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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEFTESIBER 3r IS34, 



MISCELLANY. 



From the Boston Courier. 

 " THE HUCKLEBERRY PROIiIC." 



Now, liappily fiiiislied ilie labors of baying, 

 A day we devote to tliversion and playiiij;; 

 Men, women and children repair to the ground, 

 Wiicre sui)erabuiidanl ripe berries are found. 

 In carryalls clieerful old grantiparcnts ride, 

 ^^''llilc siniiing graudciiildren rejoice by tiieir side, 

 On fool each old inaiil an old bachelor drives. 

 And lovers and husbands lead su'eelhearts and wives. 

 See, here are the blackberries, here are the blue, 

 And here Ihiinbleberries and raspberries too, 

 And berries by Yankees o'er all other prized, 

 '* Kucklcberrics," by pious Ibrefatliers baptised. 

 Antony the full bushes all spread, gay as larks, 

 \Vitli tin pails and measures, and baskets and barks, 

 In groups or in pairs, or alone, just as suits 

 Their fancy, while siripping by handfuls the fruits. 

 The grandparents sit on the grass, at their ease, 

 Beneath long-remenibcred, wide. spreading oak trees, 

 White each little grandchild full eagerly pushes. 

 To break and bringjto tliem the fruit-laden bushes. 

 'Tis noon — and behold all are resting and munching, 

 111 every <lirection tlivir plain, wholesome luncheon. 

 While talking, and |oking and laughing abound. 

 And bills, rocks and caverns re-echo the sound. 

 Here boys, take your buckets, and speedily bring 

 The pure " Adam's ale" from yon bubbling spring, 

 So sweet and so cool, so delicious and nice, 

 'Twere wicked to mar it witli blood chilling ice. 

 Noifr all are refreshed, all again are equipt; 

 And of their plump berries the bushes arc strlpt ; 

 The sun is descending, re-harnessed the horses. 

 To home, sweet home, all have taken their courses. 

 Sonio berries are eaten, some spread out to dry, 

 To mix with their Thanksgiving pudding and pie, 

 A feast for true temperate Yankees alone, — 

 To gluttons and epicures wholly unknown. 



TO aUI-IBT, 



BY K. L.BUI.VVER. 



TiiE summer — the summer hath come, my love. 



And the ringdove found his bride — 

 Not a flower below, not a beam above. 



But iloth thy coyness chide. 

 I have loved thee well — I have loved thee long, 



I ha\'e loved thyself alone ; 

 There lived not a thought in my burning song, 



Tljat my heart did not more than own. 

 rje mine — be mine while the hours allow 



My life to be vowed to thee ! 

 For the leaves of ray youth are round me now — 



Dui the worm is in the tree. 



And the linte sweet love, is speeding fast. 



When the vow .'shall be e»cr o'er — 

 When thy faithful fountain dried at last,. 



Shall leap to the breeze no more. 

 He mnie — be mine, ere hath passed away. 



The scent from life's closing flowers ; 

 And some time hence i! will soothe to say, 



" 1 blest his latest hours." 



WOMEN 



— Ark forineil for nttai-linieiit. Their fjr.niitiKlB is 

 iiiiiiiilK-nchnlilc. Tliuir love is an iiuccafiiig Ibiiii- 

 taiii of ilclight ti) tlic man wlio lias once mtuinod 

 it, «ml Unov\'H iiow to deserve it. I5iit lliat very 

 kocmiess oC .sciisil)iliiy vvliicli, if well cultivated 

 would prove tlie source of yotir liiglicst ciijoytiient, 

 may fjrow to liitterness and wormwood if y(,ii fail 

 lo alleiid to it or nlmsg it. — Ettrick Shepherd. 



A wife causes the pi'ospeiity or downfal of n 

 liousc. 



IVASHINGTON'S TRUE GREATKESS. 



When Colonel Washington was stationed at 

 Ale,\andria, in 1754, there was an election for 

 nieinlters of the Assembly, when Mr. W. Payne 

 opposed the candidate supported liy Washington. 

 In the cotifse of the contest, Washington grew 

 warm, and said something offensive to Mr. Payne, 

 who at 'one hlovv extended him on the grotintl. — 

 The regiment heard that their Colonel was mur- 

 dered by the moh, and they were soon imder arnjs 

 and in rapid motion to tlie town lo inflict punish- 

 ment on the supposed murderers. To their great 

 joy he came out to meet them, thanking tlient for 

 such a proof of attachment, hut conjuring them 

 hy their love for him, and their duty, to return 

 peaceably to their barracks. Feeling himself to be 

 the aggressor, lie resolved to make honorable repar- 

 ation. Early next morning lie wrote a polite note 

 to Mr. Payne, requesting to see him at the tavern. 

 Payne repaired to the place appointed, in e.xpecSa- 

 tion of a duel, but wlint was his surprise to see 

 wine and glasses in lieu of pistols. Washington 

 rose to meet him, and smiling as he oflered his 

 hand, began " Mr. Payne, to err is nature ; to rec- 

 tify error is glory. , I believe I was wrong yester- 

 day ; you have already had some satisfaction, and 

 if you deem that sufticient here is my hand, let us 

 be friends." An act of such sublime virtue pro- 

 duced its proper effect, and Mr. Payne was from that 

 moment an enthusiastic admirer of Washington. 



L.AWS AND CUSTOMS. 



A FARMER in Hiimpsbire county, who died ma- 

 ny years since, acquired a large estate by industry 

 and economy. He had 10 or 12 sons (our inform- 

 ant, we think, mentioned the latter number,) and 

 was able to give every son a farm and a gooti set- 

 ting out in the world. At the present time, every 

 sun living is poor, and those who are dead left no 

 (iroperty. Whether they lost their estates by bad 

 calculations, foolish speculations, extravagant liv- 

 ilig, intemperance or misfortunes, we know not. 

 Our obJQct in noticing this family, is to show that 

 many of the evils of society are not brought upon 

 lis by legislation and cannot bo remeilied by legis- 

 lation. The people should look well to the law- 

 makers and see that no unequal or iiernicious laws 

 are enacted ; and they should endeavor to effect a 

 repeal or modification of all mischievous laws. 

 Rut if they stop here they will accomplish but 

 little. Our customs, liabits and practices, which 

 no legislature can regulate, have more influence 

 U[>nn otir weal and woe than any legislative acts. 

 But little of the ijoverty and misery that exist in 

 the State can be attributed to legislation. We 

 should strive to reform all that is wrong in the 



gover ent ; but this will not avail mucli unless 



we reform ourselves, families, neighborhoods and 

 to WHS. — Hampshire Gazelle. 



A PITHV SERMON. 



TiiK following pithy sermon from a pithy text, 

 has been published in ICn-ghmd, and has met with 

 a very extensive circulation in that country. It 

 comes directly home to men's business and bosoms, 

 and every man should rcail it and treasure it in his 

 memory. — Temperance Journal. 



" BE SOBER, GRAVE, TEMPERATE." TituS ii.2. 



L There arc three conqianions with whom you 

 should always keep on good terms — 

 1st. Your Wife, 

 2d. Your Stomach, 

 3d. Your Conscience. 



IL If you wish to enjoy peace, long life, ai«iS 

 happiness, preserve tliein by Tempera34«e. 

 Intemperance produces, 



1st. Domestic Misery, 

 2d. Premature Deatiiy 

 3d. Inlidelity. 

 To make these three points clear, I refer you, 

 1st. To the Newgale Calendar, the Old Bailey 

 Chionii-le, and the Police Reports. 



2d. To the hosi)itals,.lunalic asylums, ajid vtork- 

 liouses, and 



3d. To the past experience of what you have; 

 seen, read and suffered, in mind, body, and estate, 



CAUSE AND EFFECT. 



A BARREL of gin was accidentally left exposed 

 on the Pier, on Monday night. In the morning, it ■ 

 was discovered tliat the bung had been worked 

 out, and about a gallon of gin had decanted. A 

 sliort time afterwards the body of an nnknowii 

 inan was found in the bttsin, a few rods above llie 

 |)lace where the giii cask was exposed. — Alhanif 

 Eveniiiij: Jour. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Ornamkntal trees, KOSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, &c. NuRSERV of WILLIAM 

 KENKICK in Newton, b^veiks from Boston 



bij the Citij Hints, and \ a mite from tlie Woieesti^r 



Ruit lUuui. 



A rare collection of Fruit trees, Trees and shrubs of orna- 

 ment, Ko.ses, Dahlias, &c. This Nursery now covers com- 

 pactly, the most part of IS acres j and includes of Trees and 

 plants in clitTerent stages oCgrowtii, from two to lliiee hundrctl 

 thousand. Ohiew celebrated Pears alone, 150 kinds, a part of 

 which having been already proved in ourclimaie, are espec- 

 ially rccomineneed. Of Peaches, a Capital Collection, for 

 extensive numbers and fine kinils — .Apples — Cherries — Plums 

 — Nectarines — Apricots — Almonds — Quinces — Giapc Vines 

 ' — Currants — Raspberries — Gooseberries — Strawberries — Figs, 

 &c. — .Selections irom the best varieties known. 



Montis Ali'LTicAULis, OK New Chinese Mulberry, so 

 celehraied for the food of silkworms. 



Of ROSES. A superb collection of from 300 lo 400 hardy 

 and China varieties ; from numerous importations, and fust 

 rate sources. White Flowering Horse Chesnuts, Weeping 

 Willows, Catalpas, Mountain Ash, Silver Firs, Venetian Su- 

 mach. Altheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &:c. &c. — in all, of 

 Ornamenlal trees, and shrubs, GoO varieties. Of Herbace- 

 ous flowering Plants, 300 choice varieties, including tiie finest 

 kinds of Pceonies, and 100 splendid varieties of Double Dahlias - 

 Gentlemen are' invited to forward their orders early in A\\- 

 tuinn, being an excellent season for transplanting. Aiklress 

 to WILLIAM KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered in 

 liostoii free o( charge for transportation, and suitably packed, 

 and from thence when ordered duly forwarded, by laini or sea. 

 Or orders will receive the same attention it left with Geo. (_'. 

 PiAitRETT, who is agent, at his seed store aiul New Englam 

 Farmer Onice, Nos. 51 & 52, North Mark«t Street, Bosto::. 

 Catalogues gratis on application. .le 2,t 



THE NE1V ENGI..\ND FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at ,§3 per annum 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pay withia 

 sixty days from the lime oisubscribing,are entilledto a deduc- 

 tion of fifty cents. 



[O^ No paper will be sent to a distance without payment; 

 being made in advance. 



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 Alliiinij — Wm. THcJKEUKN,3n Market-Street. 

 Philadelphia — D. & C. Landkkth, 85 Chesnut-strecl. 

 Balliinore — I. I. Hitchcock, Publisher of American Farme/. 

 Ciiieinnati — S. C. Parkhukst, 23 Lower Market-street. 

 Flushing;, N. y. — Wbi. I'iunce & Sons, Prop. Lin. Bot. Cat. 

 Middl.-hiiry, Vt. — 'SV'k.ht Chapman, Merchant. 

 I lar!f)}rd — GooiJWiN & Co. Booksellers. 

 jXnrhnnjport — Ebenezer Stedman. liooksellcr. 

 I'urtsmouth, N. II.—.}. W. Foster, liookseller. 

 Aiii^u.^ta, Me. — \\'iLi,Ai{n Sneli., Druggist, 

 H'oodslurk. 17.— .1. A. Pratt. 



Portland. Me. — Coi.iuan, Holden & Co. Booksellers. 

 Uai>'.^or, Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 



Ihill/d.x, A. j^. — P.. I. Hollanli, Esq. Editor of Recorder. 

 St. J.ouis — Geo. IIoeton. 



Printed for Geo. C. Barrett by Forh & Damkem, 

 u'lio execute every description of Book and Fancy Frint- 

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 ing may he left with Geo. C. Barrett, at tiie Agricul- 

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