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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MARCH 35, 1835. 



(From llie Americim Magnzlne.] 

 THE POOR MAN. 

 What man is poor ? Not lie whose hrow 



Is bathed in Heaven's own light, 

 Whose knee to Guti alone must bow, 



At morning and at niglit — 

 Whose arm is nerved by healthful toil, 



Who sits beneath the tree, 

 Or treads upon tlie fruitful soil, 



With spirit calm and free. 



Go— let the proud his gems behold, 



And view their sparkling ray ; 

 No silver vase or yellow gold 



Can banish care away. 

 He cannot know that thrilling dream, 



Which smiles within the cot. 

 Where sunny looks and faces gleam. 



To cheer the poor man's Int. 



What man is poor? Not he whose brow 



Is wet with Heaven's own dew. 

 Who breathes to God the heartfelt vow, 



Whose pledge is deep and true. 

 The morning calls his active feet 



To no enchanting dome, 

 But evening and the twilight sweet 



Shall light his pathway home. 



And there is music to his ear, 



In the glad voice of his child. 

 His wife with hurried step draws near,— 



And spirit undefiled — 

 Then turn not from the humble heart, 



Nor scorn its humble tone. 

 For deeper feelings there may start. 



Than the proud have ever known. 



SCENE AT SEA. 

 Wc liave had pretty Rood evidence of wliat 

 ra.ises the destruction of so many vessels, suppos- 

 ed to 1... lost l.y the violence of winds; and 

 solid reason to value higbly the great efforts of 

 t.-inperunce societies among seamen. 



Our captain shipped his men on condition that 

 thrvshonld bring no li.pior on hoard, and with 

 the' promise of a drink per day.if li.ey should be- 

 have well. He especially charged the mates on 

 the day of sailing, to search every man s chest, 

 nnd take away what liquor they coul.l find. We 

 had not been long under way bclore it was evi- 

 dent that all were more or less stupified with 

 ,lrink The man taking the soundings was too 

 much "disguised" to be trusted. Another, and 

 another, was put to the wheel to steer, and ehang- 

 e.l for another, b.^cause too much intoxicated. 

 One man beine ordered to let go a rope, went to 

 „„)asten the hoops of the sj.anker. Four times 

 tlic captain ordered a rope to be let go, and no one 

 ^■emed to have sense enough to obey. _ J be brst 

 mate was so much u.i.lcr the influence ol a drunk- 

 .x, tit, just passed, as to be unfit for duty. In this 

 state of things, the captain went himself, an. 

 searched the chests for licp.or. Every man hud 

 brought it on board. Some jugs were already 

 emptied, others were still well charged. One 

 mall had a keg of 12 gallons. The boatsvvam 

 had his supply, and each mate had laid in a store 

 of poison. Thus were wc prepared, indeed, lor 

 storms and dangers. A gale of wind might have 



found us without enough sober men to work the 

 ship. IIovv entirely are we in the hands of the 

 Lord ! The captain of course, collected the pre- 

 cious stores ; and now they make a goodly ap- 

 pearance, locked up iu one of the state-rooms of 

 the cabin. The men have been denied their 

 promised drink, and all seemed to be sober and 

 steady. But a melancholy event, which the cap- 

 tain ascribes to this liquor, has yet to be related. 

 I was sitting on Sunday morning in the round- 

 house, too sick to move about, or to take interest 

 in anything, the rain jiouring upon deck, when 1 

 heard somethinc fall, heavy ami loud, as if some 

 heavy tiu.her from aloft had come down. Soon 

 I heard the mate cry, " call the captain." The 

 steward was soon at the captain's state-room, with 

 a fearful messase, "Captain, one of the men has 

 fallen from the yard." I was so sick that I could 

 not venture to see the poor fellow — knowing I 

 could do no good. He had fallen from the mizen 

 top sail yard — about fortvfive feet, his head was 

 foremost, and struck the deck with a deadly force 

 He was taken up senseless, and continued so till 

 night, when his immortal spirit took its flight 

 What a sudden call upon asinner to meet his God 

 The captain supposes he had not recovered 

 enough from the effects of drink to know how to 

 take care of himself when aloft. The next morn- 

 ing, at eight o'clock, 1 was requested to officiate 

 at the burial. It was the first I had ever witness- 

 ed at sea. When I came on deck, the sailors and 

 8teera<'e passenecrs were all assembled at the side 

 of the ship, near her middle. On a barrel which 

 reached to the top of the bulwarks was a board 

 laid, which extended over the sea ; on the board 

 lay the body, sewed up in canvas, and wrapped 

 in the national flag, ready to plunge into its boiind- 

 less Tave. My audience was comi>rised ot Cath- 

 olics, Protestants, Irish, English, Welch, Dutch 

 French, Swedes and Americans. The deceased 

 sailor was a Swede, a young man of respectable 

 parents now living in Stockholm, from whom lie 

 liad run away. After a short exhortation, cebly 

 uttered, (for I was sick,) I began the burial ser- 

 vice, which, however impressive on land, is 

 deeply so in the solitude of the ocean, over so 

 deep a sepulchre, amidst the roaring of the winds 

 and the strife of bounding billows. At the words 

 " ice comviil the body to the deep,'' the two men 

 standing bv the corpse, raised one end ol the 

 board on which it lay, when it plunged into the 

 foaming water which was swelling up the ships 

 side making a horrid splash, and striking a 1 hearts 

 with solemnity. The spectators, as it they had 

 not expected if, rushed to the bulwarks to see it 

 sinking into the fathomless abyss — the surge 

 rolled hs liuse mass over the place where it lell, 

 the rapid ship swept away from the lonely re- 

 mains of one who so lately had been juanagmg 

 her wings, while I continued the service: I he 

 earth and the sea shall give up thnr dead, &c. 

 Thus ended tlic short, simple, but most solemn 

 funeral at sea, the last, I hope, to be witnessed by 

 me. — .v. V. Observer. 



SEEDS FOR 1835. 



For sale al U.e seed slor. connected w.lh the New England 

 Farmer office i 



100 Early While Dutch Turnip. 

 200 Kngfish do. 



100 RuiD liaga do. ^ 



200 Mangel Wurlzel, /or coHfe. 

 2S Salsafy. 

 200 bushels finest esriy Peas. 

 ]00 l.artje Marrowfat do. 



50 Dwarf Hlue Imperial do. 



60 olher varieties. 



]y(j best Garden Beans. 



500 lbs. Long RIood Reel Seed. 

 200 Early Turnip do. 

 300 Cabbage Seed, 14 difTerenl knids. 

 100 Fine Long Orange Carrol. 

 60 Early Horn do. 

 200 Common Cucumber. 

 160 Long Green do 



100 Early and Head LeUuces. , 



50 Pure Wliile Porlugal Onion. 

 100 Silver Skin do. 

 200 Large Deep Ked do. 

 150 Early Scarlet short lop Radish. 

 50 Long Salmon do. 

 2.3 Turnip Radishes. 

 150 Early Scollop Squash. 

 50 Earl'y Li>ng do. 

 Aho -Cauliflowers, Broccoli, Celery, Cress, Egg PlanH. 

 Leek, Endive, Musk and Walcr Melons, "''"jV"''^' P/Pf"!. 

 Parsley and I'omalo Seeds, by the lb. or OE. Herb Seeds of 



""so'oOO papers in 300 lo 4C0 splendid kinds of Annual, Sicn- 

 iiial and Perennial Flowkk Seeps. 

 GKA-is Seeds, wholesale and retail. , • j 



The above comprises in part ihe st.ick of seeds raised ex- 

 nreVsrvtorlhe es ablishmcni, and I'ne quality and goodness 

 fvl e ™n-<,«(«/ superior lo any ever oficred I'erelo ore^ 

 Dealers and odrers will please file m iheir orders immediately, 

 and Ibev shall be lailhlullv execuled for ihe spring. 



Boves o Garden Seeds for .he coun.ry Iradc, neally papered 

 up ^'dt direc.ions on each paper, for sale at a large discount 



'■"i"y;";''ami?lH:iMENT.LTl^EES,4-c. will be supplied, and 



orders "^^^^^'i^^'l? ^RRETT, AgricuUural Warehouse, 

 maich n Nos, 51 * 52, Norih Market Street. 



SILKS AT UEDXICED PRICES. 



EilAB Stone Bkeweb inlending to make anew arrange- 

 me,,l1n his business will sell his stock of Sdk Goods at very 

 reduced prices, viz : 



"0 Pieces BIk. Gros de Naples (slightly spoUcd) at 25 cts, 

 p„ ,' d-15do. perlect, 2s. do. 25 do Superior Satins Leva,. 

 F • % r. ,lo 10 do do 3s.— 6 do. Rich Striped do. 3s. 9.— 

 o"fo R c lam Sui-enor Col'd Pool, de Soics Js.--30 do. do 

 , ,L^\o\a «>i do Heavy lilk. Sinrhaws Irom 2s.b to 3s.t 

 i^'d 11 tt~rci, i;om 2s.-to 2s. G.-lOO Dress PaUerns Fig 

 Rhck Canion Crapes al 6s. pv paUern-50 do do. lo match 



I;^,'trs's-^:^::^^^drcr^n-^^ 



Salins. No. 414 Waslunglou Slreel, Dec. .7lh. KM. 



WILLIAM SHERIDAN, 



(Gardener to ihe late Gardiner Greene, Esq.) would re- 

 pel u 1 !. dorm his frieids ami .he public ,ha, he will eonr- 

 ,r,„-c jobbing in Gardens, by .he day or by "'""Y\^^^. fh 

 vM endeavor lo give sa.isfaclion .o all .hose who may fee 

 "i 'pole.1 lo lavor him with any thing in Ins hne^ to the e..len. 



"'trili'::^^^ «. -ho s.ore of Messrs W^cester ^ 

 r.J'rce. corner of Cour. and Tremou. streets, Bos.o... « d he 

 promptly and lailhlully aileuded to. "'"«:" '• 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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 ^nvn ileal Ihe end of llie year- bu. those who pay wun 

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AGENTS. 



A',.,,, Yorh—G C. THORBCRN.fi'' Liberti',^lieel. 



^,i„,„,_WM . Thouburn, 347 Marke.-slrecl. 

 PhZLvhia-Y). &• C. Landbetu, 85 Chesnul-slreet 

 ^!;;|-S._,.^.U.coeKPidd,.,cr.^ 



^;:S '^^•^'(v^ i^-I'A- Soss Prop. Un. Bol. G, 

 mUlMmn!. 17.-W1CHT Chacian Merchant. 

 y)„.,«,,,/_.Goo„w.N.S-Co. Pooksellers. 

 At.X-™oc<-EHEKi;/.ER Steuman, Bookseller. 

 iCllvlth. N. /i,-.IoHN W. Foster, Bookseller. 

 ■ivusta, ;!/<■.- WiLi.Ar.n Snei.l, Druggist. 

 wZoddock. Yt—S. A. Pratt. 



IZi^^l^r^:^'^:^:^:^^. Editor of Record.. 

 S(. iowi's— Geo.IIoLTON. ^ 



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