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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



jtJKE r, igfr. 



lS■^S.3^?^a1g'e 



THE FLOWER OF THE DESERT. 



BV MRS HEMANS. 



" Who does not recollect the exultation of Vaillant 

 over a fjowet in the torrid wastes of Africa .'—The af- 

 fecting mention of ihe infliifnce of a flower upon liis 

 mind, by Munj-o Park, in a lime of suffering and des- 

 pondency, in lliR heart of the same savage country, is 

 familial to every one."— HowiU's Book of ihe Seasojis. 



Why art thou thus in thy beauty cast, 



O lonely, loneliest fliivver? 

 Where the song of sound hath never pass'd. 



From iiuman hearth or bower? 



I pity thee, for thy heart of love, 



For thy glowing lieart, that fain 

 Would breathe out joy with each wind to rove— 



In vain lost thing! in vain I 



I pity thee for ihy wasted bloom, 

 For thy glory's fleeting hour, 

 . For the desert place, thy living tomb— 

 O lonely, loneliest flower ! 



I said,- but a low voice made reply : 



" Lament not for Ihe flower! 

 Though Its blossoms all unmark'd must die, 



They have had a glorious dower. 



ay, 



" Though it bloom afar from the minstrel's w 

 And the patlis where lovers tread. 



Yet strength and hope, like an inborn day, 

 By its odors have been shed. 



" Yes ! dews more sweet than ever feU 



O'er islands of the blest, 

 Were shaken f.irih from its perfumed bell, 



On a suffering human breast. 



" A wanderer came a.« a stricken deer, 



O'er the waste of burning sand, 

 lie bore the wound of an Arab spear, 



He fled frojn a ruthless band. 



" And dreams of home, in a troubled tide. 



Swept o'er his darkening eye. 

 As he lay down by the fountain side. 



In his mute despair lo die. 



" But his glance was caught by the desert flower, 



The precioHs boon of heaven ! 

 And sudden hope, like a vernal shower, 



To his fainting heart was given. 



" For the bright flowerspoke of One above ; 



Of ihe Presence felt to brood. 

 With a spirit of pervading love. 



O'er the wildest solitude. 



" Oh ! the seed was thrown these wastes araon, 



In blest and gracious hour ! 

 For the lorn one rose, in the heart made stron 



By the lonely, loneliest flower!" 



g, 



Anecdote of Gen. Washington. — One Reii- 

 ben Roiizy of Virginia, owed the Genera! about 

 ,£1000. While Pre^si(^ent of the United States, 

 one oC his a^'ents brought an action tor niouey ; 

 — judgment was obtained, and e.vecuiion issued 

 against the boily of the defendant, who was taken 

 to jail. He had considerable landeil estate, but 

 this kind <,t' property cannot be sold in Virg'inia, 

 for debts, unless at the discretion of the jjersoii. 



H: bad a hirge family, and for ti.e sake of bis 

 children, preferieil lying in jail lo selling his land. 

 A friend liiiited to liini, that [probably, General 

 Wasliington did nut know any thing of the pro- 

 ceeding, and that it might l)e well to send biin a 

 petilion, with a statement of the circiinista ices. 

 He did so — and the very next post from Phila- 

 delphia, after the arrival of bi.s petition in that 

 city, brought him an oriler for his immediate re- 

 lease, together with a full disciiarge, and a severe 

 reprimand to the agent for having acted in such a 

 manner. Poor Rouzy was consequently restored 

 to his family, who never laid down their heads at 

 night without presenting prayers to lieaven for 

 llieir 'beloved Wasliington.' Providence smiled 

 upon the labors of the grateful family, niiil in a 

 few years Ronzy enjciyed the exquisite jdeasure 

 of being able to lay the ,£1000 with the interest, 

 at the feet of tlijs truly great man. Washington 

 reminded him thattlie debt was discharged. Rou- 

 zy replied, the debt of bis family to the father of 

 Iheir country, and the preserver of their jiarcnt, 

 could never be discharged ; and the General, to 

 avoid the pleosing importunity of the grateful Vir- 

 ginian, who would not be denied, accepted the 

 money — only, however.to divide it amongst Roi;- 

 zy's children, which he immediately did. — Old 

 Colony .Memorial. 



BOYS -VS PARDlEnS OR MECHA.MCS. 



The (iovernmeiil of llie Boys Asylum and Farm Srhool 

 al Tliompson's Islaliil, have several good boys, al from 10 to 

 If vears old, lor wli(,ai silualion-i an- wanted in ilie country 

 Willi lar iicrs or mechanics, lo be indented lill iney are twen- 

 lyoite yenrs of a;;e. 



A cerlifiraie from Ihe Selectmen and Clergyman of (he 



lown, reconia ending the ap|)liranl in ihc ino.l salisfaflory 



niai ner wi.llie req lircd. .AiJiilicalion in person or Dy mail 



lo either of the subicribers, will receive early nonce. ' 



Moses Gram, No 9, Un on Street. 



Ed vard S Uand, ^o. "G, Courl Si. 



Henry B. Rogers, 25, Joy Place. 



ILTP-y the Act of Incorporation, Boys cannol be indented 

 out of iMassachiiselis. 



Boston, May 10, 1337. 



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MOLBRAY OM POULTRY. &.c. 



Monbray on IJreediiig, Rearing and Fattening all kinds of 

 I onllry, Cows, .Swmr, and rliier Doincslic Animals. Seco id 

 American liom ihe sixih London Edition. Adapted lo the 

 Soil, Chmale and Cullure ol Ihe United Stales, liy Thom- 

 Bsi. Fossenden, Editor of the iN. E. Farmer, New Ameri- 

 can Oardrner, Complete Farmer, &c. 



This book, piihlislied by .lose|ili Hretk & Co Boston, and 

 U. C. horhurn, New York, is lor sale at Ihe respecti\e 

 eslab islimenis ol Ifiosc Gcnilemen. 'I'he firs! edition ol Ibis 

 u-eful book had a rapid sale, and met with .t favoiable re- 

 ception. It has been carclnlly revised, and new and original 

 inlormalion relative to its lopics have been ililig nllv sought 

 and Miscried in various parts ol the Trealise 



Maich 15, 1837 



Small Debts should be paid promptly. — In 

 these pressing times, it would be well for men of 

 business to reiiember llie advice of Solomon. 



" Say not unto thy neigldior, go and come again 

 and lo-niorrow I will give ; when thou hast it by 

 thee." 



We know men have not alwnys large sums by 

 them, but generally speaking it is in their power 

 to pay small bills without putting the collector to 

 the trouble of ' calling agjiiii,' and by doing so, 

 would prevent a great deal of unnecessary embar- 

 rassment among the small dealers, who depend 

 upon their weekly receipts to cany on their busi- 

 ness, and support their liimilies. Gentlemen do- 

 ing a large business, are not apt .sufficiently to a|>- 

 preciate the importance of small sums to those 



who call for lliem. To themselves it is nothing 



not worth a thought— but it is otherwise to liim 

 whose business is upon a contracted scale, and 

 whose receipts are entirely of small sums; and 

 bis disappointments are not the less because the 

 amount is less. It may be quite as important to 

 the individual who has a note of JtlOOO to pay, to 

 collect bis little ten, twenty and fifty dollar debts 

 to pay it with, as it is f»r the mercbant who has 

 $10,000 to- pay, to collict in his fitties, hundreds 

 and thousands. To the one a failure would be 

 just as ruinous as to the other, though fewer peo- 

 pie might suffer by tlie failure of the one than the 

 other. At any rate, we say small debts can gen- 

 erally be paid on first call, and gentlemen doing 

 large business sliould make it an invariable rule, 

 not to allow themselves to be called upon a sec- 

 ond lime (or these little sums. Say not unto thy 

 neighbor, go and come again, and tomorrow i will 

 give; when tliQuhast it by thee. — Pliil. Commercial 

 Herald, 



We occasionally bear simjiering, double re- 

 fined lady, boasting that she never labored, and 

 could not, for tlie life of her, make a jiudding, as 

 though ignorance of these mutters was a mark of 

 gentility. Tliere can be no greater jiroof of silly 

 arrogance than such remarks. 



1.11VSEED OIL, WEAL. 



PKICE KtDCCED. 



This article has met with a ready sale Ihe past w'litet and 

 received a (leci<<ed p.cfcrence wiih many praelical Farmers 

 in this vicinity. 



For the en,uing season Ihe price will be i educed to 



•) ncnl^.lvedollais per ion, at ihe null, or T»enl\sevcii 

 doilars per ton in Boston. 



Apply ai No. ;o Commercial Wharf, lioslon. or in Med- 

 ford.atihcmill. GKu. L. STEARNS &, CO. 



Mi-dlord, Apiil 2G, 1837. 



trUKEN HOUSE PLANTS. 



For sale, the Collage liarden, Heath street, near the Hon. 

 John Lowell's, Roxl.ury, a varii ly uf Grern House and' 

 iiarily herbaceous Plants, in fine order ; superb double Dah- 

 lias; TIgridia ; Pavonia ; Gl.idiolus ; Nal;lensis, &c. &,c. at 

 redured prices— Ito.^uels cut as usual ihroogh the season. ' 



N. I!. Also, Ta)) r s forty fold pdaloes, a Minerlor kind 

 early and very prolific ; from 100 lo i(iU Horse Chesnut Tro 

 young and ihriliy. .VaJ 3. S H. WELD. ' 



UKIDGEMAN'S GARDEIVER'S ASSISTANT. 



J isi j.ulilisheO and for sale, Ihe 7ih ciliiion of ihis valiinl.le 

 aiilocpularvvork. oriceSI For sale at Ihe New Enabind 

 &C I d Store, 51 Noiih .\larKet Street, up siairs. Apiif iti. 



And Ihe highest price given for genuine and pure Cucu n- 

 ber Seed, Long winter Crook-neck Squash, and Squash Pep- 

 per See.l,— by JoS. liRECK &, CO 



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



HaiLford — (iootuviN Sj- Co. Booksellers. 



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