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NEW EiNGLAND FARMER. 



NIGHT. — BY HONTGOMERT. 

 Night is the time for rest ; 

 How sweet when labors close ; 

 To gather round our aching breast 

 The curtain of repose : 

 Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head 

 Upon our own delightful bed ! 

 Night is the time for dreams ; 

 The gay romance of life, 

 When truth that is, and truth that seems, 

 Blend in fantastic strife ; 

 Ah ! visions less beguiling far 

 Than waking dreams by day-light are. 



Night is the time for toil ; 



To plough the classic field, 



Intent to find the buried spoil 



Its wealthy furrows yield ; 



Till all is ours that sages taught. 



That poets sang, or heroes wrought. 



Night is the time to weep ; 



To wet with unseen tears 



Those graves of memory, where sleep 



The joys of other years ; 



Hopes that were angels in their birth. 



But perished young like things of earth '. 



Night is the time to watch ; 



On ocean's dark expanse. 



To hail the Pleiades, or catch 



The full moon's earliest glance,^ 



And brings into the home-sick mind' 



All we loved and left behind. 



Night is the time for care ; 



Brooding on hours misspent, 



To see the Spectre of despair 



Come to our lonely tent ; 



Like Brutus midst his slumbering host, 



Startled by Caesar's stalworth ghost. 



Night is the time to muse ; 



Then from the eye the soul 



Takes flight, and with expanding views 



Beyond the starry pole, 



Descries athwart the abyss of night 



The dawn of uncreated light. 



Night is the time to pray ; 



Our Saviour oft withdrew 



To desert mountains far away. 



So will his followers do ; 



Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, 



And hold communion there with God. 



Night is the time for death ; 



When all around is peace. 



Calmly to yield the weary breath, ' 



From sin and suffering cease : 



Think of Heaven's bliss, and give the sign 



To parting friends — such death be mine I 



MISCELLANY. 



FAINTING. 

 Nothing alarms by-standers so much as seeing 

 a person laint awaj^. This fainting arises from 

 fright, loss of blood, or pains, and however un- 

 pleasant it is, Is rather an antidote or a cure, 

 than a disease : for iinder fainting, there is a 

 suspension of every faculty: during il the bleed- 

 ing ceases, the pain is not fell, or the object 

 which caused the fright forgotten or removed. 

 It is very seldom dangerous ; and more harm has 



arisen from improper modes to remove it, than 

 from the fainting itself. Let the person be laid 

 in a horizontal position, and pressure of every 

 sort removed. Such as slays, neckcloth, &c. : if 

 a man, let the shirt collar be unbuttoned, and 

 nothing tight remain about the knees or arms. 

 Stimulants are generally applied to the nose ; 

 and fortunately do no harm, because the person 

 is insensible to their influence. If in a room, 

 let the windows be opened to cool the surround- 

 ing air, for if it be heated, even that stimulus is 

 too great ; for the same reason it is improper 

 for persons to stand in a crowd around one who 

 has fainted, and who wants all the fresh and cool 

 air that can be admitted to him. Never shake 

 the body with a view to raise the vital spark 

 lest you darken it forever. 



Many persons from extreme sensibility are apt 

 to faint when they see any one in distress, or 

 witness any alarming accidents : and hence, in- 

 stead of being of any use, they add to the gene- 

 ral confusion. This state of mind, as it is much 

 to be lamented, so it ought to be guarded against 

 with the \itmostcare. It depends, in some mea- 

 sure no doubt, on bodily constitution : but since 

 we know it may be increased by indulgence, 

 why should it not be checked, or perhaps cured, 

 by good sense and resolution ? It will be worth 

 while to try; and for the encouragement of my 

 readers, I can assure them, that many persons, 

 who were formerly so timid as to run away from 

 the sight of a little blood, and be greatly alarm- 

 ed at a shriek, have so far overcome this weak- 

 ness, as to render themselves highly useful on 

 many similar occasions. It is certainly right to 

 sympathize with our fellow creatures in their 

 distress but that degree of sympathy is best which 

 while it leaches us to pity, prompts us to relieve 

 and assist them. 



Something Remarkable. — A wild Swan or Cyg- 

 net, was shot on Saturday last, at the west end of 

 this Island, by Wm. Bennett. Such an occur- 

 rence, in the middle of January, we believe 

 is wholly unprecedented in the sporting annals 

 of this quarter of our country. This beautiful 

 and extraordinar}' bird was discovered several 1 

 days since, entirely unaccompanied by any of its 

 species, at the opposite point of the Island, a- 1 

 bout 12 miles eastward of the place where he j 

 was killed. Its plumage is singularly compact i 

 and delicate. The body, wings and neck, are ; 

 of the purest white — the feet and bill black. 

 Length, from the tip of the bill to the feet, 5 

 feet and 8 inches. Distance between the extre- 

 mities of the wings when extended, seven feet. 

 Weight, about 24 pounds. — A'aiitucket Inquirer. 



ANECDOTES. 

 Col. Francis Edgeworth, an ancestor of the 

 late Mr. R. L. Edgeworth, was a man of great wit 

 and gaiety, fond of his profession, quite a soldier, 

 and totally regardless of money. Besides being 

 straitened in his circumstances, by having for 

 many years a large jointure to pay to his mother, 

 he was involved in difficulties by his taste for 

 play — a taste which, irom indulgence, became 

 an irresistable passion. One night, after having 

 lost all the money he could command, he stak- 

 ed his wife's diamond ear-rings, and went into 

 an adjoining room, where she was sitting in 

 company, to ask her to lend them to him. 

 She took them from lier ears and gave them to 



him, saying that she knew for what purpose 1 

 wanted them, and that he was welcome to Ihei 

 They were played for, and the Colonel was 

 fortunate, as lo win back all that he had 1( 

 that night. In the warmth of his gratitude to 1 

 wife, he, at her desire, took an oath never mo 

 to play at any game with cards or dice. Sot 

 time afterwards, he was found in a ha3'-yai 

 with a friend, drawing straws out of a hay-ric 

 and betting upon which should be the longes 



A hard Master. — A rich man whose head w 

 not so well filled as his purse, hired a band 

 musicians to perform for an evening to ente 

 tain some company, which he had invilt 

 When they were performing an overture ti 

 master of the feast went up lo the harp-plavei 

 and asked why Ihey were not playing? Th 

 said they had twenty bars rest. " Rest 1" sa 

 he, '• I will have nobody rest in my employme 

 I pay you for playing not for resting.'^ 



A man who wanted employment as a schoi 

 master was asked if he was acquainted w: 

 mathematics. The would be schoolmaster, si 

 posing some great literary character was mea 

 replied, '^ Matthew Mattocks, sir ? No, sir, I 

 not acquainted with Matthew, but 1 know his b 

 ther Richard very well." 



A bad character better than none. — " Sir" 

 served a publican of Doncaster, to a man note 

 ous for never speaking the truth, "you hi 

 taken away my character." " How so ?" s 

 the other, " I never mentioned your name in 

 life." " No matter for that," replied Bi 

 face, " before you came here I was reckoi 

 the greatest liar in the place." 



NEW AND VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT. 



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 and despatch in cutting straw, hay, tc. far exd 

 any now in use. — Likewise, Saiford's improved 

 Cutter ; with a variety of common Hand Aiachina 

 the same purpose. — Also, W. James' improved 

 Corn Shelter, a very valuable and simple Machini 

 .Tan. 31. 



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