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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ODE, 



Composed by a member of the corps on«v^^^''^''l 

 Cadets, Salem, Mass. and .sun- at their celebiat.on 

 ef our National Independence, July 5, 1324. 

 Assembled to-day— let us join heart and hand, 



While we mingle our joys in the grand celebration, 

 And our gratitude pay to the patriot band, 



Who in Senate and field, were the pride of our nation, 

 Who rush'd to the strife 

 When dangers were rife, 

 And seal'd their devotion with the red streams of life ; 

 For ne'er while our " Star spangled banner" shall wave, 

 Shall we cease to remember the wise and the brave. 

 Sound the loud trump of fame, let its notes be prolonged, 

 O'er each name so renown'd for devotion and daring, 

 Who wiih swords flashing freedom, to the rude contest 

 throng'd, 

 With hearts beating high and their proBd bosoms 

 baring. 

 Mid the battle's fierce height. 

 To their foemen in fight, 

 III defence of their toil-planted homes and their right ; 

 For ne'er while our standard so proudly shall wave. 

 Shall we cease to remember the wise and the brave. 



Those eyes that once beam'd bright with courage, are 

 clos'd. 

 Those hearts which beat high, in the grave now are 

 sleeping, 

 Those hands that once vanquished the foes they oppos'd. 

 Cold and nerveless have sunk to the grim monarch's 

 reaping. 

 Shall we then cease to praise. 

 In our peace-gilded days. 

 Our sires who have toil'd this proud nation to raise ? 

 No '. No ; Let us swear while our standard shall wave, 

 That we never can cease to remember the brave. 



Our country is plac'd on a pinnacled height. 



Round its base then let tyranny roll in rude passion, 

 Firm as Atlas it stands in its panoply'd right, 



Uadismay'd and unmov'd while its wild waves shall 

 dash on. 

 On each pine cover'd hill 

 Freedom's temple is still, 

 >im\ Adams and Jackson her service fulfil ; 

 And long may the standard of liberty wave, 

 ■'•O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave,'' 



THE FROLICSOME DUKE. 



The late Duke of Montague was remarkable 

 lor achieTemeuts of wit and humor, which he 

 conducted with a dexterity and address pecu- 

 liar to hiroself. In one of his rambles he obserr- 

 od that a middle-aged man, in something like la 

 military dress, of which the lace was much tar- 

 nished and llie cloth worn thread-bare, appea 

 ed at a certain hour in the Park, walking t 

 and fro in the mall wilh a kind of mounii' 

 solemnity, or ruminating by himself on one ol 

 Ihe benches, without taking any more notice of 

 the gay crowd that was moving about him, lhai\ 

 of so (r.wny emmets on an ant-hill, or atom; 

 dancing in the sun. 



This man, the Duke singled out as a fit ob 

 ject for a frolic. He began, therefore, hy mak 

 ing soma enquiry concerning him, and soon learn- 

 ed that he was an unforlunale, poor creature, 

 who, having laid out his whole stock of money 

 io the purchase of a commission, had behaved 



with great bravery in the war, in hopes of pre-\at Ihe table his own wife and children. The< 

 ferment; but upon the conclusion of peace hadlDoke had begun his frolic by sending for them; 

 been reduced to starve upon half-pay. This the | out of Yorkshire, and had as much if not more 



Duke thought a favourable circumstance for his 

 purpose ; but he learned upon further enquiry, 

 that the captain, having a wife and several chil- 

 dren, had been reduced to the necessity ol 

 sending them down to Yorkshire, whither he 

 constantly remitted them one moiety of his half 

 pay, which would not subsist them nearer the 

 metropolis, and reserved the other moiety to 

 keep himself upon the spot, where alone he 

 could look for an opportunity of obtaining a 

 more advantageous situation. These particu- 

 lars afforded new scope lor the Duke's genius, 

 and he immediately began his operations 



astonished the lady than he had her husband, 

 to whom he took care that she should have no. 

 opportunity to send a letter. 



it is much more easy to conceive than dc 

 scribe a meeting so sudden and extraordinary ; 

 it is sutKcient to say that it afforded the highest 

 entertainment to the Duke, who at length, wilh 

 much difficulty, got his guests quietly sealed at 

 the table, and persuaded them to fall too, with- [ 

 out thinking of yesterday or tomorrow. It 

 happened that soon after dinner was over, word 

 vias brought to the Duke, that his lawyer at- 

 tended about some business of his Grace's order. 



After some time, when every thing bad been The Duke, willing to have a short truce with 



prepared, he watched an opportutiify, as the 

 captain was sitting alone, buried in his specula- 

 tions, on a bench, to send his gentleman to him 

 with his compliments, and an invitation to din- 

 ner the next day. The Duke having placed 

 himself at a considerable distance, saw his mes- 

 senger approach without being perceived, and 

 begin to speak without being heard ; he saw 

 his intended guest start at length from his reve- 

 rie, like a man frighted out of a dream, and 

 gaze with a foolish look of wonder and per- 

 plexity at the person who accosted him, with- 

 out seeming to comprehend what he said, or 

 believe his senses, when it was repented to him 

 till he did. In short, he saw with infinite satis- 

 faction all that could be expected in the looks, 

 behaviour, aiid attitude of a man, addressed in 

 so abrupt and unaccountable a manner; and as 

 the sport depended upon the man's sensibility, 

 he discovered so much of that quality in strik- 

 ing the first stroke, that he promised himself 

 success beyond his former hopes. He was told, 

 however, that the captain returned thanks for 

 the honour inlended him, and would wait on his 

 Grace at the time appointed. 



When he came the Duke received him with 

 particular marks of civility, and taking him 

 aside with an air of great secresy and impor- 

 tance, told him that he had desired the favor of 

 his company to dine, chiefly on account of a la 

 dy, who had long had a particolar regard for 

 him, and had expressed a great desire to be 

 inhis com|)any, which her situation made it 

 impossible for her to accomplish without the as- 

 sistance of a friend; that having learned these 

 particulars by accident, he had Itdvcn the liber- 

 ty of bringing them together; and added that 

 he thought such an act of civility, whatever 

 might be the opinion of the world, could be no 

 imputation upon his honor. During this dis- 

 course the Duke enjoyed the profound aston- 

 ishment and various changes of confusion that 

 aj)peared in the captain's face, who, after he 

 had a little recovered himself, began a speech 

 wilh great solemnity, in which the Duke per- 

 ceived he was labouring to insinuate, in the best 

 mtmner, that he douI)ted whether he was not 

 imjiosed upon, and whether he ought not to re- 

 sent it ; and therefore to put an end to his diili- 

 cullies at once, the Duke laid his land on his 

 breast, and devoutly swore that he told him 

 nothing which he did not believe, upon good 

 evidence to be true. 



When word was brought that dinner was 

 served, the ciptain entered the dining room 

 with great curiosity and wonder, but his won- 

 der was unspeakably increased, when he saw 



the various inquiries of the captain about his 

 family, ordered the lawyer to be introduced, 

 who, pulling out a deed that the Duke was to 

 sign, was directed to read It, with an apology 

 to the company for the interruption. The law- 

 yer accordingly began to read, when, to com- 

 plete the adventure, and the confusion and as- 

 tonishment of the captain and his wife, the 

 deed appeared to be a settlement, which the 

 Duke had made upon them of a genteel sufS- 

 ciency for life. Having gravely heard the ir- 

 strument read, he signed and sealed it, and deliv- 

 ered it into the captain's hand, desiring him to 

 accept of it without compliments, "for," said 

 he, '-I assure you it is the last thing 1 would 

 have done, if 1 had thought I could have en- 

 ployed my money or my time more to my satis- 

 faction in any other way." 



SAXONY SHEEP. 



On THURSDAY, 15//i r,f July next, nl 3 o'clock, P 

 M. at the Punch Boui Tan rn, near Bosfoji, 



WILL be sold at Auction, an rutire flock of SAX 

 ONY SHEEP, consisting of 46 Rams, 25 Ewes 

 and 4 Lambs, just arrived per Velocity from Urenien. 



These sheep were selected with great care, by a per 

 son fully qualified for the purpose, from among eighi 

 or ten thousand of the finest sheep in Saxony, and are 

 presumed to be decidedly superior to any sheep which 

 have heretofore been imported. The comparative va- 

 lue of Saxony Wool above the Spanish is well known; 

 the small quantities which have reached this country, 

 have been eagerly bought up by the manufacturers oi 

 fine cloths, but !he duty imposed by the new tarifi', will 

 soon prevent further importations. 



Purchasers are assured that none of the sheep will be 

 disposed of on any terms, before the above date ; they 

 may be examined any time previous to the day of sale 

 at Mr. Perry's, about a quarter of mile from the Punch 

 Bowl Tavern in Brooldine, on the road leading to Cam- 

 bridge. 



Catalogues will be immediately prepared and ready 

 for delivery. Conditions liberal and made known at 

 the sale. 



COOLIDGE, POOR & HEAD, Aucrn 



June 19. 



PATENT STKKL SPRING HAY FORKS. 



JUST received and for sale at the Agricultural Esta- 

 blishment, No. 20, Merchants' Row, a large supply 

 of Goodwin's highly approved Patent Sttcl Spring Hay 

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

 or Rafces, Cam's cast sleel Scythes, Dudley's wairant- 

 ctl steel back do., Risbee's cast sleel polished Shovels 

 — together with a great variety of other agriculturiJ 

 implements. June VZ. 



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