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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



OCT. ac, 18^ 



MISCELLANEOU S^^ 



For the New England Farmer. 



TIME'S DOLNGS. 

 Since last we cronies met, Tnm, 



Old Time lias fled apace, 

 And stole your laugh, to leave, Tom, 



A wrinkle in its place 

 And now and then the churl, Tom, 



Has touehed your pow with white, 

 And lelt its crown so bald, Tom, 

 Your brain has worn it bright. 



The same old busy fellow, Tom, 



Has not neglected me ; 

 But every passing season, Tom, 



Has bid some pet grace flee. 

 He is a saucy chap, Tom, 



To use his best (riends thus. 

 But there 'a no use in crying, Tom, 



He will not mind the fuss. 



And as Ills fleeing proves, Tom, 



That life is but a span. 

 We d better try and do, Tom, 



What little good we can. 

 And every day ihalgoes, Tom, 



To join the misitpent past. 

 We 'II hopo to make its record, Tom, 



Some Better than the last. 



And although care with thorns, Tom, 



Has strewed our pnthway here. 

 And every ringing laugh, Tom, 



Is followed by a tear ; 

 We 'II do the best we may, Tom, 



To brave this present pain. 

 And by some work of love, Tom, 



We'll burnish life's siiort chain. 



And when old Death, in earnest, Tom, 



Insists upon our card. 

 We 'II try and die like men, Tom, 



Nor think the summons hard. 

 But leave to those that follow, Tom, 



The many flowers we've pass'd, 

 And hope to find together, Tom, 



A happy home at last. 



the virtuous iiBpirations and efTorts of after life, 

 can " lighten the burden of the noontide heat," 

 and gild with the light of a well-grounded hope of 

 another and happier e.^iatence, the gathering shades 

 of declining life, and the deeper darkness of the 

 nightfall of death. — Selected. 



TUG. 



hnac Kidder. — Isaac was a resident, not a grad- 

 uate at Cambridge, although it is said that he " wont 

 through" old Harvard many a time. He had a 

 stammering speech, which unfitted him for either 

 of the three great professions, but nature had en- 

 dowed him with a strong desire to make the most 

 of present opportunities, and turn them to individual 

 benefit, and he would frequently endeavor to show 

 to mankind that he was a man of tried valor and 

 judgment. Isaac was one day crossing a meadow, 

 and he came to a ditch ; so, said he to himself — 

 I-F-Isaac, I-I-I bet yo-o-o-u a ha-ha-half pint, 

 y-o-o-o-ii cant't jump over. Done, said he, done. 

 So, going well back, he started, and running smart, 

 he gave a leap and went over. Now, said he, 

 I-I-Isaac, you o-o-o-owe me a ha-half pint. Yes, 

 but I-I'll bet yo-o-ou can't j-j-jump back again. 

 Done, said lie — and rot using the same exertion, 

 he struck his toes against the opposite bank, and 

 fell sprawling into the ditch. When he had got 

 himself ottt as well as he could, he shook himself 

 and said — Now, I-I-Isaac, yo-o-ou and I are sq-sq 

 square.- — Bost. Cour. 



AGRICUliTURAI. IMP1.EME!VTS, &c. 



The Proprietors of the New Ensland Agricultiual Wa 

 house and Seed Store No. B I and '62 North Market stri 

 would inform their customers and the public generally t 

 lliey have on hand the most extensive assortment of A; 

 culluial and Horticultural Tools to be found in the Uni 

 Stales. Part of which are I he following : 

 1000 Hov;ard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs. 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 Greene's Straw Cutters. 

 60 Willis' do, do, 

 100 Common do, do, 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 GO Common do do. 

 2uO Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 50 " Vegetable Cutlers 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 1 no Ox Yokes. 

 1600 Doz. Scythe Stones. 

 3000 " Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



Good and True The natural bent of the young 



mind to mischief, and sometimes crime, is greatly 

 increased and confirmed in the purest heart, by the 

 least touch of corruption. Confidence in compan- 

 ions leads us to the commission of that which un- 

 der other circumstances would liave been revolting. 

 Freedom from parental restraint is the beginning uf 

 loose morals, and he who sends a child to school 

 should be careful to see that his companions are 

 youths of moral principles, and equally as careful 

 to have the instructor a man competent not only in 

 point of learning, but also in point of morals. Noth- 

 ing can save, when the heart is tainted, but the vir- 

 tuous e.xample and gentle admonitions of a mother. 

 The youth thus rescued by a mother's influence, in 

 after years ivill love his benefactor too much to go 

 counter to her counsels — and when her chiding 

 voice is hushed in the grave, no sinful allurement 

 can tenijit without the warning accents of that voice 

 being heard from the tomb. The importance of 

 early moral instruction will appear more forcibly, if 

 we reflect that the seeds of vice are diflicult to be 

 destroyed. Sown in the younj lunl tender mind, 

 they grow with the growth of the body, and the 

 harvest of age will be rife with poisonous weeds. 

 Store the youthful mind wiih the sublime teachings 

 of Jesus, so that when the days of boyhood have 

 passed away, happy memory may travel back to the 

 flowery fields of early associations, and find in the 

 recollections of past virtue and present purity, a 

 solace and a joy, of which no earthly misfortune 

 can deprive them. Boyhood integrity, linked to 



Sentimental. Senliment Rural. — " I think I 

 must look over it," as the horse said to the gate 

 which divided him from the clover. 



Sentiment Coiisolatort/. — "All's well that ends 

 well," as the young wife said when the old man 

 died — rich. 



Senliment Human. — "I'm a victim to an artifi- 

 cial state of society," as the monkey said when 

 they put trowsers on him. 



Sentiment Contemptuous. — " You are beneath my 

 notice," as the hawk said to the field mouse. 



Sentiment Jipologetical. — " I was really not a- 

 wnre," as the young rat said to the trap. 



Sentiment Diplomatic. — " I have the honor," as 

 the blackleg said at whist. 



Sentiment Polite. — " Pray do n't wait for me," as 

 the mouse said to the cat. 



Sentiment Sentimental. — " Would that we ne'er 

 had met," as the pickpocket said to the constable. 



Sentiment Musical. — "Those notes enliven nic," 

 as the printer said when a remittance came for five 

 years' subscription Selected. 



A valuable Boy. — "VVhat can you do?" asked a. 

 traveller of a country urchin, whom he saw by the 

 roadside tickling a load with a long straw. "0,1 

 can do nior'n consider'ble : I rides tlie turkeys to 

 water, milks the geese, cards down the old roosters, 

 puts up the pigs' tails in papers to make 'em curl, 

 keeps tally for dad and marm when they scold at a 

 mark, and cuts the buttons oflf dad's coat when he's 

 at prayer in the morning!" — Richmond Star. 



" Can't you draw an inference," said a teacher to 

 a rustic pupil. " Wol, aw don' know ; perhaps aw 

 could; but if aw could n't, dad's got aw team at 

 home what could, aw'l bet: for them are steers '11 

 draw any thing short o' three ton." 



Why is New Hampshire like a horse's neck? 

 Because it has Maine on one side. 



GREEN'S PATKNT STRAW CUTTEP. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England Agrn 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and 62 North j: 

 ket Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a mechanical principle not be 

 applied to a»v implement for this purpose. The most pn 

 inent effects of this application, and some ofthe consequ 

 peculiarities of the macliine are : 



1. So great a reduction ofthe quantum of power requi 

 to use It, that the strenglh of a half grown boy is sutfie: 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easilycutstwobc 

 els a minuie, which is full twice as last as has been daii 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or st« 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiarmanner in which t 

 cut, require sharpening less oflen than those of any oi 

 straw culler. 



4. The machine is simple inits construction, made and 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as 

 complicated machines in general use to get out oforde' 



SAYLE'S GARDEN ENGINE. 



This is a splendid article. It will throw a constant sire I 

 of water to the distance of 50 or CO feet, with great fo ( 

 and in case of fire would be a good substilule for a fire 

 o-ine The most perfect atlicle lor ihe purpose ever inl I 

 ducc.l. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., No. 61 and 62 Nc | 

 Market street. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For .-ale by J. BRECK & C 

 No. 52 North Market st. 



TYf. l^P CHAINS. 



Just received by 600 Chains for tyeing up Cattle. 



These chains, introduced by E. H. DcnBY, Esq. ol Salt 

 and Col. jAcauEs, for the purpose of securing cattle to i 

 stall are Ibund tc be the safest and most convenient mc 

 of I'allcning cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., No. 62 Noi 

 Market st. 



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