NO. 1. 



THE FARMKUS' CABINET. 



15 



A^riciiUiiral IlyiBint. 



Great God of Eilen ! 'ivvas thy liaiid 

 That first clad eartii in bloom, 



And siied upon the smiling land 

 Nature's first rich periumo: 



Fresh at thy glance the flowers sprang, 

 KissM by the sun's first rays — 



While plain, and iiill, and valley rang 

 With life, and joy, and praise. 



God of the clouds! thy hands can open 



The fuuntains of the sky. 

 And on the expectant thirsty crop 



Pour down the rich supply. 



The farmer, when the seed time's o'er, 



Joys in the mercies given — 

 Thinks on thy promis'd harvest's store, 



And smiling, looks to heaven. 



God of the sheaf! to thee alone 

 Are due our thanks and praise. 



When harvest's grateful labor's done, 

 On plenty glad v\'e gaze: 



Then shall our thoughts on Heaven rest. 



Thy grace we will adore. 

 And thank that God, whose mercy's blest 



Our basket and our store. 



From the Greevjield {Mass.) Advertiser. 



Beautiful Incident. 



The Cliff Swallow is not, we believe, a 

 regular summer sojourner in these parts. His 

 visits arc believed to be only occasional — 

 few and far between. At any rate, we are 

 informed that he has no regular haunts. The 

 farm, that he gladdens this year, may not be 

 again cheered by his presence for many com- 

 ing seasons. We have an excellent anecdote 

 to tell of a pair of these interesting birds. It 

 was related to us, if not by an eye witness, 

 by one who received it from an undoubted 

 source. These birds, as do nearly all the 

 birds of this latitude, take their departure 

 hence with the summer, for warmer skies. 

 Several years since, a large number of them 

 had their nests upon a barn in the south part 

 of Deerfiold. At the usual period their 

 nothern dwellings were abandoned, and the 

 tribe took its flight for the tropics. After 

 a time a solitary individual was observed 

 lingering among the forsaken habitations. 

 Various conjectures were started to account 

 for his tarrying. It might be that he had not 

 strength enough for so distant an expedition ; 

 or he might have been accidentally lefl be- 

 hind in the general migration, and feared to 

 encounter the perils of the journey alone. 

 The autumn passed away, and still that soli- 

 tary stranger remained, braving the frosts 

 and the pelting of the storms of winter. 

 Spring came, and yet he was there. An oc- 

 currence so singular, and contrary to the 



habits of the migrating tribes, caustl his mo- 

 tions to be watched wilii more attention. At 

 length another head was observed, protruded 

 from one of the nests, which seemed to be 

 the abode of the bird, wliicli,had been re- 

 marked with so much interest. On examin- 

 ing that nest the mystery was beiiutifuUy 

 solved. Another swallow was found there 

 a prisoner. One of its legs had become en- 

 tangled by a thread or horse hair, which had 

 been used in the lining of the nest, and held 

 it there a captive. Yet it was not deserted 

 by its fiiilhful mate. Through all the long and 

 dreary winter, this patient, self-devoting love 

 supplied her wants. He saw without re- 

 gret but for his luqiless consort, the deepen- 

 ing gloom of the fading year; he felt, with 

 out feeling, but for her, the advancing rigor 

 of winter ; and if he, at times, remembered 

 the sunny skies of the South, and the plea- 

 sure his tribe were there enjoying, it was 

 only to sigh that she could not partake them. 

 By night, and by day, in sunshine and in 

 cloud, in the calm and the tempest, he was 

 with her, ministering to her wants, and cheer- 

 ing the hours of her hopeless captivity by 

 his caresses, and untiring devotion. Now 

 do you suppose that the vulture is capable of 

 such heroic constancy, and generous self-sa- 

 rifice] Or did you ever hear any thing like 

 this authenticated of the featherless vulture 1 



Moreau, 24th of 2d Month, 1836. 



I have been gratified by occasionally see- 

 ing productions of the female mind inserted 

 in your truly valuable paper. I say gratified, 

 because it is an evidence of the march of im- 

 provement ; I therefore take the liberty of for- 

 warding to you a compilation from female 

 authors, and if you think them consistent 

 with the plan of your work, and worth atten- 

 tion, they may perhaps by publication be ser- 

 viceable to some of our farmer's wives. 



Theie's nauL'ht our liicljer [iro^'irss doili preclude 

 So much as Itiiiiking we're already good." 



Very respectfully, &c. 



A FARMER'S WIFE. 



In the management of domestic concerns 

 order and method should be observed, and 

 all hurry and confusion ought to be carefully 

 avoided. If we would begin at the right end 

 of the thing, it must be in the morning of 

 the day and the morning of life ; this is an 

 essential point. 



Sleep should never be considered a luxu- 

 ry, but as only a necessary refreshment to 

 invigorate the body and prepare it for further 

 exertions. Therefore the propriety and ad- 

 vantage of early rising should be, by exam- 

 ple and precept, fixed on the youthful mind. 



When these ideas are fixed, and the prac^ 

 tice of them becomes habitual, business may 

 be pursued without anxiety, and scoldiogi 



