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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FEB. 10, t«36. 



miKs^msaiiJSi.'m's, 



(From the N. H. Argus and Spectator.) 

 COMPLAINT AND ADDRESS TO SPRING. 



how I long Poi; thee, delightful Spring ! 

 To banish Winter— blunt the frosty sting. 

 Why should I not? Old Winter is so chill I 

 Tho' rev'rend for his age, so hated still ! 

 Why not? What is there lovely in his look. 

 Or who his blustering chilly breath can brook ? 

 The ruthless tyrant banished every bird, 



So that in woods or dale, no song is heard. 



Nay, go into the wood and listen there— 



Ah, not a sound disturbs liie frozen air. 



But all lies still with universal death. 



All silent, calm, above, around, beneath I 



The other day, I marked the despot's power, 



When Farmer John, at early morning hour. 



Unloosed his sheltered herd their drink to take ; 



But when one beast, its hankering thirst to slake, 



Within the trough did dip its eager nose, 



Aback he drew't — and well he might — 'T was froze ! 



(For meddling Frost, cold Winter's savage guest, 



Was busy in the trough, all night at least. 



And when the cow would drink, this cruel Frost 



Her nose, his freezing hand he drew across't) 



Tlien powerful Boreas, (Frost upon his wing) 



Around their shivering sides did furious sim'. 



They, stung on every side with Frost and wind, 



Swifl, bellowing ran their shelt'ring stalls to find. 



Me, too, the murd'rous foe doth oft assiail, 



And, when I venture forth, he scarce duth fail 



To nip an ear or cheek with frosty breeze — 



Or spurning toe, with vengeful cold to freeze. 



Not satisfied o'er broad ' outdoors' to reign. 



He every momentseeks the inside to gain; 



He creeps thro' cracks and crannies in the wall ; 



No chink or hole but what he finds them all — 



And if he Ii;ips to spy one ope a door. 



He all his chills and winds doth inward pour. 



And while uneasy by my stove I sit, 



He entrance gets in spite of fire or wit — 



Whether 't is my room is large, and loose with age 



Or, that my fir.' 's too small to check his riwe. 



(But ah the remedy ! while fires I make, 



One side doth burnor freeze, and head doth.ache?) 



Last night, too, he did take me unaware, 



And in my chilly bed — O he was there ! 



1 sought my usual bed from grief to rest, 



(It was but straw, be sure, but 't was my best 



With two — three bedcloths on — it was enough 



In common times, but now and then too rou<»h) 



I sought my couch, but ah ! no sleep could find. 



And as I aching laid, I turned my mind 



Upon the unhappy poor, unclothed, unfed ! 



I ask'd no pity for mys'lf or bed, 



Bui ah I I did bethink what misery theirs ! 



And, too, how useless idords or tliiiughts or pratjcra 



Without attending deed '. and then I said. 



How strong is Poverty toith Winter's aid ! 



Then come, beneficent, delightful Sprincr, 



To banish Winter with his frosty sting 



While Winter with his cruel chilly pack. 



Hies oe'r the northern hills with snowy track. 



Oh come upon the balmy warm-felt brcczi' — 



Bring life unto the flowers, the fruits and trees ■. 



Bring back my long-lost choir of songsters gay ; 



Bring back my easy nights and sunny day — 



Then, with the tuneful birds, thy chosen choir, 



I'll strike my rude but sliU my grateful lyre. 



And in a merry chorus, we will sin" 



The glorious advent of the v.clcouie Spring ! 



Anecdote. — The hite Judge Doody, of Georgia, 

 was remarkable for his wit, as well as for his tal- 

 ents. At one place where he attended court, lie 

 was not well pleased with the entertainment of the 

 tavern. On the first day of the court, a hog, un- 

 der the name of a pig, had been cooked whole, 

 and laid on the table. No person attacked it. It 

 WHS brought the next, and treated with the saine 

 resjiect ; and it was on the day on which the court 

 adjourned. As tlie party finished their dinner. 

 Judge Doody rose from the table, and in a solemn 

 manner addressed the Clerk. " Mr Clerk," said 

 he, "dismiss that hog upon his recognizance, un- 

 til the first day of the next court. He has attend- 

 ed so faithfully during the present term, that I 

 don't think it will be necessary to take any secu- 

 rity." At another tavern at which the judge 

 boarded, there was much complaint among the 

 lawyers and their boarders, that the victuals were 

 not prepared in a cleanly manner. Judge Doody 

 took the landlord asiile, and said he had some- 

 thing to communicate to him, that might be of 

 advantage to his house. " It relates," said he, 

 " to your table. If you wouM have the dirt on 

 one plate and the victuals on another, and let your 

 guests mi.v it to suit themselves, according to their 

 different tastes, it would be a decided improvy- 

 inent in the entertainment." — Auff-. Chron. 



A GOOD ExAMPLF. — A youug man, in one of 

 our southern states, has, for several years, been 

 attached to a young lady of merit. Their friends 

 knew they loved each other, and thought serious- 

 ly of inarriage. One evening in company with 

 several friends, he addressed her in the following 

 manner : — " Jane, the world have expected long 

 that wo should be married ; let us stop their talk 

 at once, by entering into the expected union." 

 She looked seriously at him for a moment, and 

 replied : — " Ciiarles, I am willing to acknowledge 

 to you, and to all our friends that I love you ; the 

 only objection I have to marry you, is — your 

 cuiis. Till I can have better evidence that you 

 will relinquish your cups, and be a temperate man, 

 I can never consent to marry you. I could not 

 make you happy, and you W(mld make me wretch- 

 ed." A deep silence ensued, till broken by a 

 friend. Charles instead of relinquishing his cups, 

 took a journey to divert bis mind. How very 

 strong is men's attachment to ardent Sjiirit! If 

 all females would be thus decided, some reforina- 

 tion would be effected. The expectation of a fe- 

 inale to reform an intemperate man by marrying 

 him, is vain. 



Sentiments.— Agriculture is the nursery of 

 patriotism. 



A wise government will not be slow in fostering 

 the agricultural interest. 



Let every farmer wlio has a son to educate, be- 

 lieve and remember, that science lays tlie founda- 

 tion of cverytliing valuable in agriculture. 



Science must combine with practice to make a 

 good farmer. 



The O]. position against book firming rests on 

 the shoulders of two monsters, ignorance and pre- 

 jiidlcf. 



If you separate science from agriculture, you 

 rob a nation of its principal jewel. 



Agriculture, aided by science, will make a little 

 na ion a great one — what will it make of cur 

 State of Maine, if our farmers will throw off pre- 

 judice and despise ignorance .' 



All the energy cf the hero, and all the science 

 of the philosopher, may find scope in the cultiva- 

 tion of one farm. 



A skilful agriculture will constitute one of the 

 mightiest bulwarks of which civil liberty can 

 boast Maine Farmer. 



"Whe.n may old single gentlemen get mar- 

 ried ? — Very old single gentlemen, of a ccrtair 

 age, should be careful how they marry in th< 

 month of January, for 'reasons which shall b( 

 nameless ; or in February, for reasons which wil 

 readily present themselves; or in March, for rea 

 sons we do not propose to specify ; or in April 

 for reasons best known to ourselves ; or in IMay 

 for reasons of the first magnitude ; or in June, fo: 

 reasons which cannot be obviated ; or in July,foi 

 reasons which none will venture to controvert 

 or in August, for reasons which every one wil 

 understand ; or in. September, for reasons which 

 to be ignorant of, would impeach the reader's un 

 derstanding; or in October, for reasons higlil; 

 appropriate ; or in November, for reasons dee| 

 and profound ; or in December, for reasons a 

 |.lain as the nose on one's face. — /. K. Pavldivg. 



te:azl,£ sjbbd. 



Just received 50 lbs. prime Teazle Seed. The important 

 of this crop merits the attention cf agriculturists. 

 Dec. 16. G. C.BARRETT. 



VAIiUABLE IVEAV AVORK ON SILK. 



American Silk Grower's Guide, is liiis day puhlislied at It 

 office of the New England Faimer— being the arl of growir 

 ihe Mulberry and manufacture ol Silk on the system of su^ 

 cessiVe crops eacfi season — by V'M. Kenrick, author of (1 

 New American Orcharditl; 112 pp. price 42 cents, neat 

 bound in cloth. Booksellers and traders supplied on favorab 

 terms. GEO. C. KAKREIT. 



TO BE L.ET. 



A Farm, situated in Modford, now occupied by Mr No; 

 Johnson, containing about 220 Acres of Land, in a high sla 

 of cuUivatiiiil ; the buildings are commodious and in goi 

 repair. It has the advantage of the Boston and Lowell R; 

 Road, and the Middlesex Canal running through it, and 

 bounded on Mystic Kiv. r, which aflbrd great facilities for Iran 

 porting manure. &;c. Possession given 1st of April next. 



Also — A Tan Yard in Charlestown, near Mystic Riv 

 and occupied by the subscribers containing 1000 Vals, wi 

 all the necessaiy buildings and machinery for carrying on li 

 tanning business cxtensivelv. Connected with the yard is 

 water power sufficienl for grinding 2000 Conls Bark per yei 

 milling hide«; smoothing leiilher, pump ng, &c. Also, a lar; 

 and very convenient wharf tor landing bark and wood. Pc 

 session given immediatelv- For I'urihcr particulars inquire 

 GIl.BER I' TUFTS, or 

 JOSEPH F. TUFTS, al the Yar 



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