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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JT;I.Y 8, 1835, 



5ea5is©iEa.Si:^'ww, 



THE LAND OF REST. 

 Wh«^re is tile land of rest > tlie blest abode 

 or spirits rescued from the heavy loud 

 Of mortal life? where every form of sin, 

 The ills that rage without and lurk within, 

 Are known no more ? a land of joy and peace, 

 Where eveiy sound hut that of praise doth cease? 

 The fainting spirit feels its strength renew'd 

 When with the eye of faith that land is view'd. 

 Let but one ray of uncreated light. 

 From that celestial world which knows no night, 

 Fall on the soul,— doubts vanish, darkness flics, 

 We all but breathe the air of Paradise ! 



The dove that fluttering o'er the watery waste 

 Could find no place on which its foot might rest. 

 When 'midst the liquid desolation round 

 Not one green spot the little wanderer found, — 

 Even in that watery desert drear and dark. 

 Had still a refuge left her In the ark 

 And there's an Ark that rides the sea of life, 

 Safe 'mid the raging billow's angry strife- 

 Safe, though the wreck of many a gallant ship 

 Floats on the bosom of the treacherous deep 

 Christ is thk Ark ! in Him by faith is given 

 True rest on earth, and perfect rest iti heaven. 



THE HORRORS OF WAJl. 



Soldiers plundering, 

 Cannon thundering, 

 Dying groaning, 

 Wounded moaning, 

 Buildings crashing, 

 Armor clashing. 

 Wagons rattling. 

 Horsemen battling', 

 HelmflB ringing the blows 

 Which tlio ponderous sword bestows; 

 Prisoners, on their knees, entreating ; 

 Trumpets sounding, drums loud beating 

 Victors shouting, slaying, swenring. 

 Eagles wrestling, standards tearing ; 

 Showers of shot, granadoes, shells; 

 Pismal shrieks, terrific yells, 

 Falling roofs, 

 Noise of hoofs — 

 Combat, din, 

 Without, within. 

 All was mingled horror, fear. 

 Madness, suffering, rage, despair. 



The mother was anxious, from having heard its 

 efficacy in other cases, to make an apjilication of 

 tobacco; the physician, however, advised to the 

 contrary, and left her tp visit a sick neiglibor ; 

 while prescribing in the latter case, he was called 

 back in haste to the child, which he found sense- 

 less and motionless upon the floor. The mother 

 informed him that, ?till persuaded that tobacco 

 would be beneficial, she had, after he had retired, 

 taken some from the bowl of a pipe and rubbed 

 it upon the cliild's face — tliat the chihl set out to 

 walk across the room immediately after the appli- 

 cation, but had not proceeded half way before it 

 fell in the cdndition in which he found it. The 

 physicians remained an hour and a lialf, resorting 

 to various means to resuscitate the child — the 

 pulse occasionally came and died away again, and 

 finally animation was restored ; but for years 

 afterwards the child was subject to alarming nerv- 

 ous symptoms, and is now puny and feeble. 

 The constitution of the child previous to this ex- 

 periment was good, but the shock upon the nerv- 

 ous system was so severe that it never has recov- 

 ered, and in all probability never will. 



SEIiP CONTROl. 



Washington seldom showed that he wa? much 

 elated or excited. He had very strong feelings 

 but generally suppressed thetn. When on his 

 way to take command of the American army at 

 Cambridge, the last of June, 1775, he met the 

 newsof Ruuker Hill battle; and he was so re- 

 joiced to learn, that the Militia woidd fight brave- 

 ly for th(j country, he took off his hat and gave 

 three cheers; and said, "there is hope,— my 

 countrymen are brave." 



In 1777, the third year of the war, he was very 

 anxious to have the States raise troops for during 

 the war, or at least for three years, rather than for 

 one. A Committee of the General Court of Mas- 

 sachusetts waited on him to inform him, that they 

 had voted to raise the men he wanted, but only 

 for one year. He jumped from his chair, and said 

 " good God, gentlemen, the country will be ruined 

 by such measures !" He then took his seat, and 

 was perfectly calm. But the men were raised for 

 during the war, or for three years. 



DRY GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES. 



The subscriber inleuding leaving (his pari of llie oounlty for 

 the Soulh about the Isl of August next, offers for sale Iha 

 whole of his extensive slock cf Foreign and Domestic Goods, 

 and lease of the store No. 414 Washington si —and the sioik 

 will be sold at very reduced prices at relail unlil closed, among 

 which are the following varieties, vi7 :— 



Broadcloths, Cassinieres, Alhcniaii Cassimere, Rouen Cas- 

 simere, Athenian Camlets, SfC. 



4 bales of superior Welch, English and American Flannels. 

 .Some of them are very superior, and are warraulid nol lo 

 shrink in wash ng. 



2 bales of Angola Flannel, an excellent article for summer 

 wear. 



I bale Domel Flannel, 4 do col'd American do. 

 4docol'd Uoniels, 



3 cases of superior English Cambric Dimolies, 

 1 do. do Furniture Dimoty, 



1 do col'd Poult de Sole Silk, alSsperjd, 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 while Cambric and Cambric Muslins, 

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



IGOO ps Nai km and Caiilon Straw Carpeling, 



Cases of Taylor's Persian Spool CoUon, ai 3s per dozen, or 

 5 cents per spool, wai ranted of very superior quality. 



Cases of Spool Colton at 6d per dozen, 



1 case of open work colion Hose at Is per pair, 



cases of 4-4 and 6-4 Bobbinel Laces, Ini 9d to 5s 3d per yd. 

 case Grecian do. superioi quality, at 2s per yard, 

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

 for Table Cloths, 



2 cases India and Engli.sh Silk Hdkfs. 



2 do col'd Tablecloths, assorted sizes, 

 1 do col'd bordered cotlou hdkfs. ; imitation L. C. at 9a 



each. . 



I case Linen hdkfs. 4 do American Sewing Cotton, 

 5 bales Russia Crash, 



3 cases Linen and Cotton Tapes, 1 do. English Pins, 

 7 hales of Tickings, assorted qualiiics — and a great variety 



of other goods, which will be sold in pro; onion. 



ELIAB STONE BREWER, 

 June 3. 414 Washington street 



TOBACCO. 



Professor Miissey of Dartmouth College, lately 

 delivered a lecture on Temperance, in Salem, 

 of which the Landmark furnishes a copious 

 sketch. His remarks on Tobacco are thus re- 



Tobacco is a violent poison. Thres large drops 

 of the distilled oil tipon the tongue of a full 

 grown cat, have frequent'y been found sufficient 

 fo occasion the most frightful convulsions, and 

 jleath in from three to ten minutes. Twenty to 

 thirty grains imbibed into the human stomach, 

 will produce dreadful vomitings, indistinct pulse, 

 loss pf voice, and death. The external applica- 

 tion of the tea of tobacco wi.l produce the same 

 .effects. A medical gentleman in New Hampshire, 

 a few years ago, was consulted by the mother of 

 a girl about four years of age, who was afflicted 

 with a severe erruption, or humor, upon the face. 



Progress of Knowledge. — Polydore Virgil, 

 who wrote in time of Henry VIH. of England, 

 1530, was so alarmed at the growing propensity to 

 encourage navigation, from the dangers which he 

 thought'must attend it, and the folly of attempts 

 to render it very useful, that he compared the 

 rashness of men in exposing themselves tp the 

 ocean, to the attempt of Dtedalus, who undertook 

 to fly ; and he said, " men now inhabit the sea, 

 and build shi| s as large as houses, and fight bat- 

 tles on the ocean as on dry land." He was a 

 learned scholar: but for useftil improvements, the 

 world must look to more enterprising and resolute 

 men. — Mechanic's Mag. 



HOLI.IS' CEI.EBRATED HORSE HIVI.MENT, 



For Sprains, Bruises, IVind- Galls, Old Strains, Stiff 

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



straivrd iji the back sinews, wrvng in the u>illiert,SfC. ; also 



for Glandular s^oellings of the throat. 



The ingredients which compose this prrpar lion have been 

 carefully selected after many yeais' experience, aii'd are soma 

 oflhe most successful remedies united, coireclly proporliimed 

 and happily adapted to afford relief in all ihc atiove meniioned 

 complaints; the proprietor feels assured that when once this 

 article is used, it will be preferred lo any oilier, as it is decid- 

 edly ihe best and certainly the most conveiiieni arlirle m use. 



N. B. Persons afflicted with Kiicumatism, Sprains, Cramp, 

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

 Liniment a valuable and efficacious remedy. 



Prepared and sold by THOMAS HOI. I. IS, Druggist and 

 Chemisl, No. 30, Union Slreel, I'.oslon, Mass. , . , . 



(C The Public are requested to observe that each label is 

 signed. - 



Price for large Botlles one dollar, small do. 75 cents. oZ» 



WANTS A SITUATION AS GARDENER, 



A single man, who is well acquainted with his business inal' 

 its branches, and who can procure good recommendations from 

 his last employers. Enquire at G, C. Barren's Agricwlural 

 Warehouse, Boston. '""• 



Dry Rot.— An cfl'ectual preventitive is said to 

 have been lately discovered in England, of the 

 dry rot. Experiments have been made, and in 

 the opinion of both scientific and practical men of 

 those concerned in ship-building and navigation, 

 the proposed preventive is effectual and com 

 plete. 



THE NEW EN«I.ANp FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at gJ per annuin, 

 payalile al the end oflhe year — but those who pay within 

 sixty days from the lime ol subscribing, are ciiliiled to a de- 

 duction of fifty cents. 



O'No paper will be sent to a distance wilhoul payment 

 being made ill advance. 



AGENTS. 

 New York—Cj C. Thorburn, 67 l.ibcrly-streeL 

 Albamj—Wn^ Thorburn, 347 .Market-i'eet. 

 Philadelphia— D. S,- C. I.anubkth, 85 Jhesnul-slrect. 

 Baltimore—}. I. Hitchcock, l'uhlisli<r ol American Farmer 

 Cincinnati— S. C. PAm<HUKST,23 lower Markel-slreet. 

 Flushing, N F.— Wm. Princk <)(• Sons, Prop. Lm. Bot.Gar. 

 West Bradford.— Wklk &. Co. to'ks.llers. 

 Mfddlehunj, If.— Wight Chapban, Merchant. 

 War//orrf— OooiiwiN Sf Co. Ptviksrllers. 

 Newhinrport-V.xY.KV.-i.v.K St/I)M*:i, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. H.— John W. Fostek, Bookseller, 

 Woodstock. Vt—J.A. Pratt. 

 Bangor, Me— Wf'.M.Ktm.Oiaggifi. 

 Hali/ojc, N. S.— P. J. HoLLANU, Esq. Editor of Kecorder. 

 Si. l.ouis—G f.u. Hol.TON 



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