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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March IG. IbK'. 



»XI;^C:^£.Z.AN££S. 



MARCH. 



BY \YM. CULLEN BRYAT. 



The stormy March is come at last, 



side 



With wind ami cloud and clia 

 I hear the rushing: of the blast 



'i'hat through the snowy valley flies. 



Ah, passing lew are they who speak, 

 Wild sloriny month; in praise of thee ; 



Yet, (hough thy winds sre loud and bleak, 

 'i hou ait a welcome month to me. 



For thou, to northern lands again. 



The glad and p;lori()us sun dost tiring, 



And thou has joined the gentle train 

 And wear's^ the gentl« name o) Spring. 



And in ihy reign of blast and storm. 



Smiles many a long, bright, sunny day, 



When -the changed winds are soft and warm, 

 .And heaven pnts on the blue of May. 



Then sing aloud the gushing rills 



And the full springs, from' frost set frei', 



That, brightly leaping down the hills, 

 Are just set out to meet the sea. 



The year's departing beauty hides 

 Of wintry storms the sullen threat ; 



But, in thy sternest friiwn, abides 

 A look of kindly promise yet. 



Thou hring'st the hope of those calm skies 

 And that soil time of sunny showers. 



When the wide bloom, on earth that lies, 

 Seems of a brighter world than ours. 



For the JVcrc England Farmer. 



tivii.iTy. 

 Opportunities for conferring large benefits, like 

 bank bills for .81009, rarely come into use ; but 

 little attentions, friendly participations, manifes- 

 tations of sympathy to sufferers, benevolence in 

 trifles, are wanted daily, and, like small change, 

 are necessary to carry on the business of life, and 

 promote the happiness of society. 



CAUSES OF OFFENCE 



We can better endure opposition than neglect ; 

 and there is nothing so provoking as contempt. — 

 Tread on a worm and it will turn ; and tell the 

 meanest mortal that ever bore the resemblance of 

 humanity that you despise him, and he will never 

 forgive the insult. 



FALSE PRETEiNSIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



The man, who pretends to know what he does 

 not know, is as truly a liar as he who says what 

 he knows is not true. 



FALSE SHAjME AN OBSTACLE TO KNOWLEDGE. 



Many people refuse to make use of the means of 

 information lest they should betray their igno- 

 rance. 



HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS. 



If you wish to make friends and preserve their 

 friendship, you had better say civil things than 

 smart things. 



Discrttion. — There are many shining qualities 

 in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as 

 discretion, it is this indeed which gives a value to 

 all the rest,wliich sets them at work in their prop- 

 er times and places, and turns tliem to the advan- 

 tage of the person who is possessed of them. — 

 Without it, learning is pedantry and wit imperti- 

 nence, virtue itj»lf looks like weakness ; the best 

 parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in 

 errors and sctive to his own prejudice. 



Dirtfi Bnr-rooms. — If there is a place on earth, 

 which may boast a pre-eminence in dirt, that 

 place is the bar room of a New-England tavern. 

 Stables are cleaned daily and pig-styes, at least 

 once a week, but the bar room (heaven help our 

 eyes j-nd noses ! ) is not washed once in six months. 

 Nor is this true merely of some obscure, vulgar 

 houses — vile, two-penny-taverns — no ! the same 

 strntum 0/ dirt runs through many of the first bar- 

 rooms, in the proudest villages, and on the most 

 publick roads in New-England. Ask mine host 

 tlie reason for all this ; he will fold up his arms, 

 shrug up his shoulders, and tell you, with a most 

 lackadaisical countenance — " It won't do no good 

 at all to wash the floor — it will get just so again." 

 This reminds us of a little bit of a conjugal con- 

 fab, in which the husband demanded of bis better 

 half — " Why dont you comb your hair, you blow- 

 zy jade, you ?" — " Why she replied, " if I should, 

 it woulu'nt stay combed no how at all !" 



Dead Atithors. — The society of dead authors has 

 this advantage over the living, they never flatter 

 us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, 

 nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves 

 until we take them down. Besides it is always 

 easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get 

 rid of a lettered coxcomb. [Lacon.] 



The Secretary of the Treasury has made ar- 

 rangements to collect in Europe, as well as in all 

 parts of our Union, information concerning the 

 growth and culture of the silk worm, and e.xpects 

 to be able to make a full report to Congress on the 

 subject, at an early period of the next session. 



JAMES 15LOODGOOD & Co's • 

 "ni at Flushing, on Long Island, neary, 

 York. 

 IN be' alf of the proprietors of thej 

 .uifsery, the subscriber solicits the 

 horticulturists who may be desirous 

 i;.- : .-..rdens and fields with fruit trees of ti 

 sorts and most healthy and vigorous storks th 

 autumn. 



Cloodgood i Co ttllfnd personally to the inoi 

 and rngrafl ing of all Iheir fruit Irees, and pui 

 may rely with confidence that the trees they 01 

 prove g'-nuiiie. 



The subscriber, agent of the above nursery, 

 ceive orders for any quantity of 



FRUIT AND FUKEST TRF.ES, 

 FLOWFRING SURUBS, 



AND 



PLANTS. 



^nd the trees will he delivered in this city at 

 and expense of the Purchaser; th« bills may 

 to him. 



The reputation of this nursery is so extensively 

 and has been so well sustained that 1 take leavi 

 fer those in want of trees to any of the Ho ticui 

 in t'tis city and its vicinity, and if ocular demoosi 

 I I? desired. \ invite those who wi«h to be thus sal 

 I to examine the trees in my garden at Dorchesti 

 cured from this nursery for three or four yean 

 some of which are now in bearing, all in a heal 

 vigorous state. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis on appl 



to zFB. coo: 



Rogers' Building— Congress Stfl 





m0 

 Itbln 



The total number of revolutionary pensioners 

 now on the rolls of Government is 15,535. New- 

 York has the greatest number in any one Stite, 

 there being 3,921. 



' A tailor in the ninth part of a man,' said a 

 would-be-wit in the presence of a knight of the 

 shears. ' But,' replied the tailor, ' a fool is no 

 part at all.' 



Liberality consists not so much in giving a great 

 deal as in giving seasonably. [De la Bruyere.] 



U. S. Mn<— During the Ust year, 18,069 half 

 and 7,602 quarter eagles, amounting to $92,'i4."), 

 anu 4,004,180 half dollars, were made at the mint. 

 The gold, silver and copper coinage made fronr- 

 the commencement of the institution to the .31st. 

 Dec. 1825, was $25,390,966, making, with the 

 above and $17, 101 in cents, a grand total of $27,- 

 503.462. 



Luck. — A singular instance of good fortunt is 

 mentioned in the last Louisport, (Md.) Star: A [oor 

 labouring man having saved a lad from drowning, 

 the father, in his gratitude, made him a present 

 of a lottery ticket, which two days afterwards diew 

 a prize of ten thousand dollars. 



JVotice to Gentlemen Farmers. 



FOR SALF, the very valuable farm of the late 

 Gilchrist, Esq. situated in Charlestown, N. H 

 lower meadows, so called, of the Connecticut 

 and formerly belonged to Col. Asabel Hunt. 



This Farm consists of 385 acres of Land, of wbi 

 are meadow, of the first quality, and in a slate ol 

 cultivation; the remaining 315 are upland, aD' 

 sit chiefly of pasture and woodland ; .the whole 

 ing one entire piece. The House is large and comn 

 dious. well furnished with all needful and convcnit 

 out buildings, and in excellent repair. 



It is beautifully situated, between the great ri\rrri' 

 and the bank of She Coruiecticut, on a swell ol la 

 rising out ofthe meadow. 



The barns are large and numerous, conveuM 

 placed, and have been thoroughly repaired within 

 years. One large barn has been built within 

 lime. 



The Farm is well watered, and in addition to ins 

 lar springs, has running through it a never failii 

 stream, on which is situated a good saw mill. 



Besides fhe "Mansion House, there is also on tl 

 premises, a small farm house, with a barn attached toi 



This is a very eiigible situation for a genllemf 

 farmer, with advantage of natural beauty fertility, an 

 site, excelled by few places in '^ew England. 



Persons wishing to purchase such a place, nre i«v 

 ted to look at this. — Terms and further particulars ma 

 be known on application toMrsPUSAN GILCHRIST 

 on the premises, or to S. G WILLIAMS & CO. Boston 



' How long have you been in this }iutshell cf a 

 room? said T. Hooke, to a young ensign, hst 

 week. ' Not long enough to become a kernel,' 

 (colonel.) was the reply. 



When I see a boy at the counter, drinkiiir a 

 glass of Rum, because' the vessel will not holdit. 

 I could weep for him : — there is much danger of 

 his becoming a Drunkard. Let him spill it on tie 

 ground, and take a glass of pure water. 



TO FARMERS^— Tolet, a farm containing .So acre 

 of land, a large and comfortable house, barn. ic. Th 

 land Is of good quality, and of easy cultivation. Ther 

 are on the place a variety of choice young fruit tree? 

 which are just beginning to bear ; also 10 acres of pea 

 meadow, on which could be cut enough fufi for thi 

 family, and is an excellent manure. Said farm is situ 

 ated in Cambridge, about 4 miles from Boston market 

 The terms will bo on a lease from si.x to ten ye.irs, tbt 

 first year's rent to be expended for manure, and a par' 

 afterwards to be laid out in the same manner every 

 year. — The above offers a desirable opportunity to ac 

 intelligent, thorough and enterprising farmer. No on 

 but who can bring recommendations as being such neeii 

 apply. THOM \S RRF.WER. 416 VVashington str't 



- "f Published everv Fridsy at Three Dollars per an 

 num. payable at the end of the year — but those wh" 

 pay within sixty days from the lime of subscribing art 

 entitled to a deduction of I'ifly Cents. 



