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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Jl'NB -40. 18-12. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



DASH TO THE FLOOR THAT BOWL. 



Br REV. J. PIEHI'O.VT. 



Diish to the floor thut howl ! 

 Dttre riot its swi-el?' to sip 

 Tlirre 's peril to llii- sniil, 

 Ifoiice it tiiucli iln'ii|). 

 Why will ye ilrowii 

 The G.mI wiihiii? 

 Avoiil the sjii I 

 Ay, flush it down ! 



Once to the exile<l John 



A poisoned cup w»s liron<;ht. 

 The bearer hjid withdrawn ; — 

 The siiinl, hy iin;;els (uuglit, 

 ti.iw, o'er ii.i brim, 

 An ii.xp'd head rise, 

 Whose liurning eyes 

 Were fixed on him. 



So Truth, hy whose bright Iiiiiza 



Is mmiy a scriet sin 

 Revealed, in these our days 



Haih tuu<;lit us, that, within 

 That narrow s|)an, 



The wine-cup's grasp, 



There lives an asp, 

 There dies a man ! 



Then let no fire be brought, 

 In Quillet, glass, or bowl, 

 Within -'the dome of ihouiiht, 

 The palace of the soul ;" 

 Lest, in that fire 

 Of burning drink. 

 That palnce sink, 

 That soul e.\pire. 



Should God, in wrath, ordain 



A universal dearlli, 

 What need he rio, but rain 

 On all thisgieen, glad earth, 

 From rionrly urns, 

 The curse that tills 

 Our vats and stills. 

 That blights and burns P 



Snve U!i from such a showor, 



(iod of the eastern bow ! 

 That pledge of love and power, 

 What bends, what paints it go ? 

 That bow in air 



'Tis light that bends, 

 Heaven's light, tiiaC blonds 

 With water there. 



Let light on water shine, — 



The lix'ht of love ami truth ! 

 Then shall that drink divine 

 Bo rpiHlfeil by Age and Youth : 

 And, as that bow 



Dolli heavenward bend, 

 Shall heavenward tend 

 -The way they go. 



JlnecJote of lite Ore;/ Si/uirrel A recent ex- 

 ploit of one of these sfiriglitly and sharp-witted 

 liltlo creatures, tins so niucli interested and sur- 

 prised nie, as cxiiibiling passions so human, and a 

 ssgacity and power of reasoning so unlooked for 

 in Iho animal, llinl I am mduced to give it to the 

 public through llio medmin of your paper. 



The sipiirrel in c]uestinii, having been taken 

 Tcry young, Ind become as familiar and tamo as a 

 kitten, and up to the tioio of the act by which he 

 sacrificed his hoaic for the gratificaliun of his re- 



sentments, had ever shown himself os harmless as 

 playfid. On the day of the incident about to be | 

 related, his ownc-r had some company, whom he ! 

 was treating «itli cracked walnuts; when, as was | 

 custcMiiniy witli him on such occasions, he threw | 

 one down to his pet, wliich was thankfully received 

 and speedily devoured. Tlie man then, by way of 

 amuhjng himself and company, sebclcd a promis- 

 ing looking mit-shcll, from which the meat had 

 been removed, and placed it before his C-xpectanl 

 but imsuspicious little nut-loving friend. The 

 squirrel, having never been imposed up<m before 

 by any trick of tiie kind, confidently look up the 

 empty shell and examined it, and then let it fall 

 with evident manifestations of disappointment. 

 The expermient was repealed. This was too much 

 for the equanimity of his sqijirrclship. No sooner 

 did he discover that the sccrmd shell thus insult- 

 ingly iilTered him was, like the former one, desti- 

 tute of the expected treat, than, with an angry 

 glance at the aiilhur of the trick, he sprang up, 

 seized liim by the thumb, and bit it through lo the 

 bone. As if conscience smitten, at what he had 

 done, and sensible of the act to himself, he instant- 

 ly relinqui.'ihed his hold, and retreated to an open 

 window; when, after turning round and giving a 

 parting look at the friends and home he seemed to 

 think he had thus forfeited, he immediately, though 

 no punishment had been offered him, took his 

 course for the nearest woods, from which ho has 

 never returned. — Franklin (Fl.) Messenger. 



" Dem's 'em." — A pious old negro, while sayinu 

 grace at the table, not only used to ask a blessing, 

 on all he had upon his board, hut would also peti- 

 tion to have some deficient dish supplied. One 

 day it was known that Cato was out of potatoes, 

 and suspecting lie would pray for the same at din- 

 ner, a wag provided himself with a small measure 

 of the vegetables, and stole under the window near 

 which stood the table of Cato. Soon the good 

 man drew up a chair and commenced : " O, inassa 

 Lord I will dow in dy provident kindness conde- 

 scend to brcss cbory ting before us; and be pleas 



to stow on us a few taters — and all de praise" 



[Hern the potatoes were dashed upon the table, 



breaking plates, and upsotling the mustard pot.] 



"Dem's 'em, massa Lord!" said Calo, looking up 

 with surprise, " only jist luff 'em down leetle easier 

 next time." — Exch. paper. 



Mnlrimonifil .llnecdnte. — The Rev. Mr O , a 



clergyman of Maine, relates the fidlowing anecdote. 

 A couple came to him lo get "spliced." After 

 the knot was tied, the bridegroom addressed him 

 with — 



" Wnl, mister, I 'spose you want leelle some- 

 thing for this job : — llow much do you ax .'" 



"Why," replied the clergyman, "[generally 

 take whatever is offered me — sometimes the amount 

 is more, and sometimes less. 1 leave it to the 

 bridegroom." 



" Wol — but I want to know what's about the 

 fair, ginral, axing price," replied the happy man. 



" I have just said," returned the clergyman, " that 

 I left il to the decision of the bridegroom. Some 

 give mo ten dollars, some five, some three, some 

 two, some one, and some only a quarter of a dollar." 



" A quarter !" said the bridegroom, his eyes 

 sparklin,' wiUi joy at tlio thought — " Wol, by lio- 

 kcy, that's us reasonable as a body could ax. 

 Lei me sec if I 've got a quarter." 



He commenced fumbling his pockets, but not 

 sixpence could he find. 



" Dang it," said he, "I thought I hud som 

 change with me — but I recollect now, it's in toth 

 tronsers pocket. Harnah, have you got sich 

 thing as a quarter about ye.-" 



" Mt ."' said the bride, with a mixture of slism 

 end indignation. "I'm astonished at ye, lo comi 

 here to he married without a cent of money to pa 

 for it! If I hi^d known it afore, 1 wouldn't com 

 a step with ye — that I would n't." 



" 'T is rather a hard case — but consider Harnal 

 we are married now," said tho bridegroom in 

 sr'othing tone, ''and it can't be helped. If yoi 

 have got such a thing as a quarter" , . 



" Here, take it," interrupted his angry briile, h'i 

 during this speech had been feeling in her woii 

 bag, '■ and d<- n't you," said she, with a significaq 

 shake of the finger, " serve me another sich a trick? 

 — StlecUd. 



An Irishman, recommending a cow, said bI{ 

 would give milk year after year, without liav 

 calves, because il ran in the breed, as she came 

 a cow thnt never had a calf. 



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GRt KN'.S PATKNT SI RAW CI TTEP. 



.'OSEPH BRECK & CO. ai Ihe New England \,-. -iil 

 lura' Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. r.l nndPa i\or:,i .M,ir 

 kel S^lroel, liave tor sale, Green's Patent Si jw, i:,. . nu 

 Sla'k Culler, operating on a mechaiiiccl prinriple nei I . Ii 

 aiqilieil to aay implement fnrlliis purpose. The nlo^! | mm 

 inenl elfecis of Ihis uppliealinn, and some of the reiiM ijie i: 

 pcc'iliarities of the luachiiu- are: 



I So groui a reduction of ihe quantum ol power recpimi 

 lo u.se it.llial ihc slreiiglli of a half grown hoy is sutlu leu 

 10 work it elHeieiilly. 



2. With even i his mndcrnlc power, il easily cut* l«.i I u^li 

 els a ininnie, which is full twu-c as fnsl as has been ihiien i 

 hy any odicr machine even when worked hy borse or .s'.i-iii 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing lo ine peculiar manner in whirhHiiv 

 cut, renuire sharpening less ofiea than those ol any olUci 

 straw caller, 



4. Tlie machine i» simple in its construction, made and pw 

 to*5elhor very slroti:;ly. Il is therefore nol so bol-le a> the 

 coiiqihcotcd niuthines in general use lo get out ol order. 



DAHLIA AND BKAN POLES. 



500 dozen Dniilia aod Beun Poles; also, 600 Spruce PoIm 

 12 to G.I letl III liiigih, lur sale l.y MOSliS FRENCH J«., 

 Maine wharf, near the hotlom of Summer si, 



June I, 18)'-!. 3w 



SV,N DIALS, 

 Jusl received a f^w of Sheldon & Mo'^re's, Sun Dialt, ■ 

 VI ry n- at and useful article for Ihe purpn>c of giving llie iiin« 

 "I diiT in ihe enrden (T fiehi. Price 7 5 cenls. Knr solely 

 J, UUECK fy CO., No 51 and 52 North Market St. 



Sept 1. 



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