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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BV T. C. FESSEXDF.N. 



Some of the following lines are altered and para- 

 (jhrased from certnia passages in a poem, entitled, 

 " TiiE Fleece," the production of Dyer, a British 

 poet. — 



The adrantazrs of industry illuitraleJ ; houses nf labor 



recommended, and tagrants invited to accept of tuch 



atylunw. 

 IVot only man but nature lives by toil. 

 Beast, bird, the elements, and rolling worlds 

 Exist by action ; nothing lies at rest 

 irare sluggards, death and ruin. Man is born 

 To care, and toil mu«t nurture him, or el«e 

 His powers and faculties will never ripen ; 

 Nonage will on the heels of dotage tread. 

 And the poor biped will remain a child 

 Through every stage of sublunary being. 

 Wise states of yore, observing this, ordain'd 

 Tliat rich and needy, high and low, be doom'J 

 Alike to labor ; and they often call'd 

 The rugged chieftain from his plough and fold. 

 From ruling brutes to rule the commonwealth. 

 Utility was then the test of merit 

 Throughout all ranks. Then exercise gave health, 

 Corporeal strength, and force of intellect. 



We owe to toil whatever raises man 

 Above the wildest quatlruped that roamj 

 The wilderness. Corn, wine and oil, 

 "rae cottage and the dome, the joys of life, 

 Are fruits of industry. What nature yields 

 (And she performs her part) are mostly rude 

 And raw materials, to be form'd by skill 

 And industry, which fashion them to wealth. 



To idle want and vagrant vice, the means 

 Of doing good true charity supplies, 

 Means wherewithal to benefit themselves. 

 And serve the common weal, by useful toil. 

 In every village charity should raise 

 TIorsES 01' i.ADOR — seats of kind restraint 

 For those who wear out life in fruitless sports, 

 And idleness, the harbinger of want ; 

 Who each employment sedulously shun. 

 Which honest wealth might yield, and something due 

 By all to all, and public weal subserv*. 

 Ye vagrant poor, who ramble to and fro. 

 Like gipsey-hordes, and him who tempted Job, 

 Who haunt the dwellings of the diligent 

 For sustenance uncaru'd ; who ramljle wide 

 From house to house, with mischievous intent, 

 Feigning disease, with false and woful tales 

 Of dire distress, and ye whom rtal want 

 Has bowed like rushes, which the torrent sweeps — 

 Who tread the rough liigh way without an aim, 

 V.'ith painful step, and bitterness of heart, 

 Gaunt children of aflliction, do not shun 

 The path which terminates in all the bliss, 

 Which charity can with discretion yield; 

 I^et not false pride predominate, but turn 

 Your step-swoln feet to gentle fiiendly toil. 

 The loom awaits you, and the spinning wheel, 

 The adzt, the awl, the iinplenirnts of art, 

 Which plied with diligence will put dull care 

 And carking reminiscences to llight. 

 Here may you rest and place your pillow here. 

 Safe from the pcUings of the pitiless storm, 

 Pure beverage, wholesome viands shall be yours — 

 To heal each sickues.s the physician waits. 

 And pricit invites to give your Maker praise. 



Regard the world with cautious eye, 

 Nor raise your expectation high, 

 See that the balanc'd scales be such, 

 Vnu neither fear nor hope too much. 



Support of Paupers. — The system of having a 

 \vork-hnu>e, with land adjoining, where the pau- 

 pers may do something to support themselves, 

 has been adopted in many places with the most 

 satisfactory results. The Christian Register 

 says that the managers of the pauper establish- 

 ment in Cambridge have paid ^80 into the town 

 treasur}', after defraying all expenses nf the es- 

 tablishment for the past year. — Pittsfchl Sun. 



From the Trenton F,mporium. 

 March of Improvement. — A dozen years ago 

 onh', and atrip from New-York to Norfolk, was 

 considered an undertaking of no small magnitude 

 — a journey of very uncertain termination — no-ji: 

 you step on board the steam boat in New-York, 

 and are safely landed in Norfolk in a couple of 

 days. Formerly, before a voyage to Havana, 

 there was an invariable closing of contracts, ar- 

 ranging of business, drawing out and executing 

 of wills, inournfal farewells and letters written 

 back by the pilot boat — yww it is a neat little 

 pleasure jaunt — its hardly worth while to bid 

 good bye — just going down to Havana. And 

 some think we shall soon travel over land as 

 nicely as we do over water — Oliver Evans used 

 to say that the time was coming when a trip to 

 Pittsburg would be but a pleasant excursion — 

 and when steam should supply the place of hor- 



Recipejor making a pound of Fire JVood save 

 a cord. — From the end of a small, straight grain- 

 ed stick, s;nv off a pound, and split it into as ma- 

 ny pieces as it will aditiit for the purpose de- 

 signed. Make each piece into the form of a 

 wedge, and place one of those wedges between 

 ihe casing and the top of the lower sash, where- 

 ever the wind enters between the sashes. — Bos- 

 ton Gazette. 



Singular Phenomena. — About two tons of re- 

 fuse iron, consisting of tilings and shavinafs, were 

 deposited in a wooden store near this village. 

 By accident, a few quarts of linseed oil was spilt 

 on the heap. In about three weeks after this 

 occurred, a person walking over the mound per- 

 ceived it to be very sensibly warm. In opening 

 it, a great part of the interior was discovered to 

 be heated to redness ! The iron was free from 

 sulphur, which is known to inflame spontanco'is- 

 ly with iron. — Taunton, Ms. paper. 



C^orsicaurujn. — A new mineral earth has been 

 lately found in Corsica, thought to be impregna- 

 ted with particles of gold. By chemical opera- 

 tion, vases have been made of it for table ser- 

 vices, and it is found to vie in color and lustre 

 with the finest vermilion. The name of Corsi- 

 caurum has been given to it ; it has the proper- 

 ty of not discoloring white stufl's, which is not 

 always the case with gold, (he most purified 

 and refined. — A''. Hampshire Repository. 



The celebrated Englishman, Capt. Cochrane, 

 who is famous both in and out of Europe, for his 

 long excursions on foot, and has been for two 

 years engaged in such a tour in Siberia, to dis- 

 cover whether in the Northern Latitudes there 

 is any connection between the continents of Asia 

 and America, has married in Kamtscbatka, a na- 

 tive of that country, and is now on his return. 

 He has not found any junction of the two Con- 

 tinents. — Hamburg paper. 



Newport, (R. I.) Dec. ' 

 The remarkable propensity of cats, in 511 

 ing the breath of infants, has often been spok 

 of, and has been considered by many as fal 

 lous ; but an instance occurred in this town, I 

 week, which should put parents upon th< 

 guard against this danger. The mother had I 

 the infant in the care of a domestic — on b 

 return, she was informed that the cat w 

 found with its two fore paws fast encircling t 

 child's neck, and its mouth in that of the chi 

 which was nearly suffocated ; and great exi 

 tions were necessary to extricate the helpli 

 little snffcrer from its perilous situation. T 

 story was not much heeded by the mother, I 

 what was her horror on being awaked in t 

 night, by the convulsed struggling of the infa 

 and finding the same cat, in the same positic 

 and the child again reduced to nearly the 1. 

 extremity ! The cat was immediately thrust c 

 of the window — and so much eagerness did s 

 manifest to return to her victim, she bro 

 through a pane of glass to effect her object, 

 was not until the cat had made the third 

 tempt on the following day that she was put 

 death. 



From the Westchester Herald. 



Rain. — Few persons are aware of the iounei 

 f]uantities of rain which descend from the cloi 

 in a certain space of time. Last Wednesc 

 night, it was ascertained that the rain fell to ( 

 depth of 8 inches. Now it follows, if we gi 

 pose our county contains 500 square miles, r 

 that the rain was equally plentiful through" 

 the county, (hat nearly 1200 millions of ho 

 heads of water must have been poured upon 

 surface in that night only. Hence if we cal 

 late iho Tappan sea to cover a surface of 

 square miles, and that the wafer is 24 feet de 

 upon an average throughout the whole bodj 

 it appears, that nearly as much water was < 

 charged from the clouds on Wednesday ev 

 ing in this county alone as would fill the wh 

 space occupied by the Tappan sea. This e 

 mate may be amplified to any extent, and O) 

 proves how vast is the divine power and beni 

 olence ; and how trifling and contemptible i 

 all the works of man in contrast only with ( 

 most ordinary acts of God in his provident 

 government of the world ! 



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From the Farmer's Calender for 1823. 



Useful Hi/Its. — " Sir, asked a young man, « 

 you be so kind as to measure this load of woo 

 My father has sold it to Mr. Crispin, the shi 

 maker. Father says there is a good cord, 1 

 Mr. C. says no, and they have left it to you."' 

 " Well my lad, there is just about six feet of 

 It is almost every stick too short, and I can s 

 there are some hollow places in it, and now S| 

 then a rotten stick tucked in." 



Who comes here ! Oh 'tis Capt. Thrifty ! i' 

 never goes to a tavern or grog-shop to lay 

 stores lor Sunday. Whatever he does is do 

 quickly and then he is off. He treats no Me, 

 at (he tavern or retailer's cup. No morni 

 drams, or clcrcn o'clock.s for him. He has plei 

 of good beer and cider. He never contra 

 more than he can pay in season. He pays 

 interest, because he pays the principal and th 

 saves the expense of suits, and the vexatioi^ 

 contending with his neighbor. 



