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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BY T. G. FESSENDEN. 



" A man that Jtattereth his neighbour spreadeth a 



net for his feet.'''' 

 'Tis better to listen while enemies rail, 



Take warning from scoffers, with malice replete, 

 Than lend a pleas'd ear to the Flatterer's tale, 



Who is artfully spreading a net for your feet. 



The lips of the Flatterer not only bring 



To ruin the simple and credulous maid, 

 But men of all stations from pauper to king 



The parasite's prattle has often betray'd. 



The vilest ofTiciousand villainous men 



Will play you the friend or the lover in style. 



And be most excessively complaisant when 

 Intending like Joab to stab with a smile. 



But he who your foibles and faults will disclose, 

 With mildness of manner, and motive sincere. 



Is the friend, whom you ought to hold nearer than those 

 Whom ties of fraternity serve to endear.* 



We often a monitor find in a foe, 



Impell'd to abuse by malignity's thrall. 



Whose coarsest revilings a favor bestow. 

 As virtue is found in rattlesnake's gall. 



Let reptiles of malice go on to backbite. 



And envy's heart burnings burst forth in a blaze ; 



A man becomes cautious as well as upright 



Who knows that such censors are watching his ways. 



Then listen and learn while your enemies rail, 

 Be warned by the scoffer with malice replete, 



But turn a deaf ear to the Flatterer's tale. 

 Who is artfully spreading a net for your feet. 



There is a friend Ihal slicktih closer than n hrnlher. 

 Proverbs. 



MISCELLANY. 



BRIEF HINTS TO PARENTS. 



Industry and Economy. — Idleness is an inlet to 

 most other vices ; while, by industry, the pow- 

 ers of the mind are turned lo good account. — 

 Usefulness of character depends much on dili- 

 gence. Early to accuslom children (o industry, 

 application and perseverance, is a necessary 

 part of education. If indiilijed in idleness when 

 younar, application to business will afterwards 

 1)6 irksome. They should early he made sen- 

 sible of the value of time ; they should be made 

 to understand that no economy is so essential as 

 the economy of time ; and that as by squander- 

 ing pence, we are very soon deprived of pounds ; 

 so, by wasting minutes, we shall lose not only 

 hours, but days and months. We must endeav- 

 our to inspire children with the spirit inculcat- 

 ed in the following precept; "Whatever thy 

 hand hndeth to do, do it with thv might. " 



For a young woman to have been properly 

 instructed in the management of the family, is 

 far more essential to her than all the elegant 

 arts on which so much time and expense are by 

 some bestowed. If she has been made acquaint- 

 ed with every particular circumstance of a ser- 

 vant's duty, takes an active part in family con- 

 cerns, comhines frugality with plenty, retrench- 

 es supertluous cost and decoration, and thus is 

 fitted to meet adverse as well as prosperous 

 circumstances, slie will be useful and respecta- 

 ble in her father's family, and particularly so in 

 a married state. When domestic economy is 



viewed in this light, is there a woman that I 

 would disdain to rank it among her accomplish- 

 ments? Or a sensible man who would not prize 

 it in his wife ? 



Whatever maybe our occupation in life, there 

 is an industrious, upright, liberal and benevo- 

 lent mind, an inherent dignity, that will meet 

 with esteem from all whose opinion deserves 

 to be regarded. 



And as frugality and industry are by no means 

 necessarily connected with an avaricious dispo- 

 sition, the most opulent parent ought not to be 

 ashamed to adopt, in the economical education 

 of his children, the excellent motto, " waste not, 

 want not." Early habits of care, and an early 

 aversion and contempt of waste, are interesting 

 lessons for children to learn. The most indus- 

 trious and frugal are frequently the most liber- 

 al and benevolent. And it is upon this princi- 

 ple, that children should be taught not only to 

 save, but that (hey are responsible for making 

 a right use of what they save, or possess. 



While encouraging children in industrious ha- 

 bits, let us not forget or neglect to encourage 

 industry at their books, and to afford them op. 

 portunities of mental improvement, to qualify 

 them rightly to enjoy the necessary intercourse 

 with mankind. 



LONGEVITY IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 

 When the famous Turketul, who had been 

 Chancellor of England, and one of the greatest 

 warriors and statesmen of his time, retired from 

 the world, and became Abbot of Croyland, he 

 found five very aged monks in a monastery, to 

 whom he paid particular attention. Father Cla- 

 renbold, tlie oldest of these monks, died A. D 

 973, after he had complsted the 168th year of 

 his age. The second, who was named Swarl 

 ing, died the same year, at the age of 1 42. The 

 third, who was called Father Turgar, died the 

 year after, in the 115th year of his age. The 

 two other monks, Brune and Aso, died about the 

 same time, whose ages are not exactly known, 

 though they must have been very old, as they 

 both remembered the old Abbey of Croyland, 

 which had been destroyed by the Danes, in the 

 year 870. The-^e facts are related with much 

 confidence by Ingulphus, who was Abbot of 

 Croyland, and wrote from the historical Regis- 

 ter of that Abbey. When we recollect also, the 

 very recent instance of longevity in Elizabeth 

 Shaw's case, who died at Keal Cotes aged 117, 

 we think the Lincolnshire fens, are not so un- 

 healthy as generally reported. [Bell's IVky.Mes. 



Anecdote of General Lincoln. — At Purysburg, 

 on the Savannah river, a soldier named Fick- 

 lin, having made frequent attempts to desert, 

 was tried and sentenced to be hanged. Gene- 

 ral Lincoln ordered the execution. The rope 

 liroke ; a second was procured, which broke al- 

 so ; the case was reported to the General for 

 ilireclions. '• Let him run," said the General, 

 •' 1 thought he looked like a scape gallows." 



A writer in a New- York paper, speaking of 

 the insufiicient manner in which the street lamps 

 were lighted, says, "• Five-and-twenty full grown 

 lightning-bufrs would have stared them all out 

 of countenance." 



When we see a wretched people with de- 

 pressed minds and indolent habits, we do not as- 



cribe their poverty to those who govern the* «« 

 but no one, that sees a mangy, half-starved flc 

 of sheep ever doubts that it is the fault of I 

 farmer, to whom it belongs. 



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BELLFOUNDER, 



The n'onderful Jfor/olk Trailer, imparled July l(j 



fram England., 



WILL STAND THIS SEASON, 1824. j 



At Twenty Dollars, and One Dollar the Groom. J 



money to be paid to the Groom at Ccvering. '\ 



THIS celebrated Horse is a bright bay, with 

 legs, standing 15 hands high; his superior bio 

 symmetry and action excel those of every other trott 

 Stallion. He is allowed by the best judges in Norl 

 to be the fastest and best bred Horse ever sent out 

 that County. He has proved himself a sure foal geft 

 and his Stock for size and substance are not to be 

 passed ; they are selling at the highest prices of ] 

 Horses in Norfolk. ■ 



BFLLFOUNDER was got by that well known,.] 

 and highformed Trotter, Oi.d Bellfocnder, oqii 

 Velocity, which trotted on the Norwich road, in 181 

 Sixteen miles in one hour, and though she broke fiftii 

 times into a gallop, and as often turned round., won 

 match. In \WQ she Uoiiei Twenty-eight miles iaf 

 hour and forty seven minutes, and has also done 

 other great performances against time. 



BFLLFOUNDER, at five years old, trotted 3 

 miles in six minutes, and in the following year i 

 matched for 200 guineas, to trot Nine miles in mi 

 minutes, and he won easily by thirty-two seconds.™ 

 owner shortly after challenged to perform with him V 

 enteen miles and a half in one hour, but it was not 

 cipted. He has since never been saddled ormatchi 



Oi.D BEi.T.FOUNnKR. was a true descendant from 

 original blood of the Fireaways., which breed of Hoi 

 stand unrivalled, either in this or any other nation. 



BFLLFOUNDER is strongly recommended to 

 public by the subscriber, as combining more a||) 

 properties than any other Horse in America, and^i )ti 

 stand, during the season, at his stable in Chariest** 

 where all inquiries, post paid, will be attended'tow , 

 SAMUEL JAQUES, M 



Charlestown, Mass. March 20, 1824. Vt 



VALUABLE STOCK FOR SALE BY THK 

 SCRIBER. 



AVERY superior MALTESE JACK ASS, 7J 

 old, 14 hands high, remarkably well made, as 

 quiet in his temper, that a child can manage hid 

 was obtained of the Governor of Malta and importfl 

 Capt. Robert B. Edes. 



Also two BULLS 22 months old out of good I 

 cows, they are well formed and girt six feet 

 Price $100 each. 



Also one BULL 23 months old, out of the famon 

 derney cow, imported by John Hubbard, Esq. 

 $12.x 



Also the Bull YANKFY, 34 months old out of s 

 fine native cow owned by Mr. Francis Amory. YcB 

 received a premium at Brighton Show in October] 

 Price f 125. 



The above Bulls are in fine condition and weri 

 four sired by the noted Improved Durham Short 1 

 Bull Cirlebs. 



If the Bulls are net sold by the 20th of April ( 

 they will be let on shares. 



SAMUEL JAQUES, 



Charlestou-n, Mass. March 13, 1824. 



MANGEL WURTZFL SEED. 



FOR sale at this office a {ew pounds of JIMJ 

 Wurt:el Seerf, raised by John Kenrick, Esq., i 

 ton. Feb; ' 



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