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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JUNE 28, IS'lT. 



(From the U. S. Gazette.) 

 'TIS THE LAST PIECE OF SILVER. 



A. PARODY. 



Air, — ' The last Rose of Summer.' 

 'TIs the last piece nC Silver, 



Left gleaming alone, — 

 All its glittering companions 



Have vanished — are gone, 

 No ftp of iis liindred. 



No levy is nigh, 

 To reflect bacU its lirigliiness, 



Or give dye for ilijc .' 



They have left me — a lone one — 



Tile last silver gem — 

 Each bright piece is spended, 



Go spend me with lliem. 

 And kindly, O, send me 



With those that have fled — 

 Where my mates of the pocket 



Are hoarded and dead I 



O, soon may I follow — 



When partners won't slay ! 

 And from cash shining circle. 



The gems drop away ! 

 When goixSJips have vanished, 



And quarters have flown ! 

 Oh .' who would inhabit 



This pocket alone .' 



S. J. L. 



was iiriportniif, a:id I iiiysi'lf not in the best liii- 

 mor. I therefore desircH tlie postillion, in harsli 

 words, to urge tlie horses still more. " Strike nu 

 sir, if you are angry," said the man ; "my lior.ses 

 do their utmost, witliout Mows. But yon may 

 easily see that, with the very best intent, they can- 

 not drag us up." I ronvinced myself that the 

 good-natured fellow was light, and then willingly 

 waited till lie had fetched other horses from a 

 neighboring villnge. 



But it a!so afip-ars as if animals were sensilde 

 o( the affection of their masters. Thus, in St. 

 Petersburgh, the eipiipages which have taken iheir 

 masters to the theatre, remain exposed lo the open 

 sky until they return home. In the severest cold 

 weather, I have often seen at night, the postilion, 

 wlio gniiles the leader.*, sleeping, either stretched' 

 out and balanced upon his horse, or seeking pro- 

 t'Ction from the falling snow beneath its belly, 

 and even its leg.s — the horse standing quite still^ 

 as if fearing to disturb the boy. In front of the 

 large theatre in St. Petersburg, there are two pro- 

 jeciing roofs of lin, which rest upon iron pillars 

 aud are surrounded by stone seats. Beneath these 

 roofs in winter, and during the time of jerfoVm- 

 anoe, large fires are made, at the expense of Gov- 

 ernment. Here both coachman and their horses 

 • lirong to warm themselves. Tlie bearded fel- 

 lows gossip and jest, and iu tlieir usual way, ad- 

 dross a few words to their horses, who leok on 

 with bright and friendly eyes, as if they were at 

 tentively li.stcning lo the conversation. 



Von Tielz's Travels. 



BOYS AS FARMERS OR MEniAMCS. 



The Governnimi of the B,>ys Asylum and Farm School 

 ,Ht llhimps.in's Island, have scv.ral s<'od hoys, al from 10 lo' 

 14 vnrs ol,l, r,>r whom s.luaU.ins ar,- waiileit in ihe counlrv 

 wilh laniiers or meihnnics, lu be indented till i„ey are twen- 

 tyone ye;irs of m^e. 



A cerlilicate from the .Selectmen and Clergyman of the 

 town, recomii endnig the applirani in the mo.u satisfaclorv 

 ma, ner wi.l be req tired. Application in perso.i or by mail. 

 lo either ol the subscribers, will receive early ronce. 



Moses Grant, No, y". Un on Street. 

 Ed vard .S, Rand, No. ?6, Court St 



„_,„ , . , , "''"O' B. U..gcrs, 25, Joy I'lacc. 

 .J , ■' "'^ bicorporation, Boys cannot be indented 



out of [Massachusetts, 



Boston, niay 10, IS,"!?. 44 



MOIBRAY ON POULTRY. &c. 



nioiihray on Breeding, Rearing and Fattening all kinds of 

 I oultry, tows, Swiiie, and . ther Domestic Animals, Seco id 

 American liom the sixlh London Edition. Adapted lo the 

 ^oil, tlimale and Ciillure ol the United Slates. Hy Thom- 

 as 1 .J. essenden, Editor of the iN. E. Farmer, New Ameri- 

 can (jardeiier, Complete Farmer, c 



This book publushed by .lospph lirec k Co Boston, and 

 Psi^Vi '""*'"'■";. New York, IS for sale al the respective 

 estal. kshmems ol Ibose (.enllemrn. The first edilioi, ..I this 

 u-e(ul book had a rapid sale, and met with a favornble re- 

 leptinn.. It has been carehilly revised, and new and original 

 oitorinalion relative to its topics have been rlilig mly sooghl 

 and inserted in various parts ol the Treatise ° ^ ^ 



Maich 15, 1837. 



LiajSEED oil, MEAL,. 



HlUCE REDUCED. 



RUSSIAN HACK DRIVERS. 



Gocdness of heart exhibits itSflf in the Russian 

 in the mode of treating animals. Let only an 

 unemployed wanka be observed in the evenine 

 who, iu sharing a piece of bread with his beast' 

 con.solatorily r.ddresses him : " Thou must content 

 thyself with a little, my nag ! I iiave myself not 

 uutch, but willingly share it with you. My earn- 

 ings are not great, but winter is still long, and in 

 spring we shall have musteicd together a few rou- 

 bles, and will return to dear home. Thou shall 

 then rest thyself, and live upon dainties ; for thou 

 Shalt have as much white oats .ind green clover 

 as thou wilt. Do not, then, despair. See, yon- 

 der comes a gentleman, and he will certainly hire 

 ii.-<!" and he now turns suddenly to the stranser, 

 offers him llis sledge, and is satisfied with ^his 

 small earnings. 



During my winter journey, I have often amused 

 myself with such conversation between a driver 

 . and his horse. We might then bear, " Fy, fy 

 o'd brown one, you ought to be ashame.l to be so 

 idle! Look at the gelding; he is smaller than 

 you, and yet runs better. You will soon make 

 me cross, and I shall then be forced to beat you 

 Blows hurt you, hark." (He then strikes the 

 sledge with his whip, and continues :) "So so 

 old brown one I that's all right. Now you 'run 

 well ; when we arrive, you shall have a good feed. 

 Run ! run ! I'll sing you an amusing song !" He 

 now commences singing, and its seems actually 

 a.s if the animals understood him. 



Shortly before Christmas, in the year 1833 

 when I was taking a courier trip from St. Peters- 

 burg to Constaiitinople_l think it happened in 

 Ibe Government of Kiew— the already tired hor- 

 ses, could not, with all their exertions, drag my 

 ciirriage up u hiil covered with smooth ice. Haste 



Ri-;voLUTioNARY Battlks — Ws believe the fol- 

 lowing to be a corniilete list of the principle bat- 

 tles fought dtiring the war of the revolution, with 



the exception of a few in the Soutliern States: 



Battle of Concord, April nineteen, 1775; battle 

 of Bunker-hill, June seventeen, 1775 ; battle of 

 Old Hampton, Va., where wo took five decked 

 ves.sels, .some time in November, 1775; battle of 

 Great Bridge, near Norfolk, Va., December eigh- 

 teen, 1775; battle of Long Island, August twen- 

 ty-seven, 1776 ; battle of Fcrt Washington, No- 

 vember seventeen, 1776 ; battle of Fort^Lee' No- 

 vember sixteen, 1776 ; battle of Trenton, when 

 one thousand Hessians were raptured, De'cember 

 iwenty-si.x, 1776; battle of Piinceton, January 

 two, 1777 ; battle of Bennington, August sixteen, 

 1777 ; battle of Brandywine, September eleven,' 

 1777 ; battle of Germantown, October four, I777 • 

 Biirgoyne's Army taken near Saratoga, October 

 seventeetf, 1777 ; battle of -he Red Banks, Octo- 

 ber twenty-two, 1777 ; battle of Monmouth, June 

 twenty-eight, 1778 ; battle of Stonev Point, July 

 sixteen, 1779; battle of Camden, August nine- 

 teen, 1780; bittleof Guiilord, N. U., March fif- 

 teen, 1781 ; massacre at Groton, Cl., September 

 SIX, 1781 ; battle of Eutaw Springs, October six' 

 1781 ; battle of King's Mountain, October sevenj 

 17S1 ; Coinwallis and his Army taken, October 

 nineteen, 1781. — A". Y. Mirror. 



This article has met with a ready sale the past winter, and 

 received a decided pieference with manv practical Farmers 

 in this vtcinitv. 



Forihe ens'uing season Ihe price will he leduced to 

 «cntyfive dollars per Ion, at the null, or Twciilvseveu 

 dollars per Ion m Boslon, j i < ■■ 



Apply at No .0 Commercial Wharf, Boston, or in Med- 

 ford, at Ihe mill. GEO. E. STEARNS (J() 



fliodlord, April 26, 1837. -"cakins UU. 



llieiDGEMAN'^ GARDENER'S ASSISTANT^ 



J isl |iubljshed and lor sale, the 7lh edition of this valuable 



t \'TT^^,^''':"^.f^^ For sale at the New Ei,£la,id 

 .>ic.l.-^t.,re, 51 North Market Sireci. up siairs, Aprillin. 



GARDENER WANTS A SITUATION. 



A man who is experienced in the Culture of Green Hoase 

 Piaiils, and well acq lainled with all branches of the business 

 ol Gardening, wouM like lo engage himself to take care of a 

 gentleman s garden in the vicinity of Boston, fhe best of 

 recomenda lions can be given, inquire al Ihis oiEce. 

 June 7. 3t 



TERRIBLE TRACTORATION 



Terrible Tractoralion and other Poems. Rv Dr Caustic. 

 A ;'!; ig"' "' "' ^^^ P^»gi3«<i Seed Store. 



Centenarian Vigor.— Mr Gamaliel Kingsley, 

 of Beinardston, during the past winter, chopped 

 and piled twenty-six cords of wood. Much of the 

 labor he performed with his bat off. He is nine- 



ti) seven years old ! he is made of good .stuff, 



Franklin Mercury. 



Holt's Hotel in New York, uses 20,000 gallons 

 of water weekly, or about 10,000 lihds. yearly. 



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