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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 21, 1831. 



MISCELiIiANY. 



THE ANT AND THE CRICKET: 



OR, THE BANKRUPT AND THE BANKER. 



A silly young Cricket, accustomed to sing 



Tliiough the warm sunny months of gay summer and 



spring, 

 Began to complain, when he found that at home, 

 His cupboard was empty and winter was come. 



Not a crumb to be found 



On the snow coveied ground, 



Not a flower could he see, 



Not a leaf on a tree; 

 'Oh! what will become," says the Cricket, 'of me?' 



At last, by starvation and famine made bold, 



All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold. 



Away he set olf to a miserly Ant, 



To see if to keep him alive, he would grant 



Him shelter from rain ; 



A mouthlul of grain 



He wished only to borrow. 



He'd repay it tomorrow ; 

 If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow. 



Says the Ant to the Cricket, ' I'm your servant and friend. 

 But we Ants never borrow, we Ants never lend ; 

 But tell me, dear Cricket, did you lay nothing by 

 When the weather was warm?' Quoth the Cricket, 'Not I ; 



My heart was so light, 



That I sang day and night. 



For all nature looked gay,' 



' You sang, sir, you say ? 

 Go then,' says the Ant, ' and dance winter away.' 



Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket. 



And out of the door turned the poor Utile Cricket. 



Folks call this a table ; I'll warrant it true ; 



Some crickets have tour legs and some have but two. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. 



Land of the forest and the rock — 



Of dark blue lake and mighty river — 

 Of mountains reared aloft to mock 

 The storm's career — the lightning's shock — 



My own green land forever! 

 Land of the beautiful and brave — 

 The freeman's home — the martyr's grave — 

 The nursery of giant men, 

 Whose deeds have linked with every glen. 

 And every hill, and every stream, 

 The romance of some warrior dream ! 

 Oh, never may a son of thine. 

 Where'er his wandering steps incline, 

 Forget the sky which bent above 

 His childhood like a dream of love. 



From tlie Wilkesbarre Gleaner. 



Pray take my advice, if a fortune you'd get, 

 Payoff what you owe and llien kcppoutof debt. 



This may be bad poetry, but depend upon it, is 

 excellent sense. It is an old saying that ' the debt- 

 or is a slave to the creditor.' If so half the world 

 enter into voluntary servitude. The universal 

 rage to buy on credit, is a serious evil to this coun- 

 try. Many a valuable man is ruined by it. 



There was Titus Thornbury, who was an in- 

 dustrious man. He liad as good a farm as lay in 

 the north parish of Applebury. But unfortunately 

 he gave way to the prevailing fashion of getting in 

 debt, and a sad life he led of it. — At 30, he owed 



200L His farm yielded about that sum. He 

 would not live without purchasing some things, 

 and as all the money he could raise went to pay 

 principal and interest on his debt, he had every- 

 thing to buy on credit. So at the year's end, with 

 interest and cost, and loss of time, and extra prices 

 charged for things, because he did not make ready 

 pay, he wasju.-it as deeply involved as the year be- 

 fore. Thus harassed, dunned and tormented, was 

 poor Thornbury, for 20 years. 



Not so was it with bis cousin, Ned Forest. He 

 vowed he'd owe no man. The produce of his farm 

 was about the same as that of Thornbury's ; but 

 as he was not forced by duns, or executions to sell 

 it out of season, he got the highest price : as he 

 paid for things when he bought them, he got his 

 necessaries 2 per cent cheaper : As he paid neith- 

 er interest nor cost, and lost no time in running to 

 Borrow money or to see his creditors, he laid up 

 90Z. a year, lived quite as well as his cousin, and 

 infinitely happier. 



When poor Thornbury saw a man riding up the 

 road, his anxious look told him as plain as look ] 

 could tell ' plague on that fellow, he is come to ! 

 dun me.' When a sudden rap at the duor an- 

 nounced a visitor, no matter huw lately he had 

 been, he turned pale, and looked sorrowfully anx- 

 ious, until the visitor was known. 



Many a man goes into the store for a single ar- 

 ticle. Looking round, twenty things strike his 

 fancy ; he has no money, but buys on credit. 

 Foolish man I Pay day must come and ten chances 

 to one, like death, it finds you unprepared to meet 

 it. Tell me, ye who have experienced it, did the 

 pleasure of possessing the articles, bear any pro- 

 portion to the pain of being called on to pay for 

 them, when you had it not in your power .' 



Good people, bark ye : A few rules well kept, will 

 contribute much to your happiness and independ- 

 ence. Never buy what you do not really want. 

 Never purchase on credit what you can possibly do 

 without. Take pride in being able to say, I owe 

 NO MAN. Wives are sometimes thoughtless, daugh- 

 ters now and then extravagant. Many a time, 

 when neither the wife nor the daughter would 

 willingly give a single pang to a fond father's bosom, 

 they urge and teaze him to get articles, pleasant 

 enough to be sure, to possess, but difficult for him to 

 buy; he purchases on credit, is dunned — sued; 

 and many an hour made wretched by their folly 

 and imprudence. Old Robert presents his compli- 

 ments to the ladies, and begs they would have the 

 goodness to read the last ten lines once a month 

 till they get them by heart, and then act as their 

 own excellent disposition shall direct. 



Above all things good people, never go in debt 

 to a tavern. To grog — to toddy — to sling — to bit- 

 ters I Oh horrid ! what a bill ! Never owe your 

 shoemaker, your tailor, your printer, your black- 

 smith or laborer. Besides the bad policy of keep- 

 ing in debt, it is downright injustice to those whose 

 labor you have received all the benefit of. 



How happy 's the farmer who owes not a pound 

 But lays up hlsjifty each year that comes round. 

 He fenrs neither constable, sheriff nor dun ; 

 To bank or to justice has never to run. 

 His cellar well lill'd, and his pantry well stored. 

 He lives far more blest than a prince or a lord. 

 Then take my advice, if a fortune you'd get ; * 

 Pay off that you owe — and then keep out of debt! 



Verji Nbhle.— The House of Waldo & Ripley, in 

 New York, failed some years ago, paid 50 per cent. 

 and were discharged. Lately they have sent every 

 creditor the balance, with 7 per cent interest. 



Stock J f anted, 



A pair of young cattle of the Improved Short Hornj 

 breed — they must be of pure l<lood, the Bull not less lb; 

 two years old next spiing, with a dark color, (not alt 

 gether black) — the Heifer might be of any age under tv 

 years. The above cattle are to be sent to Washington, P 



ALSO, a young first rate Improved Durham Sho 

 Horned Cow, wilh calf by .some of the best bulls ne 

 Boston, to go to Portsmouth, N. H. 



ALSO, a prime Cow, not over six years old, of son 

 of the best breeds for milk, that will come in, in the cour 

 of the ensuing spring — for a farm in the vicinity 

 Boston. 



ALSO, a prime cow of one of the best breeds for mil 

 near Boston, about 4 years old, and wilh calf by some 

 the bulls of the be?t stock for milk, to go to Providenc 

 Address J. B. Russell, Agricultural Warehouse, liosto 

 (post paid) with a particular desciiption of the anima: 

 pedigree, age, weight, &.c. 



For sale, a fine MERINO RAM, imported last sprii 

 from St Andero. He may be seen in this city. App 

 to J. B. Russell, office of the New England Farmer. 



Durham Short tlorns. 



For sale, several of the pure breed, descendants of tl 

 celebrated animals presented by Ad.miral Sir Isaa 

 Coffin, to the Massachusetts Society for the PromotiK 

 of Agriculture. The pedigiee of these animals can I 

 given as far back as Hubback, who was calved in 17T 

 and is reputed the foundation of this much admired sloe 

 Also, several Heifers bred from the same, of vario 

 grades, from half up to seven eighths blooded anima 

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



Salem, October, 1830. 



Mason's Pocket Farrier, 

 Comprising a general descripiion of that noble and ua 

 hil animal the Horse ; fifth edition, with additions. ? 

 which is added a Prize Essay on Mules. By S. W. Pom 

 loy, Esq. of Brighton, Mass And an appendix, contaf 

 ing observations and recipes for the cure ot most of t 

 common distempers incident to Horses, Oxen, Cow 

 Calves, Sheep, Lambs, Swine, Dogs, &e, selecled frc 

 different authors. And an Addenda, containing the ann; f 

 of the Turf, American Stud Book, mode of training, rul 

 of Racing, fcc. 



Just published and for sale by R. P. & C. Williams, 

 and 20 Cornhill. 



Also, on liberal terms, a large assortment of AgricuH 

 ral. Historical, Theological, Law, and other Bool 

 Persons selecting Libraries, will find it for their adva 

 tage to call. 6t Dec. 31, 



Treatise on Bees. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store connec 

 with the New England Farmer, 52 North Market-str 



A further supply of a Practical Treatise on the Mana 

 ment of Bees; and the Establishment of Apiaries, 

 the best method of destroying and preventing die dej 

 dations of the Bee Moth. By James Thacher, M.j 

 Price 75 cents. 



Wants a Situation. 

 A Gardener who can produce unquestionable rei! 

 mendations for honesty, sobriety, and good moral cha<. 

 ter, and who is peifectly acquainted wilh every braj 

 of gardening, and cultivation of Grapes, wishes a peiT 

 nent situalion in that capacity. He is a single man. ^_| 

 quire of J. B- Rii-sell, New England Farmer office. i^H^ 



Published every Friday, at ^3 per annum, payable afl 

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

 time of Eubgcribing, are entitled to a deduction offifly c 



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 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. Butts — by .- 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meeq 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by ' 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. '^'' " 

 Market Street. 



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