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NEWENGLANl^ FARMER, 



FEB. 34, i" 



sassssiiSiSir^irfS". 



THE WINTER KING, 



O ! what will become of ihee, poor little bird ? 



The muttering storm in the distance is heard; 



The rough winds are waking, the clouds growing black ! 



They 'II soon scatter snow-flakes all over thy back ! 



From what sunny clime hast thou wandered away ? 



And what art thou doing this cold winter day ? 



' I'm pecking the gum from the old peach tree, 

 The storm does'nt trouble me — Pee, dee, dee.' 



But what makes thee seem so unconscious of care ! 

 The brown eaith is frozen, the branches are bare ! 

 And how can'st thou be so light-hearted and free, 

 Like Liberty's form with the spirit of glee, 

 When no place is near for thine evening rest. 

 No leaf for thy screen, for thy bosom no nest ? 



' Because the same hand is a shelter for me, 

 That took off the summer leaves ! — Pee, dee, dee.' 



But man feels a burden of want and of grief, 

 While plucking the clusters and binding the sheaf ! 

 We take from the ocean, the earth and the air ; 

 And all their rich gifts do not silence our care 

 In summer we faint ; in the winter we 're chilled. 

 With ever a void that is yet to be filled. 



' A very small portion sufEcient will be, 



If sweetened with gratitude ! — Pee, dee. dee.' 



I thank thee, bright monitor I — what thou hast taught 

 Will oft be the theme of the happiest thought. 

 We look at the clouds, while the bird has an eye 

 ToHim who reigns over them changeless and hiwht! 

 And now, little hero, just tell me thy name. 

 That I may be sure whence my oracle came. 



' Because, in all weather I'm happy and free. 

 They call me the Winter King' — Pee, dee, dee.' 



But soon there '11 be ice weighing down the light bough 



Wheron thou art flitting so merrily now I 



And though there's a vesture well-fitted and warm. 



Protecting the rest of thy delicate form, 



What then wilt thou do with thy little bare feet 



To save them from pain 'mid the frost and the sleet. 



' I can draw them right up in my feathers you see ! 

 To warm them, and fly away ! — Pee, dee dee.' 



CFrom the Sonnets of rilleaja.) 

 ON PROVIDENCE. 

 " Qual madre ifi^li con pielosoaffctto." 

 Even as a mother o'er her children bending 

 Yearns with maternal love : her fond embraces 

 And gentle kiss to each in turn extending, 

 One at her feet, one on her knees, she places, 

 And from their eyes, and voice, and speaking faces, 

 Their various wants and wishes comprehending. 

 To one a look, to one a word addresses. 

 Even with her frowns a mother's fondness blending. 

 So e'er us watches Providence on high. 

 And hope to some, and help to others lends 

 And yields to all an open ear. 

 And when she seems her favors to deny. 

 She for our prayers alone the boon suspends, 

 Or seeming to deny, she grants the prayer. 



Criterion of a Woman. — Her voice and car- 

 riage may serve as an index to tlie mind. When 

 you hear a lady in conversation whose tones re- 

 semble the shrieking of a bagpipe — beware ! for 

 yon may depend upon it she is a shrew. Or if 

 her voice sounds like tho beating of a drum muffled 

 for a soldier's funeral, tlirro is equal cause of 

 alarm ; in most cases, it will be found that she is 

 sullen and perverse. Some women there are who 

 talk .so flippantly that you might well mistake it 

 for the rattling of a cart wheel over the pavement. 

 Beware also of these ; tliey are closely akin to the 

 hyena. If, on the contrary, they mince their 

 words, or speak in a languid drawling tone, you 

 have every reason to fear that they are made up 

 of deceit and hypocrisy, and would prove unwor- 

 thy of your esteem and confidence. But give me 

 a voice that is clear, full, soft, and musical. If it 

 be a female who possesses it, I would ask no bet- 

 ter recommendation. It will generally be found 

 that she is above deceit — sincere in her friend- 

 ships — warm in her attachments, and ardently 

 devoted to those whom she loves. — Paul Ulric. 



Speckled Butter. — " Do you want to buy 

 real prime lot of butter ? " said a Yankee notio 

 pedlar, who had raked a load at fifty differen 

 places, to a Boston merchant. 



" What kind of butter is it ? " asked the buye; 



" The clear quill ; all made by my wife, from 

 dairy of forty cows ; only two churnings." 



" But what makes it so many different colors ? ' 

 said the merchant. 



" Darnation ! liear that now^. I guess yoi 

 wouldn't ax that question if you'd see my cows 

 for they are a darn'd sight speckelder than th' 

 butter." 



Study. — There is no doubt that a scarcity of 

 books is favorable to the pro|)ensity, and even in 

 many cases to the success of study. One sur- 

 rounded by books becomes satiated or discouraged, 

 I am not certain which, by the mere spectacle of 

 their number. Many a man has been spoiled for 

 a student by the possession of a large library. 



"The first time," says some one, " that I found 

 myself the regular frequenter of a hirge library, it 

 affected me with a painful feeling. I had come 

 too suddenly upon the world of literature, and the 

 coutemjjlation of it made me wretched ; for the 

 mind expands but gradually to knowledge, as the 

 eye does to light, and aches without seeing, when 

 brought too abruptly into the glare. 



A Petticoat Pleader. — A lawyer pleading a 

 cause against a l.ady, indulged in a multitude of 

 digressions, which overcame the patience of the 

 lady, who interrupted him. "My lord," said she, 

 " here is the case in a single word : — I engaged to 

 pay the opposing party a certain sum, for a piece 

 of tapestry of Flanders, with figures as handsome 

 as your lordship ; he attempted to palm upon me 

 a wretched daub, with figures as ugly as the coun- 

 sel opposed to me ; am I not releaserl from my 

 bargain ?" 1'his comparison, which flattered the 

 vanity of the judge, completely disconcerted the 

 opponent, who had no reply to make, and the lady 

 gained her cause. 



REGISTER FOR 1836. 



James Loring^, 132 U'asliinglon street, has just publishei 

 llie Massachcsetts Register for 1836. containing Ihi 

 names of the new Legislature, now Cilj' officers Justices 

 Lawyers, Ministers and Physicians throughout the Stale. 

 Also, a complete list of the 'Post Masters, Militia Oflicers 

 Colleges; Education, Jlissionary, Bible, Tract, Sabbat 

 School, Medical, Literary, iMarine, Temperance, Charitabl- 

 and Anti-Slavery Societies; Banks and hisurance Compa 

 nies ; National, Army and Navy Departments ; Names o 

 Consuls, names and location of all the Banks in New Eng 

 land, Census of Boston lor 1835, an account of the Commerc. 

 of Boston for 1835, particulars of the Great Fire in Nev 

 York, &c. &c. 2t Feb. 3 



35,000 WHITE MULBERRY TREES. 



The Subscriber will cngage.it applied for soon, a part o 

 whole of the above number of White Mulberry Trees, ver' 

 thrifty and in good order, to be delivered in the spring. 



N. H. On hand, White Midberry Seed. 

 Feb. 3 G. C. BARRETT. 



TO BE LET. 



A Farm, situated iu Medford, now occupied by Mr Noal 

 Johnson, containing about 220 Acres of Land, ina higli slatt 

 of cultivation ; the buildings are commodious and in gooc 

 repair. It has the advantage of the Boston and Lowell Rai 

 Road, and the Middlesex Canal running through it, and ii 

 bounded on Mystic River, which afford great facilities for trans 

 porting manure, &c. Possession given Isl of April next. 



Also — A Tan Yard in Charlestown, near Mystic Rivei 

 and occupied by the subscribers, containing 1000 Vats, will 

 all the necessary buildings and machinery for carrying on th( 

 tanning business extensively. Connected with the yard is : 

 water power sufficient for grinding 2000 Cords Bark per year 

 milling hides, smoothing leather, pumping, &c. Also, a largj 

 and very convenient wharf for landing bark and wood. Pos 

 session given immediately. For further particulars inquire o 

 GILHERT TUFTS, or 

 JOSEPH F. TUFTS, at the Yard 



Charlestown, Jan. 27, 133C. tf. 



Anecdote — A schoolmaster, while coiTecting 

 an urchin for using bad language, told him to go 

 to the other end of the room, and speak to one of 

 the scholars, and that grammatically, or he should 

 be punished. On going, he thus addressed him- 

 self to the scholar: " Thomas, there is a common 

 substantive, cf the masculine gender, third person, 

 singular number, angry mood, who sits perched on 

 an eminence at the other end of the room, and 

 wishes to articulate a few sentences to you in the 

 present tense." 



Elega.nt Extract. — Human happiness has no 

 perfect security but freedom ; freedom none but 

 virtue; virtue none but knowledge ; and neither 

 freedom, nor virtue, nor knowledge, has any vigor, 

 or immortal hope, except iu the principles of the 

 Christian faith, and in the sanctions of the Chris- 

 tian religion — President Quincy. 



CiARDElV SEEDS AT §1 PER BOX. 



Small Boxes Garden Seeds, containing a good assortment 

 for a very small garden, for saje at gi per box. 



Also — A very large assortment of (iaiden and Flower 

 .Seeds, raised in gardens connected with the Agricultural 

 Warehouse, &.c. now ready for sale and orders promptly exe- 

 cuted. GEO. C. BARRET'l'. 



Jan. 27. New England Seed Store. 



THE NEW ElVGLiAlVD FARMER 



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