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NEW ENLGAND FARMER 



KOV. 4, 1835 



ffi35?g©3!S.S,^T«rW= 



ON THE PICTURE OF A GIRL LEADING HER 

 BLIND MOTHER THROUGH THE WOOD, 



BY N. r. WILLIS. 



The green leaves as we pass 

 Lay tlicrr light fingers on thee unaware, 

 And by thy side the hazels cluster fair, 



And the low forest grass 

 Grows green and silken where the woodpaths wind — 

 Alas ! for thee, sweet mother ! thou art blind ! 



And nature is all bright ; 

 And the faint gray and crimson of the dawn. 

 Like folded curtains from the day are drawn 



And evening's purple light 

 Quivers in tremulous softness on the sky — 

 Alas ! sweet mother ! for thy clouded eye ! 



The moon's new silver shell 

 Trembles above thee, and the stars float up 

 In the blue air, and the rich tulip's cup 



Is pencil'd passing well. 

 And the swift birds on glorious pinions flee — 

 Alas ! sweet mother ! that thou canst notsee ! 



And the kind looks of friends 



Peruse the sad expression in thy face. 

 And the child stops amid his bounding race. 



And the tall stripling bends 

 Low to thine ear with duty unforgot — 

 Alas ! sweet mother ! that though seest them not ! 



But thou canst hear I and love 

 May richly on a human tone be pour'd, 

 And the least cadence of a whisper'd word 



A daughter's love may prove — 

 And while I speak thou knowesl if I smile, 

 Albeit thou canst not see my face the while ! 



Yes, thou canst hear ! and He 

 Who on the sightless eye its darkness hung. 

 To the attentive ear, like harps, hath strung 



Heaven and earth and sea ! 

 And 'tis a lesson in our hearts to know, 

 fVith but one sente the soul may overflow. 



Mothers and daughters. — It was a judicious 

 resolution of a father, as well as a most pleasing 

 compliment to liis wife, when, on being asked by 

 a friend what he intended to do with his girls, he 

 replied : — " I intend to apprentice them to their 

 mother that they may learn the art of improving 

 time, and fitted to become like her, wives, moth- 

 ers, heads of families and useful members of so- 

 ciety." 



Equally just, but bitterly painful, was the re- 

 mark of an unhappy husbaml of a vain, thoughtless, 

 dressy slattern : — " It is hard to say it, but if my 

 girls are to ha^e a chance of growing up good for 

 any thing, they must be .sent out of the way of 

 their mother's example." — Warrtn JVewsletter. 



iNEQnALrTT OF THE EARTh's SUnFACE M. Ar- 



ago, the celebrated French astronomer, states the 

 following remarkable facts. Russia md Prussia 

 exhibit truly a very extraordinary geographica! 

 phenomenon. In the.se two countries is a vast 

 region, where may be.found populous towns, im- 

 mense commercial establishments and fertile tracts, 

 all of whijli are siltiated much below the level of 

 the ocean. M. de Hund)oldt estimates this low 

 country to contain 18,000 square leagues of land. 

 If no error has been made in taking the level, the 

 Caspian Sea, and consequently the city of Aslia- 

 can, are one hundred metres, (more than threq 

 hundred feet) below the lyvel of ihe Black Sea, or 

 of the ocean. We may add, thiU even in the 



heart of Russia the course of the Wolgn, and the 

 countries which this river traverses, have a de- 

 pression of fifty metres, or more than one hundred 

 and sixty feet. — J^an. Inq. 



" Besides, wo ought to sacrifice a little comfort 

 to support appearances." 'Ihis latter is another 

 favorite iiiaxim of my aunt Barbara's, though I 

 never could divine the vast advantages resulting 

 from its observance. It seems, however, that the 

 necessity of supporting appearances, is a princi[ile 

 admitted by all housekeepers, and means, literally, 

 to make a show of style and opulence, from five 

 to one hundred jicr cent., according to the taste of 

 the individual, beyond his means. It is a neces- 

 sity that never ceases to operate, however the 

 wealth of the parties may vary : thus the wife of 

 a farmer considers herself bound to support the 

 appearances of the lady of the squire ; the lady 

 of the squire the lady of the manor ; and the 

 lady of the manor the nearest great lady ; and so 

 on in heraldic progression to the lady of the Pres- 

 ident. — Knickerbocker. 



A contemporary, who has been notified by va- 

 rious i)0stniaster3, that among the papers he sent 

 to their respective ofiices, a nu tuber of them, of 

 late, had not been called for ; requests such sub- 

 scribers, whom he supposes have either removed 

 or died, to call at the publication office of the pa- 

 per, and settle up arrears ! 



This reitiiuds its of a story of a man, who in a 

 codicil to his will, required all his creditors to call 

 on him personally, to liquidate their accounts, 

 within sixty days after his death ! 



There is a vault in liarbadoes in which no one 

 has courage enough to deposite the dead. In 

 1607 the first coflin was deposited in it, and since 

 that period in 1808, '12, '16, and '19, several others 

 have been placed there. At each time, however, 

 notwithstanding every precaution to prevent its 

 occurrence, the cofiins have been found thrown 

 out of place in the utmost confusion. The door 

 of the vault requires the efforts of six men to open 

 it, and yet this invariable result has been witnessed. 

 There is no secret passage to the vault, nor is 

 there is any possible way of explaining the mys- 

 tery. 



A few days ago a singular condiat was witness- 

 ed in the yard of a house in Sheffield, between a 

 hen and a large rat. 1 he latter approaclied the 

 place where the hen was brooding over her chick- 

 ens, to take a share of some grain with which 

 they had been fed, when the hen attacked it. 

 The rat stood on the defensive, and fought for five 

 minutes, but was killed. 'J he hen was severely 

 bitten in the battle, but recovered. 



It is a most interesting fact, tliat the Scotch 

 peasant who sheltered Prince Charles after his de- 

 feat at Culloden, and when the price of £30,000 

 was put upon his head, was afterwards hanged 

 for stealing a cow ! 



Socrates, the wise and good, being asked his 

 opinion of the work of a certain author, remark- 

 ed, " What I have read and understood, I have 

 found to be excellent: I readily believe the rest 

 to be so." 



A rail road is proposed to be constructed be- 

 tween Paris and Brussels : the estimated expense 

 is about eighty millions of francs, or about fifteen 

 millions of dollars. 



COMPI.ETE SET OP THE PARMER. 



For sale at this office, one complete set of the New England 

 Farmer comprising twelve volumes, neatly a d well bound 

 and perfect. Price gS to per volume, rash. Feb. 18. 



AGRICUL.T€RAl. CHEMISTRY. 



Chaptal's Affricullural Chemistiy, first American Edit 

 from the French. Just published, price 5')25. 



sep.9. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC AND VICINITY. 



Mr Rohotl .\mbrose. a professional gardener, will devote 

 the whole of his lime, this autumn, to tlie laying out of pleas- 

 ure-grounds and gardens, pruning grape vines and securing 

 them against the severity of the winter months. Orders left 

 with G. C. Barren, Esq. will be thankfully received and 

 promptly attended to. sept. 23. 



BJL.ACK SEA WHEAT. 



A few bushels of this superior variety of winter wheat. 

 For sale by GEO. C. BARRETT. 



MORUS Ml'IiTICAULIS. 



JOSEPH DAVENPORT, of Colerain, Mass. oflers for 

 sale 16.000 trees of Ihe .Morus Mullicaulrs, or Chinese Mul- 

 herrv, being a part of his trees cultivated at Colerain and at 

 Suffieki.Cl., Ifi miles north of Hartford, oLe mile from the 

 river. The trees are from 2 to 5 feel high. Price according 

 to size, from 2.3 to 30 dollars per hundred. Were propagated 

 from trees that enflured the last severe winter unprotected. 

 Purchasers will be furnished with a knowledge of its culture 

 and suitable soil, which, if attended to will ensure it without 

 proti ciion against the severity of our climate. Trees will be 

 care'ullv packed and forwarded by land or water to any part 

 of the country. Orders received by mail will receive prompt 

 attention. Colerain, Oci. 5, 1835 



BREMEN GEESE. 



For sale althe Agrirullural Warehiiiise Bremen Geese and 

 ascovy Ducks. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



GARDEN SEEDS, TREES, ifcc. 



The sub.'Criber is dai v receiving a supply of Gardpn Seeds, 

 growth of 133.3, anil will execute orders from Ihe South at 

 short notice, for SEEDS of the greatest variety, raised in gar- 

 dens connected with the Agricultural Warehouse and New 

 Ens;tand Seed Store, Boston, and warranted of good quality. 



POXES OF GARDEN SEEDS containing an assortment 

 neatly papered up in (j| cent papers supplied at a discount to 

 Traders, also FRUI I AND ORNAMENT.AL TREES, 

 MULBERRY AND MORUS MULTICAUMS TREES. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Books, New England Far- 

 mer (weekly a S2,.i0 per annum). Silk Manual (monthly at 

 60 cts. per annum), Horticultural Register at g'i per annum, 

 published by GEO. C. BARRETT, 



LUSTRE FLOWER POTS. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Office, beautiful Super 

 Superb Fh " 



Pots. 



MORUS MULTICAUIiIS. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, 51 and 52 North 

 Market street, any number of Trees of the Morus Jlulticaulis 

 or Chinese Mulberry. These trees were propagated in Ihis 

 country The superiority of the foliage of this tree as food 

 for the silk-worm over all other, has repeatedly been tested, 

 and is prov <1 bevoud a doubt The price for Trees, from i 

 to 5 feel high is g30 per hundred, g4,50 per dozen, S/-. 500 

 single. Trees but 2 or 3, with jrood roots J§'25 per hundred. 

 GEORGE C BARRETT, 



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