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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



DECEMBER 31. !!*"<■. 



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THE WISE DECREE. 

 " Oh give rae back the buds of Spring, 

 Return again the Summer fl.jwcr, 

 For to the past my heart will cling, 

 And still alloy the future hour ! 

 Give me the world in honor, truth, 

 Bright as the vista seemed to be ! 

 Give me again my joyous youth, 

 And hopes that once were heaven to me !" 



Vain babbler, cease ! —the Spring's first bloom. 

 The fragrant flower, the spreading tree, 

 Were but the heralds of the tomb. 

 Which timely will encircle thee, 

 Behold them, emblems of ihy /ate, 

 To warn thee ol the sacred sway. 

 Which makes tiie bright world desolate. 

 When high-born hopes at once decay. 



Then look upon the world's broad page, 

 ' And ask thyself would'st thou incline 

 To recall youth and barter age. 

 With all the cares and sorrows thine.' 

 Would'sl thou return again to life. 

 And bear those trials o'er and o'er, 

 Embittered by the toil nnd strife ! 

 Oh wise decree — no more, no more ! 



"I HAlVE JSOT TIME." 

 There is i.erliaps no e.xcuse which is so fre- 

 quently urged in palliation of a neglect of duty, as 

 tiie sliort sentence which constitutes the caption 

 to this article. It is brought forward hy all clas- 

 ses, on all occasions, and is not unfrequently con- 

 sidered a valid e.xcuse — and if a person who 

 tr.anifusts even a modicum of judgment, method 

 or industry, in the ordinary transactions of life, 

 has not time in Hhundance to do any thini', and 

 do it well too, whicli (circumstance may require. 



if a (lerson fails to keej) an appointment either 

 of business or pleasure, and is half an hour ho- 

 iiind the stated time, the excuse always otfered, 

 with unblushing boldness is, " 1 have so much to 

 do, and so little time, that I declare it was im- 

 possible for me to be punctual to my appoint- 

 ment." 



If a friend promises to excuse some trifling 

 service, and neglects to do it, when reminded of 

 his remissness, he almost always shelters himself 

 behind the liacknied excuse — "I had not time." 

 If a lady defers returning the call of a friend 

 Itevond the time which even the utmost limits of 

 /asbion will permit, when reminded of her negli- 

 gence, a suflicient excuse is always ready — ^she 

 » had not time." 



If a mother neglects her children, nnd suffers 

 them to wander tlirough the streets with ragged 

 cloihes, hair uncombed, and face unwashed, she 

 is exceedingly sorry that "she had not time to 

 attend to the dear little thing* as she could wish." 

 If a mother is deficient in a still more impor- 

 tant duty, and neglects to attend to the moral and 

 religious instruction of her children — she affects 

 to regret it exceedingly — but she must trust alto- 

 gether to Providence for their standing and hap- 

 piness in society, for she really has no time to at- 

 tend to it. 



And this excuse is often made by the merchant, 

 the lawyers, and the physician, and the clergy- 

 man, for neglecting some important social or moral 



duty. It is, however, an excuse of a frivolous 

 nature, and one whicli should never be urged by 

 a sensible man — it is tantamount to acknowledg- 

 ment of idleness, negligence, or incapacity, and 

 under any circumstances, will create impressions 

 highly unfavorable to the individual, it is well 

 known that those individuals who have accom- 

 plished most for the benefit of maidiind, rjr for the 

 advancement of their reputation, never complain- 

 ed of want of time. — Bost. Jour. 



Hard times in Scotland. — The Edinburgh 

 correspondent of the New York Mercantile Ad- 

 vertiser gives the following pros|)ect of the poor 

 of Scotland : — 



•' This season has been more unpropitious than 

 any in the tnemory of man. AVe have had no so- 

 lar heat, of course our crops are very defective, 

 and it has rained daily almost, for three months 

 past, and a great deal of our hay crop has been 

 lost ; sucli part of the grain as has been carried 

 in, is in very bad order, but there is still a great 

 deal to reap, and in the high district of coimtry, it 

 is yet quite green, and as we have had already, 

 frosts during the nights, that will not come to ma- 

 turity, and be tit only for fodder to cattle. Our 

 polatoc crop too has failed ; provisions of course 

 will be scarce and dear next winter and S|iring, 

 and of bad quality, engendering ch<dera, and dis- 

 eases, and discontent among the poor, who from 

 their scanty earnings, will liartUy be able to pro- 

 cure necessary food. 



NURSERY OP ■WIl.I.lAM KEBiRICK. 



Nonantum Hill in Newtvn, 5z miles from Boston by the 'H'esi- 



eni Avenue, and near the great Western Rail Road. 



This ehlabHslimeiit, which now conipri?es 25 acres, includes 

 die selections of llie finest kinds of new Vlpniish Pears, and 

 of all other hardy fruits — selections from the fiisl rate sources 

 and the finest varieties known. 



75,000 .Alorus Ahilticaulis, or true Chinese Mulberry Trees, 

 can now be supplied, wlioiesale or retail. 



Ornamental trees, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 Uowpriii? plants of the most bcantifui \arietit'S. 



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

 ton, Mass. Trees and ])lants when ordered, are carefully 

 selected, and labelled, and faiihfi.lly packed, and duly :or- 

 worded from r'0sl,>u by land or sea. Transportation gratis 

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



Sepl.^Sl. Bm 



Temperance Anecdote. — .'Vs the good dea- 

 con A , on a colli morning in January, was 



riding by the house of his neighbor P. , the 



latter was chopping wood and threshing his hands 

 at his door. The usimi salutations wore exchang- 

 ed, the severity of the weather {irioAy discussed, 

 and the horseman made demotistrali< lis of passing 

 on, when his neighbor detained hitn with, ' Don't 

 he'in a hurry. Deacon ; would'nt you like a glass 

 of good old' Jamaica this morning ?' ' Thank 

 you kindly,' said the old gentleman, at the same 

 time beginning to dismount with all thn delibera- 

 tion becoming a Deacon, 'I don't care if I do.' 

 <Ah don't trouble yourself to get off. Deacon,' 

 said 'his neighbor, ' / merely asked for information ; 

 we have not a drop in the house! — Exeter jYcivs 

 Letter. 



Philadelphia BoxN Mots. — "Well, P , 



said a member of the bar to another, ' I have 

 been trying to wade through your tragedy, but I 

 could not get on.' ' I dare say not,' was ths an- 

 swer, 'you found yourself ftc.'/onrf your depth." 



'This is a miserable day,' said another of the 

 wrano-ling tribe to a professional friend, on one of 

 the late raw and rainy mornings: true November 

 weather: it provokes one to suicide; I have a 

 great mind to blow my brains out ;' ' Weil, try it : 

 you will be a glorious shot if you hit 'em,' was 

 the quick reply. 



Anecdote. — 'We must be unanimous,' obser- 

 ved Hancock on the occasion of signing the Dec- 

 laration of Independence, 'there must be no pulling 

 different ways; we iriust all hang together. 'Yes,' 

 addeil Franklin, ' we must indeed all hang to- 

 gether, or most assuredly we shall all hang sepa- 

 rately !' 



It is said that one half of the Tobacco crop of 

 Ohio, IS killed by the frost. 



SEKDS PRO.W HOLLAND. 



We have j'fst opened a complete assortment of Cabbage, 

 Cauliflower, 'I'uniip, Radish, Sweet ftlarjorum Seeds, &,c.. 

 -pceivrd direct from Holland, from the most telebraied Seed 

 RstahlisiiiMcnt in Koiterdam and warranted, fiesh and ptire, 

 ol growth of ISofi. • 



\Ve are now ready to execute orders for seed, of every 

 variety. Onlers Irom the smith and west \vill meet witli 

 prompt and particular attention. We can with safety war- 

 rant that we have the largest and trst assortn ent of Seeds 

 to be tbund in i\ew England. Exreptiug the kiiitls aliove 

 named, (^vcrv seed l*.as been raised expressly for the Estab- 

 lishment, or under our immediate supervision. 



'Jalalog'tes will be lurnished grafis on applicatioiL 



Also received, 2.0'jO lbs. White Dutch Honeysukle Clover, 

 fresh and clear, for sale at the New England Seed Sltire, 

 Nos. 51 and 52 North Market street. Poston, bv 



Sept. 28. JtWEHH HKECK & CO. 



MORUS MULTICWLIS SEED. 



The subscriber, as agent for S.imuel Whitmarsh, offers for 

 sale the seed of the genuine Mokus Multic-aulis, raised in 

 France the present year, and selected especially for i\lr 

 Wliitmarsh. It will lie sold in ounce papers at five dollars 

 per pa;,er. All orders, post-paid, oirected to the subscriber. 

 IN<uthamplon, Mass. will be only attended to Also expected 

 soon from altroad a ([UiTiitity ol the Chinese fllnlborry Seed 

 of this gear's growth, similar to that imported last spring by 

 y.T \V'hitmarsh, for which orders may be s^ix-en. 



C, P. HU.NTfMGTON, Agent. 



Noithompton, ISov. 23. 



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Mew York — G C. Thokbukn, 11 John-street. 

 Flusliit)g,N. Y. — Wm. I'niNcr, <^.Sons, Trop. Ein- Bot Gar. 

 Alham/—\V» . Thorbors, 347 iHarket-stieet. 

 Philadelyhia — R. ilj- C. Eandbf.th, 85 Chesnut-street. 

 Htil'imorr — Pubiisjjcr ot'Ameriean Farmer. 

 Cincinnati — S. C. Pakkhukst, 23 Lower Markel-strcet. 

 Middlehnry, \'t. — Wight Chapman, Merchant. 

 West IS rad ford, Mass. — Vale& ('o. Booksellers. 

 Taunton^ Mass. — Sam'l O. Dcndar, Eookscllor. 

 Hartford — Goodwin if Cak MookseMers. 

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 Portsmouth. N. //.—John W. Foster, Boi ..seller. 



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