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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AUGl'ST 3, I8lf.. 



MiSSSlilLSiASS' S". 



ORIGINAL HYMN, 



BY HESBT F. HABBINGTOK. 



Sung at the Rozbury cdehration of the anniversary of 

 Independence, July 4th] 1836. 



Swell forth the organ's pealing notes ! 



Proclaim the triiimpli of the fiee ! 

 And Heavenvard as glad music floats, 



God, bless a Nation's Jubilee ! 



We praise Thee that no tyrant's hand 



Girds round our limbs the bondman's chain ; 



We praise Thee for a freeman's land. 

 For freeman's homes on hill and plain. 



Cease now the anthem — Lift the prayer ! 



Our fathers' God, to Thee we bow ! 

 Thou that didst nerve the sires In dare, 



Sustain the suppliant children now '. 



Thou that didst curb the foeman's might, 

 Thou tliat didst hear the patriot's cry, 



Thou that didst give in bloody fight 

 The hope, the strength, the victory. 



Let virtue be with freedom twined ; 



Pure may our hearts — our country be ; 

 O may we, like our fathers, find 



Our ark of safety, God, in Thee ! 



Consecration of Modnt Hope. — The coii- 

 cetration of Mount Hope for the pnrpose of a Ce- 

 metery took place on Friday last, having been 

 postponed from Thursday on account of the rain. 

 The address of Mr Kent was very fine. A writer 

 in the Whig of Saturday has the following perti- 

 nent remarks upon it. — Bangorcan. 



The address of Mr Kent was eloquent and af- 

 fecting — he spoke of the propriety of consecrat- 

 ing a spot to the memory of departed worth — 

 that the soul-chilling appearance of our grave- 

 yards accorded not with the feelings of our na- 

 ture — that a spot thus situated, with the beau- 

 ties of nature scattered on every band, was calcu- 

 lated to give a chastened and Iioly calm to the 

 mind, and to lead the thoughts to study nature in 

 her v.oiks, and to God as the ?rpjit nuthor. Fv- 

 ery heart must have joined the speaker when he 

 set aside that liill — the extended field, the leafy 

 woods, the calm retreat, and the complaining 

 brook, to tbe service, and as the resting place of 

 the dead — forever. 



But I cannot tell you on paper of the effect pro- 

 duced, of the associations awakened ; because I 

 cannot paint to you that noble hill with its rich 

 deep covering of tree and shrub and leaf and their 

 happy effects combined. I cannot blend the glo- 

 rious light of yonder gohlen sun, chastened by the 

 interposition of all these, nor can I sjiread around 

 you that interesting company seated amidst so ma- 

 ny and such thrilling delights, nor can I cause 

 those holy hymns to be sung in strains so sweet 

 or to cause the deep pathetic notes of eloquence to 

 sec more than was visible and to feel more than 

 you could express. I can only say I was enrap- 

 tured and could not but feel, that il I die as I must, 

 let me be buried there with my friends, and the 

 green turf cover me and the breezes of heaven 

 fan the leaves which may grow above the grave. 

 The following was the order ot exercises of the 

 day. 



1. Hymn, — [The same as at Taunton. See 

 N. E. Farmer Vol. XV. p. 16.] . 



2. Reading select portions of Scripture, by Rev. 

 Mr- Hedge. 



3. Consecrating Prayer, by Rev. Mr Pomroy. 



4. Address by Edward Ke.nt, E.-^q. 



5. HYJMN. TvKE — Old Hundred. 

 Oh righteous God, through thy dear son. 

 Accept the service we have done ; 

 And make tliis place on which we stand, 

 A Mount of Hope — a holy land. 



This pleasant grove — this verdant lawn. 

 While sun sliall set and morning dawn, 

 Make it the weary pilgrim's rest, 

 Where angry strifes no more molest. 



May all who here shall lay their he'id, 

 Low on this sacred, silent bed, 

 The christian path of glory run. 

 Nor tiro, nor faint, till glory's won. 



And that dear dust which here shall sleep. 

 May blessed angele safely keep. 

 Till lime shall cease, the morning come. 

 And trump of God shall rend the tomb. 



Then let it rise and upward move. 

 In deathless forms of joy and love. 

 Shouting — Oh, grave, thy reign is o'er; 

 Remorseless death triumphs no more. 



'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.' 

 6. Benediction by Rev. Mr Maltby. 



After the exercises were concluded, sixtyeight 

 lots were sold, a minimum price of twenty dollars 

 Laving been placed on each, at an advance of 



$2,781,50 

 Minimum price , 1,360,00 



Total $4,141,50 



The sums bid for a choice of lots ranged from 

 sistvfive down to five dollars. 



From the Silk Culturist. 

 jr.\..'..,ULjhdrg, Va., /.=..<; So, iS36. 

 Mr F. G. CoMSTOCK, 



Dear Sir: — The excitement upon the silk 

 business is getting high in this part of the country. 

 A coinpany, called the Potomac Silk and Agricul- 

 tural Company, obtained a charter from the legis- 

 lature in March last, with a capital cf $.5000, with 

 the privilege of increasing it to $50,000 They 

 held their first meeting on the 4th inst. when the 

 following officers were elected : — 



John Moncure, President. 

 Wm A. Jackson, ") 

 Henry R. Roby, I jQ.v,^,^^ 

 Thomas F. Knox, [ 

 William Allen, J 

 Thomas F. Knox, Sec. and Treas. 



The Company have purchased 400 acres of 

 land, and have planted about 2000 Chinese Mul- 

 berry trees. They fed about 5000 worms this 

 season, merely as an experiment, in an old house, 

 without a covering, and consequently exposed to 

 all the rain that fell, and remarkable to say, not a 

 single worm died ; the rain seemed rather to re- 



fresh them. A lentleman who visited the farm 

 a few days since, brought home with him a small 

 liiish that was filled with cocoons of very large 

 size. The worms were fed with the black and 

 white nuilberry leaf, of which there is a sufficiency 

 to feed one million of worms. The black and 

 white mulberry tree is very abundant on the land, 

 some of very large size. 



Resi;ei tfully, H. R. RoBY. 



COCOONS AKD RAW SILK. 



Th'- .Norlhamplon Silk C<imp;iiiy, will pay Cash for '"ociior , 

 and Kaw Si k at llieir Estabhslinienl at the Oil Mill P.ace a 

 Norlliamploit. 



'I'lic Oicoons should be str'pped of the flrss, and pla'-ed m 

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

 alis, a.id should not he parked for Iransporlalion liH 'hey have 

 been gathered ^hree weeks. Jf ihe)' are put up t.etore well 

 cured, (he damp ness from the dead Chrysalis wil. cause them 

 to heat and render them useless. They should I.e carefully 

 packed in dry Ijoxes or barrels — not pressed but shaken down, 

 ihe Company will conliacl for any quantity to 10,000 bushels, 

 lo lie delivered in good order at Northampton Tlie price 

 will be regulated according lo quality. Cultivator? sh.ijhl he 

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

 attciition ill feeding. Conscqucully Ihe price will vary— from 

 g2 50 lo §.5 00 per bushel « ill he paid. Il is the inlcuiion of 

 the company, Ihat this shall be a permanent market for Co 

 coons and Kaw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased Uy Ibe 

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

 lo regulate Ihe price according to Ihe age ol the Cocoons, as 

 il is well known, thai they liecome gradually lighter lor several 

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

 mont and New Hampshire will find it convenient to forward 

 Cocoons by the River Hoats. 



Commnuicalions (post paid) may be addressed lo 



SAMUEL WHliaiARSH, 

 President of the Northampton Silk Compaty. 



June 8. 



60 ACRES 



Of Ihe best land in Ko.xhury, for sale, situated o.i Brush 

 Hill Turnpike, aboul 4 miles from the city, near Grove Hall, 

 together with all the buildings Ihereon, comprising a conve- 

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

 is capable of holding 100 Ions of hay, with an inexl austibic 

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

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

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

 &,c. The land is well adapted lo the growth of the R.ulberry 

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

 quire of Charles IMcIniirc, No. 5, Exchange street, Bi ston, or 

 of the subscriber on the premises. 



THOS. H. DARLING. 



Roxbury,^ay 23d, 1836. 



CARROT SEED. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, 250 lbs. very Ine 

 Long Orange Carrol Seed. Every farmer knows the value 

 of carrots as fodder for horses and cattle. It is calculaied 

 that one bushel of them, is fully equal to one bushel of oals. 

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

 sr"d n'.cv l.c so„ii to t'lfc 20iii wf June. itio> lij. 



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