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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MAY 13, 18SE, 



SffiaS'®^! E>'&Su^'Wa 



[From tlie Mercantile Journal.] 

 TO M , 



ON BEING ASKED 



" IF I BELIEVED IN DREAMS.' 



Nay ! question not too closely, though 1 know 

 There lingers not around me any trace 

 Of icy superstition, or of a weak 

 And blind credulity — I cannot doubt 

 That he, who with all-grasping eye, and mind, 

 Scans all events — and whose all-powerful arra 

 Reaches from world to world, and spans their zones; 

 He, to whom future things are as the past, 

 And who, with all-enduring care and love, 

 Watches alike the eagle's towering flight 

 And lowly sparrow's fall — whose boundless power 

 To the soul-cheering sun, gives daily light; 

 Nor does disdain most freely to impart 

 Its nightly portion to the glow-worm's lamp — 

 Watches our sleeping as our waking thoughts; — 

 I do not think that he, whose guiding care 

 Permitteth not those waking thoughts to pass 

 Unheeded, would neglect his creatures, wrapped 

 In the sweet mantle of forgetfulness, 

 All dull and spell-bound in a mimic death ; 

 When the yet active mind, itself in twilight. 

 Borrows from youthful Fancy's lonely star 

 A beautiful, though palo and flickering radiance, — 

 May it not sketch before the mental eye 

 The shadows of events that are to come .' 



Whence do those beautiful creations rise, 



Those combinations of each hue and feature. 



Those airy visions, where the mind, without 



Its own volition, spurning the dull earlh. 



Wandering afar amid ihe sunny groves 



Of young Imagination, pictures forth 



A thousand and a thousand gorgeous shapes. 



All bright and fleeting, till Ihe exhausted fancy. 



Alike without an impulse from itself. 



Sinks back again, and winds that self around 



Some earthly thought ? Perchance a father dear, 



A mother, sister, brother, well-beloved. 



Some cherished one, e'en more than either prized, 



Pencilled on Mem'ry's page, by waking thoughts.-' 



With slight reflection wo may often trace 



" Home to their source, these lightnings of the mind"— 



But oftener far, when we would try to reach 



That hidden source, and to discern some tie 



Between our waking thoughts and sleeping dreams. 



We 're lost at once, and the mysterious fountain 



Is as unfathomable as the dream 



Was transient, and the deep conviction comes 



That the Divinity, whose master-mind 



Controls the Universe, nor doth neglect 



The humble fates of individual man ; — 



" Who shapes our ends, rough-hew them as we will," 



Doth often deign to warn us in our slumbers 



Of some impending evil, or to incite 



To pure and holy deeds the yielding soul. 



And sometimes visions forth events that are 



Within the bounds of hope, if we preserve 



An onward, upward course, nor are cast down 



By disappointments, crossing still our path : 



'Tis a delightful, soul-refreshing thought ! 



1 pray you grant it me, nor e'er disdain 



To learn a lesson true in Blorals, or 



In Virtue pure, e'en from an airy Dream ! H. 



GOOD RVIiKS. 



Every action in company ought to be with some 

 sign of respect to those present. 



In Ihe presence of others sing not to yourself with 

 a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or 

 feet. 



Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others 

 stnntl, speak not when you should hold your peace, 

 and walk not when others stop. 



Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that 

 delights not to be played with. 



Read no letters, book or papers in company, but 

 when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask 

 leave. Come not near the books nor writings of 

 any one so as to read them unasked. Also, look 

 not nigh when another one is writing a letter. 



Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious 

 matters somewhat grave. 



Show not yourself glad at the misfortunes of 

 another, though he were your enemy. 



When you meet with one of greater quality than 

 yourself, stop and retire, especially if it be to a door, 

 or any straight place, to give way for bim to i)as3. 



They that are in dignity or office have, to all 

 places, precedency ; but whilst they are young^ 

 they ought to respect those that are their equals in 

 birth or in other qualities, though they have no 

 public charge. 



It is good manners to prefer them to whom we 

 sjjeak before ourselves, especially if they be above 

 us, with whom, in no sort, we ought begin. 



In visitingthe sick, do not presently play the phy- 

 sician, if you be not knowing therein. 



In writing or speaking, give to every person his 

 due title, according to his degree and the custom of 

 the place. 



Strive not with your superiors in arg^nnent, but 

 alv^'ays submit your judgment to others with mod- 

 esty. 



Undertake not to teach your equal an art he him- 

 self professes; it savors of arrogancy. 



When a man does all he can, though it succeeds 

 not well, blame not him that did it. 



Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider 

 whether it ought to be in public or in private, pre- 

 sently or at some other time, also in what terms to 

 do it: and in reproving, show no signs of choler, do 

 it with sweetness or mildness. 



Take all admonitions thankfully, in whatsoever 

 manner given ; but afterwards, not being culpable, 

 take a time or place convenient to let him know it 

 that gave them. 



31ock not, nor jest at anything of importance ; 

 break no jests that are sharp biting and if you de- 

 liver anything witty and pleasant, abstain from 

 laughing thereat yourself. 



Wherein you reprove another, be unblamable 

 yourself, for example is more prevalent than pre- 

 cept. 



Use no reproachful language against one, neither 

 curses nor reviling. — Washington. 



NANKIN & CANTON STKAW^ CARPETING. 



Eliae Stone Brewer, No. 411 VVashingioii street, has 

 conslanll.v on hand a large assorlnicul of Straw Carpeting, of 

 various qualities and widths, among^ which are — 

 2o00 yards superfine Nankin, G-4 

 2000 do. do. do. 5-4. 



3500 do. Canton do. 6-4 

 4500 do. do. do. 5-4 



lease German Table Mais, a new and superfine 

 arlicle. April 1. 



TO NURSERYMEN. 



The subscriber wishes to relinquish Ihe charge of his exten- 

 sive Nurseries to a tenant, or share it with a competent associ- 

 ate. A ereen liouse is conteniplaled as an appendage to the 

 establishment. " '"'""' ' 



Worcester, March 16, 1835. 



O. F1SK.E. 



TO LET, 



On a lease of five or more j'ears, 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 

 For (urlher particulars address (post paid) to No. 265, box 

 post office, New Haven. Feb. 25. 



TO I.ET, 



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, iind 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, Posl'Office, New Haven, 

 (post paid.) 



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

 may be taken with the Farm at a fair valuation. Feb. 25. 



cV 52 



FRESH WHITE MULBERRY SEED. 



Just received at the New England Seed Store, 51 

 North Market street, 



A quantity of fresh and;.genuiDe While Mulberry-seed, from 

 one of ihe greatest Mulberry Orchards in Connecticut, warranl- 

 ed new and good, directions accompanying each package. 



Dec. 31, 1834. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



MORUS MUI.TICAUI.IS. 



Trees of the above new variety of the Midberry for sale by 

 the subscriber at ,g40 per hundred, S5 per dozen, and 50 els. 

 each, beinff about six feet high. Orders solicited. 



Feb. 18. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



HERDS GRASS, OR TIMOTHY SEED. 



200 Bushels Herds Grass .Seeds, growth of 1834, of very 

 good quality and unusually bright and clean, just received and 

 forsaleatthe New England Seed Slore, 51 & 52 North Market 

 5treel. GEO. C. BARRETT. 



Jan. 7. 



COMPI.ETE SET OP THE PARMER. 



For sale at this office, one complete set of the New England 

 Farmer, comprising twelve volumes, neatly ai d well bound, 

 and perfect. Price g3 25 per volume, cash. Feb. IS. 



GREEN HOUSE GLASS, 



Of superior thickness with every quality of Window Glass 

 for sale by LORING ^- KUPFER, No. lO Merchants' Row. 

 Jan. 23. 2mis. 



Put off no business which ought and can be 

 done to-day, until to-morrow. ' 



Every day has its appropriate duties, attend to 

 them in succession. 



THE NEAY ENGLAND PARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at g3 per annum, 

 payable at the end "of the year — but those who pay within 

 si,\ty days from the lime of subscribing, arc enlilled lo a de- 

 duction of fifty cents. 



53= No paper will be sent lo a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



AGENTS. 



New York — G C. Thorburn, 67 Liberty-street. 

 Albany — Wm. Thorburn, 347 Market-street. 

 Philadelphia — D. Sf C. Landbeth, 85 Chesnnl-slreet. 

 Baltimore — I. I. Hitchcock, Publisher of American Farmer 

 Cincinnati — S. C. Parkhurst, 23 Lower Market-street. 

 Flushing, N. Y. — Wm. Prince J\- Sons, Prop. Liu. Bol. Gar ' 

 Middlehurij, Vl. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 

 Hartford — GoouwiK .^ Co. Booksellers. 

 Neuiurtjporl — Ebenezek Stedmas, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. //.—John W. Foster, Bookseller. 



Woodstock, ■ Vt J .A.Pratt. 



Batigor, Me. — Wm. Mann, Druggist. 



Hall/ax, N. S. — P. J. Hollakd, Esq. Editor of Recorder. 



St. Louis— Geo. Holton. 



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