ENGLAND FARMER. 



1820. 



THE COTTAGE CONTRAST. 



Nulla est gilicera voluptaa 

 Solicitumquc aliquid laetia iulerveoit. 



Had I the least of little faims, 



A chatty wife to bless my arms, 



A chubby child to frisk and play. 



To sleep all night and romp all day, 



A snug thdcthed house, though small, yet warm, 



A dog to liark in case of harm, 



A sturdy horse, a good fat cow. 



The last lo miU', the first to plough, 



A fine fat pig, a pleasing book. 



An honest friend, a babbling brook, 



A distant church its chimes to ring, 



A neighboring wood fur birds to sing, 



A garden gay, a swarm of bees, 



A dabbling duck, some gabbling geese, 



A cackling hen, a crowing cock, 



A cask of ale, a kitchen clock, — 



Had I but these, then, free from cares, 



I'd laugh, and sing, and say my prayers ; 



Happy to live, content to die. 



What prince more truly blest than I .' 



Then grant, kind Fortune, if you please, 

 I. may he gratified with these; 

 Wan wants but little more, 1 guess, 

 Nor should he be content with less. 

 Unhappy man ! 't is sad to see 

 Thy various turns of destiny ! 

 'Twixt good and ill forever lost. 

 From pleasure still to misery tost; 

 Through life's dark Wilderness we grope. 

 Depressed by fear, revived by hope ; 

 Still poring o'er the text we look. 

 Till Death steps in and shuts the book. 

 Thrice blest, indeed, had mortals been. 

 If friends forever might remain ; 

 If kindred kind and parents dear 

 Did multiply from year to year ; 

 The old remain the young increase. 

 In circling harmony and peace. 



The lots of man two pitchers fill ; 

 One holds the good, and one the ill. 

 No mortal yet could ever drain 

 The cup of pleasure free from pain ; 

 Nor ever pain fill up tfie measure 

 Without some corresponding pleasure — 

 The wisest seem content to quaff 

 A mixture fair of half and half. 



As precious gems, opaque and dark. 

 Condensed retain their native spark, 

 Till science points the artful way 

 To liberate the slumb'ring ray. 

 Then, sparkling o'er some sordid foil, 

 Its beaming splendor* gaily smile ; 

 So to comparison we owe 

 One half our sense of weal and wo. 

 Thus sun and rain, thus hopes and fears. 

 Alternate fill (he circling years ; 

 Thus youth and age, thus strength, disease. 

 With smiles and tears, and toils and ease 

 Together mixed, combine, compound. 

 Connect and fill the mortal round; 

 And on their systematic strife 

 Depends the balanced beam of life. 

 Content and health, two standing dishes. 

 Compose the best of huinan wishes. 

 This happy medium understood 

 Leads in its train each earthly good ; 

 For sweet content, wheree'er she goes. 

 Brings peace of mind and sound repose. 

 And health attends on every station. 

 With exercise and moderation ; 

 And blest are those that early find 

 This equal b.dance of the mind. 

 Nor high, nor low, nor rich, nor poor, 

 In worth and innocence secure ! 



But wit, 'tis said when best is brief: 

 'T is very true — so turn the leaf. 



Now we 'll proceed the scene to vary. 

 To view my life when quite contrary. 



My barking dog begins to bite ; 

 My chubby child cries all the night ; 

 My sturdy horse has got the glanders ; 

 The fox devours my geese and ganders ; 

 My fine fat pig has got the measles ; 

 My hens are worried by the weasles ; 

 The ducks destroy my gar.len seeds, 

 And all my flowers are choked with weeds ; 



My cackling cock forgets to crow ; 

 My kitchen clock forgets to go ; 

 Incessant rains drown all my wheat ; 

 M5 honest friend turns out a cheat ; 

 My chatty wife beguis to rail ; 

 The thunder souts my cask of ale ; 

 My cow, unconscious, gravely stalks 



And along my gravel walks ; 



My pig, to scratch his meas'.y rump. 

 Mistakes my beehive for a stump, 

 And when the indignant realm rebels, 



Continues in their cells ; 



The jarring screams of birds attest 

 Sonje truant schoolboy robs their nest; 

 My distant chimes nocturnal toll 

 A requiem to some rustic soul ; 

 My snug thatched house, oh ! sad to tell. 

 Instead of home, is grown a hell ; 

 And discord dire and worse alarms 

 Assail the worst of wretched farms. 

 Despair ensues, and mental ease 

 And health give place to slow disease ; 

 Conden^ned to live, afraid to die. 

 What mortal half so cursed as 1 ! 



Like learned judge, with serious face. 

 The moral now sums up the caSe, 



And calls on wisdom to decide 



From counsel heard on either side. 



Wisdom attends, but first with awe 



Adjusts his wig, then gives the law ; 

 Let Reason early take the rein. 



And over Sense its sway maintain ; 



For, if loo close your joys you cluster. 



You 'II find they 'II lose their wonted lustre. 



Leaving behind the sad remains 



Of gaUing grief and endless pains. R. T. 



Columbian Centinel. 



For Sale, 

 The well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the lait 

 fourteen years by the subscriber, containing about V^' 

 acres, well located in a square, bounded on the soull, 

 Cochecho river, and on the east by Fi'esh creek, on wli 

 is a tide will, with an apparatus fur pounding and griiui.. 

 plaster. The Buildings consist of a large two story Ki :> 

 House, of4(i feet by 38, with awing of 20 by 16, all wi I 

 finished, adjoined to which is a shed 34 feet by 14, con- 

 necting the cider house 27 by 37, two stories, with ohl 

 plastered room, where all the spinning and weaving i 

 done lor the family ; two Barns, one of which is 100 lli 

 by 42, with two wings of about 40 feet each, one employ 

 ed as a stable, the other for a sheepfold, with a good y 1 

 well walled in; the other is aStoie Barn of 45 feet square, 

 of 16 feet post, and will contain 60 tons of hay ; a pig 

 gury of 50 feet by 30, with a cellar of 18 feet square un 

 der it, with boilers set to make soap, brew, and cook fo 

 swine. The fields are divided by permanent stone walls 

 and consist of one of 40 acres in front of the house, OEi 

 of 17 on the East, one of 10 acres on the North, (princi 

 pally orchard,) one of 15 Northeast, and one of 30 acre 

 West of the house, with three pastures of 20 to 25 acre 

 each. 



The Farm has been gradually improving for the la; 

 ten years, and tlie two last has cut each year one hue 

 dredtons of hay, and 20 to 25 tons of thatch. It is on 

 d a half miles froii, the village of Dover, which affort 

 a good market. There has been planted some hundrei 

 of Fruit Trees, principally Apple, many of which ai 

 grafted — with Pears, Cherry, Plum, Peach and Quinx 

 trees, and many in bearing, with a small nurseiy. 



The terms of sale may be known by applying to Maj 

 Andrew Pierce, of Dover, Mr S.\muel. Lord, 

 Portsmouth, or the subscriber on the premises. 



June 11. WILLIAM FLAGG. 



'THE WAR IN THE JERSEYS.' 



From various nccounts it appears that the 

 warfare between the friends and foes of distilled 

 spirits is carried on in a spirited inanner in New 

 Jersey. One light skirniisb is reported of rather 

 an amusing character. Several kniglits of the 

 puncheon who bad been annoyed by a cold water 

 company, conceived tlie design of making their 

 favorite beverage the weapon of its own defence. 

 Thinking the artillery as irresistible by others as 

 by themselves, they actually invaded the dwelling 

 of one of their principal antagonists, a clergyman, 

 with a barrel of rum. This piece of ordnance 

 was planted in the front of the door, aiul a depu- 

 tation sent in.forhis surrender. A barrel of rum, 

 they thought, was certaitdy a present, which even 

 a preacher of rigliteonsness and temperance conkl 

 not refuse. In ptiis they were not deceived. ■ It 

 was most politely accepted, and with many thanks. 

 The deputation eyed each other with significant 

 gratulation. The fortre.ss was gained. But, alas! 

 the triumph of the wicked is short. What was 

 their astonishment when the clergyman continued, 

 'Here, Thomas, bring the a,\e.' 'Twas a word 

 and a blow. In went the barrel liead, and out 

 gushed the rum. The victory was on the other 

 side, and the clergyman declared his door-yard a 

 depository for all the rum in the country, free of 

 storage, and axes furnished to boot. Spirit of 

 Monmouth and Trenton!. If the Jerseymen go 

 on at this rate the victory will be theirs, without 

 blood shed, though not without rum shed ; and 

 though 'distilled spirits should be' poured on to 

 'the land' instead of being ' banished from it,' we 

 are not certain tliat we should find fault with thi 

 mode of warfare if the soil does not suffer. — 

 Genius of Temperance. 



JVew Work on Farriery. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store connect 

 with the New England Farmer Office, No. 52 Nor 

 Market Street, 



The Veterinary Surgeon ; or. Farriery taught on a nt 

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

 accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the causes a 

 symptoms of each, and the most improved remedies e 

 ployed for the cure in every case ; with instructions to I 

 Shoeing-Smith, Farrier, and Groom, how to acqu 

 knowledge in the art of Farriery, and the i)reventior 

 Di-eases. Preceded by a popular description of the a 

 mal functions in health, and showing the principles 

 which these are to be restored when disordered. By Jc 

 Hinds, Veterinary Surgeon. With considerable additii 

 and impiovements, particularly adapted to this count 

 by Tliomas M. Smith, Veterinary Surgeon, and MemI 

 of the London Veterinary Medical Society. Price f" 



Culture of Silk. 



For gale at the Seed Store connected wilh the N 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



Essays on .American Silk, and the best means of ri 

 dering it a source of individual and national wealth ; u 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — Byl' 

 D'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peicr S. Du !'■ 

 ceau — Price 62| cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk V.'orms, E 

 the Culture of the White Mi;lberry Tree. Published 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the Promot [ 

 of those objects, (an excellent, plain, practical work.' ' 

 Price 25 cents. 



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 enemies ; because he would be made sensible of 

 his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of 

 the one, or the admonitions of the other. 



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