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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



DECEMBER 5. 1838. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



(From the Religions Souvenir for 1839.) 

 AGRICULTURE. 



BY C . W . K V E K E T T 



llow blect the Farmer's simple life ! 



How pure the joy it yields I 

 Far from tlie world's tempestuous strife, 



Free, 'mid the scented fields ! 



When Morning woos, with roseate hue, 



O'er the far hills away, 

 His footsteps brush the silvery dew, 



To greet the welcoming day. 



When Sol's first beam in glory glows, 

 And blithe the sky lark's song, 



Pleased, to his toil the Farmer goes. 

 With cheerful steps along. 



While noon broods o'er the sultry sky, 

 (■ And sunbeams fierce are cast, 

 Where the cool streamlet wanders by. 

 He shares his sweet repast. 



When twilight's gentlest shadows fall 



Along the darkening plain. 

 He lists his faithful watch dog's aall, 



To warn the listening train. 



Down the green lane young hurrying feet 

 Their eager pathway press; 



His loved ones come in joy to greet. 

 And claim their sire's caress. 



Then, when the evening prayer is said, 

 And Heaven with praise is blest, 



How sweet reclines his weary head 

 On Slumber's couch of rest ! 



Nor deem that fears his dreams alarm,- 

 Nor cares, with carking din : 



Without, his dogs will guard from harm ; 

 And all is peace within. 



Oh, ye who run in folly's race, 



To win a worthless prize ! 

 Learn, from the simple tale we trace. 



Where true contentment lies ' 



Ho ! monarch ! flushed with Glory's pride 

 Thou painted, gilded thing ! 



Hie to the free-born Farmer's side. 

 And learn to be a king ! 



tlie last bell tolls, iind after runnini; dmvn to the 

 wharf till he is out of breath, he finds the boat 



utes or lialf an hour too late, and upon being re- I Ani.cdote. — A ge"ntlenian recently stopped at a 

 minded that ho has obliged his associates to wait, ! tavern, and bei.ig in a hurry, ordered the ostler to 

 and thereby to waste their time, he charges the [ give his liorse some oats, " as soon as he had done 

 delay to his wattli, which, like its owner, is al- j breathing." He remained as long as he thought 

 ways invariably at least a quarter of an hour too I necessary, and, on going out, asked the ostler if he 

 g\oyr_ j had given his horse oats, according to his directions ; 



If lie has made arrangements to leave town in ' " Arrah, the devil an oat I've given him," answered 

 a sUgo, he commonly forces the carriage to wait I Pat—" ye tould me to give them to him when ht 

 some lime, or, what is not very uncommon, is loft j got done braythin' an' I've watched him every min- 

 behind: If he intends to make his departure in "te, an' faitli he's braytliin' yet— .V. H. Spectator. 

 the steamboat, you will meet him two streets off as 



The HiTER Bit. — On Sunday morning, a rail 

 „ , . . , , , ,,..., road man, called Jem, went into the inn at Wes 



hauledoff, andithegetsaboarda all,,t.sbythe|jj^jj^^_ ^_^j^ Laving his basket in the kitchen 

 long boat, and olten at the hazard of his life. If i .^^^^ .^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^j,^,. ^ ^^^ ^j. ^^^^^ ,p,^, 



he is an attendant >.|,on public worship, he "ever' ^^j^^^ ^^. ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^. ^ ^^^ ^^, 

 reaches the church until after the services com- ^^,_^^^^^^^ .^ ^,.,_j^,_ ^^ ^^,„.,, ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^-^^^ 

 mence, and greatly disturbs the congregation by | j^_^^,^ ^j^,^^^ ^^. y^^^^^^^ „, „i,„,,gd j„ g^^^t, Iv 

 entering in the i.udst of their devotional exer- j j,^^^^,,^ ,,g ^^^ ^^^ ^-^^^ ^f ^^j,,^, p^j,,;^,^ p„„,p,^i„ 



'''^®^' , , , ., , , , ed of if he rung the clianges upon his guest, whic 



In short, such men labor, and toil, and drudge '^ ^.^ ^ abstracting the hare and putting a dea 

 on through life, just as Uniterm and regular in their | ^^^ .^ .^ ^^^^_ q^ ^^^^-^^ ,^^_^g^ j^_^ f-^^,,^ ^^ 

 concerns half an hour too late, as punctual people L^^ (._.^^j_ ^^^j returnino- with his basket to the ini 

 are in season. If sucli persons could, by some ex- ^^ ,.^,,^^j _,^j,^g ^^^^ ,_^^j ,^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^ 



ertion, redeem that half hour, and set their watches ^^j^^^,^,^^^_ ^^^^ ^^^.^,^^^ refused to draw hi, 

 light, they might go on with the same ease they do ^j^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^ persuasion he induced tli 



now, and always be in season.-.«,/u,r>a Farmer. ._.j ^^ j^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ,^;^ ^^^^^ ^^^.^ 



There is one trait in the character of our Amer- 

 ican boys which, I think, deserves to be checked ; 

 and that is the incessent war they carry on against 

 familiar birds, and the lesser quadrupeds. As soon 

 as a boy can hurl a stone, he becomes a Nimrod, 

 and goes foitli as a mighty hunter against the blue- 

 birds, the cat-birds, swallows and robins, that 

 venture into our gardens, orchards, and fields. Not 

 even the little wren that comes with his fair offer 

 of a dozen beautiful songs a day for the rent of 

 some nook or cranny about the house, is safe from 

 the whizzing missile. Not even the little sparrow, 

 that would build beneath the window, is tolerated. 

 i Not even the little ground squirrel, that enlivens 

 I the woods, is permitted to eat his nut in safety, 

 j And when tlie boy becomes a youth, the same 

 i exterminating war is carried on, tliough with a 

 ' different weapon. With the fowling piece in his 

 hand, he roams the orchard and the field, slaugh- 

 tering, wi hout discrimination, jays, wood-peckers, 

 I sparrows, blackbirds, bob-o'links, and tlie rest of 

 the feathered family. — Fireside Education. 



ALWAYS BEHIND HAND. 



There is a portion of mankind who are always 

 either naturally or habitually behind hand. This 

 trait of their character is easily discovered in 

 everything that relates to their conduci and pur- 

 suits in life. Such a man goes too late to bed, and 

 as a necessary consequence gets up too late in the 

 morning. Befng out of bed too late he is too late 

 to breakfast, and this deranges his household all 

 the forenoon ; having been behind hand at break- 

 fast, he is of course behind hand at dinner, and 

 lastly at supper. If he makes an appointment, he 

 never gets to the place in season ; and if he is to 

 meet a board of directors, or a committee, or any 

 ather public body whatever, is always twenty min- 



.Ippearance Indicative of Character. — The ap- 

 pearance of a farm, its buildings, and the live stock 

 belonging to it, indicate with surprising accuracy 

 the character and standing of its owner ; if they 

 look well, well ; if bad, bad. A judicious traveller 

 won't miss in summing up his opinion once in fifly 

 times. 



Boys, tiiat have been properly reared are men in 

 point of usefulness at sixteen, whilst those that 

 liave been brought up in idle habits are nuisances 

 at twentyone. 



Remedy. — The best remedy to prevent a failure 

 of crop.s, is plenty of manure and good tillage. 



A good rich soil retains moisture much longer 

 than that which is exhausted and poor. 



The power of Science The transmutation of the 



baser metals into gold and silver, is a small aflFair 

 compared with changing darkness into light, want 

 into plenty, misery into happiness ; yet science 

 can do all this. — Farmer's Cabinet, 



water and in her absence he opened a large pot c 

 the fire, in which was a fine leg of mutton, an 

 very ingeniously exchanged the tabby for it, carr 

 ing home the prize. Jem sent his brother the; 

 after church time, making him fully acquainted wi 

 the facts, and the landlord, wanting some brot 

 ordered a basin out of tlie pot ; not liking eith 

 color or flavor, he caused an examination, and i 

 stantly detected the cause and its author on wi 

 nessing the cat's mortal remains. " Oh," said Jen 

 brother, " I dares for to say — that there cat first e 

 the mutton, and then committed suicide to avo 

 detection." 



PRt'IT AND ORXAMENTAr. TREES, DIULiBEll 

 RIES dtr. 



Nursery of Willinm Kenrick. 



The Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamen 

 Trees fcir 1838 is now ready, and will be si 

 ^ to all who apply. It LOiiiprises a most exti 

 sive selection ol the superior varieties ol Pea 

 Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, Quinc 

 Gooselierries, llaspherries, Curraiils, Slrawhcrries, Gr£ 

 Yiues, &c. The stock of Cherries ami feaclies now res 

 is particularly largo. Also, Orn.nmeDtal Trees, Shru 

 Ro5.cs, Hoiifjsurkles; Peonies, Dahlias and other Her 

 ccous Flowering Planis. 



"I t\i\ C\f\C\ AIoBus MuLTicArLis are now ofl 

 X"UjU"U ed for sale; the trees genuine i 

 tine, will he ready for delivery al the cilies of Boston, N 

 S'ork and Philadelphia, in Oclohor next, at prices fair, r 

 varying with the size, and the quantity which may be 

 sired. Also, Broussa and other varielies. 



Mulberry and other trees, when so ordered, will be sect 

 ly packed for safe transportation to dislant places, and 

 orders promptly executed, nn application to B. D. Bbe 

 Commission Store, No. 132 Water Street, New 'Vork, M. 

 PcwELL, Seed Store, No. 7 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 

 the suhscrilier, Nonantuni flill, Newton, near Boston. 

 August 1,1836, WILLIAM KENRICK 



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 Oct. 21. JOSEPH BRECK & CC 



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