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N E VV E N G L A N D F A R M h R . 



aiAY 18, 183G. 



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CHILDHOOD AND ITS VISITERS. 



BY E. L. ECI.WER. 



Once on a time, when sunny May, 



Was kissing up the April showers, 

 I saw fair Childhood hard at play 



Before a bank of blushing flowers : 

 Happy — he knew not whence or how. 



And smiling — who could choose but love him? 

 For not more glad than childhood's brow 



Was the gay heaven that laughed above him. 



Old Time came hobbling in his wrath. 



And that green valley's calm invaded ; 

 The brooks grew dry beneath his path. 



The birds were mute, the lilies faded: 

 A Grecian tomb stood full in sight. 



And that Old Time began to battnr ; 

 But childhood -watched his paper kite. 



Nor heeded he one-whit the matter. 



With curling lip and eye askance. 



Guilt gazed upon the scene a minute: 

 But Childhood's archly simple glance 



Had such a holy spell within it, 

 That the dark demon to the air 



Again spread forth his baflJed pinion. 

 And hid his envy and despair. 



Self-tortured in his own dominion. 



Then stepped a gloomy phanton* up, 



Pale, cypress-crowned, night's woful daughter. 

 And proffered him a fearful cup 



Full to the brim of bitter water ; 

 Says Childhood — " Madam, what's your name.'" 



And when the beldame muttered " Sorrow," 

 Then cried, " Don't interrupt my game : 



1 prithee call again to-morrow," 



The muse of Pindus hither came. 



And woo(?d him with the softest numbers, 

 Th.nt ever scattered wealth or fame 



Upon a youthful port's slumbers. 

 Though sweet the lyre and Efweetthe lay. 



To Childhood it was all a riddle : 

 '• Good gracious !" cried he, " send aw^y 



That noisy woman with a fiddle !" 



Then Wisdom stole his hat and ball. 



And taught him with most sage endeavor. 

 Why bubbles rise and acorns fall. 



And why ijo toy may last forever ; 

 She talked of all the wondrous laws, 



Which Nature's open book discloses : 

 But Childhood, when she ma(Je a pause. 



Was fast asleep among the rosee. 



Sleep on, sleep on ! — Pale manhood s dreamp 



Are all of earthly pain o,r pleasure ; 

 Of glory 'e toils, ambition's schemes. 



Of cherished love or hoarded treasure 

 But to the couch where cliiUlhooti lies, 



A ptjre unminglcd trance is given, 

 Lit up by rays from seraph eyes. 



And glimpses of rememberec} heaven ! 



" Oh ! I'm dead I I'm dead | " bluhbered a little 

 fellow tlie other day, as he went running into the 

 house, " What's tlie matter, tiiy son ? " said the 

 compassionate motlier, and continued ?' I don't 

 see but you are whole ; what's the matter ?" " Oh ! 

 I run against a fence, and stuck a knot-hole right 

 in my trowse'rs !" 



A PRF.TTr INCIDENT. — A young lady, who re- 

 sides in the country, has her chamber in the third 

 story of a lofty house, at no great disiance from 

 an extensive wood or park. The windows are 

 furnished with Venetian shutters, leaving a space 

 of about six inches between them and the glass 

 sashes. Early in the last winter, the lady observ- 

 ed that a beautiful flying squirrel had sought this 

 refuge frcm the season, and snugly located him- 

 self there. She gave the little creature a kind 

 and hospitable welcome, feeding him plentifully 

 with choice nuts and other dainties, and leaving 

 him at liberty to go to his wood and return at 

 pleasure, which he did daily. After a short time 

 he brought a companion to shaie the comfort and 

 luxury of his habitation, and they wenf on in- 

 creasing their number, till the colony amounted to 

 nine or ten more, who were furnished by their 

 kind hostess with boxes for their shelter, and soft 

 wool for their Ijedding, which they arranged to 

 their taste, and used without fear, making occa- 

 sional visits to the jiark for variety or exercise. 

 They showed no reluctance nor distrust when the 

 window was raised for the curiosity of visiters or 

 to give them their food, and they seemed as con- 

 scious of safety as they were of the comfort and 

 luxury of their living. 



What sort of intelligence existed between these 

 little animals and their friends in the woods, that 

 they could cominunicate to them the good quar- 

 ters they had discovered, and induce them to fol- 

 low to this el-dorado ? The first adventurer, who 

 may be called the Columbus of the settlement, 

 must have been able to inform his followei-s of the 

 wartn home and delicate fare prepared for them, 

 and perhaps allured them by describing the gay 

 and gentle spirit and captivating charms of the 

 fair patroness Philadelphia JVational Gazette. 



Ankcdote. — People have various opinions as 

 to the expediency of employing a physician in ca- 

 ses of sickness. Among those who think it best 

 generally to employ one, not a few think it best to 

 mix their own judgment with his prescri))tions, 

 instead of following the latter explicitly — a course 

 in most cases extremely dangerous, and we sus- 

 •pect more frequently fatal than most peeple imag- 

 ine. The following case just related to us by a 

 friend acquainted with the fact, is in point. Some 

 years since, a physician was called to a young 

 'Woman, very sick. After a careful examination, 

 he 'left two kinds of powders to be given her al- 

 ternately. One of the powders contained opium, 

 and when administered produced quiet to the pa- 

 tient. The next powder was somewhat nauseat- 

 ing, and the patient was less quiet under its o|.er- 

 ation. A convention of the women in the neigh- 

 borhood was hehl, and addressed by one of their 

 number in this wise : You see just how it is — the 

 doctor must have a living, and must get it by his 

 trade — one kind of powder niakes her better, the 

 other ma!-:es her worse. If he gave her only the 

 bad kind, he would soon kill her — and the good 

 alone would soon cure her — so that in either case, 

 he would have but a small bill, that is why he gives 

 her two kinds. Now let us act according to com- 

 mon sense, in disregard to the doctor's order-^, 

 whose interest it is to keep her along; let us give 

 her only the good powders. This proposition was 

 well received, after an amendment at the sugges- 

 tion of another who pro;;osed giving two of the 

 good powders at a time, was adopted. The patient 

 was asy and slept quietly mider the operation, but 

 she never a woke, — Bangor Adv. 



OSAGE ORANGE, &.c. 



Nursery of William Kenrick, at Nonantum Hilt, Newton. 



OSAGE ORANGE— Madura auratUica. A hardy tree, 

 and one of the most ninaiiieutal ol nil our native trees, it 

 bears striking resemhlance to the < riuige tree. The fruit, 

 which is not eatable, is large like an orange, and ol a go'd 

 color and splendid. The wood produces fine yellow dye, aiid 

 is one of the most tough, strong, and elastic of all the w 'oils ; 

 it is called How Wood, and is supposed to be the most durable 

 limber in the world, and /i)r ship timber is preferred to live 

 oak. The wood, like that of the orange, is armed with long, 

 sharp, Spines, and makes the strongest and most beautilul of 

 all hedges. The trees are some male ami some female, there- 

 fore requiring more than one for the pi eduction of fruit; hut 

 these rannoi be distinguished when young. Price 50 els. each, 

 and J?o,00 a dozen. 



— AI.SO — 



LANCASHIRE GOOSEBERRIES. A new importation of 

 tinesi Lancashire Gooseberries, is just received. Price ;g3 a 

 dozen. 



ALSO — 



COCKSPUR, OR NEW CASTLE THORNS FOR 

 HI51)GES. Anew sup|rly ol ihis beautiful plant is just re- 

 ceived and may now be had if applied for si on. Hedges of 

 this plant have been proved by John Prince, Esq. ol Roxbury, 

 and ihese, during 17 years, have never been annovcd by the 

 destructive borer. Plants youug, and worth g\0 a 1000. 

 Orders sent by mail, post paid, will be promptly execuled. 



Double Dahlias of fine varieties, are now ready for delivery. 



May 18. isl. 



SWEET POTATO SLIPS. 



Just received at the New England Seed Store, our annual 

 supply of Sweet Potato .Slips, Irom New Jersey, which will 

 be sold for SI per peck. Orders must be sent in soon, 



April 27. 2t 



PUIil. BLOODED niERINO SHEEP. 



For sale, a valuable imported Ruck and Ewe, and three 

 Ewes, one and two years old. Inquire at llic Farmer Office, 

 may 4. 



TRUE AND GENUINE CHINESE 9IUL.BEHRY 

 SEED. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Office, a few pack- 

 ages of the true Moms Miiliicaulis, raised in France, and 

 warranted of the growth of 1835. may 4. 



MILCH COWS. 



A very liberal price will be paid for two milch rows with 

 calves by their side, if offered tiefore the lOth ol Mav to the 

 subscriber. JOHN LOWELL. 



Koxliury, April 18. 



WHITE MULBERRY TREES. 



300 While Mulberry Trees, 6 years old. They have been 

 transplanted and set in a hedge, for sale by 



STEPHEN CURRIER, 

 April, 20. Melhuen, Mass. 



»5,000 ^VHITE MULBERRY TREES. 



The .Suhscribe-r will engage, it applied for soon, a part or 

 whole of the above number of While Mulberry Trees, very 

 thrift v and in good order, to be delivered in the spring, 



Feb. 3 G. C. ISAKRETT. 



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