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NEWENGLAND FARMER. 



OCTOBER as, I83i«. 



ESJigiglgEiSi^Sa'^. 



THE COTTER S HOME. 



Who iiath liis home in a rural glade. 



And his evening seal in a sweet-brier shade ; 



With verdant fields and blooming flowers, 



For his morning walk and his evening hours; 



And with all these, a eher'.ib son, 



And a much lov'd, smiling, devoted one, 



At either hand with him to rove. 



Through the fields, the garden and the grove, 



Whate'er his humble fortune be, 



Enjoys earth's purest felicity. 



O ! who that hath tasted this, would not 

 Exchange for the Cotter's humble lot, 

 Those " airy nothings," which engage, 

 A cit, and form his equipage ! 

 Who would not e.xchange the baubles bright, 

 That coldly glitters in a city's night. 

 For those bright stars that deck the dome, 

 And twinkle in joy o'er the Cotter's home ! 

 Peace and contentment there ajone, 

 And tranquility, sit on their triple throne. 



See how the birds flit round and round, 



While the lambkins over the pasture bound, 



List to the mockbird's lay of love, 



And to the sparrow's chirp in the lilac grove ; 



How sweetly, with their humble lay, 



The C liter's care those birds repay, — 



For no archer's arrow have they to fear, 



Nor missiles of cruel urchins, here — 



As they perch al will on the Althea spray, 



And eing the evening hour away 



If nature hath in her wide domain. 



One favorite spot where she loves to reign, 



'Tis the Cotter's bower, with its fields and groves, 



And fragrant flowers, and Sylvan loves, 



Where she sits and tunes her evcping lyre, 



As tranquility and peace inspire ; 



"'Tis the rural glade, with its " woodnotes wild," 



Where dwells her favorite happy chiF*; 



Where stands the lowly, humble dome. 



The Cotter's and Contentment's home. 



War AND EECAUSE. — Why are certain metals 

 malleable^ or reducible into thin plates or leaves 

 by hatiiiiiering. 



Because their atoms cohere equally in whatev- 

 er relative situation they happen to he, and there- 

 fore yield to force, and shift about among each 

 other, almost like the atoms of a fluid, without 

 fracture or change of property. 



Gold is remarkably malleable, for it may be re- 

 duced to leaves of the thinness of 282,000 to the 

 inch. For goldbeaters the metal is first formed 

 jnto rods, these are afterwards rolled or flattened 

 into ribbands, the ribband is cut into portions, which 

 are extended by hammering to great breadth and 

 thinness, and which being again divided into por- 

 tions, are hammered and extended to the thinness 

 described. — Arnott. 



Why do bubbles rise on a cup of tea when a 

 lump of sugar is dropped into it. 



Because the sugar is porous, and the air which 

 filled its pores then escapes to the surface of the 

 tea, and the liquid takes its place. 



Why does a bottle of fresh water, corked and 

 let down 30 or 40 feet into the sea, often come up 



again with the water saltish, although the cork be 

 still in its place. 



Because the cork, when far down, is so squeez- 

 ed as to allow the water to pass in or out by its 

 sides, but on rising, it resumes its former size. 



To iviAKE HOME HAPPY. — Nature is industrious 

 in adorning her dominions ; and man to whom 

 his beauty is addressed, should feel and obey the 

 lesson. Let hini too, he industrious in adorning 

 his domain — in making his home — the dwelling 

 of his wife and children — not only convenient 

 and comfortable, but ()leasarit. Let him, as far as 

 circumstances will permit, be industrious in sur- 

 rounding it with pleasing objects — in decorating 

 it within and without with things that tend to 

 make it agreeable and attractive. Let industry 

 make home the abode of neatness and order — a 

 place which brings satisfaction to every inmate 

 and which in absence draws back the heart by 

 the fond associations of comfort and content. Let 

 this be done, and this sacred spot will become 

 more surely the scene of cheerfulness and jieace. 

 Ye parents, who would have your children happy, 

 be industrious to bring them up in the oiidstof a 

 pleasant, a cheerful, a happy home. Waste not 

 your time in accumulating wea'.th for them ; but 

 plant their minds and souls, in the way proposed, 

 with the seeds of virtue aad prosjjerity. 



NURSERY OF WILMAM KBNRICK. 



" Whatever is jcst is honorable." — Manu- 

 al labor is esteemed at the South disgraceful. An 

 anecdote showing to what an extent this sentiment 

 prevails with slave holders, was related at the late 

 .■\iiti-Sl.\very meeting at Danvers. A student 

 froiri one of the Southern States, in the Theologi- 

 cal Seminary at Andover, had purchased some 

 wood, and was exceedingly embarrassed at being 

 unable readily to obtain some one to saw it for 

 him. He went to Professor Stuart to inquire what 

 he should do in so unfortunate a predicament. 

 The learned Professor replied that he was in want 

 of a job himself, and he would saw it for him. — 

 Salem Landmark. 



There is no kind of poverty more distressing 

 than that which sometimes overtidje people of 

 rank, or those who conceive themselves obliged 

 lo maintain the appearance of high standing in 

 community, without the means of supporting such 

 standing. A poor gentleman is, therefore, com- 

 monly a more distressed person than an acknowl- 

 edged hejgar. 



Happiness. — Exciting pleasures never produce 

 happiness. Every one's experience will approve 

 this. Unfortunately, the votary of pleasure rarely 

 draws a useful lesson from this fact. It does not 

 seem to occur to hiin, that if the excitement in 

 which he has sought to find pleasure has not yield- 

 ed it, but has invariably produced a reaction which 

 sinks him into the lowest depth of misery, ]>er- 

 cliance a uniform evenness of temper, 'and a seek- 

 ing fir enjoyment in the cnhnness of right thoughts 

 may bring that which he so ardently desires. In 

 well regulated afl"ections alone can be found true 

 enjoyment. There must be a calm ofthougJit — 

 an even going temper — and a rationality about 

 our pursuits, or we can never say, life is pleasant, 

 'I'he immortal mind turns away dissatisfied from 

 groveling pursuits, and [jines in weariness and 

 pain for nobler joys. 



Nonnnium Hill in Newtm, 5k miles from Boston by llie H'est- 

 em Avetme, and near the great IVestem Rail Road. 



This eslahlishmeiil, which now comprises 25 acres, includes 

 the selections of the finest kinds of new Flemish Pears, and 

 ol all other hardy fruits — selections from the first rate sources 

 and the finest varieties known. 



75,000 Morus MuliicauJis, or true Chinese Mulberry Trees 

 can now be supplied, wholesale or retail. ' 



Ornamcmal trees, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 flowering; plants of the most beaulifni varieties. 



Address by mail, post paid, to William Kenrick, New- 

 ton, Mass. Trees and plants when ordered, are carefully 

 selected, and labelled, .nnd faiihl"iilly packed, and dulv lor- 

 wonled from Boston by land ur sea. Transportation gratis 

 to llie citv. Catalogues will be sent to all who aoolv 



Sept. 21. 8m *^' ' 



GREESr HOVSE GLASS 



Of cverv size and thickness, for sale by 



LORING & KUPFF.R. No. 10 Merchants Row. 

 Boston, Sept. 7. 2rais. 



SUPERB DUTCH BUIiES, 



Just received from Holland, at ine New England Seed 

 Store, a fine assortment ol Bulbs obtained from a responsible 

 and celebrated garden near Rotterdam ; consisliug in part of 

 the following kinds of Hyacinths. 



La Heroine, double yellow with rosv eve, (superior) • 

 Grande Vidette, single l.lue ; Commandant, 'double hlark- 

 Conijress of Anierira, do. hie reil 3 G10..1 Voorst; Jkiquel 

 Teiulre ; Orontle iMonniche de France, single white ■ \'oI- 

 laire; Louis d' Or, double yellow, &c, Hvacinlhs. mixed 

 colors, without names, by the dozen or hundred. Doulile and 

 Single Sweet Scented Jonquills ; Polyanilius Nsrcissiis, of 

 various sorts; Crocus, by tin- dozen or hundred; Doiible 

 Itanunculus, mixed sorts; Double Anemones, mixed sorts; 

 English Iris; Persian Iris; Blartagnon Lilies; Crown lm| e- 

 rials ; .\maryllis Formosissma ; .Cmari'llis, of ten ditfercnl 

 varieties, some very splendid ; Gladiolus Cordinalis; Mexi- 

 can Tiger Flower ; .'uberoses; Cyclamens; Fritalari'as, and 

 Tulips, double and single, of every variety'. 



The above lot of bulbs is worthy the attention of amateurs. 

 They were all selected with the nicest care, expressly for our 

 establishmcn , and are undoubtedly the best lot ever imported 



Sept. 5!1. JOSKPH BRECK & CO. 



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