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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JULT as, 1834. 



M I S C E L L A N Y . 



NEW-ENGLAND. 



BV J. G. WHITTIER. 



Land of the forest and rock — 



Of dark blue lake, an<l migh'y river — . 

 Of niountaiiis reared aloft to innck 

 Tlje storm's career — the lightning's sltock;— • 

 My own green land, forever! — 

 Land of tlie heantiful and brave- — 

 Tlie freeman's home — the martyr's grave — - 

 Tlie nursery of giant men, 

 VVliuse deeds havQ linked with every glen, 

 ^nd e\ery hill and every stream, 

 The romance of some warrior dream ! — 



Oh — never may a son of tliine, 

 Where'er his wandering steps iitclitie, 

 Forget the sKy which bent aljove 

 His childhood like a dream of love, 

 The stream beneath the green hill flowing, 

 The broad-armed trees above it growing, 

 Tlie clear breeze through the foliage blowing ;• 

 Or, hear unmoved, the taunt of scorn 

 Breathed o'er the brave New-England born 5^ 

 Or mark the stratiger's Jaguar hand 



Disturb the ashes of tliy dead — 

 Tlie buried glory of a land 



Whose soil with noble blood is red. 

 And sanctified in every part,— 

 ^'or feel resentment like a brand. 



Unsheathing from his fiery heart. 

 Oil ! — greener hills may catch the sun 

 Beneath the glorious heaven of France ; 

 ■ And streams, rejoicing as they run 



Like life beneath the day-beams glance, 

 May wander where the orange bough 

 With golden fruit is bending low ; 

 And there may bend a brighter sky 

 O'cr^recn and classic Italy — 

 And pillared fane and ancient grave 



Hear record of another time, 

 And over shaft and architrave 



7'lie green luxuriant ivy climb; 

 And fjr towards the rising sun 



'I'he palm may shake its leaves on high, 

 Wiiere tlowers are opening one by one, 



Like stars upon the twilight sky. 

 And breezes soft as sighs ol love 

 Above the rich mimosa stray. 

 And ilirough the Bramin's sacred grove 

 A thoit^and bright-hued pinions piay ; 

 Vet unto thee, New-Englanti, still 



Thy wandering sons shall *tretch their arms, 

 And thy rude chart of rock and hill 



Seem dearer than the land of palms ! 

 The massy oak and mountain pine 



More welcome tlian the Banyan's shade, 

 And every free, blue stream of thine 



Seem lie her than the golden bed 

 Of Oriental waves that glow 

 And sparklo with the wealth belov»-. 

 Land of my fathers 1— if my name. 

 Now humble, and unwed to fame, 

 Hereafter burn upon the lip, 



As one of those which may not die, 

 Linked in eternal fellowship 



With visions jnire and strong and highr.. 

 If the wild dreams which (|uicken now 

 Tlie throbbing pulse of heart and brow, 

 , Hcreat'ter take a real foim. 

 Like spectres ehangerl lo beings warm ; 

 And over temples wiinj and grey 



The star-like crown of glory shine,— 

 Tliiwe be the hard's undying lay 

 The murmur of the praise bo thine. 



.■\voitl every npjieuntiice of iiiiiatiuii ia 

 Diiifner, or tojie, 



your 



Fvoia the Amial.^i of Education. 

 VALUABLiE MAXIMS FOR REPROOF. 



A FEW brit'f reniitrks will comprise my views 

 in ie<r;tiil to reproof. 



1. Next to the government of ourselves wiili- 

 out which no one can hope to govern others, the 

 most Imporiaitt ))reliiiiinary step is to secure the 

 coiifiileiice ftnil itffectioii of your pupils. Let your 

 whole conduct show that you wish to act as a 

 Iriciiil, not as a tlcsitot — for llieir gooil, and not 

 for your own pipasuic. 



2. Arctistnm jotirsi'lf to confess your own er- 

 rors triitikly. Your pupils will not fttil to discover 

 these, and your acknowledgement will increase 

 iheir confidence in your sincerity. 



3. Kecollect these errors, and remeiiiher the 

 difficulties you find in overcoming them, when 

 yoti reprove your pupils. Kememljer also their 

 ijrnorance and inexperience, and the far greater 

 ilitKcullies which thoy must meet in goveniing 

 lliemsclves. 



4. Reprove as seldoiti as i)ossii)Ie. First try 

 the effect of reasoning, and ()ersuasion, and exam- 

 ple fail h fully. 



5. Reprove with li?nity faults which helong to 

 childhood, such as those of mere manner, or of 

 ignorance, thoughtlessness, and restlessness. 



6. Reserve tlie severity of reproof for conduct 

 ill itself immoral, or which is the result of improp- 

 er feelings, or wrotig principles. 



7. Never give reproof if it can be avoided 

 while the feelings of either parly are excited. If 

 the tcitchcr is not calm, his influence is greatly 

 dituinlshed, tind a htid example set. If the pupil 

 is agitated, he cannot feel the force of argument or 

 rehtike. 



8. On the other luind do not defer too long. 

 Seize the first favorable opportunity, while the 

 circumstances are fresh in his memory. 



9. Reprove each fault as it occurs. Do not suf- 

 fer offences to accumulate, lest he be discouraged 

 hy the amoittit. 



10. Let yoti4' reproof of a single fault he so fre- 

 quent as to let the pupil see that he is observed, 

 hut not so cotnmoii as to tire or irritate, or to 

 lose its efiijct hy repetition, like the hourly striking 

 of a clock. 



IL In correcting a had habit do not notice eve- 

 ry fitlhtrc, especially wlieii there is an honest en- 

 deavor 10 reform. 



12. Never expose the fault to others, tinless as 

 the last resort. It bittnts a child's sensibility ; it 

 disconrttges effort ; it diminishes his confidence in 

 his reprover; and too often excites a feeling of 

 triumph ii> his associates, and of envy in the of- 

 fender, rather than a proper sense of the fault. 



But it is of the highest itnportance that re- 

 proof he given in it proper manner. Without 

 this all other precautions will be useless. 



1. Reprove with afficiion and sympathy. — 

 Show that it gives you pain, atid that you perform 

 it only as a duty, 



2. I5e always decided, and be more serious in 

 proportion to the magtiitude of the fault; btit 

 never be despotic on the one linnd, or trifling on 

 tho other. Never smile at one time at a fault 

 which you have reproved at aiiolh(;r. 



3. The tnost effectual reproof is often given hy 

 praising the pupils for itistances of the opposite 

 virtue. Avoid as much as possible, however, re- 

 ferring to tho extinipio of others. 



4. Lead your pupils as often as possible to de- 

 tect and veprovt) their own faults by a course of 



(piestions. When this can be accomplished, it is 

 the most effectual mode of reproof. 



5. Follow the Divine example in the scriptures, 

 antl mingle encouragement itnd praise with blnme. 

 Notice especiidly, instances of success in resisting 

 the temptations to similar faults. 



6. Seek above all things fur Divine aid in giving' 

 reproof, anil for the Divine blessing upon your ef- 

 forts. 



APHORISMS. 



Plan of Life. There are some |)ersons who lose 

 all their days without any design or particular ob- 

 ject in view, and wear away existence with no 

 aim, and conseqnenlly with no good efl'ect. Such 

 people have been a[illy coiiipitred to straws on the 

 surface of the water, which do not go, but are car- 

 ried. They pass their prinie in fluctuating from 

 one bubble to another, atid at length having been 

 wafted through the straits of indigence, sink in ih© 

 gtdph of oblivion. 



* STEAM. 



The application of Steam to Agricultural purposes 

 is saiti to have called fortit a powerful and efl^ect- 

 ive engine in France ; and it has at the same time 

 produced a steam-digging machitie in Enghind. 

 We have lately seen the motlel of a machine, 

 which at one operation could be made to plough, 

 |)uiverize, roll, sow, and harrow a breadth of ten 

 or twelve feet, at the rate of 5 or 6 miles and 

 conseqtiently between 7 and 8 acres per hour. 

 The machine might no doubt be impelled ut double 

 that rate. — English paper. 



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