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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 28, 1S29 



M I S C E L L A IV I E S. 



THE DAISY. 



BY JOIIIV MASO.N GOOD, M. D. ' 



Not wurldn on worliU, in phalanx deep, 



Need we to pruve a God iv hero j 



The daisy, fresh from winlcr's sleep, 



~ Tells of his hand in lines as clear. 



For uho Imt lie Ihal arched (he skirt. 



And puurs iht liny -spring's living llood. 

 Wondrous alike in all lie tries, 



Could rear the daisy's purple buil ? 



Blould its green cup. its wiry stem ; 



In friuRed border nicely spin ; 

 And cut the gold embossed gem. 



Thai, SCI in silver, gleams within 7 



And fling it, unrestrained and free, 



O'er hill, and dale, and desert sod, 

 'J'hal man, where'er he walks, may see, 



In every .iiep, the stamp of God ? 



HORRORS OF WAR. 



BatlU of Leipzig. — Lei|izig lins ceased to ex- 

 liibit uiiv marks of ilic (lrfcaiU"(il battle, which, 

 ihirlcci) years since, la-icil in iind around its wuHs. 

 Till witliiii a short i)erio.l, the balls which entered 

 the walls of some of the houses were visible, 

 but all vestiges of the carnage in the city have 

 been obliterated by their demolition, and by the 

 repairs they liuve undergone. Of this contest 

 the inhabitants still speak with horror. They 

 were surrounded by nearly eight hundred thou- 

 iand incii, who brought into action in^re than a 

 thousand pieces of artillery. The vilhigcs around 

 them were daily sending up their flames to heav- 

 en"; and nothing was heard but the roar of can- 

 non, and the shrieks of the dying. Every house, 

 tower, atid public edifice, was covered with sjiec- 

 tators, looking with intense anxiety for the result 

 of thi'su conflicts. In the smoking villages they 

 thought thry saw their own approaching ruin. 

 The wotmded were brought into the city from 

 hour to hour, till almost every house was convert- 

 ed into a hospital. The number of these soltliers 

 only increased the oufl'crings of the inhabitants. 

 Their provisions were nearly consumed, and w iih 

 difliculiy could the inhabitants who remained 

 procure food, to satisfy the wants of the moment. 

 As day after day rolled away, thiy looked in vain 

 for the result of this tremendous conflict. l"a- 

 mine began to stare them in the face, as the 

 French troops pres.sed into the town. The final 

 hour arrived, and the retreating French left the 

 eity, amidst one of the most awful scenes of car- 

 nage which the sun has ever beheld. Tlie little 

 bridge which crosscil the Elster, was the only 

 pas.sage for their troops. Towards this the allies 

 directed a battery of cannon until it was choked 

 with dead. At last it was blown up, and twenty 

 thousand French who remained behind, were 

 compelled to surrcniler. A French cavalry officer 

 informed me, that he crossed the bridge when 

 this battery was sending forth its deadliest fire 

 upon it. The dead and dying were then piled up 

 to the parapet, and over them he eventually 

 forced his way, the feet of his horse occasionally 

 •inking down betwoeu the bodies, as when passing 

 through a marsh.* 



The only vestige which rem.iins ol this conllicl, is the lu«u- 

 rianrc .,l the soil on th;it part of the plain surroun.liug Leipzig, 

 whore the balllo wu» the most severe. 



IhihUa, Luxury, /'overly — "When pros|H>rous ' her daughter, and all the other ladies, whose f 

 times conn; to the poor, liny grow rich rapidly, bad converted the gay neighborhood of Grave 

 because of their habits — when bad times come to into a den of wo, were compelled to " go 

 the rich, they grow j>oor rapidly, because of their way ;" for that they had a "holy call," and i 

 habits. By habiu are meant tliosi- of ap[ilicatioii, set off to Ashton-imdcr-Line, there to meet 

 ex|ii-iise, and respect to small earnings and savings, be present at the coming of Joanna Southc 

 Ilubils, then, should not be min-b changed on \oiing Shiloh, who, as foretold by the Southct 

 account of prosperity. This is important to the , prophets, was to arrive there on a given day. 

 man, and a blessing as an example. Luxuries tir a little further inventigation, the husbam Ifciiir 

 and ornaments should not be consiilered necessa- ' those devout ladies discovered that the lot 

 rie.s, extravagance the basis of respect, nor idle- their wives was not the greatest they had stis 

 ness happiness. How is it that the children of ed, for that, in order to make suitable offei 

 the rich grow poor, and the children of the poor, and prcsenis to the great little :;hilob, as dire 

 grow rich ?'^ 1 by the prophetic elders ^nd fathers of the 



The happiness of a country tloes not depend *^'"'' '.'"'j' '""'' ^'■''"'''' sl'eNtartod, provide.l 

 on the circumstance of the inhabitants being few ''''"^ "■"'' " considerable supply of nione> 

 or many, but on the i)roportion which they bear "''"■'' *''" '""^ disencumbered her busbf 

 to the supply of necessaries,, conveniences and "'"''•'' ""'' ''"'>' <'a"'^''' carrying with her no 

 enjoyments at their disposal. A nation having " ''"'"' '''"" ^■'^^- ^"'' "^ ''"* 'i" < '"'", as 

 only ten millions of people, might bo decidedly ""''*'' ''"' ■•^"^^'■ifice the greater, and the more 

 more powerful than a nation with twenty millions, '■''l"'>''''= '» -Shiloh, every one of these female 

 if they were less instructed, less indu.strious, or i "'""■" ''^'^ '"'''" '"''«'' '"'"''>' "f joung chil 

 less rich. But, other things being the same, there j bcl'i'iJ, to take care of themselves, while she 

 can be no doubt that the political power and im- 

 portance of a nation will be m a very greet de 

 gree dependent on the amount of its population 



The Three Teachers. — To my question, how he 

 could, at his age, have mastered so many attain- 

 ments, his reply was, that with his three teachers, 

 "everything might be learned, common sense 

 alone excepted, the iieculiar and rarest gift of 

 Providence." These three teachers were. Neces- 

 sity, Habit, and Time. At his starting in life. 

 Necessity had told him that if he hoped to live, he 

 must labor; Habit had turned the labor into an 

 indulgence ; and Time gave every man an hour 

 for everything, unless he chose to yawn it away. 



.1 Mirror for ranily.—Q,tieen Elizabeth, admi- 

 ring the elegance of the Mnrijuis dc Villa de .Me- 

 iliana, a Spanish nobleman, complimented him 

 on it, begging at the same time to know who pos- 

 sessed the heart of so accompli.shed a cavalier .' 

 " Madam," said he, " a lover risks too much on 

 such an occasion, but your Majesty's will is a law. 

 Excuse me, however, if I fear to name her, but 

 request your Majesty's acceptance of her portrait." 

 He sent Iter a looking-glass ! 



j dies, and supplies pap to Master t^hiloh, at 

 I ton-under-Line. 





Slratcberry Plants. 

 For sale at Ihe Brighton Nur-cry iiKJO planU of ihe I'io 

 pie Silrawbcny, in line order lor tran-:plaiitiiig — at S"i- 

 100— .T7 1-2 CI-. per lioz. Also, W'ilmol's Su|K;rh, Alpine, 

 berry. Haulbois, Dowuton. Jcc. Orders for ihe above n 

 dirncied In J. B. KlssELi,, Seed Store, 5:! North Sl.irk 

 Boston, where the planus will be delivered, free of cli^irj 

 transportation. The plants are packed ia moss for irajisi 

 lion to any pari of the u n ion 



Tulip Roots. 



For sale at the Seed Store ronnccled with the New E 

 Farmer, 5Z iVorih .Market sireel. 



A line collection of Onich Tulip Roots, of bright red. ye r/. 

 wbiic. pink, anil splendid variegated colors, at aI.OO i»-- • 

 -l2l-'2cHsingle. ° if ' *> ' » 



.Yotice. 

 Subscribers to the New England Farmer ait! inform 

 hey can have iheir volumes neatly and failhlullv liuil 

 iiiil lettered, at 75 els per volume, by leaving ihein 



jVtw China Tea Set.i, and light blue Binnr 

 Keteivi-d. a great variety of the above ; whuh. wii 

 pleie asborinient of Crockerv. China, ftnd Gloss \\ ar 

 fercd lor snle, low, at No. 4 l>»ck Snuare. 



Powder at 2s per lb. 

 DUrONTS POWDER, qualiiv «an-anlod, for 

 CoDf-limil's Aiiiiiamilitm SlKn, r.5Tfiroad st. at M^il 

 SHOT, CA fS, &c. ol &.ett!l ijiiMu— cheap for c.nsh. 

 Tail Akadow~Oat GrasTSttd. 

 This dav received at the New England Farmer Seed S 

 52 North Slarkel sireel, 20 bushels of 'Jail Sleadi 

 Seed, at iCi.OO per bushel 



English Fanatics. — A London paper gives the 

 following account of the doings of some of the 



followers of Joanna Southcote. Joa.ina nppeare.l Also. WImc AJulberry Seed. 30 cts per ounce.Luceii. 

 m England as a prophetess some years ago, and or French Clover, White and Red Clover, Sanfoin, 1 fc, 



like our Jemima Wilkinson, had dreams, visions, """ """' """ - "-" .. . „ 



revelations, S^c. 



Tho town and neighborhood of Gravesend, 

 Northflcct, &c., have for gome days past been 

 thrown into a state of the utmost constornation 

 and alarm by the suihlon disappearance, all as it 

 seems on tho same day and hour, of tho wives of 

 several of the most rcspeilable Irndei-ppople in 

 that part of the country, from their families and 

 homes, without any assignnblo cause for their 

 flight, or the slightest clue, for several days, to 

 their object, or the place of their destination. In- 

 quiries and search were in vain'made in all quar- 

 ters to discover their retreat, or if any accident 

 had befallen them, until at last, one of the tltscrt- 

 ed husbands, bethought him of a journey into 

 Hertfordshire, where his wife's mother resided, to 

 try if he could learn any tidings of his rib there ; 

 nor was he disai)pointud in his hopes, for on ques- 

 tioning the old lady, ili« told bim very coolly, that 



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