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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DRAMATIC ANEC0OTE.— From the Itiniirant. 

 MRS. JORDON. 



The late Mrs. Jordon pos.sessed a heart sus- 

 ceptible of the most tender and humane emo- 

 tions, and tliese were called into instant action 

 hy the least approach of misery and distress. 

 Durinif her short stay at Chester, where she 

 had been perfo/'minar, her waslier woman, with 

 three small children, was, by a merciless credi- 

 tor, thrown into prison. A small debt of forty 

 shillings had been worked up, in a short time, 

 by law expenses, into a bill of eight pounds. 

 As soon as Mrs. Jordon heard of the circum- 

 stance, she sent for the attorney, paid his de- 

 mand, and with as much severity as her good 

 natured countenance could assum^, said, "you 

 lawyers are certainly infernal spirits sent on 

 earth (o make poor mortals miserable." The 

 attorney, however, pocketed the afl'ront, and 

 with a low how, made his exit. 



On the afternoon of the same daj' the poor 

 woman was liberated. As Mrs. Jordon, with 

 her servant was taking her usual walk on the 

 Chester walls, the widow with her children fol- 

 lowed her; and just as she had taken her shel- 

 ter from a shower of rain in a kind of porch, 

 dropped on her knees, and, with much grateful 

 emotion, exclaimed, " God forever bless you, 

 madam ! yon have saved me and my family 

 from ruin." The children beholding their 

 mother's tears, added, by their cries, to the af- 

 fecting scene ; which a sensible mind could not 

 behold without strong feelings of sympathy. 

 The natural liveliness of Mrs. Jordon's dispo- 

 sition was not easily damped by sorrowful 

 scenes ; however, though she strove to hide it, 

 the tears of feeling stole down her cheek, and 

 stooping to kiss the children, she slipped a 

 pound note into the mothers hand, and in her 

 usual playt'ul manner, rcfl-ed, " There, there, 

 now it's all over ; go, good woman. God bless 

 you — don't say another word." The grateful 

 creature would have replied, but this good fe- 

 male Samaritan insisted on her silence and de- 

 parture. 



It so happened that another person had taken 

 shelter under the porch, and witnessed the 

 whole of this interesting scene, who as soon as 

 Mrs. Jordon observed him, came forward, and 

 holding out his band, he exclaimed with a deep 

 sigh, "• Lady, pardon the freedom of a stranger, 

 but would to the Lord the world were all hke 

 thee I" The figure of this man bespoke bis 

 calling; his countenance was pale, and a suit of 

 sable black rather the worse for wear, covered 

 his tall and spare person. The penetrating eye 

 of Thalia's favorite votary soon developed his 

 character and profession, and with her wonted 

 good humor, retreating a few paces, she replied, 

 " JVo, I won't shake hands with you !"' "• Whv ?" 

 "• Because you are a meliiodist preacher, and 

 when you know who I am, you'll send me to the 

 devil ?" " The Lord forbid ! 1 am, as you say, 

 a preacher of the gospel, which tells us to clothe 

 the naked, feed the hungry, and relieve the 

 distressed ; and do you think 1 can behold a 

 sister chcerlully obeying the commands of my 

 great Master, without feeling tiiat spiritual at- 

 tachment that leads me to break through world- 

 ly customs, and offer you the hand of Iriendshjp 

 and brotherly love ?" " Well, well, you are a 

 good old soul 1 dare say, but— a— I don't like 

 fanatics ; and you'll not like mc when 1 tell you 

 who 1 o/u," " 1 hope I shall." " Well then, I 



tell you I am a player ;", the preacher sighed ; 

 " yes I am a player ; you musi have heard of me 

 — Mrs. Jordon, is my name." After a short 

 pause, ho again extended bis hand, and with a 

 complacent countenance, he replied, " the Lon' 

 Idess thee, whoever thou art ; he has bestowed 

 upon thee a large portion of his spirit ; and as 

 to thy callinij, if thy soul ubpraid thee not, the 

 Loril forbid that I should." 



Thus reconciled, and the rain having abated, 

 they left the porch together; the oiTer of his 

 arm was accepted, and the female Roscius of 

 comedy, and the melancholy disciple of John 

 Wesley, proceeded arm in arm, to the door of 

 Mrs. Jordon's dwelling. At parting, the preach- 

 er shook hands with her, saying, " Fare thee 

 well sister ; 1 know not what the principles of 

 thy calling may be, thnu art the first I ever 

 conversed with ; but if their benevolent practice 

 equals thine, 1 hope and trust, at the great day, 

 the Lord will say to each : — " Thy sins are for- 

 given thee.'''' 



Focal Music. — Considering iriyself as having 

 a tolerable voice, and in my stfJe, something of 

 a knack at singing, you must not be surprised 

 that 1 should most religously believe that I can 

 spend my Sundays to no bettes advantage than 

 attending meeting, and assisting in the psalmody. 

 Cut 1 would be glad to drop a word to you on 

 my troubles. The young blades of our society 

 have grown so much wiser and more learned 

 than their fathers, that they clean out-run me. 

 They have learned what they call their new 

 city mode of soloing, trilling, //(rfo-i'/ig, and qua- 

 vering, that when I attempt to sing I am quite 

 at odds with them. 



This they call the new fashions — and our 

 minister says he cannot preach against it for 

 fear of giving offence. They must be indulged 

 because they have learned it from their new 

 city masters. After all, I really think, that 

 when my wife and I, and Deacon Snigger's 

 daughter Patience do not help them, especially 

 on rainy days, their singing, as aunt Lucy says, 

 " is s.ndly out at elbows." 



I must tell you how we got served the other 

 Sunday. Our good mmister chanced to read 

 one of our favorite psalms, beginning 



Willi reverence let the saints appc.'ir. 

 And bow before the Lord ; 



When instead of singing the good old tune of 

 Mear, and giving it the truly sonorous twang of 

 New England, with which we used to sing at 

 Tan-toil, our young blades galloped ofi in a new 

 city tune, slurring away in a most delectable 

 quaver; 



With reverence let the sa — a — aiiits appear, 

 And bow — wow — wow — before the Lord ! 



This was unlucky slurring; for our minister' 

 little whiflet pug happening to calch the note,! 

 sung out his treble pipes, started the squire's j 

 old towzer's full bass, and in an instant the j 

 whcde posse of dogs set up such a chorus, that 

 our meeting would have been deafened by the ' 

 general yell, had not our worthy sexton by his I 

 cane changed their notes to another key, and 

 sent their quavering out of the door. Deacon 

 Goodspccd, who happened at that time to be 

 comfortably dozing in his seat, rolled up the 

 peeled onions of Ills eyes, and our good minister 

 ivas obliged to hide his head and smother a 

 smile. — O.nford Gazette, 



t rom a London paper. 

 Jasmine. — We are told that a Duke of Tua 

 cany was the first possessor of this pretty shrul 

 in i^urope, and he was so jealously fearful Ics 

 others should enjoy what he alone wished t 

 possess, that strict injunctions were given t 

 his gardener not to give a sli|) — not so much ri 

 a single (lower, to any person. To this cotE 

 mand the gardener would have been faith fu 

 had not love wounded him by the sparkling ove 

 of a fair but portionless peasant, whose na I c 

 a little dowry and his poverty alone kept ihei 

 from the hymeneal altar. On the birth fl:iv c 

 his mistress, he presented her with a no'^'-i^^.iy 

 and to render the banquet more accepln'le, oi 

 namented it with a branch of jcsmiue. Th 

 Pnvera Figlia.i wishing to preserve the blooi 

 of this new dower, [)ut it into frish earth, an 

 the branch remained green all the year. In th 

 Ibllovving spring it grew, and was covered wit 

 (lowers : it Hotirished and multiplied so nric 

 under the fair nymph's cultivation, that she \vi 

 able to amass a little lortuue from the s do i 

 the precious gift which love had madn her 

 when with a sprig of jasmine in her breisi sli 

 bestowed her hand and wealth on the h ijip 

 gardener of lier heart. And the Tuscan gnls I 

 this day preserve the remembrance of this ai 

 venture by invariably wearing a nosegay cfja 

 mine on their wedding day ; and they have 

 proverb, which says^ a youug girl worthy ; 

 wearing a nosegay is rich enough to make tji 

 fortune of a good husband. 



The Ducliess of Devonshire. — As the beautil 

 Duchess of Devonshire was one day stepping 

 of her carriage, a dustinan, who was accident^ 

 standing by, and was about to regale him^ 

 with his accustomed whiff of tobacco, cans 

 glance of her countenance, and mstantly exc| 

 med, " Lord love you my lady, let me light I 

 pipe, in your eyes !" The Duchess was so i 

 lighted with the compliment, that she frequeq 

 al'tervvards checked the strains of adulatj 

 which were so constantly offered to her chari 

 by saying, " Oh ! after the dustman's cora| 

 ment, all others are insipid." 



The manner in which the eagle will soj 

 times attack oxen in Heligoland, is very siti 

 lar. It plunges itself into the waves, and a| 

 being completely drenched, rolls itself onf 

 shore, till its wings are quite covered with sal 

 it then rises into the air and hovers over its 

 tim. When close to it, it shakes its wings j 

 throws stones and sand into the eyes of the! 

 while it com|detes the terror of the animal 

 blows with its powerful wings. The lil'mlefl 

 runs aliout quite raving, and at length falls da 

 wholly exhausted, or dashes himself ta deattf 

 falling from some cliff. The eagle then 

 gles undisturbed the fruits of his victory. 



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