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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



THE SLEEP OF THE SLUGGARD. 



BY T. C. FESSZXDES. 



list to in indolent lump of live lumber, 

 Whom slothfulness binds wilh invisible band?, 



" A little more sleep, and a little more slumber, 

 A little more folding together the handa. 



" I've a villainous cold — and my head — liow it aches ! 



The north wind is blowing, and stings like a hornet, 

 And as to this rising as soon as day breaks, 



'Tis a vile vulgar habit, and gentlefolks scorn it. 



" I'm none of those ivretches who labor for bread 

 Through foul or fair weather, whatever may hap ; 



1 mean to enjoy both my table and bed. 

 And so I'll turn over and take 'tother nap. 



" I've money enough, and can live at my ease, 



I cannot be caught in necessity's trap, 

 I'll sleep every day, till the next, if I please, 



And so I'll turn over and take Hother nap." 



His heavy, hydropical carcass he turns. 



And sinks in uneasy, intemperate rest. 

 Tilt dim in his bosom the lamp of life burn?. 



While snorting with night-mare, and plethora prest. 



What horrible visions his bed hover o'er. 

 The phantoms of spleen, and the blue devils dire ! 



Lifee Gorgons and Hydras of fabulous lore, 

 And red dragons vomiting rivers of fire ! 



Now clings to the side of a prominent steep, 

 O'er a rough, roaring cataract hangs by a hair, 



Now suddenly sinks in a bottomless deep. 



And starts, half awake, with a shriek of despair. 



Thus rolls, like a porpoise, o'er biHows of down, 



Grows big as a mammoth, and fat as a seal, 

 Lives a plague to his friends, or a charge to the town, 



And dies to make worms a most plentiful meal. 

 Ye sons of Columbia, shun the syren of sloth, 



For if you submit to her leaden control, 

 Tou'll find, when too late, lilre n y-'^nomntis moth. 



She eats up the substance, and poisons the soul. 



{f the wizard of indolence takes you in hand, 



Quick break from his grasp, or you're quickly undone. 



Your limbs will be lithe as a wickapy* wand, 

 And your sinews be soften'd, like wax in the sun. 



* Wickajiy is the popular name for" a shrub, u-hich is 

 remarkably flexible. 



Of those who claim it, more than half have none, 

 And half of those who have it are undone. 



Natural History. — A traveller was talking of 

 having seen, in some foreign country, bed bngs, 

 so large and powerful, that two of them would 

 drain a man's blood in a night. H'lr .lohu ipoj'lc. 

 to whom this was addressed, replied, " My good 

 sir, we have the same animals in Ireland, but 

 they are knciva by another name. We call 

 them humbugs.'''' 



The difference bclv.-cc7i long-tailed, and short- 

 failed horses. — The following singular adverfise- 

 ment was painted in large letters on a board, 

 placed on (he side of a licld, in the neighbor- 

 hood of Greenwich, Eng. 



" Good gra='i for horses. Long tails, three 

 shillings and sixpence per week ; short tails, 

 two shillings and sixpence ])er week." The 

 difference in the charge w.is made because the 

 long tails can whisk off the liiis, and eat at their 

 leisure, while the short tails are running about 

 ffOBj morning till oighn 



He that does not give his son a trade or a 

 profession, learns him to be a knave, and per- 

 haps a thief This, mor^ especially holds good 

 as respects the children of the poor. Poor 

 children that are brought up neither to a trade, 

 nor any regular occupation, are laid under a 

 sort of necessity to become rogues for a liveli- 

 hood. 



There is a labor of the mind as well as of 

 the body, and some employ themselves very 

 usefully to society, who do but little with their 

 hands. But the labor of the body, if not ex- 

 cessive, strengthens the mind, and those who 

 do not labor from necessity, should labor for 

 health. 



there is scarcely any part of the creation whic 

 does not afford an extensive field for microsci ^ 

 pic inquiry. \y. 



From the American Daily Advertiser. 

 Mr.. PoiLsoN — Seeing an account of some 

 microscopic animals, found in pepper, water, dc. 

 in your paper a few days ago, 1 take the liberty 

 of adding some observations, extracted from dif- 

 ferent authors concerning this minute part of the 

 creation. Parts o( insects, scales of fish, animal 

 and vegetable infusions, are Tery interesting ob- 

 jects for microscopic observation. The illus- 

 trious naturalist, Swammerdam, had a more per- 

 fect apparatus than any one of the age in which 

 he lived. His apparatus, I think, is now in the 

 Royal Society, and it is said to have about 30t> 

 different magnifiers ; he manufactured most of 

 his utensils himself His " chief art," says Mr. 

 Samonnelle, " consisted in manufacturing scis- 

 sors of exquisite fineness, with which he was 

 able to dissect the smallest insects ; and the in- 

 testines of bees." I shall commence by draw- 

 ing the reader's attention to certain small ver- 

 miform animals, found in vinegar, which may 

 sometimes be discovered even by the naked eye. 

 These are interesting, and are always to be had 

 without either expense or trouble. Animals, 

 almost exactly like them, may be found in paste, 

 when kept until sour ; and by keeping the sur- 

 face of the paste continually moistened, they 

 may be preserved for almost any length of time. 

 The next kind are minute animals, of various 

 forms, found in an infusion of hay. These are 

 always to be had, as every one has it in his 

 power to obtain them, by placing some hay in 

 a vessel of water, and letting it remain exposed 

 to the sun's heat until a pellicle be found on the 

 surface, in which myriads of these animals 

 may be found. An innumerable quantity of 

 animals, so small as to require the aid of a 

 microscope, may be found in sea water. All of 

 those who have witnessed that beautiful phe- 

 nomena, of the sea being luminous, may not 

 know that this appearance is owing to small 

 jelly-like bodies, which are phosphorescent, or 

 have a luminous property : by the assistance of 

 the microscope, these animals are found to pos- 

 sess a mouth, stomach and intestines ; but their 

 extreme minuteness renders their dissection and 

 examination very diihcnit. In the water of 

 ponds and ditches, and all stagnant water, ani- 

 malcule are found in abundance. Those small 

 insects, &.c. which inhabit pools awl standing 

 waters, may be procured by means of a net, 

 made sulliciently open to suffer the water, 

 but not the insects, to escape. The mud must 

 bo brought up from the bottom, and m it many 

 interesting animals are found, which may be 

 picked out and put into a phial of clean water ; 

 by thii means, they may be kept alive. In fact, 



From the Village Record. l' 



A distant correspondent has sent us quite a ci * 

 riosity ; a Love Letter ; not one of your mo( 

 em, whining, crying and blubbering epistle 

 talking of flames, broken hearts, and dying, an 

 all that, but a good old fashioned letter such 

 our proud spirited grand mothers used to writ 

 to sr/ains when faithless. Now-a-days, forsootl 

 if a lover leaves his own mistress for a new or 

 he likes better, the melancholy, broken-hearte 

 dame brings in her action for something like 

 thousand or two dollars, and solaces herself fc 

 the loss of a lover's person in the hope of 

 good portion of his wealth. Elizabeth ALv' 

 THEWS was a girl of spirit, an honor to Beverl 

 and a praise to old Massachusetts. Such wome j^i 

 were fit to become the mothers of soldiers — I' 

 warrant it, if the truth could be known, th; 

 she afterwards married an officer, at least ; 

 high in commission as an Ensign. — But the le 

 ter. It is directed 



" To Mr. Michael Brown 



in Exeter. 

 These with care." 

 No proof is necessary to convince us it is 

 genuine origmal letter. It carries with it ii 

 trinsic and irresistible evidence that it is what 

 purports to be. Here it is. 



" Beverly, March ye 21, 1777. 

 " Mr. Michael Broun, 



" Sir — I once more take an opportunity 

 write you, to let you know I am well, throug 

 the goodness of God, and can live without yo' 

 company — but pray don't get published the thi 

 time. I should be glad if you would come ai 

 get your clothes, for I don't want no conce 

 with them — for I hope that you will lake ca 

 not tu promiso any young lady more than y< 

 intend to perform ; for I'd have you consider th 

 God can see further than Exeter — although y< 

 thought you did me a great injury to go ai 

 leave me, I never thought so; for I'm ve 

 well contented with your absence, and beg Gc 

 to keep you there if j'ou like it. So no mo 

 at present — but 1 remain a well-wisher to i 

 the true hearts — and a curse to all false ones. 

 Eliz.ibeth Matthews." 



Nicholas Rowe, the poet, one day went 

 pay his court to the lord treasurer Oxford, wl 

 asked him if he understood Spanish well ? h 

 answered "No:" but thinking that his lordsh: 

 might intend to send him into Spain on sort 

 honorable commission, he presently added, " th 

 he did not doubt but he could shortly be ab 

 both to understand and to speak it." The ea 

 approving what he said, Rowe took his Ifeavl 

 and, retiring a few weeks to learn the languag' 

 waited on the carl to acquaint him with it.- 

 His lordship asking him " if he was sure li 

 understood it thoroughly ?" and Rowe affirmio 

 that he did, " how happy are you Mr. Rowe. 

 said the earl, " that you can have the pleasai 

 of reading and understanding the history of Do 

 Q,uixote in the original." 



An eminent Grocer Company in Dublin ai 

 nounce in the newspapers in that city, ths 

 they have whiskey for s.ile which ■was drank b 

 his Majtstij xi'hils in Ireland. 





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