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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



MISCEIiLANIES 



THANKSGIVING HYMN. 



BY HENRY WARE, JR. 



Father of earth and Heaven ! 



Whose arm upholds Creation ! 

 To thee we raise tlie voice of praise, 



And bend in adoration. 

 We praise the power that made us. 



We praise the love that blesses; 

 While every day that rolls away. 



Thy gracious care confesses. 



Life is from Thee, blest Father ! 



From thee our breathing spirits ; 

 And thou dost give to all that live, 



The bliss that each inherits. 

 Day, night, and rolUng seasons. 



And all that life embraces, 

 With bliss are crowned, with joy abound, 



And claim our thankful praises. 



Though trial and affliction. 



May cast their dark shade o'er us 

 Thy love doth flow a heavenly glow, 



Of light on all before us. 

 That love has smiled from heaven 



To cheer our path of sadness. 

 And lead the way through earth's dull day, 



To realms of endless gladness. 



That light of love and glory 



Has shone through Christ, the Saviour, 

 The holy Guide who lived and died. 



That we might live forever. 

 And since thy great compassion 



Thus brings thy children near Thee, 

 May we to praise devote our days. 



And love, as well as fear thee. 



And when death's final summons, 



yroni earth's dear scenes shall move us. 

 From friends, from foes — from joys, from woes, 



From all that know and love us ; 

 Oh, then, let hope attend us ! 



Thy peace to us be given! 

 That we may rise above the skies. 



And sing thy praise in heaven ! 



Amencnn Goods — Nothing can be more grati-'ying to 

 the lover of his country than the rapid strides we are ma- 

 king in the paths oi science, manufactures and the arts. 

 The lank v.'hich this republic now hold.* in the history ot 

 nations is eminent, but we have no question that as the 

 resources of the soil are developed, and the energies of 

 the people are fully brought into play, we shall command 

 more influence for our political, mercantile and manufac- 

 turing character than could ever have been imagined in 

 tlie nio,5t sanguine moments of our torelathers. In noth- 

 ing have we mad^ more rapid strides of late days, than in 

 the manufacture! of American printed calicoes. The 

 Merrimack Manufacturing Company deserves in this 

 p.\rticular especial mention. The respectable agents lor 

 this establishment in this city, observe, ' it has been a 

 matter of notoriety that within the last ten or fifteen 

 year.s, the printed calicoes imported trom Great Britain, 

 with the exception of a few of the higher grades, have 

 been generally deteriorating in quality; the width has 

 been reduced from about twenty eight to an average of 

 scarcely more than twenty two or twenty three inches ; 

 ♦heir texture has become light and flimsy, in the same 

 proportion, whilst the colors have frequently been of i the 

 most fugitive character — so that in many cases the man- 

 ufacture ol calicoes has proved almost a total waste ol la- 

 bor and stock, as the deluded purchasers have found to 

 their cost, when the garment wassubjected to the ordeal 

 of the washtub.' 



This fact has doubtless contributed to disparage and re- 

 duce the consumption of American goods of this calibre, 



but undaunted by this circumstance, the company pro- 

 less their determination to continue the manufacture of 

 substantial and perfect cotton goods of all descriptions 

 and we trust their efforts wsll be properly appreciated by 

 the community. — Philad. Inq. 



Losing time. — Dr Joliiisoii liaviiig formed one 

 at a whist party at Mrs Tliale's house, was asked 

 by the lady at the close of the evening, whether he 

 had lost anything ; ' Nothing but my time,' replied 

 the moralist. 



Hickory Ledge. — James Neal of Unity, N. H. 

 has discovered on his farm the present season, a 

 bed of Copper Ore, in an extensive ledge. The 

 ore has been examined by competent judges, and 

 pronounced to be of good quality. The owner 

 has erected a building over the break lie has made 

 in the ledge for the purpose of working the same 

 the ensuing winter. — Portland Adv. 



HELP ONE ANOTHER. 



We have too often noticed a propensity among 

 individuals of a compact and flourishing village, to 

 make purchases and to trade generally with stran- 

 gers, in preference to a fair and mutiuil interchange, 

 neighbor with neighbor. This is an evil, and we 

 can only account for it by supposing that the indi- 

 vidual who will rot encourage business in his own 

 villaare, is possessed of envious feelings toward his 

 neighbors, and dislikes to see them prosper. When 

 such feelings are cherished between man and man, 

 they soon render the most flourishing village deso- 

 late, and paralyse the efforts of those who sincere- 

 ly wish for the prosperity of the place where they 

 chance to dwell. ' Help one another,' is the motto 

 to for every Country Village, and when the inhab- 

 itants will throw aside all little petty differences, 

 which always exist in every community, and in 

 defiance of jiersonal feeling trade in their own 

 villages, and let what little cash they may have to 

 spare, go to support their oion folks, instead of 

 driving off a dozen miles at the expense of a dollar, 

 to save a cent in a trade, that village will be mark- 

 ed by every stranger as thriving and prosperous ; 

 the mansion of the Parson and its premises will 

 afford ample token that his parishioners possess the 

 means of paying him a liberal salary, the hammer 

 of the mechanic will be heard at early dawn, 

 buildings will rise as if by magic, and the whole 

 village wdl present a prospect of industry and 

 contentment. But mark the village whoso inhab- 

 itants sufiiir their own mechanics to languish ; 

 while tliey are spreading their money with a liberal 

 hand to support those of the neighboring towns, 

 and the reverse of this picture may be seen ; the 

 parsonage wdl be found tenantless and in ruins, 

 decay will be visible about every tenement, sloth 

 will have settled upon the inhabitants, aiul the 

 rising sun will generally find them snoring away 

 the best of the day in bed ; everything will wear the 

 livery of desolation. 



The mechanics of every village must be support- 

 ed, and if you would have good ones they must be 

 liberally supported. There is opposition in every 

 branch of business, and there are those who have 

 the art of slighling work so as to aflbrd it cheap ; 

 you go to a first rate mechanic, his price will per- 

 haps appear to be high, even if he works as rca- 

 .sonable as he can possibly afford to work well, you 

 leave him and employ a cheap workman in some 

 other place, depend upon it your money is wasted, 

 and your mechanics, by such a course, will cither 

 be forced to leave you or be ruined. — JVeiv Hamp- 

 shire Spectator. 



Dec. 3, 1830. 



Durham Short Horns. 



For sale, several of the pure breed, descendants of 

 celebrated animals presented by Admiral Sir Isa 

 Coffin, to the Massachusetts Society for the Proraot 

 of Agriculture. The pedigree of these animals can 

 given as far back as Hubhach, who was calved in 17 

 and is reputed the foundation of this much admired sto 

 Also, several Heifers bred from the same, of vari 

 grades, from half up to seven eighths blooded anim: 

 For particulars, inquire of E. Hersey Derby, Salem. 



Salem, October, 1830. 



Bolivar Calves, Saxony Backs, and Bremen Get 

 For sale, 4 Bull Calves,siredby the celebrated impor 

 improved Durham short horned bull Bolivar, wh 

 slock have produced 36 quarts of milk a day. No. 1, d 

 Grey Brown, half Ccelebs and half Galloway. No. 2, d 

 Juno, three fourths Fill Pail. No. S, dam Ceres, her 

 Coclebs, her dam Mr Gray's imported Cow. No. 4, d 

 Beauty, half Coelebs and half Galloway. The Cal 

 are beautiful, and their dams all great milkers. 



Two imported Saxony Bucks, 2 Yearlings, and 2 Lam 

 3 pairs of Bremen Geese. Inquire of Benjamin Shr 

 lelf, Jr, Chelsea, or at 52 Hanover Street, Boston. Julj 



Culture of Silk. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the N 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



Essays on American Silk, and the best means of r 

 dedng it a source of individual and national wealth ; \v 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — By Ji 

 fJ'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peter S. Du P 

 ceau — Price 624 cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms, : 

 the Culture of the White Mulberry Tree. Published 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the Promot 

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

 Price 25 cents. 



Catawba Grape Vines. 



THE GENUINE SORT. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, No. 53 No' 

 Market-street— 



50 Vines of the true Catawba Grape, one year (■ 

 price 75 cts. each. This is one of the best native, taf 

 or wine Grapes cultivated ; the bunches large, w 

 shoulders, very thickly set, with large berries of a p- 

 red or hiac color, and in some situations covered wit) 

 beautiful bloom, giving them a blueish purple appearan 

 They have a shght musky taste, and delicate flav 

 They have a thin skin, very little pulp, are perfectly h 

 dy, and surpass most of the native grapes that have b( 

 exhibited at the Hall of the Massachusetts Horticuitu 

 Society, the two past seasons. The pulp diminishes i 

 almost disappears when they are left on the vine till tl 

 attain to perfect maturity. The vines are great bearc 

 one vine in Mrs Schell's garden, in Clarksburg, Ma 

 land, has produced eight bushels of grapes in one sea; 

 — and eleven younger vines in the garden of Joshua Jol 

 son, Esq. of the same State, have produced in one sea; 

 thirty bushels of fruit. A particular history and descr 

 tion of this fine grape will be found in Prince's ni 

 Treatise on the vine, just published. There con be 

 mistake with regard to the identity of the above vines, 

 they are all from the garden of Mr Seaver, who rais 

 the first Catawba Grapes ever e-xhibited in Massachusel' 



Pear Seedlings. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, No. 52 Noi 

 Market Street — 



20,000 Pear Seedhngs, in fine order for Nurseries' 

 raised within six miles of Boston— at from 5 to f 10 p 

 thousand, according to their size, &c. They will be su/i 

 ably packed, as wanted, for transportation to any distan(. 



Published every Friday, at g3 per aiimiin, | njnble at 

 and of the year-but those who pay within sixty days fromtl 

 time of subscribing, are entitled to a deduction of fifty cem 



ljj= No paper will be sent to a distance without paymd H.lll 

 being made in advance. '' 



Printed for J. B. Russell, by 1. R. Butts— by wh(i 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet t 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 No» ^^ 

 Market Street. i- . 



AGENTS. 



!Vav Yor!c—0 . Thorburn & Sons, 67 Liberty-street. 

 Philadelphia— \'>. &. C, Landueth.SS Chestnut-slreet. 

 Baltimore— G. B. Smith, Office ofthe American Farmer. 

 /1/Aa;i!/— Hon. Jesse Buel. , . „ „ jM. '" 



Flushing. N. y.WM.PRiNCE&SoNs, Prop. Lm.Bot. Gar* \\^ 



Hartford— Gooimifi & Sons. 

 Newbunjport, Ebenezer Stedman, Bookseller. 

 Halifax,f(. S.— P. J. Holland, Esq. Recorder Offic*. 

 Montreal, L. C— A. Bowman, Books-jller. 



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