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NEWENaLAND FARMER 



JII.V no, IS3(T, 



sassssniLSiASS'S'. 



[The following is abridged frnm the Boston Cou- 

 rier] 



Rural Cf.metep.y at Taunton. — At the last 

 session of the Lcjjislattire an act of incorporation 

 was applied for, and obtained, appropriating a 

 ■certain lot ot groi nd in Taunton to the burial of 

 the deal. The spot is called Mount Pleasant, 

 and it was solemnly consecrated on the morning 

 of the fonrjh of July. We have arranged what 

 follows, from the 'I'aunton Whig and Reporter. 



The day was favorable — and the area of Cy- 

 press Dell in which seats had been prepared for 

 the accommodation of about one thousand per- 

 sons, was filled long before the exercises commenc- 

 ed. A platfor.n bad been erected in the centre, 

 and tastefully decorated by the ladies with ever- 

 greens and flowers, where were seated the Presi- 

 dent of the Corporation, the Orator of the Day, 

 and officiating clergymen. The audience — and 

 we have never seen one more brilliant and beau- 

 tiful — was arcanged tier above tier, upon the 

 gentle slope which nearly surrounded the stage, 

 and entirely protected fioni the sun by ihe thick 

 foliage of the trees. 



The exercises were commenced by plaintive 

 music from a full choir. If ever music sounds 

 sweetly, it is when many voices mingling together 

 raise their solemn tones amidst the stillness of the 

 ancient woods. Its effect was almost magical, and 

 as the rich strains of melody died away in the dis- 

 tance — 



"Round an holy calm diffusing 

 Love of peace and lonely musing,'' 



the audience seem to realize to the full extent the 

 sacred purposes for which they had assembled, 

 and to prepare themselves with solemnity and feel- 

 ing for the sacred rites to be performed. 



A brief and eloquent introductory prayer was 

 offered to the throne of Grace by the Rev. Mr 

 JVIaltby. 



Appropriate passages of Scripture were then 

 read by the Rev. Mr Hassard. 



This interesting and impressive exercise was 

 followed by the singing of the following original 

 Hymn, written for the occasion, by ftliss Mary 

 W. Hale, of TauntoB, 



Around thy forest shrine, 

 ■ Eternal God, we bend, 

 Whilg to yon dome of thine, 



Faith's breathing tonci! ascend, — ' 

 To spread abroad, From nature's fane, 



The choral strain To nature's God. 



The whispering wind around, 



The glorious sky above, 

 The trees' sweet murmuring sound, 

 All, all proclaim thy love. 

 A thrilling voice. Breathed on the ear. 



Checks every fear,— Bids man rejoice. 



Where nature's hues of bloom, 



In summer beauty reign, 

 ghall sadness, doubt, and gloom, 

 Breathe here, their mournful strain .' 

 Let songs of praise, To God be given,_ 



And high to Heaven, Joy's chorus raise. 



To Faith, to Hope, to Love, 

 ■J'his spot weconsecratej 



While, raised to thee above, > 



Our hearts the blessing wait. 

 To thee we pray Our Father, God ! 



Through him vvlio trod .Death's silent way. 



Our snuls shall never fear 



The p:uh he blessed, to tread ; 

 But, calmly, enter here 

 The chinihers of the dead. 

 Here shnll we sleep And fear no ill, 



While angels, still Their vigils keep. 



To thee ! Great King of Kings '. 



When life's short dream is o'ei. 

 On Hope's aspiring wings. 

 Oh may our spirits soar. 

 And swell on high That strain to thee, 



Whose melody Shall never die ! 



Mr Baylies' address, which occupied about an 

 hour in the delivery, was finely adajited to the oc- 

 casion, full of bis pe( uliar eloquence, and deliver- 

 ed witli his accustomed grace and fervor of man- 

 ner. 



The consecrating prayer, by the Rev. Mr Bige- 

 low, was one of the most touching and chaste per- 

 formances we ever heard. With a deep solemni- 

 ty of manner, — which was communicated to all 

 his hearers, in behalf and in presence of that vast 

 multitude, he consecrated the place, its swelling 

 hills, its grassy dells, its gentle slopes and tow'er- 

 ing trees, as; the burial-place of the dead, from 

 generation to generation — to be preserved forever 

 — sacred from all common uses and from all un- 

 hallowed intrusion, and he invoked upon it, and 

 upon all who should be gathered into its peaceful 

 bosom, the blessing of the God of the living and 

 the dead. 



The following original hymn, written by Mr C. 

 R. Atwood, was then sung, by the whole audience, 

 to the favorite tune of Old Hundred. 



Mount Pleasant ! all around is still, 



Save the light breeze that murmurs by. 



And over dell and sloping hill, 

 In glowing beauty bends the sky. 



We to this sacred grove have come, 



For holy purposes we trust. 

 To consecrate it as the home • 



Of those who mingle dust with dust. 



Here will the morning's earliest ray 



First fall upon the rising tomb — 

 Here the last lingering light of day. 



Will mingle with the forest gloom. 



At early dawn, and dewy eve. 



The wild bird here will plume his wing ; 

 And as our mourning bosoms heave, 

 • His plaintive miserere ring. 



In summer's holy star-lit hours. 



The broken hearted here will come, 

 To scatter friendship's sacred flowers. 

 And weep above the lost one's tomb. 



Sacred shall be this peaceful spot. 



To all our hearts forevermore — 

 Here may we rest, our faults forgot. 



When life's brief fitful fever's o'er. 



And when the golden sun shall die, 

 And time and death shall be no more, 



Oh '. may we find beyond the sky 

 The Christian's holy, happy shore. 



CARROT SEED. 



For sale at the New Eiigland Seed Store, 250 lbs. very ine 

 IjOiig Orange (-'arret .Seed. Every farmer knows Ine value 

 of carrots as fodder for horses Hnd cattle. It is calculated 

 tliat one bushel of tliem, is fully equal to one husliel of oal.s. 

 They produce on an average 500 bushels to the acre. 1 he 

 seed ina^' be sown to the 20ili of June. Alay J8. 



NATIVE PUREST TREES. 



The suhscribt-r will furnish the following kinds of Native 

 Forest Trees from the vicinity of Bangor, Maine, and ship 

 them carefully, according to orders, viz. ; Silver Firs, {from 

 2 to 3 feet high); Elms, (from 5 to 25 feet); Rock Maples, 

 (from 5 to 25 leel) ; Mountain Ash, (from 5 to 25 feet) ; 

 Spruce, Sumachs, Pines, and Cedars, Red Cherry, Sugar 

 Plums, and Jiniipcrs. Also Seed of the above trees furnished 

 in their season. Any orders addressed to the subscriber. 

 Seedsman at ISangor, or left at Geo. C. Barretl'.s New England 

 Seed Store. Boston, will meet with proii.pt attention. 



Bangor, May 2, 183G. \VM. B. HARLOW. 



COCOOKS AKD RAW SII.K. 



TIr: Northampton Silk Company, will pay Cash for Tocoor . 

 and KawjSilk at their Estabhshment at the Oil Mill P. ace a 

 Northampton. 



'I'he Cocoons should he stripped of the flrss, and placed in 

 llie sun three or four days in succession, to destroy the t hrys- 

 alis, and should not be packed for transportation till tiie} have 

 been gathered ^hree weeks. If ihcT are put up belore well 

 cured, the damp ness from the dead Chrysalis wil, cause them 

 to heat and render them useless. They should be carefully 

 packed in dry boxes or barrels — not pressed but. shaken down. 

 The Company will contract for any quantity to 10,000 tiushels, 

 1o be delivered in good order at Northampliin Tlic pricr,; 

 will be regulated according to quality. Cultivators sh-tuhl t>'^ 

 aware that a loss of fifty per cent is often made, by want "I 

 attention in feeding. Consequently the price will vary — from 

 gt 60 to gb 00 per bushel will be paid. It is the iiitenhon ol 

 the conipany, that this shall be a permanent market lor Co 

 coons and Kaw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased by tho 

 pound, as soon as the necessary experiments have been made, 

 to regulate the price according to the age of the Cocoons, as 

 it is well known, that they become gradually lighter lor several 

 months, till all moisture is evaporated. Cultivators in Ver- 

 mont and New Hampshire will find it convenient to forward 

 Cocoons by the River Boats. 



Coinmiinications {post paid) may be addressed to 



SAMUEL WHITMARSH, 

 PresidaU of the Northampton Silk Compai y. 



June 8. 



eO ACRES 



Of the best land in Roxbury,for sale, situated oi Brush 

 Hill Turnpike, about 4 miles from th j city, near Grove Hall, 

 together with all the buildings thereon, comprising a conve- 

 nient dwelling house, 2 barns, one of which has a cellar, and 

 is capable of holding 100 tons of hay, with an inexl austible 

 well of soft water contig '.-.us — a mill house — corn bar :, sheds, 

 &c. — large, valuable orcnards of inoculated fruit trees of 

 all kinds, — a nursery of young trees — gooseberries, currants, 

 &c. The land is well adapted to the growth of the ft.ulberry 

 and is accessible by two roads. For further partici lars en- 

 quire of Charles Mclnlire, No. 5, Exchange street, Bi slon, or 

 of the subscril>er on the premises, 



THOS.H. DARLING. 



Roxbury, May 23d, 1835. 



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