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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



APRII, 15, 1835. 



SPRING. 



Now the golden morn aloft 



Waves her dew-bespangled wing, 

 With vermeil cheek, and whisper soft, 



She woos the tardy spring ; 

 Till April starts and calls around 

 The sleeping fragrance from the ground ; 

 And lightly o'er the living scene 

 Scatters his freshest, tenderest green. 



New-horn flocks, in rustic dance, 



Frisking ply their feeble feet; 

 Forgetful of their wintry trance. 



The birds his presence greet; 

 But chief the sky-lark warbles high 

 His trembling, thrilling ecstasy. 

 And lessening from the dazzling sight. 

 Melts into air and liquid light. 



Rise, my soul ! on wings of fire, 



Rise the rapturous choir among! 

 Hark ! 't is nature strikes the lyre. 



And leads the general song ; 

 Warm let the lyric transport flow. 

 Warm as the ray that bids it glow, 

 And animates the vernal grove 

 With health, with harmony and love. 



Yesterday the sullen year 



Saw the snowy whirlwind fly ; 

 Mute was the music of the air. 



The herd stood drooping by ; 

 Tlieir raptures now that wildly flow, 

 No yesterday nor morrow know; 

 'T is man alone that joy descries, 

 With forwanl and reverted eyes. 



See the wretch that long has tost 



On the thorny bed of pain, 

 At length repair his vigor lost, 



And breathe, and walk again : 

 The meanest floweret of the vale. 

 The simplest note that swells the gale. 

 The common sun, the air, the skies, 

 To him are opening paradise. Guav. 



Words do not, coiiiinonly si)eakiii^, convey 

 men's real sentiitjents ; — tliey only discover tlieir 

 foibles and passions. What a diftercnt thing tlie 

 world woiilil be, were men only known by their 

 actions, — the use of words not known ; — a scene 

 of acting and doing, not of talking. There would 

 not be'lialf the deceit and imposition which now 

 exists. There could not he, from tlie nature of 

 the case. 



Great talkers are often greatly pestilential. We 

 once had a friend, otherwise valuable, hut he was 

 a great talker. We at first cut him — shunned 

 him. He however contrived to seize us sometimes, 

 and actually tore off most of our coat buttons, and 

 tore out the button holes ; and then we violently 

 broke friendship with him. 



A great talker is good for little else. We have 

 seen one begin a day's work, and he would go at 

 it, secundem artem, as one would build an oration. 

 There was the long exordium of what he was 

 going to do ; and then, toward the conclusion, a 

 long recapitulation of what he had done, — which 

 was just about nothing ; — so his performance was 

 all head and tail, and no body. 



There is little or no merit in talkativeness, — no 

 more than there is due to a cataract of falling water. 

 It is, like it, a natural propensity, and flows on and 

 on, and soon hecomes monotonous and impleasant 

 to the liearer, who takes care to keep out of the 

 reach of its spray, at least. 



Great talkers are like many modern banks ; they 

 issue ten times the amount of their capital. — 

 Salem Observer. 



Mechanics. — If there is any situation truly 

 enviable, it is that of an industrious mechanic, 

 who by his own unaided exertions has established 

 a respectable place in society ; who commencing 

 in poverty, by his skill and perseverance overcomes 

 every obstacle, vanquishes every prejudice, and 

 builds up lor himself a reputation whose value is 

 enhanced to others. And let it be remembered 

 that this situation is attainable by all who have 

 health and practical knowledge of their business ; 

 industry and virtuous ambition are seldom exerted 

 iu vain. 



TALK, TALK, TALK. 



This is a talking world. Man is emphatically 

 a talking animal. He is irresistibly given to it. 

 His head is an incessant manufactory of ideas, 

 notions and conceits, and they must be vended in 

 the shape of words at his mouth. The production 

 is constantly going on, and they must have an 

 outlet cither at the month or at the fingers' ends, 

 or his head would become over-charged, and burst 

 like a steam boiler. If he has no one to talk to, 

 he sets down and scrawls words on jiajier ; — they 

 must come out ; — this is some alleviation. IIow 

 one will talk in the moi'niug ! — the fact is, words 

 have been accunmlating during the night, — 

 dammeil lip for a while; when the flood gate is 

 open, out they rush. 



Men (we say nothing of women) are not all 

 alike in this respect. Some arc commendably 

 taciturn. They have a sort of safety valve, called 

 prudence, which silently letsoft"this accumulating 

 article. We like taciturnity, and would set down 

 and write a lecture in its praise, at the expense of 

 talkativeness, could wo get an audience to listen 

 to it, — and did we not in the act commit the same 

 sin we should undertake to condemn. 



pnUIT TREES. 

 ORNAMENTAL TREES, PLANTS, &c. 



NuRSKRY of VVII,L1.'\M KE^RICK, in 



, Nkwton, Mass. 5.^ milca from Bostmi by the 



Western Avenue, and ^ a mite fioin the Woreester Rail lioud. 



The Fruit Tkkks iiirlude the fiiiesl kinds of ^cw Flemish 

 Penrs. — also, Apples, Cheiries, Pca( hes, Plums, Nectarines, 

 Apricots, Alinoiuls, Quiiires, Grape Vines, Currants, Kasp- 

 berries, Gooseherries, and Aiulherries, including the Ci inesc 

 fltulbcrry, or MoRus l\lu LTic.\ul.ls, ^^l^a wherries. Figs, &c. — 

 selections from ihe best varielies known. The Drnamenlal 

 Trees and Plants alone, comprise one (hmisand varieties, the 

 most heautil'ul know n ; llicse include Horse Chesuuls, Weep- 

 ing Willows, <!latalpas, Mounlain Ash, Ayanlhus or Tree of 

 Heav<'n, tJcotch Larch, Silver Firs, Venelian.'^umacb, Altlieas, 

 Snowhalls, Lilacs, Honeysuckles, &.c. — Superb China and 

 Harily looses, Herbaceous Flowering Plants, Paeonies, and 

 splendid Double Dahlias. 



Address to \Vm. Kenrick, Newton, Mass. Trees and 

 Plants, when ordered, are selected and labelled wilh due pre- 

 caution and care, and securely packed and duly forwarded 

 from B< ston tiy land or sea. 'I'ransportation to Boston gratis. 



All orders left with (iKo. C Barrett, at his Seed Store, 

 Nos 51 tV S'-, Norlli .Market street, Boston, who is Agent, wil! 

 be in like manner duly aUended to — Catalogues gratis, on 

 application. 



io.OOO Peach Trees Gentlemen who may be desirous ol 



formiiit; extensive orchards of the Peach tree iu the vicinity or. 

 our rail roads, lor the supply of the Boston market, are now| 

 oO'ered a capital collection- i 



NANKIN <fc CANTON STRAW CARPETIMG. 



Ei.iAB Stone Brkwkr, No. 414 Washington street, has 

 conslanll\* on hand a large assortment of Straw Carpeting, of 

 various qualities and widths, among which are — 

 2."HX) yards superfine INankin, f>-4 

 2000 do. do. do. 5-i 



3500 tlo. Canton do. 6-4 

 '1500 do. do. do. ."j^ 



1 case German Table Mats, a new and superfiDe- 

 article. April L 



TO LET, 



O.v a lease of five or more years, as may be agreed upon, a- 

 Farm, containing one hundred acres of Land, suitable for a 

 Dairy, with dwelling house, barn, and all other buildings requi- 

 site, a good orchard, and well watered. The Situation is two 

 miles from the city of New Haven, in the Parish of Hampden., 

 por lurtlier particulars addre s (post paid) to i\o.265. l)o\ 

 post otTice, New Haven. Feb. ^. 



Be CiREFUL WHAT YOU SAY TO PRINTERS. 



Not long since, a promismg citizen, on ftimilitir 

 terms with the printer, on opening his morning 

 paper, reail, to his utter astonishment, his own 

 name in the following connexion : 



" Died at his residence in this town yesterday, 



Jlr , aged — , a promising citizen much 



lamented." 



Not being fiiUy convinced of the truth of the 

 statement, with all speed he repaired to the office 

 to ascertain the author of the deadly libel. "What ! 

 you here ! " says Typo ; " Did you not say that if 

 you lived, you would fulfil your promise last night ? 

 You must he in error, sir — if you are a man of 

 your word, you must have died — go home, sir, for 

 decency's sake, go home and be buried." 



The man was rcmintlcd of his remissness, and 

 we never heard that he ever ailer forgot his prom- 

 ise to the printer. He was better pleased with the 

 joke when he learnt that his death was only 

 inserted in the copy which was sent him. 



TO LET, 



A Farm of about 100 or more acres of Land, situated one 

 mile from ihe city of New Haven — very desirable as a Dairy, 

 a great part being pasture, and produces good hay. There is 

 a collage, . nd everv requisite building, all newly erected, and 

 mav be had lor such term of years as may be agreed upon, at 

 a nioderale rent. Address No. 2G5, Post Office, Aew Haven, 

 (post paid.) , 



GRAPE VINES. 



A few hundred prime Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines 

 for sale bv Jonathan Bovce, Market Street, Lynn, 

 march ^. 4t 



COMPLETE SET OP THE FARMER. 



For sale at this oflice, one complete set of the New EnglantJ 

 Farmer, comprising twelve volumes, neatly a. d well bound, 

 and perfect. Price ^'3 25 per volume, cash. Feb. IS. 



Try to obtain an equanimity of temper which 

 nothing can ruffle. He always calm and cool, the 

 same in adversity as in prosperity, never elated, 

 never depressed. 



THE NEW ENGLAND PARMER 



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AGENTS. 



AVic Yorl,-—C, C. Thoreurn. 67 Libcrfy-slreel. 

 AUnmii — Wm , 'fnoKnuiiN, ;>17 rtlaikel-sticel. 

 PhihriUtplii'i — D. iV C. LANDnKTM, V5 Chesnut-street. 

 JUiitimore — I. I. Hitchcock, Publisher of American Farmi 

 Cinchmiti — S. C. I'arkhukst, 21! Lower RIarkel-slreet. 

 Fliishhiff, N. y. — Wm. Pkince Jj- Sons, Prop. Lin. Hot. G.i' 

 Middlrhtinj. Vl. — WioHT Chapbian, Merchant. 

 Hartford — Goodwin i^ Co. Booksellers. 

 Nrwhinjport — EBKNF.7.ER Stkiiman, Bookseller. 

 Partsmvuth, N. II. — JoiIN W. FosTKR, Bookseller. 

 Woodstock, \'t. — J. A. Pratt. 

 Rans'or, Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 

 Ilalifa.r. N. .S". — P. .1. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recorder. 



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