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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FOR THE NEW ErfOLAND FARMER. 



RECEIPT TO STEW A KNUCKLE OF VEAL. 

 Altendfrom Gay, and adapted to the meridian of M'ew 

 England- 

 Tor a delicate, meal 

 Take a knuckle of Teal ; 

 Tn small pieces cut it ; 

 In a stewing pan put it ? 

 Salt, pepper and mace 



May season this knuckle ; 

 What's join'd to a place,* 



Witli other herbs muckle ; 

 What never stands still, 

 Vou may add if you will. 

 To wit thyme, or time. 

 Which goes well in rhyme, 

 And doubtless will do 

 Quite as well in a stew. 

 Your dish will do scarcely, 

 Sans onions and parsley. 

 And more things embraced 

 To suit men of taste ; 

 But which all and single. 

 We cannot make jingle — 

 Perhaps if we could 

 They would'ut be good. 

 If the Cook, all so sly. 

 Should season it high 

 Till it bites a man's tongue, 

 She ought to be hung 

 Up high in disgrace — 

 Perhaps lose her place. 

 The water then turn in 

 Just to keep it from burning. 

 The materials cover. 

 An inch deep, not over ; 

 Then put on a cap. 

 Sitting tight as a tap. 

 And keep in the steam. 

 Or you'll lose all the cream. 

 Or essence of what 

 You have in your pot. 

 Then let it stand ^tnmering 

 On a fire that's just glimmering, 

 'Twixt three and four hours, 



And then (O ye Powers !) 



You will have such a treat 



As the nicest may eat. 



O yes ! at the least 



As dainty a feast. 



As those who may dine 



On a fat ox's chine. 



Which Homer declar'd 



His heroes oft shar'd ; 



Surpussing ragouts. 



Which Frenchmen might choose. 



An Alderman might 



Smack his lips with delight 



To taste such a dish, 



Which an epicure's wish 



If ever so craving 



Would suit to a shaving ; 



And which would be fare 



Good enough for a May'r. 

 * Viz. Celery, rulgo Salary, 



mCscfU.iwjf. 



HONORABLE HUMILITY. 

 Gen. Bauer, who commanded the Russian 

 c^val^y in Holstein, vVas a soldier of fortune, 



whose family and coimtry were unknown to 

 every one. When encamped near Hussem, he 

 toolt a mode of discovering himself, as novel as 

 it was amiable. He invited all his field officers, 

 and some others, to dine with him, and sent an 

 adjutant to bring a miller and his wife, who 

 lived in the neighborhood, to the entertain- 

 ment. The poor couple came, very much 

 afraid of the summons, and quite confused when 

 they appeared before the Muscovite General. 

 Bauer seeing this, bade them be quite ensy, for 

 he intended only to show them kindness, and 

 had sent for ihem to dine with him that day ; 

 at the same time he conversed familiarly with 

 them about the country. At dinner, the Gene- 

 ral placed the miller and his wife one on each 

 hand, and nearest to him, and paid particular 

 attention to them. In the course of the enter- 

 tainment, he asked the miller many questions 

 about his family and relations. The miller 

 stated that he was the eldest son of his father, 

 who left the mill he then possessed, and that 

 he had two brothers and one sister. " Have 

 you no other brother ?" said the General, 

 " No," replied the miller ; " I had once ano- 

 ther, but he went away with the soldiers when 

 he was very young, and must have long ago 

 been killed in the wars." The General observ- 

 ing the company much surprised at his conver- 

 sation with the miller, said to them, " Brother 

 soldiers, you have always been curious to know 

 who t was, and whence I came. I now inform 

 you, that this is the [)lace of my nativity, and 

 you have heard from this miller, who is my 

 elder brother, what my family is." Then turn- 

 ing to the astonished miller and his wife, the 

 General embraced them, saying he was the 

 brother they supposed dead. The General 

 then invited the whole of the company to meet 

 him next day at the mill, where a plentiful en- 

 tertainment was provided; the General point- 

 ed out to his brothers in arms, the room in 

 which he was born, with as much evident joy 

 as if he had been showing the place where he 

 had gained a victory. — English paper. 



It is the mind that maketh well or i'l. The 

 elements of pain and pleasure are every 

 where. The degree of happiness that any cir- 

 cumstances or objects can confer on us, depends 

 on the mental disposition with which we ap- 

 proach them. If you consider what is meant 

 by the common phrases, a happy disposition 

 and a discontented temper, you will perceive 

 the truth of what has been said. A happy dis- 

 position finds materials of enjoyment every 

 where, in the city, or the country — in society 

 or in solitude — in the theatre, or in the forest 

 — in the hum of the multitude, or in the silence 

 of the mountains, are alike materials of reflec- 

 tion, and elements of pleasure. It is one mode 

 of pleasure to listen to the music of a theatre 

 glittering wilh light, and crowded with ele- 

 gance and beauty; it is another, to glide at 

 sunset over the bosom of a lonely lake, where 

 no sound disturbs the silence, but that of the 

 motion of the boat through the waters. A 

 happy disposition derives pleasure from both ; 

 a discontented temper from neither : for it is 

 always busy in detecting deliciencies, and feed- 

 ing dissatisfaction with comparisons. The one 

 gathers all the flowers, the other all the nettles 

 in its path. The one has the faculty of enjoy- 

 ing every thing, the other of enjoying nothing. 



The one realizes all the pleasure of the prese* 

 good; the other converts it into pain by pmin 

 after somethmg better ; which is only better b< 

 cause it is not present, and which, if it wet 

 present, would not be enjoyed. These morbi 

 spirits are, in life, what professed critics arei 

 literature : they see nothing but faults, becao! 

 they are predetermined to shut their eyes I 

 beauties. The critic does his utmost to bligl 

 genius in its infancy : that which rises in spii 

 of him, he will not see ; then he complains 

 the decline of literature. In like manner, thes 

 cankers of society complain of human nalui 

 and society, when tbey have wilfully debarri 

 themselves from all the good they contain, ai 

 done the utmost to blight their own happinei 

 and that of all around them. Misanthropy 

 sometimes the product of disappointed bene.T 

 lence ; but it is more frequently the offsprjl 

 of overweening and mortified vanity, quarn 

 ling with the world for not being better trei 

 ed than it deserves. — Port Folio. 



ANECDOTES. 



Some time ago, the clerk of one of the CI 

 pels of Birmingham, previous to the comment 

 ment of the service, dirtied his hand with p 

 ting some coals on the fire, and unconscioui 

 rubbing his face, besmeared it so as to reseml 

 the son of Vulcan. He turned into the readi 

 desk, where he naturally attracted much atli 

 lion, which was considerably increased vil 

 he gave the first line of the hymn, "Behold I 

 brightness of my face." The congregati 

 could no longer preserve their gravity, and 

 involuntary laugh burst from every corner 

 the Chapel. =■= 



Napoleon, in his Italian successes, tool 

 Hungarian battalion prisoners. The Coloi 

 an old man, complained bitterly of the Fre 

 mode of fighting by rapid and desultory atta 

 on the flanks, the rears, the lines of commi 

 cation, &c. concluding by saying, "that he . 

 fought in the army of Maria Theresa." "1 

 must be old'" said Napoleon. "Yes I ami 

 ty or seventy." — " Why Colonel, you have( 

 fainly lived long enough to know how to CO 

 years a little more closely ;" — "General," I 

 the Hungarian, " I reckon my money, my sbi 

 and my horses; but rny years, I know that 

 body will want to steal them, and that I sb 

 never lose one of them !" 



LEAD PIPE FOll AQUEDUC'JS, &c. 



THE subscribers being appointed Agents for vej 

 LORING'S IMPROVED LEAD PIPE, havj 

 stantly on hand, at their Store, No. 20, Merchants' 

 a supply of different sizes and thickness. The 

 in which their Pipe is manufactured renders it si 

 to the English or any other manufacture, and coB( 

 a less price. Orders for any quantity or size fljl- 

 executed at the shortest notice. 



LINCOLN FEARING & 

 March 27. 



MANGEL WURTZEL SEED. 



FOR sale at this •(lice a few pounds of . 

 If'urlsel Seid, raised by John Kenrick, Esq., 

 ton. Aprifl 



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