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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



APRIIj as, 1S33. 



RETURN OP SPRIIVG. 



Tlie sornbre \'eil ofcloud is gone, 



Tlie grateful sunlight beams, 

 The distant hills reflect tlie light, 



The swollen river gleams. 



Now the glad birds ii> vocal joy, 

 Breathe forth the chant of prjise ! 



Now the sweet flowers in rich perfume, 

 Their welcome incense raise 1 



The voice of life is all around, 



Breathing of hope and love ; 

 Be silent every murmuring word, 



And lift each thought above. 



"Seed time and harvest will not fail," — 



Our God will still bestow; 

 Then let our anxious fear be still, 



And gratitude o'erflow. 



A NEW ENGLAND L.OG HOUSE. 



You can hardly fiiul a (hvelling in New Eng- 

 land, be it a framed house ora log cabin, in wliich 

 gome periodical print is not taken. The newspa- 

 pers of the day are scattered far beyond the 

 route of the mails, and the region of passable 

 roads. The lonely settler will weekly emerge 

 froin his distant home in the woods, to get his 

 newspaper. The writer of this chapter once 

 passed a night in a log house, many miles beyond 

 the region traversed by passable roads. It was in 

 the midst of the romantic, the silent, the imbroken 

 wilderness. Far as the eye could reach, from 

 this humble dwelling nothing could be seen but 

 the wildness of unsubdued nature. Water- fowl 

 of various kinds were sporting upon the wide 

 sheet of water, that glittered like a mirror embos- 

 omed in the forest. Lofty mountains encircled 

 the horizon, their sides covered with a thick 

 growth of trees, and their rocky battlements tower- 

 ing to the skies. One would think that in an abode 

 so lonely, apparently so entirely secluded from 

 intercourse with man, there must be found the ig- 

 norance of an almost semi-barbarous state. But 

 there we found the Bible and the family altar, and 

 heard the voice of morning and evening prayer. 

 There wc found the regular liles of the newspa- 

 per, and in conversation 'witii the tenant of that 

 lowly abode, we found him well acquainted with 

 the various subjects which were then agitating 

 the political and the religious world. The mis- 

 sionary operations of the day, the hostile manifes- 

 tations of Europe, the pidilic men and important 

 measures of his own coimfry, were subjects with 

 which liis mind was familiar, and upon which he 

 had formed o])inions. 



1 had with me one of the novels of Sir Walter 

 Scott. As I tljrew myself upon the bed at night, 

 the book was lcftU|ioii the coarse pine tabic bcfiire 

 the fire. The light of the blazing pitch pine knot, 

 stuck into the crevice of the chimney, threw its 

 bright flashes over the room, while the black 

 smoke it cmitteil rolliwl in circling wreaths up the 

 chimney. Lamps and candles were unthought of 

 in this humble dwelling. The farmer took up the 

 book, and soon became so interested in its pages, 

 that the feeling of drowsiness and the thought of 

 sleep were driven from him. I awoke about 

 midnight, and there he was bending before the 

 pitch pine knot, enchained by the creations of Sir 



Walter's genius. Again I awoke before morning, 

 and there he still was, apparently insensible to the 

 lapse of hours, poring over the fascinating vol- 

 ume. In fact, the morning dawned before he 

 laid aside the book, to go, unrefreshed by sleep, 

 to engage in the toils of the day. — A'cif England 

 and her Institutions. 



THE FARMER OF NEW ENGLAND. 



It is doubfid whether there is in any part of 

 the world a class of men more comfortable and 

 contented than the farmers of New England. 

 They are an intelligent, virtuous, and most influen- 

 tial part of the cominunity. Many of them are 

 the pride of the country, and the ornaments of that 

 religion which has made New England what it is. 

 Go to their dwellings, and you will hear the 

 morning and the evening prayer. Go to the 

 church, and you will see them with their families, 

 respected and devout worshippers. Present to 

 them the claims of suffering humanity, and you 

 will find that neither the plains of Asia, nor the 

 isles of the Pacific, are too remote for the reach of 

 their sympathies and their beneficence. Already 

 have the arms of their benevolence embraced the 

 world. Many of the benighted sons of India have 

 been blessed by Iheir influence. Many a fierce 

 wanderer on the heights of Hawaii has been led 

 by their prayers and their eflforts to embrace that 

 religion which takes from death its sting, and from 

 the grave its victory. Take the farmers of New 

 England as a body, and they are a set of noble men. 

 They are nature's noblemen. There are individ- 

 uals among them who are ignorant and irreligious 

 and degradod with hearts which can neither be 

 moved with gratitude to God, nor with sympathy 

 for human woes. They will rally under any ban- 

 ner which waves in defiance of a religion which 

 claims a pure heart and a holy life. They are the 

 foes of temperance and all its kindred virtues. 

 But through the kindness of God they are few in 

 numbers, and powerless in influence. The farm- 

 houses of New England are generally the abodes 

 of intelligence and happiness. It is in these 

 abodes of honest independence and enlightened 

 piety, that most of the missionaries who have gone 

 from this country to heathen lands have found 

 their birth.' May the farmers of New England 

 rise higher and still higher in the scale of moral 

 and intellectual excellence, and show to the world 

 that intelligence and virtue and independence may 

 be united with a life of honest toil. — III. 



Nothing annoys an enemy more than kindness. 

 It is an arrow that generally hits the mark. It 

 is the most severe, yet the most noble mode of 

 treatment. 



Beware of little expenses; — a small leak will 

 sink a great ship. 



Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 



Ifyoudonot hear reason, she will surely rap 

 your kimckles. — Dr Fratiklin. 



NANKIN &. CANTON STRAW CARPETING. 



Eliah^tone Brewer, No. 414 Washington street, has 

 constanily on liand a large assortment of Straw Carpeting, of 

 various qualities and widths, among- which are — 

 2600 yards superline Nankin. t>-4 

 iinOO do. do. do. 5-4 



3500 do. Canton do. G-4 

 4000 do. do. do. 5-4 



1 case German Table Mats, a new and superfine 

 article. April 1. 



TO NURSERYMEN. 



Th:^ subscriber wisiies to rclinqui>l) the charge of his exten- 

 sive Nurseries lo a tenant, or shaje il widi a competent associ- 

 ate. A green house is contemplated as an appendage to the 

 establishment. O. FISKE. 



Worcester, March IG, 1835. 



The stock of Cows, Team, and Implements of Agriculture, 

 may be taken with tlie Fa m at a fair valuation. Feb. 25. 



TO LET, 



On a lease of five or more }'cars, as may be agreed upon, a 

 Farm, containing one hundretl acres of Land, suitable ftir a 

 Dairy, with dwelling liouse, barn, and all otiier buildings requi- 

 site, a good orchard, anil well watered, 'j'he siluatiun is two 

 miles from the city of New Haven, in tiie I'arish o1 Hampden. 

 For lurther particulars addre s (post paid) to No. 265, box 

 post office. New Haven. Feb. 25. 



TO LET, 



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

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

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

 a cottage, ;■ nd every requisite building, all newly erected, and 

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

 a moderate rent. Address No. 265, Post OtEce, ivew Haven, 

 (post paid.) 



FllUIT TREES, 

 ^ ORNAMENTAL TREES, PLANTS, &c. 



NURSERV of WILLIAM KENKICK, in , 



Newton, JM.ass. 5^ miles from Boston by the 



^'l'>'sl('l■n Avenue, tnid .J a mile from tlie ^Von•ester Rail Road, 



The Fruit Tff.es include the finest kinds of New Flemish 

 Pears, — also. Apples, Cherries. Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, 

 Apricots, Almonds, Quinces, Grape Vines, Currants, liasp- 

 berries, Gooseberries, and Mulberries, including the Ci inese 

 Mulberry, or MoR us Mi; LTicAU LIS, Strawberries, Figs, &:c. — 

 selections from the best varieties known. The Ornamental 

 Trees and PlaiUs alone, comprise one thousand varieties, the 

 most beautiful known ; these include Horse Chesnuts, Weep- 

 ing Willows, Calalpas, iVIounlaiu Ash, Ailanthus or Tree oi 

 Heaven, Scotch Larch, Silver Firs, Venetiaa.'^umach, Altheas 

 Snou balls. Lilacs, Honeysuckles, &c. — Superb China and 

 Hardy Roses, Herbaceous Flowering Plants, Faeonies, anc 

 splendid Double Dahlias. 



Address to Wi\i. Kenrick, Newton, Mass. Trees anc 

 Plants, when ortlered, are selected anrl labelled with due pre- 

 caution and care, and securely packed and duly forwarder 

 Iron, 13- ston by land or sea. 'I'ransporlation to Boston gratis. 



All orders left with Geo. C- Barrett, at his Seed Store 

 Nos 51 Sf 52, North .^larket street, Boston, who is Agent, wil 

 be in like manner duly attended to — Catalogues gratis, oi 

 application. 



10.000 Peach Trees — Gentlemen who may be desirous o 

 forming extensive orchartis of the Peach tree in the vicinity oi 

 our rail roads, lor the supply of the Uoslon market, are now 

 offered a capital collection. 



EARLY FIELD CORN. 



Just received, a quantity of the Karly (ield Corn, describee 

 by Samuel S. Lathrop in the 24lh number of the present vol 

 ume of the New England Farmer. G. C. BARRETT. 



Feb 25. 



MULBERRY AND SILK. 



COBB'S Treatise on the Cultivation of the Mulberry, an< 

 upon Silk, being an improvetl edition. For sale at the offict 

 of theN. E. Farmer. Price 50 cents 



Jan. 21. 



GEO. C. BARRETT. , 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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AGENTS. , 



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 Philadelphia— V>. ff V. Landbetii, 85 Chesnut-street. 

 Baltimore — I. 1. Hitchcock, Publisher of .American Farme. 

 Cincijmati — S. C. Pakkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street. 

 FlusJiiag, N Y.—Wm. Prince iV Sons, Prop. Liu. Bot. Ga 

 Mixlcllebltrii, TV. — Wight Chapman, Blerchant. 

 Hartford — GooiiwiN Sf Co. Booksellers. 

 Aewhjiniport — EnENEZER Stedman, Bookseller. 

 Portsmmilli, N. //.— Joh.n VV. Foster, Bookseller. 

 n'oodstorlc, Vt. — J. A. Pratt. 

 Bangor, Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 



Halifax, N. S.—V. J. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recorder. , 

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