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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



PEO. 0. IM 



MISCELLANEOUS 



THE SKATEE'S SONG. 



BY KPHRAIU PEABOOT. 



Away, away, our fires stream bright 



Ailing the frozen river, 

 And tlit'ir arrowy spark Icsi of brilliant liglit 



On tile forest branches quiver. 

 Awny, awiiy, for the stars are forth, 



And on the pure snows oftha valley, 

 In a giddy trance tlie moonbeams dauCc — 



Cume, let us our comrades rally. 



Avrny, away, o'er the sheeted ice, 



Away, awny, we go ; 

 On our sicfl-bound feet we move as fleet 



As the deer o'er the Lapland snow. 

 What ihougli the sharp north winds are out.' 



The slialcr heeds them no! ; 

 'Midst llie laugh and shout of the joyous rout. 



Gray winter is forgot. 



'T Is a pleasant sight, that joyous throng 



III the liglit nf the reddening flame. 

 While with many a wlieel on the ringing steel 



They woijc their riotous ffamn ; 

 And though the niglit-air cntleth ke»n, 



And the white moon shineth coldly. 

 Their home hath been on the hills I ween. 



They should breast th? strong blast boldly. 



Let others choose more gentle sports. 



By the side of the winter's hearth, 

 Or at the ball or festival. 



Seek for their share of mirth ; 

 But as for me, away, away, 



Where the merry skaters be, 

 Where the fresh wind blows abd the smooth ice 

 glows- 



There is the place for me. 



answer for it that no disgrace would ensue if he | An Irishinao was gpeakinj; of the exccllenci' 

 should do it. Bu.Kton, and a number more who ! a telescope. " Do you see that wee speck on 

 heard this, immediately spranij from the ranks and 1 hill yonder ? That now is my old pig, thougb" 

 ran "ith all speed to the iiilrencliment. They , is liardly discernable ; but when I look 



The Battle or Bunkf.b Hh-l.. — Any facts in 

 relation to thia memorable battle are always road 

 with peculiar interest, wiien they come, as do the 

 following, from an cye-witnesa and actor in that 

 desperate struggle. The subjoined is from the 

 Hampshire Gazette: 



"The following particulars, which are strictly 

 true, were gathered from Sergeant Buxton, an old 

 man who served his country long and faithfully, 

 and who after the war lived many years on my 



grandfather's farm, in C parish, in tho State 



of Connecticut. The old man said, that as he was 

 standing on the hill the night before tho battle, 

 Putnam came along and threw down some rails, 

 telling the soldiers to throw up the inlrenchmeni 

 pretty much as these rails lay. The soldiers went 

 to work with great spirit, and "Old Put" passed on. 

 Buxton remained at the works all niglit, and in the 

 morning hastened to join his regiment. You have 

 probably seen it stated, in soino of the many /ic- 

 counts of this battle, which you may have read, 

 that one regiment, either through cowardice of its 

 Colonel, or from some other motive, (probably not 

 from any other motive,) kept aloof and did not en 

 ter the battle. Buxton, (who was a sergeant in 

 this regiment,) says that every fi.ce in it but one, 

 was burning with impatience 'and anger. 'T was 

 too much for Buxton ; he stepped up to his captain 

 and asked him, ' whether or not ho should he con 

 sidcred as a deserter if he left the ranks of the 

 cowardly rascal ?' The captain told him that he 

 had no authority to let him go, but that he would 



reached it just as their friends were preparing to 

 fire the second lime. A moment after entering, 

 Buxton saw Gen. Putnam, who came along, and 

 told him, himselT, not to fire till the whites of the 

 enemy's eyes were visible, and then to take de- 

 liberate aim, with a steady hand, and tire low, after 

 that, to fire as fast as he could. He also saw, at 

 a little distance, Wiirren standing in his farmer's 

 frock, encouraging the men. A stillness reigned 

 for a little while, and then came the word fire ! 

 They did so, and the next moment saw blood flow- 

 ing in torrents. The effect was tremendous. " Ob, 

 how they fell !" exclaimed the old inan, as he re- 

 lated it. In an instant, eleven hundred men tum- 

 bled to tiie earth together, and lay struggling in 

 the agonies of death. 



"Again the British fled, and again they rallied 

 and poured into the inlrenchiiient 

 desperate aftray, and lastly the order to the Ameri- 

 cans to 'take care of themselves.' They did so, 

 and retreated in confusion over the neck, across 

 which cannon balls from the flotilla were constant- 

 ly flying. As Buxton was passing with the rest, 

 over the neck, he saw ahead of him one of his 

 townsinen. His first thought was, I 'II go and 

 speak to him, and he sprang forward to touch him. 

 At that instant a cannon ball from the floating bat- 

 tery cwl the man in two, and Buxton, leaping over 

 his mangled body, passed silently on. When these 

 brave men were out of danger, they met a great 

 crowd of their countrymen loaded with arms and 

 provisions for them. Buxton saw his own father 

 leading a horse laden with eatables ; he told what 

 they were, and mentioned among the rest two large 

 cheeses. He says that the excitement was intense. 

 Old grey-headed men came riding in on their long- 

 tailed mares, grasping their long muskets, and 

 eagerly asking, ' where are they ? where are they .'' 

 He says that the prevailing spirit was such that the 

 crowd could hardly be prevented from rushing pell- 

 mell into Boston. If they had, the shock would 

 have been most tremendous, for such a spirit noth- 

 ing but death can quell. J. C. M." 



through this glass, he appears so near that I 

 nost hear hinr, grunt." 



Query. — Wliy is a young lover poppinc 

 question, like a tailor running a hot goose ovi 

 suit of clothes ? We knew you 'd guess it.— . 

 cause he is pressing a suit. 



HI 



Why are buckwheat cakes like the chrys^ It 

 D' ye give it up .' Because they make the bu 



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AGRICULTURAIi I.tIPLr-:AIE.\TS, Ac. 



The Proprietors of the New pneland A|;riouliural W '' 

 house and Seed Slnre No. 61 and 52 North AlarLel^ i^ 

 Would inform their ruslnmcrs and the pulilic (jenerally» in 

 tliey have on hand the most extensive assortment of i 

 n.on '/-niTio thp i culluial aart Horticulturiil Tools to lie found m the Ol 

 1 nen came me i g^^^^^ p^^^ ^^ ^i^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ following : 



1000 Howards Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 Oreene's Straw Cutters. 

 50 Willis' do. do. 

 100 Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shelters. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2u0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegetable Cutlers 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Oi Yokes. 

 1500 Doz- Scythe Stones. 

 3000 '• Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



100 doz. Cast Steal Sho> 

 160 " Common d« 

 too " Soades. 



Gross Scytlies. 



atent Snaiihs. 



Common do. 



Hay Kakes. 



Garden do. 



Manure Knrki, 



Hay do. 



600 Pair Trace Ch.-iag. 

 too " Truck do. 

 luO Dralt do. 



600 Tie up do. 



60 doz. Haller do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 

 26 Griod Stones on roil 



600 

 300 

 2U0 

 6110 

 200 

 200 

 300 



ORKEN'S PATEST STRAW CUTTER. • 



Old Deacon M., was the only storekeeper in a 

 pretty little village "up country," and used to tak 

 great pleasure in catechising the youth who in 

 visit his store. One day a ragged urchin entered 

 who seemed to the dencon a fit subject upon which 

 lie might exercise hi,' questioning powers. Patting 

 him on tiie shoulder, he asked — "My son, xvlial's 

 the strongest thing you know of?" The lad thought 

 a nioiiient, then scratching his bump of communica- 

 tiveness through a hole in his hat, answered — 

 "Why, [ reckon marm knows: she '» tarnal strong 

 herself — she can lick dad any lime, and she said 

 that the butter I got here t' other day, was the strong- 

 est thing she ever seed ycl — for that was so strong 

 slie cotiWiii hold il after she got it down ."' — Mass. 

 Ploioman. 



"Jim," said Solomon Hubbard the other day to 

 his unpromising son — ''Jim, if you are always as 

 lazy as you are now, how on earth do you expect 

 to pet a living ?" 



'• Why, father, I've been thinking, (and mother 

 says it's a good it/ec,) that when I've got my 

 groHth I '11 be o revolutionary pensioner I" — East- 

 ern paper. 



applied to any implement fortius purjwse. The iii.islf , 

 menl effecls of tins application, and some ol the cunse< 

 peculiarities of the inacliine ore : ' 



1 . So great a reduction of the quantum of power reqi i 

 to use it, thni the sircnglh of a half grown Iwy is suBi 

 m work it elticienllj'. 



a. With even this moderate power, it easilycnl^iwol ' 

 els a ininule, which is full twice as last as has hecu cl« 

 by any other machine even when worked hy horse or • . 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peeoliar manner in which 1 

 cut, require sharpening less often ibun those ot nny > | 

 straw caller. 



4. The machine is simple in its conslruclion, II' - ii 

 together very stronijly. It is therefore not sol; 

 complicated machines in general use lu get out ■ . 



N. B. — Postmasters are permitted by law to fri 

 ■nbscriptions and remitlancsi for newspapers, w 

 expense to subscribers. 



TOTTLB A»D DBBMKTT, TKltlTth.^ 



