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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 1,5, \m. 



1IIIKXSCEX.I.AX7XES. 



Mess. True & Gree>f. have recently published 

 a beautiful pocket volume, called The Memoriai,, 

 designed as an annual gift, upon the plan of Le 

 Soxtvcnii; Forget-me-JVot, Slc. The accompanying 

 lilies " To the Autumn Leaf," will serve as a spe- 

 cimen of the character of the work. We wish it 

 the success it merits, — which is all they can desire. 



TO THE AUTU.MN LEAF. 

 Lone ti-embling; one ! 

 Last of a Summer race, withered and sear, 

 And shivering — wherefore art thou lingering here ? 

 Thy work is done. 



Thou hast seen all 

 The summer leaves repo-ing in their tomb, 

 And the green leaves, that knew thee in their bloom, 



Wither and /all ; 



Why dost thou cliug 

 So fondly to the rough and sapless tree ? 

 Hath then existence aught like charms for thee, 



7 hou faded thing ! 



The voice of Spring, 

 Which woke thee into being ne'er agsin 

 Will greet thee— nor the genlle Summers rain 



New verdure bring. 



The zephyr's breath. 

 No more will wake for thee its melody — 

 But the lone sighing of the blast shall be 



Thy hymn of death. 



Yet a few days, 

 A few faint struggles with Ihe Autumn storm, 

 And the strainM eye to catch thy trenioUug form 



In vain may gaze. 



Pale Autumn leaf! 

 Thou art an emblem of mortality; 

 'I'he broken hearl, once youug and fresh like thee, 



Wither'd by grief— 



Whose hopes are fled, 

 Whose loved ones, all have drooped and died away, 

 >till clings to li'e — and lingering loves to stay 



Above Hie lUa.l. 



Dut list, e'en now 

 1 hear the gathering of the Autumn blast, 

 It comes, Ihv fr.il form trembles, it is past ! 



And tliou art low. W. G. C. 



.Yew Air Speculation. — A paragraph from a 

 Brighton Journal is now going the rounds of the 

 presSjCoutaiiiing a project for a cheap and expedi- 

 tious travelling, by means of an artificial current 

 of air, wiiich is to propel passengers and luggage 

 through a tube or tunnel at the rate of one hun- 

 dred miles an hour. The principle of this inven- 

 tion dilTers from that of a popgun, as the body is 

 to he shot otFby the exhaustion of the air, instead 

 of the condensation of it. We have heard of an- 

 ©ther project by which it is proposed to blow the 

 public from place to place at a more rapid rate, and 

 in some respects more -agreeable to the party ; as 

 the traveller, instead of being shot through a close 

 dark tunnel, will be forwarded through the open 

 air, and gratified with a bird's eye view of the 

 country over which he makes his momentary pas- 

 sage. "Certain large brass tubes are to be prepar- 

 ed at convenient stages' of two miles or so. Into 

 one of these a composition of an e.xpanse power is 

 to be rammed, and the traveller is then to crooix 

 in and lie at his case at full length with his feet 

 next to the composition ; the tube being then di- 

 rected to the next stage, the composition is to re- 

 ceive its expansive force, and the traveller is to be 

 propelled through the air at a very slig-ht curve at 

 the rate of about ten miles a minute, bn his arri- 

 val at the next stage, he will instantly be put into 



another tube ready charged with the travelling 

 powder, and again shot oif " bang up to the mark" 

 at the next post,and so ho will proceed to his journ- } 

 ey's end. This cheap and expeditious travelling i 

 through the air is proposed in opposition to the I 

 Brighton scheme for conveying the public by hur- 

 ricanes though tunnels. The former will undoubt- 

 edly ho the least expensive and quickest mode of 

 being blown home ; hut it is liahle to some objec- 

 tions. For exan)ple,if two travellers should chance 

 to meet on tlieir respective roads, the justle would 

 be disagreeable; invalids too might prefer the close 

 tunnel, with the hurricane at their backs, to the 

 more rapid passage through the open air with the 

 wind in their faces. But if some prefer the one, 

 some prefer the other, and thus there may be en- 

 couragement for both. The Brighton scheme is 

 in a state of great forwardness — it wants nothing 

 of completion but a Joint Stock Company, to cre- 

 ate a vacuum in the pockets of the public (the true 

 bags of Ulysses) — the principle on which it pro- 

 ceeds being to raise the wind by exhaustion. Its 

 I passengers will start from " The Swan with two 

 I necks," a sign expressive of the uncommon per- 

 1 sonal endowments essentially necessary to the trav- 

 1 cller who goes by this conveyance. [Lon. Atlas.] 



Monsieur B. a wealthy Parisian financier, being 

 I convicted of filling his own coffers at the expense 

 of the Royal Treasury, was deprived of his dlHcc. 

 j Ffe showed no confusion whatever, in his disgrace 

 I and was merely heard to say, "they have done ve- 

 ! ry wrong to dismiss me, I have provided sufBcient- 

 I ly for myself, and was just ;;oii; >: lo save for the 

 ! King." 



I .Yamcs. — A late Maryland paper contains a 

 j tax gatherer's advertisment for the payrr.fnt of 

 J assessments on certain lands, some of v. uich are 

 i designated by the following queer titles : 

 i Allen's Industry, Clay well's Advice, B'lrnet's 

 I Mistake, Last of All, Reed's Convenience, Poor 

 J Choice, Hindsey's Disappointment, Gunby's Con- 

 clusion, Pritchard's Neglect,Thin Soil, Bachelor's 

 • Adventure, Bowen's Luck, Kink's Necessity, 

 Hudsons's Bail, Long twisted Boggy, White's 

 Purgatory, More Luck, Hunger and Thirst, Slip 

 upon Slip,Haphazard, Partner's Contentment, Long 

 Delay, Dixon's Consolation, Dyke's Dispute, Col- 

 bourn's Struggle, Miller's Folly, Wholly Neglect, 

 Happy Entrance, Ironshier's Confirm.ation, Gift to 

 Josiah, Baker's Tribulation, Parson's Punishment, 

 Long acre Strife, &c. &c. &c. 



From the peculiarity of these appellations, one 

 would be led to think that the lands were either of 

 miserable quality, or had been the s'dijects of 

 protracted litigation, p.nd therefore scarcely worth 

 redeeming. 



Alarming Progress. — A lad Vlio was apprentice 

 to a butcher, wrote to his parents, saying, 'I send 

 you these lines to tell you as how my master likes 

 nic very well, and as liow I am going on famously. 

 I have already bled three calves, I skin every day; 

 and he says, if I am a good boy he will let me kill 

 after Christmas.' 



Bad Singing. — There was something' of no' 

 ty, it is true, but not less of reason, in \\:' nroce : 

 ings of a late esteemed minister of Nov i'.ngi! 

 who at the close of a very badly sung p.-:il!ii|t: 

 another to the choir, saying "you musr i ;;. 

 for it is impossible to preach after sui:ii -iiiji! 



.ileti 



Dress. — Simplicity of dress is like 

 manners, the husband of grace. Gorgooiis o 

 ments distract the imagination of the nugei 

 and the wearer, like the silk worm, is hid ; 

 her own magnificence. But a decent garb, 

 justed to the elegant contour of the female f 

 concealing those beauties that would obtrim 

 force themselves upon our observation, and 

 monizing with a virtuous mind ; this is thai 

 that we should recommend to the fair sox; 

 wh.ch, combined with a modest demeanor, is i 

 attractive than the cestus of Venus ! can re 

 even beauty more amiable, impress the ideii 

 angelic perfection and innocence on the mill 

 the beliolder, and compel us to adore virtue 

 personified in woman ! — Lon. Ladies .l/.fo-aji 



Mexican Antiquities. — Mr Poinsett has s' 

 the museum of the Literary and rVi'jfiv 

 Society of Charleston, several very ci;.-: .■ 

 mens of ancient Mexican sculpture, i c 

 tion consists of images, and a large . 

 snake, an animal which appears to '. 

 favourite object of representation wit' 

 cans, perhaps, also, an object of adora': 

 images, it is said, bear evident marks • 



Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Shrub.^, i'lan. 

 V. & C. LANDRETH. 

 J^urserij, Seedsmen, and /"ter/c 



PiiiLAi!; : ':i 



HAVE constantly on hand for sale, a v \ 



collection of Fruit Trrps.Hoi-dy Ornamfin.i ; i 

 Shrubs, Green Hmise Pl,->n!5, Bulbous l\ ■. • 

 Seeds, ic. i;c. not fcxrtedtd by any siiii.! ^ 

 ment in the United States. 



In their selection of FRUITS for cultr ■:.■■:, 

 care and attention has been paid, and froi' ,!i : 

 cy with the subject of many years, they bi i 

 judiciouslv. 



The ORKAME.NTAL PLANTS, bolii 

 hardy, which they are now cultivating, a,' • -ii 

 most esteemed and admired of both natii. uJ 

 origin. 



The GARDEN SEEDS,^,f which a lar, r„ 

 ral assortment is cultivated, are exclusii ■ ■ 

 own rearing, for which f jrpose a number li ac 

 taclied to the ostablishmL-nt are apprcpriAte(l,ai 

 Ihe moment Ihey are planted, through all th~ 

 stages of their growth and ripening are under 

 mediate care and superintendence, conseqaei 

 are enabled to assure purchasers not only of 

 but quality. 



Persons ordering any of the articles on thi 

 logue, m.iy be assured of having them well an 

 packed, and of every attention being paid totfl 

 that they will give satisfaction. \^; 



Orders received by Messrs. PARKEPv & COJI "" 

 No. 9 Congress-square, no^ir the Excbangerj 

 House, Boston, of whom priced Catalogues 

 whole may be had gratis. tf. Dec* 



A poor woman,whose husband was going to sea, 

 handed through the clerk, to .the parson, this pub- 

 lic prayer : " .\ man g^g to sea, his wife desires 

 the prayers of this congregation." The parson, 

 pointing it his own way, read to the ears of liis 

 flock — " A man going to see his wife, desires the 

 prayers of this congregation." 



^^^ Sportsmen 

 Will find at COPELANIt'S POWDER STOH 

 Broad Street, a complete assortment of Powder, 

 Balls , Flints, and Percussion Caps. The Powd* 

 ranted uperior to any whicii can be had in the 

 try — price Ci'A cents and Zlk cts. p( r lb ShotJ, 

 &c. at the lowest prices — wholesale and retail. 

 6t Nov. i 



Ihe F.\R.-MER is published every Friday at ^. 

 annum, if paid in advance. 



