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NEU ENGLAND FARMER 



DKC. I, IS4I. 



M* I S C E L L A N E U S 



THE BOWL. 



BY LIECT. G. W. PATTEN, D. 8. ABMT. 



! slinn the bowl !— the draught beware, 



Whose smile but mocks the lips of men : 

 When loaming high with walers rare — 



O- never much the goblet then. 

 Wilh friends we love, though sweet to sip 



The nectar'd juice at close of day, 

 Tet trust ye not the syren lip 



That wins to cheat, and lures to slay. 



'. sliun the bowl, and thou shall know 



A deeper spell than swims in wine; 

 Though bright its hours of sunset glow. 



Their crimson clouds as briefly shine. 

 A few short days in madnesF. past, 



And thou wilt sink unknown to years ; 

 Without a hope beyond the blast, 



Which mourns above thy grave of tears. 



! leave the bowl — if thou art wise 



To shun the path of guilty fame, 

 The burning road where anguish lies. 



And perjured honor weeps for shame. 

 In after years some cheering ray 



From virtue's smile will o'er thee spread, 

 And thou wilt bless the better way 



Thy erring steps were loath to tread. 



O ! shun the bowl— as thou wouldst leave 



The poisnn'd spot where reptiles tread ; 

 Lest wi<low'd hearts for thee should grieve — 



For thee untimely tears be j-hed. 

 Yea ! thine may be the fearful lot 



To prove, ere Time hath dimm'd thy brow, 

 A sire— andyet the witness not 



Of them w4h) weep his broken vow. 



Hast thou a l#ide whose every sigh 



Dee," trembles wilh the joy it gives ? 

 Hast thou s child whose week mild eye 



Lives in the light its father lives ? 

 Then shun the bowl !— the draught beware, 



Whose smile but mocks the lips of men ; 

 When foaming high with waters rare— 



never touch the goblet then! 



" EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE." 

 Bo soy some of the poor fools who think to show 

 their witantl wisdom by sneering at human nature : 

 and these poor fools say what is true, hut not in the 

 sense they attach to I heir saying. Kvery man has 

 his price — but every man has not the same price ; 

 and tliere is the mistake many of your modern Sol- 

 omons make. You can buy some men for nine- 

 pence. You can buy crowds of men for money. 

 You can catch not a few by flattery, or by minister- 

 ing to their senses, or by gratify ihg their love of of. 

 fice and power, or by appealing to their selfish- 

 ness. Yet, be it remembered, these gentlemen so 

 easily bribed — so noisy and so notorious, are not 

 the whole race. There are others wlio demand a 

 higher price ; who will listen only to tho com- 

 manda of conscience — the calls of duty, and tho 

 promptings of a spirit of humanity. "Every man 

 has his jirice ?" pray what was the price of Ober- 

 lin, Washington, .\lnrtin Lutiicr, old Hugh Lati- 

 mer, and a host of others, whose memory the world 

 still treats with reverence.' We pity the man who 

 has a mean opinion of his follows. Reader, 

 whore you meet with such a degenerate son of Ad- 

 am, beware of him. — There are persons who scent 



out the bad in human nature, and in the doings of 

 the world, even us the vulture scents out carrion. | 

 They have a sharp eye for every thing that shows 

 man's imperfection, and liability to sin and error 

 and folly, whilst they are as blind as bats to every 

 instan.;e of noble daring, every manifestation of 

 moral excellence. Do not trust such morbid critics 

 of mankind. Their philosophy is false : it is the 

 product of their own selfish hearts, and not the re- 

 suit of fair observation. When they say every 

 man can be purchased by money, they say what is 

 not true. In political circles, in the world of 

 fashion, or, perhaps, of trade, man may appear a be- 

 ing hardly deserving of honor. But who shall tell 

 the virtue hidden in secret places — the love that 

 never tires — the many acts of disinterested benevo- 

 lence — the proof that there is in human bosoms 

 something of the divine.' Who shall tell this.' 

 Not he who believes in nothing but dollars and 

 cents — cares for nobody except himself, and is ea- 

 ger only for his own aggrandizement. But there 

 are those who can tell tliis. There are those who 

 seek good in man, and, therefore find it. Gentle 

 reader, be one of them. — Take our advice, and 

 never, never, listen to any libels on your race — 

 never believe men are either angels or devils ; but 

 look for their bright side, and you shall see it 

 Their dark side you cannot well help seeing. 



JVewhuri/port Herald. 



grkbn's patsst straw cuttkr. 



PARENTAL INSTRUCTION. 



The following quotation from an address of the 

 Principal of the Flushing Institute, Rev. Dr Muh- 

 lenbtirg, should be laid in the heart of every 

 mother. 



We are often asked, " What kind of boys do you 

 want ?" 



Give ua such boys as have been blessed with the 

 instructions of a pious mother. This qualification 



for which tio substitute can be found on earth 



Never would we despair of the child who has been 

 used in his infancy to hear the precepts of heavenly 



truth inctilcated in the accents of maternal love. 



Truths thus instilled live forever in the memory. 



They are interwoven with all tlie sensibilities of 

 the soul. They are the fortress of conscience, not 

 impregnable, it is true, but indestructible. 'I'hey 

 furnish the mind with chords which, in latter life, 

 seldom fail to vibrate to the touch of faithful expos- 

 tulation. They are as inextir^'uisbable sparks, 

 which being seemingly smotliered under a heap of 

 corruption, may be fanned by the breath of friendly 

 and spiritual counsel into the pure and genial flame 

 of piety. 



CniiisTiANiTT iiv China. — Accounts from Mr. 

 Gutzlaff, the German missionary, dated Pekin, 'JOth 

 Nov. last, state that he was assisted in his labors 

 by seventeen Chinese, who were serving their no- 

 viciate as missionaries. Two Japanese pupils of 

 his wore teaching Christianity to their countrymen 

 and the Chinese nt Mucao ; and in the same place 

 two of his nieces had been instrumental in the con- 

 version of 140 Chinese women of the higher class- 

 es. Mr. Outzlafl" has sent to the Mission's Insti- 

 tute of Berlin, Germany, 38 volumes relating to the 

 Christian worship, that were printed at Pekin, 

 Canton, and other cities of China, and also to ihr 

 Royal Library manuscripts of nine rare Chinese 

 works, giving the description of a great number of 

 monuments anciently existing in the Celestial Em- 

 pire, all traces of which have now nearly disnp 

 pea red. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England Aericnl 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and52NarinMn 

 ket Street, have for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hit am t] 

 Stalk Culler, opcraiing on a mechanical principle not befoB 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most prom 

 inent effects of ihis application, and some of the conseijuea 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1 . So great a reduction of ihe quantum of power requisd^ 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grosvn boy is sumcienf^ 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easily cuts two buiklAe 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been claimai |] 

 by any other uiacliinc even when worked by borse or aleafll j_ 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in wbidt lb« 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any ollui 

 straw culler. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, mad* and pw 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as llr^ 

 complicated machines in general use to get nut of order. 



APPLET PARKU8. 



Ju>t received at the New England AgriciiUural War, 

 hou^e, No 51 and 52 North Market Street, a good supply iM* 

 StanUy's Superior Apple Parcrs, a very useful article. Wit^t 

 one of ihes'3 machines a bushel of apples may be pared 

 a very short time in the best possible manner, and wiibgre_ 

 saving of the apple, as the ouisides may be taken ofTat aoj 

 required thickness. The above is also for sale at N. P. 

 WILLIS', No. 45 North Market Sireel, SCIDOKR, COB 

 DISiV CO., and HOSMER & TAPPAN, Milk Street. 



Sept. 1 6w JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Popular Alag^azincs, -wltli rich and Bemuttfol 

 Kngravluga. 



The subscribers being the authorized agents, supply 

 scribcrs in all parts of N. Eng.and, as for the laxl e 

 years, with the principle magazines, issued in this, and olE 

 lilies, as — 



Tlte Lady's Book, and Lady's ^Itnerican Magasin 

 Ktiilod by Mr- Hale, and Sigourn-y, with rich and mo 

 fi'MUiiftil engravings, montldy, at per year $3 00. 



The work has attained a cinulalion of nearly 

 Moi.Uily. 



GraJiam's Ladie's and Genilemarx's Magazine — wifl 

 original stoiies and the choices! engravings monthly, at ] 

 year S3 00. 



The Youth's Afedalion, — with Engravings 

 Music, — twice a month, at per year tl 00. 



The Christian Family Magazine, — at per year $1 00. 



Aildress JOUDA.\ & CO., 121 Washington, opposiu 

 Water street. 



UUINDSTONES, OS PRICTIO.\ RObLKIC^ 



Grindstones of different sizen liimg on friction riplltr .:iJ 

 Mioveil with a font treader, is found to be a great mi| .. .t- 

 mcni on the present mode of hanging grindstones. The 

 ease with which they move upon the rollers, renders ihem 

 very easy lo turn with the foot, by which the labor oi one 

 man is saved, and the person in the act of griiiriini; run 

 uovcrn the stone more lo his mind by having the ci'inilii* 

 control of his work. Stones hung in Ihis inanner ar. i e- 

 coming daily more in use, and wherever used, give uuivtr- 

 sal satisfaction. The rollers can tc altache<l lo slones hun 

 ill I he common wav. 



For sale hv JOSEPH BRECK & CO., Nos. 51 and l» 

 iVorth Marke'l Boston. July 14 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A WEKKI.Y PAVRR. 



The Editorial departninit ofthis pnper havin" rnme 

 into the hands of ih« subsi-riher, lie is now autii'Tized 

 by the publishers to inform the public Hint the price of 

 Ihc pnper i^ reduced. In tnliirr ibe terms will bo $1 

 per year in advaner., or $2 fiO if nni pjiid within ihirf" 

 days. ALLEN PIJTNAM 



N. B. — Pofitnini^nrs are permitted by law to frank 

 I'lhscriptions and remittances for newspapers, with 

 expense lo subscribers. 



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