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N E W E N G L A N D F A R M K R 



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5lV35iS©IIlSi2i^Sa"S'. 



THE LADY-BUG AMD THE ANT, 

 Tlie Lady-Bug sal in llie rose's heart, 



And smiled with pride and scorn, 

 As she saw a plain drest Ant go Ijj, 



With a heavy grain of corn, — 

 So slie drew the curtains of damask round, 



And adjusted Her silken vest, 

 Making ller glass of a drop of dew 



That lay in the rose's breast: 



Then she laugli'd so loud that the Ant look'd up, 



And seeing her haughty face. 

 Took no more notice, but traveli'd on 



At the same industrious pace: — 

 But a sudden blast of Autumn eamej 



And rudely swept the ground. 

 And down the rose with the Lady-Bug bent, 



And scatter'd its leaves around. 



Then the houseless Lady was much amaz'd, 



For she knew not where to go. 

 And hoarse November's early blast 



Had brought with it rain and snow; 

 Her wings were chill'd and her ieet were cold^ 



And she wish'd for the Ant's warm cell-. 

 And what she did in the wintry storm, 



I'm sure I cannot tell. 



But the carefut Ant was in her nest, 



With her little ones by lier'side, 

 She taught them all, like herself to toil. 



Nor mind the sneer of pride: — 

 And I thought as I sat at the close of day, 



Eating my bread and milk. 

 It was wiser to work and improve my time. 



Than be idle and dress in silk. 



L. H. S. 



Anecdote. — " Anext-ellent dergyman, possess- 

 ing imich knowledge of luiman nature, iii.stnicted 

 Ills large fa iiily of daughters, in the ordinary 

 |)ractioe of triiisic. They were all observed to be 

 exceedingly amiable aijd happy. A friend inquir- 

 ed if there was afiy secret in his mode of educa- 

 tion. He replied, " when any thing distinlis their 

 temper, I say to them sing, and ,if I hear them 

 speaking against ajiy person, 1 ,call them to sing to 

 me, and so they sung away all causes of discon- 

 tent, and every disposition to scandal." Such 

 a use of this acco:<iplishntent, miglit serve to fit a 

 company of angels. Young voices ground the 

 domestic altar, breathing sacred music, at the hour 

 of morning and evening devotioaijare a sweet and 

 touching accompaniment." — L. H. Sigowney, 



Reason fob being a Bachelor -" My dear 



Tom," said a young whipster to a bachelor friend, 

 " it's most half |:ast kissing time with you, and 

 you are )iof married yet -^ whjit's the reason, eh ? 

 — fair iii|(J hearty, well off, what's the reason ? — 

 any objection to the sex, eh ?" 



"W-w-W:Why n-n-n no," replied the Qther, 

 winking and blinking as if in a convulsion, "but 

 yon s.'i-se-see I s-s-s-stutter s-s,so, I never could 

 p-p-p-pop the q-q-q-rpiestio)) ! '' 



HiiTuan happiness has no perfect security but 

 freedom ; freedom none but virtue ; virtue none 

 but knowledge : and neither freedom nor virtue, 

 nor k'lowledge, has any vigor, or immortal hope, 

 except in the principles of the Christian faith, and 

 in the sanctions of the Christian Religion. — Presi- 

 dent Qiiincy. 



The unwritten music of Spring. — How so- 

 norous the voices of sjjring, proceeding from ev- 

 ery living tiling in the air, and among the reeds of 

 the brook. Just listen ! There's an old bull frog 

 on the margin of the stream, with one leg in the 

 water by way of a cooler. How he thrums away 

 on hia bass-viol — 'thung — ihung — thong — thung 

 thong — pout ehxig '.' That little frogress opposite 

 plays the treble to a charm, without scarce open- 

 ing her month — " ie-iveet — le-xvect — hirr-irr-ir — 

 te-weet-^gosh !' And down she darts into the 

 water — her great toe awfully mangled with a 

 stone from some cruel boy. Then there's the old 

 leader — that "green-eyed monster," dressed in 

 yellow breeches, and a white sash around him. 

 Hear liiin as he stands up so majestically against 

 that reed — "Paddy-got droortk — paddy-got droonk 

 got-droonk — ooiih — itnk " — and down he goes to 

 wet his whistle. Then flutters a chattering chor- 

 ister over head — calling upon his tribe to go and 

 watch their sick mates — " boblink — bohlink — stin- 

 gy — stingy — go and see Miss Philesy — Philesy — 

 so siveet — sweet — she'll die soon — oh dear .'" '■Pshaw 

 — pshaw— chuck ' trills the thraslier. 'Miew — 

 miew — miew' — squeaks the cat-bird, 'ffho-whip 

 poor-will ' cries one. — ^Katy-did — katy-did'' trills 

 another. 'Fll come and see, I will-1 will ' sings 

 the yellow bird. And so sung they all are their iiu 

 written music, without a discordant note, unless 

 perhaps from some hoarse, unsoaken bull-frog, 

 who has caught a wheezing cold from lying too 

 long on the ground. A lean mare who was nib- 

 bUng near and listening to the chorus, would 

 liavx; shaken her sides and ventured three or four 

 ealiitfttory horse laughs — if it had not been such 

 coiifouBded trot weather. — Claiemont Eagle. 



Common Expressions. — The origin of many 

 of the little provorhial e.xpressions in common use, 

 might easily enougih be traced to a printing office. 

 For instance, a blundering a|)prentice boy, (who 

 by ithe way, goes te learn the trade with only one 

 idea :in his head — that he shall ' sarlinly,' make 

 his fortune in the end, if he only attends at the 

 outset, as the schoolmaster told him to crossing 

 his t's and dotting his i's,) before he gets accus- 

 tomed to the types in his case, confounds differ- 

 ent letters, that have some little resetublance in 

 shape and form. He sets up a small piece of copy, 

 ' on trial ' and carries bis matter to the foreman to 

 .r.ead over in the 'stii;k.' ' Why Sam, wbiit vil- 

 lainous work you make, — Are you such a block- 

 head as not to know a p from a g ? Be careful — 

 more careful ! Here take this other piece of copy 

 -^ mind, now, and not confound the lettei-sl* Sam 

 tugs and sweats, blows, puffs, and strains his eyes 

 over the ' copy.' He hajidles thi; types, and looks 

 at them well,, to be sure.that he gets it all right. 

 In about two hours he has got his task done, it is 

 carried to the master again and thus it goes : * qetev 

 giper gicked a geek of gickled qeqqera.' 



Tlie iiiaster's patience is about worn out. ' Why 

 you little bungling blockhead ! why ' — 'Oh don't 

 don't sir ! ' interrupts i^am — ' I won't do so agin 

 — I'll do better next time.' ' Here, take oiittliose 

 q's and (lut in p's in every word.' Dang it all,' says 

 the half-discouraged boy, < it can't be my fault — 

 it's t|ie lyjics, it's a hard case ! ' ' Not so very hard 

 either, Sam | If you live to be as old as Methuse- 

 lah, whatever your business, you'll always find 

 your case a ' hard one ' unless you mind your jt's 

 and q's, — lb. 



A London correspondent of the Albany Adver- 

 tiser, describing the shoals of half-starved, half, 

 clad emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland to 

 America, thinks that the many rail roads about to 

 be undertaken in England and Ireland will obvi- 

 ate the necessity, in a great degree, of emigration, 

 by giving employment to thousands who could 

 otherwise not obtain it. 



B i(t Sugar. — We find the following article is 

 making the circuit of American Periodicals, but 

 cannot be responsible for its correctness. 



Dr Tier of Germany, has invented a process 

 by means of which beet root can be transformed 

 into solid white sugar in the space of eight hours. 



The produce in October and December last, 

 under this process, including the molasses, was 

 from 9 to 10 per cent. 



The export of Boots and Shoes has increased 

 beyond the expectations of the most sanguine. 

 Those who are best acquainted with it, estimate 

 the amount which will be; exported from this State 

 this year, at .$i20,000,000, of which Lynn alone 

 does one tenth part. The exjiort last year was 

 $10,500,000, not reckoning towns which made less 

 than $100,000 wonh.—J^ewburyport Herald. 



WANTED, 



A man thoroughly qualified lo take the management and 

 work on a sma 1 Farm. A mariied man will be preferred if 

 the vi'ife can undertake the cooking and washing of a small 

 family. The liesi of lefcrenccs will he required lo such per- 

 sons with whom they have lived, as lo capabilities and char- 

 acter. Letters addressed post paid to hox 265 New Haven, 

 or application to tlie Agricultural Warehouse, will he ailcnd- 

 ed to. May 25. 



SILK AVORMS EGGS. 



Just received at the New England Seed Store, a few thou- 

 sajidsof Silk Worms Eggs of llie different varielies White, 

 2 crops a year. Black and Mammoth, in papers, from '25 els. 

 o 2 00 per paper. May 25. 



TERRIBLE TRACTORATION. 



Jtisl publisJied and for sale by Tullle. Weeks & Dennett, 

 SrlKtol streel, and at the Ksniier Office, Terrihle Traotoration 

 and other Poems, by Christopher Caustic, M. D.andniem- 

 licr of no less than jNijjeteeu very learned Societies. Third 

 American Editi_ji. 



April 27. 



SILK COCOONS. 



The higliest market prices will he paid for any quantity of 

 5ilk Cocoons Appiv at ihe New England Seed Store, Nos. 

 Jl and 52. Norlh Market slreel. 



May 25. If 



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