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N E W E N G L A N D F A R INI Kll . 



JUNE an, 1S3G. 



sEaassiEai&.^si'^. 



(Extract from a Poem by S. G. Gooilrkh.) 

 THE OUTCAST. 



Nature became my idol ; wood. 



Wave, wilderness, I loved them all ; 

 I loved the forest and the solitude. 



That brooded o'er the waterfall. 

 I loved the Autumn <vinds that flew 



Between the swaying boughs at night, 

 And from their whispers fondly drew 



Wild woven dreams of fond delight. . 

 I loved the stars and musing sought 



To read them in their depths of blue — ■ 

 My fancy spread her sail of ihoughtj 



And o'er that sea of azure flew. 

 Hovering in those blest paths afar 



The wheeling planets seemed to trace. 

 My spirit found some islet-star, 



And chose it for its dwelling place 

 I loved the morn, and ere the lay 



Of plaintive meadow lark began, 

 'Mid dewy shrubs I tore my way. 



Up the wild crag where waters ran. 

 I listened to the babbling tide. 



And thought of Childhood's meiiy inuru, 

 I listened to the bird that tried 



Prelusive airs, amid the thorn. 

 And then I went upon my way ; 



Yet ere the sunrise kissed my cheek, 

 I stood upon llie forehead gray 



Of some lone mountain's dizzy peiik. 

 A ruddy light was on the hill. 



But shadows in llie valley slept; 

 A white mist rested o'er the rill, 



And shivering leaves with tear-drops wept. 

 The sun came up, and nature woke. 



As from a deep and sweet repose ; 

 From every bush soft music broke, 



And blue wreaths from each chimney rose. 

 From the green vale that lay below. 



Full many a carol met tlie ear ; 

 The boy that drove the teeming cow, 



And sung or whistled in his cheer ; 

 The dog that by his master's sirle. 



Made the lone copse with echoes ring ; 

 The mill that whirling iu the tide, 



Seemed with a droning voice to sing ; 

 The lowing herd, the bleating flock. 



And many a far off' murmuring wheel ; 

 Each sent its music up the rock. 



And woke my bosom's echoing peal. 



And thus my early hours went o'er : 



Each scene and sound but gave delight ; 

 And if I grieved, 't was like the shower. 



That comes in sunshine, brief and bright. 

 My heart was like the summer lake, 



A mirror in some valley found. 

 Whose depths a mimic world can make. 



More beautiful than that around. 

 The wood, the slope, the rocky dell. 



To others dear, were dearer yet 

 To me ; for they would fondly dwell 



Mirrored in memory ; and set 

 In the deep azure of my dreams. 



At night, how sweet they rose to view ! 

 How soft the echo and the streams. 



How swift their laughing murmius flew ; 

 And when the vision broke at morn. 



The music in my charmed ear. 

 As of some fairy lingering horn — 

 My native hills, how soft, how dear ! 



So passed my boyhood ; 't was a strean 

 Of frolic flow, 'mid Natuie's bowers 



A ray of light — a golden dream — 

 A morning fair — a path of flowers ! 



PniNTEKs' Proverbs. ---Pay thon the printer in 

 tlie day that thou owest Iiiin, that the evil day may 

 be afar oft", lest the good wan of the law, seiidetli 

 thee tliy bill : greeting. 



Remember him of the quill, and the devils 

 around him, and when thon weddestthy daughter 

 to a man of her choice, send thou unto him a boun- 

 tiful slice of her bridal loaf 



Borrow not that for which t)iy neighbor hath 

 paid, but go and buy for thyself of him who hath 

 to sell. 



Thou shall ^not read thy neighbor's paper, nor 

 molest him in the peaceful possession of it, lest 

 thou stand condemned in the sight of him who 

 driveth the quill, and thy character be hawked 

 about by poor children.— - ./Jiion. 



U.NWI3E Men. — The angry man — who sets 

 his own house on lire, in order that iie may burn 

 up that of his neighbor. 



The envious man — who cannot enjoy life be- 

 cause others do. 



The robber — who, for the consideration of 

 a few dollars, gives the world liberty to hang 

 him. 



The jealous man — who poisons his own ban- 

 quet, and then eats of it. 



The iriiser — who starves himself to death in 

 order that his heir may feast. 



The slanderer — who tells tales for the sake of 

 glvijig his enemy an opportunity to prove him a 

 liar. 



(looD Advice. — Let every one read it. "JVeuer 

 beli6ve, much less propagate, an ill report of your 

 neighbor, without good evidence of its truth. — 

 Never listen to an infamous story, handed to you 

 bv a man who is a known enemy of the person 

 defaming his neighbors, or who is wont to sow 

 discoid among brethren and excite disturbances 

 in soeietv. Never utter an evil which you know 

 or suspect of anotiier, till you have taken an op- 

 portunity to expostulate with him. Never speak 

 evil ot another while you are under the operation 

 of envy and inalevolence, but wait till your spirits 

 are cooled down, that you may judge whether to 

 utter or suppress the matter. Never express the 

 evil which you would say of your neighbor, in 

 terms too strong, or in language which would con- 

 vey an exaggerated idea of his conduct." 



Unwritten Mnsic. — I have a great taste for 

 music — of the kind that Willis would perhaps 

 Aeuom'msXe unwritten music — not that spoken of 

 by Cox, in his article in the Mirror published a 

 few weeks since, made by the wind's whistling 

 over a meadow. 1 got tired of that when 1 wasa 

 boy, and lived in the country. What I call un- 

 vvrittrn iiMisic is such as has never been marked 

 and dotted out on five straight lines — such as 

 camiot be bought at Atwill's — such as is never 

 thumbed by the young miss who yawns at her 

 piano. Reader, if you want to hear unwritten 

 music, go down to the docks, find a ship from 

 New Orleans with a negro crew, sit down on a 

 cotton bag, and you will hear while she is unload- 

 ing, airs that will haunt you for weeks afterward. 

 Vou will see halfa dozen stout fellows, with lungs 



like a boss chimney sweep, and wind like a bel- 

 lows, pulling at the rope which rises the cargo 

 from the hold, keeping time to the air which is 

 sung by their shipmate who coils away, and at 

 the end of every half minute joins in the chorus 

 with a heartiness and power that is most edifying 

 to hear and behold. Unwritten music is to be 

 heard evei"ywhere. The shoemaker kee])s time 

 to it, as he pulls out his long waxed ends ; the por- 

 ter walks to it; it icgulates the strokes of the 

 blacksmith, when the heated iron sparkles upon 

 his anvil ; the black cook hums it, as she turns 

 the spit, and it is ever falling from the lips of the 

 young, the lovely, the innocent and the gay. 



Th 



COCOONS AND RATV SILK. 



; Northampton Silk Company, will pay Cash for (!'ocoons 



and RawOOi'ik at their Establishment at the Oil Mill Place at 

 Northampton. 



The Cocoons should be str'ppcd of the flrss, and placed in 

 the sun three or four days in succession, to destroy the Chrys- 

 alis, and should not he packed for transporlation till they have 

 Iteen gathered ^bree weeks. If ihey are put up belore well 

 cured, the damp ness from the dead Chrysalis will cause them 

 to heat and render them useless. They should be carefully 

 packed in dry boxes or barrels — not pressed but shaken down, 

 'i'he Company will contract for any quantity to 10,000 bushels, 

 to he delivered in good order al Northampton. The price 

 will he regulated according to quality. Cultivators should be 

 aware that a loss of fifty per cent is often made, by want of 

 attention in feeding. Consequently the price will vary — from 

 i?2 50 to g.5 00 per bushel will bq paid. It is the intention of 

 the company, that this shall be a permanent market for Co- 

 coons and Haw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased by the 

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 to regulate the price according to the age of the Cocoons, as 

 it is well known, that they become gradually lighter lor several 

 months, till all moisture is evaporated. Cultivators in Ver- 

 mont and New Hampshire will find it convenient to forward 

 Cocoons by the River Boats. 



Commuuications {post paid) may be addressed to 



SAMUEL WHITMARSH, 



S'rcii^ent r\fthe Nortktnnplan SUA Oomparil/. 



June S. 



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