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MISCELLANIES 



SONGS, 



WRITTEN FOR THE MERRIMACK AGRICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION, OCT. 13, 1830. 



BY J. B. MOORE, ESQ. 



TUNE — ' Jluld Lang Syne.' 

 Should Autumn's blessings be forgot. 



And never brou2;ht to min' ? 

 Should all our com'forts be forgot, 

 With auld lang syne ? 



For auld lang syne, my dear. 



For auld lang syne, 

 We'll take a cup of kindness yet. 

 For auld lang syne. 



The FARMER ploughs his mellow fields, 



He sows the choicest grains, 

 And lo '. how rich the harvest yields. 

 How wide a plenty reigns ! 



Behold ! how wide a plenty reigns ! 



Around ye far and near ! 

 Sure none can with the Farmer vie — 

 So let's be merry here. 



October'^ ripened splendors shine. 



The Harvest's fruits appear, 

 The flocks and herds their fatlings yield, 

 To crown the closing year. 



Then merry let us be, my dear, 



Push round the generous wine ; 

 We'll take a cup of kindness yet, 

 For auld lang syne. 



But not sic' draughts as turn the brain. 



And stupid make the min' ; 

 no ! we'll leave sic' faults as these 

 Te auld lang syne. 



For auld lang syne, my dear. 



Yes ! auld lang syne, 

 Would sometimes tak' a drap too much — 

 Poor auld lang syne ! 



But since we've wandered here to see 



Sic' sights as glad the rain'. 

 We'll merry make the festive board, 

 As in auld lang syne. 



For auld lang syne, my dear. 



For auld lang syne 

 Ne'er had sic' wine as sparkles here, 

 Poor auld lang syne. 



Then pledge we all the Farmer's weal. 



Success to Loom and Plough ! 



And coming years shall keep alive 



The joys that bless us now. 



Then merry let us be, my dear, 



Push round the generous wine. 

 We'll take a Cup of Cider yet, 

 For auld lang syne. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



We chant no ' All hail !' at our modest collations— 

 For all hail will not answer the husbandman's end ; 



For the mild rain of peace we send up aspirations — 

 And from all ' reigns of terror,' may Heaven forefend. 



May the web of our life, in the great artist's hand, 

 Show a warp that is good, and a filling that's true — 



Whether ' dyed in the wool.' or the ivoof, let us stand 

 Fast in color forever— a.ni that be true blue. 

 Derry down, down, down, derry down. 



Parents. — Consider, thou who art a parent, 

 the importance of thy trust. The being thou hast 

 produced it is thy duty to support. Upouthee also 

 it dependetl), whether the child of tliy bosom shall 

 be a blessing or a curse to thyself— a useful or a 

 worthless member of the community. Prepare 

 him early with instruction, and season his mind 

 early with the maxims of truth. Watcli the bent 

 of his inclination, set him right in his youth, and 

 let no evil habit gain strength with his years. So 

 shall he rise like a cedar on the mountain. His 

 head shall be seen above the trees of the forest. 

 The soil is tliine own. Let it not want cultiva- 

 tion. The seed which thou sowest, that also shalt 

 thou reap. 



A wicked son is a reproach to his father ; but 

 he that doeth right is an honor to his gray hairs. 

 Teach him obedience, and he shall bless thee. 

 Teach him modesty and he shall not be ashamed 

 Teach him gratitude, and he shall receive ben- 

 efits. 



Teach him charity, and he shall gain love. 

 Teach him temperance, and he shall have health. 

 Teach him prudence, and fortune shall attend 

 him. 

 Teach him justice, and he shall be honored by the 



world. 

 Teach him sincerity, and his own heart shall not 



reproach him. 

 Teacli him diligence, and his wealth shall increase. 

 Teach him benevolence, and his mind shall be 



exalted. 

 Teach him science, and his life shall be useful. 

 Teach him religion, and his death shall be happy. 



Nov. .5, ISSO. 



Selling OFF AT cost. — A New York p;ii 

 says, that this pretence is so common that luS 

 are struck off by hundreds for general use. I'.i 

 the public has a pleasure in being cheated. 

 ' Doubtless the pleasure is as great 

 Of being cheated as to cheat.' 

 Otherwise the public would not bo so slow t 

 perceive that an honest dealer is willing to thriv 

 in the ordinary way, and that selling oft' at cost ; 

 little creditable to prudence or honesty. 



There is another error into which the countr 

 purchasers are apt to fall. They thinlv, in tl; 

 simplicity of their hearts, that the purchaser h; 

 but a standing price for his goods, but that a sma 

 aliatcment will be made as a personal favor to th 

 individual buyer. The trader, thereforf, wl 

 asks seven dollars a yard for cloth worth fou 

 has often an advantage over him who sells at fou 

 if he will take off half a dollar, as a securing gr 

 tuity. The honest man, who asks but the vuh 

 of his goods, is thus often left for others, wl 

 •isk double, and will deduct a trifle from the oi 

 hundred per centum. -"V. E. Pal. 



CiRE FOR THE Ri.NGWoRM. — Take the root 

 the common yellow, or wild dock ; wash it cleti 

 bruise it, or cut it in very thin slices ; put it 

 a cup, or other small vessel, and add vinegar si 

 ficient to cover it. Let it stand a day or two, th 

 apply the moisture to the ringworm, by rubbi 

 it with a piece of the root, two or three times 

 day, for a few successive days. This, it is said, ^i 

 effect an entire cure. 



In Rutbford, N. C. a mar. lately burnt sulphur on 

 hearth to free his chimney from swallows. He co\ 

 ed the top of his chimney, and 214 fell dead upon 

 hearth. 



BY GEORGE KENT. 



Assembled once more on their annual duty, 



Our Merrimack Farmers will here merry make — 



The trophies we boast are not ' beauty or booty,' 

 But the fruits of the soil that we meet to partake. 



Derry down, down, down, derry down. 



Warmed with 'lire of the flint,' our brave fathers of old 

 Told the tale of their wrongs in the thunders of battle : 



Their sons, blest with peace, the proud tale may unfold 

 Of their rights in fine farms, and rich flocks,aDd fat cattle. 



To Ceres a bumper we'll fill, worth the having — 

 Of the purest of wine that Pomona can yield ; 



We'll waive other topics, and drink to the waving 

 Of the harvests that crown every Husbandman's field. 



We pour no libations in Bacchanal revels — 



The nectar we quaff is the orchard's rich juice ; 



The parent of drunkenness, and of ' blue devils,' 

 Gives place to the fruits that our farms can produce. 



As patriots wc boast not abundance of spirit — 

 Sufficient lor us if we're good in the grain ; 



As lovers of Freedom, our pride is to merit 

 A niche, though but humble, in Liberty's fane. 



ScsPENDED ANIMATION. — When pefsons die 

 from hanging or drowning, the face is suffused and 

 swollen with dark colored blood ; when from in- 

 haling any noxious gas, the countenance is jiale ; 

 when from lightning, the face is pallid, the limbs 

 are flexible, and the blood thin ; and when from 

 intense cold, the countenance is pale, and the 

 limbs are rigid. The most destructive vapors are 



Slanderers. — Slanderers are like flics, t 

 leap over all a man's good parts, to light o 

 upon his sores. — Rule of life. 



JVew Work on Farriery. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store conne< 

 with the New England Farmer •Ifice, No. 52 N( 

 Market Street, 



The Veterinary Surgeon ; or, Farriery taught on a i 

 and easy plan : being'a treatise on all the diseases 

 accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the causes 

 symptoms of each, and the most improved remedies ( 

 ployed for the cure in every case ; with instructions to 

 Shoeing-SmiUi, Farrier, and Groom, how to acqt 

 knowledge in the art of Farriery, and the prevcntioi 

 Diseases. Preceded by a popular description of tlio i 

 mal functions in health, and showing the principle 

 which these are to be restored when disordered. By J; 



the carbonic acid hydrogen and nitrogen gases , , ....... — - "s-;;,-"^.Hh considerable addiU 



as also those that are e.mtted from animal and v.> Jl^'j"*^^' \^™^^ adapted to this coun 



getable matter in a state of putrefaction. Carbonic . Thomas M. Smith, Veterinary Surgeon, and Mem 



as is the most common ; it is met with in clo 

 apartments where charcoal has been burnt, at the 

 bottom of large beer casks, in cellars where a 

 large quantity of wine or liquors is in a state of 

 fermentation, and in many natural caverns or cel- 

 lars. When this vapor is thought to eiist, a light- 

 ed candle should be let down ; and if there is a 

 suflicient quantity of it to destroy life, the flame 

 will be instantly extinguished. — When death is 

 occasioned by lightning the whole frame is instan- 

 taneously exhausted of its nervous power ; when 

 from intense cold, it is invariably preceded by a 

 strong disposition for sleep, which, if indulged, 

 would be generally fatal. Extreme cold deprives 

 the body of all its animal heat, exhausts it of sen- 

 sibility of touch and gradually extinguishes life. 

 Book of Health. 



of the London Veterinary Medical Society. Price $1 



Published evcrv Friday, at g3 per annum, payable 

 end of the year--biit those who pay within sixty days li^ 

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