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NEWENGLAND FARMER 



NOVKMBER 16, .831'. 



SSSS©^Sj5L,^Mr &\ 



THE MOTHER'S CALL. 

 Comb, sweet ones, come to the fields with me, 

 I hear the hum of the honey bee, 

 I hear the call of tlie grey cuckoo, 

 I hear the note of the slirill curlew; 

 I hear the cry of the hunting hawk, 

 The sound of the dove in our 'custom'd walk, 

 The song of the lark, the tongue of the rill 

 The shepherd's shout on the pasture hill. 



My sweet ones, all come forth and play. 

 The air is halm, and I smell new hay ; 

 Come, hrealhe of the flowers, and see how neat 

 The milkmaid trips on her scented feet; 

 Young folks come forth all joy and run 

 Abroad as briglit as lieams of the sun ; 

 Old men step out with a sadder grace. 

 And matrons come with a graver pace. 



The smoke streams up, and the air is rife 

 With joy, and all is liglit and life; 

 From east to west there's not a stain 

 In all the sky, and the birds are fain, 

 And the beasts are glad, while man in song 

 Breaks out, for rain has lorded long. 

 And earth has drunk more than her need 

 To fill her flowers and nurse her seed. 



Now, now ye come, my little ones all. 



As the young doves come at their mother's call j 



One run to yon tall foxglove, and see 



At his breakfast of balm the golden bee ; 



Another go hunt from bud to bloom 



The worm that flies with a painted plume, 



Or see the doe solicitous lead 



Her twin fawns forth to the odorous mead, 



Or mark the nestlings newly flown. 



With their tender wings and their crests of down. 



But stay, my children. Ere ye run. 

 Who made the sky and j'on glorious sun ? 

 Who framed the earth, and strewed it sweet 

 With flowers, and set it 'neath mankind's feet ? 

 'Twas ONE in heaven. Kneel down, and lay 

 Your white foreheads to the grass, and pray ; 

 And render iiim praise, and seek to be 

 Pure, good, and modest — then come with me. 



Wrong estimate of the professions. — We 

 think there is one radical error it) American soci- 

 ety, viz: a universal disposition to underrate the 

 mechanical j)rofessions, when contrasted with 

 what are termed the '' learned professions," and 

 with almost all the other avocations. 



Does the rich and respectable mechanic — the 

 artisan — the architect — he who rears our public 

 and private edi'"ces — the builders of our ships, 

 and the constructors of our canals and railways 

 never permit a course of conduct in himself whicli 

 goes directly to take away from the respectability 

 of the profession by wliich he has gained all he 

 possesses! Wlien he conies to decide upon the 

 path his sons shall pursue — is It not often tlie 

 case that an overweening disposition is displayed 

 to make them lawyers, doctors, merchants, — any 

 thing lint to bring them up at the resjiectable call- 

 ing of their parent. 



And let us ask, is not the same true of every 

 class in the cujninnnity .' 



The sons of American citizens must be educated 

 for gentlemen. They must not learn a trade, or 

 an art upon wliich they can always depend fur a 

 respectable living. This would bo to lower rather 

 than to raise them in the scala of public opinion 



and hence it is that thousands and thousands of 

 boys are crowded into the professions " and " be- 

 hind counters" — to become, in the end, genteel 

 paupers, living upon the products of other men's 

 labors, rather than relying upon their own hands 

 for an honest livelihood. 



We repeat, it is the wrong estimate of the com- 

 par.Htive respectability of the different pursuits, 

 that causes so dangerous an error. Vf'e would 

 not stifle genius nor deride learning — nor do we 

 entertain the least disrespect to any profession — 

 but we would have our sons taught to believe and 

 made to feel that it is far more honorable to learn 

 some handicraft ; by the practice of which they 

 can live in independence and honor — than to be 

 crowded into the always oversowing ranks of "pro- 

 fessions," which will not yield their bread — and 

 which but too often lead to the entire prostration 

 of the better feelings of the human heart — in low 

 cunning, duplicity and knavery. 



Who are the props and pillars of our public ed- 

 ifice ? Who are the bone and muscle of society ? 

 We say, the mechanics and husbandmen of the 

 land. From the ranks of these two, have sprung 

 statesmen, philosophers, and sages, who liave shed 

 imperishable lustre upon the age in which they 

 have lived. If the amount of useful attainments 

 could be correctly estimated — we entertain no 

 doubt, that the ranks of the intelligent mechanics 

 and agriculturists, would caiTy off the palm by im- 

 mense majorities. 



Tl en why should the almost universal effort to 

 disgrace these professions, liy a simultaneous rush 

 into other ranks any longer prevail ? Better — 

 infinitely better — would it be that our hardy, ath- 

 letic youth should shoulder the axe and away be- 

 yond the mountains' — than by a false estimate of 

 true respectability, they should be thrust into 

 wrong channels, to disease society, and weaken 

 the bonds of the body politic. There they might 

 live in the true nobility of nature — cultivate their 

 aown fieldsjand slumber I •neath theirown cottage; 

 nd perhaps become the founders of new commu- 

 nities of moral, physical and intellectual giants. 

 — Philadelphia Courier. 



Error. — Every body is liable to be imposed 

 upon — any one may be deceived respecting 

 transactions between n'an and man, and almost any 

 one will take advantage of circumstances to serve 

 a frienil, though those circumstances operate to 

 another's disadvantage. It is a trait of the gentle- 

 man to make the amend when he finds himself in 

 the wrong, and a gentleman can only reciprocate 

 in the feelings which prompt such a step. 



KURSERY OF WIl-LIAM KENRICK. 



Narrow, Little, Men are as great j)unishers 

 of themselves as of those who unfortunately come 

 in contact with them. No person can be smaH 

 as the Yankees have it, without being himself 

 sometimes sensible of t, and longing to get out of 

 the trammels of sordid ineaness — but iiis case is 

 like that of one in the '.lightmare. He is sensible 

 of his situation, but unable to relieve himself of it. 

 — Pearl. 



The new tunnel of the Liverpool and Manches- 

 ter Railway is one mile and one-third in length, 

 cut out of the solid rock, at an expense of $750,000. 

 The lieight of the arch is 21 feet the span 25 feet. 

 A train occupies six minutes in passing through. 



Nonantum Hill in Newtun, SJ rmhsfrom Boston hy llie Wesl- 

 ern Aventie, and near the great Western Rail Road. 



This establishment, which now compri>'es 25 acres, includes 

 ihe selections of llie liuesl kinds of new Flemish Pears, and 

 of all other hardy fruits — selections from the first rale sources 

 and Uie fiuest varieties known. 



75,000 Morus Muhicaulis, or true Chinese Mulberry Trees, 

 can now be supplied, wholesale or retail. 



Ornamental Irces, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 flowering plants of Ihe most beaiiliruj varieties. 



Address L^y mail, post paid, lo William Kenrick, New- 

 Ion, Alass. Trees and plants when ordered, are carefully 

 selected, and labelled, and failhfitlly packed, and duly lor- 

 wordcd from Boston by land or sea. Transporlalion gratis 

 10 (he city. Catalogues will be seni to all who apply. 



Sept. 21. Sm 



GREEUr HOUSB GI.ASS 



Of everv size and thickness, for sale by 



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

 Boston, Sept. 7. 2inis. 



FOR SALE. 



One or more pair of Oecse, a wild Gander and (he large 

 black hill India goose — their progeny monstrous ar,(l beauti- 

 ful wiihall — J^IO the pair. One or more pair of Peafowls, 

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

 Nuns Jt2,50. Tumblers g2,50, Ringdoves §3, &c. Apply at 

 Ihe New England Seed Sslore. Boslon. 



Ocl. 5. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



PEAR TKiiE-S. 



For sale at the garden of the std^scriber. Dearborn street. 

 North Salem, a valuable colleclion of Dwarf and Standard 

 Pear Trees ; among iheni will be found some ot Ihe best old 

 and new varieties, and all warra iled Ui be Irue to iheir names. 



.Sept. 28. * ROBERT MANNINi;. 



8000 APPLE TREES. 



for sale by Ih ^ subsiriber, al Fresh Pond, Cambridge; 

 consisting moslly of Baldwins and Hussells, some Greenings, 

 Porter snd River n|,plcs. They are as good a lot of apple 

 irecs as can be found iu the vicinity of Boston, six years from 

 llie bud. 'I'lio above will bo sold cheap if applied for this 

 autumn. JONAS Wi'ETH. 



Cambridge, Nov. 2. 



THE NE\V EKGtAND PARKIER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, al ,f 3 per annum, 

 payai>!e al liie end *>f the year — but those who pay within 

 si.\ly days from Ihe time of subscribing, are calilled to a de- 

 duction of fifty cents. 



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AGENTS. 



New York — G C. Tborbuhn, 11 John-street. 



Fhi3hirg,N. Y. — Win. Pkinck ^- Sons, Prop Lin. BoLffar. 



Albany — Wni . Thokbur.n', 347 Alarket-stiecl. 



PhiUnkiyhia — D. A- C Lanubeth, 85 Chcsnul-slreet. 



Bift'iinvre — i'ublislier of American Farmer. 



Cinriimati — S. C. Parkhukst,23 Lower IMarkel-slreel. 



HHilillekuni, 17. — Wight Chapman, fllerrl, am. 



Vl'est Bradford, Alriss. — Halec& (."o. BookspMcrs. 



Tauvton, li/ass — Sam'l O. Dunbar, Bookseller. 



Hartford — GoonwiN iV Ci,. Booksellers. 



I\'eirf'uiijport — ICbfnf.zer Stedman. Bookseller. 



Portsmo»th,N. H. — John W. Foster, Bo, r seller. 



Woodstock, Vl. — J. A. Pratt. 



Bangor. Mr. — Wm. Mann, Druggist, and Wbi. B. Harlow 



Halifa:c,N. S.—E. Brown, Esq. 



St. Louis — H. L. Hoffman, and Willis & Steteks. 



PRiaiTEO BY TUTTLE, -U'EEKS * DEMKEXT 



School Street, 

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