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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SEPT. 9, 1835. 



SM.issiES.a^-ws'. 



THE SECRET. 

 In a fair lady's heart, once, a secret was lurking 



It toss'd, and it tumbled, it long'd to get out ; 

 The lips half betrayed it, by smiling and smirking, 



And Tongue was impatient to blab it, no doubt. 



But Honor look'd gruff on the subject ; and gave it 

 In charge to the teeth, so cnchantingly white ; — 



Should the captive attempt an elopement, to save it. 

 By giving the lips an admonishing bite. 



'Twas said, and 'twas settled ; and honor departed,' 

 Tongue quivered, and trembled ; but dared not rebsl. 



When right to its tip, secret suddenly started, 

 And half, in a whisper, escaped from its cell. 



Quoth the teeth, in a pet, we'll be even for this. 

 And they bit very smartly above and beneath. 



But the lips at that instant were bribed with a kiss. 

 And they popped out the secret in spite of the teeth. 



[From the PorlLind Adverliser.J 

 ENGLISH SCENERY. 



The peculiar charm of English scenery in an 

 American eye is its cultivation. What we dislike 

 most, an Englishman loves most. The trees that 

 we hew down with barbarian recklessness, he 

 plants with assiduous care. Forests that are bores 

 to us, are as mines of gold to him. ^Vitll just as 

 much vanity as we (of the North) seek to build 

 on the hill, ho seeks to build from it. As we of 

 the cities dislike country-life, so he loves it. As 

 we cluster together in villages, so he avoids them. 

 As we seek the heart of a town, so he abhors it. — 

 These facts, and the possession of landed property 

 in few and noble hands, lead to some remarkable 

 difference in the two countries. Hence though 

 we may sav in America, with a semblance of truth, 

 that " God made the country, and man made the 

 town," we cannot say it here with any truth at all. 

 Man here has had as much to do in making the 

 coimtry as in making the town. Wealth seeks it, 

 and lavishes there its possessions. The chief am- 

 bition of almost every merchant is to have his 

 country seat. One is quite necessary to a noble- 

 man's rank. Thus even the humblest farmer 

 catches this most delightful taste. His cottage is 

 often covered all over with flowers. The hedges 

 are often beautifully trimmed about it. Fine 

 walks are laid out. All that is unpleasant in farm- 

 ing life is concealed as nuich as possible from 

 public view, — and it would be a disgrace for a 

 farmer here to have such front doors, and such 

 public barn yards as two-thirds of our farmers 

 have. By the way, this is important, and the farm- 

 er who will reform, will do great service to his 

 neighbors — iinportant I say, for such a taste has 

 more influence upon the character of a peojile than 

 many suspect. Ilence too, there is a love for the 

 country all over England, — and with it there is 

 a taste for, and an appreciation of, cultivated sce- 

 nery, of landscape, that we have not. 



The gentleman here seeks for his house a pros- 

 pect as well as a foundation. The mountain and 

 the little lake he always looks for when he can. 

 A rivulet thai we would think nothing of, I have 

 often seen made every thing that is beautiful. 

 The cliff that would be wild forever with us, is 

 often adorned with walks, and flowers, and hedges 

 Even the little cascade is fashioned and shaped to 

 make it yet prettier than it is. Wealth luxuriates 



in such a taste. The poor here are not driven as 

 with us into the suburbs of towns, for wealth seeks 

 the suburbs, there to build its walks and its gar- 

 dens, — and the heart of the town is left for the 

 poor. Let then the setting sun, or the mid-day 

 sun, as softened and mellowed by the over-liangitjg 

 cloud of an English sky, fall upon a landscape 

 kept verdant and thus richly cultivated, — and an 

 American can hardly believe that he sees aught 

 else than a mighty picture. Fancy struggles bard 

 with Fact. We enjoy such things more than all 

 other people when we see them here, because our 

 country is so new, and the contrast is so great. 

 What an ecstacy of delight, then, an Englishinan 

 must feel, rocked and cradled in a scene so quiet, 

 so soothing, so mild, — when taken from his little 

 rivulets and brooks that he calls rivers, — his hills 

 that he calls mountains, — his ponds that he calls 

 lakes and lochs, — his woods and parks that he 

 calls forests, — his cascailes and bubbles that he 

 misnames waterfalls, — what depth of emotion he 

 must have when going from home, he sees what 

 is a river, a lake, a mountain, a fall of water. 

 The Fathei' of waters, or the roar of Niagara, are 

 wonders to him which we can hardly share with 

 him, born as we are within their influence. Some 

 scenes in Western Virginia, which by the way, I 

 think the most imjiressive of all our American sce- 

 nery, or many in Maine, in her woods and fast- 

 nesses, that I could mention, — which, by and by, 

 will be "the Lakes George" of America, would 

 he fortunes, immense fortunes, as mere shows in 

 England. By the by, we differ as a people from 

 the English just as our scenery and our localities 

 differ. A curious essay, I think, might be writ- 

 ten upon this ; but I am at what ought to be the 

 end of a letter, lost already in the mist of an essay 

 in doors, and a London coal smoke, if I go out. 

 I will send you letters enough and to spare, anon. 



B. 



New American Cement. 



We witnessed yesterday the estahlishment of 

 the Ammcan Cement Company, in thi upper part 

 of Hudson street, which is now ready to execute 

 orders for their work. This cement is a new 

 composition, the invention of Mr Parker, which, 

 it strikes us, will be very important for all hydrau- 

 lic and many other purposes. The Company 

 exhibit a house about fifteen feet square, and about 

 the same feet in height, with handsome colunuis 

 in front, built and floored entirely of this material, 

 in imitation of blue granite, and apparently as hard 

 and durable as that article. They also exhibit 

 several cisterns, for which this cement appears to 

 be admirably adapted, the walls being as hard as 

 marble, and cannot leak. The company have pre- 

 pared a model from this cement, of pipes to bring 

 the water of the Croton river to the city, which 

 they assert can he done by their model at a much 

 less expense than by the plan which has been 

 adopted of bringing it through a canal of mason 

 work, and so far as we could learn were deeply 

 impressed with their importance. — JV*. Y. Mercan- 

 tile Advertiser. 



To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, 

 the rewards of which are distant, and which is 

 animated only by faith and hope, will gradually 

 glide out of the mind, unless re-impressed and re- 

 invigorated by external ordinances, by stated calls 

 to public worship, and by the influence of example. 

 — Dr Johnson's LAft of Milton. 



MORUS MUIiTICAUIilS. 



For sale at Ihe Airricnllural Warehouse, 51 and 52 Norll 

 Market streel, any number of Trees of the Morus Wullicauh': 

 or Chinese Mulberry. These trees were propagated iu thi 

 counlry. Tlie superiority of the foliage of this tree as foo< 

 for the silk-worm over all olliei, has repeatedly been lesled 

 and is prov^ d bevoiid a doubt. The price for Trees, from ' 

 to 5 feet high is jj!30 per hundred, g4,50 per dozen, Sf. 50' 

 single. Trees but 2 or 3, with good roots §25 per hundred, t 

 GEORGE C BARRETT, 

 New England Farmer OJfice. 



WHITE MNL.BERRY TREES WANTED. 



The subscriber is desirous of purchasing 100.000 Whili 

 Mulberry Trees. 3 yearsold, Ihiifty andof good size, for whici 

 g3 per iOO will be paid G. C. BARRETT. 



Boston, July 29, -1835. 



GRASS SEEDS. 



30 Casks Clover Seeds— prime quality, 10 do. Timothy 

 IOO Bushels Red Top; 500 lbs. White Clover. 



For sale by GEO. C. BARRETT, 



New England ^eed Store. 



SILVER FIRS, &c. 



VViLi.nM Mann of Bangor, Me. will execute at short no 

 tice orders for Silver Firs, Evergreens, 4'C. well packed an< 

 n good order. april 8. 



COMPLETE SET OF THE FARMER. 



For sale atlhis office, one complete set of the New Englam 

 Farmer comprising twelve volumes, neatly a..d well bound 

 jud perfect. Price §3 25 per volume, cas/i. Feb. 18. 



of the New Eng and Farmer. 



CHERRY STONES AVANTED, 



For which a libera! price will be paid. Apply at the office^ 

 - • - - ■ - July 15. !• 



SILK COCOONS WANTED. 



The suhscriher, encouraged hy the late act of the Legislai 

 to reel and throw American Silk, wishes to purchase at 

 the Agricultural Warehouse in Boston, Silk Cocoons, and will 

 fay J?3 per bushel for the best, and in proportion for poorcf' 

 ones. [m6] G. C. BARRETT. 



FARM FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 



An excellent Farm containing 70 acres, situated in Marlbe* 

 rough. Mass., with a house and harn ther.eon, for sale, or would 

 he exchanged for properly in the city of Boston. For term* 

 and particulars inquire of'G. C. BAliRETT at this office, 

 N. B. PROCTOR, Esq. of said Marlborough. 6m 



FARM W^ ANTED. 



A farm is wanted within 20 miles of Boston, for the cultiva> 

 lion of the ftlulberry Tree, to consist of from 200 to 300 acres 

 to be high land and easy to cultivate. Any person wishing ti 

 sell such a farm, by forwarding a simple Bond, that the pric, 

 may be known and relietl up n, a Committee will examiii. 

 the premises -, as it is determined to purchase the best Farn 

 offrred this Aulumit. 

 Address may be made to — 



THO. WHITM ARSH, Boston or Brookline. 



WM. H .MONTAGUE, Boston, 



JOSIAH DANIELS, do. 



GEO. C. BARREI'I' do. 



JOHN ASHTON, Boston or Koxbury. 



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