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NEW EiNGLANB FARMER 



AUGUST 13, W^*, 



MISCELLANY. 



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The Hymn helow. liy Jlrs. SiGoUKNF.r of llarlford, Conn 

 was prepared for ilic lale 'I'empemncc Anniversary in Ijoston 

 TuNK — " The Vesper Ilijiim." 

 Parknt ! who, with speechless foelino:, 



O'er thy cradled treasure bent, 

 Found each year ik-w claims revealing, 



Yet thy wealth of love unspent, 

 Hast then seen that blossom bligliteil 



By a dire, untimely frost ? 

 All thy labor unrequited ? 



Every glorious promise lost? 

 Wife! with agony unspoken, 



ShrinLing 'nealh affliction's rod. 

 Is thy bosom's idol broken, 



Fondly trusted next to Gotl ? 

 Husband ! o'er tliy hope a mourner, . 



Of thy chosen friend ashani't-l, * 



Hast thou to her burial borne her. 



Unrepentant, unreclaimed ? 

 Child ! in tender weakness turning 

 To thy heaven-appointed guide, 

 Doth a lava-poison burninij, 



Tinge with gall atVeclion's tide ? 

 Still that orphan-burden bearing, 



Darker than the grave can show. 

 Dost thou bow ihec down despairing. 



To a heritage of woe? ^ . _ 



Country ! on thy sons depending, 



Strong in manhood, bright in Idoom. 

 Hast thon seen their pride descending 



Slirouded tn the drunkaril's tomb? 

 Rise ! on eagle pinion soaring," 



Rise ! >like one of godlike birth; 

 .\\\i\, Jehovah's aid imploring, 

 Sweep the spoiler from the earth. 



DEBT AND CItEDIT. 



• I disi.ik;-: tliu whole inatter of dtiht riml crcilit — 

 fi'oiii my li(;ai-t I dislike it; and tljiiik llie luiiii, 

 who fii-st iiivented a ledger, shotihl ho hting in 

 efiijry, with his inveiitioii ticil to his feet, thiit his 

 liecii tiii^'ht stipport liijii and his works tngelher. 

 Wy reason for ihtis sweepit);^ at iho whulo system 

 is, not that I helievo it totally useless, hut that I 

 liuliove it does moro mischicl' than f;ood, |iroduces 

 more troiihle ih.-in aecomnioihtlion, and destroys 

 iriore fortunes tliiin it ereates honestly. 



These opinions aio not of a recent date with 

 me : they are those iipoji which I set out in early 

 )ifl^ and, as I greiv ohler, I hecanie more anil 

 nior,^ CDiiHrined iti tljcin : not that I chan^'ed my 

 lirariiee, while I held fast tny profession, and got 

 my lingers htirned at last, hy irtistitig toy name in 

 a d.iy-hook ; for I never did it, hecanse I saw the 

 evil etJ'eet.s of credit arottnd jnc in every shape 

 and font). 



A visit, this morning, to my old friend, Timothy 

 Coulter, calle.i the suhject up so forcihly, that I 

 con.liided to write yon a line upon it. His last 

 cow was sohl this very mortiing, liy the constable, 

 for six dollars, tliotigh she cost him sixtceti ; and 

 they have not left an etir of torn in his crih, or a 

 bushel^of rye in his ham, nmeh less any of his 

 stock : it wa.s what was calleil winiling up of the 

 concern ; ami he is now on his good Ik havior ; 

 for I hearil one of his creditor.s say, that, if he did 

 not go very straight, he would walk with him otf 

 to the county prison-ship. Thus has ended Tim- 

 othy's game of deht and credit. 



When ho first cointncnecd jarniing, he was as 

 inilustrious and promising a young man as was to 

 he found ; l:e worked day and night, counted the 



cost, and pondered on the purchase of every thing. 

 For a year or two, he kept otit of deht, lived coni- 

 forlalily and happy, and made money: every mer- 

 (diaiit, that knew him, was reaily to make a polite 

 iiow : euidi knew hitn as one of your cash miii, 

 and likeil his custom. The mechanic shook liijii 

 hy the htnid, ami begged his company to dinner, 

 hoping to get a job from him ; and even the law- 

 yer, in contemplittion of his high character, tippi'd 

 his beaver as he passed him, with a sigji, as itmch 

 as to say, "Tim, yon have more seiL'^e thtm half 

 the world ; hut that's no considation to tis." 



Ily some fatality^ Timothy fotind out, however, 

 that there was such a thing as credit. He hegiiii 

 soon to have many rtinning accoimts, find seldom 

 paifi for wliiit he got ; it sooti followed that the in- 

 ipiiry, "Do I really want this iirtiele.'" beftn-e he 

 honght it, was neglected ; then the price was fre- 

 quently not asked ; then he began to be ctinde.ss 

 abotjt pay-day ; his accounts stood, he dispiiiecl 

 them when rendered, was sued, chtirged with 

 costs, and, perhaps, slily, with inlitrest too ; anil he 

 became a money borrower before long ; btit his 

 frietuls after a lawsttit bad brought tliejii their 

 tnoney, were ready to trust hitn tigain, and he was 

 as ready to buy. The same firce was played over 

 atid over, until now the end of these things litis 

 come; and, poor fellow, he is tnnieil out upon 

 the wide world, without u friend, save !i wife iinil 

 si."i[ miserable babes. 



I asked the constable for a sight of the e.\ecu- 

 tion, and he showed it to me. It wtis issued hy 

 youii» 'sipiire hell, and I eoiilil imt -hut recollect 

 how ditrerent was the history ei' this iikiii from that 

 of Timothy. Young Bell was ii poor boy, and 

 commenced his life with nothing but health and 

 trade: but he adopted, as a sacred maxim, " I'ay 

 as yon go ;" and he frequently told me be found 

 little difficuhy in sticking to his text. 



'I'lie necessaries of life are few, and industry se- 

 cures them to every man : it is the elegancies of 

 life that empty the purse : the knick-knacks of 

 fashion, the gratilication of piide, and llie indul- 

 gence of luxury, make a .man pour. To guard 

 against these, some resolution is necessary; and 

 the resolmion once formed, is much streiiglheMed 

 and guarded by the habit of paying for every arti- 

 cle we buy, at the time. If we do so, we shall 

 seldom purchase what our circumstances will not 

 altiiril. 



This was e.xactly the manner in which Jack 

 Bell proceeded. Habit strengthened by lung con- 

 tintiance, ;ind siippotted by retisoii became second 

 ntititre. His hiisiness piospi.'red ; bis old purse 

 became hlled with t^panisb dollars; all, his pnr- 

 chtises, being made for cash,- were favorable; and, 

 by alw.ays knowing how he stood with the world 

 bo avoided till ileraiigement in his aftiiirs. He is 

 now the 'squire of ti little village, with a good 

 property, a prolilable business, uiid the respect of 

 all who know him. 



A I.OAIV, 



A I'EnsoN came to beg the lean of fifty ducats, 

 from the schoolmaster of Toledo, founder of the 

 college of St. Catherine, who sent for a purse of 

 ducats, and gave them to hiin. The borrower 

 took them and put them in his purse without 

 connting tlieiri. The schoolniasler observing this, 

 asked for the purse that he might see if there was 

 the sum, but returning it to the chest, said, "« 

 man tohu borrows mikout counting, never means to 

 pay." 



PUNCTUALITY. 



The Rev. S. Brewer was distinguished for piino- 

 tnaliiy. When a youth in college, iie was never 

 known to he a minute behind lime in altendinu: 

 the lectiiies of the tutors, or the family prnyeis, !,l 

 whirh the yotmg men who boarded in ju'jvalfr 

 families were e.xjiected to assemble.' One morn- 

 ing the students were collected, the clock slrnci; 

 seven, and all rose up for prayer; but the tiiKir 

 observed that Mi. Brewer was )iot present, paused 

 a while. Seeing him enter the room, he thus ad- 

 dressed him ; " Sir, the clock has struck, and wu 

 were ready to begin ; hut as you were abseiit, wo 

 supposed the clock was too fast, and therefore wtiit- 

 etl." The clock was actually .some minutes too fas!. 



We learn from n paper published at Franklin, 

 Tennessee, that the County Court sitting in that 

 place recently ptissed an order to enclose nn acre 

 of ground adjoining the poor-house, and have it 

 planted with mulberry trees ; for the purp'ose of 

 giviiig some easy and sifitable employiuenl to llie 

 paupers, and at the same lime rendering their 

 maintenance less burlheiisome to the couiily than 

 it is at present. 



—^Written hy a suitor undiTiieath a statue of Justice, 

 placed outside a court of law. — [From the German.] 

 Time out of mind has this poor lady been 

 Waiting outside, in hopes to be let in. 

 I have still greater reason to complain — 

 I entered long ago, but can't ^et out anain. 



GRIJNDSTOMES OX FRICTION U01.1.EKS. 



Grnidslones of diti'erent sizes hung on Friction Rollers anti 

 moved with a treader, is tonud to bt; a great improvtnient om 

 the mode of" hanging grindstones, the ease with ivhich they 

 move upon tlie rolleis remlcrs them \ery easy to turn v\ilh the 

 fool, by which the Ubor of one man is saved and llie perxui in 

 the act ot" grinding can govern the stone more to his iiiind by 

 having ihe complete control ot his wo.k. 



The above Stones may be found ot a very superior kind. an<( 

 hung completely as above described at the Agiiculiural W'aie- 

 hnll^e, ol & 52 "North Market sircet. je lu 



REVOL,Vll\Ci HOliSK liAKES. 



.lust received, a few more very superior Revolving Horse 

 Rakes. 'J'hese rakes wliich have lliis season been used by some 

 of our Best Practical Fanners aie very much appru^'cd. I'hcy 

 rake very clean and very e-xpetliiiousiy, 



I-'or Sale at the Agrieiiltnral Warelionsc. }}M3 



GUAIN CRADLES. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, 5'2 Norih Market sl^ 

 a few nioie of Willis's Iinnro\e(l firain Cradles, v^'ilh Cas[ 

 Si.i 1 Sc^lhcs, a very sii|:rm>r arlule. jy23 



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