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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MARCH 39. 18)7. 



jg-^s-isiemse 



[From T.ie New York Mirror.] 

 CANZONET. 



Oil ! for the merry moon light nights 



When sninmer's on the wane — 

 The bright but fleeting hours of youth 



For which we sigh in vaiu. 

 Oh ! how the greensward smiled with mirlli, 



How C:ee we revelled then ! 

 The birds ihiit flew above us seemed 



More happy in our glen! 



Oh ! for the merry moon light nights 



When I was wont to pluy 

 Beneath the slind ow of my home, 



At cheerful close of diy. 

 E'en as the pilgrim to his shrine, 



When fainting on the shore, 

 My heart makes many a pilgrimage 



To merry nights of yore. 

 Boston. 



J. T. F. 



A MOTHER'S LOVE. 



There's joy within a mother's breast 



To mothers only known, 

 When o'er her infant, laid at rest, 



She watches him alone. 

 With pleasing hopes her heart beats high, 

 While smiling o'er her sleeping boy. 



When first he feels s mother's care, 



And li^ps a mother's name, 

 Behold her eye — what love beams there J 



How pure how strong the flame .^ 

 The tear of joy is scarce supprestjj 

 She hugs her darling to her breast. 



She fondly looks through years to come, 



And views his prospects fair; 

 She dreameth not of death — the tomb j 



But breathes the silent prayer, 

 That God would guard her precious charge j 

 His heart expand, his heart enlarge. 



Should sickness blanch his blooming cheek. 

 And waste his withering frame, 



A mother, anxious, watchful, meek. 

 Unchanging, still the same. 



Stands by his couch, seeks no repose. 



She calms his pain, and soothes his woes. 



A sister o'er our bosom bent, 



To bathe our burning brow, 

 Is, like a guardian angel, sent 



To do all she can do. 

 There is affection men adoic. 

 But, O, a mother's love is more ! 



Breathes there a wretch upon this earth, 

 Would slight a mothers name .' 



Sure, such a wretch belies his birth. 

 And knows no sense of shame. 



A mother's love do all we will. 



By us is unrequited still. 



A Chemist's Life saved et nis Art. — It is 

 s.ii.t that Mr. Cliaptal, n ctlcl>iateil Chemist, was, 

 under the saiisuiiiary riigii of terror in the firs. 

 French revolution, one of the ntiinberless ];io- 

 srrilied victims of the llien rniins faction, and in 

 momi'iuai y e.'i|>ectation of liein;; led forth to the 

 enillotinp. At that ]ierioil Emoiie nas ileppiideiU 

 on the East Indies for a sn|)jdy of nitre, or salt|)e- 

 tre. The French army, wiih tlie enemy rapidly 

 aiiproachinir on Paris, wii<> r'^duced to tlie last ex- 

 tremity 1>.V the want of that important munition of 

 war, cuni)owder. The supply of saltpetre from 

 the Fast Indies was wholly in the liands of'tlie Kn- 

 frlish, the e.xportatioii of which, as a material of 

 war, was rigidly piohiliited l)y the government. In 

 this critical dilemma, Cliaptal, known as the alilest 

 chemist of that poriod, was applied to. A propo- 

 sition was made him: his life would be spared, it, 

 by his chemical skill, he could furnish the jrovern- 

 tiient with saltpetre. The condition of this requisi- 

 tion was most welcome — his life was safe. Chap- 

 tal ; immediately odereil a prneral excavation of 

 the numerous cemeteries of Paris; the sepulchral 

 repose of remote generations was invaded ; old mo- 

 nastic buildings, vvliicli for ages, had been imbibing 

 animal effluvia and generating nitre, were rased; 

 the owners of ancient buildings were compelleil to 

 consent to tlieir demolition, with the benefit of liav- 

 inff a new house erected on the site ; llie walls of 

 the subterraneous caves and cellars of Paris were 

 scraped, and the earth of the floors iltig up, all of 

 which, to the republic was more preciiuis than gold. 

 After removing the bones of more than two mil- 

 lions of bodies from the various cenielcriis to the 

 subterraneous quarries of the Barriers D'En/cr, 

 (which gave existence to the celebrated catacombs) 

 Cliaptal, by chemical art, extracted from the vari- 

 ous materials he had thus obtained an abundant 

 supply of saltpetre, and thus France and himself 

 were saved. By the various government.s that suc- 

 ceeded, Cliaptal was always honored- and regardeil 

 as one of the greatest benefactors to his country, 

 and his talent and services, in this resp.ect, were 

 again placed in requisition by Bonaparte, who hav- 

 itig, in accordance with his famous iMilan Decree, 

 fnohibited the importation of colonial produce 

 coming through England, Chaptal was the first to 

 suggest and carry into operation the extraction of 

 sugar from the beet lOot. Bonaparte created Jlr. 

 Cliaptal a count and peer of the empire, and for 

 many y^ars he was a member of his cabinet as 

 minister of tlie interior — N. Y. Mirror. 



Greediness in riches is but improved pov 

 erty. 



A FoRTU.NE MADE BY ACCiDE!<T. — I oncc knew a 

 man Avho died immensely rich, who traced his for- 

 tune to a rusty nail, which he preserved with a sort 

 of ]iious veneration. The links between what he 

 was and what he had been, he concatenated thus: 



He had been a small carpenter, and being em- 

 ployed upon a small job at a gentleman's house, 

 when he had completed it, he received his money 

 and went about his business. But lie had not pro- 

 ceeded far on his way home, ^e he recollected 

 that he had forgot to draw a large crooked nail 

 which protruded very awkwardly, aud he returned 

 to remove it. Just as he wjis approaching the door 

 he heard a loud screnni. — Looking up he saw the 

 infant and only child of the gentleman hilling from 

 one of the attic windcnv.=, where the nursery maid 

 had been playing with it, when by a sudden spring 

 it escaped from her grasp. With equal presenee of 

 mind and dexterity he received the child in his 

 arms, broke the shock of his descent and saved it 

 from being dashed in pieces. The grateful fathei' 

 requited tlie invaluable service (fiir he doated on 

 the babe, because it was the sole memorial of the 

 dead mother who bore it) by a munilicenl sum of 

 money, wliich enabled him to embark largely in bis 

 business, and thus lay the foundation of the great 

 wealth which he afterwards accumulated. But he 

 always maintained that it was the rusty nail in re- 

 u ity that made iiis fortune. 



An Irish gentleman once a|ipeared in the court 

 of the king's bench, as a security of a friend in the 

 sum of iliiee thoiis.ind pounds. Sergeant Davy, 

 though he well knew the rtsponsiliility of the gen- 

 tleman, could not help his customary impertinence. 

 " Well, sir, how do you make yoiir.-ilf to be worth 

 three tluuisand pounds?" The geiiilemau very de- 

 liberately s|)ecified the particulars up to two thou- 

 sand nine hundred and forty pouiiils. "Ay, says- 

 Divy, that is not enough, by sixty." — " For this 

 sum," replied the other, " I have a note of one Ser- 

 geant Davy, and I hope he will fiave the honesty 

 soon to discharge it." This set the court in a roar ; 

 he was, for once aliashed ; and Lord Mansfield 

 said, " Well, brother, I think we may acVept tlic 

 bail." 



FOR SAIiB. 



A small Farm in ihc \ic:iiiiy of Boston, conianin^SO or 

 40 acre;; oi j^ood tillage Uini, nil under good eiilii\ai!rn with 

 a great variety of fruilot* die best kinJ lliere is a fjt.od well 

 budl dwelling house, a l.irge stadle. carriage house, barn, 

 graiiaiy, ice Ir.use and oilier out buildings. For ;urlher iii- 

 oimation ftnquiic at this (Iflice. 



March 22. is:f 



MORI'S Mi. . - li..\l-I.,Is 



Joseph Davenpoit otT«?rs for sa i '••' t-'.-o nlaats of the true 

 Chinese Mult)err>- or Moms .Mullicau. s. .''lee^wl' he care- 

 Inlly packed am! lorwardcd a.s early as desired. Orders must 

 be sent lo Coieiaiii, i*lass. till iho l.ilU Maich, after wuich 

 lime '.o Hartford. Conn. Ab ii.quirirs will be attended to at 

 hi> plamalion. 5 miles .Souih Wcsi of the c:tv. 



Karl_\- orders only will l>e supplied, as ;iriaiigeuients will be 

 made lo use ai! not called tor soon. 



Colerain, Jan. 1337. Feb.). 



FOR S.VliB OR TO I,ET FOR THE SEASON. 



A celebrated Stallion, a crop of ih ■ true Arabian and En 

 ;lish lirced, for sale or lo let lor die ensuing season Inquire 

 .t this tJftice or of RALl'H \VA I'SO.N, of East Windsor, 



Coiiuecliciit 

 March ]o. 



PJLVai TRKES, GRAPE VIJXKS, &c. 



SCO plum trees of die most approved kinds and extra size, 

 200 Quince trees of good size many of ihem have borne fruit' 

 1500 Isabella grape irom lo 1.3 ieel hij;h. lOOO Catawba! 

 Hland's & Pond's seedling extra size m bearing slate, chavse- 

 las Sweet Water, Black Hamburgh, &c, lO.i^iOO roots Giant 

 .Asparagus, 5000 W ilmot's early Khubaib or Pie Plant. lalciv 

 inirodi.ced, and a good assortment ol Goosberries and Hoses 

 of different kinds. 



-Ail orders lell n' this office, or at Messrs Sawyer &. Pond's, 

 'ii Broad sueel. an'l with the subscriber Cambridge Port', 

 wi I meet with ininied.ate atlcutioir. S,4MUEL POND. 

 March 15. 



MAXUAI, 0:» SVG.VR BEET. 



Just received a ! realise on Beei Sugar, conta-ning, 1. A 

 dcscripliou of the Culture and Preservaiion of the Plant. 2. 

 ''V^Jifl''^""''"" °^ ''"' '"'ocess of E.Mraclrng its ^-iigar. — 

 KrilHlrdic French, liy Edward hurch. For sale at Nos. SI 

 and 6'i Morlh Market street, I'osloil. by 



Feb. 1i. JOSEPH BKECK & CO. 



1HE H^M- EXGLANB FARMER 



Is published ever^ \'l eiluci>da\ Evening, at gi per annum, 

 payaole at the end ol the year — bui those »ho pav williin 

 sixty days from the lime of subscribing, arc eniiiled to a de- 

 duction of liily cents. 



(p' No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 i>eing made in advance. 



AGENTS. 



A'^ir Ynrtr — G C. THOiiBCKN, 1 1 John street. 



Fliisliitig, A'. >'. — Wji . Pnl^cE ■.?• Sons, Prop. Lin- Bot.Gar. 



Albunii — W'm . Thorbur.v, 3-17 .Market-siieel. 



ridladehjlna — D. l\- C. Lamjbkth, US Che.siiut-sireot. 



HijL'iinore — Publislicr of American Fanner. 



CiiiniinaliS.C. P.\KKHi"isT, 23 Lower Markct-slrccl. 



MiddUliury. Vt. — Wight Chapiha.v . Merchant. 



Taunton. Mass. — Sahi'l O. Dcndar, Bookseller. 



Hartford — Goouwi.N c'S' Co. Uookscllers. 



.\eiftin:yport — Ei!KM:ZKK .Stkhma.n, Kookseiler. 



fortsmpiitli,!^'. H. — JimN W. Fostek, Bo.jksellcr. 



Woodstock, Vt. — J. A. Pr.AiT. 



Brattlehorc' — Jos Steen'. Huokseller. 



liaugor,Me. — \\ »i. Mann, Oiuggisi, aud W»i. li. Hafi.ow 



Halifa.r.N. B.—F.. ISeoWN. Esq. 



Louisville — Pami'F-l Coopeb, Pullil Slrecl. 



Si. Louis— U. I.. ^loF^-MA^,and Wilms & Stevehs. 



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