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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[June 17, 



XaXSCEX.X.ANXES. 



land set himself up lora rich wife ; I would fain 

 whisper to him, Friend, look before you leap 



Though fashions, they say, seldom live to be ancient; And „hen 1 see a (joor but pretty bowing and 



In Mr D. they were found not so transient ; <--- '' „„tt,n<r ln< n.-r.k into the 



The date of his school you might read in his dress, 

 But no modern could match him in strict poUlesse- i 



Not caring for substance, devoted to form, 

 In feelings quite cold, but in ttiquttte warm, 

 He held it an act of indelible shame, 

 To speak to a person unless by his name. 



One night at a tavern, sitting ranch at his ease. 

 As much as with form easy comfort agrees, 

 He beheld, at afire, a stranger display 

 His back— coat up-turn'd— just, you know, a I Anglais.^ 

 He cy'd him— would speak— but how hit on the plan . 

 Long pond'ring, at length he thus cahnly began ; ^^^ 

 ■' will you favour me, pray, with your name, sir. 



said he. 

 ■' .My name," said the other, " why, what's that to 



thee ?" 

 " Not much, I confess, but I gladly would know — 

 " Well Thomson's my name, since you will have it so." 

 " 1 thank you," said he, " that is all I desire— 

 Tht tail of your coal, Mr Thomson, 's onjirey 



The Improved Durham Short Homed Bull ADMI- 



lUL, and the Herefordshire Bull SIR ISAAC. 



HE Trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural 



Society will Jet out, upon reasonable terms, the 



sed 

 be 



I ue..»... -. ...o - -- ,,. placed on 



drum • 1 remember the boy and the grindstone, ,j,p parity of the stock. The Calves of Admiral have 



and think how often people put their noses to it. proved very fine. Me is now four years eld, and is on 



When I see a farmer addin- acre after acre | the farm of E. H. Derby, Esq. at balera. H.s term 



When I see a larmei - u.ii ^^ ,_„„.., ,„;ii .vnire there the 16th of Ausust, alter which he 



scraping gentleman putting his ■'=';'; '"'"7^1 ,^ve'n;m~;d impor'ted animals. 1 hey were purchase 

 yoke with a cross old maid, her pocuel '" "' ^,^^, presented to the Society hy Admiral Coffin for tb 

 bank notes, and her head as empty as a kettle- |j^|^,^,-^ ^f^j^ native slate. 'Reliance may he placed c 



. 1 . I *K« l.rt.. ..nil thi-i Grindstone, .._ , :*.. ~f*U.^ .f..^l. Tho P.iltTf.o nf A^lmir^l hn i 



to his plantation, though it is larger already 

 than he can cultivate, and mortgaging the old 

 homestead lor payment, I would say to ''""y^^j- 

 ware, lest you and your farm go into the ditch 

 together. ., 



When I see an honest cultivator ol the son, 

 who, bv hard labour, has laid up a lew hundreds, 

 o-etting"a carriage and horses, buying broad- 

 cloths and canton crapes, and striving to imitate 

 the fashionables; from my soul 1 wi^h he had a 

 lillle of the spirit of the [.onr coblrr, who, when 

 a friend called to him to come out from his sta 



and sec the procession passing to the coronajon 

 of George the Third, innocently replied, "God 

 sent me into the world to make shoos, and 1 

 have nothing to do with those tine shows and 

 ceremonies." , 



, But a>Tain ; when 1 see men or women, oid or 



-,--.=, . ''••:'T" n Voun-, Ireal or small, living as if they were to 



leap;'' but before thejentence was hnished, I j|,^^ forever, without one thought of, or prepar- 

 ation fur. death, I would thunder in their ears, 



Loofc before you Lfo/).— When I was a boy, 1 

 one day walked out with an old friend of my 

 father's; and, while engaged in conver.sation, 

 we came to a wide ditch. The old gentleman 

 paused ; " Oliver," said he, (seeing 1 >v i- about 

 springing for the other side,) " look hfore you 



tors do not pay. 



had made my leap. The other side was, as it 

 happened, extremely slippery, and my feet had 

 scarce touched it, before 1 found myself Iniil at 

 full length at the bottom, covered (;,or,!pletely 

 i¥ilh mud and water. The consequence was, my 

 new clothes were utterly spoiled, and although 

 my mother had a com|)any of lively young 

 friends to tea that very evening, I was obliged 

 to keep my room; and, what was worse, re- 

 ceived a severe scolding, and the pronii'ie ot no 

 more new dresses, until 1 learned to lake bet- 

 ter care. 



This misfortune made a deep impression on 

 -- my mind — the lesson it gave me will never be 

 forgotten. Since that hour, 1 have always look- 

 ed before I leaped, and many a heart-ach it has 

 saved me. Yet 1 have never looked round me 

 in the world without seeing many that were as 

 thouahlless and foolish as i had been. 1 liave 

 seen young men take a social glass for (rieud- 

 ship's sake; and i have known such, often, to 

 he verily laid in the <litch bciure they iiad done 

 with social glasses. 1 have seen old men build 

 castles in the air, and known Ihose castles to tall 

 and pu>h Iheir builder- into the ditch in the end. 

 1 have seen young men many vvives before 

 they were able to support themselves genleel- 



Iv ;"and 1 have knowntheni to <lriigthoir wretch- ! regulate the conduct 

 ed and helpless families down with them iiiU 

 tlie ditch. 1 have seen old and middle aged men 

 indulge foulish wives and spoiled children in 

 every finery, and known such families to wind 

 up their concerns in a ditch at la-t. 



It is no matter, Messrs. Editors, what kind ot 

 a ditch it is— and those of diunkenness, crime, 

 and poverty, are the very worst in the whole 

 world, and are all easily avoided il men will 

 look before they leap. 



When I see a mechanic about to leave his 

 shop and go to keeping tavern, 1 think, good 

 man, you hail belter look before you leap. The 

 ground on ihe other side is slippery, and may, 

 by chance, give you a fall. 



When I hear a young nian resolving not to 

 learn a trade, but to get a gig, and a dandy suit, 



if I could,— /oo/c before you leap; for leap you 

 must, perhaps when least you expect it ; and ll 

 vou slip then, it will be for an— eternity I 



7'rehlon Emporium. 



[selected tor the k. e. failmep..] 



Anecdote of Franklin.— Dr Franklin says little ; 

 and at the commencement of bis residence in 

 Paris, while France hesitated to declare openly 

 in favour of the American colonies, he spnki; 

 still less. At a dinner otwils, to engage him ii. 

 conversation, a person said to him, " It must > e 

 acknowledged Ihat it is a grand spectacle (.i .t 

 y.'inerica exhibits at this period."—" Yes," an- 

 swered modestly the Doctor, " but the a- 



They have paid since 

 Crrimm'. 



The ceremonies of the Greek Chnrrli are at 

 least as beautiful as those of the Catholic ; liie 

 church music is heavenly ; every thing in the 

 wor-hi|i leads to meditation ; it has somelhing ol 

 poetry and feeling about it : but it appears belter 

 adapted to captivate the imagination than to 

 Madame de Stael. 



will e.^pire there the 16th of August, after which he 

 may he had for one year, in any other county. 



the Hereford Bull is two yiars old,— is now on the 

 farm of Joh.\.Pri.\cf,, Esq. Roxbury. His term will 

 expire on the 12th July. Any person wishing him at 

 an earlier period will be accommodr.ted. They are 

 both very gentle and fine-tempered. The stock of Ad 

 miral are peculiarly calculated for the SlaH and DaiTy. 

 The Hereford breed have sometimes carried prizes in 

 England agsinst the " Short Horns," as Beef Catlk.— 

 i They are also admirable Draught cattle, and esteemed 

 good for Ihe Dniry. 



1 he terms will be reasonable and advanl.agcous to 

 I the persons who shall take them for one year, and take 

 ^ood care of ihem, as the great object of the Trustee? 

 ?= to give an opportunity nl crossing our native breedi; 

 und^r the hope of improving them.— For terms apply 

 to JOHN LOWELL, or JOHN PRINCE, Esq. Rcxbu- 

 ,.... Rujbury. May 1C25. 



PATENT HOLS— tor Sale at the Agricultural Es- 

 tablishment. 108 State Street, up stairs. 

 j 50 dozen of Hint's crook neck spring tempered steel 

 hoes, warranted in every respect.— Ihe superiority ol 

 these hoes consist* in their lightness and ?trength, and 

 being in no way liable to clog. May 27 



j DUIiHAM COW AND BULL CALF. 



I On SATURDAY, l&lh iiist. .at 1 o'clock, 



Jn hiberty-squnre. 



The Boll Calf Hi rcules, got by the noted bull Coc- 

 h bs, out of Lady 1-iverpool. 



Also, Lady Liverpool, a short horned Durham Cow, 

 raised by Mr. Ashcrolf, bred at Bank Hall, got by 

 Ssmpson, out of Old Cherry— imported in the ship Cert s 

 from Liverpool, in 111-3. 



The above Bull Calf was born on Ihe 10th Oct. 182-1, 

 and weighed 127 It.^'. 12 oz. the day he was dropped. 

 Oil the 17lh following, he weighed 141 lbs. ; on tlie 

 ■"5tb, 172lhs. ; nn the 1st Nov. 202 lbs. and on the 

 nth, 239 lbs. making him 4 weeks old : and is consider- 

 ed by "ood judges, one of the best pointed animals in 

 this countrv. 



Lady Liverpool is said to be one of the most perfect 

 animals ever imported into the U. States.— Her color is 

 red, a star in the forehead, short horns, long deer head 

 and' nrok. large udder.thin tail, small bone, and weighs 

 from liOOtol.'iOO lbs. Her strength and quality of 

 milk is in the superlative degree. 



The above deKribed Cow and Calf may be seen 

 at Stephen Heartwell's Stable, Schcol-strtet, any time 

 previous to the sale 



J. L. CUNNINGHAM, ^i/c/'r. 



Magnifecence is Ihe character of everything 

 one sees in Russia ; neither the geniu-- of man, 

 nor Ihe gifts of natnre. constitute its beauiie«.— 

 A person of fine intellect said that Russia re- 

 sembled the plays of Shakspeare ; in which all 

 that is not faulty is sublime, and all that is not 

 sublime is faulty. — Ibid. 



Far, far above every other delitrht of intel- 

 lectual spirits, is the charm of music, ll is Ihe 

 language of Ihe feelings. Who is there, that is 

 listening to an old remembered air, and has nol 

 found his heart as audibly addressed as when 

 his ear has been greeted by the voice of ,i val- 

 ued and early lrien<l ?— Aew Monthly Magazine. 



JOHN LILLY, .No. 76 .Market street, corner of Court i 

 street, manufactures and keeps constantly for sale, 

 the following articles, viz. 



Superior large size blue & green silk umbrellas ; small 

 size do ; blue and green gingham do. various sizes ;— 

 oiled linen do ; elfgant gilt and silver mounted para- 

 sols, with star fring»s, ivory handles, &c. ; Do. superior 

 black stick do. ; low pried do. for country trarle ; a 

 complete assortment of silk fringes ; cases gr( en & blue 

 sinciiaws ; gingham.-i and sarsnets; a complete assort- 

 ment of canes, with and without swords; white, green 

 and red oiled silk ; a complete assortment of billiard 

 balls ; purse frames ; cups and balls ; ivory rings for 

 children ; islet pins ; backgammon men ; frogs, 4;c. for 

 tassels ; a large assortment whah bone and rattan, for 

 bonnets, constantly on hand, by the gross or dozen ;— 

 whalebone for stay's constantly on band, and cut to any 

 pattern.— at Ib.e lowest cash prices. Country traders 

 are requtsted tocall. 44—121. 



The FARMER is published ev: ry Friday, by J. B. Rus- 

 SEI.I.. at $2.00 piT annum, in advancs. 



