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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[May 27, 



MxscEz.i.Ami:s. 



From Ihe American Farmer. 



ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING. 



Cold winter's frosty head lies low, 



Hard on a bed of driven snow ; 



Oh, that his dreary reign were o'er. 



And spring were entering at the door. 



The wish had scarcely pass'd my lips, 



When from the south the maiden trips ; 



Hither with eager steps she hies. 



When stiff and cold the tyrant lies. 



She listens to his hideous snore, 



Whilst north-west winds in concert roar ; 



Nearer she comes with noiseless pace, 



And breathes upon his icy face. 



Her balmy breath his eyelids warm, 



He raises up his rugged form, 



And struggling to regain his power, 



He spouts aloft a snowy shower. 



The snowy shower dissolves in rain, 



And down the tyrant sinks again. 



Once more she breathes — the sunbeams play, 



'Till quite subdued, he melts away ; 



From hill to vale he's gliding fast, 



And in a stream is drown'd at last. 



With April face of smiles and tears. 



No more his iron grasp she fears ; 



Gaily she carols forth her song. 



Whilst early birds around her throng. 



With hyacinths her head I's crown'd, 



shedding delicious fragrance round ; 



And violefs, with their rich perfume, 



Around her neck in clusters bloom — 



Her cheeks display the blushing rose, 



Carnation on hi'r lips repose, 



Sweet piai-j upon her bosom rest 



And hearfs-ease lie within her breast ; 



Of brightest green her robe is tinged. 



With , /onjuf/f and with tulips fringed — 



The iady slipper, gay and neat. 



Seem made for Cinderella's feet ; 



Striped rtbband-^nss these sandals lace, 



And mod-..'^t thrift her ancles brace; 



And daisies quilled in triple row, 



Hang "on her light fantastic toe" — 



Bright silver bells her footsteps prin4, 



"Her very step has music in't" 



A golden rod is in her hand, 



More gifted than Frospero's wand ! 



At every step she onward takes 



Some living thing is roused and wakes — 



'J'he lilac blooms Avithin its reach, 



['ortli bursts the blossom of the peach ; 



The naked crocus lifts its bead. 



Cold shivering from its leafless bed — 



With haste the yellow daffodil 



Throws o'er her neck a golden frill ; 



And pale nnrcr.isiis, Ovid's theme, 



i^eaves the lov'd shadow in the stream ; 



And lowly periwinkles run, 



BloomiTig without a summer's sun 



And glittering butter-cup, that throws 

 Its yellow dust upon your nose ; 

 And on side-saddles gaUy ride 

 Fair-maids-of- France and London-pride ; 

 Blue-bells from Scotland hither rome. 

 And with the shamrock find a home ; 

 And snow-drop pluck'd from Russian bear, 



And nethlehem star, to christians dear 



All rise to deck the virgin's bower. 

 Fresh glittering with an April shower. 



Longevity.— Thore ;ire now living in Char- 

 lotte County, near ihe Campbell line, two per- 

 sons, Alexander Berkley anj his wife. Beriiley 

 is now in his llSlti ytar, ;ind his wife io her 

 107lh. Mr. Berkley wa? horn in .Scotland, iind 

 served in ihe British army under the Duke of 



Marlborough, in the reia;ti of Quren .Vnne. 



After the dealh of his (^ueen, he eniif^r.iled lo 

 America, and served again in Ihe armv ofEug- 

 land under General Wolfe, and tvai at Quebec 

 ^h<ia Montgomerii fell When the war of our 



revolution commenced, he was too old to be- 

 come a soldier again ; and his military career 

 of course was then terminated. He had lived 

 with his wife in a state of matrimony 90 years, 

 and has had several children, hut they have all 

 gone to the tomb. It appears that this old man 

 has always been poor, and was consequently un- 

 der the necessity of labouring for his support. 



A house-mnid in Upjier Grosvenor Street 

 London, who was inclined to take a draught of 

 ale, after the family had retired lo bed, glided 

 silently into tWe cellar without a candle. As 

 she was feeling about for the caak, Ihe situa- 

 tion of which was not unknown to her, she put 

 her hand upon something which ^he immediate- 

 ly perceived to he the head of a man. The 

 girl, wilh an uncommon share of fortitude and 

 good sense, forbore (o cry ouf, hut said in a 

 lone of impatience, "deuce take Belly, she is 

 always pulling the mops in Ihe way." She 

 then went lo Ihe cask, quietly drew lior beer, 

 retired from the cellar, fastened the door, and 

 I alarmed Ihe house. The man was taken, Iried, 

 and convicted ; and declared, before he quitted 

 Ihe court, that Ihe maid was entirely indebted 

 to her presence of mind for her life, for had 

 she cried oul, he must instantly have murdered 

 her, hut as he firmly believed she took hi? 

 head for a mop, particularly as she had drawn 

 the beer after she had felt it, he lot her go a- 

 way without injury, not apprehending that she 

 could have given information of 

 ing in the cellar. 



ny thing be- 



Ship of the line. — A man cf war of 74 guns 

 requires about 3000 loails <if limber, of 50 cubic 

 feet each, worth at 3i a load, I5,000Z. A tree 

 contains about two loads, and 3000 loads would 

 cover 14 acres. The ralne of shipping in gen- 

 eral is esteemed at 8/ or 10/ a ton. It is saii 

 that 180,000 pounds of hemp are requiied for 

 the rigging of a first rate man of war. 



AGF-ICULTURAIi ESTABLISHMETf T. 



Ao. 108 Stale Street, up stairs, sign of the Golden Plovgh 



JR. NEWF.LL, Proprietor, ofTf rs for salean exten- 

 • sive assortment ol Garden and Agricultural Im- 

 plements, viz. 



CAM'S warranted cast steel Knglish Scythes. 

 DUDLF.Y'S warranted steel back do. 

 100 do7.f n GOODYEAR'S best spring steel Manure and 

 liav Forks. — With a great variety ofjgricuUural and 

 garden implements. 

 CLRTIS' improved patent lever Churn. 



.hi.!t received— 

 A lew improved Philadelphia Churns — Common do. 



BISBFE'S M arranted. Cast Steel Patent Hoes. 

 WRIGHI'H best Gtrman steel do. and Shovels. 

 ['K^'KERING'S improved Tree KitJsh, for destroying 

 caterpillars. 



Snorers. — The celc!iraled Dr. South, one of 

 the chaplains of Charl.'s 11. preaching on a cer- 

 tain day before couit, which was composed of 

 the most profligate and dissipaled men in the 

 nation, perceived in the middle of his discourse, 

 that slee(> had gradually taken possession of 

 his hearers. The doctor immediately stopped 1 

 short, and changing his lone of voice, cal'ed lut 

 to Lord Lauderdale three times. His lor.lsbip 

 standing up, " My lord," said South, wih .jieat 

 composure, "1 am sorry to interrupt your repose, 

 but 1 must beg of you, that you will not ~iiore 

 quile so loud, lest you awaken his maje'tv !" 



MEAP.=' 'mproved Patent Ox Yokes. 



Sa:in Gauze Handkerchiefs, Belt Ribb.ns, ^-c. 

 QULNCY TUFTS, 



HNo. 88, Washington-street, 

 AS received per WilIiam-&-Heury, 



Elegant Satin Slripe Gauze Hdkfs. ; Zclas do. ; Me- 

 rino Points and Indispensables ; Belt Ribbons and 

 Mobair Belts ; Gimp Trimmings ; Pippings ; Chcnells 

 and Kolio Cords ; Fancy liullons ; Rosettes and Silk 

 Frogs ; green Gauze Veils; brown Satin Ril'bons; 

 superior black Pilk \'<stings ; brown Linen Cambric ; 

 ladies' black Raw Sil * Hose ; men's Kid, brown thread 

 and Linen Gloves ; ladies' Kid, brown Cambric, and 

 Hoise-bkin Gloves; Children's long Kid Gloves an<i 

 Milts; Fans; Steel Busks; Elastic Garters; Hooks 

 and F.yos, Ice. 



.<lso, just received, while double chain Checked 

 Musliiia, a new and superii article for gentlimen's 

 Cravats. On hand, best blue Nankeens, S'anUin Dye; 

 superior black Canton and Kunkin Crapes, 20 and 32 

 tale, ill half pieces. May i'O 



flOWAR 

 TICE & 



wilh a ] 

 WILLIS' 

 Cutter. 

 Likewise. 

 WILLIS' 



with hi 

 Grindsti 

 F;r 

 POPE'S 



sai;;e ( 





D'S Improved Cast & Wrought Iron Ploughs. 

 NIXO.N'S Patent Cast Iron do. 



general assortment of common ploughs. 

 improved perpendicular and horizontal Straw 



, an invoice of well assorted Cooking Furnaces 

 i nproved Patent \\indow-l>liiid Fastenings, 

 ies to match. 



:ie Cranks, wilh friction rollers. 



- t/6 as above — 



i hresliing Machine, or the right of using the 



-jc towns or counties. 



TERMS OK THE FARMER. 

 CcJ^rubli^ihed every Friday, at Three Doi.ijirs 

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

 who pay within sixty days from the time of subscribiui 

 will be entitled to a dedoction of Fikty Cukts. 



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