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The Fourth was celebrated at, Jamaica Plains by 

 a social party of ladies and gentlemen, without the 

 aid of the flowing bowl. The two following songs, 

 show the feeling which pervaded the celebration ; 



THE USURPER! 



Tune — Yankee Doodle. 

 In days of yore — I cannot tell 



Exactly now the dale, sir — 

 It was about the wedding day. 



Of good old Church and State, sir, 

 A fellow with a ruby nose, 



Into a flagon crept, sir, 

 And there in spite of all llie world, 



The creature lived and slept, sir. 



Like other rogues he had at least 



A dozen names quite handy — 

 Some called him Whiskey — others Rum — 



And alias, Cider Brandy. 

 And whosoever put his mouth. 



Unto the flagon's lip, sir, 

 Was sure to feel the cunning wight, 



Into'his bosom slip, sir. 

 He was a stern aristocrat. 



And sought to rule the roast, sir. 

 The king, the pope, the d 1 too, 



His fellowship did boast, sir. 

 He came unto America, 



And sought to cheat the people, — 

 He raised a pole of hickory, 



As high as any steeple. 



Awhile the fellow had a run. 



But things must turn abouf, sir, — 

 The people took the thing in hand, 



And turned the tyrant out, sir. 

 Into the flagon then they put 



Some sparkling Adam's ale, sir, 

 And so the truth is getting plain, 



And 1 have told my tale, sir. 



But let me add a word or two — 



Advice you know is cheap, sir, 

 Jf you would lead-a pleasant life, 



From whiskey ever keep, sir. 

 With sword and fire our fathers heat 



Old England's haughty king, sir — 

 Put we've put down King Alcohol, 



And that's a glorious thing, sir, 



THE CUP OF TEA. 



Tune — Viva la Compagnia. 

 Lightly the heart is beating, 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting ! 

 So do not stop for thinking, 

 Come let us all be drinking — 

 This cup of tea for you and me I 

 Come let us all be drinking. 

 Lightly the heart is beating. 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting. 



Lightly the heart is beating, 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting. 

 So let us all be eating — 

 We 'II have no sly retreating — 

 This cup of tea for you and me — 

 We '11 have no sly retreating. 

 Lightly the heart is beating. 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting ! 



Lightly the heart is beating. 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting, 

 So let us all bo talking — 

 You know we 'II soon be walking 

 This cup of tea for you and me, 

 Before we all go walking, 

 Lightly the heart is beating, 

 Swiftly the sands are fleeting ! 



Rail-Roads. — Man's life ai)i)ears to be a con- 

 tinued anil unequal -struggle with time nud space, 

 the one is too short, the other too extended for 

 his necessities and power. Hence the greatest 

 triumphs of liis mental faculties appear in the 

 means lie brings to bear against the great foes of 

 liis physical capacities. How soon would the 

 latter yield in the vain contest, but for the effec- 

 tive aid of the former ! His enemies, however, 

 although allied, are not in unison, for whenever 

 he gains a victory over space, time deserts and 

 battles on his side. If life be measured, not by 

 length of days, but by the deeds accomplished in 

 its course, .we are the patriarchs; the antediluvi- 

 ans were short-lived, and Metliusaleh died a boy. 

 Pitching a tent, raising an altar of loose stones, 

 herding sheep, and laboring with the band plough 

 — tliese were the bandages of slavery to time ; 

 and through the long year s[)ent in bis vassalage, 

 space swayed indomitable sceptre, and crowded 

 the human family into a corner of bis out-spread 

 realm, giving all else to solitude. These were the 

 days of Saturn, who ate bis children. But there 

 were giants in the land ; man rose up against his 

 tyrants — Time and Space. He tamed the horse, 

 built an ark, rode, drove, and sailed, and all but 

 flew. He observed the sider.ial march, and be- 

 gan to take note of Time. He discovered tlie 

 mechanical power, and overcame the resistance of 

 matter ; he traced out the principles of philosophy 

 and laid the realms of Space under tribute. As 

 his powers increased, bis years declined, and 

 Time was again his master ; but bis energies are 

 refreshed. The Titan is awake in his strength ; 

 he has made new discoveries; y)lucked the Zi/e 

 from fire, and breathed it into the nostrils of a 

 grosser element. Prometheus is no longer a 

 fable, see how the giant fiend works; hark how 

 he labors — the slave of man and the conqueror of 

 time. Prepare the ways before bim, and he will 

 overcome space. Days have become years, and 

 man lives to do in bis brief career what the long- 

 est lived of his progenitors numbered teo few 

 years to accom|)lish. Thus the philosophy of 

 rail-roads and steam engines is, that in subduing 

 time and space they lengthen a man's life ; for 

 they enable bim, within the limited period of his 

 residence on earth, to do for good or evil, all that 

 amultitudeof years could have enabled him with- 

 out their aid to effect, — London Alias. 



'No.' ' Very well — did you payum Ben John- 

 son ?' ' O, yes, me payum.' ' Well, then, sposu 

 you showum receijit !' Then me have to go way 

 off down — and run all over hell, to liuntum up 

 'Squire Johnson!" — Bangor Press. 



Encouraging. — A young man in the country, 

 who bad the felicity of waiting upon one of the 

 young ladies home from a party, took the oppor- 

 tunity, while searching for the door-latch, to in- 

 quire whether she w;.s courted. "Why," leplie I 

 she, with ingenuousness, "I'm sorto' courted, and 

 sort o' not, but rather more sort o' not than si rt 



CARROT SEGD. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, 250 lbs. v;ry 1 : ■ 

 Long Orange Carrol Seed. Every farmer knows Ine va In' 

 of carrots as fodder for horses and cattle. It is calculaii' i 

 that one bushel of them, is fully equal to oue bushel of oi.'~ 

 They produce on an average 5(10 Ijushels to the acre. 1 i".- 

 seed may be sown to the 20ih of Jujie. May 18. 



NATIVE FOREST TREES. 



Tke subscriber will furni.sh the following kinds of Nativ. 

 Forest Trees from the vicinity of Bangor, Maine, and ship 

 Iheni carefully, according to orders, viz. ; Silver Firs, (from 

 2 to 3 feet high) ; Elms, (from 5 to 25 feet) ; Rock Maples, 

 (from 5 to 25 feet) ; Mountain Ash, (from 5 to 25 feet) ; 

 Spruce, Sumachs, Pines, and Cedars, Red Cherry, Sugar 

 Plums, and Junipers. Also Seed of the above trees furnished 

 in their season. Any orders addressed to Ihc subscriber. 

 Seedsman at Bangor, or left at Geo. C. Barrett's New England 

 Seed Store, Boston, will meet with prompt attention. 



Bangor, May 2, 1836. \VM. B. HARLOW. 



COCOONS AND RA^V SILK. 



The Northampton Silk Company, will pay Cash for Cocoor , 

 and Raw73 i.k at their Establishment at the Oil Mill Place at 

 Norihampton. 



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

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

 alis, and should not be packed for transportation till they have 

 been gathered jtirec weeks. If they are put uyt belore well 

 cured, the damp ncss from the dead Chrysalis wili cause them 

 to heat and render them useless. They should l>e carefully 

 packed in dry boxes or barrels — not pressed but>'haken down. 

 The Company will contract for any quantity t(t iO,000 bushels, 

 to be delivered in good order at Northampton. The price 

 will be regulated according to quality. Cultivators should be 

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

 attention in feeding. Consequently the price wili vary— from 

 g2 50 to ^5 00 per bushel will be paid. It is the intention ol 

 the coiTtpany, that this shall be a permanent market (or Co- 

 coons and Raw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased l)y the 

 pound, as soon as the necessary experiments have been made, 

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

 it is well known, that they becomegraduallv 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. 



Communications (nnsl nnid) mav be addressed to 



SaSiuEL WHli'.UARSII, 

 President, of the Northampton Silk Compat ij. 



June 8. 



Jo Sacabasin — one of our Penobscot Indians — 

 not long since, was sued for the sum of $5, by a 

 white man, before 'Squire Johnson. On the day 

 of the trial Jo made bis appearance, and tendered 

 the requisite amount for debt and costs, and de- 

 manded a receipt in full. '' Why, Jo, it is not 

 usual — it is entirely unnecessary," said the 'Squire. 

 " O yes, me want'iini receipt, sartin." " I tell 

 you Jo, a receipt will do you no good." " Sartin 

 'Squire Johnson, I want'um." " What do you 

 want it for, Jo?" " O, spose me die and go to 

 Heaven, — then spose they say, ' Well, Jo Socab- 

 sin, you owe any man, now ?' Then me say 



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