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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



NOV. 18, 1835 



Eass^nasi^w'S', 



[Tile fullowing is a translation from an ancient Spanish 

 'oein, which, says the Edinhurg Review, is surpassed liy 

 oihing with which we are ac<|naini«l in the Spanish Lau- 

 uage, except the odes of Lewis de Leon.] 



Oh I let the soul its slumbers bieak, 

 Aroyse its senses and awake, 



To see how soon 

 Life like its glories glides away. 

 And the stern footsteps of decay 



Come stealing on. 



And while we eye the rolling tide, 

 Down which our flowing minutes glide 



Away so fast ; 

 Let us the present hour employ. 

 And deem each future dream a joy 



Already past. 



Let no vain hope deceive the mind — 

 No happier let us hope to find. 



Tomorrow than today ; 

 Our golden dreams of yore were bright. 

 Like them the present shall delight — 



Like them decay. 



Our lives like hasting streams must be, 

 That into one engulfing sea. 



Are doomed to fall — 

 The sea of death whose waves roll on. 

 O'er king and kingdom, crown and throne. 



And swallow all. 



Alike the river's lordly tide. 

 Alike the humble riv'let's glide 



To that sad wave ; 

 Death levels poverty and pride. 

 And rich and poor sleep side by side 



Within the grave. 



Our birth is but a starting place ; 

 Life is the ruiniing of the race : 



And death, the goal ; 

 There all those glittering toys are bought. 

 That path alone, of all unsought. 



Is found of all. 



Say then how poor and little worth 

 Are all those glittering toys of earth. 



That lure us here 1 

 Dreams of a sleep that death must break, 

 Alas ! before it bids us wake, ^ 



Ye disappear ! 



Long ere the lamp of death can blight. 

 The cheek's pure glow of red and white 



Has passed away ; 

 Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair ; 

 Age came and l.iid his finger tliere. 



And where are they 1 



Where is the strength that spurned decay, 

 The step that rolled so light and gay, 



The heart's blithe lone 1 

 The strength is gone, the step is slow, 

 And joy grows weariness and wo 



When age comes on. 



appealed to liis instructor, anil insisted that lie 

 must have concealed something. The man as- 

 sured him he had not, and invited him to see the 

 process a second time. He minutely examined 

 the water and the iTiaterials, which were ill every 

 respect siniilar to his own ; and then, very iniirrli 

 snr])rised, said, " 1 have lost my labor and my 

 money, for the air of England does not permit us 

 to make good carmine." " Stay," said the French- 

 iTian, " don't deceive yourself — what kind of 

 weather is it now ? " "A bright sunny day," 

 replied the Englishman. "And such arc the 

 days," said the Frenchman, " on which I make 

 my color. Were I to attempt to matufacture it 

 on a dark or cloudy day, my results would be the 

 same as yours : let me advise yon, my friend, 

 always to make carmine on bright sunny days." 

 " I will," rejoined the Englishman, " but I fear I 

 shall make very little in London." — Sir H. Davy. 



JVciv Englund Farmer'' s Jlltnanac 

 For 1836. 



Just published by .JOHN ALLEN, & CO. Corner of 

 Washington and Si liool streets, up stairs, and by GEO. C. 

 BARRETT at tiie S.'ed Store No 61 and 52, North Market 

 Slteei, FESSENUKN'S NEW ENGLAND FARMER'S 

 ALMANAC lor 133G. For sale also by booksellers, Shop- 

 keepers, tkc, generally. 



Tliis Almanac w II be found one ol llie.most inlereslinpr and 

 amusing of the series, of which it composes No VIIL It 

 consists of the usual astronomical calculations, humorous 

 poetical skelclics of the months ; observa inns and directions 

 relative to the employnienl of the Farmer, which will be found 

 appropriate to each monlii in the circle of the seasons, " Agri- 

 culture and Rural Economy," including cuts and descriptions 

 of many of the most useful implements employed in till.ige. 

 Valualiie Recipes ; Husl)au<lry Honorahle, a pithy piece of 

 paramount poetry. The Splendors of the Selling Sun, a 

 poetical effusion ; Aphorisms ; Eulogy oniheylri of Agricul- 

 lure ; tjalendar of Courts, Uoads, Distances, &c, &c. 



A manufacturer of carmine, who was aware of 

 the superiority of the French color, went to Ly- 

 ons for the |iiu'pose of improving his process ; 

 and bargained with the most celebrated manufac- 

 turer in that city for the acquisition of his secret, 

 for which he was to pay £1000. He was shown 

 all the process, and saw a beautiful color pro- 

 duced ; but he found not the least difference in 

 the French mode of fabrication, and that which 

 had been constantly adopted by himself. He 



Beating dow.n. — 'I he following anecdote is 

 well calculated to give the reader an idea of the 

 degraded state, both moral and political, of the 

 Russian peasantry. " Twer," says Sir R. K. Por- 

 ter, "is a place of considerable commerce, owing 

 to its situation on the conflux of two advantageous 

 rivers. And perhai'S on this account we found a 

 very gooil inn, which was no trifling comfort; 

 though we were detained and imposed on too, by 

 the clumsiness and roguery of the host. Our un- 

 lucky barouche, after a variety of disasters in our 

 journey, here broke fairly down; and thus proved 

 the fo:ly of iTiaking use, in these regions, of any 

 carriage that is not adapted to the roads and horses 

 of the country. After much bungling, we at length 

 got the vehicle mounted on its skates ; and 1 in- 

 quired of the landlord his demand for the share 

 he hitd in repairs : he coolly askeil thirty roubles ! 

 So exorbitant a charge occasioned me to remon- 

 strate ; at this moment my servant caitie up, (an 

 honest Russ who some time before had been made 

 free,) he inquired what was the matter. I told 

 him the extortion of the man, and that I wanted 

 to beat him down. ' I'll beat him down ! ' cried 

 he, catching the poor wretch by the beard, and 

 laying upon his shoulders, with all his might, an 

 immense bludgeon, large enough to be called a 

 club. " As the terrified host swung round at the 

 arm's length of my doughty champion, the blows 

 f ;11 like hail upon his back, while he kept bawling 

 out, 'twenty, fifteen, ten,' &c. till he reduced his 

 demand to the more reasonable sum of two 

 roubles. On this cry, like the last bidding at an 

 auction, the appraiser was satisfied, and the ham- 

 mer fell. The poor battered wretch was released, 

 and, bowing with a grateful air to his chastiser, 

 he turned to me. Ahnost kilh^d with laughter at 

 so extraordinary a sight, I paid him his roubles. 

 I was no less amused at the stupid indifference 

 with which the standers-hy regarded the whole 

 tran.-!action ; and I got into the kibitka to |iursue 

 my journey, debating with tnyself whether ,he 

 frequent drubbings these slaves endure really 

 reduces their flesh to the consistence of stock 

 fish ; or whether the friendly sheep-skins on their 

 backs do not hhint the force of the blows which 

 would otherwise threaten not only bruises but 

 broken bones. The bow he made to my trium- 

 phant valet amused me as much as any thing ; 

 and as we drove off, he repeated his obeisance 

 with as much respect as if we had given him a 

 hundred ducats, instead of a few roubles and a 

 drubbing into the bargain ! " 



FARM FOR SAL-E. 



Forsale a Farm in liedfonl, County of .Middlesex, 17 miles 

 from Boston and 10 from Lowell, containing lO'l- acres inclu- 

 ding about 15 acres covered with a valuable growili ol wood 

 which lias been preserved with great care for the last 20 years, 

 the garden contains about 3 acres under the highest cultiva- 

 tion and is lutnished with a great variety of flowers and 

 shrubs which have been collected at much labor and expensej 

 at ached to the garden is a Green House fdled with thirty 

 bearing Giape Vines, and choice and valuable plants v«'hich 

 will be sold or not as the purchaser may choose. The Faria 

 is under good cultivation and together with the Garden is 

 slocked with the choicest Fruits, such as Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, Quinces, I'Inms, Strawberries of various kinds, 

 Raspberries, Gooseberries &c &.c., which the present owner 

 has spared no expense in obtaining. The Farm is bounded 

 on the west by Concord River, w hich is well supplied with 

 fish, and th • country around abounds with game, u aking it a 

 desirable retreat to the gentleman who is fond of fishing or 

 sh< oting. 



Possession •will be given on the Isl April next — for terms, 

 which will be liberal, apply to the subscriber in Boston or at 

 the Farm. JAMbS VILA. 



Oct. 1, 1335. 2m 



FOR SALE AT THOMAS MASON'S GARbEJf, 

 EDEK STREET, CHARLESTOWN. 



Raspberries, &c.. While Antwerp, Red Antwerp, Red 

 Burnet — .Mso a few doz, .Mason's new seedling Grape, Rasp- 

 berries of a superior quality for size and flavor. 



Also — Ked and White Dutch Currants, a very large fruit 

 by the doz. or hundred, -also Grape Vines of all kinds. 



Also — Trained Peach Trees, do. Nectarines and Apricots, 

 trained for walls and fences, trom one to three year old. 



Also— English Gooseberry Bushes.— All orders left with 

 GEO. C. BARRETT, will" be duly attended to. 



VALUABLE NEW "WORK ON SILK 



American Silk Grower's Guide, is this day published at the 

 office of the New England Farmer— being the art of growing 

 the Mulberry and manufacture of Silk on the system of suc- 

 iive crcps each season— by VVm. Kknrick, author of the 

 V American Orchardist; il2 pp. price 42 cents, neatly 

 nd in cloth. Booksellers and traders supplied on favorable 

 ,s. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



For sale 

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at he New England Farmer Office, beautiful Super 

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