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For the Centennial Celebration at Ca-mhridge, by the 



Rev. Samukl Gilman, of Charleston, S. C. 

 Fair Hakvabd ! tliy sons to tliy Jubilee throng, 



And with blessings yurrender tlu'e o'er, 

 By these festival-rilcs, from the Age that is past, 



To the age that is waiting before. 

 O Rehc and Type of lur ancestors' worth, 



That has long kept iJieir memory warm ! 

 First flower of their wilderness ! Starcf her night, 



Calm rising through change and tlirough storm ! 



To thy bowers we were \fd in the bloom of our youth, 



From the lionre of our free-roving year?, 

 When our fathers had warned, and our mothers had 

 prayed, 



And our sisters had blest, through their tears. 

 Thou then wert our parent, — the nurse of our souls — 



We were moulded lo manhood by tliee, 

 Till, freighted wilh treasure, thoughts, fiiendships and 

 hopes, 



Thou did'st launch us on Desliriy's sea. 



When, as piljrims, we come to revisit thy halls. 



To what kindlings the season gives birth ! 

 Thy shades rise more soothing, thy sunlight more dear,- 



Tlian descend on less ptivjieged earth : 

 For the Good and the Great, in tiieir beautiful prime, 



Tlirough thy precincls have ninsingly trod. 

 As they girded iheir spirits, or deepened the streams 



That make glad the fair City of God. 



Farewell ! bo thy destinies onward and bright! 



To thy children the lesson slill give. 

 With freedom to ihink, and wilh patience to bear, 



And for Right ever bravely to live 

 Let no moss-covered Error moor thee at its side, 



As the world on Truth's curr**nt glides by; 

 Be the herald ol Light, and the beiirer of Love, 



Till the stock of the Puritans die. 



In Feb. last, there was a snow storm during the 

 night at Canton, China. As it was the only one 

 known there for the spare of a century, and there 

 were not prob.ilily more than half a dozen of the 

 natives who hail ever witn ssed such a phenome- 

 Qon, it excited great surprise among them. Some 

 were indeed so pleased with the heaiitiful appear- 

 aiice of the snow, that they were <lesir.>.us of pre- 

 serving the rarity, and accordingly jilaced it in 

 vases and exposed it to tlie rays of lire rising sun 

 to be dried. We have not learned whether this 

 mode of [ireventing its dissolution succeeded or 

 failed. — j\'at. Gaz. 



Capt. Ross thus points out how the inhabitants 

 of the Polar regions discriminate night and day : 

 " You will perhaps wonder how we could 

 mark each day when the total absence of the sun 

 had jilai ed us in perpetual night. The whole 

 face of nature was indeed completely changed to 

 us; hut it was far from be;iig gloomy as you 

 would imagine. A considerable twiliglit about 

 noon ilenoted the return of day ; and in clear 

 weather a beautiful arch of red light oversprea<l 

 the horizon to the south for an houror two before 

 and after noon. Great care was taken, all the 

 while the sun was under the horizon, to keep reg- 

 >)lar hours for our meals ; and as the day shorten- 

 ed very gradually, we did not feel the approach of 

 the shortest <lay, though we were not sorry when 

 it passed. — V. E. Palladium. 



Maternal Cruelty. — Take an infant about 

 ten days old, put a stout cap on its head, and then 

 about two dozen thicknesses round its little body. 

 If it hap|)eus to have a pin slicking into its flesli, 

 bounce it up atid down merrily, talk baby talk, 

 and the work of "tending" is accomplished. — 

 Should it happen to be dog-days, wrap it securely 

 in a blanket, with as many folds as usually encase 

 an Egyptian mummy, and if it cries, be careful 

 that the head be so closely enveloped that no 

 cold air can possibly reach the little suckling. In 

 this way, you can save it from being chilled and 

 effectually stop its crying! — J\/'. E. Palladium. 



CuLTiVATio.N OF FoREST Trefs. — It is to be 

 wished tliat the value of trees might be still better 

 understood than it is, even by those who take the 

 pains to plant the few that are planted. The 

 time will come, when trees must be cultivated, not 

 for ornament or for shade merely, but for all their 

 various and important uses. Then shall we la- 

 ment that those who planted forgot to plant for 

 others, as well as themselves. Even now, our 

 spontaneous forests are felled, faster than new 

 ones can arise to supply the demand. In France, 

 the cutting of the forests which supply nearly all 

 their fuel, is conducted on a very rigid system of 

 economy, enforced by law. — JVewburyport Herald. 



CHIKKSE AIVLiBERRY TREES sad CUTTINGS. 



The best varieties of Chinese Slullierry (Morus Aluhicaulis) 

 from France, Italy and China, of one, iwo ;ind three years' 

 growth, may be h.id in larf;e or sm.ill quanlilies, from S. 

 \Vhitmarsli's ex'ensive collection, and forwarded lo any part 

 of Ihe United States, according lo order, wilh directions for 

 propagation. 



It is conficlently believed, ti at the present mode of culture 

 adopted by us, will prove a certain and seeure proteciion 

 against the severity ol winter, and the best method, iiy which 

 lo increase ihe foliage acid multiply the number n( trees. 



All orders directed lo Ihe subscriber, will receive immediate 

 and faithfu attention. 



In behalf ol S. Whitmarsh, 



Northampton, Sepl. 14. DANIEL STEHBINS. 



■WANTED. 



For a term of years, a place suitable for gardening, con- 

 tiining4or 5 acres, with buildings lo accomodate a small 

 f.iinily. A description, wilh lermj of rent, directed to A, li. 

 ( '. and left soon at ihis oflice, will be duly atlendcd lo 



Aug 24. 



(From the Genesee Farmer.) 

 Core for the Bloody Murrain — I have the 

 following from a friend as a cure for the bloodv 

 murrain in cattle, which has succeeded well in 

 several cases. I will give it in his own words as 

 near as I can remember. If it should be thought 

 worth a place in the Farmer it may be inserted. 



Take a piece of poke-root as big as a man's 

 fist, supposed to be half a jiound, for a common 

 cow, cut it fine, add two quarts of water, boil it 

 to one quart, and pour it down when warm. The 

 dose may be repeated once a day for two or three 

 days until the cure is complete. 



Joseph Priestman. 



COCOONS WANTED. 



Adam Rronks, South Seituaie, will pay gi per bushel for 



coci.ons (of Ihe firsl quality) riiised Ihe present year the 



cocoons must be stripped of the floss, and ihe chrysalis killed, 

 either by steaming or by camphorated spirits; they must be 

 Uricd immediately atier, in the sun, uniil ihev are perfeclly 

 dry and will rattle by shakiiiff, and carefully "packed in dry 

 loses; not pressed bul shaken down — to be f'elivered at 

 .\dnm Brooks's, South Seituatc, Mass , or to J. R. Newell 

 .No. 32 North .Market street, Boston. ' 



TliomasG. Fcssenden, Ediiorul ihe New England Farmer, 

 has for sale a valualile apparatus (or killing Ihe chrysalis and 

 also w'ell fitted for healing ibe water lo reel the cocoons, and 

 useful lor many other purposes — it is so cheap it is wiiliio 

 Ihe power of almosl any one lo (,btain. 



Instructions for spmiiiiig silk from the cocoons into warp 

 and tilling, sewing silk, and kmiliiig silk — and dressing cf 

 ihe same — and receipts for coloring, are given by Adam 

 Crooks on reasonable leiins. Coiiiinuiiiea ions (post paid^ 

 may be addressed to AD.\.M UKOOKS, South Sciiuale, 

 *lass. Aug. 10. 



Economy in Linen iVashing. — A correspon- 

 dent of a Dundee paper writes as follows: — 

 ".^fter iriany experiments made by myself and 

 others, I find that pipe clay, dissolved among the 

 w.-iter employed in washing, gives the dirtiest 

 linen the apjiearance of having been bleached, 

 and cleanses them tliorotighly with about half the 

 labor, and full a saving of one fourth the soap. — 

 The method adopted, was to dissolve a little of 

 the pipe-i lay among the warm water in a wash- 

 ing tub, or to nib a little of it together with the 

 soap on the articles to be washed. The process 

 was repeated as often as required, until the article 

 washed was made thoroughly clean. All who 

 tried the c-vpcriment, have agreed that the saving 

 of soap and labor is great ; and that the clothes 

 are improved in color equally as if they were 

 bleached. The peculiar advantage of emp'oying 

 this article with the soap is, that it gives the hard- 

 est water almost the softness of rain water." 



A Radish, twenty-three inches In length, and 

 ten inches in circumference, and weighing five 

 pounils, is ill our posses-ion. It will furnisli rad- 

 ishes enough, if properly subdivided, for n dozen 

 tables. — JSTorihampton Courier. 



By J. L. Ci;nhingh AM, Office corner cf Milk and 



Federal slreets. 



MULBERRY TREES AND SEEDS. 



On Saturday Ihe 24th in-tatii, at 12 o'clock, al 0(5ce, 

 20 ntiO superior Mulberry Trees, jusi iinporled (rom Asia. 

 'I'liey were particularly selected lor this country, and pre- 

 sumed lo be equal lo any in the United Slates, as every care 

 has been taken wilh ihem on Ihe passage. Also, a few pounds 

 of Mulberry Seed of superior qiialily. 



Gentlemen interested in ihe rullivalion of silk in this coun- 

 try would find it for their interest lo attend the sale. 



Sepl. 14. 



TERRIBLE TRACTORATION. 



JusI published and for sale by TuUle, Weeks i& Dennelt, 

 School street, and al ihe Fariiier Oflice, 'rerril>le Tracloralioa 

 and oilier Poems, by Christopher Caustic, M. , and mem- 

 ber of no less than Aineleen very learned Societies. Third 

 American Edilijn. 



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Nnn York — G C. Thorhuhn, II Jnhn-slreet. 



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Philadelphia — D. iV C. Laniirkth, tl5 Chesuul-slreet. 



Balliiriore — I'liblishcT of Anieiican Farmer. 



Cincinnati — S. C. I'ai; K He kst, 23 Lower Markel-slreel. 



Flnsliin^.N. Y. — \Vm. I'mNCK ("('Sons. Prop l.in- Boi.Gar. 



Midillehitrv. \l. — Wight Ciucma.n, .Mcrcliaiit. 



n'esi /i/W/(iirf, .17uss.— IIai.e & Co. Ho"ksillers. 



Taunton, Mass. — Sasi'l O. DuNDAn, Eookseller. 



Jtatl/oii/ — liooouiN iV Vv. Mookscllers. 



Ncu-hnniport — Khkm:/. KK Stkiiman, l!*Miksel!er. 



Portsmouth, IV. H. — John W. Fosteu, Boi . seller. 



Wooditork, Vt. — J. A. f'liAiT. 



Bangor, Mf. — W'm. MA^^'. I>rnpi;i5t. 



HaliJajr,J\'. S.—F.. liKO\v^. Esq. 



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