj 

 criminal calendars; you will ihere lind a hund- 

 red youths executed, for one father of a family. 

 Marriage renders men more virtuous and morel 

 wise. The lather of a family is not willing to 

 blush before his children; he is afraid to aiaiic 

 shame their inheritance. 



Witty Reply. — ^In the first division of Poland, 

 in Ihe year 1175, the bishopric of Ermland fell 

 'to Prussia. The prince bishop, Krasiky, a man 

 I of great learning and wit, soon found hinisell 

 I honoured with the king's highest esteem, and 

 (dined almost every day with his majesty. The 

 I king one day said pleasantly to the bishop, "Be 

 j pleased ivhrn you go to heaven, to take me un- 

 jder your mande." Upon which (he bishop re- 

 plied, " Your majesly was pleased (o curtail so 

 much of my revenues, and in consequence sol 



much of Ihe lenglh of my cloak, I much fear 

 that 1 should not be able to cover your majesty's 

 feet, and should be detected in the act o( smug- 

 gling contraband goods.'''' 



FRUIT TREES. &c. 



WM. PRINCI-:, Proprietor 

 ol the Linnoean Garden, 

 near New York, offers to the 

 public liis usual very extensive 

 collection of Fruit and Orna- 

 mental Trees, Shrubs &: Plants, 

 'n the selection of which are 

 ibout 50,0IX) Apples, Pears, 

 I'eaches, &c. of Ihe largest 

 ^izes, suitable for transplactin", 

 all of which ai« ni inc most vigorous and healthy stale, 

 h'rom the long continuance of this ostabli?hmtnt Ihe 

 Proprietor h.is the aciT:,ntage of possessiiig biarirg Itccs 

 of nearly all the kinds, and those offered lor sale are 

 en^rafted (tom fruit liearing Ines, thereby nfiVirdiD" an 

 n'o-olute certainty oi their genutne character. 'J'hr 

 colkctians of Ornamental Trees, Srhrubs, and Plants 

 incKiding above tJOO kinds of Uoscs, — also of Oran**es. 

 Lenuins, Citrons, Camellias or .Japan Roses, &c. are so 

 well known for their extent, (h:. I any remarks would 

 be unnecessary, fartlier than to refer to the Catalogues, 

 which may be obtained gratis from Mr .Toir.pH Bridof. 

 No. 25Court Street, Boston ; and orders through him. 

 will receive the most prompt and atten'ive execution. 



The Gijmnasium. 



THE Subscriber is about to give three Lectures on 

 the following subjt-cts : 

 1st. Physical Education In connexion with intellec- 

 ti:al and moral culture, as taught and practised in the 



; recent gymnastic seminaries of Germany, Denmark, 

 .Switzerland. France, &c. 



The value of human existence is to be estimated by 

 its capacities for action and enjoyment ; lience it ought 

 to be the purpose of education to exercise, unfold, and 



, rrtriy forward these ra])acili>'S to the highest degree of 

 ;\lt:iinablF Improvement. But this can never be ac- 

 complished so long as the care of the body is left out 

 of the general plan of discipline and instruction. An 

 unlortunate individual deprived of locomotive power, 

 might with equal trOth be regarded as a perfect liu- 



'i man being, as to suppose that any man was ever well 



I educated without physical culture. 



i 2d and 3d. On the means of promoting health and 

 preventing disease. Whatever may be thought of the 



I expediency of attempting to teach parents to cure their 

 own diseases and those of their children, there can be 

 no doubt that much practical information relative to 



j the promotion of health, is within their reach and 



1 comprehension. 



I The best part of medical science is the prevention 



' of sickness — (he possession of the means of security in 

 the midst of those deleterious causes and impressions 

 which are constantly acting on the human body ; but 

 this important branch of medicine cannot be efTected 

 without the cooperation of those for whom its precepts 

 are Ibrracd, — its best resources are exerted. If these dii 

 coveries shall be found to possess any interest or value 

 for- fathers, they cannot have less of either for mothers. 

 They are equally adapted aod intended for both. 

 Boston, Feb. 18, 18':?5. J. G. COFFIN. , 



F.VRM FOR SALE, In Cambridge — For sale, a farm 

 about \ mile^ from the city, consist Ing, of 35 acrest 

 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 from 60 to 78 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. Saiii farm is on the main road to Lexing- 

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

 farm, cattle, and farnrng utensils will be sold at a bar- 

 gain. A small part of Ihe purchase monry will be re- 

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



Inquire of Cliandler P.obbins, real estate broker. Ex- 

 change Street, or at this office. t.M Jan. 28 



The FARMER is published by J. B.Rvssf.li,, Congress' 



street, at 52.uO-pvr annum, in advance. 



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