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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



PRB. 16. IK4 9 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



"CHILDREN, COME TO PRAYKR." 



" O come let us imrship and bow down : let u» hneel be- 

 _Jbrc our Maker." 



The folli)wini» lieauliful lines were published in ihe Union 

 Annua!, unJirllie hcail of "The Family Allar." 



Conic to tlic place of prayer ! 

 Parents nmi children, conic and kneel liefore 

 Your Goii, und with united hearts adore 



Him whose aione your life and heing are. 



Coine lo ihe place of prayer; 

 Ve hand of loving hearts; O come and raise, 

 With one cnnscnl, Ihe grateful song of praise. 



To him who hiessed you with a lot so fair ! 



Come in the morning hour. 

 Who halh raised you from the dream of night'? 

 Whose hand liath poured around the cheering li^htl 



Come and ador that kind and heavenly power. 



Come Dt ihc close of day. 

 Ere wearii.'d nature sinks in gentle rest; 

 Come, and let your sins be here confessed ; 



Come, and lor his protecting mercy pray. 



Has sorrow's withering blight 

 Tour dearest hopes in desolalion laid, 

 An4 the once cheerful home in gloom arrayed ? 



Yet pray, for He can turn Ihc gloom to light, 



His sickness entered in 

 Your peaceful mnnsion ? then let the prayer ascend, 

 On wines nf faith, lo that all-gracious Friend, 



Who came lo heal the bitter pains of sin. 



Come 10 the place of prayer. 

 At morn, at night, in gladness or in grief— 

 Eurround the throne of grace; there seek relief, 



Or pay your free and grateful homage there. 



So in the world above 

 Parents and chihtren may meet at last. 

 When this their weary pilgrimage is pist. 



To mingie their joylul notes of lo\e. 



"Well, my y.mng friend," replied Iho President, retires from a world wlierc every lace is stern, a{ 

 "I gcorce'ly koo any way in which yon might be every look cold, and once more is happy nmnng 

 useful to us. The request is somelliing singular." children. Tliey iiro a borid to bind us to^elhcf. 



"Why, I can bring water, cut wood, or black they keep our hearts from beinj; chilled by cor, 

 your boots," interrupted tlie boy, bis eyes bright- tact with the world. God bless little children U 

 ening in liis earnestness. " I » ant lo {;et an edi- StUcUd. 

 cation — I want to make something of myself. I 

 do'nt keer how hard I work, only so as to get an; It is stated that during the year 1840, the tq 



edication. I want " .' j number of persons convicted of felony in F.ng\^ 



He paused, at a loss for words to express his was lt<,St27— of these 4,K.') were transported, i 

 ideas. But there was a langimge in the cxpres- ; of which number only 3'JO had received such 

 sive lip, and glancing eye; there was a languafre education as enabled them to read and understi! 

 in his manner— in the tone in which the words I the Bible, the reiuainiiig ;},7J5 being more or Ifl 

 were spoken, that appealed at once to the Prcsi- | and the great majority wholly uneducated, 

 dent's feelin"3. near and fatal the connection between ignorai^ 



He determined to try the sincerity of the youlli. j and vice ! 

 " I am afraid, rny young friend, that I can do 

 nothing for you. I would like to assist you, but I 

 see no way in which you can be useful to us at 

 present." 



The President resumed his book, 

 he glanced nt the plowboy, who, silent and mute, 

 stood holding the liaiiille of the door. He fingered 

 luH rough hat confusedly with one fihnd — his eyes 

 were dowi cnst, and his upper lip quivered and 

 trembled as tliau'.;h ho-were endeavoring to repress 

 strong and sudden feelings of intense disappoint- 

 ment. 'I'he effort was but half successful. A tear 

 emerging from the downcast eyelid, rolled over 

 the sunburnt cheek, and with a quick, nervous ac- 

 tion, the plowboy raised his toll-hardened hand 

 and brushed away the sign of regret. 



He made a neW meant but awkward mark of 



obeisance, and opened the door, had one foot across 



the threshold, when the President called him back. 



The plowboy was in a few niinutes hired as man- 



of-all work, and boot-black lo the College. 



AaRici;i.Ti;RA.i,. ii)iPi.i£Ai£:.\'rs, ao 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricuhural Wj 

 house Dnd Seed Store No. 51 and S2 North Market i 

 I would inform iheir cusloniers and the piihlic generally] 

 In a moment they have on hand the most extensive assort incnl nf A 

 ciiltuial and tlurticultunil Tools to he found lu the L'n 

 Stales. Part of which are Ihe following : 



1000 flownrd's Palent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Cnmninn do. do. 

 200 CuUivainrs. 

 100 nreene's Straw Cutters. 

 EO Willis' do. do. 

 lOU Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shellcrs. 

 50 (l^ommon do do. 

 2iK) Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegcl5l)lc Cullers 

 50 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Doz- Scythe Sinnes. 

 30110 '■ Austin's Kifles. 

 March 17. 



THE BOOT-BLACK AND THE COLLEGE 

 PRESIDENT. 



TWO SCENES FROM RTAL I.IPE. 



Some scorn of years since, the President of a 

 well known College in Kentucky, was one morning, 

 while silting in his study, astonished by the en- 

 trance of a singular visitor. 



The vi.silor was a boy of some seventeen years, 

 rough and uncouth in his appearance, dressed in 

 coarse homespun, with thick, clumsy shoes on his 

 feet, an old lallercd felt hat on his head, surmount- 

 ing m:iss of uncombed hair, which relieved swar- 

 thy and sun-burnt features, marked by eyes quick 

 and spurkling, but vacant and inexpressive, from 

 the want of education. The whole appearance of 

 tho youth was that of an untaught, uncultivated 

 plowboy. 



The President, an affable and a venerable man, 

 inquired into tlie business of the person who stood 

 before him. 



" If you please, sir," said the plowboy, with all 

 tho hesilaney of an uneducnted rustic — " if you 

 please, fir, I 'd like lo get some lariiin'. I heard 

 you lind a college in these parts, anil 1 thought if I 

 would work a spell for you, you wQuld help me 

 now and then in geltin' an edication." 



The ne.\t scene which we give the reader, was 

 in a new and magnificent church, rich with the 

 beauties of ardiitcclure, ami thronged by an im- 

 mense crowd, who listened in deathlike stillness 

 to the burning cloqiienre of the minister of heaven, 

 who delivered the n:i8sioii of his Master from the 

 altnr. 



The speaker was a man in the full glow of mid- 

 dle age — of striking and impressive appearance — 

 piercing, intellectual eye, and high, intelligent fore- 

 head. 



Every eye is fixed on him — every lip is hushed, 

 and every car, with neivous intensity, drinks in the 

 eloquent teaching of the orator. 



Who ill all that throng would recognize, in the 



famed, the learned, Ihe eloquent President of 



College, Pennsylvania, the humble boot-black of 

 (.'oUegc, in Kentucky. — Louisville Jour. 



CmLniiKN — They are the blessings of this world 

 — the sweets ninong its .sorrows — the roses amoii 

 its thorns. With their merry smiles, their joyous 

 voices, their careless laughter, they liglit up our 

 abodes as with a ray from heaven. Whose heart 

 docs not leap within him to hear their shouts .- 

 Who can look on their faces nnd not rejoice that 

 there are such linppy creatures on this dull earth? 

 They meet the poor man coming from his labor, 

 and lie forgets his fatigue, and his whole soul bless, 

 es tiiem. They gnlhi-r round the rich man's 

 health, and he who is haughty to other", mu*< stoop 

 to fondle them. The fortunate i?ian comes home, 

 and his successes thrill him with deeper pleasure, 

 as his children welcome him — and the unfortunate 



100 doz. Ca<it Steel Sho 

 150 '* Ciifomun do.1 

 ittii " Sj>ades. 

 000 " Gross S<vlhe8. 

 men! Snaiihs. 

 Common do. 

 Hoy Kakes. 

 Garden do. 

 INIanurc Forks. 

 Hay do. 



00 Pair Trnce Chains. 

 100 •' Truck do. 

 100 Dralt do. 



too Tie up do. 



50 doz. Haller do. 

 lOiKI yards Fence do. 

 23 Grind Stones on rolls 



3(IU 

 201) 

 600 

 200 

 200 

 3U0 



cni'lEN'.S PATK.VT STHAW CUTTKB. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. nt ih^Ncw England Aifmi 

 tuial Warehouse nnd Seed St.ire Nos. 01 andf.2 Norlbf 

 kel Slrccl, have tor sale, Green's Patent Sir.iw, Hay 

 Stalk Cutter, operating <ui a nicclmnic!:! prinri|ile not f 

 applied lo any iinplomcni lor liiis purpose. The mosl | 

 inenl efli-ctsuf ihis uiiplicalini uud some ul the cuaso)d 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a redaction of the quantum ol power reqail 

 to use it, that the strength of a hall growa boy is suma 

 lo work it eMlcienlly. 



2. With even litis moderate power, it casilycutstwoba 

 I'ls a minute, which is full twice as fast us has licen claid 

 liy any oibcr machiuc even when worked by burse or itCI 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing lolhe peculinrinanner in whichlj 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any on 

 strjw cjtter. < 



4. The machine is simple inits conslruction, made andl 

 together very slron;;ly. Il is therefore not so liable as] 

 coinplicalcdjnuchincs jn general use tu gel out ofords 



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