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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 29, 1826. 



MISCELLANIES. 



The following humorous versification of an old storj', is from 

 •:he Boston Statesman : — 



" She stood in tears, like maiden all forlorn. 

 Who milk'd (fond wench) the cmo with crvmpkd horn." 

 Miss Polly Dolly Adeline 



Amelia Agnes Low 

 AVas none of nature's Journeymen's 



Unchissel'd work, I trow. 

 Her forehead was as smooth as glass, 



Her mouth was a straight line, 

 And her eyes stood out as visibly 

 As letters on a sign. 



The " Venus of the Capitol" 



Was taller than Miss Low, 

 But then IVIiss Low's diameter 



Made up for it. you know j 

 .\nd tho' she was the '* mould of form, " 



And wore unrival'd shoes. 

 Her waist was not invisible. 



And her feet were " made to use." 



'T was said Miss Polly Dolly Low 



Was waiting to disclaim 

 The last sweet monosyllable 



(Jf her romantic name; 

 And every Sunday evening 



She comb'd her golden hair, 

 And at the window, pensively, 



Sat " sighing to the air." 



And Cupid, little rogne, was kind, 



That is so often cruel, 

 And to Miss Polly Dolly's flame 



He sent a stick of fuel — 

 A tall and handsome man was he. 



The reigning village beau. 

 That m:ide his bow one evening 



To Polly Dolly Low. 



He took a chair and sidled up, 



And said, " 1 guess as how 

 You think. Miss Polly Adeline, 



I 've come to court you now," — 

 " I know'd it," said the overcome 



Miss Polly, •' long ago"— 

 And on his neck she flung herself — 



Affectionate Miss Low ! 



And then got up, quite out of breath. 



Young Ebcnozer Stout, 

 .And spoke again — " I guess as ho\\ 



You did'nt hear me out — 

 I thank you kindly for your kiss, 



But I am not your bean — 

 ' T was brother Jaclcy wanted you ' 



Miss Polly Dolly Low." 



seized it on a sudden, and jumped with it in her 

 mouth upon the table. Tlie lady was much alarm- 

 ed lor the fate of her fivor-.te ; but, on turning 

 round, instantly discerned the csiuse. The door 

 had been left open, and a strange cat was enter- 

 ing the room. After turnini; it out, the cat came 

 down from her place of safety, and dropped the 

 bird without doing it the smallest injury. 



could submit to without mnrumring, to jjltase my 

 children. A discreet ii, other looks beyond present 

 gratification. The ^jreatest wish of her heart is 

 to see her children well settleil in life, and to en- 

 joy the endearing consnlatioiis of a {jrandmother. 

 Four of my children are of a marriageable age — 

 and yet I see no prospect of realizing my wish. 

 My sons are .ifraid 'f the expense of keeping 

 house, and talk of in 'riniony only as an event 

 Cradles. — A writer in a southern paper con- 1 which mai/ happen vvh.ii they are rich enough to 

 demns in strong terms, the practice of mothers,]live in fashionable sUle The girls, poor things, 

 in rocking infants in cradles. He says the infant, ^ would like very well to know how their luck i-= to 

 instead of being suffered to lie quietly in a com- be in the matrimonial lottery, though there be two 

 mon bed, or little crib, and sleep when it wants to blanks to a pri/.e ; but I ftar, like the adventurers 

 sleep — and play with its little arms and legs when in the Jefferson lottery, their number will never 

 awake, is from the day of its birth accustomed tq ; be drawn from the wlieel. The truth is, they 

 tho see-saw motion, w hioh is as much at variance | have sincere admirers, and merit them ; but mar- 

 with the dictates of nature ds of common sense, riage iind extravagiince have become synonymous 

 A habit of being rocked is thus created, which in fashionable life ; and young men dare not pluck 

 soon becomes ditficuli to be dispensed with. The the rose, lest they shoul;! he wounded by tho 

 little being is almost smothered in this confined thorn. So, as tiiinirs are now going on, many an 

 machine, and it often becomes feeble and puny, honest creditor must suffer — many a fond mother 

 thoMgh born plump and healthy. Its little brains must despair of seeing her second and third gene- 

 are kept in a continued vertigo ; ami if they do raiion rise up to bless her : and the philanthropist 

 not become completely addled, it is owing to the n^nst continue to deplore the victims to celibacy, 

 mercy of Providence, and not to the care of its to disease, and to ruin, which ostentatious pride is 

 nurse. Hence, it has been observed, that infants daily immolating upon the altiir of fashion, 

 who have undergone habitual rocking, have not One word of admonition, to those whom honest 

 that sweet, smiling, and iutelliijent look, which industry, or fortuitous circumstances have thrown 

 distinguish those who have never been subject to upon the surface. Vour situation is doubly re- 

 it. They have a sort of wild glaring stare — there sponsible — you are the arbiters of fashion within 

 is no "speculation in their eyes" — and they are the sphere in which yon move — few are able 

 much later in developing their mental powers, if wholly to resist her witcheries. Ponder, then, on 

 they ever enjoy the full exercise of them. I the influence of your example upon society ; and 



do not forget, that the highest mental pleasures 

 flow from a consciousness of having been instru- 

 mental in advancini; the rational happiness of 



From the ,\lbany Argus. 

 The extravagance to which modern soires, or 

 evening pa ties have arrived, has become a matter 



,. ■ 1 . » ... J . , those around us. 1 .send you these, my complaints 



o( serious alarm to parents, creditors, and to the , , ,, n ,■ ■ i i j -.i 



e ■ I ,• 1 1 u-. T J i, 1 anc admonitions, Mr. Editor, in the hope, and with 



friends oi moral habits. I have been accustomed , , c .i j- 



ne of the guardians 



c ,-c J J 'be request, that as you 



f life, and am de- l „ , , ,. , i, . a 



of the public weal, you will interpose your intlu- 



A MOTHER. 



[E?A.Vl.^1UNITIO^— Sportsmen ami Couuliy Traders will 



Feb. 15. 



tf 



./i curious mouse-trap. — \ gentleman in Ports- 

 mouth having purchased some oyslers in the shell, on Wednes 

 day evening, the 13th inst. deposited thetn in the pantry until Ihe 

 ne.xt day, when as his servant was taking them out to be open- 

 ed, one of them exhibited the novel sptctacle of two mice sus 

 pendecl from its mouth, having their heads fast gripped within 

 the shell, (t would seem that the oyster, being somewhat dis- 

 tressed by the warmth of the weather, had opened his jaws to 

 inhale a htlle fresh air, when the witless mice, tempted by (he 

 alluring bait within the lesiaceous portal, thrust in their heads 

 andwcre caught fast by the sudden collapsing of the sliells, thus 

 subjecting the intru.sive vermin to a new sort of Ostracism. 

 Our northern friends, who are always bragging of their mam- 

 moth vegetables and other niriosities. are challenged to show 

 any thing equal to the e.\ploit of this heroic oyster of the true 

 Virginia breed. The oysier, with the two mice appended to it, 

 just as they were caught, is leil at this office (or llie inspection 

 of the curious. — Nor. Her. 



to move in the higher circle: 



sirous that my chililren should enjoy the advan- , , .,,■,, . j 



,. I-. . u . c .1 . lence to check an evil whu h threatens to depopu- 



tages of polite society; but if the present rage I , , , . , l j ■ 



c ' . , . u 1 .1 • late and bankrupt society; and by so doing-, you 



for extravagance continues. I must abandon this .,, . , • , = 



, ■ u I I c I I will confer an everlasting benefit upon 



ho|ie, or as wives have done before me, make a | a 



wreck of my husband's fortune. 



I am the mother of three daughters, and two __ 

 sons, who feel that tliey have arrived at years of ""d a consiani supply ol' Powder— Shot— I'alls—Percussini 

 ,. ,• u . T I • .u » .L Caps, &r. of the best qualitv, and at the lowest prices, at ih( 



discretion; but I q_m concerned to say, that they Djlp^tJ'owde,- Store, tio.65 V.road si. E. COPELAND, Jr 

 have becoine so infected with the prevailing mania 

 that 1 at times absolutely doubt v\hether they are 

 sound in their minds. My house has been turned 

 upside down, and my husband's purse squandered 

 to conform to fashion. The furniture a hich 1 re 

 ceived as a paternal dowry, has all either been 

 sent to auction, or thrust into dnrk corners, ns 

 unfit for the present day. Partitions h'lve been 

 broken down, and all my domestic economy de 

 ranged to accommodate lart^e parties, tlial my 

 children might boast of indulging in greater ex- 

 travagance of folly than our neighbors. And tben 

 the expense of new dresses — of co-ifectionary — 

 ines and hqueurs — of waiters and music — and a 



.Account Bunks, &fc. 



Just manufactured a cnnipleie assortment of Account Book> 

 made of the best malei'i.ds and in the most approved modern 

 stvle adapted to every ca|)acily of business. Hchnol Books, Bi- 

 bles, Si'i:.; Paper of all kiudsj'the greatest variety of SlatioiiLi 

 ni. <^T. to be found in ihe citv, mav be had at unuSual hi\> 

 prices, at No. 96 & 98 State sifcel, livo doors easi ol Mercham- 

 Row.bv JOHN MARSH 



J. M.'is agent for P. I'ynies' Quill and Water Manufactory 

 New York. Also form VV. Gordak's celebrated Medicine, and 

 will supply all orders for the ir an cles at their prices. 



BO) *:s. 



■of.heNewEil 



Singular interposition — A lady had a tame bird 

 which she was in tho habit of letting out of its 

 cage every day. One morning as it was picking 

 crumbs of bread off the carpet, her cat, who al- 

 ways before sliowcd great kindness for the bird, 



For sale at the o(Vn-e of he New England Farmer, a variety 

 of slHiidard works on agr.rullun . hoi linillure. gardening, breed- 

 ing of catll.-. ^Vc inii.Mi-«hi<iian- D.iiiie'.s New England Far- 

 mer — FarniHr's .Asssumi — .<;iichir's Code of .Agriculture — Lou- 

 dmi's F.iicycloi)! d,.. of >gi "uiimv— ^l.■mo.l■s of die Pcnnsylva- 

 ., 1 .i' . » I.. ■ L ■ , nia .\griciillur,il Sonelv — Him- m Aimricau Husbamlmeii — 



thousand other etceteras. It is enough to make a Lawrence's New Farme. '- i . iiii.lji—Tharher's Orchardisl— 

 person absolutely distracted to think of it I shall Coxeon Fru i Trees— ItayHaid on H. it rullurr— Fiuit Grow- 

 say nothing of the loss of health, which the in, er's Insiri,cier-Sp,erh'y o„ ,h, \-,,r_.l\rj>lnhon's Gardener- 

 •' . Cobhetl s American Gardiner - i.l In ii s ( oiiage I.ronomy — 



pure ail of crowded rooms, the damp and cold Cobbeti's Ride in Fraurr— [b.^g mi ihe Culture of Flower*— 

 midnight exposure, and the indigestible ».ompound Kirwau on Maiiuics— lar.i o., Sh.ep- Marshall on Gardening 

 e ,, . \ . ' I ■ ■ .1 . ■ .L , — Nicoll's Villa Ganlfner— I liorburn's do.— Iloldich s Lssayon 



Of the entertainment, bring in their train, though : Weeds— Agricultural P.eadci-.-lonner on Bees— Pakewell on 

 our physician's bill would very soon satisfy you I Wool— Gray's liriiish PLinis-Nutlall's Botany— Torrey's Bot- 

 thal we have felt much of it. But this is not the S1 L'''~ '"''^ ^ 

 the evil. 



nd Sportsman's Magazine, &c. 



worst of 



I consider the sacrifice of: [O 

 lyal 



homage whicli folly pays to fashion. All this I FiyhjCe'rits" 



household economy, property, and health, as the P"-^"'!.''' '" .l'^*' • , . ■ ,_■ , ., ,. 



, ...,:_, pi, . r ,• • I, .1- , i days font the time of subscribing, arc cnutled I 



v.\t\y Friday, at Three Dollars per annum, 



1 o( ihe \ear J but those who pay wilhin si.\l,>' 



deduction i' 



