NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FEBRUARY 18, 1835. 



aassS'SSSSLJE.^ 



PEMAI-E FAITH. 



BY MISS L. E. I.ANIION. 



Slio loveJ you when tlie sunny liglil 



or Ulis3 was on your brow ; 

 That bliss has sunk in sorrow's night, 



And yet — she loves you now. 



She loved you when your joyous lone 



Taught every heart to thrill ; 

 The sweetn'^ss of that tongue is gone, 



And yet — she loves you still. 



She loved you when you proudly stept, 



The gayest of the gay ; 

 That pride the blight of time has swept, 



Unlike her love, away. 



She loved you when your home and heart 

 Of fortune's smile could boast ; 



She saw that smile decay — depart — 

 And then she loved you most. 



Oh, such the generous faith that grows 



In woman's gentle breast; 

 'Tia like that star that stays and glows 

 Alone in night's dark vest; 



That slays because each other ray 



Has left the lonely shore, 

 And that the wanderer on his way 



Then wants /icr light the more. 



CHINESE CUSTOMS. 



China Sea, July 7, 183!. 

 I am now on my way from Canton to Singii 

 pQre; for which movement yoti will probably 

 liave k'arned the reasons before this reaches you. 

 The imssage at thi.s season of the year is long: 

 we have been out more than four weeks and shall 

 not probably reach Singapore in less than two 

 more. I sjicnd my time chiefly in the study of 

 (.'hinese, but not to the best advantage, as I have 

 no teacher. ... I send you a few lines from 

 my common-place book. I inserted there from 

 time to tinio a notice of such peculiarities of the 

 Clhinesi; as happened to attract my attention. 

 They will amuse your readers, while they ac- 

 <|uaint them witli this strange people's character. 



1. The Chinese suppose the abdomen to be 

 the scat of the mind — the place of thought ; wo, 

 the head. 



•2. They make the left hand the place of hon- 

 or ; wc, the right. 



3. They play shuttlecock with the foot; we, 

 with the hand. 



4. Thi-y uniuiturally compress the feet of fe- 

 males for the sake of beauty ; we, the waist. 



.5. They change the out<'r garments most fre- 

 quently ; vve, those next the body. 



6. Their color for mourning is wliitc ; ours, 



black. 



7. They give ladies the lowest place ; we, the 



highest. 



8. Among them a widow must obey the old- 

 est son ; among ri.", the son must obey the widow. 



9. Wo provide for the living poor ; they, for 

 the dead — provide them collins and a grave. 



10. They regard the emperor's happiness and 

 that of other rulers as the great object to be 

 sought ; we, the people's. 



11. Their nurses carry children upon the 

 back ; ours, in the arms. 



12. When they meet and salute a friend, they 

 joiirand shake their own hands ; wc, each oth- 

 er's. 



13. They consider it polite to be covered — to 

 wear a cap at a table and in company ; we, to be 

 uncovered. 



14. They drink (wine) at the beginning ot a 

 feast ; we, at the end. 



1.5. They drink wine hot ; we, cold (if at all.) 



16. They take the principal dish (rice) last ; 



we, first. 



17. Among them, the traveller iurnishes a bed ; 

 among us, the inn-keeper. 



15. Among them, the buyer furnishes scales ; 

 among us, the seller. (Every one carries his own 

 scales to market for fear of being cheated.) 



19. They sell wood by weight ; we, by meas- 

 ure. (So with many other articles.) 



20. They read and write perpendicularly ; we, 

 horizontally"; — tlipy from right to left ; we from 

 left to right. 



21. They place the text at the bottom of the 

 page, and the notes or comments at the top ; wc, 

 vice versa. 



22. They wear the beards long and shave the 

 head ; wc, vice versa. (They, however, leave a 

 circular space about three inches in diameter on 

 the crown unsliavon, and wear the hair braided 

 and dangling on the back.) 



23. Among them, thousands die of eating and 

 drinking too little, because they cannot get food ; 

 amonn- us, of eating and drinking too much. 



21."' They say that men are by nature good ; 

 we, that they are evil. 



25. Among them there is want of work to be 

 done ; among us, of men to do it. 



26. They despise priests and lawyers, (iTjr 

 theirs are despicalile ;) we honor them. 



27. They worship the serpent ; wc kill it. 

 This list might be greatly extended; but the 



above will serve as a. specimen, and tend to show 

 in some degree, how vastly the Chinese differ 

 from the people of the west. — Vt. Chron. 



A Sunday in Geneva. — Today being Sunday, 

 the shops are all closed as hermetically as in Lon- 

 don. Fruit, vegetables and flowers beautiful and 

 abundant, are the only things exposed for sale. 

 The churches (we looked into three or four) were 

 crowded ; all the females, of whatever rank, with 

 the exception of fbtn- or five, wore the white veil 

 of soft muslin, plain or embroidered, thrown over 

 the hair; the efitjet of this simple head-dress is 

 singularly graceful and becoming. We remarked 

 many fine eyes, and soft complexions of a pale 

 but rich brown, (a kind of coloring that is very 

 beautiful when the roundness of the contours 

 indicate health,) but no head that could be called 

 really handsome, — agreeable ecuntenances, and 

 graceful deportments, but nothing that wrote itself 

 on the memory. 4 Ladifs Reminiscences. 



VV.-.v( 



THE DEATH OF THE YOUNG. 



Beautiful is that season of lile when we can 

 say in the language of scripture, "Thou hast the 

 dew of thy youth." But of these flowers, death 

 gathers many. Ho places them upon bis bosom, 

 and his forni is, changed to something less terrific 

 than before. We learn to gaze and shudder not ; 

 for he carries in his arms the sweet blossoms of 

 our earthly hopes. Wc shall see them all again, 

 blooming in a happier land. Yes, death brings 

 us again to our friends. They are waiting for us, 

 and we shall not be long. They have gone before 

 us, and arc like the angels in heaven. They stand 

 uiion the borders of the grave, to welcome us 

 with the countenance of affection, which they 

 wore on earth, yet more lovely, more radiant, 

 more spiritual. Death has taken thee, too, sweet 

 sister, and "thou hast the dew of thy youth." 

 He hath placed thee upon his bo.som, and his 

 stern countennnee wears a smile. The " lar 

 country" seems nearer, and the way loss dark, fiir 

 thou hast gone before, passing so cpiickly to tliy 

 rest, that day' itself dies not more calmly. And 

 thou art there waiting to bid us welcome, when 

 we shall have done here the work given us to do, 

 and shall go hence to be seen no more on earth. — 

 Professor Lon;jJ'cllow. 



FRUIT TREES, 

 ORNAMENTAI. TREES, PLANTS, &.C. 



NuKSKKV uf WILLIAM KE;\UICK, io 

 Nkwton, i\L'VSS. b\ miles from lloslon by the 

 Aremie, and Is a mile from tke Worcester Rail Road. 

 Tills eslal>lishmenl now oompacily covers 18 acres; and 

 coniiirisPi liie seleclions of llie lines! kinds of Tears, Apples, 

 Ihcirics, Peaches, I'lum^ ■ I^eciarincs. Apricots, Almonds, 

 Quinces, Grape Vines, Curraiils, liaspbcrrics. Gooseberries, 

 and Mulberries, including llie (; incse Mulberry, or MoROa 

 MuLTicAULis, so cclebraled lor silk ; Slra«beriies, Figs,&c. 

 No pains, no labor, or expense has been spared, ui oblain ng 

 Ihe most celebrated varieties » liich have here been i ongregated 

 from divers climales and laliiudes, and from firsl-ralesources 

 — seleclions adapted to every sedion of llie Union. The Or- 

 namenlal Trees and Tlanl,< alone, rompri>e one thousand va- 

 rielies,lhe mosl beautiful kinds knovin; Ihcse include Horse 

 Chcsnuls, Weeping Willows, (-'alalpa, Mnunlain Ash, Ailan- 

 ihus or 'I'rce ' 1 Heaven, >ici)U\\ Larch. Silver Firs, Venetian 

 Sumach, Alllieas, Snowballs, Lilacs, Honcyiutkles, «kc. — Su- 

 peib China and Hardy Roses, Herbaceous Flowering Plants, 

 Pa-onics, and splendiil Double Dahlias. 



(Jenllenicn arcrespecllully inviled Io forward iheir order? 

 „„/„_Larlv in Aiilumn, being an c.xccllenl season lor Irans- 

 plaiiiin.'-. Address to WILLIAM KENRICK, Newion 

 Mass. 'Trees, SfO.. del vered in liosion wiihoui charge for 'rans- 

 porialion, ihey are selected anil labelled wiih due precaulioi 

 and care; and when ordered Ihcnce. ihey are suitably packed 

 ami forwarded lollieir destination, by land or sea. Or orders 

 will receive the same allenlion if left with Gko. C. Barrett 

 »lio is a^eiil. at i, is Seed store and New England Farmei 

 Office, Nos. 51 <S- ^'-. North iMarket Street, Loston. Cata 

 logues gratis on application. "'''• * 



.A GARDENER. 



An experienced Gardener well acquainted with the duties o 

 his business in all its departments wishes a situation. Can pro 

 duce good reconimend'alions. -Address J. B. al this office. 

 Jan. 21. 



ORCHARD GRASS. 



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