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NEWENGLAND FARMER 



NOVKniBERS. IS3fl 



Esssoi'.aaAW f^. 



THE saUIRREL. 



The pretly red squirrel lives up in a tree, 



A liule Ijlilhe creature as ever can he ; 



He dwells in tlie houghs where the stockdove hroods, 



Far in the shades of the green summer woods : 



His food is the young juicy cones of the pine, 



And the milky beech-nut is his hread and his wine. 



In the joy of his heart he frisks with a hound 



To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground. 



Then up again like a winged thing, 



And from tree to tree -with a vaulting spring ; 



Then he sits up aloft and looks waggish and queer. 



As if he would say, " Ay, follow me here !" 



And then he grows pettish and stamps his foot, 



And then inrlepjudently cracks his nut ; 



And thus he lives the long summer through, 



Without care or a thought of sorrow. 



But small as he is, he knows he may want 

 In the bleak winter weather when food is scant, 

 So he finds a hole in an o'd tree's core, 

 And there makes his nest, and lays up his store ; 

 Then when cold winter comes and the trees are bare. 

 When the white snow is falling and keen is the air ; 

 He heeds it not as he sits by himself 

 In liis warm little nest, with his nuts on the shelf. 

 Oh, wise little squirrel ! no wonder that he 

 In the green summer woods is as blithe as can be. 



TO MY CHILD AT PLAT. 



Plat on, my little one ! fair is thine hour ; 



How jocund thy spirit, how cloudless and bright ! 

 While care haunts the court, and the camp and the tower, 



Thy heart onlyTeels the warm thrill of delight^ 



Play on ! for thy gaJnbols, so blithesome and free. 

 It were pleasure to share, as Mis joy to behold; 



Thou art merry and wild as the revelling bee ; 



Thou art blithe as a lamb just escaped from the fold. 



Oh, couldst thou through life be as happy as now, 

 With thy heart as unclouded, thy bosom as pure; 



Could the joy of that smile which enlightens thy brow. 

 And the rapturous glow of thy spirits, endure ! 



But I would not with dread of the future oppress thee ; 



Play on ! and remember, that nothing can tear 

 From thy innocent bosom the hopes that now bless thee. 



But the vice of the world ; — all thy danger lies there ! 



And when its temptations boset thee, my ci)ild. 



Oh, think of the truth which my verse would impart, 



And be ne'er by its folly, its madness, beguiled. 

 But in purity keep all the thoughts of thy heart ! 



More joy will it give me in life, if thy name 

 Be a word to awaken the feeling of worth. 



More joy than to see thee exalted by fame. 

 And rich in the wealth and grandeur ofearth ! 



Yes I goodncst will yield to thy soul a delight 

 Which the splendor of ^rca^iicss can never bestow; 



And while virtue directs thee, her heavenly light 



Will reveal the sweet flowers in thy pathway below. 



Thus favor'd and happy, thus blessing and blest, 



Thou wilt pass through the world uuallured by its crime, 



Thus living, be honored ; thus dying, thy rest 

 Will be endless in glory — thy triumph o'er time. 



Winter Clothing, &e. — It is a common 

 impi-essioii that in order to gnin peniuincnt vigor 

 and the power of sticcessfuljy resisting colJ it is 

 necessary to harden the body by e.xpo.siire ; to 



wear less clotl;ing, and keep less fire than suffice 

 for satisfaction and foinfnrt. Many persons, 

 under ;\n impression of this kind, defer wsrming 

 their apartments as loiig as possible, unwilling to 

 miike themselves tender, by beginning the winter 

 too early. Others are averse, on the same ground, 

 to putting on e.xtra garnents ; and continue, shiv- 

 ering and slinking, to w(ur in autum and even in 

 winter, the light apparel of a more genial season. 

 Others impose on iheiriselves the penance of a 

 daily cold hath, however disagreeable, lest they 

 should beeoiiio too effeminate from indulgence. 

 These practices are not countenanced by reason 

 and e.xperieuce. The boily e.tposed to low tem- 

 perature, instead of becoming better able to resist 

 it by time, is rendered less so. On the contrary, 

 it is beat wiiicli is found to enable men to resist 

 cold, and vice versa. Persons going from a 

 soutliern to a northern climate always bear the 

 first winter well. So, if in winter we go into the 

 open air from a warm and comfortable room, the 

 cold is found an agreeable stimulus, and will be 

 borne for a cousiderahle time, but if the extremi- 

 ties are already pinched, and the whole surface 

 chilly, it will be extremely difficult, even by active 

 exercise, to restore the circulation. 



The Russians, who in the latitude of 50 or 60 

 <legrees retain their health, and are very long 

 lived, live in rooms con.stantly warmed both night 

 and day, and when they go abroad, wrap the body 

 entirely up in furs. When thus dressed, riding 

 is more agreeable than walking ; because the free- 

 dom from muscular effort allows a fuller play of 

 the lungs, and a better supply of the vital fluid, 

 whereas with insufficient clothing, rajiid walking' 

 is necessary to produce the requisite activity of 

 the circulation, and this violent exercise is, to the 

 feeble especially, wearisome and exhausting. — 

 The body may become warmed by the motion ; 

 but the heat is often unjileasant, and if a slow- 

 pace succeeds to the rajiid one-, there is great 

 danger of taking celd. As resp^'cts cold ablution 

 in winter, it is well suited to the young and vigor- 

 ous, iu whom it is immediately followed by reac- 

 tion ; but if the skin remains pale and bloodless, 

 and the sensation produced is unpleasant, th= 

 operation may be pronounced injurious. — Phil. 

 Com. Herald. 



To GIVE LOSTRii TO Silver. — Dissolve a quan- 

 tity of alum in water, so as to make a pretty strong 

 brine, which must be skimmed very carefully ; add 

 some to it and when you wish to use it, dip a 

 piece of linen rag in it, and rub over the plate. — 

 Yankee Farmer. 



Making Diamonds. — It may not be unknown 

 to our readers that Professor Sillimsin, of Yale, 

 has expressed the opinion that he could make 

 diamonds from carbon, -ivhich it is now well as- 

 certained forms the basis of these precious gems. 

 Whether he ever made the experiment, we know 

 not ; but it appears from the report of the meet- 

 ings of the British Scientific Association, that Mr 

 Cross, a scientific gentleman of Somersetshire, in 

 England, has fully succeeded in converting water 

 taken from a crystalized cave at Holway, into 

 crystals of the same kind as those iu the cave; 

 and he stated he had no doubt that diamonds, and 

 all other precious stones, might be made by a sim- 

 ilar proce.'is. In this way we fully concur; for 

 we ourselves some years since, succeeded in 

 making crystalized pyrites commonly called pottito 

 stones, which are beautifully variegated and crys- 

 talized thioughout their concavities, by merely 

 mixing their component materials, which we as- 

 certained by analysis, with wtt clay, sidjjccted to 

 a gradual and ultimately intense heat, in the mould 

 of a six pound shot. — jV. Y. jVfw Era. 



NURSERY OS' \VI1.I.IAM KENRICK. 



Nonanlum Hill in NewHn, 5\ miles from Boston by the W'esl- 

 ern Avenue, and near the great Western Rail Road. 



This psiablislinieni, which now comprises 25 acres, includes 

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

 of ail oilier hardy fruits — selections from the first rale sources 

 and the finest varieties known. 



75,000 Morus Mullicaulis, nr true Chinese Mulberry Trees, 

 can now be supplied, wholesale or retail. 



Ornamental (rees, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 flowering plants of the most beaulifui varieties. 



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

 ton, Mass- Trees and plants v,]\Pn ordered, are carefully 

 selected, and labelled, and faithfully packed, and dulv for- 

 worded i'rom Boston by land or sea. Transporlalion gratis 

 to the city. Catalogues will be sent to all who apply. 



Sept. £l. 8m 



GREEN IIOl'SE GLASS 



Of everv size and thickness, for sale by 



LORIi\G & KUPFIOR, No. 10 Merchants Row. 

 Boston, Sept. 7. Sinis. 



FOR SALE. 



One or more pair of Geese, a wild Gander and the large 

 black hill India goose — their progeny monstrous and benuti- 

 lul wiihall — glO the pair. One or more pair of Peafowls, 

 three years old nearly — price ^8. Some fancy doves — 

 Nuns g2 50. Tumblers §2,50, Ringdoves $3, &c. Apply at 

 the New England Seed Store, lioslon. 



OcL5. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



PEAR TREES. 



For sale at the garden of the siibscriber. Dearborn street, 

 North Salem, a valuable collection of Dwarf and Standard 

 Pear Trees ; among them wilt be found some of the best ohi 

 and new varieties, and all warra iled to be true to their names. 



Sipt. 28. * ROBERT MANNINli. 



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