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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[July 15,- 



xaxscEz.i.AiTxi:s. 



fThe following picture of an industrious mother, strug- 

 gling with misfortune, but supported by the ronsola- 

 tions of religion, and the satisfaction of a well-spent 

 life, is drawn by Dugald Stewart ; of whom it has 

 ■been said, that " he would have taken his place a 

 mong the first poets of the age, bad he not chosen to 

 have become its first philosopher.] 



LINES ON AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. 



A lingering struggle of misfortune past. 

 Here patient virtue found repose at last ; 

 Unpraised, unknown, with cheerful step she strayed 

 Through life's bleak wilds and fortune's darkest shade. 

 Nor courted fame to lend one friendly ray 

 To gild the darkening horrors of the way. 



When fired by hope, or eager for applause, 



The hero sufi'ers iu a public cause, 



Unfelt, unheeded, falls misfortune's dart. 



And fame's sweet echoes cheer the drooping heart : 



The patriot's toils immortal laurels yield. 



And death itself is envied in the field. 



Hers was the humbler yet severer fate 



To pine unnoticed in a private state ; 



Here were the sufferings which no laurels bring — 



The generous labours which no muses sing, 



The cares that haunt the parent and the wife. 



And the still sorrows of domestic life. 



What, though no pageant o'er her humble earth 

 Proclaim the empty honors of her birth I 

 What, though around no sculptured columns rise. 

 No verse record the conquest of her eyes ! 

 Yet here shall flow the poor's unbidden tear, 

 And feeble age shall shed his blessings here. 



Here shall the virtues which her soul possessed, 



With sweet remembrance sooth a husband's breast ; 



And here in silent grief shall oft repair 



The helpless objects of her latest care. 



Recall her worth — their adverse fate bemoan — 



And in a mother's fate forget their own. 



Dr. Parr. — Every anecdote, however'trifling;, 

 respecting this giant in lilePHture, must be inter- 

 esting. It is well known that the learned Gre- 

 cian smokes tobacco, and that every day, whelh- 

 er at home or abroad, he indulges in this his 

 favourite weed. — When Dr P. had the honour 

 of dining at Carlton Palace, ]ih Majesty was so 

 condescending as to give him a smoking room, 



and the company of Col. , in order that 



he might sutTer no inconvenience. '" I don't like 

 to he smoked myself, doctor," said the royal wit, 

 " but 1 am anxious Ihut your pipe should not be 

 put out." — One day Dr Parr wa 



house of Mr , who informed his lady of 



the circumstance, and of the doctor's passion for 

 a pipe. The lady was much mortilied and in- 



ded with firmness, " 1 shall be most happy, doc- 

 tor, to show ycu the rites of hospitality ; but 

 you cannot be allowed to smoke." " Then," 

 said Dr Parr, looking at her ample person, 

 " then, madam, I must say, madam,"— " Sir, sir, 

 are you going to be rude V " 1 must say, mad- 



The Third Time— The facetious Dr. B. ofW- 

 having, inadvertently, preached one of his early 

 sermons for the third time, one of his parishion- 

 ers having noticed it, said to him after service. 

 •'Dcctor, the sermon you preached lis this morn- 

 ing, having had three several readings, I move 



am," he'cont^inued, " (,'m( yov are the greatest fo- that it now he passed:^ ^ 



bacco stopper in all EnglcwJ.'' ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ of eminence was lately in company 



The Cocooy queen Beetle, or Queen B„g,>,J with several '"'I'^.l^f "f '' "h/.^./^';'^^^^^^^^ 

 Havana, still aUve, at the Museu,n.-Tlu. as.on- two or '^'I'^^J!^'^^^';^^^^^^ 



ishino- insert is about one inch and a quarter m ing him, asked Pray sir, w hat are stakes now . 

 ' " Kicrful to relate, she To which, thinking of his business he replied, 



length, and what is wonil 



carries by her side, just above her waist, 21 

 brilliant l.imps, which" be lights up at pleasure,' 

 with the solar phosphorus, furnished her by na- 

 ture. These little Ismps do not Hash and glim- 

 mer, like that ofthe Fire Fly, but give as stea- 

 dy light as the gas light, exhibiting two perfect 

 spheres, as large as a minute pearl, which al- 

 ford light enough, in the darkest night, to en- 

 able one to read print by them ! On carrying 

 her into a dark closet, in"the day-lime, she im- 

 mediately illuminates her bimps, and instantly 

 extinguishes them on coming agiin into the 

 light.— A". Haven Herald. 



Madam, the best rump I cannot sell lovrer than 

 a shilling a poun d. 



JVcM' England Farmer. 



THK 4th volume ofthe JWw England Farmer vi'iW 

 commence the 29th of July inst. This work has 

 been published nearly three years, and conducted in 

 such a manner as to elicit the approbation of the Mas- 

 sachmelts AgricuUnral Socitl}!, the Worctster .Agricul- 

 tural Soaety. the Jihode [.iland Siicietijfor the Encour- 

 ageinenl nfOomcstic Induslrij, the Essex ../Igricullural 

 Sociil)/, and Kings county ..Agricultural Societ;/, Nova 

 Scotia ; each of which Societies has officially recom- 

 mended the publication to public patronage. Gentle- 

 men, who are desirous of having the next volume com- 

 plete are requested to forward tlieir names soon, that 

 tlie publisher may begin with a suitable number: the 

 demand for the work, after the Inst volume had been 



Female So.' iWi/.- -Nothing is better adapted to 

 give that last polish to the eduction oVa young ■ -~;;;"^^;^^ ^^ ^^^^^ .^^ ,,,,^ „„^ ,,„„ib!e to supply 



man than the conversation ol virtuous and "C-j j^j^",; „„^i,er9 to many who wished to obtain them, 

 ccmplislied women. Their society serves to j j^gricultural Societies, who may wish to have copies 

 smooth the rough edges of our character*, and i („ d^^ amount of 10 or uj^wards reserved in the office 

 to mellow our temiieis. lo short, the man who and bound, to be presented tor premiums, &c can have 

 has never been acquainted « i-b .emal. ofthe j '-;;;--;-- ^:::::^X^^:^^^:^^ 

 l-.etter class, is not only deprived ol the pllre^t | ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



pleasure, but also will have little success in sd- ,y^^^ Vublisher hopes to be able to give a greater 

 cial life; and 1 shniild not like to be cor.nected j „yj„i,gr of engravius:^ of new agricultural implements 

 by the bonds of iViendship with a roan that has | fcc. in the next volume, than In the preceding ones, 

 a bad opinion and speaks ill of the female sex 

 in general. 



An extra ordinary. — An avaricious person, who 

 kept a very scanty table, dining one Saturday 

 with his sou at an ordinary in Cambridge, whis- 

 pered in his ear, "Tom, you must eat for to day 

 and to morrow." "O yes," retorted the half star- 

 ved lad, "but I bij'nt eaten for yesterday and the 

 day before, yet, father." 



flamed by this intimation, and with some warmth 



Thoughts on several subjects. — Nothing is more 

 unmannerly than lo reflect on any man'.s pro- 

 8 to dine at the] fession, sect, or natural inlirmity. He, who 

 stirs up against himself another's self-love, 

 provokes the strongest passion in human nature. 

 Be careful of your word, even in keeping the 

 most trifling appointment, but do not blame an 



she said, '' I tell you what, Mr 



care a fig for Dr P.'s Greek ; he sha'n't smoke ] heard his excuse. 



, 1 don't other, for a failure of that kind, till you have 



here." " My dear,"' replied the husband, " he | 

 must smoke ; he is allowed to smoke every 



where." " Excuse me, Mr , he shall not 



smoke here ; leave it to me, my dear, Fll man- 

 age it." Tiie doctor came ; a splendid dinner 

 ensued; the Grecian was very brilliant. Alter 

 dinner the doctor called for "• pipes." " Pipes !" 

 screamed the lady, "• pipes for wbnt purpose !" — 

 " Why, to smoke, madam!" "Oh! my dear 

 doctor, 1 can't have pipes here; you'll spoil my 

 place ; my curtains will smell of tobacco for a 

 week." " Not smoke I" exclaimed (he aston 

 ished and offended Grecian ;" why, madam, I 

 have smoked in belter houses." — " i'erhaps so, 

 sir'' replied the lady with dignity ; and she ad- 



Do well, but do not boast of it; for that will 

 lessen the commendation you might otherwise 

 have deserved. 



Too much preciseness and solemnit}' in pro- 

 nouncing what one says in common conversation, 

 as if he was preaching, is generally taken for 

 an indication of self conceit. 



Make your company a rarity, and people will 

 value it. Men despise what ihey can easily have. 



What is there which can be put into com- 

 parison with the blessings of daily bread and 

 nightly rest, of sound bodies and vigorous un- 

 derstanding, of society of children, and parents, 

 and brothers and friends ? 



The Farmer is published weelcly — and contains 8 

 royal quarto pages — on good paper. The price is $3.00 

 per annum, pa>able in 'he course ofthe year, or $'2.50 

 if paid in advance. The paper is paged, and a title- 

 page and copious index given gratis at the end of the 

 voFume. Persons who procure ./I'le responsible subscri- 

 bers are entitled to one volume gratis. Gentlemen at 

 a distance can have the work punctually forwarded to 

 them on the receipt of one year's subscription. 



(J^We intend to publish next week a list of Agents, 

 to whom payment can be made in advance for the 4th 

 volume. T. G. FESSENDEN. 

 J. B. RUSSEl.L. 



The Improved Durham Short Horned Bull ADMI- 

 RAL, and the Herefordshire Bull SIR ISAAC. 

 THF; Trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Society will let out, upon reasonable terms, the 

 above named imported animals. '1 hey were purchased 

 and presented to the Society by Admiral CoHin for the 

 benefit of his native state. Reliance may be placed on - 

 the purity olMhe stork. The Calves of Admiral have 

 proved very fine. He is now four years old, and is en 

 the farm of E. II. Derby, Esq. at Salem. His term 

 will expire there the 16th of August, after which he 

 may be had for one ysar, in any other county. 



The Hereford Bull is two years old, — is now on the 

 farm of John Princf,, Eeq. Roxbury. His term will 

 expire on the lith July. Any person wishing him at 

 an earlier period will be accommodated. Th^'y are 

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

 miral are peculiarly calculated for the Stall and Dairy. 

 The Hereford breed have sometimes carried prizes in 

 England against the " Short Horns," as Beef Cattle.— 

 They are also admir.able Draught cattle, and esteemed 

 good for the Dairy. 



The terms will be reasonable and advantageous to 

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

 good care of iliem, as the great object ofthe Trustees 

 is to give an opportunity of crossing our native breeds 

 under the hope of improving thi ni. — For terras apply 

 to JOHN LOWELL, or JOHiN I'lilNCE, Esq. Roxbi- 

 ry. Roxbury, May 1825. 



