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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



APJRIL, 5, isnr. 



^^m'SSl&'Ee 



THE FARMER'S SONG. 



Away with gi;indeur, pump, and gold, 



Away witii childish case , 

 Give rae but strength my plough to hold, 



And I'll find means to please. 



'Tis sweet to toil for thoae wr love — 



My wife and dailino; boys. 

 Both tend to make niy labor prove 



The sweetness of my joys. 



The sweetest morsel I procure, 

 When laboi makes it sweet, 



Is eaten with a taste more pure, 

 Than meats that monarchs eat. 



'Tis mine — yes, 'tis ray happy lot. 



From cares and av'rice free, 

 To own but this seclu'Ied cot. 



Sweet friends and liberty. 



Thus I no monarch on his throne 



Can grudge his destiny ; 

 Let him liia weight of cares bemoan, 



Whilst I am truly free. 



When labor wearies and grows dull, 



I take my books or gun, 

 Thus I the sweetest |>leasure cull, 



And thus all sorrow shun. 



Now tell me all ye gouty train. 

 Who have what fortune gives. 



Is not the cheerful country swain. 

 The happiest man that lives .' 



she tn ly iitivu, if she is wauling in what is to fit 

 here for her own peciiaar calling. 



" Whether rich or poor, young or old, married 

 or singlt', a woman i.s always liaMe to be called to 

 the porformance of every kind of domestic duty, 

 as well as to be placed at the head of a family ; 

 and nothing short of a practical knowledge of the 

 details of house-keeping can ever make those du- 

 ties etisy, or render her competent to direct others 

 ill the performance of them." 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Ait e:xce:l,l.knt book. 



Arwong the many valuahle prodnctions which 

 the American Press has of late e.xhihited, few, if 

 any, which we have hein able to peruse, has in 

 our opinion, more ir.erit than Tlie Young Lady's 

 Friend. Its directions and admonitions embrace 

 more topics, and a[)ply to more points, situations, 

 ciicumst.-mccs and probable occurrences, tlian any 

 other lady's monitor we have ever seen ; and, in- 

 deed, the work may be termed an oracle, presort- 

 ing responses applicable to every conceivable ceti^ 

 dition, character aed grade of female e.tisteRce. 

 This is iiigli eulogy which the book before us not 

 only justifies, but the tribute due to its merit de- 

 mands it from every one who essays to take even 

 a slight note of the passing pursuits of American 

 literature. 



The following specimen of the niafterand man- 

 ner of this valuable work must meet the particu- 

 lar approbation of every JVew England Farmer, 

 It is from the chapter headed Domestic Economy, 

 page 33. 



" For a young woman in any situation of life 

 to be ignorant of the various businesses that be- 

 long to good house-keeping, is as great a deficiency 

 as it would be in a merchant not to understand 

 accounts, or the master of a vessel not to be ac- 

 quainted with navigation. If a woman does not 

 know bow the various work of a house should be 

 done, she might as well know nothing, for that is 

 her expre.ss vocation ; and it matters not how 

 much learning, or how many accomplishments 



Scjucl to the Three Experiments of Lhnng. — 

 This little work is a continuation of a small vol- 

 ume, i)uhlished not long since, entitled " Three 

 E.xperiments of Living," of which we are inform- 

 ed upwards of 20.000 co|.ies have been sold in 2 

 months. The tale of which the present is a se- 

 quel, deserved its unprecedented success, and is 

 calculated to confer more benefit on mankind than 

 almost any production of modern pens and pres- 

 ses which we have had the [deasure to pern.se. — 

 The object of the author appears to be, by enter- 

 taining stories and conversations between tiie prin- 

 cipal actors in the events of the narrations, to in- 

 culcate good principles, which apply to the econ- 

 omy of human life. Were we disposed to find 

 fauit, we should say that some of the dialogues 

 contain a little too much of the protracted, but 

 where there is so much to be pleased with, we 

 shall take no ofTence at what we may suppose to 

 be bl.inishos. 



The following is a specimen of the style and 

 sentiment of this useful tract : 



" It must be acknowledged (hat, with their pres- 

 ent state of feelings, domestics often do not stay 

 long enough in a really excellent family, to be- 

 come attached ; they take uiidirage at some tri- 

 fling tiling, and go ofT. 'How much they stand 

 in their own light, they will learn by experience. 

 A domestic, who has been a long resident in a 

 family, becomes an object of respect and affec- 

 tion, and is only inferior to the heads of it in her 

 importance to its happiuf.ss. There are bonds 

 formed strong and lasting, and that death alone 

 severs. 



" It is impossible, between domestics and fam- 

 ilies, that many gratuitous services should not be 

 necessary on both sides ; these, so far from occa- 

 sioning murmuring and dissatisfaction, should be 

 made bonds of union, as in other relative situa- 

 tions." 



This valuable book may be bad of Weeks, Jor- 

 dan &. Co., No. 121, Wa.shington St. 



r For ttie ."Vew England Farmer.] 

 Jl supplement to the last " revised edition." 



Why would Graham be likely to lose his head, 

 if he went to Athens ? — Because he's an enemy 

 to grease. [Greece.] 



VVhat Island iu Boston harbor would be best 

 for a near-sighted person to live on ? — Spectacle 

 Island. 



Why is a parlor fire surrounded by lots of rosy 

 faced child en, like the town of Ayrshire in Scot- 

 land ? — Because it is the birth-place of burns. — 

 [Burns ] 



Why is the south-east corner of Cornhill, like 

 an eight quart measure .' — Because it holds a peck. 

 [Peck & Co.] CoMus, Ja. 



Greediness in riches is but improved pov- 

 erty. 



ExTRAORDiN.iRV Experiment. — The Professor 

 Locke of the Medical College of Ohio, has inven- 

 ted a Thermo-Electric Instrument of such deli- 

 cacy and power, that by the elocirii-ity generated 

 by the warmth from the touch of the finger, a 

 magnetic needle eleven inches long and weighing 

 1 and 1-2 ounces, suspende'l like a com|)ass nee- 

 dle, is not only deflected, but make to rotate rap. 

 idly and re|)eatedly round. This isihe lum-e sur- 

 prising as the electric conductor does not touch 

 the needle, but passes one fourth of an inch from 

 it. Perhaps so much motion has never been pro- 

 rluced liy so little heat. A desctiption of the in- 

 strument may be expected in Silliinan's Journal. 

 Cincin. Repub. 



EjCrlt rising. — Dean Swift says that "he nev- 

 er knew any man to rise to eminence, who lay in 

 bed of a morning;" and Dr Franklin, in his pe- 

 culiar manner, says that " he who rises late, may 

 trot all day, but never overtake bis business.". 



Joseph Davenport ofters for sa.e *"iO liuO fjlants of the true 

 Chinese iMuIi'erry or Rlorus Mullicau.s. Tjc^^wll he care- 

 ("uliy parked and lorwarded as ear!^' as desii^d. Orders must 

 be sent to Golerain, Mass, till the I6th March, after wiiich 

 time to Hartford, Conn. Ah inquiries will he attended to at 

 his plantation, 5 miles South West of llie c.ty. 



Early orders oiil_\' will be supplied, as ariangemeuts will be 

 made (o use ail not called for soon. 



Colerain, Jan. 1-J7. Feb. 1. 



FOR SALiK OR TO LET FOR THE SEASOJS. 



A celebrated Slallion, a crop of th ' true Arabian and En 

 gli>h breed tor sale or to let lor iht* on ui. ii ..^es sttn. Inquire 

 at this Office or of UALPH \VA!'S!U>, ol Kasl Windsor, 

 Connecticut. _ 



March 1.5. 4w 



P1.VM TUKES, GRAPE VINICS, &c. 



500 Plum tiees ol' the most approved kinds and extra size, 

 -CjO Quince trees of g<)f>d size many of iliem have borne frnit^ 

 loOO Isabella gr.npc Irom 5 to ir> feel high. lOUO Catawba.' 

 Uland's & Pond's sccdbn* e.\lraslze m bcarinnr stale, chasse- 

 las Sweet Water, Pluck Hamliurpcli. &ir, lO.HOO roots Giant 

 Aspar.igus, 5000 \\ ihuoi's early Kliubarb or I*ie I'lant, lately 

 introduced, a«d a good assortment ol Uoosberries ar.d Hoses 

 of diflf.jreiu kinds. 



All orders Icit at this office, or at Messrs Sawyer &. Pond's, 

 "S,"! Broad sUect, and with the subscriber C'nnibridge Port, 

 wi'l meet wiih immediate attention. SAMUEL POND. 



March 15. 



MANUAL. OIV SUGAR BEET. 



Just received a 'I're.'ilisc on Beet Suyar, contn-ning, I. A 

 description of the ('uiture and Preservation t)f the Plant. 2. 

 An Exjilan.ition of the Process of Exlracdng its Sugar. — 

 From vhe French, by Edward ' hurch. For sale at INos. 51 

 and 52 North Slarkel street, Boston, liy 



Feb. 2-;. JOSRPH BliECK & CO. 



THE MEW ENGI.AND FARMER 



Is publisbcci e\'cry Weducsday Evening, at .§3 per annum, 

 payable at the end tif the year — l>nt those who pay^ withia 

 sixty days from the time of subscribing, are entitled to a de- 

 duction ol tifty cents. 



(13= No paper will be seal to a distance without paymeut 

 being made in advance. 



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