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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JA^TARY 4, 18 T. 



sass© ^ SiSi^ss s'c 



THE DEAD. 



B» MRS. SIGOORNEY. 



" Mourn for the mourner but not for the dead." 



1 saw an infant, marble cold, 



Borne from the pillowing breast, 

 And iri the shroud's embracing fold, 



LM down to dreamless rest; 

 And moved to bitterness. I sighed — 



Not for the babe that slept, 

 But for the mother at its side ^ 



Whose soul in anguish wept. 



They bear a coffin to its place — 



I asked them who was there ? 

 And they replied " A form of grace, 



The fairest of the fur." 

 And for that bless'd one do ye mourn, 



Whose angel wings is spread ? 

 No 1 — for the lover, pale and lone, 



Whose hope is with the dead. 



1 wandered to a new made grave, 



And there a mother lay : 

 The love of Him who died to save, 



Had been her spirit's slay — 

 Yet sobs burst forth of torturing pain ; 



Wai'l ye for her who died .' 

 No! — for that timid infant train, 



Who roam without a guide. 



the olJ house on the green, now occupied by Mr 

 Porter, in from of wliicli, at that time, was a 

 larfre pond of water. Jt was a stormy, windy 

 day, and the water rough and nmcli nj;itated. 

 Among other matters of amusement, the' Doctor 

 told his visitors he would go out and make that 

 water still by waving his cane over it. He went 

 out, and after flourishing his stick a few times 

 over the windward side of the pond, the surface 

 became perfectly smooth. He was therefore 

 unanimously voted a wizard or sorcerer. Before 

 he left, he tohl some of tliem he had contrived, 

 unperceived, to throw soroeoil upon the water." 



Old People. — Several of the Connecticut pa- 

 pers relate intances of longevity in their immedi- 

 ate neighborhood, from which it might be inferred 

 that tlie climate of the State is as unfavorable to 

 the duration of human life as any other. The 

 Hartford Watchman mentions that the Rev. Jo- 

 seph Vail, 85 years old, who has been the pastor 

 oT the Congregatioual Church in Hadlyme, for 56 

 years, preached a lecture on the 4tb of July, in 

 the house of Mr John Bronson, of Wolcott, then 

 in the 101st year of his age, 80 of which he has 

 been a member of the church. This has called 

 out the Norwalk Gazette which relates a story of 

 an old gentleman of that |ilace, enjoying excellent 

 health and spirits, who recently celebrated bi.s 

 90th birth day by calling upon his old friemls and 

 cotemporaries, among whom was a fuvoi-ed lady 

 of only 96. He was accompaided liy n youthful 

 nephew of 92. The Norwalk paper adds that 

 instances of similar longevity are numerous in 

 that town and its vicinity, among whom is a lively, 

 healthy and intelligent lady very near a liuudred 

 years old, still actually engaged in her household 

 concerns. 



The following is given as a sample of the recol- 

 lections of the long lived people of Norwalk t 



"There are many here who well n^rnember 

 calling upon and going out to see lir Franklin, as 

 he passed through this town on his way to Bos- 

 toi», to sail on his first missiun to France, to n(^go- 

 ciate a treaty with that counlry, upon the decUira- 

 tiou of lndependci!ce here. His dress, appearance, 

 conver.sation and doings, are all perfectly renieni- 

 hered. He travelled in a close carriage and four, 

 with postilions on the near horses and a servant 

 in the carriage. He was then advanced in years, 

 his hair white, his face sunken and wrinkled. 

 He wore a fur cap, and ' the large round specta- 

 cles.' During his stay in this town he put up at 



The ff'idower and his Daughter — He did not 

 send her to a boarding-school, to loam frivolous 

 accomplishments, and luake romantic friendships, 

 and her head head filled with the fashions and 

 the beaux, before any principles for the guidance 

 of her conduct in life, or any distinct ideas of 

 what constituted rati<)nal happiness, had been 

 conveyed to her mind. Certain it is, that the 

 love of home, ami the habit of dotnestic confi- 

 dence, must pervade female education, or merely 

 being married will never make a woman fend of 

 domestic pleasures, or capable of discharging do- 

 mestic duties. It is strange that men of sense, 

 learning, and knowledge of the world, can believe 

 that a weak minded, sentimental, frivolous young 

 lady ; whose whole heart is devoted to dress, 

 amusements and husband-hunting, will make a 



kind, submissive and judicious wife ! Such 



ap 



parently gentle girls are the most unreasonable 

 beings in the universe — as wives, 1 mean. Men 

 will not believe, till they find by conjugal experi- 

 ence, that a pretty, soft-spoken, sentimental young 

 creature, whose deepest learning is a few French 

 phrases, and a few tunes on the piano, can exhibit 

 passions violent as queen Elizabeth, or bo obstin- 

 ate as Madame de Stael in an argument. Before 

 proposing to marry a young lady, consider if she 

 has qualities you would esteem in an intimate 

 friend. If she has not, never dream your love 

 will last, though she he beautiful as a Houri. 

 Beauty is a fasciuating object — but whoever se- 

 lected a friend for his or her beauty .' — Mrs Hale. 



NURSERY OF \VIl.IiIAM KBNRICK. 



SAGACiTY OF THE HoRSE. — The Pennsylvania 

 Sentinel relates the following anecdote of the 

 sagacity, and humanity shall we call it. ? of the 

 horse. 



As the Germantown stage, drawn by four 

 liorses, was passing along Third-street, above 

 Willow, a small child endeavored to cross the 

 street in advance of the leaders, a|)parently with- 

 out observing the dangerous proximtty of tliAjfc- 

 ter. < Ine of the leading horses appeared tlJR- 

 preciate the situation of the infant, and igRle 

 every effort to avoid coming in contact with it. 

 He swerved from the direct line as far as he 

 could, and enileavored to pass it, but being brought 

 up by the rein, was forced agaiast, and pros- 

 trated the child. The instant the latter fell, he 

 stopped, as if to allow it to escajie ; but being 

 driven forward by the hinder hor.se.s and impetus 

 of the vehicle, he reared himself on his hind 

 legs, and with one liound cleared the body. In 

 doing this, either from design or accident, he 

 threw the child, with his hind foot, out of the 

 track, so that wlien the heavy carriage pa.ssed 

 on, it did not run over it, although it came wiiliin 

 a lew inches of it. This may be instinct, but it 

 looks to us marvellously like reason and feeling. 



Nonmilum Hill in Neieton, Si miles from Boston by the Mest - 



em Avenue, and near the great Western Rait Rooil. 



Tliis esiablislimeni, which now comprises 25 acres, includes 

 the selections of the finest kinds of new Flemish I'eais and 

 of all other hardy fruits — .selections from the first rate sources 

 ami the finest varieties known. 



7o,0[)0 I\lorus Ululticaulis, or true. Chinese Mulberry Trees, 

 can now be supplied, wholesale or retail. 



Ornamental trees, shrubs and roses. Also Herbaceous 

 flowering plants of the most I'enulifni varieties. 



Address by mail, post paid, to \Villia,m Kenrick, New- 

 ton, !\lass. Trees and plants when ordered, are carcltdiy 

 selected, and labelled, and faiibfi.lly packed, and dulv lor- 

 wordcd from Boston by land or sea. Transportation gratis 

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



Sept.!! I. 8m 



AGRICULTl'RAIi BOOKS. 



Farmer's Library in 3 volumes, consistins; of the American 

 Gardener, by Thos. G, Fesscjidcn, the American Orrhardisl, 

 by U'il.iam Kenrick, and the Complete Farmer, by Thos. [j' 

 Fessenden. These are bound to match, at J^3 lor the set, or 

 will be sold separately for JjTI each volume. 



KuBin's Essay on Calcareous Manure, 1,00. 



Chaplal's Agricultural Chemistry, new ediiiou, a work of 

 groat value, prift; 1,-5. 



The Amertran Farrier, piice 75 cts. 



Mrs Child's Frugal Housewife, 50 cts. 



Kcnrick's American Silk Grower's Guide, 42 cli. 



Cobb's Silk Manual, 50 cts. 



Conistock's do. 50 cts. 



Forsyth on Fruit Trees, 



M'lMahon's Ami'ricaii Gardener. 



Loudon's Complete \^'orks. 



And will be supplied to order any work upon subjects coD- 

 necied with Agricniture, Horticulture and liural liccuomv. 



MORUS MUl.TICAXil,TS SEED. 



The subscriber, as agent for Samuel Whitmarsh, offers for 

 sale the seed of the genuine Mobus Multicai'i.is, raised in 

 Francd the present year, and selected especially for Mr 

 Whitmarsh. h will be sold in ounce papers at five dollars 

 per pa| er. All orders, postpaid, oirecied to the subscriber, 

 Noiihainpion, Mass. will be only attended to Also expeclcd 

 soon from abroad a quantity of the Chinese Mulberrv Seed 

 of this gear's jrowth, similar In that importeii last sp'rin* by 

 .\'r VVhilmarsli, for which orders mav be given. ° 



C. r. HUNTI.-MGTON,^j-cfK. 



Northampton, .^ov. 23. 



THE NEW ENGLAND PARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at .?3 per annnm„ 

 paya tile at the end of (he year — but those who pav wilhic 

 sixty days from the lime ol subscribing, are entitled to a de- 

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 being made in advance. 



AGENTS. 



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



Flushing, N. Y. — Wm. Prince S,- Sons, Prop. Lin. Bot Gar. 



Albany — Wm. ThoreuIi.v, 347 iVlarkel-stieei. 



Pliilndelyhia — D. Sf C. Landbkth. 85 Chesnut-strcet. 



BijrUimore — I'ubhsber of American Farmer. 



Cincinnati — S. C. Pahkmurst, 2J Lower IMnrket-slrcel. 



Midiilehury, Vt. — Wight Cha pman, ftlercl, ant. 



West Bradford, Mass.— Uki.v: &. Co. Booksellers. 



Taunton, Mass. — Sam'l O. Duxbar, Bookseller. 



Hartford — GutiiiwiN t.^ Co. Booksellers. 



I\'ewhuryport — Ehenezer Steuma.v, Bookseller. 



Portsmouth, N. H. — John W. Fustek, Bo. , seller. 



Woodstock. Vt. — J.A.Pratt. 



Brattleboro' — Jos Steen, Bookseller. 



ISanror, Me. — \\r.\. Mann, Druggist, and Wm. B. Hari.ow. 



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