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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 3, 1830. 



A hook is lent : it is detained until the lender is 

 unable to recollect the name of the borrower — 

 but then, ' he does not want it ; he has many others ; 

 or he has read it already.' But he does want it. 

 If he lias others, it is no reason why he shoidd 

 not lend it to others as well as to yourself. 



A small subscription is dm : 'The society does 

 not want it ; the sum is so small that it can make 

 no difference' But the Society does want it. If 

 every member did as you do, there woulil be no 

 funds in the hands of the Treasurer ; and your 

 neglect is dissolving the society as far as your own 

 item of influence goes. That influence goes thus 

 fiir to discourage schemes of benevolence, and to 

 destroy public confidence. You inspired a hope 

 which you crushed again. 



An Editor's payment is due : ' lie does not 

 want it.' But he does'wdnt it. And this very plea 

 of yours gives him more trouble than all others put 

 together. 



ROXBURY. 



We have read Mr Dearborn's Centennial Address 

 with much pleasure. He has taken expanded views of 

 principles and causes, and detailed in an agreeable man- 

 ner striking particulars ot local history. We quote a 

 short specimen. — Jour. & Trib. 



' Roxbury can number among her sons, or inhabitants, 

 many distinguished men. It has been the favorite resi- 

 dence of Governors Thomas and Joseph Dudley, Shirley 

 and Barnard, when under the colonial eovernment,— and 

 since the establishment of Independence, of the pro- 

 scRiBEn Hancock and Ad.ims— the civil Nestor and 

 Ulysses of the revolution, and of Bowdoin, Sumner and 

 Euslis, forming a constellation of statesmen, wliosc ef- 

 fulgence illumined the national route to prosperity and 

 grandeur, and will be ever conspicuous in our historical 

 zodiac : and here were bora Generals Warren and Heath; 

 Warren I that immortal patriot, that eloquent advocate 

 of (he nights of man, that dauntless soldier, that first great 

 martyr of American Liberty. At the mention of hisven- 

 erated name, we involuntarily tuin towards that conse- 

 crated battle-ground where he offered up his l.le in his 

 country's cause, and the whole story ot national advent 

 comes "fresh and glowing upon the mind, in the mustering 

 reminiscences of that glorious epoch. 



When first the May-flower on this rock bound strand 

 Sent forth her ' few and fjithful' pilgrim band. 

 No friendly foot stood waiting on the shore 

 To bid them ' welcome home,' their w,.nderings o er ; 

 To hail with joy the long expected guest 

 From weary wanderings, to delightful rest; 

 Where trembling joy half doubts her happy lot. 

 Blest even in sorrows, thus to be forgot; 

 No blazing hearth, no cheering voice of home, 

 No temple's lofty spire nor vaulted dome. 

 No altar-fire, no censor's breath was there. 

 Where ro.-e the pilgrims first deep voice of prayer. 

 But from the roofless rock their praise was poured. 

 Where forests sighed, and answering surges roared. 

 And astheir echoing anthem pealed on high. 

 The startled panther howled his fierce reply; 

 And the grim savage yelled in wild dismay. 

 And paused to wonder, where he came to slay.' 



Years glide along— in silent swiftnc's plays 

 The Change that steals away our flying days. 

 But sadness lingered now where joy had been. 

 And grief hung darkening o'er each sunbright scene. 

 Then shrunk the flowers on Freedom's fairy tree, 

 And drooped thy lofty genius. Liberty. 

 Lon" did'st thou weep unheeded and alone, 

 And^niourned like Memnon as each sun went down, — 



Ay ! wept — 'till grief to indignation turned — 

 And strong and bright within, thy spirit burned. 

 And then another Change came o'er the land, 



Where iron power had urged her stern command. 



VVh 're bristling bayonets gleamed from north lo south, 



And laws wore uttered trom the cannon's mouth ; 



Doomed soon to .sink beneath a criivHon flood. 



And unlike Draco's, be effaced in blood. 



site to it is the picture of an aged woman dying in neg- 

 lected poverty. The two pictures convey an impressive 

 lesson— may the young and fashionable lay it to their 

 hearts. 

 Although Mrs Hale has conti/iued this periodical a 

 imber of^years, we do not perceive that it declines at 

 all in interest. — lb. 



The last No. of the Ladies' Magazine contains a well 

 engraved and well colored print of the fashions. Oppo- 



Journal of Health. — The conductors of this 

 highly useful and valuable ])ublication, have stere- 

 otyped the first volume, and embellished it with an 

 elegant lithographic frontisiiiece. We feel happy 

 to state that tliis work has already acquired great 

 I'opulqrity, and it merits it. We cannot better 

 express our opinion of its worth, than by borrow- 

 ing the following from the Philudelphian. 'The ar- 

 ticles which it contains are eagerly copied into the 

 public prints of every description. News-papers 

 and magazines, whether federal or republican, re- 

 ligiou.s or irreligious, all enrich themselves from 

 this well conducted Journal. Its language is 

 cha.ste and scientific, without being technical, and 

 its main subject one, about which every one daily 

 inquires, when he meets a friend.' 



GOOD ADVICE TO YOUTH. 



Frnm a worii by Key. Ilosea Hildceth, of Gloucester, recently 

 pulilislied. 



It is highly important, my young friends, that 

 you early acquire and establish habits of economy 

 in matters of expense. It is important to your 

 own personal welfare — to your success in the 

 world, as well as to the welfare of your country. 

 Young people are apt to entertain extravagant and 

 absurd notions of life — to estimate their enjoy- 

 ments by the money they cost; to choose enjoy- 

 ments which are expensive, and connected with 

 display. But you may depend upon it, the most 

 valuable enjoyments arc easily obtained ; they cost 

 but little money, and are within the reach of all, of 

 the poor as well as of the rich. If a person's de- 

 sign is to secure such privileges and enjoyments 

 only as arc connected with virtue, with sobriety, 

 intellectual improvements, and elevation of charac- 

 ter, he may carry his designs into operation with 

 very limitedjfimds. It is dissipation, sensual enjoy- 

 ments, enjoyments which have no good moral 

 tendency — it is such enjoyments as these that cost 

 money and very often put young persons upon 

 disagreeable and dishonorable expedients to meet 

 their expenses. The truth is, men's dispensable 

 wants, wants which their own folly have created 

 or which the absurd customs of society have im- 

 posed — these wants are all expensive ; and they 

 do more than a little to prevent young people 

 rising in the world — to bring on failures, dis- 

 couragements, habits of intemperance and crimes. 



A hank of silk, produced by a single worm, 

 was lately reeled in the presence of several gen- 

 tlemen, in Bolton, which was 365 yards in length, 

 and, on being weighed was found to be the texture 

 of 1,500 hanks in the lb. A single lb. of this silk 

 would reach 716 miles. The worm was only seven 

 days ill spinning the hank, con.sequently produced 

 at the rate of 52 yards per diem. 



Tho Indian Head Woollen Factories, at Dunstable, N. 

 H. whose operations have been suspended, have been 

 sold for $90,000. The new owners are to be called the 

 Jackson Company. President, David Sears; Directors, 



I Samuel Applelon, Amos Lawrence, Ebenczcr Francis, 



I and Daniel Abbott. 



The history of the late memorable events in France 

 have been published in Paris on tii-colored paper ; one 

 third red, one third blue, and one third white. 



Messrs Carter & Hcndee, of this city liave had this 

 woik translated, and we understand it will be published 

 jn a few days on tri-colored paper. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLANO FAR.MER. 



FRUITS. 



Mr Fessenden — I have thought the following 

 information might be acceptable. 



Harrison's large fall pear of Coxe is synony 

 mous with Rushmore's Autumn lionchrelien, and i 

 was once intimated to me by a Bostonian, that h' 

 thought the Mogul Summer of that vicinity, to bi 

 identical also. — I send you a description of it.' 



Catawba grapes have been sold in large quanti 

 ties in the New York markets the present seasor 

 brought from the adjacent vineyards, and readi 

 brougiit 25 cts. per lb. f 



The Blue Pearmain, the fruit of which was exl 

 hibited to me when last at Boston, is identical wit' ' 

 the Flushing Spilzenburgh. 



Yours respectfully, 



WM. ROBERT PRINCE 



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* This description we have been obliged to defer thi^ 

 week. 



+ The Catawba Grapes have sold in the Boston Fam 

 euil Hall market readily this autumn, at 37^ cts. per lb 

 from Mr Seaver's Garden, at Roxbury — the Isabell: 

 (which is now much more abundant here) at 25 cts. ; th' 

 white Sweetwater at the same price — Editor. 



Jfkite Mulberry seed. — Owing to the early frost 

 in Connecticut, which prevented the ripening o 

 the fruit, the usual crop of White Mulberry Seei 

 has been wholly cut off. We advise our friend 

 in the country to be cautious in their purchase 

 of this seed, as a large quantity of old seed is, w( 

 understand, hawked about the country, as fresh 

 This seed will not vegetate when one year old 

 Wc shall endeavor to get some from the Souti 

 that may be relied upon. In the mean time W' 

 advise all farmers who have large white mulberr. 

 trees, in bearing, to save all the seed in futur 

 seasons, as it will no doubt continue to be in grea 

 demand for several years. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 Saturday, November 27, 1830. 

 F R u ITS. 

 Pears. — Mr R. F. Phipps, of Charlestown, pre 

 sented a specimen of the Royale d'lliver, from 

 tree received from Vilmoriii and Andrieux, c 

 Paris. This fruit was in eating, under size, bi 

 from its close resemblance to the character of tlip 

 pear, was thought to be genuine. 



Apples. — Mr Stejihen Chase, of Fryehurg, Mp' 

 presented by Mr Charles Tappan, a specimen of 

 fine seedling apnle, who suggested that it shonl 

 be called the ' Fessendf.n Apple,' in conqilimer 

 to the worthy editor of the New England Farniei 

 in which the committee most willingly concui 

 They are said to have originated in that town, an 

 were of very pleasant flavor and fair appearance 

 re|)resented by Mr Chase as keeping till March 

 who thinks the properties of this variety tend t 

 controvert the theory of Coxe, that apples of goO' 

 flavor cannot be raised in Maine. It is to be hopei 

 that the result of the exertions of that gentlemai 

 and others, who are engaged in ameliorating lb 

 qualities of the fruits of that State, may rende 

 such an opinion general. 



Oy* The season has now arrived when it is ro 

 quisite to suspend the weekly exhibitions of fruitf- 

 &c, till the Spring ; should, however, any indi 

 viduals have any of the new, or valuable late va 

 rieties, they are solicited lo send specimen; 

 they may come into eating, to the Hall of the So 

 ciety for examination. 



In behalf of the Committee on Fruits. 



ELIJAH VOSE. 



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