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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MAY ar, 1835. 



Ea5?g©I§S.Si^SS'"S'a 



iFroin the New Monthly Magazine.] 

 THE DEAD FATHER. 

 Coine hither, child, and kneel 

 In prayer, above thy father's lifeless form — 

 He lovfd thee well in sunshine and in storm, 



Through days of wo and weal ; 

 His blessings on thy head no more are given, 

 As once they came like gentle dews of Heaven. 



Look on that pallid face ! 

 Its wonted smiles are calmly resting there. 

 Unbroken by the deep drawn lines of care; 



Sorrow hath left no trace 

 Of furrowed bitterness upon the meek 

 And still expression of that blanched cheek. 



Thou scarce canst ftcl thy loss, 

 Or know the chilling cares that have begun. 

 To shadow thy bright pathway, gentle one ! 



Many a withering cross 

 May in thy guileless bosom plant ils sting, 

 And to thy hopes a poisoned chalice bring. 



How sad the fireside hearth ! 

 His manly form shall never — never more 

 Daiken the threshold of our cottage door; 



Nor the full sound of mirth 

 Go up in gladness to the whited wall ; 

 For death has entered with his funeral pall. 



A chair is vacant now ! 

 A cheerful eye and a contented face 

 Have left, for aye, their wonted dwelling place; 



And we must bow ! 

 A blessing's gone ! a noble form is riven. 

 To darken this cold Earth and gladden Heaven. 



No fiumer should allow the reproach of neg- 

 lectiug education to lie against himself or fam- 

 ily ; if knowledge is power, the beginning of 

 it should be early and deeply laid in the district 

 school. 



A farmer should never use ardent spirit as a 

 drink ; if, while undergoing severe fatigue, and 

 the hard labors of the summer, he woidd enjoy 

 robust health, let him be temperate in all things. 



A farmer should never refuse a fair price for 

 anything he wishes to sell; we have known a 

 man who had several bushels of wheat to dis- 

 pose of, refuse Ss. because he wanted 8s. 6d. and 

 after keeping his wheat si.x months, was glad to 

 get 6s. 6d. for it. 



A farmer should never allow his wood -house 

 to be emptied of wood during the summer 

 months ; if he does, when winter comes, in ad- 

 dition to cold fingers, he must expect to encoun- 

 ter the chilling looks of his wife, and perhaps 

 be compelled, in a series of lectures, to learn that 

 the man who burns green wood has not mastered 

 the A B C of domestic economy. 



A farmer should never allow his window to 

 be filled with red cloaks, tattered coats, and old 

 hats ; if he does he will most assuredly acquire 

 the reputation of a man who tarries long at the 

 whiskey, leaving his wife and children to freeze 

 or starve at home. 



There are three things of which the man who 

 aims at the character of a prosperous farmer 

 will never be niggardly — manure, tillage, and 

 seed: and there are three things of which he 

 will never be too liberal — promise, time, and 

 credit. 



SILVER FIRS, <fcc. 



WiLT.iAM Mann of Hangor, Me. will execute at short no- 

 tice orders for Silver Firs, Evergreens, ^•c. vvell packed and 

 in good order. ap"! 8. 



TREES FOR SAL,E, 



At W. Buckminster's Nursery, Framingham : — Apple 

 trees, Cherry trees, Tear trees, Peaih trees, Kock maple and 

 Larch trees. 



Also, Isabella Grape Vines, all of the first quality, at cus- 



tomary prices. 



march 4. 



4000 APPI.E TREES 



For sale by the subscriber, at Fresh Pond, in Cambridge, 

 consisting of Baldwins, Russetls, Porters, Rivers, Siberian 

 Crabs, and Blue Pearmains. The tre« are four years from 

 the bud and are probably the best in IVfassachusells. 



JONAS WYETH. 



Cambridge. April 8. 



GREEN HOUSE GI.ASS, 



Of superior thickness with everv quality of M'lndoia Glass 

 for sale by LORL^G Sj- KUPFER, INo. lO Merchants' Row. 

 Jan. '23. 2mis. 



PliEASANT AKDj VAIiUABIiE RESIDENCE FOR 

 SAL.E. 



Situated in Dorchester on Ibe Brushhill turnpike, two miles 

 from Roxbury street, containing IG acres of excellent land 

 with a mansion house, farm house, two barns and outhouses 

 thereon, having a garden of one acre conlaining valuable fruits 

 &c. The situation is unrivalled, commanding a most exten- 

 sive prospect of the harbor and of the country back. 



The houses are in complete repair and the whole farm under 

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

 fruit. For terms and particulars inquire of Messrs LOT 

 WHEELRIGHT Sf SON, 46 Central Wharf, GEORGE 

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

 premises. 



THINGS A FARMER SHOULD NOT DO. 



A farmer slioiild never tindertake to cultivate 

 more land than he can do thoroughly; half tilled 

 land is growing poorer — well tilled land is con- 

 stantly improving. 



A fartner should never keep more cattle, 

 horses, sheep, or hogs, than he can keep in good 

 order: an animal in high order the first of De- 

 cember, is already half wintered. 



A farmer should never depend on his neigh- 

 bor for what he can by ctire and good manage- 

 ment, prodticc on his own farm ; he shotild 

 never beg fruit while he can plant trees, or bor- 

 row tools while he can make or buy ; a high 

 authority has said, the borrower is a servant to 

 the lender. 



The farmer .should never be so immersed in 

 political matters, as to forget to sow his wheat, 

 dig his potatoes, and bank tip his cellar ; nor 

 should he be so inattentive to them as to remain 

 ignorant of those great questions of national and 

 state policy which will always agitate more or 

 less, a free people. 



A farmer shotild shun the door of a bank as 

 he would an approach of the plague or cholera ; 

 banks are for men of speculation, and theirs is 

 a business with which farmers should have little 

 to do. 



A farmer should never be ashamed of hi.s call- 

 ing; we know that no man can ho entirely inde- 

 pendent, yet the farmer should remember, that if 

 any one canjie said to possess that enviable dis- 

 tinction, he is the man. 



IMPROVED SHORT HORNED STOCK. 



To be sold, a number of fine animals, from the breed of 

 Denton, Admiral, Wye Comet, &c. Apply to A. Grken- 

 vvoou,onthe Welles'farm, near Doctor Codman's ftleeling- 

 House, in Dorchester. feb. 23. 



FLOWERS. 



Says the author of Atherton, "Are not flow- 

 ers the stars of earth, and are not stars the flow- 

 ers of heaven ? Flowers are the teachers of 

 gentle thoughts, promoters of kindly emotion. 

 One cannot look closely to the structure of a 

 flower without loving it. They are emblems and 

 manifestations of God's love to the creation, and 

 they are the means and ministrations of man's 

 love to his fellow creatures; for they first awaken 

 in the mind a sense of the beautiful and good ; but 

 on its undivided beauty, and on the glorious in- 

 tensity of its full strength, man cannot gaze : he 

 can comprehend it best when prismatically sepa- 

 rated and dispersed in the many colored beauty of 

 flowers ; and thus he reads the elements of beauty, 

 the alphabet of visible gracefulness. The very 

 inutility of flowers is their excellence and beauty ; 

 for, having a delightfulness in their very form and 

 color, they lead us to thoughts of generosity and 

 moral beauty, detached from and superior to all 

 selfishness ; so that they are pretty lessons in Na- 

 ture's book of instruction, teaching man that he 

 liveth.notby bread, or for bread alone, btit that he 

 hath another than an animal life." — Amulet. 



WANTS A SITUATION AS GARDENER, 



A single man, who is yvell acquainted wiih his business in al 

 ils branches, and who can procure good recommendations from 

 his last employers. Enquire at G. C. Barrett's Agricultural 

 Warehouse, Boston. m6. 



GRAPE VINES &. PliUM TREES. 



IsABicLLA and Catawba of extra size and Red and White 

 Chasselas Grapes, and of the foreign varieties. 



;\lso Plum tiees of vigorous growth and of the most ap- 

 proved kinds, for sale bv SAMUEL POND, Cambridgeporl 



Orders mav be left at' the N. E Farmer Office, march 18. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Fine, large, three years old Roots of the Dutch Asparagus 

 for sale by GEO. C. BARRETT. apnl 15. 



PEAR STOCKS, &c. 



A quantity of good sized Pear Stocks; Apple Stocks; 

 ~' ts, ana Hooey Lo- 



White and Pink Flowering Horse Cbesnu 

 sis, for s ' 

 April 29 



cusis, for sale on very reasonable terms. Ai)ply I 



GEO. C. BARRETT. 



FL.OWER SEEDS. 



An extensive collection ol splendid Annual, Biennial and 

 Perennial Flower Seeds comprising some new and choice 

 varieties, for sale by GEO. C. BARRETT. april 22. 



TO NURSERYMEN. 



The subscriber wishes to relinquish the charge of his exten- 

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

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

 establishment. O. FISKE. 



Worcester, March 16, 1835. 



GROUND PIASTER, 



From the Lubec Manufacturing Co. in casks of 500 lbs 

 each, constantly on hand and for sale by GEO. CLARK Sf 

 CO. No. 9, T Wharf. april 8. 



THE NEAV ENGLAND FARMER 



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AGENTS. 

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

 Albany— Wm. Thorburn,347 Market-street. 

 Philadelphia— D. S,- C. Landbeth, 86 Chesuut-street. 

 flallimore-}. 1. Hitchcock, Publisher of American Farmer. 

 Cincinnati— a. C. Parkhukst,23 Lower Market-street. 

 Flushing, N V.— Wm. Prince i^- Sons, Prop. Lui. Bot.Gar. 

 Middlehury, Vt. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 

 WarZ/brrf— GooiTWiN Sf Co. Booksellers. 

 Newlmryporl — Ebene/.er STEriMAN, Bookseller. 

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

 Woodstock, Vt.-l.A. Pratt. 

 /?,miror,Jlfe.—WM. Mann, Druggist. 



Uaii/ajc, N. S.— P. J. Holland, Esq. Editor of Recorder. 

 St. Lovis— Geo. Holton. 



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