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^^IE^V ENGLAND FARMER. 



(Cy" The. foUowin-^ h but lillle inferior to Thormoii's 

 famous " Paletnon and Aaimin." 



THE MILK M.'lip .3.VZ) HER LOVER. 



Who hatli not hearcl 

 Of Patty, tho fair milk maitl ? neautifiil 

 As an Arcadian nymph ; upon her brow 

 Sat virgin modf-^ty, whik- in her eyes 

 Young sensibility began to play 

 With hiuocence. Her waving locks fell down 

 On either side her face in careless curls, 

 Shadinsf the tender blu?hes in her cheek. 

 H( r breath was sweeter than the morning gale 

 Stol'n from the rose or viojet's dewy leaves. 

 Her ivory teeth appear'd in even rows, 

 Through lips of living coral. When she spoke 

 Her features wore intelligence ; her words 

 Were soft, with such a smile accomj^auied. 

 As lighted in her face resistless charms. 

 Her polish'd neck ro=e rounding from her breast 

 With pleasing elegance : 

 Her shape was moulded by the hand of ease, 

 Exact proportion harmonizM her frame ; 

 While grace, following her steps, with secret art 

 Stole into all her motions. There she walk'd 

 In sweet simplicity ; a snow white pail 

 Hung on her arm, the symbol of her skill 

 In that fair province of the rural state 

 The dairy ; source of more delicious bowls 

 Thau Bftcchus from his choicest vintage boasts. 



How great the power of beauty ! the rude swains 

 Grew civil at her sight ; and gaping crowds, 

 Wrapt in astonishment, with transport gaze, 

 Whispering her praises in each other's ear. 

 As when a gentle breeze, borne through the grove 

 Willi quick vibration shakes the trembling leaves, 

 And hushing murmurs run from tree to tree ; 

 tfo ran a spreading whisper through the crowd. 

 Young Thyrsis hearing, turnVl aside his head, 

 And soon the pleasing wonder caught his eye. 

 Full in the prime of youth, the joyful heir 

 Of numerous acres, a large freehold farm, 

 Thyrsis as yet from beauty felt no pain. 

 Had seen no virgin he could wish to make 

 His wedded partner. Now his beating heart 

 Feels new emotion ; now his fixed eye, 

 ^Vith fervent rapture dwelling on her charms, 

 Drinks in delicious draughts of new born lo\'e. 

 No rest the night, no peace the following day 

 Brought to his struggling heart ; lur beauteous form. 

 Her fair perfections, playing on his mind, 

 With pleasing anguish torture him. In vain 

 He strives to tear her image from his breast ; 

 F.ach little grace, each dear bewitching look, 

 Jleturn triumphant, breaking his resolves. 

 And binding all his soul a slave to love. 



Ah ! little did he know, alas ! the while. 

 Poor Patty's tender heart in mutual pain, 

 Long, long for him had lieav'd the secret sigh. 

 For him she drest, lor him the pleasing arts 

 She studied, and for him she wish'd to live, 

 liut her low fortunes, nursijig sad despair, « 



Check'd her young hopes, nor dmst her modest eyes 

 Indulge the smallest glances of her (lame. 

 Lest curious malice, like a watchful spy, 

 Should catch the secret, and with taunts reveal. 

 Judge then the sweet surprise, when she at length 

 Beheld him all irri • .lute approfich, 

 And gently taking her fair trembling hand 

 Breathe these soft words into her listening car. 

 " O Patty I dearest maid, whose beauteous form 

 " Dwells in my breast, and charms my soul to love, 

 " Accept my vows ; accept a faillifnl heart, 

 " Which from this hour devotts itself to thee : 



" Wealth has no relish, life can give no joy, 

 " If you forbid my hope to call you mine." 

 Ah I who the sudden tumult can describe 

 Of struggling passions rising in her breast ? 

 Hope, fear, confusion, modesty and love 

 Oppress her laboring soul ; — she strove to speak. 

 But the faint accents died upon her tongue ; 

 Her fears prevented utterance : — at length 

 '• Can Thyrsis mock my poverty ? Can he 

 " Ee so unkind ? O no ! yet I, alas, 

 " Too humble e'en to hope" — No more she said ; 

 But gently, as if half unwilling, stole 

 Her hand from his ; and with sweet modesty, 

 Casting a look of diffidence and fear. 

 To hide her blushes, silently withdrew. 

 But Thyrsis read with rapture in her eyes 

 The language of her soul. He follow'd, woo'd 

 And won her for his wife. His lowing herds 

 .Soon call her mistress ; soon their milky streams 

 Coagulated, rise in circling piles 

 Ofhardcn'd curd ; and all the dairies round 

 To her sweet butter yield superior prnisc. 



INDrSTRY AND FRUGALITY. 

 Extracts from Dr. Franklin's writings, and wiiich can- 

 not be too often read, nor too long remembered. 



IC ive are industrious, we shall never starve ; 

 for at tlje working man's house, hunarcr looks 

 in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or 

 the constable enter, for " Industry pay:: debts, 

 while despair incrcaseth them." What thouoh 

 you have (ound no treasure, nor has any rich 

 relation left you a legacy, " diligence is the 

 mother of good luck, and God gives all things 

 to industry. Then jilough deep while slug- 

 gards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and 

 to keep. The diligent spinner has good clothes, 

 and now I have a sheep and a cow, every body 

 bids me good morrow." 



Remember what poor Richard says, " Buv 

 what thou hast no need of and ere long thou 

 shall sell thy necessaries." And again. " At a 

 great pennyworth pause a while ;" he means, 

 ])erhaps, that the cheapness is ai)parent only, 

 and not real ; or the bargain, by straitening thee 

 in thy business, may do thee more harm than 

 good. 



" If you would know the value of money, go 

 and try to borrow some ; for he that goes a bor- 

 rowing goes a sorrowing," as poor Richard 

 says ; and indeed so does he that lends to such 

 people, when he goes to get it again. 



" Creditors have better memories than debtors 

 — creditors are a superstitious sect, great obser- 

 vers of set days and times." 



Remember that time is money. He that can 

 earn ten shillings a day by his labor, and goes a- 

 broad or sets idle one half of that day, though 

 he spends but sixpence during his diversion or 

 idleness, ought not to reckon that tho only ex- 

 pense — he has really si)ent, or thrown away live 

 shillings besides. 



Remember this saying, "• The good paymaster 

 is lord of another man's purse.'' He that is 

 known to pay punctually and exactly at the time 

 he promises, may at any time, and on any oc- 

 casion, rai<e all the money his friends can spare. 



The most trifling actions that afl'ect a man's 

 credit arc to be regarded. The sound of 

 your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine 

 at nighf, heard by a creditor, makes him easy 

 six months longer ; but if he sees you at a bil- 

 liard fable, or heiu's your voice at a tavern, 

 when juu should be at worlc, he sends for his 



money th(> next day — demands it before he can 

 receive it in a lump. 



Beware of thmking all your own that you 

 possess, and of living accordingly. It is a mis- 

 take that many people who have credit fall in- 

 to. To prevent this, keep an exact account, 

 for some time, both of your expenses and your 

 income. If you take the pains at fir'^t to men- 

 tion particulars, it will have this good ellect— 

 you will discover how wonderfully small trifling 

 expenses amount up to large sums, and will 

 discern ^vhat might have been and may for the 

 future be saved, without occasioning any great 

 inconvenience. 



In short the way to wealth, if you desire it, is 

 as plain as the way to market. It depends 

 chiefly on two words. Industry wnd frugality. 



LAW OF PATEAT.S. 

 CHARLEU EWER, A'o. 51, Cvrnhill, has jtul pub- 

 lished., price $3,50, bound, 

 AN ESSAY ON THE LAW OF PATENTS FOR 

 NEW INVENTIONS. Br Thomas Gree.v 

 iESSF..\i)KN, Counsellor at Law. 



" As the West Indies had never been discovered, 

 '•without the discovery of the Mariner's Needle ; so it 

 " cannot seem strange, if Science be no farther devel- 

 " oped, if the Art itself of Invention and Discovery be 

 "passed over." — Bacon. 



The second edition, with large additions, corrected 

 and improveet by the author. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



EXTRACTS FROM LITTERS TO THK ArTHOR. 



Salem, Sept. 4, 1U21. 



Sir — 1 have examined your MS. on the Law of Pa- 

 tents with as much care as my engagements would per- 

 mit, and 1 have no hesitation in expressing my opinion, 

 that the work will be highly useful to all persons who 

 are engaged in obtaining patents, or in vinelicating 

 them iu Ci>urt5 of Justice. I'he manuscript contams a 

 collection of all the cases, on the subject of I'ateuts, 

 within my knowledge ; anel the principles contained in 

 them are detailed with accuracy and fullness in the 

 Summary, at the conclusion. I know of no work so 

 comprehensive as yours on this subject ; and it may be 

 relied on as a safe guide. 1 hope you will receive en- 

 couragement sufficient to justify the publication, which 

 1 should think would be profitable as well as exten- 

 sively useful. JOSEPH STORY. 



Thomas G. Fessenden, Esq. 



Boston, September 23, 182.1, 



Sin — We have lookeel over the manuscript of the sec- 

 ond e'dilion of your publication on the Law of Patents. 

 Tliis edition is a great improvement on the first, and 

 we think it will be a valuable and useful book to the 

 profe ssion, as it contains the statutes, and state s we be- 

 lieve accurately, all, or nearly all the decisions, which 

 have been made on a branch of the law, daily growing 

 more interesting and important. W M. PRESCOTT, 

 Thomas G. Fessenden, Esq. D. WEBSTER. 



Boston, September £7, 18i?L 



Sir — The new edition of your Essay on Patent-Law, 

 which I have taken some time to examine, is a very 

 improved work. i\Iore ample materials, furnished to"" 

 your hands, by decisions, subsequent to your former 

 eflition, have enabletl you to present to the public, and 

 the bar a more minute analysis, as well as a more com- 

 prihensive view of this branch of law than has yet ap- 

 peared in England eir in this country. Your method of 

 arrruiging all the decisions, in the order of an anna- 

 lytical digest of the sr\rial requirements and provisions 

 of our statutes for granting patents, puts the lawyer at 

 once in possession of thi' judicial construction of the 

 statutes-, while your synthetic summary, far more ex- 

 tended anel comprehensive than in the former edition, 

 place within reach ol' the mechanic a sure means of 

 judging whether his invention is a fit subject for a I'n* 

 tent ; what is requu'ed of him by the: statute in order to 

 obtain his Patent; and what provisions are enacted for 

 securing to himself :iml heirs his meritorious pri\ ile ge. 

 I cannot conclude without wishing you the success 

 your labors sure'ly deserve. GEO. SUL14VAN. 



Thomas G. i'esseuekn, Esq. 



