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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the New England Galaxy. 



AUTUMN. 

 How deal- to roam along the sunny hills, 

 When Autumn spreads her bounties on the plain ; 

 When Industry his garner'd treasure fills 

 With richest stores fiom fields of ripen'd gi-ain ; 

 When slow across the fields the ponderous wain, 

 Deep laden with the yellow ears, is drawn, 

 Lie scattered thick and lar along the level lawn. 



The winding rill along the sunny vale 

 Sings its sweet song to cheer the reaper's heart ; 

 And oft its voice the pensive autumn gale 

 Will join, and cause the rustli:ig leaves to start ; 

 While scores of screaming blackbirds bear their part, 

 With varied notes, yet full of melody; 

 And troops of noisy boys, with dog and cart, 

 Are hasting to the hills with youthful glee, 

 To shake the clustering nuts from the tall walnut tree. 



But soon this beauteous pageantry shall fail, 

 And every mellow tint of Autumn fade ; 

 A melancholy murmur fills the gale. 

 And sorrow saddens o'er the yellowing glade ; 

 Through thickening clouds the suns of autumn wade. 

 And beauty ■'its upon the hills no more ; 

 The verdure of the wood is prostrate laid, 

 And soon the autumn rains begin to pour. 

 And down the craggy rocks the swelling torrents roar. 



Such is the fortune of majestic man ! 

 The leaves of fragrance round his forehead flow, 

 The laureate wreath, that gales of fortune fan, 

 Kor which he climbed so high or stooped so low ; 

 But soon approach the tempest-clouds of wo. 

 To mar the beauty of his brightest deed ; 

 Yet while he mourns his fortune's overthrow. 

 He looks to heaven for some more glorious mead ; — 

 Thus to the antumn winds I tune my Dorick reed. 



LLEWELLYN. 



WATER COLORS. 

 '•' Your cottons, "says Flavia, " are cheating vile trash ! 

 See ! the colors all gone, though you said they would 



■wash !" 

 " Yeg, madam," the shopkeeper answer'd, " no doubt, 

 I said they would ■wash — but I meant they'd wAsn 



OUT." 



MISCELLANY. 



market, Lord bless us 1 how the beaux scamper, 



" Hound-like, 



In f-dll cry to catch her !'" 



If there is any shame in this state of things, 

 if sacrificing feelings, that should have their 

 source in the most generous and elevated con- 

 siderations to '■'■ beavty nnd booty,'''' is worthy of 

 abhorrence; then, melhinks, the present gene- 

 ration deserves an unenviable share of ^^ blush- 

 ing honors." 



It is not very likely I shall have much cash to 

 give with my daughters; and in fact, 1 don't 

 want any to give. God grant tliey may have 

 good sense, a wholesome appearance, unsus- 

 pected virtue, affectionate hearts, industrious 

 habits, and then — why, if nobody wants to mar- 

 ry them, they shall help to conitort me in my 

 old age, and help to bear up my spirit when 

 about to " return to Him who gave it." 



1 am an old fashioned felloiv, it is true ; but 1 

 recollect, when 1 got married, I made no ac- 

 count of money ; and if I was going to raarry 

 again, I would look for a poor girl rather than 

 a rich one. If I have a wife, ;> good one is es- 

 sential to my happiness, and ricLos are not. The 

 Athenian General was right : "• 1 had rather 

 marry my daughter to a man, without an estate, 

 than to an estate, without a man." L^ibak. 



From the New York American. 



An interesting, but care-worn mendicant, in 

 vacant mood and mind, entered the store of a 

 wealthy merchant in this city, and as he paced 

 along, his eyes rostcd upon an unusual quantity ol 

 silver and gold coin, which the clerks were bu- 

 sied in counting. His heart sunk within him as 

 he felt the chili of November, which reminded 

 him of the poverty of his lot and the misery o 

 his family, and turning away in despair, he 

 ejaculated to himself, " how happy some of 

 that money would make me !" •' What is thai 

 you say, my friend?" interrogated the mer- 

 chant. The confused mendicant begged to be 

 excused: — he was not conscious of uttering 

 any thing at the moment ; at any rate, his 

 thought was not meant for his ear. But the 

 kind hearted merchant would not take denial, 

 and the poor man repeated what before had in- 

 voluntarily broken from his lips. " And how 

 much my dear fellow, would it take to make 

 you happy ?" O, I dont know ! the winter is 

 coming on apace, and I have no wood ; my wife 

 and children are but poorly clad, for 1 have 

 been sick. Our wants are limited, however, 

 and fifteen dollars would dissipate the gloom vl 

 vTinter." "John count this man 15 dollars." The 

 ingenuous heart canfcel like the grateful stran- 

 ger, the nobleness of such bounty, and exult ("or 

 human nature that meek eyed charity should 

 lind such kindred abode. At evening the clerk 

 enquired, what entry he should make of the 

 money ? " O say, by making a man happy, ^1 ' 



From the New York American. 



Choice of a Wife. — There is one apology, in 

 the increasing extravagance of the modern fair, 

 for the ridiculous rage that exists among the 

 gentlemen, after rich sweethearts ; and maid- 

 ens have a not less tenable excuse for making 

 sure of a full purse, since an empty head is ve- 

 ry likely to accompany it. 



The really prudent, and somewhat homebred . . , , 



man, feels obliged to relinqui.^h the idea of mar- answered the no less eccentric, than humane 

 riage altogether, or deter it to a late period, be 



The female peasants on the River Loi 

 France, have a mode of spinning, which|5 

 blcs them to perform the operation as 

 walk along the streets and roads. The d 

 having a long handle, is held under the "■ 

 arm ; the spool terminates at one end in an 

 pin [lointed and made rough, so that wit! 

 thumb and linger of the right hand, a 

 twirl is easily given it, ivhich draws out 

 twists the thread ; The spool hanging loo 

 it runs round. The thread is then woum 

 and another twirl is given in the same 

 They spin hemp in this manner with facill 

 they watch their goats, sheep or cows, gr^ 

 in the fields." — Griscom''s " Year in Eurom 



Premium Silk Handkerchiefs. — We were I 

 gratified to observe among the great varie 

 articles of domestic manufacture exhibitf 

 the Fair of the Mechanic and Scientific 

 tution, the silk handkerchiefs which olitjf 

 the premium presented by the manufaca 

 Mr. Wm. Bryan ; as also, the specimens oil 

 same description of goods wove at the extt 

 of Mr. Bryan, by Benjamin Yatc;, an ingeli 

 miinufacturer of this ciiy. The elegraicc 

 Viiriefy of patterns, and the brilliancy ;:iid I 

 i_\ of (he colors do much credit to the at 



.\li the specimens were printed Ly fi^r 

 :\n, H tiose esiablibbment has obtained a dei 

 ■ :i celebrity.— .V. Y. Statesman. 



We mention it as a circumstance higlilv < 

 ill!'' to the character of our city thai, iiotH 

 -tandingits immense population, comprising 

 pie from almost all quarters of the wiuld, 

 grand jury of tlie Court of Oyei' aad Term 

 which wasoiJoned at tlie City Hall '. • sle 

 with an approj'riate charge tiom judge idw; 

 was only cut of Court lifteen minu!. .-, v 

 they returned, stating thai no bsisiness i 

 laid belore them, and they knew of iir 

 m the sphere of their duties — wberei 

 were discharged. — Ibid. 



cause it is justly considered a hazardous adven- 

 ture to marry, on the score of supporting the 

 expenses of a modern living. But this idea 

 shall have a separate chapter. 



The first inquiry that our young men make 

 now, when a woman is proposed for a wife is, 

 " is she rich ?" And for variety, or a .ilvo, " is 

 she handsome ?" Let a husband die and le^ve 

 a rich widow ; or a rich heiress, drop iuto the 



merchant 



A gentleman of Liverpool, scorning the vul- 

 gar method of getting a wife by advertising for 

 one in the newspapers, has adopted the new sys- 

 tem of issuing cards of which the following is a 

 copy : " Notice is hereby given, that a young 

 man of 23 years of arje, in the sea-faring line, 

 dark complexion, and rather low, is in want oi a 

 wife; an 18 year damsel will meet with a favor- 

 able reception." 



I I 



Important improvement in Tanning. — ^Ir. I 

 bon Spillsbury of Walsale, Sladordsbiri , we 

 dersland, has succeeded in reducing the hith 

 tedious process of tanning to a very slioit f 

 od. Skins are prepared by his process in t 

 davs, requiring by the old six wei k'^ or 

 months. Moderately thick hides u-8ih i 

 thick in six weeks : these take commonly fi 

 nine to twelve months. The leather is ine 

 ry respect equal in strength and toughness,, 

 will be superior to any hitherto prodac 

 There is no difference in the substances ( 

 ployed, but only in the method of applying Ihi 

 The principle is pressure. Tins importiiol 

 vention has been secured by patents for 

 three kingdoms. — Lon. Lit. Gaz. 



A'alive Opium. — Messrs. Cowley and Stain 

 Pennsylvania, have commenced the cultiMli 

 of Pojipies tor Opium. They made 60 lb8.li 

 yca». The opium is obtained from incieit 

 Oil is gut from the seeds, and cattle are fedwi 

 the cake. 



TERMS OF 'lUE FARMER, 

 (tj" Published every Saturday, at Thbkk DolW 

 per annum, payable at the end of the year — but Ik 

 who pay within siscly dnya from the time of subsetili 

 will be entitled to a deduction of EiiTX C£^T«. 



