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NEV»^ ENGLAND FARMER. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



On the necessili/ of destroying some animals and pre- 

 serving others for the use of man. 



Whate'er of earth is formM to earth returns, 

 Or takes the shape of matter decomposM 

 To pristine particle" unorganiz'd, 

 Which constitute the principles of things — 

 Plants, animals, and all the mighty mass 

 Which forms the Universe are shifting still 

 In ceaseless change. All but the soul o{ man. 

 That particle divine will be the same 

 Amid the crash of worlds and wreck of matter. 

 Hence, great the distance, which exists between 

 The brutes, which perish, and immortal man. 

 The lower order of created things 

 Were made for man, subservient to his will, 

 Plac'd under him by that almighty power, 

 Whose word omuiiic gave creation birth. 

 The brute inhabitants of earth, sea, air. 

 Though subject all to Man's supreme control. 

 Still claim the rights contained in Mercy's code — 

 And he who gives them needless pain deserves 

 To feel the pain his cruelty inflicts. 

 But still the noxious and the useless tribes 

 Of animals are rightly doom'd to slaughter ; 

 And some must bleed to pay the just demands 

 Of man who nourish'd them, without whose care 

 And toil incessant, they had never been. 

 Should he not kill (as erst Pythagoras 

 Taught his disciples, and as Indian Bramins 

 Vainly contend) the fierce and ravenous brutes 

 Would soon make earth a desart fill'd with nought 

 But beasts and birds of prey — should not his care 

 Improve his growing stock, their kinds would fail : 

 Man then on roots and acorns must subsist, 

 And dwell in caves and hollow trees forlorn, 

 Quite destitute of every solace dear. 

 Connubial bliss, the ties of friendship — all 

 Which gives to life its polish and its zest. 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Connecticut Mirror. 



Mr. Printer — I have been absent on a voy- 

 age to sea, for about sis months; when I lel'l 

 home, my daug'hters, fonr yoiinij women, from 

 fifteen (o twcntj-two, were plain dressed, neat, 

 industrious ^irls, who weekly, in rotation, man- 

 aged domestic afiairs, and were a srreat reliefto 

 their mother. By weekly superintending (he 

 business of the family, every thin<j went on in 

 perfect order and regularity ; we had very little 

 occasion for hired help, except on washing 

 days. When 1 left home, I considered mv famt 

 ily as happy and economical as I could desire. 

 The girls would anticipate my wishes, and 

 those of their mother; and I may say without 

 vanity, our house was kept as neat and in as 

 good order as any other. I confess 1 took a 

 pride in the neatness and simplicity of mv 

 daughters' dress, especially in the manner in 

 which they dressed their heads. But on my re- 

 turn, I was not only astonished, hut absolutely 

 mortihed at the change which had taken place 

 under my roof! On entering the door, I was 

 met by a servant girl, with a bowl, containing a 

 rag and brick dust, to scour the knocker, (for it 

 seenis m my absence they had hired a maid to 

 do that which they used to do themselves ) I 

 concluded if »vas some hired woman ibr the day, 

 and passed on. On entering the room, I was as- 



from their pates me/Jied up like prepared ■a: addi 

 (or a fowling piece! The girls were mortified ao 

 was angry ; I sat down to my dinner, with 

 loss of appetite, severely cursing curls and t 

 wanton destruction of valuable papers. 



BOB STRAIGHT HAIR. 



Words in Languages. — By a reckoning m* 

 tor the best dictionary tor each of the folio 

 ing languages there are about 20,000 words 

 the Spanish, 22,000 in the English, 25,000' 

 the Latin, 30,000 in the French, 45,000 

 the Italian, 50,000 in the Greek, and 80,000 

 the German. 



Of the 22,000 words in the English languag, 

 there are about 15,000 that a man understa^ 

 who is before master of Latin, French and Ite 

 ian, the other 7,000 are probably old Edi 

 lish. — Spence''s Anecdotes. 



White Teeth. — The famous Saunderson, 

 though completely blind and who occupied, 

 so distinguished a manner the chair of matHi 

 matics in the University of Cambridge, beiil 

 one day in a large compan}', remarked of 

 lady who iiad left the room, but whom ho hi 

 never before met, nor even heard of, that al 

 had very white teeth. The com[)any were (k 

 tremely anxious to learn hovv« he had discov<' 

 ed this ; for it happened to be true. "1 li.ive i 

 reason," said the professor, " to believe tl ;it il 

 ladv is a fool, and 1 can think of no other riR>lii 

 for her laughing incessantly, as she did for 

 whole hour together. 



Mourning Dresses.-^A writer in (he Foslj 

 Recorder, condemns (he practice of wcarii 

 mourning at funerals as unnecessary, btcau; 

 by no means indicative of true grief, and as I 

 ing an oppressive burthen to the poor. Her 

 cently deviated from this custom in the c;ise ol 

 deceased individual of his family, and transm 

 led 10 dollars to the American Education Soci 

 ty, as a part of the sum saved. 



Effects of Gambling. — Henry Brewer, a ms 

 of education, was arraigned lately in New YoA 

 before the Court of Sessions, charged with hai 

 ing forged endorsements on two notes amouo 

 ing to about gloOO. To which 'he plead't 

 guilty, and was sentenced to 7 years impnso 

 ment for each forgery in the State Prison. H 

 was a foreigner, had a family consisting of 

 wife, three children and his wife's sister, all ( 

 me some dinner. She said as soon as she had I a strange land. The prisoner had been Ifr 

 KJjusted her curls, (which had become a little '" the commission of these crimes by (he prat 

 discomposed by the previous scene) she would 1 ''ce of gambling. Having received froB 

 direct the sercant maid to prepare it. 1 left (he abroad a considerable sum of money, he undej 

 room \ihile dinner was prejiaring. But wheth- 

 er through impatience at the strange looks of 

 my daughters, or from being sharp set for my 

 dinner, I cannot say, but it appeared to me they 



were a long time getting it ready. 1 returned, j gaining his lost money, 

 and after taking a ■zarlcomc glass, I thought 1 I ^■■■i— i.»i n—ij 



would kill the time, which hung heavy bel'ore 

 dinner, by adjusting my papers — when to my 

 great surprise, 1 found two of the most valuable 

 papers missing. 1 enquired what had become of 

 them? At length 1 found, while I was out (he 

 girls had taken Ihcm to do up (heir curls. Af- 

 ter making some ado at (he loss of my papers, 

 of which 1 had no copies, they untwisted them 



tonished, at beholding four young ladies, seated 

 round the fire, with each a novel in her hand, 

 and heads so be-curled and be-Jrizzled, with large 

 flaunting ribbons " nailed on the fore top,'''' that 1 

 verily thought I had made a mistake, and got 

 into the wrong house. I made a respectful 

 bow, begged pardon and hastily withdrew. In 

 the entry I met my wife ; she looked very much 

 (good old soul) as she did when I left home. I 

 asked her what company was in the other room. 

 1 knew it could not be what they called a bee, 

 as neither of them had any work, and conclud- 

 ed it must be a reading Society, as I had under- 

 stood such societies existed. My wife laughed 

 very heartily, and said she was not aware that 

 any company was there except our own daugh- 

 ters. 1 rejilied she must be mistaken, for when 

 I entered the room I did not know either of 

 (hem ; and I was sure they were not the same 

 faces 1 left at home. Here 1 was called out for 

 a moment to see about my things (he drayman 

 had just drove up to the door. My wife pass- 

 ed into the room where (he girls were, when 

 they all rose and exclaimed at once, what is the 

 matter with Papa? He entered the room, star- 

 ed, made an a7i4ra'ard bow, and suddenly with- 

 drew, as if he did not know us ! We thought he 

 was crazy, and were ao confounded ourselves, 

 that we could not speak to him! On ray wife's 

 staling to them that 1 was perfectly well, they 

 were somewhat pacified, though they felt hurt, 

 and began to cry. At this instant I returned, 

 they ail spoke to me and were rejoiced (o see 

 me ; and by (heir voices 1 knew I was wi(h my 

 awv. family. The incident gave us all much 

 pain for (he moment; but we soon recovered 

 from the panic, and I am now happy with my 

 wife and children around me. Though I must 

 say, for the life on me, 1 did not at first know 

 my own children, so much was (heir original 

 heauly obscured by Curls and Ribbons. 1 ral- 

 lied the girls on their strange appearance, but 

 (hey repelled every argument, by saying it was 

 now all (he fashion. Theirgood natured moth- 

 er interposed in the girls' behalf, and was going 

 to justify their ridiculous deformKy on the 

 score of fashion — when, not being exactly pre- 

 pared for a long discourse, ^'^ short blessings and 

 long pudding.!,'''' as we sailors say, I deemed it 

 necessary to " luff and bear a'way,'''' remarking 

 by way of " stern chaser.'''' that I hoped the 

 fashion would not again change so as to create a 

 similar embarrassment on my return from the 

 next voyage. I then placed my ship's papers 

 in the draw of the table under (he looking 

 glass, and requested my eldest daughter to get 



took to try his fortune at gambling, and in oqi 

 night lost upwards of g500. After (his, in ord« 

 to replenish his pockels, he cemmided tbi 

 ibove forgery, probably with the hope of l» 



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