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NEWENGLAND FARMER. 



AtJGIST a*, I8:{fi- 



mSS^IESiSi^SS'??. 



^(From the Zodiac.) 

 TO THE CACTUS SPECIOSISSIMUS, 

 Who hung tljy bnauty on such rugged stalk 

 Thou glorious flower? Who pour'd ihe richest hues. 

 In varying radiance o'er ihine ample brow, 

 And like a mesh, those tissued stamens laid 

 Upon thy crimson lip .' 



Thou glorious flower ! 

 Methinks it were no sin lo worsliip thee, J 

 Such passport hast thou from thy Maker's hand 

 To thrill the soul. Lone on thy leafless stem, 

 Thou bidd'st the queenly rose, with all her buds. 

 Do homage — and the gieen-hou.se peerage bow 

 Their rainbow coronels. 



H.ist thou no thought. 

 No intellectual life, — thou who canst wake 

 Man's heart to such communings? No sweet word 

 With which to answer liim r — -'Twould almost seem 

 That so nmch beaiity needs must iiave a soul, — 

 And that the form which tints ihe gazer's dream 

 Hath loftier spirit than the common clod 

 On which we tread. 



But while we muse, a blight 

 Steals sadly o'er thee, — and thy bosom shows 

 Tlie withering symptoms of a last disease. — 

 1 will not stay to see thy beauties fade. — 



Still must I bear away within my heart, 



Thy lesson of our own mortality. — 



The fearful fading o.-each blossom'd bough 



On which we lean, — of every wreath that crowns 



The fairest brow, — of every bud we fain 



Would fold within our bosoms, from the search 



Of the destroyer. — 



So instruct ns, Lord — 

 Great Father of the sunbeam and the soul, — 

 Even by this simple lermon of a flower 

 To cling to Thee.— L. H. S. 



Hartford, July 11th, 1836 



whicb are controllable by the legislative will, 

 woulil be bill yielding to tlie {lemands of folly, ig- 

 norance, or knavery." 



Sound Doctrine. — Mr Henshaw, Collector at 

 the Port of Boston, and of course, a staunch nd- 

 iniuistratian man, sj>eaks as follows concerning 

 f or/)ora<joni, in li is 4th ofjnly Address. What 

 will tlie Ultras of the party, — those who cry out 

 against all corporations, as tending to '■ make the 

 rich richer, and the poor poorer," — say to it ? — 

 Greenfield Gaz. 



" The principle of associated wealth to accom- 

 plish particular vvorks, either by a voluntary co- 

 partnership or a legal corporation was early adopt- 

 ed ; and it is obviously beneficial to persons of 

 small means, who, by thus uniting their little 

 sums, are enabled to accomplish useful works, 

 otherwise unattainable, or beyond the reach of all 

 except the most wealthy. The system thus early 

 begun, has been steadily pursued through all our 

 history down to our own days. It has given to 

 the country your wharves — your docks — your 

 bridges — your turnpiki^s — your canals — your 

 steamboats — your railroads — many of your most 

 splendid edifices — your widespread commerce. 

 'fo abamlon the system tis some ultra theorists 

 demand, would be to stop short in the march of 

 improvement. — If there be abuses in it — and all 

 systems are liable to abuses — correct them ; but 

 to prohibit all corporate associations of wealth 



Faith .not at homk. — .An abbot once said to 

 an illustrious Jerome Bignon, that Rome was the 

 seat of Faith. " That is true," answered he, " but 

 this Faith resembles certain peojile, who are nev- 

 er found at home." 



LovF. — Dr Doddridge once asked his little 

 daughter, nearly six years old, what made every- 

 body love her.' She replied, "I don't know in- 

 deed, ))apa. unless it is because I love every- 

 body." 



Union of the seasons. — Upon a marriage at 

 Hobcrtville, Maine, of .Mr Edward Spring to Miss 

 .Margaret Winter, by the Rev. Thomas Thaw ; it 

 is remarked, "a thate naturally turns winter into 

 spring." 



Physical illustration. — A preacher proved 

 in the pulpit that every thing that God had made 

 was well made. A hunchback who had listened 

 to his preaching, said lo himself, that it was very 

 difficult for him to believe that. He waited at the 

 church door for the pt-eacher, and said to him, 

 " Sir, you have preached that God has made every 

 thing well. See how I am made." "My friend," 

 replied the minister, after regarding him, " but you 

 are very well made for a hunchback." 



A clergyman in Devonshire the other day, after 

 having endeavon'd to explain some difficult text, 

 said, " I know that commentators do not agree with 

 me." The next day a farmer in his village brought 

 him a basket of potatoes, and said that as " co7;i- 

 mon taties " did not agree with him, he had brought 

 him a basket of his best kidneys, which he hoped 

 would be more wholesome. — Eng. pap. 



A QufCK Replt. — " So, here I am, between 

 two tailors," cried a beau at a jiublic table where 

 a couple of young tailors were seated, who had 

 just begun business for themselves. " True," was 

 the reply, " we are beginners, and can only afford 

 to keep one goose between us." 



The Boston Galaxy relates the following anec- 

 dote of Samuel Hoar, a distinguished Representa- 

 tive in Congress from Massachusetts. It secins 

 Mr Hoar is a counsellor at law. The anecdote is 

 worth a volume of ordinary praise. — Portland 

 Courier. 



" A case of a criminal character was lately tried 

 in Middlesex, in which the jury could not agree. 

 They were as usual, to return into court, and 

 state the reasons why they could not come to a 

 decision. The judge asked if the difficulty was 

 in the law or in the evidence. One of the jurors 

 made answer that it was neither in the law nor in 

 the evidence, but in the plea ; for, said be, the 

 law and the evidence makes the man guilty enough, 

 but as Squire Hoar always speaks the truth, ihe 

 jury don't seem to know how to get over it." 



Yankee Wit. — A ' notion seller ' was offering 

 Yankee clocks finely varnished and gaudily col- 

 ored, with a looking-glass in front, to some one 

 not remarkable for jiersonal charm.s. ' Why, it's 

 beautiful,' said the vender. ' Beautiful, indeed ! a 

 look at it almost frightens me !' ' Then mister,' 

 replied Jonathan, ' guess you'd better buy one that 

 ha'nt got no looking-glass.' 



COCOONS AND RA1V SILK. 



Th NorlhanipUtii Silk Conipaii>', will pa) I ash lor'-ocoori 

 and Kaw Si k al ilicir EsiahlisliDiciil at Ihe Uil Mill 1 ace n 

 Nnrlhaniploh. 



The tv<a"oons should be slr'pped of the fli-ss, af.d pla^'ed in 

 tlie sun Ihreo (ir lour <lays in succession, lo destroy llio I hrys- 

 alis, a. id slionUi iiol be packed for lraiisporlatK>ii uH 'hey have 

 t)eeii galhered ^liree weeks. It ihey are put up helaie well 

 cured, Ihe damp ncss from the dead Clir>salis wil. cause ihem 

 lo heat and reiidor iheni usidrss. The)' should lie carcluUy 

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

 The Company will contracl for any quaiilily to 1(1,000 I'ushels, 

 lo be delivered in goo<] order al NorthampUin The price 

 will be regulated accortling lo quality. Cultivalors shiiuld be 

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

 allenljon in feeding. Conscquenlly Ihe price will vary— from 

 S2 50 lo gn 00 per bushel wil! be paid, ll is ihe iiUeulion of 

 the coniprtiiy. that this shall be apcrniandil market lor Co- 

 coons anil Kaw Silk. Cocoons will be purchased liy the 

 pound, as soon as ihe ndcessary experiments have heeii made, 

 lo regulate ihe price according lo the age o( ihe Cocoons, as 

 it is well known, ihal they become graduallv ligltier lor several 

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

 mont and iSew Hampshire will find it convenienl lo forward 

 Cocoons bv Ihe River Boats. 



Commtiiiications (post pain) may be addressed lo 



SAMUEL WHITAIARSH, 

 President of the Northampton Silk Compai-y. 



June 8. 



ADVERTISEMENT, 



The subscriber, resident in the city of Rochester, Monroe 

 County ill ihe Slate of New York, will attend to the collec- 

 lion o( ftlortgages, or any general land business in ihe County 

 of Monroe. I'ersons wislnng lo buy Farms in that fertile re- 

 gion, will find it for their interest lo call on him as he has many 

 Farms for sale. WILLIAM ATKINSON, 



Land liroker, No. 27, Exchange streel. 

 Reference to Col. Joseph May, 

 Edward Cruft, 

 Samuei. Mat, Esq'rs. 

 Rochester, N. V. March 5. 3m 



FRESH TITRNIP SEED. 



Just received al the New England Seed Store aquaality of 

 White Flat English Turnip, for fall sowing. 

 June 3. tf» 



BOUND VOLUMES OF THE SIL.K MANVAIi 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and New England 

 Seed store, the first volume of the Silk Alaneal and Practical 

 Farmer, neatly bound. Price 6*A cents. 



The book contains 192 pages, and a great amount of val- 

 uable information on the sutiject of Silk Culture. It is deci- 

 dedly the cheapest book, extant, that treats upon that subject 



May 4. 



BIRD SEEDS 



For sale at the New England Seed Store. Canary Seed, 

 Rape Seed, Heuip Seed and maw Seed for sick birds. 



Jude22. 



COCOONS VtTANTED, 



The proprietors of the New England Seed Store, connected 

 with the New England Farmer, are ready to purchase Silk 

 Cocoons in any quantity, for which the highest market price 

 willbe paid. June 22. 



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