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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JUNE 84, 1S35. 



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BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. 



Oh if llicre i?f ono law above tlie rest 



Written in Wisdom — if ilierc i.4 a word, 



That I would trace as witli a pen of fire 



Upon the unsullied temper of a child — 



If there is anything that keeps the mind 



Open to angel visits, and repels 



Tlie ministry of ill — 'tis human love! 



God had made nothina; wortliv of contempt. 



The smallest pebble in the well of truth 



Has its peculiar meanings, and will stand 



When man's best monuments wear fast away. 



Tile hw of Heaven, is love^ and though its name 



Has been usurped by passion, au'i profanM 



To its unholy uses iliroujli all time, 



Still, the eternal princi[)le is pure ; 



And in these deep affections that we feel 



Omnipotent within us, but we see 



The lavish measure in which love is given. 



And in the yearning tenderness of a child. 



For every bird that sings above its head, 



And every creature feeding <m the hills. 



And every tree and flower, and running brook, 



We see how everything was made, to love. 



And how they err, who in a world like this, 



Find anything to hate but human pride. 



A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. 



Tom Spooner was tlie luckiest dog in the world, 

 at least so said liis old cronies. " He be^an 

 likf) a poor good for nothing mechanic," they 

 would say, without a cent in the world — without 

 a whole shirt to his back, half shoe to his feet, 

 and with nothing hut his hands to work with. 

 And yet Tom Spooner is one of the most wealthy 

 and influential melt among us. What a lucky, 

 dog that Tom Spooner has been I He went 

 among those who started in life with him, but 

 who were now the frequenters of grog-shof)s — 

 idle and dissolute, by the name of Lucky Tom. 

 It puzzled his old friends not a little to accou:it 

 for his luck. "He had no rich relations, and 

 though not extravagant, he was liberal. He was 

 mi skill-flint. Could he know some art of magic 

 that would imbosom the treasures of earth, and 

 sjjread its gold before him .' He paid no attention 

 to the words of fortune-tellers, and gold-fiiiders ; 

 be merely stood at home, and yet his course had 

 been attended year after year and week after 

 week with a wonderful share of good fortune — 

 good luck. He must he in possession of some 

 secret of which others are igiiorant — What can 

 it be ? What on the earth can it be .' If Tom 

 had a lot of pork to dispose of, people were 

 always willing to pay liim a couple of cents more 

 a pound than any other per.son ! And the dog! 

 he was always lucky enough to pay his debts I 

 He was never so unlucky as to feel the gri|) of a 

 sheriff, or hear the creak of the jail-door. Tom 

 married. " Why ! this poor mechanic has taken 

 the sweetest and most beautiful girl in the jilace. 

 Who would have thought it ! What a confoun<led 

 lucky dog Torn Spooner is I He inust have got 

 the girl by magic — yes, nothing less than magic !" 

 And then Tom's garJcti was a picture of neatness ; 

 the fences were never known to blow over, as did 

 his neighbor's. His land was rich while that of 

 his very next door neighbor's would produce 

 hardly anything hut weeds ! What does Tom put 

 into liis land ? How he rises one step after 

 another! If there is an important station to be 

 filled, why Tom Spooner was always the man. 

 He could get a note discounted at the JJaidi with- 

 out security. If any question between neighbors 

 was to be settled, why, Tom — lucky Tom was 

 always sure to be called lu as umpire, " And now 



I think of it," says one, " I never knew Tom to 

 speak an ill word against his neighbor — which 

 shows plain enough that there are many in his 

 secret, and therefore, that he dares not utter a 

 word to their prejudice. He never drinks — be- 

 cause to be sure, if intoxicated, some one will 

 snatch his secret from him. He has learned his 

 wife the way, too. They both have the secret. 

 He says nothing hard of his acquaintances. He 

 goes to church regularly ; but that is for mere 

 ajipearance's sake. He pores overbooks when he 

 can find them — he must be learning soinething 

 more of his art of getting rich. He is laying up 

 treasures. And then he always has a lamp in his 

 work room late, and he is always the first up in 

 the house, which furthermore shows that Tom's 

 mind is always bent upon his secret. He can't 

 find time even to take a glass with his old (ironies 

 at the grog shop. He must have a secret worth 

 knowing. It occupies his thoughts so nmch that 

 he minds nobody's business but his own. And 

 yet it does not weigh heavy on his mind — he is 

 alw.iys good naturcd — contented and happy — he 

 has no quarreling in his familj'. All is pleasant 

 and agreeable. Nothing is out of place. Strange! 

 Strange ! said these wiseacres, that Tom Spooner 

 — that poor mechanic — who began with nothing 

 of whom all prophesied that he would come out 

 at the little end of the born — and who believed 

 nothing of it, but stuck to his work, should have 

 been so fortunate — so lucky in life ! Up early 

 — late to bed — ever at work with hands or 

 head ! — He must have a secret worth knowing ! 

 Ah ! Lucky Dog! Lucky Tom! What can his 

 secret be .' Reader ! what can his secret be .' — 

 JVational Easrle. 



An Incident. — The following occurred in the 

 bar room at Holt's Hotel, New York. A gentle- 

 man entered with a Quaker friend. 



" I would like to drink with you," said the 

 gentleman. 



" I would be happy to," replied the Quaker. 



" Waiter, a couple of glasses of brandy, if you 

 please." It was [lOured out. 



"To your heath, sir," said the gentleman, quaf- 

 fing his poison to the hottoin of the glass. 



The Quaker very politely bowed, took an 

 empty glass, filled it with sparkling cold water and 

 raising it to his lips, said, 



" Friend, thou didst me the honor to drink to my 

 health. I return the comp iment; hut I can do it 

 with PURE WATER as well as with anything else. 

 Zion.s Herald. 



We are disposed to think, sometimes, there is 

 no spot on the world over, where the foliage of 

 trees is more beautiful than in and immediately 

 about Northampton. The scene around us has 

 been for a fortnight past, and still is, surpassing 

 lovely. Such a rich coumiingling of blussom and 

 hud and green leaf — of the rich drajiery of flow- 

 ering trees and dense foliage and delicious fra- 

 grance — of white dwellings and tasteful archi- 

 tecture — of gentle hill and picturcsiiue valley — 

 mountain scenery and extended meadow lawn — 

 of winding river bank and gassy stream — all 

 combine to give great beauty and loveliness and 

 grandeur to the scenery about Northampton. — 

 JVorthampton Courier. 



Mr Folgcr of Nantiickef, has long used India 

 rubber, instead of leaiher, on the valves of water 

 pumps. 



DRV OOODS AT REDUCED PRICES. 



The subscriber intending leaving this part of the coualry for 

 llie Si)ulh about the 1st of August next, offers for sale the 

 whole of his extensive slock of p'oreign and Domesiic Goods, 

 and lease of the store No. 414 Washington st — and llin slo( k 

 will be sold at very reduced prices at retail until closed, among 

 which are the following varieties, viz i — 



Uroadolotlis^ Cassinieres, Athenian Cassimere, Rouen Cas- 

 simere, Atheman Camlets, Sj-c. 



4 bales of superior Welch, English and American Flannels. 

 Some of llicm are very superior, and are warranted not to 

 shrink in wash ng. 



2 Italcsof Angola Flannel, an excellent article for sumnaer 

 wear. 



1 bale Doniet Flaimel, 4 do col'd American do. 



4 do col'd Uoniets, 



3 cases of superior English Cambric Dimoties, 

 1 do. do Furniture Dinioly, 



1 do col'd Poult do Sole Silk, at 3s per yd, of an excellent 

 quality, 



Cases Irish Linens of superior quality, 

 do English and American Prints, 

 do and bales of brown and bleached Shirtings, 

 do of white Cambric and Cambric Muslins, 

 do of Bishop Lawns, from 20 cents to 5s 3d per yard, 

 lljOO ps Nnl kin and Canton Straw Carpeting, 

 Cases of Taylor's Persian Spool Cotton, at 3s per dozen, or 

 5 cents pcrspool, warranted of very tniperior quality, 

 Cases of Spool (^otlon at Gtl per dozen, 

 I case of open work cotion Hose at Is per pair, 

 Cases of 4-4 and 6-4 Bohbinet Laces, fni 9d to 5s 3d per yd. 

 1 case Grecian do. superior quality, at 2s per yard, 



1 bale Russia Damask, 6-4 and 8-4 — a very d-jrablc article 

 for Ta'ile Cloths, 



2 cases India and English Silk Hdkfs. 



2 do col'd Table Cloths, assorted sizes, 



1 do col'd borderetl cotton hdkfs. j imitation L. C. at 9d 

 each. 



I case Linen hdkfs. 4 do American Sewing Cotton, 



5 bales Russia Crash, 



3 cases Linen anrl Cotton Tapes, 1 do. EnEjlish Pins, 



7 bales of Tickings, assorted qualities — and a great variety 

 of other goods, which will be sold In pro|iorlion. 



eliabstonf; brewer, 



June 3. 414 Washington street. 



HOLIilS' CEIiEBRATED HORSE LIIVIMEIVT, 



For S/trai7is, Bruises, Wind- Galls, Old Strains, Stiff 



joints, Swelled or Cracked Heels, and for Horses that are 



strained in the back si7tews. wrun^ in the withers, SfC. ; also 



for Glandular swellings of the throat. , 



The ingredients whldi compose this preparation have been 

 carefully selected after many years' experience, and are soma 

 of the most successful remedies unllcd, correctly proportioned 

 and happily adapted to afford relief In all the ahove mentioned 

 complaints; the proprietor feels assured that when once this 

 article Is usetl. It will be preferred to any other, as It is decid- 

 edly he best and certainly the most convenient article in use. 



N. B. Persons affllcteil with Rheumalism, S(>ralns, Cramp, 

 Numbness, Stiffness, or Weakness In the Joints, will find this 

 Linlinenl a valualde and efficacious remedy. 



r-repared and sold by THOMAS ilOLLIS, Druggist and 

 Chemist. No. 30, Union Street, Boston, Mass. 



[nr* The Public are requested to observe that each label is 

 signed. 



Price for targe Bottles one dollar, small do. 75 rents. o29 



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A single man, who Is well acquainted with his business in all 

 lis branches, and who can procure good recommendations from 

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

 Warehouse, Boston. m6. 



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