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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



APRIL 7, 1S35. 



THE MOTHER. 



BV MRS L. n SIGOURNEV. 



" It may be Autumn, yea Winter, wilh the woman,— Imt witli 

 lheyli>ther,asamotlicr, it is always Spring."— Smnon o/ (Ae B"'. 

 Thomas Colibctt, at Lijitn in IGiiS. 



I saw an aged woman bow 



To weariness and care, 

 Time wrote his sorrows on her brow, 

 And 'midst her frosted hair. 



Hope, from her breast had torn away 



Us rooting scathed and dry. 

 And on the pleasures of the gay 



She turned a joyless eye. 



What was it that, like sunbeam clear. 



O'er her wan features run, 

 As, pressing toward her deafened ear, 



I named her absent son ? 



What was it ? Ask a mother's breast, 

 Through which a fountain flows 



Perennial, fathomless and blest, 

 By winter never froze. ^ 



What was it? Ask the King of kings, 



Who hath decreed above 

 That change should mark all earthly things, 



Except a mother's love. 



How then, it may be asked, do these birds exe- 

 cute such movements? Tlic whole surface of the, 

 body, in this, as well as, I believe, most, if not 

 all, "the oceanic tribes, is covered by numertus 

 air-cells, cajtable of a voluntary inflation or diiiii- 

 nutiou, by means of a beautiful muscular aj'para- 

 tus. By this power the birds can raise or deiiress 

 themselves at will ; and the tail, and great length 

 of the wing, enable them to steer in any direction. 

 Indeed, without some provisions of this kind to 

 save muscular exertion, it would be impossible for 

 these birds to undergo such long flights without 

 repose, as they have been known to do ; for the 

 muscles appertaining to the organs of flight, al- 

 though large in these birds, are evidently inade- 

 quate in power to the long distances they have 

 been known to fly, and the immense length of 

 time they reinain on the wing, with scarcely a 

 moment's cessation. 



When several species of the albatros, as well 

 as petrels and other oceanic birds, are about the 

 ship at the sante time, no combats have been seen 

 to take place between them ; but on the death of 

 one the others soon fall upon and devour it. 

 (Quarterly Review of BenneVs JVeiv South Ifales 



SESDS FOR HOT BEDS. 



Just received at llie Seed Store connected will) the New 

 England Farmer Office, Nos. 51 i 52, Norih Market street, 

 Cortoii, the g-realest variety of early Vcp;elablc and Flower 

 Sociis lo be I'ountl in New Enslar-.l. many of wliicli are now 

 wHiilcd for Hot lied Sowing. We have received from Europe 

 the finest assortment of CaiiliaRe, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Sweet 

 Portuguese IMarioram, and early deep Scarlet Short Top Rad- 

 ish Seeds, <S-c. iyc Amonsflhif European Cabbage Seeds are 

 the true early York.ea ly London i'.allersea, Savoy, and other 

 Cabbiiges — early curled' Silesia, Tcnni-ball. and Koyal Cape 

 Head "Lettuces, Miguioneltc, Lon» Turkey Cucumbers, 

 for forcing, (while and green) earlv While Dutch Turnips, 

 Tomaiosl Lima Beans, early I'cas, Beans, iVf- comprising 

 every kind of seed wanted n Now Enslaud,—wai ranted of 

 the very first quality. 



THE AlBATROS. 



It is pleasing to observe this superb bird sail- 

 ing in the air in graceful and elegant movements, 

 seemingly excited by some invisible power — for 

 there is rarely any movement of the wings seen, 

 after the first and frequent impulse given, when 

 the creature elevates itself in the air — rising and 

 falling as if some concealed power guided its va- 

 rious motions, without any muscular exertion of 

 its own — and then descending and sweeping the 

 air close to the stern of the ship, with an inde- 

 pendfijce of manner, as if it were ' monarch of all 

 it surveyed.' It is from the very little muscular 

 exertion used by these birds that they are capa 

 bic of sustaining such long flights without repose. 



The largest albatros shot by Mr Bennet dur- 

 iu" this voyage measured fourteen feet, but we 

 have seen distinct accounts of specimens reaching 

 across the wings to full twenty feet. He pro- 

 ceeds to say : 



When seizing an object floating on the water, 

 they gradually descend with expanded or up- 

 raised wings, or sometimes alight, and flottt like a 

 duck on the water while devouring their food ; 

 then they skim the ocean with expanded wings, 

 as they run along for some distance, until they 

 again soar in mid air, and recommence their er- 

 ratic; flights. It is interesting to view them, dur- 

 ing boisterous weather, flying with, and even 

 against the wind, seeming the ' gayest of the gtiy' 

 in the midst of howling winds ttnd foaming 

 waves. 



To watch the flight of lhes(\ birds used to af- 

 ford me much amusement, commencing with the 

 difficulty experienced by them in elevating them- 

 selves from the water. To eflect this object, they 

 spread their long pinions to the utmost, giving 

 them repeated impulses as they run along the sur- 

 face of the water. Having, by these exertions, rais- 

 ed themselves above the water, they ascend and 

 descend, and cleave the atmosphere in various di- 

 rection-s, without any apparent muscular exertion. 



The Farmer. — There is not a more indepen- 

 dent being in existence than the fiirmer. The 

 real farmer ; lie who attends strictly to the duties 

 of his profession ; who keeps everything about 

 him snug and tidy, and who seeks every opportu- 

 nity to introduce such improvements of the day 

 as will tend to add beauty and worth to his farm. 

 Such a farmer is always hajipy and independent, 

 and he lives as it were in a little world of his own 

 with nothing to trouble him, save the cares of his 

 farm, which by the way are considered rather as 

 pleasures than otherwise. His mind is always at 

 ease, and the duties of his calling are performed 

 with a good degree of pleasure. When the toils 

 of tlie day are o'er and the "night cometh," he 

 takes bis seat at the domestic fireside and whiles 

 away the evening in sweet converse with his 

 little family circle. The toils of the day have been 

 perhaps rather arduous — but what of that ? They 

 are drowned and forgotten in the pleasures of the 

 evening. And then, he feels a sincere pleasure 

 on reflection, that while he rests from his labors 

 his business continues to flourish. His crops are 

 growing and preparing for harvest ; his cattle, &c. 

 are fattening' ready for market, and everything 

 ])rospers. With such thoughts as these, he can 

 calmly resign himself to the night's repose and 

 rise on the morrow with the returning sun, re- 

 freshed and pre])ared for the duties of another 

 (lay. — Intdligencer i; Mohawk Adv. 



PLEASANT AND VAI.TJABI.E RESIDENCE FOR 

 SALE. 



SiTU\TEDiu Dorchester on Ihe Briisbhill turnpike, two miles 

 from Roxbury street, containing IG acres of excellent land 

 wilh a mansion house, farm house, two barns and oulhouses 

 thereon, having a garden of-one acre conlainingjvaluable fruits 

 &c. The situalion is unrivalled, commanding a most e.-iten- 

 sive prospect of Ihe harbor and of (he country back. 



The houses are in complete repair and the whole farm under 

 a good state of cultivation, viilh a good orchard of excellent 

 fruil For terms and particulais inquire of Messrs LOT 

 WHEELRIGHT * SON, Jb Central Wharf, GEORGE 

 C. BARRETT at this office, or JOSIAH WILSON on the 

 premises. . 



N. B. In case the above place is not sold at private sale 

 before the 10th of April, it will then be let for one year. 



FOR SAIiE BY AUCTION 



On Ihe above premises, on the 15ih day of April, the Farni- 

 lurc. Slock and Farming Utensils, being nearly new, and 

 valuable to a person going into the country for the summer. 



march 18. 



GOOSEBERRY BUSHES. 



Wm. Kenrick, Newton, has just received a fine eolleclion' 

 of Gooseberry bushes. Orders left wilh G. C. Barrett will« 

 be attended l"o. march 25. 



GRAPE VINES. ] 



A few hundred prime Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines, i 

 for sale by Jonathan Boyce, Market Street, Lynn, 

 march 25. 41 



HOIiMS' CELEBRATED HORSE LINUIENT, 



For Sprains, Bruises, Wind- Galls, Old Strains, Sti^ 



joitits, Sweltfil or Cracked Heels, and for Horses that an 



strained in the buck sijmcs, vriing in the withers, ffc. ; aha 



for Glayidtdur swellings of the throat- 



The ingredients which compose this preparMion have been 

 carefully selected after many years' experience, and are some 

 of the most successful remedies united, correctly proporlioned 

 and happily adapted to afl'ord relief in all the above mentioned 

 complaints; the proprietor feels assured that when once ihil 

 article is used, it will be preferred to any other, as il is decid- 

 edly ihe best and certainly the most convenient article in use, 



N B. Persons afflicted wilh Rheumatism, Sprains, Cramp, 

 Numbness, Stiffness, or Weakness in the Joints, will find thin 

 Linimenfa valuable and efiicacious remedy. 



I'repar'ed and sold by THOMAS MOLLIS, Druggist aod 

 Chemist, No. 30. Union Street, Boston, Mass. , , , , ■ 



jy The Public are requested to observe that each label il 

 signed. 



Price of large Bottles one dollar, small do. 75 cents. 



" Thy goodness is as the morning cloud, or as the 

 early dew which passeth away." — Hosea vi. 4. 



"The dews of the night," says an Eastern trav- 

 eller, " as we had only the heavens for our cover- 

 ing, would fretiuently wet us to the skin ; but no 

 sooner was the sun risen, and the atmosphere a 

 little heati^d, than the mists were instantly dis- 

 persed, and the abundant moisture which the 

 dews had given to the sands, would be entirely 

 evaporated or dried up." What a bcautil'ul illus- 

 tration is this of the words of the inspir(;d prophet. 

 How do the hoiies which may in youth have 

 ghiddened the heart of some kind parent or friend, 

 often disappear and pass away, aa the dew before 

 the morning 8un ! 



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