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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



HARVEST HOME. 

 WritUn for RUeifs Vocal Melodies^ by S. Woodtvorlk. 

 When mellow autumn yields 



All her golden treasures, 

 Then those who dress'd the fields, 



Partake of harvest pleasures. 

 This, lads, is Harvest Home, 



Those who labor daily, 

 Well know 'tis sweet to come, 

 And pass the evening gaily. 

 Then let each heart beat light. 



Here's no room for sorrow, 



Joy holds her court to night. 



Care may call to-morrow. 



Now Labor wipes his brow. 



Rest and plenty wait him, 

 Barn, cellar, rick and mow, 



Are fill'd to recreate him. 

 Scythe, sickle, rake and hoe. 



All are now suspended. 

 Like trophies in a row, < 



For future use intended. 



Then let each heart beat light, &c. 



Now gay Pomona's store, 



Past exertions blesses ; 

 Rich streams of nectar pour, 



Sparkling from her presses. 

 Full goblets, streaming board. 



Crown the farmer's labors ; 

 These real bliss affor<l. 



When shar'd by jovial neighbors. 

 Then let each heart beat light, &c. 



From the New Hampshire Literary Journal. 



Messrs. Editors — !n the dry and cold sum- 

 mer of 1816, in the latter part of June, I was 

 informed that a well about three or four miles 

 distant was frozen in such a manner, that no 

 water could be obtained from it. On tlie fourth 

 of July, with some others, 1 called to ascertain 

 the fact; and we found it complelehj frozen over, 

 and no appearance of water, except perhaps a 

 quart in a small hole, which had been cut in 

 the ice. On the l&th of the same month, I cal- 

 led again to examine it. The ice had now be- 

 come detached from the stones, and fallen down 

 to the water, which was lower than when the 

 ice farmed. The block of ice at this time was 

 about the size of a common wash tub. On the 

 25th, I found it had all dissolved. This well is 

 in the town of Lyman, in the county of Graf- 

 ton, at the north-east corner of a house belong- 

 ing to Daniel Moulton, Esq. occupied by Ste- 

 phen Smith. It is situated on high land, 5 or G 

 hundred feet above the level of Connecticut 

 river, and about 3 miles distant. The depth of 

 the well is from 12 to 15 feet; and from the 

 surface of the ground to the ice was about 8. It 

 was perfectly open the whole season, and ex- 

 posed to the action of the atmosphere. 



In the same town, and adjoining Connecticut 

 river, is a plain, which, in its natural state was 

 covered with pine and hemlock. This plain is 

 elevated 80 or 100 feet above the bed of the 

 river. In the year 1815, about fifteen or twen- 

 ty acres of this timber was felled, and on the 

 3d day of July, in the following year it was fir- 

 ed, and burnt in such a manner that scarcely 

 any small stuff was left. On the 10th day of the 

 same month, 1 was passing across said plain, 

 and the owner of the burnt land, who was at 

 work thereon, showed me a log which he had 



just removed from its bed, and which was fro- 

 zen down, about 4 feet in length, and 8 or 10 

 inches in breadth; I saw the ice cut np with 

 an axe, and it appeared solid as in winter. 

 There was nothing to shade the spot where 

 the log lay, there being no standing timber 

 within 30 rods of it. 



These fads, which may tend to show the ex- 

 treme cold of that season in this vicinity, are 

 well known to many individuals; and you are 

 at liberty to notice them in your Collections. 

 CALEB EMERY. 



Lyman, N. H. July, 1823. 



A TIGER IN KENTUCKY. 



The Lexington, Ky. Gazette of the 17th inst. 

 contains the following account of a strange ani- 

 mal which has been recently seen in that state : — 



We learn from Russelville that a gentleman 

 discovered an animal of alarming appearance, a 

 {'ew miles from town, and hastened to the nearest 

 house where he was joined by three men, two 

 of whom were armed with guns, and attended 

 by a dog. The strange monster was again dis- 

 covered, and while bayed by the dog, the two 

 guns continued to fire on him at the distance of 

 about fifty yards without forcing him to move 

 from his stand : a furious look, and aiipalling 

 brow frightened the two men without guns who 

 fled to town. Experienced marksmen contin- 

 ued to fire, and on the twelfth shot the beast put 

 off at full speed, marking his way by blood flow- 

 ing from many wounds that it must have receiv- 

 ed. The dog was too much frighted to continue 

 the pursuit, and the huntsmen dare not venture, 

 although one of them was as fearless as Boone 

 himself, and accustomed to the chase from early 

 life. 



When the news reached Russelville about for- 

 ty gentlemen repaired to the spot, and had a full 

 view of the ground. The print which the paws 

 of this animal made in the earth corresponds 

 with the account given of his great bulk by 

 those who had an opportunity of viewing him 

 at a short distance for several minutes; he was 

 of a brindle color with a most terrific front — his 

 eyes are described as the largest ever seen in 

 any animal. We are well acquainted with the 

 party engaged in the attack, and give the fullest 

 credit to the account we have received. 



The conclusion drawn is that Uhj animal in 

 question was a Tiger of the largest order from 

 Mexico, and that it is like monsters of the deep, 

 thought proper to wander into distant regions. 

 There is nothing remarkable in his passing such 

 a distance unobserved. Wolves have been seen 

 of late years low down in the northern necks of 

 Virginia, a distance of nearly 200 miles from 

 the Blue Ridge, the supposed residence of those 

 animals: they had to pass through a country of 

 the thickest population unprotected by large 

 forests until they arrived on the Potomac river 

 where cedar and pine thickets shelter them from 

 all future danger. 



The above Tiger was seen a few days after 

 braving a dozen shots and making its way into the 

 slate of Tennessee, and there is still a prospect 

 of its being taken and the people gratified with 

 a more correct description. 



From the Philadelphia Gazette. 

 We all recollect the story of the Lacedemo- 

 nian matron, whose joy at ber countrymen's ob- 



taining a victory, was so great, that she cot 

 not lament the lo.ss of her children slain in bi 

 tie. The following anecdote, extracted frc 

 Thacher's Military Journal, displays equal p 

 riotism in conjunction with true paternal afff 

 tion, and consequently places the American fa< 

 er above the Spartan mother. 



" A venerable old man had five sons in t 

 field of battle, near Bennington, and being tt 

 that he had been unfortunate in one of his soi 

 replied, What, has he misbehaved, did he t 

 serf his post, or shrink from the charge ? 1 

 sir, says the informant, worse than that, he 

 among the slain, he fell contending mightily 

 the cause. Then I am satisfied, replied t 

 good old man ; bring him in, that I may behc 

 him, and survey the darling of my soul. » 

 which the corpse was brought in and laid I 

 fore him. He then called for a bowl of wal 

 and a napkin, and with his own hands wash 

 the gore and dirt from his son's corpse, a 

 wiped his gaping wounds, with a complacem 

 as he himself expressed it, which before he b 

 never felt or experienced." 



The story is simple and touching. 



Pleasure, like an over-fed lamp, is estinguij 

 ed by the excess of its own aliment. But t 

 lovers of pleasure are not always prudent, ev 

 upon their own principles; for we are persu 

 ed that the world would afford much more r 

 satisfaction than it does, if we did not press, ; 

 torture, and strain it, to yield what it does i 

 contain : much good, and much pleasure, it di 

 liberally bestow; but no labor nor art can ( 

 tract from if that elixir of peace, that divine 

 sence of content, which it is not in its nature 

 produce. There is good sense in searching 

 to every blessing for its hidden properties ; 

 it is folly to ransack and plunder it for such 

 the experience of all ages tells us -Are forcigi 

 if. We exhaust the world of its pleasure, : 

 then lament that it is empty ; we wring tb 

 pleasures to the very dregs, and then compi 

 that the}' are vapid. — Providence American. 



Yellow fever. — The following circumsta 

 IS a remarkable instance of the non-contag 

 of the Yellow Fever. It is translated from 

 Revue Encyclopcdique for January last : — A yo 

 Englishman, who arrived at St. Thomas's ii 

 a young and beautiful countrywoman whom 

 had secretly married, was attacked by the j 

 low fever. When the disease was at its heij 

 and symptoms of inevitable death became ap 

 rent, the young woman, in despair, and detern 

 ed not to survive the object of her affectit 

 undressed herself entirely and placed herself 

 the side of her dying husband in bed, embrac 

 his body. She remained tor ten hours in I 

 situation, and was with difficulty removed ai 

 he had breathed his last. She did not espi 

 ence the slightest symptom of the disease. 



U. a. Ga^elU 



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