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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[May 13. 



xmscEiiiiAxrxss. 



From Ihe A'sw York American. 



THE HUNTER'S BRIDE. 



I will go to the land wliere the hunters dwell 

 And build me a hut in a sylran dell — 

 And my home shall he by that tranquil lake 

 Which none but the hunter's paddles break- 

 Where the Indian boy in his bark canoe. 

 Like a dolphin, cleavts the waters blue ; 

 And beneath the moon of a summer sky. 

 Basks in the light of his loved one's eye. 

 For I long to roam on the mountain side, 

 To hunt the deer as a hunter's bride. 



Though coarse and rude i? the mountain tare. 

 Yet pure is the breath of the mountain air — 

 And rugged the path in the hunter's way, 

 Yet sweet are his dreams at the close of day. 

 Though toil and trouble his course pursue, 

 Health tinges his cheek with a dusky hue ; 

 And in fleetness he livals the wild gazelle— 

 And his heart in the forest can love so well 

 That I long to roam on the mountain side, 

 And wear the garb of a hunter's bride. 



My joy shall be by the silent shore 



To watch the return of his flashing car; 



And view on the breast of that limpid lake 



The eddies around it in murmurs break — 



And ripple, and sparklt, and curl away 



in the soothing beain of Ihe silver ray : 



And his heart shall gladden to hear my song 



Swell on the air as he paddles along ; 



And I ne'er will depart from that mountain side, 



But share the fate of a hunter's bride ! 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOOD OF M.>.\. 



.^'ations living almost tnlirely on anininl food. 



The nations which live on animal food 

 very numerous. 



The Ethiopians, Scythians, nnd .\Tabian= 

 nothing but flesh 



It appears to be the effect of climate and re- 

 ligion that makes (he Hindoo adopt vegetable 

 r.itlier than animal food ; it is llie olTict ofniln- 

 ral production that makes the Grecnlander relish 

 whale-blubber and train oil. It is to one or other 

 of these causes that we mii=t refer all such di- 

 versity of national tastes, though it would be dil- 

 ficull in many cases to separate the influence ol 

 each. We see the Englishman enjoying his un- 

 der-done roast beef and his plum-pudding; the 

 Scotsman his hodge-pudge and his haggis ; the 

 Frenchman his ragouts, omlets, and tricandeaus ; 

 ihe German his sf>ur-crout, sausages, and sinoak- 

 cd hams ; Ihe Italian his maccaroni ; and the 

 Tartar his horse flesh. " De gustibiis non esl 

 dispiilandum.''' There is no disputing abonl 

 tastes. They are too many, and loo various, lo 

 be objects of rational discussion. 



Singular had of AU7)unl of various .Xtilions. 

 Besides the before-mentioned diversities of 

 nalinnal and indixidual tasle for <lilTercnt kinds | 

 of substances, used as aliment*, Ibere are other! 

 kinds of i'ood which weal lea=t think more sin-| 

 sular. Some of the tribe? of Arabs, Moors, Ihe | 

 Califprnians, and Ethiopian", eat tad-poles, lo- 

 custs, and spiders. 



!n some places the flesh of serpen!?, that of 

 the cntubcr nolrix for example, is eaten ; and 

 the viper is made into broth. Several other rep- 

 tibs are used as food by the European wttlers 

 j in .Africa, such a^ the rana boinbina and rana 

 Idurina, two species of toads. 

 i In the East, Ihe Urccrtn rinciis is considered a 

 I great luxurv, anil also .-.n approdisiac. Even the 

 are ( rallle-'-nake his been eatrn. ami the bead boil- 

 i ed along with the rest of Ihe body of the animal, 

 cal The horse, as*, and camel, are eaten in scve- 

 ] ral rtgioiij pf the earib, and tlie seal, walruss. 

 The" miserable inhabitants of NtMV Holland ' and Arctic bear, have often yielded a supply lo 

 lived wholly on fi<h when that country was Grst { sailors. 



discovered, and other tribes on the .^rabian and j On the singular tastes of epicures it is not nc- 



Versian gulph. ! cessary to speak. 3Ia;c:enas, the prime niini'lfi 



In the Farm islands, in Iceland andGreenland, ol' Augfistus, and refined palron of Horace, had 



the food arises from the same source. I young assesserved upon his table when he treat- 



The shepherds in the province of Caracas, on ed his friends; and according to Fliny, the Uo- 



thc Oronoko, live wholly on flesh. The Tar-' mans delighted in the flavour of young and well 



tars in. Asia, and some savage nations in North! fattened puppies. This strancre practice subsists 



America, live on raw and half putrid flesh, and ^ still in China, and among the Esquimaux. Plump 



3ome barbarous tribes eat (heir meat raw. j and well roasted bats, laid upon a bed of olives, 



— I are eaten in the Levant as a dainty. 



Ji'alions living wholly upon vegclabhfood. | _ 



The variety of alimentary substances used not j Sudden Siictps. — A few days before the death 

 only by individuals, but among whole nations, of J_)r Fothergill, a gentleman much addicted lu 

 are proiiiglously diversitied, and climate seems j the bottle, and possessed of a few virtues, aj'pli- 

 to have some etiect in producing the diver-ity ol 1 ed to him for advice. Ueing introduced, the 

 taste, though it must in a great measure depend j doctor, who had some knowledge of his person, 

 upon Ihe natural produclinus ol' [larticuUr coun- j w bich however he cliose to cmiceal, inquiring 



Practical blunder of an Irish Fonlpad Robber. — 

 During a journey of the Bishop of Salisbury 

 (ihe celebrated Gilbert Burnet) from bis see to 

 London, he had a sudden cccasion to stop the 

 carriage, wliich he desired might proceed at a 

 slow p:ice, as he expected shortly to overtake 

 it. \'erv few minutes had elapsed before hi* 

 Lordship was attacked by a robiier, who. in the 

 Irish brogue, demanded his wnlcb and money. 

 Remonstrances under such rircumstances being 

 unavailing, he c mplied wiih Ihe best grace in 

 his power, expecting no lurlber molestalion. — ■ 

 The coat however, of the Bishop, liajipeniog to 

 take the fancy of the thief, he insisted on its be- 

 ing exchanged lor lus onn threadbare jerkin, 

 in which the clerical dignity wassuii'ercd to de- 

 part. During this transaction the Bi.-hop's coach 

 had proceeded at considerable distance, and .Mrs. 

 Burnet becoming uneasy at her liusband's delay, 

 put her head out of the window and sa;v him 

 running towards her with all possible speed, in 

 his new disguise wilh the meaning of which she 

 ivas soon made acquainted. The Bishop, a short 

 time afterwards, on puttiug his hand into one 

 of (he pockels of the jerkin, had the unexpect- 

 ed good fortune to liiid his oun watch, and in 

 the oilier, not only his own purse, but also an- 

 other, containing upwards of tilly golden Jaco- 

 buses. 



J\'etv Kiiglaml Museum — 70 Lciirt-lSr''t. 



f¥lHE public are respectfully informed, that this 

 M- extensive estabJi>hiDent has been greatly enlarg- 

 ed and improved — 1 he propi i^lnrs have during the last 

 \\ inter, purcha-td and united wiih it the 



Coliiinbitin and Citij Museum, 

 whirh has been kept for the last twenty-fivc years in 

 Treraont-street. They have als.i added the extensive 

 collections of the late Linniau Poritly, trg.Iher wilh 

 a great number of valuable Curiosities from foreign 

 countries. In making these arran2:entents ihi y have 

 been at immense expense, and they look for rcmunera- 

 tl'^n in the liberal patronage of an enlightened public. 



JC?T received, per ship London Packet, and I'orsale 

 by JOSLl'H C.'.LLE.NDLR, .\o. 160 Washington 

 street, ne,.r the Old South, a general assortment of the 

 above SEEDS, amongst which are — 



Large Blood Beet 

 Orange Carrot 

 -Mangel Wurtzel, 

 Swedish Turnip, 

 White Celery, 

 Globe Savoy Cabbage, 

 IJwarf Cabbage, 

 Sweet Ma."jorum, 

 Summer I^avory, 

 Lemou Ualin, 



tries, their religion, and their cuniinercial inter 

 course. 



A vegetable diet seems suilable to the liM 

 countries under the Eipiator, and we accorfbngly 

 find nations there, who have completely adopted 

 it, and whoabstsin so much the more from all 

 animal fond, in as much as it is an article of 

 their religious faith. 



Potatoes, chesiiuts. and the leguminous and 

 cereal seeds, satisfy the want ofthe Alpine peas- 

 ant, and numerous tribes solely feed on vegeta- 

 bles and water. In the most remote antiquity, 

 we road of whole nations in .MVicii, and of the 

 Indian priests, who lived enlirely on vegetable 

 Substanc 

 most enlirely on gum Senegal 



what was his ailment, to which the other repli- 

 ed, he was well in heallh, ate well, drank well, 

 and slepi, but he wished to know how he might 

 guard against sudden snaps. The venerable phy- 

 sician gave a prescription for his complaint, in 

 Ihe follniving deserved reproof; — " Do justice, 

 line mercy, walk humbly before God, and do 

 not snap the bottle too often.'''' 



Prudence. — Those who, in confidence of su- 

 jierior attainments, or enlarged capacitief, dis- 

 regard Ihe common maxims of life, should re- 

 member that nothing can atone for the want of 

 prudence ; that negligence and irregularly, long 

 Some wandering Moors subsist al- ; conliiiiied, will make knowledge useless, ij'not 



ridiculous, and genius coatemj»tible 



Early Hotspur Peas 



Uwarf Marrowfat do. 



Dwarf bordering do. 



Green Prolific do. 



Scarlet Raddish .Seed. 



White and Iltd Turnip 

 do. 

 i Early Cauliflower, 

 ; Early Head Li tliie, 

 S A\ hite Field Turnips, 

 j White Dutch do. | 



j A great variety of ELOWER SEEDS ; with a large 

 I assortment of .\nierlcan SEEDS, of last year's growth ; 

 i BIRD SEEDS, of all kinds ; white stone Flower Pots ; 



common do ; Flower Boxes, neatly painted. 



JUST received from Holland, and for sale at No. 4, 

 Central Wharf, up stairs, an invoice of garden 

 seeds, selected and put up by \'aa Oukerke en Van 

 Emmerik — consistins; of Mangel Wurtzel; Red Beet; 

 Early Peas; Siring Btans; Short Top s^rlel Radish ; 

 Red and While Turnip do. ; Ruta Baga ; while and 

 silvery Onions,; early and late Cauliflower ; Red and 

 White Brocoli ; Early York. Sugar Loaf, Ri d & Green 

 Savoy Cabbage ; Tennis hall ; While and Untch Let- 

 luce.' tL ■ April 8 



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 per annum, payable at the end of the year— but those 

 who pay within sixty rfrr !/.•; from thct'me of subscribing 

 will be entitl.'d to a deduction of Eiftx CE^TS. 



