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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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iFrom the Youtli's Keepsake. | 

 THE SILKWORrrl-S WII.!.. 



EV MISS II. F. GOULD. 



On a pliiiii nish Iimdlc a sillcvvorm lay, 

 When a proud young prince.ss cntnc tliat way. 

 Tlic haughty child of a liuman l>ing 

 Threw a sidelong glance at the humble thing, 

 That took, with a silent gratitude, 

 From the mulberry leaf, her simple food— 

 And sln-unk, half scorn and half disgust. 

 Away from her sister child of dust, 

 Ucclaring she never yet could see, 

 Why a reptile form like this should be. 

 And that she was not made with nerves so firm, 

 As calmly to stand by '• a crawling worm I" 



With mute forbearance, the silkworm took 

 The taunting words, and the spurning look. 

 Alike a stranger to self and pride, 

 She 'd no disquiet from aught beside. 

 And lived of a meekness and peace possessed. 

 Which these debar from the human breast. 

 She only wished for the harsh abuse, 

 ■■ To find some way to become of use 



To the haughty daughter of the lordly man ; 



And thus did she lay a noble plan. 



To teach her wisdom, and make it plain. 



That the humble worm was not made in vain ; 



A plan so generous, deep and high, 



That to carry it out she must even die ! 



" No more," said she, " will I drink or eat ! 

 1 '11 spin and weave me a winding sheet, 

 To wrap me from the sun's clear light. 

 And hide my firm from her wounded sight. 

 In soeret then till my end draws nigh, 

 I 'II toil for her; and when 1 die, 

 I 'II leave behind, as a farewell boon. 

 To the proud young princess, my whole cocoon, 

 To be reeled and wove to a shining lace, 

 And hung in a veil o'er her scornful face '■ 

 And when she can calmly draw her breath, 

 Through the very threads that have caused my death 

 When she finds at length she has nerves sofirm, 

 As to wear the shrond o( a crawling worm, 

 May she bear in mind, that ^he walks in pride, ^ 

 In tlie winding-sheet where the silkworm died !" 



FEMAtE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS. 



[From "Curiosities of I.ilerature."] 

 BY d'israeli. 

 The liidies in Jaiian gild tlioir teetli and those 

 of tho Indies paint them red. The pearl of teeth 

 must lie died black to be beautiftil in Guzurat. 

 In (Jrcenland the women color llieir faces with 

 blue and yellow. However fresh the complexion 

 of a Muscovite may be, she would think lierseli 

 very ugly if sl'c "'^is not plastered over with 

 paint. "The Chinese must have their feet as di- 

 minutive as those of the she goats ; and to render 

 tliem thus, their youth is passed in tortures. In 

 ancient Persia, an aquiline nose was often thought 

 worthy of tlie crown, and if there was any com- 

 petition between two princes, the people generally 

 went by this criterion of majesty. In soirie coun- 

 tries, the mothers break the noses of their chil- 

 dren; and in others press the head between two 

 hoards, that it may become sritiare. The modern 

 Persians have a strong aversion to red hair. The 

 Turks, ou the contrary, are warm admirers of it. 



The female Hottentot receives from the hand of 

 her' lover, not silks nor wreaths of flowers, but 

 warm guts' and reeking tripe, to dress herself with 

 enviable ornaments. 



In China small round eyes are liked; an<l ti.e, 

 .rirls are continually plucking their eye-brows that 

 they may be thin and long. The Turkish women 

 dip a sold brush in the tincture of a black drug, 

 whicli they pass over their eye-brows. It is too 

 visible by day, but looks shining by night. They 

 tin-'e their nails with a rose-color. An African 

 beauty must have small eyes, thick lips, a large 

 fiat nose, and a skin beautifully black. The Em- 

 poror of Monomotapa would not change his ami- 

 able negress for the most brilliant European 



beauty. 



An ornament for the nose appears to us per- 

 fectly unnecessary. The Peruvians, however, 

 think otherwise ; and they hang on it a weighty 

 riu" the thickness of which is proportioned by 

 the^rank of their husbands. The custom of bor- 

 iu" it, as our ladies do their ears, is very common 

 in'several nations. Through the perforation are 

 huD<r various materials ; such as green crystal, 

 o-,old, stones, a single and sometimes a great num- 

 ber of gold rings. This is rather troublesome to 

 them in blowing their noses ; and the fact is, some 

 have informed \is, that the Indian ladies never 

 perform this VC17 useful operation. 



The female head-dress is carried in some coun- 

 tries to singtdar extravagance. The Chinese fair 

 carries on her head the figure of a certain bird. 

 This bird is composed of copper, or of gold, ac- 

 corditK' to the quality of the person. The wmgs 

 spread out, fall over the front of the head-dress, 

 and conceal the temples. The tail, long and open, 

 forms a beautiful tuft of feathers. The beak cov- 

 ers the top of the nose ; the neck is fiistened to 

 the body of the artificial animal by a spring, that 

 it may the more freely play, and tremble at the 

 slightest motion. 



The extravagance of the Myantses is far more 

 ridiculous than the above. They carry on their 

 he-uls a slight board, rather longer tlian a loot, 

 and about 6^ inches broad ;- with this they cover 

 their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot 

 lie, nor lean, without keeping the neck straight; 

 and the country being very woody, it is not un- 

 common to find them with their head-dress entan- 

 oled in the trees. 'Whenever they comb their 

 hair, thev pass an hour by the fire in melting the 

 wax ; bu"t this combing is only perfiirmed once or 



twice a year. 



The i'nhabitants of the land of Natal wear caps 

 or bonnets, from six to ten inches high, composed 

 of the ftit of oxen. They then gradually anomt 

 the hea.1 with a ,.urer grease, which mixing with 

 the hair, fastens these bonnets for their lives^ 



MARCH 4, 1835. 



WII-I.IAM PRINCE &, SONS, 



PKO.K,KTons of .he Linn-;;,^-'-;^;;^- ii;'^:^;^ 

 ll^^rSlo^::' SI .^2!?^::ted grauLa a^..ioalio„, 



V T%n\i and Hardy Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 

 o. Slra^ Tuberous rooted Plants, Double Dahlias, 



.".. Grec7housc'Trees, Shrubs ami I'lan's-PP 'M-. 



4 AmerioaniHdigenousTrees,S.rubsandPan.s--pp50 



n. Catalogue of Garden, AgncuUural and F ower feeeds. 

 U. do do do do clo 



in French . . 



BooKS-Prince's Treatise on H"rl'!'."""^<'^/^,f *' 

 do do Tlie\inR-gl M- 



do do Fruits, or Pomological Manual 



containing accurate descriptions m dctad of about 

 SOO varieties of Fruits, miJ volunjes— ^^ W. 

 Tlic books and catalogues can be transmitted by mad at a 



'1^:1 '^i^^^o; Morn. Mnhicaulis trees a.g25per 

 hun bed, or ^4 SO per dozen and cuttings gG per luuHj,red-- 

 Grape Vines ol various kinds at S-T I er dozen, and .420 per 

 huXd and upward.._Raspberries of fine k-ds at from 6.0 

 S8i)cr hundred— Large Red and Large bellow, Antwerp, 

 LafgeRed Barnet, Taylor's Paragon, -d Reehwe^Raspber. 

 r,es1.t $lfi per hundred or.«2 SO per ,lozen-Large Dutch Car- 

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 cashire Gooseberries, comprising all the chotc, st v<'™^^» ""'i 

 color., 20 dls per hundred or 3 dis per doze: -_nouhle Dal has 

 each distinct by name, selected by us at 3, 4 50j>«'G^^f P" 

 dozen-Finest Lucerne Seed 2.5 els per Ib.--Dutch Clover 

 Seed '23 cts— Perennial Rye Grass 2 ,Wcts per bushel— Tlahan 

 Rye Grass 3 dls— Orchard Grass 2 50 cts. and other t,rass 

 Seeds and Garden Seeds of every kind at the lowest rales, and 

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 will he executed wilh pohiled attention, and shipped « lof" 

 warded precisely as directed, 31 "^°- •" 



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Jan, 21. 



MIILBBRRY AND SIL,K. 



COBl'.'S Treatise on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, and 

 iipoii Silk, bJi^'g an improved edition. For sale a, the office 

 of the N, E. Farmer. Price SO cents.^^ ^ BARRETT. 

 Jan. 21. ■ ^' 



EXTRA EARI.Y PEAS. 

 TiiKFirhcst Dwarf Pea grows about 20 inches high, is a 

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 ferc.l by the subscriber was raised expressly lor llic wew i,n„ 



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jan •?. '-11 — 



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