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NEW E N G L A N i> K A [1 1\» r 



MARCH 16, 1S36. 



S35IS©li2iS.A'-Wl?. 



THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD. 



Forget them not ! though now their name 



Be 'on', a mournful sound, 

 Though by the health its ulteiance claim 



A stillness round: 



Though fur thy saUe the earth no more 



As it hath been, may be, 

 And shadows, never marked before, 



Biood o'er each tree . 



And though their image dim the sky, 



Yet, yet, forget them not; 

 Nor where their love and life went by, 



Forsiike the spot ! 



They have a breathing influence there, 

 A charm not elsi-where found ; 



Sad — yet it sanctifies the air, 

 The stream, the ground. 



Then, though the wind an aller'd tone 

 Though the young foliage may bear, 



Though every flower, of something gone, 

 A tinge may wear : 



Oh, fly it not ! — no fruitless grief 



Thus in their presence felt. 

 The record links to every leaf, 



There, where they dwelt. 



Still trace the path which knew their tread,. 



Still tend their garden bower, 

 Still commune with the holy dead, 



In each lone hour. 



The holy dead I oh ! blest we are, 



That wc may call chein so. 

 And to their image look afar, 



Through all our wo ! 



Blest, that the thing3 they loved on earth 



As relics we may hold, 

 That wake sweet thoughts of parted worth 



By springs untold ! 



Blest, that a deep and chastening power 



Thus o'er our souls is given. 

 If but to bird, or song, or flower, 



Yet all for Heaven. 



came up uiilianneil. A pleasure yatch, sailing up 

 Rector street, was carried down and out to sea hy 

 the current. Mr Smith, the India-ruhber over- 

 shoe merchant, retired from business with a for- 

 tune of seven mi lions sterling and introduced 

 gondolas. Street-inspector /?/nc/ierf. Corporation 

 resigned and retired to Sandwich Islands. 1 he 

 large bridge across Chatham square commenced. 

 Swimming taught in the colleges instead of Greek. 

 Whale caught on the platform in front of the City 

 hall. Sea serpent thrust his head into . Walter 

 Bowne's bedroom. Child born web-footed. Gov- 

 ernor Duck elected on account of his appropriate 

 name. Mr Astor resigned his hotel and invested 

 his capital in boat building. Five beds of oysters 

 discovered in the lower corridor of the City hall. 

 Lobsters swam into the garret window of a house 

 in the swamp. General rise of water. The new 

 street inspector escaped from an enraged mob, and 

 fled to the Himmaley Mountain.s, in Asia. Gov- 

 ernor Duck drowned. Citizens, in consternation, 

 retire in ships and boats to Wechawk heights. 

 Second sudden rise of the waters. Judge Swan- 

 Ion escaped in a fishing smack out of the City liall 

 cupola window. Shark swallowed the spire of 

 'I rinity church steeple. City of New York visited 

 by a committee, in a diving-bell!! — .N'ew York 

 Mirror. 



Hakd Cider. — Why, dear me, Mr Lougswal 

 low, said a good lady, how can you drink dowi 

 a whole quart of that are dreadfnl hard cider at; 

 single drought ? 



As soon as the man could breathe again, h' 

 replied, I beg ) ardon, madam, but upon my sou 

 it was so hard / couldn't bite it off. 



TuANEFCLNESs — " MotheV wants to know a: 

 how as if you would'nt lend her two sticks o 

 wood ?" "Yes, there are a couple of logs — yoi 

 didn't return the last. "No — and I won't taki 

 them 'ere without you split em !" 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVES. 



600 Ihs. very fine V\ hiie Uinch Clover, (free from foO 

 seed) jusi received Irom Uollanil, and for sale by GKO. C 

 liAliKETT. Feb. 3. 



WANTED TO HIRE 



Farm of about 100 acres suitable for tillage, pasturage 

 s wanted Ibr a lerm of years — to be situated within 9 

 i from Boston. Apply at this office. 



Feb. n, 



3t 



Street Chronologt in New York. — Mahch. 

 C';y six inches under water. Rope-ladders sold 

 ;i auction for crossing the streets. Eight small 

 ■ fiildren drowncjd in front of St Paul's church; 

 ihe poor little victems fell out of a sleigh. Large 

 pig rut his throat by attemf)ting to swim from 

 Wall street to Maiden lane. A fat gentleman fell 

 opposite Grace church and slid down the ice to 

 the Battery, where, the gate being unfortunately 

 open, the struggling sufferer glided through and 

 ■would have been drowned on the outer pavement, 

 had not his powerful impnlsa floated him over, so 

 that he fell into the bay and saved himself on the 

 ice. The street-inspector was observed standing 

 by a pile of ice and snow in Beekman street, sev- 

 enteen feet nine inches high, with two small men, 

 each armed with a pick-axe. A gentlemen re- 

 marked that it reminded him of the Englishman 

 who once subscribed five pounds toward paying 

 off the national debt of Great Britain. A pupil of 

 Sam Patch jumped off" Trinity church steeple and 



Peeler is of the Sam Hyde School. lie pos- 

 sesses in an eminent degree the happy knack of 

 beautify and endieHishing all plain facts, and 

 common place remarks; thus giving them a zest 

 and a relish highly pleasing. Facts and incidents 

 related by him, seem almost incredible, and but 

 for Peeler's known character for truth-telling, v/e 

 should bo inclineil to doubt, in many instances. 

 Hear his story of an onion: 



•He says, he happened to be where there were 

 some enormous large turnips, weighing perhaps 

 from fourteen to eighteen pounds each. They 

 attracted his attention. 



"Do you call them large turnips?" said he to 

 the person in attendance. 



'' Why yes, they are considerable large." 



"They may be large for turnips," said our 

 hero, " but they are nothing to an onion that I 

 saw the other day." 



" Ah, how large ivas the onion ?" 



" Oh 1 a monster, it we\ghed forty pounds !" 



" p^orty pounds ?" 



" Yes ! and we took off" the layers, and the six- 

 teenth layer went completely round a demijohn,' 

 that held four gallons. 



" Whiit a whapper." 



"You ilont mean to say that I lie," says Peeler, 

 bristleing up. 



" Oh no, what a wl-apper of an onion, i meant." 



The next day he called to rectify a small mis- 

 take that ho made, which wa.s, that the onion 

 weighed sixty pounds, and that ho had since meas- 

 ured the demijohn, and found that it contained 

 eight gallons instead of four. 



TO BE LET. 



A Farm, situated in Mcdford, now occupied by Mr Noti 

 Johnson, containing about 2"2I1 Acres of Laud, in a high stat 

 of cuhivatlon ; the buildings are commodious and in gooi 

 repair. It lias the advantage of the Boston and Lowell Kai 

 Koad, and llie Middlesex Canal running Ihrougli it, and i 

 bounded on Mystic Kiv r, which alTord great facilities for trans 

 porting manure, &c. Possession given Isi of April ne.-it 



Also — A Tan Yard in Charlestown, near Mystic Rive 



and occupied by the snhscribers containing 1000 Vats, will 



all the necessary buildings and machinery for carrying on tin 



tanning business extensively. (!^oiiiiected with the yard is; 



water power sufficient for grinding 2000 Cords Bark per yeai 



milling hides, smoothing leather, pump ng, &.c. Also, a largn 



and very convenient wharf for landing bark and wood. Pos 



session given immediately. For further particulars inquire o 



GILBERI' TUKTS. or 



JOSEPH F. TUFTS, at the Yard 



Charlestown,Jon.27, 1336. If. 



" What is the matter, uncle Jerry," said Mr , 



as old Jeremiah R was passing by, growling 



most ferociotisly. " Matter," said the old man, 

 stopping short — " why, here, I've been luggin 



water all the morning^ for Dr C 's wife to 



wash with, and what d'ye s'pose I got for it ?" 

 " Why, I suppose about ninepence," answered 



Mr . " Ninepence be ! she told me the 



Doctor would pull a tooth for me some time ! !" 



AUCTION. 



, executor's sale. 



To be sold at Public Auction, on Friday, 1st of April next 

 at 2 o'clock P. M. on the premises if not jjreviously disposei 

 of at private sale, the FARM lately oecupied by HilNR- 

 Jacrson, deceased situated on the main road, midway be 

 tween Fitchburg and l_,eominsler. Said Ftirm contains 7i 

 acres of land, convehiently divided for Mowing and Tillage 

 an orchard, good Pasturage and a valuable Wood-lot, with. 

 House, Rani and Wood-shed in good repair. For funhe 

 information, apply to Mr PATCH, near the premises. Coo 

 dilions at sale. 



Leominster, March 4, 1836. Bv order of the Executor. 



35,000 WHITE MULBEURY TREES. 



The Subscriber will engage, i( applied for soon, a part oi 

 whole of the above number of White Mulberry Trees, verj 

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

 Feb. 3 G.C.BARRETT. 



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