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NEV/ ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEPTEMBER 10, 1S34, 



MISCELLANY. 



From the New England Mogazine for August. 

 . ' liAFATETTE. 

 There was a sound of woe,— 



A spirit-slirring shock,— 

 A new-born nation strove for life. 

 And a monarch came down lo the banner'd strife. 

 As Ihe lion meets the flock. 



A youthful hero crossed 

 The raging of the sea. 

 The blood of France was in his heart. 

 And it glow'd as he took the infant's part, 

 Who struggled to be free. 



There was a sound of joy, — 

 The warriors were at resl. 

 And the fearless child, with a giant's might, 

 Went forth in the strength of his lordly right, 

 And watched by the ocean-billows bright, 

 For tiie coming of a guest. 



And the shout of welcome sped 



From the mountain to the main, — 

 The flowers of gratitude wreathed a crown. 

 And the vet'ran's tears with the babe's fell down 

 Like a gush of summer's rain. 



The idol hero came, — 



Not with his sword of might. 

 But silver hairs on his brow were strown. 

 And the eye was meek that like lightning shone 

 In the van of the stormy light. 



He had breathed the dungeon's damps- 

 He had heard the blast of fame, 

 ■When the clime of his birth like a maniac rush'd. 

 And the blood of kings from its fountain gush'd, 

 He stood at his post, the same. 



And he sought, by memory's chart. 



For dell, and rock and stream, 

 But a spell of magic had fallen around, 

 And cities arose where the forest frown'd, 

 And the far, lone lake, with masts was crown'd, 



Like the changes of a fairy dream. 



The exulting pulse beat high, 



In the heart of this western zone. — 

 His home was the breasts of the free and brave- 

 No sceptred king, with the world his slave, 



E'er sat on such a throne. 



There was a solemn knell, — 



O'er the summer breeze it stole, — 

 From town, and lower, and village bell. 

 On our listening nation's car it fell, 



And woke the mourner's soul. 



The hero slept in dust, — 



The mighty bore his pall. 

 The tears of love on his tomb were shed, 

 The glory of earth was around his head. 

 But from honor and wealth, and bliss, he fled. 

 To the highest joy of all. 



L.H.S. 



DIITT OP A BACHELOR OP FORTY-PIITE. 



You will nattirally ask me how a man should 

 enjoy the evening of life. Should be marry ? By 

 all means. It is the wisest thing he can do. But 

 if he passes forty-five, he shotild make no unne- 

 cessary delay, for he is not far from being old 

 enougti. But at any age below sixty, or perhaps 

 seventy, I think his wisest course is to marry. 

 Let him rear a circle of tender and attached friends 

 around him, who will serve him with affection, 

 and whom he can love without fear. There is joy 

 in respect paid to you by your countrymen ; there 

 is joy in the literary or warrior fame ; but there is 

 no earthly joy like that of a parent of a virtuous 

 family. — The Eltrick Slitpherd's Lay Sermon. 



ITEMS. 



As we must render an account of every idle 

 word, so must we likewise of otir idle silence. — 

 Jlmbrose. 



Advise not what is most pleasant, but what is 

 most iiseftil. — Solon. 



Actions meastired by time, scldotn prove bitter 

 by repentance. 



"As I am Antonins," said the Emperor, " Rome 

 is my city and my country ; but, as I am a man, 

 the world." 



As sight is in the eye, so is the mind to the 

 soul. — Sophocles. 



A stranger, if just, is not only to he preferred 



before a countryman, but a kinsman. — Pythagoras. 



Be always at leisure to do good ; never make 



business an e.xcnse to decline the offices of humane 



ity. — M. Aurclius. 



Bear, and blame not, what you cannot change. 

 — Puhlius Syrus. 



Dr. Donne, speaking of the Bible, qtiaintly says, 

 " Sentences iti Srripttire, like hairs in horses^ tails 

 concur in one root of beauty and strength ; but, 

 being plucked out one by one serve only for 

 springs and snares." 



In nature all is managed for the best with per- 

 fect frugality and just reserve, proftise to none but 

 bountiful to all ; never employing on one thing more 

 than enotigh, but with e.xact economy, retrenching 

 the superfluous, and adding force to what is prin- 

 cipal in every thing. — Shaftesbury. 



A Good Jf'ife. A woman who uniforinly makes 

 good coftee, does nut scold even on a washing day, 

 and would not he ashamed to be seen before 

 breakfast time, will certainly make a good wife. 



Jl pretty considerable Headache. A jolly son of 

 Bacchtis, who wears a nose like a handful of ripe 

 strawberries and resides within a hundred miles 

 of Matlock Bath, after having sacrificed at the 

 shrine of the rosy god, thus describes his sensa- 

 tions on the ensuing morning : " Talk of a head- 

 ache ! iny head aches all over, from my crown to 

 my chin ! Every hair of my head aches ! ! (and 

 pulling out half a dozen) I can feel these ache 

 while I hold them in my hand." 



./} perfect artist, even in his own despite. A warm 



partisan of was eulogising his friend in most 



unmeasured terms, and wound up with the follow- 

 ing praise : " Sir, art is so innate in him, that if he 

 poke the fire there is immediately a red hot land- 

 scape ; and I have seen him break several win- 

 dows, every fracture in which was a striking pro- 

 file portrait !" 



The Brattleborough Inquirer says, " A gentle- 

 man from Dummerston, Vt. informs us that the 

 drought is so great in that vicinity, that the grass- 

 hoppers are rcdticed to mere skeletons, and sit 

 upon the fences with tears in their eyes for the 

 want of something wherewith to satisfy the crav- 

 ings of hunger ! 



A butcher boy, carrying a tray on his shoulder, 

 accidentally struck it against a lady's head, and 

 discomitosed her wig. " The deuce take the tniy," 

 cried the lady in a passion. "Madam, (said the 

 lad gravely,) the deuce cannot take the tray." 



" Sich a good itn." Why is a tailor, when patch- 

 ing a garment, like an enemy ? Give it up ? Be- 

 cause he is "a sower of tares." 



Learning. A village schoolmaster having over 

 his door a board on which was " Reading and 

 Writing leaml by A. B. " when he has learnt him- 



self," oliserved a ptissenger, " I suppose he will 

 teacli us." 



At a ball given by the City of Paris to Bona- 

 parte, was a Madam Canlon. The Corsiciin, in 

 general, was not very fond of people who had be- 

 come rich by any means but by his own favor. 

 He had never seen Madam Ciirdon, whose name 

 even he had never known before ; but he had l)een 

 told lliat lit-r hushatid was possessed of great wealth. 

 He walkeil towards her with a peevish sort of air, 

 and saiti to her very abruptly — " Are you Madam 

 Canlon." She made a profound courtesy to his 

 query. Bonaparte continued his discourse ; " You 

 are very rich." " Yes Sir," she said, " 1 have ten 

 children." Bonaparte, struck with the delicate 

 force of this reply, walked quickly away from her 

 ladyship. 



Thirteen or fourteen of the inntates of a family 

 were lately rendered dangerously ill at Mobile, by 

 liaving poison administered to them by a slave, and 

 yet no means were taken to bring her to justice, 

 in consequence of her great value. 



Gold is worshipped in all climates, withotit a 

 single temple, and by all classes, without a single 

 liypocrite. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Mrnamental trees, ROSES, FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS, .fcc. NuKSERY of WILLIAM 

 KENRICK. in Newton, Similes from Boston 

 by the City Mills, atd J a mile from the Worcester 



Kan l^imd. '. 



A rare collection of Fruit trees. Trees and shrubs of orna- I 

 meat, Roses, Dahlias, &.e. This Nursery now covers com- 

 peictly, the most part of 18 acres ; and includes of Trees and 

 plants in difl'ereut s'ages of growth, from two to three hundred 

 ihousand. Of j«m celebrated Pears alone, 150 kinds, a part of 

 which having been already proved in ourclimate, are espec- 

 ially rccommeneed. Of Peaches, a Capital Collection, for 

 extensive numbers and fine kinds — Apples — Cherries — Plums 

 — Nectarines — AprTcots — Almonds — Quinces — Grape Vinf5 

 — Currants — Raspberries — Gooseberries — Strawberries — Fig-. 

 &;r. — .Selections Irnm the best varieties known. 



JloKflS iMcLTICiULlS, OR NeW CHINESE MULBERRY, SO 



celebrated for the food of silkworms. 



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

 and China varieties ; from numerous importations, and first 

 rate sources. White Flowering Horse Chesnuts, Weeping 

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

 niaih, Allheas, Honeysuckles, Azaleas, &c. &e.— in all, of 

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

 ous Uoworing Plants, 300 choice varieties, including the finest 

 kinds ot.Paeonies, and 100 splendid varieties of Double Dahlias . 



Geiiiteinen are invited to forward their oiders early in Au- 

 uintii. Ix'iiig an excellent season for transplanting. Address 

 to W Il.LIAftI KENRICK, Newton. Trees, &c. delivered i« 

 Rosion free of charge for transportation, and suitably packed. 

 and li-oin thence when ordered duly forwarded, by land or sea. 

 Or ortiers wdl receive the same attention if left with Geo. C. 

 l.ARRETT, who is agent, at his seed store and New England 

 Farmer Office, Nos. 51 & 52, North Market Street, Boston. 

 Otalogues gratis on application. Je 25 



GRASS SEEDS, (for Fall Sowing.) 



For Sale, at the New England Seed Store, 51 and .")2 

 Norih Market street. 



Clover (Nori hern)— Herds Grass— Red Top— White Clover 

 (line imported) — Lucerne. &c &:c. — Wholesale and Retail. 



500 PIECES ENGLISH MERINOS. 



F.LI AH SrONE BREWER, has received from New York 

 ainl will be opened on Monday morniug, 500 pieces English 

 fllerinos, of superior quality and colors, being the entire im- 

 portation of one of the first importing Houses in the country, 

 anil in anticipation of the season, will be sold at least 25 per 

 cent, lower than thev can be afl'orded in the Autumn. 



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Printed for Geo. C. Barrett by FoRn & Damreli, 

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