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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SEPT. r. iS3r,. 



Sa5iS©S!!liSiAHS'S"a 



THE SCHOOLS OF AULD LANG SYNE. 



BY I. M'LELlAN,Jn. ESQ. 



Hung at the Annual Sck.ol Dinner at Fantuil Hall. 

 Air — " Auld Lang Syne." 

 As months and rolling ^lears depart, 



And fast Life's sand dKcliiie, 

 Wild (.loser fondness clings the heart 



To Auld Lang Syne I 

 Though cosily roof, and gilded dome 



Above usgayly shine, 

 Still do we turn to Cliildhood's liomo, 



The home of Auld Lang Syne ! 

 fir Auld Lang Sync, my friends — 



For Auld Lnng Syne 

 We'll take a cup of kindness yet — 



For Auld Lang Syne. 



We love its cheerful little room — 



With walls so snowy white ; 

 Where first, 'mid rural shades and bloom 



We saw the light. 

 We love the song of early bird. 



The sheep-bleat and the kine ; 

 For trill of bird, and low cf herd 



Remind of Old Lang Syne ! 

 For Aald Lang Syne, tfC. 



We love that faded roof, inlaid 



With mosses green and old, 

 Where the good damo so ptim and staid; 



Watched o er her fold ; 

 And taught her thoughtless charge to pore 



O'er book and blotted line ; 

 Enriching us with childish lore 



In days of Auld Lang Syna ! 

 For Auld Lang Syne, S^c. 



When dewy morning flushed the East, 



Across the fields we sped. 

 Called by the school bell to the fea«t 



Of Learning spread ! 

 Yet hingits clanging peal would call, 



Ere, from the gay sunshine, 

 And from the berries of the wall 



We'd turn, in Auld Lang Syne '. 

 For Aald Lang Sync, ^e. 



But years have flown ! That little boll 



No more the air shall rend ; 

 And the old churchyard marbles tell 



The Teacher's end ! 

 Yet though our school-mates wander wido 



O'er eatlli,and rolling brine, 

 They still with kindly love and pride 



Remember Auld Lang Syne ! 

 For Auld Lang Syne, S/'C. 



Life is a school ! Alternate grief 



And joy, rule our career ; 

 This moment has its smiles so brief. 



The nf xt, its tear : 

 The glittering prize we bear to-day. 



To-morrow we resign — 

 And all things in their turn decay ! 



Save love for Auld Lang Syne ! 

 For Auld Lang Syne, i^e. 



How to make love successful — First make 

 (I fool of yourself ; all the rest is as easy as ly- 

 ing. 



NOTICE. 

 NeVF England Farmer and Seed Establishment. 



Joseph Bhkck & Co. give notice to their friends and 

 the former correspondents of the late George C. Bar- 

 rett, that they have formed a copannership under the 

 above name, and have purchased of the Adminislralrix 

 of said llarrelt's estate, the New England Farmer aud 

 Seed Establishment, and hope by unremitting atlenlion, 

 not only to sustain the credit to which it lias attained 

 under the adcninislraiion of its laic lamentrd proprietor, 

 but also to make it the most complete concern in the 

 country. 



As we present ourselves to tlie public, it will perhaps, 

 be ex|.ected of us to say in a few words, what we design 

 to do, to sustain and increase the credit of the establish- 

 ment. 



let.— Publications. 



The New Eugland Farmer is one of the oldest ag- 

 ricultural papers in the Union, which, under the editorial 

 care of the present Conductor, has acquired a character 

 equally higli as that of any other periodical of the kind; 

 yet we think it falls somewhat short of the spirit of the 

 age. We, therefore, intend to make a vigorous effort to 

 raise it to a standard of excellence hitherto unknown: 

 to niaki' it every way suitable for the enlightened and 

 intelligent yeomanry of our country. 



We intend to furnish ourselves with all the prominent 

 foreign agricultural periodicals and pnpers of the day, 

 from which we shall glean and transfer to the N. E. 

 Farmer, all which, we think will be practicable or pro- 

 fitable in American husbandry. We respectfully solicit 

 the correspondence of prai tical cultivators ; we wish for 

 the plain results of their experience, rather than fine 

 spun theorie swhich appear well on paper but are difficult 

 practice. The paper will be devoted entirely to the 

 interest of the Farmer: excluding from it all that will 

 not be acceptable to the great majority of its readers, 

 leaving for another pager to record the progress of flori- 

 culture, and the results of the amateur in the more orna- 

 mental branches of culture. 



The Horticultural Register will be devoted prin- 

 cipally to the cultivation of fruits aud flowers. The sen- 

 ior partner of the company having long been practically 

 and scientifically acquainted in this department of cul- 

 ture, hopes by taking ihis work under his more imme- 

 diate care to make it correspond in some degree with 

 many of the excellent English periodicals which are at 

 the present time published, and to which we have access. 

 In a pecuni-.iry point of view, the continuation of the 

 Register is of little consequence to the proprietors, as 

 the price at which it was started is much too low un- 

 less a large subscription list can be obtained. There is 

 however, a respectable number of names upon our books 

 which will warrant its continuation, hoping that we may 

 increase the number of its patrons until we shall be en- 

 abled thereby, to add some embellishments to the work, 

 which in the present state of things we shall be unable 

 to do. 



^d.— Garden Seeds, Ac. 

 In addition to the large assortment grown this season 

 under our own immediate inspection at Lancaster Gar- 

 den and from other responsible sources, we have or- 

 dered fion- Holland and Eugland a large stock of 

 Cabbage, Cauliflower and a great variety of other seeds 

 not usually raised in this country, which will enable us 

 to execute orders to any amount, and of every descrip- 

 tion in this branch of our business with despatch and 

 acrui acy. 



Flower Seeds. — In this line we shall have every 

 variety that the amateur gardener and florist can desire, as 

 we have a choice and large collection growing at Lan- 

 caster Garden as usual, to which we shall add a large 



importation of flower seeds from a respectable hojse in 

 London, embracing all the most choice and rare varieties 

 to be obtained from any source. 



Bulbous Roots — We shall receive in seasoa the 

 finest assortment of Hyacinths and other Dutch llulbg 

 ever introduced into the country. The Hyacinth in par- 

 ticular were selected by the senior partner, who knows 

 by personal acquaintance with the different varieties, 

 that they are such as v\ill gi ve universal satisfaction to 

 the admirers of this favorite of the parlor and green- 

 house. Tulips, Paiony, Lilies, Narcissus, Ranunculus, 

 Gladiolus, &c. &c. h.tve also been ordered in great vari- 

 ety. 



Dahlias. — We have an unrivalled collection of this 

 mairnificeut flovi-er, to which we intend to add by direct 

 importation from England a selection of the finest new 

 varieties lor the spring sales. 



Green house plants. — Our arrangements are such 

 as to enable us to execute orders of every description in 

 this line of business at one day's notice. 



Fruit and Ornamental tret.s, shrubs and herba- 

 cons plants of every description will be furnished at short 

 notice, and at nursery prices. 



Grass Seeds will form an important item in our busi- 

 ness. We shall be enabled to lurnish grass seeds of ev- 

 ery variety, warranted tiue, and pure. 



Books. — We shall have a good assortment of agricul- 

 tural books always on hand of the most approved Amer- 

 ican and English authors. 



We think we shall be justified in saying, that in con- 

 nexion with the very extensive coHection of agricultu- 

 ral implements, &c. in the Agricultural Warehouse id 

 the same building, another establishment of equal im- 

 portance and magnitude cannot be found in the union, 

 where the agriculturist and florist may find a greater as- 

 sortment of every kind of seed, tree, plant or implement. 

 Having thus stated our intentions, we can only makii 

 our best acknowledgments to the public for past favors 

 and solicit their continuance, assuring them that we are 

 now ready to execute orders of every description in our 



line of business. 



JOSEPH BRECK, 

 EDWARD CHAMBERLIN,J.K 



COCOONS WANTED, 



The proprietors of the New Eiiijland Seed Store, connected 

 willi the New England Fanner, are ready 10 purchaie Silk 

 Cocoons in any quantity, for which the highest market price 

 willbe paid. June 22. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Is published ever}' Wednesday Evening, at $3 per annum, 

 payable at the end of the year — hut those wito pay within 

 sixty days from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a de- 

 duction of fifty cents. 



ILr No paper will be sent to a distance without paymei^ 

 being made iu advance. 



AGENTS. 



AV«' York — G C. Thorburn, IlJohn-slreet. 



Albany — \Vm . Thorbur.n, 347 IVIarkel-sticel. 



Philadelyhia — D. 6^ C Landbkth, 85 Cliesnut-street. 



fialtimwe — I'uMisher of American Farmer. 



Cincinnttti — S. C. Pakkhurst,23 Lower Markei-streol. 



Fhishing, N. Y. — \Vm . Prince <<• Sons, Prop. Lin. Bot.Gatr. 



Middleliury, Vt. — WiGHT Chapman, Merchant. 



West Bradford, Mass. — IIAI.E&. (To. Booksellere. 



Taunton, A/nss.— Sam'l O. Dunbar, Bookseller. 



Hart/ord — Goodwin Jj* Ci>. Booksellers. 



Newburyport — Erene/er Stedman, B00V..L. ^i. 



Portsmouth, N. H. — John W. Foster, BorkscUer. 



Woodstock, Vt. — J. A. Pratt. 



Bangor, Me. — VVm. Ma-nn, Druggist. 



HaliJax,N. S.—F.. Brown, Esq. 



St. Louis— Guo. HnLToN,and Willis ti, Stetehs. 



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