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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the National Gazette. 



On the loss of the Steam Boat JElna, within sight of 

 JVew- York, 

 Saturday afternoon, May 15, 1824. 

 Her path was on the briny deep ; 



Yet no white sail propell'd her course, 

 Nor measur'd o'er with g:raceful sweep, 

 Urg'd her to stem the billow's force : 

 Self-mov'd, with fleecy track she past, 



Disdaining in her pride 

 To woo the breeze, or slum the blast, 

 Or wait the rolling tide, 

 While boldly to the slcy 



Her ensign wreathing high, [she cast. 



Inwrought with volum'd smoke, and sparkling flame 

 Lightly o'er her bosom rov'd. 



Where rainbow mirth was shining, 

 Forms rever'd, and hearts belov'd, 

 In changeful groups combining : 

 Childhood's smile, 

 And Beauty's wile, 

 Manhood with his brow of care. 

 And matron tenderness was there ; 

 Above the azure sky was glowing, 

 Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing, 

 Around, in chequering light a!id shade, 

 Her hues delighted Spring display'd ; 

 Velvet verdure deck'd the vales, 

 AVinding rivers, white with sails. 

 Through their tufted margins stray'd : 

 Each dazzling scene, like moving picture, threw 

 Its coloring on the eye, and rapidly withdrew. 



And now the setting sun, in liquid richness, pours 

 A flood of glory o'er the approaching shores 

 Of that proud mart, which like a queen 

 Upon her island shone, is seen. 

 With thronging masts and spires, in iong array ; 

 Then sparkling eyes were bent, 

 And ardent glances sent. 

 Thro' the soft misty curtains of declining day, 

 I'o gain some vestige of their home ; 

 Gay Fancy decks the dome 

 With flowers of joy ; 

 A riclier blush steals o'er the virgin coy ; 

 And, lost in speechless love, the mother clasps her boy. 

 Hark ! — 'tis the crash of thunder! — But no cloud 

 Mantles the untroubled sky. 

 Again I — it blends with cries of angi;ish loud,— 

 in air disrupted members fly. 

 Bloodstreams, and 'nealh the waters hoar 

 i'lunge deeply those who rise no more. 

 And ah ! outstretch'd I see. 

 In nameless agony. 

 Woman's imploring hand, —the piercing cry 

 Of suffering innocence invades the sky. 

 Haste — snatch them from the wreck! OGod! they 

 faint — they die ! 

 "Tis silent on the wave. 'I'he thunders sleep; 



But many a stricken soul shall mourn their ire : 

 b'till smiles the sun ; but many an eye shall v^'eep 

 F.re to his sea-girt chamber he retire : . < 



The unexpected guest — the si.^ter fair, — 

 'i"he child, with fond, confiding air, — 

 '['he friend, who with an angel's mien 

 llium'd tile dear, domestic scene — 

 Ah ! ask not — ask not, where they are, 

 Or why they come not.^ — ^"ee despair 

 Rend fmm tlie mourning sire 

 The few thin remnants of that silver hair. 

 Which, frosted o'er with age, e'en ruthless time 



could spare. 

 Who to the orphan's arms its treasure shall restore .' 

 Who, bind the widow'd heart, which breaking, heals 

 no more ? 

 Frail as a flower, beneath the blast of pain. 

 How impotent and vairt 

 Is man, to boast him of his zephyr's breath, 

 Man, whose whole race of life is on the verge of 

 death I 

 He, — lie alone who trod 

 The waters as their God, 

 And from their dark embrace rescu'd the sinking form, 

 Can, when the whelming surges roll. 

 Draw, with pierc'd hand, the unbodied soul 

 To that Eternal Ark, serene above the storm. 



iWisccUang. 



Etiquette. — It is almost painful to give one's 

 attention to these stiff affairs, which go so very 

 nearly to extinguish the socialities of life, for 

 the mind is fettered and bound up, as it were in 

 stays, manufactured by the ceremonial masters 

 of mankind, 



" Who're gravely dull, insipidly serene, 

 And carry all their wisdom in their mien. 

 This gravity has been defined by a French wit, 

 as a mysterious carriage of the body to cover 

 (he delects of the mind. Locke, according to 

 his biographer, always praised Rochefoucault's 

 maxim, "that gravity was but the mask nhich 

 stupidity wore to cover its defects." Dr. Young 

 says, 



" And be this truth eternal ne'er forgot. 

 Solemnity's a cover for a sot." 



Some people make a mystery of every thing, 

 (they must bid you good day in a whisper,) 

 looking exceedingly wise, even about trifles. — 

 Statesmen, a race of beings who occasionally 

 commit the most remarkable blunders, but still 

 retaining the name of statesmen, have a great 

 predilection for this mystery. So affected was 

 the Count de Viry, in this way, that, when he 

 died, some person inquiring after him, his sec- 

 retary said, " He is dead, but does not wish it 

 to be known:" and the king of Sardinia, (his 

 master,) said, when he heard of his death, " that 

 he would make a mystery of it if he could." — 

 We have seen, where cunning supplies the place 

 of intellect, and a handicraft mechanism the 

 substitute for the mind, where, in Curran's pe- 

 culiar phrase, " men begin to measure their 

 depths by their darkness, and to fancy them- 

 selves profound, because they feel they are per- 

 plexed." 



Dr. Moore (anlhor of Zeluco) used to say 

 that, "At least two-thirds of a I'hy.'ifian's fens 

 were for imaginary compl.iints." Among seve- 

 ral instances of this nature, he mentions one of 

 a clothier, who, after long drinkiiig the Bath 

 waters, took it into his head to try the Bristol 

 hot wells. Previous, however, to his setting 

 off, he requested the f.ivour of him of a letter, 

 stating his case to any brother Galen. This 

 done, the patient got into a chaise and started. 

 After proceeding about half way, he felt an itch 

 to pry into the contents of the letter, when the 

 following words presented themselves : — " Dear 

 sir, llie bearer is a fat Wiltshire clothier; make 

 the most of liim." it is r.nnecessary to add, 

 that jus cure was at that moment eflected, as he 

 ordered the chaise to return, and immediately 

 proceeded home. 



Dr. Maundy, of Canterbury, Dr. Radcliffe, 

 and Dr. Case, spending an evening together, 

 were very jovial. " Here, brother Case," says 

 Dr. Radcliffe, "is a health to all the fools, your 

 patients." " I thank you, good brother," re- 

 plied Case, " let rne have all the fools, and you 

 are heartily welcome to the rest of the prac- 

 tice." 



An eccentric old dame, who lately died at the 

 west end of the town, and who had been re- 

 ceiving benefit from a charitable fund, left be- 

 hind her the following strange assortment of ar- 

 ticles; — 490 work bags, full of ribands, &c. 150 

 pockets, 5000 thimbles, 100 snuff-boxes, a great 



qtiantity of pins, 300 china and crystal articles, 

 1100 pincushions and needle-books, several 

 pecks of buttons, 20 pair of silk stockings and 

 gloves, 400 matches, 1000 pen-knives and scis- 

 sors, 24 black silk bonnets, and a great number 

 of gowns. — Dundee Advertiser. 



A sweep passing yesterday through Broad-sf. 

 St. Giles, was annoyed by a coal-heaver's boy, 

 and on being asked why he did not show fight? 

 answered " Sweeps don't dirt their hands with 

 coal porters." 



A strange custom prevails every whore in 

 Chili, at balls, public as well as private. La- 

 dies of all ranks who happen not to be invited, 

 come in disguise and stand at (he windows or in 

 the passages, and often actually enter the ball 

 room. They are called Tapadus from their fa- 

 ces being covered, and their object is to observe 

 the proceeding of their uncoascious friends, 

 whom they torment with malicious speeches, 

 whenever they are within hearing. 



Jlnrcdote of Howard. — The Governor of Up- 

 per Alsace, a vain man, and his Countess, still 

 vainer, honored Howard with a visit. With a 

 very haughty air, the governor asked the state 

 of prisons in his government. " The worst in 

 all Germany," said Howard, " particularly in< 

 the condition of the female prisoners; and Ire- 

 commend to your countess to visit them person- 

 ally, as the best means of rectifying abuses in 

 their management." " 1 !" said she, '• I go to 

 the prisons!" and hurried away with her has- 

 band so rapidly, Howard said he was seriously 

 afraid she would fall down stairs. He never- 

 theless called after her with a loud voice, 

 "iMadtim, remember that you are a woman 

 yuiirself, and must soon, like the most misera- 

 ble female prisoner in a dungeon, inhabit but a 

 .•mall space of (hat earth from which you equal- 

 ly originated." 



LEAD PIPE FOR AQUEDUCTS, &c. 



THE subscribers being appointed Agents for vending 

 LORI.N'G'S IMPROVED LEAD PIPE, liave con? 

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

 a supply of different sizes and thickness. The manner 

 in which their Pipe is manufactured renders it superior 

 to the English or any other manufacture, and comes at 

 a less price. Orders for any quantity or size will be 

 executed at the shortest notice. " ' 



LINCOLN FEARING &: CO. 

 March 27. 



PATENT STEEL SPRING HAY FORKS. 



JUST received and for sale at the Agricultural Esta" 

 blishment, No. 20, Merchants' Row, a lai'Je supply 

 of Goc'dwin's highly approved Patent .Steel Spring liat/ 

 and Manure FORKS, Also, a few dozen very superi- 

 or Hakes, Cam's cast steel Scythes, Dudley's warrant- 

 ed steel back do., Bisbee's cast steel polished Shovels 

 — together with a great variety of other agricultural 

 implements. , June 12. 



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

 Farmer. For which a generous price will be 

 given by the publisher of this paper. 

 June 12. 



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