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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PROGRESS OF LIFE. 

 As through the shadowy silence of the grove?, 



The water'd valleys and the green retreat-, 

 The gentle brook with languid murmur roves, 



Ere yet its secret journey it completes, 

 Winding its devious current, pausing p'ays 



Through fields of verdure, still delights to creep, 

 Until, with step precipitate it strays 



To plunge into the bosom of the deep ; 

 Through silent paths so may my varying life 



Pass gently on,— to wealth no sordid slave ; 

 Unknown the wrangling bar's tumultuous strife ; 



Unknown the blood slain'd honors of the brave ; 

 And when I've reach'draild evening's placid gloom. 



With pleasure sated, or with toil oppress'd, 

 May Sleep's calm brother, in the silent tomb. 



With his cool hand compose my limbs toreit. 



EPITAPH. 

 What thou art read iug o'er my bones, 

 I've often read on other stones ; 

 And others soon shall read of thee 

 What thou art reading now of me. 



^iscfllaiiB. 



WINDS, &c. 



Frommond relates extraordinary things of the 

 south wind when it blows in the Azores. "The 

 inhabitants," says he, " then go about as melan- 

 choly as iC some great misiorlnne had befallen 

 them. The little children stay within doors quite 

 dull : none of them are to be seen running 

 about and playing in the streets. But as soon as 

 the north wind begins to blow, all is once more 

 life and bustle." In Persia there are winds, 

 which pass overheated rocks and marble moun- 

 tains, and carry along with them hot and suffo- 

 cating vapors. To avoid their dangerous elfects, 

 people are obliged to lie flat on the ground, and 

 in that situation to endure he.it and anxiety, it 

 they would not drop down dead on the spot. 

 It is only in the night time and on rivers that 

 they are able to withstand it, and for that rea- 

 son the Persians are not fond of travelling by 

 dav. 



An artificial wind may be produced by open- 

 ing doors and windows standing opposite to each 

 other in an apartment. In such cases a person 

 should not expose himself, especially when heat- 

 ed by exercise to the current of air, without 

 due precaution. He should either move about 

 to keep up the insensible transpiration or shun 

 the draught by retiring into a corner. With 

 these precautions a draught of air in rooms is 

 not only innocent but salubrious. 



A private letter from Africa stales, that the 

 celebrated traveller, Dki.zoni, died at Benin, ol 

 a dysentery, after a few days illnes,s. Mr. B. 

 was attempting to roach lloussa and^Timbuctoo. 

 At the time ot'his death he bad every thing ar- 

 ranged with the King of Benin for his departure, 

 and'had bis health continued, there is no doubt 

 he would have succeeded. Mr. B. passed at Be- 

 nin as an inhabitant, or rather a native of the in- 

 terior, who had come to England when a 

 youth, and was now trying to return to his coun- 

 try. The King and Emegrands (or Nobles) 

 gave credit to this, Mr. B. being in a Moorish 

 dress, with his beard nearly a foot in length. 

 There was, however, some little jealousy a- 

 mongst them, which was removed by a present 



or two well applied ; and the king of Benin's 

 messenger was to accompany Mr. B. with the 

 King's cane, and as many men as were consid- 

 ered necessary for a guard, and baggage carri- 

 ers. The King's name is respected as far as 

 Houssa, and he has a messenger, or ambassa- 

 dor, stationary there. On Mr. B.'s arrival at 

 Houssa, he was to leave his guard there, and 

 proceed to Timbuctoo not being known at Be- 

 nin. On his return to Houssa, he would make 

 the necessary preparations for going down the 

 Niger, and despatch his messenger and guard 

 back with letters to his agents and Mr. John 

 Houston. The messenger to be rewarded ac- 

 cording to the accounts the letters gave of his 

 behaviour, and the King to receive a valuable 

 stated present. This was the plan, and I think 

 it would have proved fortunate had Mr. B. lived. 

 English paper. 



Blind Dog. — A lad was recently passing over 

 Dee ring's Bridge, when a sudden gust of wind 

 took off his hat and carried it some distance in- 

 to the water. The wind and tide were sweep- 

 ing it rapidly down the bay, and the boy stood 

 gazing upon the scene, r.nd lamenting his loss 

 with tears; when Mr. Winslow chanced to pass 

 that way with a dog which was totally blind, 

 by whose assistance he undertook to regain the 

 hat ; which he effected by throwing stones into 

 the water in direction of the hat. The dog 

 plunged in, and, guided only by the noise of 

 the stones striking the water, swam off and took 

 the hat into his mouth and brought it safe on 

 shore, to the no small gratitication of the lad and 

 other spectators. — Portland Argus. 



Dueling. — A duel was lately fought in New 

 Orleans, where the parties, to speak in terms of 

 honor and chivalry, were on a footing. One 

 was a se.vton of a burying ground, the other 

 the assistant grdi'e digger. The ball of the sex- 

 Ion grazed the thigh of the grave digger, whose 

 honoi; not being satistied,and who had often fac- 

 ed death with impunity, insisted upon another 

 shot, and tiie sexton, lucky dog, plumped the 

 grave digger in She thighbone, which shattered 

 his understanding, but it is not knoivn whether 

 the wound demanded a cast of his own office. 

 The dispute was perfectly in character; it was 

 about grave digging; ajipropriate and solemn. 

 A'ational Advocatt. 



The antiquity of the husbandman's art is not 

 to be contested by any other. The first 

 three men in the world, were a gardener, a 

 ploughman, and a grazier; and if any man ob- 

 ject that a second of these was a murderer, 1 

 ile.^lre he would consider, that as soon as he was 

 so, he quitted our profession, and turned buil- 

 der — 



" God the first garden made, and the first city Cain." 

 We may talk what we please of lilliesand li- 

 ons rampant, and spread eagles, in rf'or or d''or- 

 gnii ; but if heraldry were guided b> reason, a 

 plough in a field arable would be the most no- 

 ble and ancient arms. — Co-u'le.y. 



" A View of all the known Languages., and their 

 Dialects.,'''' has been lately published by a Rus- 

 sian author. They amount to 3,014, classed as 

 follows : 237 Asiatic, 587 European, 2'26 Afri- 

 can,! 2C1 American. — Lit. 4* Ev«n. Mag. 



Who could expect it ! — Last Monday, 50 crates 

 of crockery ware from Liverpool, arrived at Uti 

 ca without having been landed on its passage. 

 A", i'. Statesman. 



ANECDOTE. 

 Some time since a certain lord, in Irelan 

 gave a grand gala to the members of the vo! 

 unteer corps in the neighborhood, all of whot 

 attended in full uniform. Among others, hi 

 lordship's tailor was present, and the host cam 

 up to him, saying "My dear Sir, how d'ye do 

 I beg your pardon, 1 forgot your name, but 

 perfectly remember seeing you sornevvhet 

 before." The tailor was a little confounde 

 by his particular notice, and as the best way i 

 making himself remembered whisjiered, " 

 made your breeches." The noble lord, thin! 

 ing the tailor had informed him of his natni 

 turned round and took him by the hand "jlfaji 

 Bridges, I am very happy to see you." 



NEW ENGLAND MUSEUM. 



76, COURT STREET, SOSTOJ^, 



COiVTAINING much more numerous Collectio 

 and greater variety of entertainments than a: 

 other Establishment in America, continues steadily 

 increase, and is open for the receptio\i of visiters 

 EVERY DAY AND EVENING. 

 It will be constantly in the best possible conditit 

 and overy exertion made to rendev the visits of its p; 

 rons agreeable. 



This Establishment now contains FIVE former W 

 seums united in ONE, together with very gri at a 

 numerous additions (the whole receipts being faithfu 

 laid out to increase it.) 



JUST ..1DDED, 

 The celebrated Race Horse Eclipse, 

 A beautiful Cosmoramic View of London, 

 A large and beautiful live Rattlesnake, 

 The Arabian Bottle, made of the stomach ol 

 Camel — holds about a barrel — used to carry wa 

 ■ across the desert. 



The invalid's Chair — very ingenious — invent 



by Professor Peck. 



A very large and elegant Sword Fish, upwai 



of 14 feet long, with a sword 4 1-2 feet long. 

 0:;;;= The Museum is well lighted, and a Cand 

 Music performs every evening. Admittance io cei 

 June 5. 



LEAD PIPE FOR AQUEDUCTS, &c. 

 fS^HE subscribers being appointed Agents for vend. 

 X LORING'S IMPROVED LEAD PIPE, ha 

 slantly on hand, at their Store, No. 20, Merchants' Re 

 a supply of di/ferent sizes and thickness. The mauJ 

 iu which their Pipe is manufactured renders it sitper 

 to the English or any other manufacture, and comes 

 a less price. Orders for any quantity or size will 

 executed at the shortest notice. 



LINCOLN FEARING & CO. 

 March 27. 



WANTED No. 43, of the 1st Vol. of the N. 

 Farmer. For which a generous pi ice will 

 given bv the publisher of this papei. 

 June 12. 



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 OR sale at this Office BALL SKINS, at the nsV 

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 June 12. 



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