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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 14, 1831. 



MISCELLANY. 



We seldom see better poetry than the following lines 

 on Childhood, contained in Mrs Anna Maria Wells' col- 

 lection of poems. — Mass. Jour. 



CHILDHOOD. 



Gray morning o'er the mountain peers; 

 To heaven the stars are gliding back, 

 Ere yet the ' prying eye of day ' 

 Shall mark their noiseless track. — 

 There 's not a sound in doors or out : 

 The very birds are yet asleep ; 

 The field flowers open silently ; 

 The breeze just whispers and goes by ; 

 And mountain-buds, that steep 

 Their perfume in the devps of night. 

 Lie coldly in the lingering light. 



A shout ! — The spell is broken up — 

 The cottage echoes with the sound — 

 The voice of glad surprise and mirth, — 

 'T is heard by all around : — 

 The frolic voice of childhood free ! 

 My own delighted, laughing boy! 

 Just waking with the new-born day, 

 The voice of rapture must have way. 

 His heart is full with joy ; 

 And on his lone couch as he lies, 

 He sings to tell his ecstasies ! 



He sings aloud — a medley mass 



Of nursery rhyme, and infant lore, — 



No matter what the glorious theme, 



He sings it o'er and o'er : — 



He recks not, he, of such as may 



These clamorous sounds annoy. 



Who, half awakened, catch the strain 



And, murmuring, turn to rest again ; — 



He thinks of nought but joy : — 



Of grief and pain, his heart is free. 



And earth and sky are fair to see ! 



Who would not be a little child. 

 Ere yet the shade of earthly care 

 Hath fallen upon his happy heart. 

 And chased the sunshine there ? 

 With wisdom's light, with fancy's fire. 

 Hereafter let thy bosom glow ; 

 But holy childhood's blessed smile. 

 Oh, let it linger yet a while 

 Upon thy cherub brow ! 

 Shout on, my boy ! yet undetiled. 

 Pour out thy happy heart, my child ! 



SPEIED THE PLOUGH. 



Speed the plough ! 0, speed the plough ! 

 The sun is up, the time is now. 

 Drive on my boys, God speed the ploughs 

 Now the green blade, peeping low 

 From the fast dissolving snow. 

 Tells the gladdened farmer how 

 Heaven's aid can speed the plough. 

 Harvest home ! 0, hear the sound. 

 And each jocund tale go round ; 

 The proudest lord might envy now 

 The merry man who guides the plough. 

 The merchant's gold, the miser's hoard, 

 The sailor's helm, the soldier's sword. 

 The fop's affected air, must bow 

 To the rattlinglooraand gliding plough. 



Amusuxg.— The New York Commercial relates I The recent mortality among newspapers, maga« 

 the following droll incident which occurred at the zines and reviews has been great and alarming 

 Albany tliealre on the evening of the Sth, while —Tlie Washington N. C. Times, after 8 months 

 the battle of New Orleans ' was being' performed: publication, has been discontinued, because man; 



i The rifleman who was to shoot Gen. Packen- people subscribed, not to pay but to tncourage. Thi 



ham, got up on the cotton bags and made a con- pai)cr fainted by the way side, others gave up tb 

 siderahle flourish, calling upon a by-stander to see | ghost after a longer pilgrimage, and the remainde 

 how he would hit the white plume; but his rifle i have gone by the boards. 



flashed hi the pan, and he was obliged to ask a ^he nmnufacture of Navarino Hats, or pape. 

 gentleman on the other side, who must have been L,,ghorns has become a considerable business ii 

 one of the enemy, of course, to accommodate hnn j g^gj^j^ 



with a fresh priming !' On account of this flash 

 in the pan, we suppose, the situation of Gen. Pnck- 

 enham for a few minutes ' may be more easily 

 imagined than described.' 



WINTER. 



Winter has come in its cold and harsh reality ; 

 the season of desolation and suffering, of social 

 excitement and domestic happiness. Winter has 

 its privations and its pains, but it has also its bles- 

 sings and its pleasures; and we ought to acknow- 

 ledge the one, while we feel, — but not complain 

 of — the other. 



Winter is the season for mental improvement. 

 The opportunities which Providence affords for 

 the cultin-e of rinr immortal faculties in the pursuit 

 of ueeful knowledge,cannot be innocently neglected. 

 Books selected with discrimination, and read, not 

 for the salfe of momentary amusement, or of fu- 

 ture display, but for solid advantage, should be the 

 companiotis alike of the parent and the child in 

 this season, when nature is a less eloquent or a 

 less accessible teacher than through the rich pro- 

 mise of the spring and tlie abundant generosity of 

 the autumn. 



Winter is the season for self discipline — for the 

 exercise of moral foresight and courage ; the sea- 

 son to ' watch and pray, lest we fall into tempta- 

 tion.' Enticements to evil are multiplied ; in the 

 thronged oily lures are cast in the way of tlie in- 

 experienced, and facilities are provided for the in- 

 dulgence of corrupt propensities. Against all the 

 dangers, to which his soul is exposed, the Chris- 

 tian should guard himself by vigilance and firmness, 

 maintaining a jealous regard to his own purity, 

 and a wary intercourse with ' the things of the 

 world.' 



Winter is the season for benevolence. The poor 

 we have alvvavs among us, and they must receive 

 sympathy and relief from those to whom the com- 

 mon Father has entrusted the means of benefi- 

 cence. — Christian Register. 



Pare.ntal Promises. — If a parent make p. 

 promise to a child, it should be strictly performed, 

 however trivial: and a child should never be 

 told a falsehood, evei in the most trifling matter 

 1 — unless the object be to teach the child cqnivo- 

 I cation and falsehood, and train him up for the 

 penitentiary or the gallows. 



One manufacturer informs us he mad« 

 60,000, the past year. The impressions are uiad« ^ii 

 on the paper by copperplate, and passed throng 

 the presses without ink. The Hat is an elegan ^ 

 and convenient article, and ought not to be negi 

 lected, because it costs little. — Boston Pall. 



tie'. 



rlrliflcial Wants are morj numerous and leat 

 to more expense than natinal wants ; for this cause 

 the rich are often in greater want of money that 

 those who have but a bare competence. 



Insults and Injuries. — Injuries are much monj » 



easily atoned for and forgiven than insults. To M 



latter degrade the mind in its own esteem, and tot " 



frequently induce it to attempt to recover its level •" 



bv revenge. *) 



For Sale, 



The well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the las 

 fourteen years by the subscriber, containing about 30 

 res, well located in a square, bounded on the south b; 

 Cochecho river, and on the east by Fresh creek, on whicj 

 is a tide mill, with an apparatus for pounding and grindi 

 plaster. The Buildings consist of a large two story Brii 

 House, of 46 feet by 38, with a wing of 20 by 16, all W< 

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

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

 plastered room, where all the spinning and weaving 

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

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

 ed as a stable, the other (or a sheepfold, with a good yi 

 well walled in ; the other is a Store Barn of 43 feet squan 

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

 gery of 50 feet by 30, with a cellar of 18 feet square 

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

 swine. The fields are divided by permanent stone wall 

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

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

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

 West of the house, with three pastures of 20 to 25 ac) 

 each. 



The Farm has been gradually improving for the lai 

 ten years, and the two last has cut each year one hidl 

 dred tons of hay, and 20 to 25 tons of thatch. It is oil 

 and a half miles from the village of Dover, which affoli 

 a good market. There has been planted some hundrw 

 of Fruit Trees, principally Apple, many of which ^ 

 grafted — with Pears, Cherry, Plum, Peach and Qi ' ' 

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



The terms of sale may be known by applying to Ml 

 Andrew Pierce, of Dover, Mr Samuel Lord, o 

 Portsmouth, or the subscriber on the premises. 

 June 11. WILLIAM FLAGG, 



Ingenious Anagram.— The following anagram 

 on the well known biographer, William Oldys, may 

 claim a ])lace among the first productions of tliis 

 class. It was by Oldys himself, and was found 

 by his executors in one of his MSS. 

 W. O. 

 In word and Will i am a friend to you. 

 And one friend Old is worth an hundred new. 



In one week, recently, more than 3000 dead 

 hogs are said to have been freighted from Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y. many of them large and very fat. ' iifolfiM/.'L. cT^Al'B^wMrR'^Bookse'll! 



Published every Friday, at gi per annum, payable at 

 end of the year-but those who pay within sixty days from 

 time of subscribing, are entitled to a deduction offifty 



Jj= No paper will be sent to a distance without pay] 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Rcssell, by I. R. Butts — by 

 all descripUons of Printing can be executed to meet the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. ,'^ 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 Nortb 

 Market Street. ' 



AGENTS. it 



.Vfw yor*— G. Thorburn & Sons, 67Liberly-strcet. 

 P/n'.We/iJ/iia— D. & C. Landketh.85 Clicslnul-slrecl. 

 Bitllimore — G. B.Smith, Editor of the American Farmer^ 

 Albany — Hon. Jesse Buel. 



Flushing, N. K. WM.PRiNcE&,SoNs,Prop.Lin.Bol.Gaido» 

 Hartford — Goodwin & Sons. l'; 



NewburypoTt. Ebenezer Stedman, Bookseller. |l 



Portsmouth, N. U. 3. W. Foster, Bookseller. |[ 



/Ji/fi'wstn, Jtfe. Wm. Mann. 'y 



Halifax,'^. S.— P. J. Holland. Esq. Recorder OlEcc. M 



