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NEW ENOLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 9, leay. 



i«(scrUanifS. 



THE MOTHER'S DIRGE. 



BY WILLIAM CAREY. 



From bubbling streams, or springs that rise 

 In mountain grot or willowy vale, 

 "Brtng water, while I close the eyes. 

 And kiss the lips so cold and pale. 



From tufted grove and shadowy glen, 

 Untrodden by the feet of men, 

 From sedgy banks and fragrant fields, 

 Bring every Bower that nature yields ; 

 And scatter every breathing sweet 

 On lov'd Maria's winding sheet. 



Blest spirit newly freed from pain, 

 While o'er thy faded cheek I bend, 

 (Belov'd, and watch'd, and wept in v^aiu,) 

 A moment more thy light suspend. 



Behold, while hovering on thy wing. 

 With water from the bubbling spring 

 i wash thy limbs; I spread thy bier; 

 .\nd lay thee down with many a tear, 

 Clad in thy shroud of spotless white. 

 To slumber through a weary night. 

 Thy tender smile, thy soothing voice, 

 Thy playful innocence no more 

 Thy fond, fond mother shall rejoice— 

 Thy little dreams of joy are o'er. 



Of the mild graces of thy mind. 

 No token wilt thou leave behind j 

 No trace of thee will soon remain, 

 But in this breast a mother's pain •■, 

 A mossy grave ; an humble stone. 

 To tell thy years and name unknown. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



"Thy cottage homes, New-England, 



How beautiful they stand 

 Amid the goodly green-wood trees 

 O'er all the pleasant land." 

 Such would, perhaps, have been the words of 

 that "elov.nth muse," the gifted poetess of Eng- 

 land, in the I e:tutiful stanzas descriptive of the ru- 

 ral scenery oi the clime of our ancestors, if they 

 had been B| plied lo the land of the Pilgrims. It 

 is a goodly siiht to look on the green hills in the 

 flowing spring time, when the insect hosts htim 

 over the opcnin;.' buds and the mild and balmy air 

 winnows fra.'.'rance from the expanded blossoms, 

 when the mi'jiilv power that regulates the course 

 of the season.^:, e.\eits its most mysterious action, 

 and herb atid tree are swelling with renovated 

 freshness. But the landscape aftords a more de- 

 lightful prosp' ctwhe.fi the forest has put on its robe 

 of many colors, and hfj who will climb the heiglits 

 overlooking, like wntcb-towers, the yankee land, 

 and stretch himself oit under the shade of the 

 huge walnut, in one of those sun bright days that 

 gladden the declining year, may contemplate a 

 richer picture than poet or painter ever imagined. 

 The sabbath stillness of the cool and invigorating 

 air will be broken only by the dashing of the sere 

 and witheied leaf in the eiUer stream that winds 

 along the hill side down into the valley, or the frol- 

 icking of the squirrel gathrrinc in his harvest of 

 nuts. Beneath iiijn he may see fit'lds covered with 

 flocks and herds, or perhaps goodly plantations of 

 honest pumpkiu.s sunning themselves and turning 

 11]) their yellow b.icks among the cornhills, to pre- 

 pare themselves for the festivities of the "thansgiv- 

 ing" that comes ns sure as time himself. He must 

 be blind indeed if he does not refresh his eye on 

 the orchards with their rosy-cheeked fruits, and 



the gardens with the jolly sun-flowers lolling their 

 broaii good-humored faces over the walls, and the 

 roofs peeping out from among the trees, with the 

 smoke rolling np in graceful curls. 



"Thy free, fair homes, New-England— 



Long, long at freedom's call 

 May hearts of native proof be reared 



To guard each hallowed wall. 

 And green forever be the groves, 



And bright the flowery sod. 

 Where first the chilli's glad spirit loves 

 Its country and its God.'' 



7. Being confined chiefly to the poorer class of 

 our citizens, it helps to divest them of the little 

 cash they have in their pockets, and prevents it 

 from being lonesome, which a solitary dollar might 

 otherwise be. And herein it is a fulfilment of 

 scripture — "from him that hath" but a precious 

 little, "shall be taken away, even that which he 

 hath." — Berkshire Amtncan. 



Militia. — Much has been said and written by the 

 malicious wits of the present day, against our mi- 

 litia system. But really all this availeth nothing; 

 they might as well blow their puny breath against 

 a hurricane, or attempt to climb a rainbow, feet 

 foremost. Who knows better what is for the good 

 of the country than our Legislature, three fourths 

 of whom are, or have been, militia officers? But 



DeBfim/ — Hunt has recorded in the "Periodictl 

 of Pisa," one ot those little tales, so common in 

 Wore. uHgis. 1 the East, inculcating the great oriental dogma of 

 fatality. Solomon was walking in his garden with 

 one of his attendants, when he observed a strange 

 and fearful figure approaching them. "Solomon," 

 said the attendant, " who is that mysterious being, 

 his appearance fills me with dread ; send me, I 

 pray thee, to the remotest mountain of India." — 

 The king in his quality of magician, sent him 

 thither. The figure approaching, said, "Solomon, 

 how came that man here.' My errand was to 

 seize him on the furtherest mountain of India!" — 



thou mli 



in order to silence the tongue of malice "forever 



and a day," we will endeavor to set forth a few of .■Angol of Deathl" replied Solomon, 



the numberless advantages of our militia system, find him there!" 



1. It is the "bulwark of our country." This be- — »" 

 ing a self-evident proposition, cannot be made 

 plainer by argument. A cart load of the finest syl- ' '*" 



hull Young Mmiral. 



above nnnicd superior animal, of two years old this suns 



, . ... . ,1 . J - I,-, ""ef; y-4'hs of the "Improved Durham Short Horns," of I-4lii 



logisms in the country would not render it a whit ,he <■ Gere breed," and obtained the/rrf premium atBrighton 



plainer or truer. '* offered for sale at the low price of one hundred dollars. — oi 



2. It makes a very interesting spectacle for lit- j ra^iliaMe^rms."" " ''''"IpXto '° "johSTrincF "" 

 tie boys and great girls — which is certainly a mat- ! Ro.thuni. Oct. 25, 1827. 

 ter of no small importance, when it is considered' ^?'' ^^}^^f^.^^^ ^'f,''*^'' '"?": three fine 2 years old heif- 



. ' 1 ui » -.1 ersinmilk— of the half blood of the" Durham Short Horns," and 



that many of our country towns are not blest with , from first rate native cows. 



a show of wild animals, above once in two or three ~ Merino Shetji for Sale. ' 



years. | One hundred, the greater pan Ewes, at Winchendon, count> 



3. By burning a nation sight of powder, it makes ' of Worcester Mass. Apply lo Seth 'Tucker Jun. of said Win- 

 ... '', J , „,, Ml • 1. . 1) , ' chendon. Also about one hundred at Windsor, Countv of Berk- 

 way With a good deal of "villainous saltpetre and shire, in said Massachusetts. Apply to Edward Withingtonoi 

 every thing under heaven that i.^ villainous ought ; said Wimlsorjor application may be made to Nathaniel "Tucler 

 to be attacked m e« armis, and blowi. "skv high, , °''""'°"' ^°""!^' °' '^"^'""'- _ 



Again it "*"'^'' Keeping Jor Horses in the vieinity of Boston. 

 ' I Where the most Ihiihfiil carr may tic relied on, may be hail 



i^ith the ' 



I application to .Majo 



nuel Jaques, Chailestown or al thi 

 ai'plicaliou is desirable 



sky high," as Johnny Randolph saith. 

 removes from the face of the earth, alon 



villainous saltpetre, a vast deal of that "infernal N. E. Farmer Offic 



drug" which is ?o offensive to all well bred noses, i JAAlElS BLOOL»GO,Oi> &. Go's. 



that it ought to meet with no quarter whatever in j.Vursen/, at Flushing, on Lo7ig-lslancl near AVtc 



a polite and christian country. | m^^^ iork. 



4. It teaches men to love their enemies — "Howit g^^^^^ IN behalf of the proprietors of the above rurser> 



the subscriber solicits the. orders of horticullurist!^ 

 who may be desiroiisof stocking their gardens and 

 fields with fruit trees of the finest sorts and mosi 



teaches mon to love their enemies, quoth? A sys- 

 tem of warfare teach men to love their enemies? 



Amostheterodo.. way of loving truly !" Harken , h-'-'0-"^^^vigo™us^s.o^^^^^^^^^ 

 friend; there is no warfare about -■■ - "■■ ■ - - ■ 



one moment- 



ihe inoculating ttnr 

 ■afting of all their fruit trees, and purchasers may rely with 



It; on the contrary, it is as gentle as a "sucKing confidence that the trees they order will prove genume 

 , ,, J „, . , . 11 .1 The subscriber, agent ot the above nursery, will rei 



dove, and as peaceful as ever a toyshop in all tlie ,jj,^j fg^ ^^y q,j3„,j,y „f •" 



any quantity < 



FRUIT AND FORE.S'I' TREES, 

 FLOWERINC; SHRUBS, 



country. Nay, it teaches men to love their enemies 

 almost to their own ruin — in truth they become 

 enamoured of hlue ruin- itself. They hug the 

 "black Betty" thnt contains it to their bosoms, 

 and hang upon her lips, until at length they are 

 glad to find a fence to hang upon. 



5. 'It wakes the soul by tender strokes of art' — 

 by those soul-touching strains of music so melodi- 



ou.slv beat out of windy sheepskin, or blown from \ J 'orchester. procured from this nursery fijr three or fJur years 

 ■', , i, ■ I , .1 P-'is'' s"™* "' which are now m bearing, all in a healthy and 

 the brazen throats of braying bugles, or sweetly i ° ■' 



PLANTS. 

 And the trees will be delivered m this city at the risk and ex- 

 pense of the Purchaser; the bills may be paid to him. 



The reputation of this nursery is so extensively known and 

 has been so well sustained thai i take leave to refer those in 

 want of trees lo any of the Horlicultur.sts in this city and its vi- 

 cinity, andjif ocular demonstration is desired, I inviie those wh* 

 h lo be thus satisfied lo examine the trees in my sarden at 



and ingeniously hammered out of a tintinabulary, 

 triangular bit of steel. 



G. It makes a holiday for men — full grown — 

 from five and a halftosix feet high — nnd between 

 IS and 40 years of .nge. Men absolutely require a 

 play-day of some kind or other; and if they were 

 not drawn out three or four times a year for mili- 

 tary duty, would unquestionably run mad with do- 

 mestic confinement, and breaking from their fields 

 and shops, would prick up their ears, and pranco 

 and kick, to the manifest danger of all civilized so- 

 cinty. 



j slate. 

 Catalogues i 



1 be delivered gratis on application to 



ZEB. COOK,.Tr. 

 Rogers' Building, t'oiigress-Slrtet. 



MWIfihon^s Gardener. 

 Just received at ilio New England Farmer office, a furthei 

 supply of Al'Malinn's American (iardener. 'J'his work is the 

 must elaborate of the kind ever published in this country, com- 

 prising ample dprcoiidiis lor ilie luauagcineiit of the kitclicii gai- 

 dcu, fruit garden, oicliaril, vineyard, nursery, pleasure ground. 

 Hurt or garil, 11, green house, hothouse, and Ibrciiig frames, for 

 c\ cry moiilli in liic year. 



rile Hahjikr is published every Kriday7~at $376» 

 per annum, or $-i,50 .1 paid in adrance. 

 (.lentlemen who prociire./tj-s respo»i?ible fiibscti'^er _. 

 arc onlilled to a^r^H t >!uriegrati3. 



