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NEW ENGLAiND FARMER. 



A MORAL LESSON. 

 Listen, young- lUrmer, to Ihc moral muse, 

 And catch the usf.ful lessons of her sonj. 

 lie frugal and be blest ; friig:a!i(y 

 Will give thee competence ; thy gains arc small, 

 Too small to bear profusion's wasteful haml. 

 Make temperance thy companion ; so shall hcallli 

 Sit on thy brow, and brace thy vigorous frame 

 To every useful work. And if to these 

 Thou happily shalt join une virtue more. 

 The love of industry, the glowing joy 

 Felt from each new improvement, then luir peace 

 With modest neatness in her decent garl', 

 Shall walk around thy dwelling; while the great. 

 Tire with the vast fatigue of doing nouglif, 

 Fill'd with the ails, which luxury await. 

 Impatient curse the dilatory day. 

 And look with envy ou thy happier stale. 



Thou bani.-h from thy fields the loiterer sloth. 

 Nor listen to the voice of Ihoughtksa ease. 

 Him sordidness and penury surround. 

 Beneath whose lazy hand the farm runs wild ; 

 Whose heart nor feels the joy improvement gives. 

 Nor leaden eye the beauties that arise 

 From labor sees. Accumulated filth 

 Annoys his crowded steps ; even at his door 

 Afyellow mucus from the dunghill stands 

 In squa'.id pools ; his buildings unrepairM, 

 To ruin rush precipitate ; his fields 

 Disorder governs, and licentious weeds 

 Spring up uncheclcM : the nettle and the dock, 

 Wormwood and thistles, in their season rise, 

 And deadly nightshade spreads his poison round. 

 Ah 1 wretched he ! if chance his wandering child, 

 By hunger prompted, pluck th'«ftlluring fruit 

 Benumbing stupor creeps ui)on his brain ; 

 Wild grinning laughter soon to this succeeds ; 

 Strange madness then, and death iu hideous form. 

 Mysterious Providence I ah why conceaPd 

 In such a tempting form, should poisons lurk ; 

 Ah, why so near the paths of innocents 

 Should spring their bane f But thou alone art wise. 



A'otiojw.— Plants which were once held in 

 dread by mankind, are now used, and found not 

 only innoxious, but of all things serviceable ;— 

 whiUt those vvhicli we now disregard, as at best 

 indififerent, were in times past considered nutri- 

 tious, pleasant and possessed of countless vir- 

 tues. We all of us now reprobate the use of 

 quasha by the brewers, and proclaim that noth- 

 ing but hops is wholesome or pleasant ; but we 

 believe that there are brewers now living, who 

 remember when hops were forbidden by law, 

 and the use of thetn in the brewery held in 

 great disapprobation. Gerard states, that in his 

 day potatoes were eaten sopped in wine ; that 

 they were made into delicious conserves and re- 

 storative sweet meats ; and others he tells us 

 '• to give them the greater grace in eating do | 

 boil them with prunes, and so eat them." The ^ 

 Queen of James 1 considered these such a del-, 

 icacy, that she had them supplied to her table, 

 but in small quantities, tiie price being so high 

 as a shilling a pound. But when it was endeav- 

 ored to introduce this root as a food among the 

 poor, although it was a delicacy of kings, the 

 people declared it a narcotic, a poisonous and 

 mischievous root, flatulent, and causing the lep- 

 rosy and dysentery. — European Magazine. 



Activity, industry and talents may advance a 

 man to high standing in the community, but pru- 

 dence and circumspection alone can preserve 

 him in such station Genius, without prudence, 

 is often a curse to its possesser : 



" For many a man, who has much wit. 



Needs twice as much to govern it." 

 Still however, genius is a blessing, and talents 

 are desirable, although their misapplication may 

 nun a man. No one in his senses would prefer 

 a dull to a sharp tool for fear of cutting his lin- 

 ger ; nor should a person of feeble intellect be 

 preferred to another of great mental powers, 

 because the latter by misdirecting his energies 

 may do the most mischief. 



No man was ever a knave unless he was also 

 in some degree a fool. Indeed knavery is a 

 compound qualitj', consisting of folly and low 

 cunning. A man who has a clear head has gen- 

 erally an honest heart ; for he must perceive 

 that honesty is not only a duty, enjoined by the 

 laws of God and man, but is likewise the best 

 policy. 



It is observed by Hume in his description of 

 the Anglo-Saxons that " Whatever we may im- 

 agine concerning the usual truth and sincerity 

 of men who live in a rude and barbarous state, 

 there is much more falsehood uinoug them than 

 nmoDg civilized nations." 



Glue from Leather.— It is generally thought 

 that the process of tanning renders leather ex- 

 ceedingly insoluble. Means, however, have 

 been found to overcome that insolubility, and to 

 form a glue exceedingly well adapted to the 

 purpose for which it has been used; namely, 

 that of making the bUich paper cases, so much 

 used for a great variety of purposes ; — as it not 

 only forms the cement by which they are glu- 

 ed "together, but also in consequence of the gal- 

 lic acid contained 'n it strikes a black color, by 

 the aiiplication of a solution of sulphate of iron 

 (green vitriol, or copperas) to the surfaces of 

 the articles; and lastly serves to varnish the 

 cases. 



The process for making this glue is as fol- 

 lows : — Boil the scraps or cuttings of thin tan- 

 ned leather ; such as the upper leathers of boots, 

 shoes, &.C. are made of, in stale urine, until they 

 become softened, and will stretch and contract 

 when pulled and let go again, in the manner of 

 India rubber ; they are then to be washed in 

 clean water, and boiled in water until dissolved 

 to a proper consistence for use. 



Remedy fur sore Eijes. — I have lately seen an 

 application for sore eyes rapid in its good effects 

 and so simple and cheap that the poor and igno- 

 rant can obtain it. Take small sticks of sassa- 

 fras, split in fine pieces — put them iu a vessel 

 with cold fresh spring water — they impart a 

 glutinous matter to the water — wash sore eyes 

 in this liquid, which cures them without smart 

 or heat. — American Farmer. 



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CHARLES RAWLEY. 

 One beautiful spring morning, shortly after I 

 came to Green Lane, I took a ride round the 

 neighborhood to return the visits ot my new 

 acquaintances, and to say how d'ye do to the 

 many new faces 1 was in the midst of After 

 making several calls I arrived at a neat look- 

 ing Farm-house, whose tenant I had taken a glass 

 of cider with the day before, and who I learn- 

 ed was a young tuaa of promising character. 



I was struck as soon as I entered on the plac 

 with the business-like appearance of evei 

 thing. The fences were all in good order, tl 

 trees looked thrifty, the winter grain veii 

 forward, the cattle in prime keeping ; and ti ^ 

 place well stocked with poultry, of every kiaf 

 fine growing pigs, and a clever flock of shee 

 At the barn I observed several persons busil ' 

 employed, and so stepped down there ; whei 

 I Ibund Charles Rawley himself", in his shi 

 sleeves working like a lusty fellow, and h 

 boys round him as busy as himself. He invitt 

 me to walk to the house and I did so; and tl 

 arrangement of things within corresponded we 

 with that without. 



Although it was not much after the ordinal 

 breakfast hour; every thing like cooking 

 eating had disappeared, there was not so muc 

 as a crumb on the floor ; the very cat had h; 

 her till, and sat washing her face in the corne 

 the chairs were all in their places; the tabli 

 looked newly polished, and the domestic carp^ 

 did not bear the print of a single foot-step. 15 

 the prettiest sight was the good woman and h 

 two eldest daughters at the spinning-wheels; tl 

 little girls did not appear to be, either of thet 

 more than 9 or 10; yet they seemed qui 

 mistresses of their business, and worked 

 smart as their mother. With their flaxen ha 

 neatly combed up, their rosy faces fresh ai 

 clean, and their linsey dresses neat and tid 

 they bespoke a tribute of praise to their e 

 cellent mother, which 1 could not help availii 

 myself even of that early opportunity of payin 



"We read the truest lessons of character 

 small things ; and when Charles asked his wi 

 for the decanter of brandy, I sat it down as oi 

 good sign; it was an article with which he w 

 not very familiar; and when afterwards : 

 wanted to pay me a small sum of money 1 

 some choice seed I had promised him, and wc 

 to the good woman for the money, 1 set tl 

 down as another. It's always a good sign wh 

 husband and wife keep the family purse 

 common, for it shows that they both know he 

 to keep it well — a matter of the first cons 

 quence. 



I left Charles Rawley's that morning, deligl 

 ed with my visit, and when 1 returned hom 

 noted in my Port Folio, " Rawley will be rit 

 in a dozen years." It will be twelve yea 

 next May since I made this entry and he is no 

 master of a farm of 250 acres of fine land, ai 

 has money out at interest, though at that tin 

 probably fifteen hundred dollars would hai 

 bought him out completely; so certainly do, 

 industry, frugality and good management pro 

 per. — Emporium. 



Pun Legal. — A short time before the remov 

 of the Irish Courts to their present splend 

 building, one of the walls of the old court hous' 

 was in a very tottering condition. While a la 

 argument was going on one day in full cour 

 this assumed so dangerous an appearance as I 

 check the proceedings for a short time : durin 

 which a young wag at the bar, addressed th' 

 court, saying "My Lord, 1 move for an injutu 

 lion to stay the proceedings of that xcatl." " Ther 

 is no need (replied Curran) a temporary bar wi 

 be sufficient." 



Dr. R. maintained that poverty was a virtae' 



" That," said Mr. CanniDg, "is literally maiwj 

 a virtve of necessiiy." 



