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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JVSE 3, 1839. 



3ea5!g©IliE.SiA3S"5g'a 



thibre: 's music in a mother-s voice. 



There 's music in a mother's voice 

 More sweet than breezes sigliing; 



There 's kindness in a mother's glance 

 Too pure for over dying ; 



Tlierc 's love witliin a niotiier's breast, 



So deep 't issliil o'erllowing; 

 And care for those she calls her own, 



That 's ever, ever growing ; 



There 's anguisli in a mother's tear, 



When farewell fondly taking, 

 That so the heart of pity moves. 



It scarcely keeps from breaking. 



And when a mother kneels to heaven, 



And for her child is praying, 

 O who shall half the fervor tell 



That burns in all she 's saying ! 



A mother ! — how her tender arts 

 Can soothe the breast of sadness, 



And through the gloom of life once more 

 Bid shine the sun of gladness. 



A rnother !— vvlien like evening's star 

 Her course hath ceased before us, 



From brighter worlds regards us still. 

 And watches fondiv o'er us. 



A BIOTHER'S TEARS. 



There is a touching sweetness in a moth- 

 er's tears, when they fall upon the face of 

 her dyins b^be, which no eye can behold with- 

 out imbibing its influence. Upon such hal. 

 lovvetl groinid, the foot of profanity dares not 

 encroach. Infidelity itself is silent and forbears 

 Its scoffings. And liere woman displays not her 

 weakness, but her strength — it is that strength of 

 attachment which can never, to its full intensity, 

 realize. It is perennial, dependent on no climate, 

 no changes ; but alike in storm or sunshine, it 

 know^no shadow of turning. A father, when he 

 Bees his child going down to tlie dark valley, will 

 vrecp when the shadow of death has fully come 

 over him, and as the last parting knell falls on his 

 ears, may say, " I will go down to the grave for 

 my son mourning;" but the hurry of business 

 draws him away — the tear is wijied from his eye 

 — and if, when he returns to his fireside, the 

 vacancy in the family circle reminds him of his 

 lo.sB, the succeeding day blunts the jioignancy of 

 his grief, until at length it finds no permanent seat 

 in his breast. Not so with her who has borne 

 and nourished the tender blo.ssoni. It lives in the 

 heart where it was first entwined in the dreaming 

 hours of night. She sees its i)layfid mirth or 

 hears its plaintive cries. " She seeks it in the 

 morning," and "goes to the grave to weep there." 



Power of ELoquENCE.-^A distinguished lite- 

 rary character, sjicaking of O'Conneli's eloquence, 

 says, "There is nothing so powerfid as oratory. 

 The faculty of W/u'nimg- on his kgs' is a tremen- 

 dous engine in the hands of any man." 



It is this THINKING on his legs wliich con- 

 stitutes true elo(|Ucnce. He who cannot do it 

 or dares not trust himself to attetnpt it is no 

 orator. — AT. Y. Evang. 



RAINY DAYS. 



How much time is thrown away by some far- 

 mers when the weather will not permit them to 

 work out doors. And how well this time might 

 be improved ! There are many days and hours 

 of wet weather in a year, in which it is impossible 

 to do any work on the farm, and when these are 

 lost, as they are to many farmers of my acquain- 

 tance, they amount to a considerable sum. "Time 

 is money" as my grandfather used to say ; and 

 further " Take care of the pence and the pounds 

 will take care of themselves." 



Now if this is good advice in money matters, it 

 will surely apply to economy in time, to those 

 hours and half days when the rain drives under 

 cover. 



■Well, how are the hours to be best improved ? 

 I will tell you, my brother farmers. Get your- 

 selves a set of Carpenters' Tools, and make a work 

 bench, and if you can plane a board and drive a 

 nail, you will find enough to occupy all your spare 

 time. 



The tools will cost but five or six dollars — such 

 as are most necessary, and then you will be able 

 to keep all your out-buildings, and many of your 

 farming implements in good repair. If your barn 

 or stable door break down, mend it immediately 

 the first rainy day. If a board is loose, put a nail 

 in it or replace it. If you want any plain, useful 

 kitchen furniture, such as pine tables, benches : 

 &c. take those occasions. But it is unnecessary 

 to multiply the things that might be repaired in 

 such times. Every farmer that looks around him 

 (if he is not in the habit of so doing) will find 

 the woodwork on his place lamentably out of re- 

 pair. — Genesee Farmer. 



GRANT THORBURN. 



The grand drawback to every kind of improve- 

 ment is the common and degrading idea, that cer- 

 tain things are beyond our reach ; whereas, every 

 thing is attainable by the employment of means, 

 and nothing, not even the knowledge of a com- 

 mon laborer, without it. There are are many 

 things which it is not desirable to wish for, and 

 which are only desired by men of extraordinary 

 minds ; but let no man fancy that any thing is 

 impossible for hiin. I speak from experience ; I 

 commenced a seed-store with Jijleen dollars ; find- 

 ing it thrive, I resolved it should be the first. 

 And now I think it is, for while in Britain, last 

 winter, I snw nothing to equal it. I say again, 

 let no man think that any thing is impossible, for 

 this is the banc of all improvement. 



PUBLIC SPEAKING. 



" I never," says Pope, " could speak in public. 

 And I don't believe, if it was a set thing, I could 

 give an account of any story to twelve friends to- 

 gether, though I could tell it to any three of them 

 with great pleasure. When I appeared for the 

 Bishop of Rochester on his trial, though I had 

 but ten words to say, and that on a plain jioint, 

 (how that Bishop spent his time when I was 

 with him at Bromley,) I made two or three blun- 

 ders in it, notwithstaiuling tlie first row of lords, 

 which was all I could see, were mostly of my ac- 

 quaintance. 



ST HEI.E1VA POTATOES. 



200 bushels of this very superior Poialo for sale at Brimmer 

 iff' Indies' liioro on the T'wharf, at 80 cenis per bushel by MO- 



SES HKALEY. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



FiNE.larfje, three years old Uoots of the Dutch Aspara«Tas 

 for sale by GEO. C. BAUltETT. april Id. 



PEAR STOCKS, &.C. 



A quantity of good sized Pear Stocks; Apple Stocks j 

 While anti Pink Flowering Horse Chesnuts, and Honey Lo- 

 custs, for sale on very reasonable terms. Apply to 



April 29. GEO. 0. BARRF,TT. 



PtOWER SEEDS. 



An extensive collection ol splendid Annual, Biennial and 

 Perennial Flower Seeds, contprising some new and choice 

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



SIL.VER FIRS, &.C. 



WiLMAM Mann of Bangor, Me. will execute at short no- 

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

 in good order. april 8. 



TREES FOR SAI.E, 



At W. Bcckminster's Nursery, Framingham :^App!c 

 trees, Cherry trees, Pear trees, Peach trees, Rock maple and 

 Larch trees. 



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

 tomary prices. * march 4. 



4000 APPLE TREES 



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

 consisting of Baldwins, Russelts, Porters, Rivers, Siberian 

 Crabs, and Blue Pearmains. The trees are lour years from 

 the bud and are probably the best in Massachusetts. 



JONAS WYETH, 



Cambridge, April 8. 



GR.\PE VINES &. PLliai TREES. 



Isabella and Catawba of extra size and Red and White 

 Cbasselas Grapes, and of the foreign varieties. 



Also — Plum trees of vifforous growth and of the most ap- 

 proved kinds, for sale by SAMUEL PONI), Cambridgeporl 



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



PLEASANT ANDj VALUABLE RESIDENCE FOR 

 SALE. 



Situated in Dorchester on the BrushhitI turnpike, two miles 

 from Roxbury street, containing 16 acres of excellent land 

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

 thereon, having a garden of one acre coiitauiing \'ajuable fruits 

 &LC. 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 I-OT 

 WHEELRIGHT ^- SON, 46 Central Wharf, GEORGE 

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

 premises. 



IMPROVEID SHORT HORNED STOCK. 



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

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

 wood, on the Welles farm, near Doctor Codman's flleeting- 

 IIousc, in Dorchester. feh. 25. 



WANTS A SITUATION AS GARDENER, 



A single man, who is well acquainted with his business in al 

 its branches, and who can procure good recommendations from 

 bis last employers. Enquire al G, C, Barren's Agricultural 

 Warehouse, Boston. m6. 



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