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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JI.I.Y as, 184 f. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



AN EVENING REVERIE. 



BY WM. CULLES BRYANT. 



The summer ilay has closrd, the sun is set. 



Well have they done their office, those bright hour.i, 



The latest of wliose train goes softly out 



In the red west. The green hladc of the ground 



Has risen, and herds have cropped it ; the young Iwig 



Has spreail its plaited tissues to the sun ; 



I'^lowers of the garden and the waste have Mown 



And withered; seeds have fallen upon the soil 



From bursting cells, '\nd in their graves await 



Their resurrection. Insects from the pools 



Have filled the air awhile with humming wings, 



That now are still fnrivcr ; painted moths 



Have wandered the hlue sky, and died aguin ; 



The molher-liird hath hroken for her lirooj. 



Their prison shells, or shoved ihcm from the nest, 



I'lumed for their earliest (light In bright alcoves, 



In woodland cottages with barky walls. 



In noisome cells of the tumultuous town, 



Mothers have clasped with joy the newborn babe. 



Graves by the lonely forest, by the shore 



Of rivers and of oceqn, by the ways 



Of the thronged city, have been hollowed out 



And filled, and closed. This day hath parted friends, 



That ne'er before were parted 3 it hath knit 



New friendships : it hath seen the maid«n plight 



Her faith and trust her peace to him who long 



Had wooed, and it hath heard, from \\\»e *'hich late 



Were eloquent of love, the first harsh word 



That told the wedded one her peace was flown. 



Karewell to the sweet sunshine ! One glad day 



Is added now to childhood's merry days, 



And one calm day to those of quiet age. 



Still the fleet hours run on; and as I lean 



Amid the thickening darkness, lamps are lit, 



Uy those who watch the dead, and those who twine 



Flowers for the bride. The mother from the eyes 



Of her sick infant shades the painful light. 



And sadly listens to his quick-drawn breath. 



Oh thou great Movement of the Universe, 



Or Change, or Flight of Time, for ye arc one ! 



That bearest, silently, this visible scene 



Into night's shadow and the streaming rays 



Of starlight, whither art thou bearing me ? 



I feel the mighty current sweep me on, 



Yet know not whither. Man foretells afar 



'1 he courses of the stars ; the very hour 



He knows, when they shall darken or grow bright. 



Yet doth the eclipse of sorrow and of death 



Come unforewarned. Who next of those I love 



Shall pass from life, or sadder yet, shall fall 



From virtue ? Strife with foes, or bitterer strife 



With friends, or shame or general scorn of men : 



Which who can bear?— or the fi?rce rack of pain, 



Lie they within my path ? Or shall the years 



Push me, with soft and inolfensive pace, 



Into the stilly twilight of my age? 



Or do the portals ofanolhcr life 



Even now, while I am glorying in ir.y strenglh, 



Impend around me 7 Uh! beyond that bourne, 



In the vast cycle of being which begins 



At that dread threshold, with what fairer forms 



Shall the great law of change and pnigress clothe 



lU workings? Gently— so havo goiKl men taught— 



Gently, and wilhnui grief, the ol.l shall glide 



Into the now ; the eternal tlnw of things, 



Like a brigll river o( ih'J fields of heaven, 



Shall journey onward in perpelunl peace. 



From ilie Knickerbocker for July. 



•JHI-: CONTR.^ST. 



Do you see that proud, overbearing man, riding 

 in his "ilded carria;jc ? Look 1 he stops before a 

 inngniliceiit mansion, niid liveried lacqiiics, obedi- 

 ent to his call, assist him to descend. 



Do you see that [loor miserable hoy, whose tot- 

 tered clothes scarcely sliield him from the inclo- 

 meiicy of the weather? Mark! with a beseech- 

 ing look he solicits the rich man to purchase a pen- 

 cil or a card of pens ; and heboid how con'eniptu- 

 ously lie is spurned 1 



Twenlyfivo years njro tliat pompous man was as 

 poor, as friendless, and as wretched as the uri:hin 

 which he despises. 



Twcntyfive years have passed since that day. 

 The same parties meet: lo ! the contrast. 



The once poor boy stands in the pride of man- 

 hood, active, intelligent, rich. A lovely woman, 

 his wife, leans upon his arm, and three blooming 

 girls are by his side. Grace in every action, be- 

 nevolence in every expression, and affluence smiles 

 in his unostentatious adornments. 



An old man approaches. The tottering step, 

 the Ihreadbare garments, and the painful expres- 

 sion that frets in every feature, too plainly denote 

 a man of want and wo. Better dead, than to drag 

 on a miserable existence. 



This may at the tirst blush appear to some an 

 improbable romance. It is a truth. 



In a country like ours, there is no man, however 

 poor, if aided by industry, economy, and virtue, but 

 may rise from the lowest ranks of society to the 

 highest. The knowledge of this fact is a blessed 

 incitement to the youiiir, and cheers them on to 

 struggle nobly in the paths which lead to honor 

 and independence, des[)ite the Ihoiisand obstacles 

 that oppose their course. 



There is no man, however affluent, but by ex- 

 travagance and bad morals may fall from his high 

 estate, and close his days in penury and wo. 



Lot none despise the poor because of their pov 

 erty ; let none flatter the rich because of their 

 wealth. We may conquer poverty ; wealth may 

 subdue us. All men of equal virtue are equals. 

 If one man possess more intelligence than his fel- 

 lows, though that of itself may not elevate him in 

 the ranks of the good, yet it brings him added re- 

 spect, and wins a willing admiration from all men 

 — "The GOon alonk are great." 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements have been made the past year in ll 

 I form and workmanship of these Ploughs ; the mould hi ni 

 j has been so formed as to /at/ the Jurroie completchj orp 

 luminf; in every particle of grass or stubble, artj lenving (I 

 . g-rounil in the best possible manner. The leiif tli of tl 

 . mould board has been very much increased, so thai ll 



Plough works with the greatest case, both wilh respect 

 I the holding and the leain. The Committee at the late In 

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Shoulfi our opinion be asked as to which of the PIoul'I 

 we should prefer lor use on a farm, we might perhaps say 

 the inquirer, it' your land is mostly light ami easy to win 

 try Prouty & Mears, but if your land is heavy, luird err rocl. 



BEGIN WITH Ma. HoWABn'."?.'' 



At the above mer.ttoned irial the Howard PI'-ugh il 

 more work, with the same pmrer of teajn, than any olh 

 plough, exhibited. Ntt other turned more than iweotysci 

 and'one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, while ll 

 Howard Plough turned tKentynine and one half inehcs, 

 the same potter of learn .' Ail acknowledge that Howard 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substantial 

 made. 



There has been quiie an improvement made on the shn ■*' 

 or land side of this Plough, which can be renewed within b 

 having to furnish a new jandsiile; this shoe likewise secur 

 the mould board uiid landside together, and strenglhens u 

 Plough viTy much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to 813. A PloiiMJii 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost abi 

 Sio 60, and with cutter *l, with wheel and cutter, *2 



cm 



Hf 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail, 

 the New f^ngland Agricultural Warehouse and Seed St.i 

 Nos. 61 & 52 North Phuket Sin el. by 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



TJRAPT AND TKACE CHAIKS. 



Just received by Packet Coromanda, 

 400 pair Trace Chains, suitable lor Ploughing. 

 200 " 'Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CI 

 .\o. 52 North Market st. April 2i 



TO THE PUBLIC. 



DR. CHARLES M. WOOD. Vclerinary Surge- 

 respectfully informs his I'riends and the public, that he I 

 removed from Blossom St., lo C'.i Carver St. All orders I 

 at 1iis house, oral ihe stable of Wm. Forbes, No. " Sudhi 

 St , will be promptly attended lo, and gratefully ackno- 

 edged. All diseases of Horses, Cuitle or Swine, are allei 

 ed to. Also, castrating and spaying. 



For the information of those vvho may have occasion 

 his services, and are unacquainted with his practice, be 

 politely pcrmiited to reler 10 the following gentlmiin » 

 have employed him for n number of years past. 



V\'illinms & Pearson, 



Wm. Forbes, 

 Wm. J. Nilcs, 

 Joshua Seward, 

 J. B. Read, 

 James F. Fnllham, 

 Wm. P. Loring, 

 Joseph C. Pray. 

 Boston, April 26. 



FENCK CHAINS. 



Just rcreivcd from England, lO.ono feel Chains, suitO' 

 for Fences or other purposes. For sale by J. HKECK 

 CO., No. (.2 North iVI:irket st. April 2 



Geo. Meachsm, 

 I S. K. Bavlev, 

 I L. Mnvnard, 



1 Isaac P'osier, 

 Artemas White, 

 Brown & Sevrf dm. 



A great mind may change il3obj'•ct^, but it can. 

 not relinquidli tlioin ; it must have something to 

 pursue : variety is Its relaxation, and aiiuisement 

 its repose. — Lncon. 



PATK.XT UKASS S VUINGK-M II ALK Oil. SOAP. 



Willis's Paleut ImproToii Brass Syiim-e lor watering 

 plants, grape vines, small trees, destroying the Rose Bug, 

 Ste. "This Syringe may be used on all occasions when water- 

 ing is necessary lor using a solution prepared for the pur- 

 pose, li> inevont mildow ou grape vines, mid also to use the 

 preparation of Snap lor the desiruelion of the Rose Bug. 



This Syringe may be hn.l of JOSEPH BBE(;K .V" CO. 

 N.is. .-,1 lind 52 Nnrtli Market Sired, who li.is for sale the 

 Whale Oil Soap, a sure prevcniativc against ihe ravages of 

 ibe Rose Bug niid other insects. The Soap should be dilu- 

 ted by water, at the rale of fifteen g illons of water to \v.n 

 pounds of Snap, and applied by the Syringe. The Soap is 

 in kegs containing 23 lbs., at one dollar per keg. July 11 



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N E \V F. N C, l. AND F A K M E R |li; 



A WEKKI.T PAI'FR. 



The Edlloriiil dcpartmenl of this paper having cii " 

 into tlic hanils oftlio subsrriher, he is now onlh" ' 

 hv tile publishers to info 

 llio pnper in reducud. 



the public that Ihe price n 

 future ihn terms will \>i 



llio pnper in reducud. In future ihn terms will bn 

 ner vent in udrance, or ,'J2 .W if not piiid witbin ihi ' 

 llayi. AI-LE.N PUTNAM «i 



N. R. — Poslnmsturs nni 

 suhscripliofis innl ruiniil.ini 



iqiiired by 

 cs lor nuv 



law lo frank 

 spnpcrs, wilhifll 



Tl'TTI.K ANn IiE.N.NETT, PRINTERS. 



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