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NEW ENGLAND FAHMER, 



PEBRl'ART 1, 18>r. 



MlKS©31l,Ea^'mS, 



From the Knickerbocker for January. 

 THE STARS. 



iN EXTRACT. 



I walk abroad at midnight, and my eye 

 Purged from its usual blindness, upward turns, 

 And wanders o'er the darli and spangled sky, 

 Whore every star, a fuunt of being, burns, 

 And pours out life, as Xaiads, from their urns. 

 Drop their refreshing dews on herbs and flowers : 

 I gaze until my fancy's eye discerns. 

 As in an azure hall, the assembled powers 

 Of nature spend in deep consult those solemn hours. 



Methinks 1 hear their language — but it sounds 

 Too high for my tonceptiun,as the roar 

 Of thunder in the mountains, when it bounds 

 From pe ik to peak ; or on the echoing shore 

 The tempest-driven billows bursting pour. 

 And raise their awful voices ; or the groan 

 Rumbling in ^Etna's entrails, er.e Ihe store 

 Of lava spouts ils red jests ; or the moan 

 Of winds, that war within their caverned walls of stone. 



And there is melody among the spheres, 



And music sweeter than the vernal train, 



Or fay notes, which the nymph-struck shepherd hears, 



Where moonlight dances on the liquid plain, 



That curls before the west wind, till the main 



Seems waving like a ruffled sheet ol fire 



'Tis nature's Allelulia ; and again 

 . Tke stars exul-, as when the Eternal Sire 

 Said " Be there light," and light shone forth at his de- 

 8'f^- Percital. 



out thein ; ten chances to one lie will lose liis 

 dependence^ and tiien where is he ? Teach him 

 to swim a little with his own strength, and then 

 chuck him into the stream of life to take care of 

 himself without any extraneous helps. Under 

 such circumstances, he will he likely to huffet the 

 waves with more success. 



Htmb.nial Riddlk. — A ninrri.ige took place 

 at Bridgewalcr, Vt. last week, at which were 

 counted 3 fathers, 3 grandfathers, 3 mothers, 2 

 .iraiidmothers, 4 children, 2 grandchildren, 3 hus- 

 hands, 1 daughter, 3 wives, 2 uncles. 2 brothers 

 in manhood, 2 aunts, 2 brothers in childhood, 2 

 si.sters, 2 nephews, and 2 wives — in all 37, and 

 yet only S persons were present. The bride- 

 groom wedded his brother's wife's mother — the 

 bride being in her 67tli, and the bridegroom in his 

 42d year. — Claremotit Eas^le. 



At the exhibition of large Agricultural products 

 raised in Milwaukee county, made on Monday 

 last, in pursuance of a notice published in the 



We yesterday met with a scrap from a news- 

 paper of antiquity, containing an extract from 

 the last will and testament of Col. Geo. Mason, of 

 Virginia, a man distinguished before the Declar- 

 ation of Independence for his enthusiastic zeal in 

 the cause of political and religious liberty and 

 though, as appears, somewhat eccentric in char- 

 acter, possessed of a noble and generous senti- 

 ment, and a true and fervent patriotism. Many 

 of the political ilemiigogues of the present day 

 may profit by the wise counsel of this sincere and 

 venerable advocate of frcedotn. 



" I recommend it to my sons, from my own 

 e.vperience in life, to prefer the happiness of in- 

 dependence and private station, to the troubles 

 and vexation, of public business ; but if either 

 their own inelirations or the necessity of the 

 times should engage them in public affairs, I 

 charge them on a futlier'a blessing, never to let 

 the motives of private interest or ambition induce 



you can fiml. As to the other reason, it is true it 

 must be dried at a bad time tor the farmer. But 

 why might not a man make the procurement of it 

 his principal business ? We veutui e to say, there 

 is uo way in which capital and time would turn 

 to so much account. A single acre of good mea- 

 dow will yield some thousands of cords. Suppose 

 two men in a season to cure and deliver a thou- 

 .-and cord?, (which might easily be done) it would 

 (at least this season) have coiimianded $5000. — i 

 This is no small sum for th(^ profits of a single 

 year. Here then is a source of public benefit and 

 private wealth. It must be allowed that the max- 

 im of most people is — "Far fetched and dear 

 bought." But why not use the wealth that lies 

 at our very doers ? We are persuaded that noth- 

 ing hut a knowledge of the merit of this article, 

 and a smile from that capricious lady, Fashiou, is 

 necessary to make the use of it very general. It 

 is not so dusty nor so cumbrous as the anthracite 

 coal, which we buy so dear and bring so far. Let 

 us try it. Who will take our hint? At any rate, 

 fashionable or not, well cured peat now in the 

 market would command five dollars a cord from 

 somebody — JVewburyport Herald. 



Milwaukee Advertiser, premiums were awarded them to betrav, nor the terror of poverty a^d 

 ■8 follows: ' - ■ ' •" 



To Sylvester Pettibone, of Prairie Village, for 

 t!ie heaviest bushel of oats, weighing>44 pounds 4 

 ounces. 



For the largest ruta baga turnip, weighing 23 

 pounds 8 ounces. 



To John Douglas of Kinickiuic, for the largest 

 English turnip, weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces. 



For the largest radish, weighing 4 lbs. 5 oz. 



To John Day, for the 10 largest potatoes weigh- 

 ing 14 lbs. Byron Kilbour.-*! 



It was concluded that the interest of the coun- 

 ty required the formation of a society in this coun- 

 ty, and notice is hereby given that a meeting will 

 be held on the 28th day of January next, for the 

 purpose of organizing such a society. All persons 

 interested are requested to attend. 



disgrace, or the fear of danger or death, deter 



them from asserting, the liberty of their country, 



and endeavoring to transmit to their posterity 



those sacred rights to which themselves were 

 born." 



Si-.TTi.NG OUT I.N LIFE. — The auxictv of ac- 

 cumulating something for their children, if not 

 enough for their entire support, at least enough 

 V> set them well afloat in life, is very common 

 among parents. It is injurious, and arises from 

 paternal weakness. Educate your children, and 

 you have done enough for them ; let them take 

 care of themselves ; teach them to depend upon 

 their own strength, and this can be done by put- 

 ting them on their own strength ; in no other 

 way can they acquire strength. Setting a young 

 man afloat upon the wealth accumulated by his 

 father, is like tying bladders under the arms of a 

 swimmer; or rather, one that cannot swim with- 



FuEL AND Fashio.x. — Atthiscold season, when 

 wood is so high and a good comfortable fire is so 

 necessary, he is a benefactor, who will point out 

 anew source of iwrnaiZe*, (if we may make an 

 awkward word.) Now the fact is, that nature has 

 provided fuel enough for the wants of man : it 

 becomes scarce by our inattention, our folly, or 

 our pride. The fields and meadows around us 

 are rich in stores more valuable than the silver of 

 the mine. It is astonishing to us, that at this sea- 

 son, when wood is decaying and money is scarce, 

 more use is not made of turf or peat, nliich makes 

 a very warm and cheap fire. There are two rea- 

 sons why this article has fallen into neglect; the 

 one is, it is supposed to give a disagreeable odor 

 while consuming; and the other is, a farmer dis- 

 likes to dig it, because it wiust be cured at a most 

 busy season of the year. As to the first, there is 

 all the difierencc in the world, between peat of 

 different kinds. Select a good meadow, let it be 

 dried, and there is no bad smell — it burns as 

 freely as the best Liverpool coal. We recently 

 stopped at the house of a gentleman in Topsficid, 

 who uses it entirely, and never saw or felt a more 

 agreeable fire. It is true, that bad peat is wretch- 

 ed stuff; but the best is about the best fuel that 



Newspapers. — A correspondent of the Phil- 

 adelphia Commercial Herald, writes very sensibly 

 to this effect : 



" Few parents know the importance of a news- 

 paper to their cbiiiiren. i lie incliiir.tion I had to 

 read, I well recollect, was brought about by 

 hearing the trial of Col. Btirr talked of, and see- 

 ing that trial re])orted in the ncwspa[)er which 

 my father then took. Having become interested 

 in the affair, I always seized with avidity, and 

 read the continuation of the trial. But few, per- 

 hrps no other p.iper was then taken in the neigh- 

 borhood in which I lived, and the consequence 

 nas that I soon knew much more of what was 

 going on in rhe world than my school fellows and 

 playmates, and consequently became the oracle 

 of our little circle. This gratified me, and I saw 

 at once the advantage of reading, though I was 

 then but ten years old. From that day to this I 

 have never been without a newspaper, and may 

 attribute my success in life to that circumstance. 



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 Philadelphia— D. {^- C. Lanubkth, 83 Chesnul-alre«l. 

 Baitimorc — I^ublislier ol American Farmer. 

 Cincinnati — S. C. Pafkhokst,23 Lower Market-street. 

 Middle Imry, Vt. — Wight Chapman, Alerclraiit. 

 Taunton, /1/ass.— Sam'l O. Dunbar, Bookseller. 

 Hart/'rrd — GootiwiN i^- Co. Uooksellers. 

 Newburtjforl — Ebenk/.f.r Stedmas, Bookseller. 

 PnrtsmmUh.N. H. — John W. Foster, Boi ,.scller. 

 Woodstock', Vt.—i.\. Pratt. 

 JBrattleboro' — Jos- Steen, Bookseller. 



Bangor, Me. — Wm. RIann, Druggist, and Wm. B. Harlow 

 Halifa.r. N. S.— E. Brown, Esq, 

 Louisville — Samuel Coopeh, Bullit Street. 

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