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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DECKSIBER 12, 1S3S. 



MISCELLANEOUS, 



OUR YANKEE GIRLS. 



BY O. W. IIOI.MKS. 



Let greener lands, and bluer skies, 



If such the wide earth shows, 

 With fhircr eheeks and brighter eyes, 



Match as the star and rose ; 

 The winds that lift the Georgian's veil, 



Or wave Circassia's curls. 

 Waft to their shores the Sidtan's sail ; — 



Who buys our Yankee Girls? 



The gay Grissette, whose fingers touch 



Love's thousand chords so well; 

 The dark Italian, loving much. 



And more than one can tell, 

 And England's fair-haired, blue-eyed dainc, 



Who binds her brow with pearls — 

 Ye who have seen tlieui — can tliey siianic 



Our own sweet Yankee Girls ! 



And what if court or eastle vaunt 



Its children loftier born, — 

 Who heeds the silken tassel's flaunt. 



Beside the golden corn ? 

 They ask not for the courlly toil 



Of jewelled knights and earls — 

 The daughters of the virgin soil — 



Our free-born Yankee GirU. 



By every hill, whose stately pines 



Wave their dark anil above 

 The home where some fair being shines. 



To w'arm the wilds with love ; 

 From barest rock to bleakest shore, 



Where farthest sail unfurls. 

 That stars and stripes arc floating o'er — 



God bless our Yankee Girls ! 



(From the Bangor Whig.) 



LiNNEus, Me. Nov. 19, 18.38. 

 Jl Boy Taken by a Bear!— Mr Editor — About 7 

 o'clock last evening, Mr Isaac Saunder's son James, 

 who is about eight years of age, was sent to the 

 barn to feed the cattle, and wliilo returning there- 

 from to the house, (the distance of about 40 rods,) 

 had his attention anestod by the appearance of a 

 huge black object directly ahead of liim. He 

 stood still for a moment, not knowing whether to 

 advance or retreat. At length he concluded to go 

 ahead, when the bear rose up on his hind legs, and 

 put himself in an attitude to receive the youngster 

 with his fore paws. The boy -perceiving the atti- 

 tude of the bear, and his ap|)air-nt determination to 

 maintain his ground, gave a hnid screech, and 

 turned and ran towards the barn. At this the bear 

 started in pursuit, and came up with the boy, who 

 was still screeching. Just as the men in the house, 

 who had heard the alarm, were approaching the 

 theatre of action, the be.ir seized the boy, with his 

 fore paws, raised himself again upon his hind legs, 

 and started with his prey with all possible dispatch 

 for the woods. The men hotly pursued him for 

 some three quarters of a mile, when the bear find- 

 ing himself but a few feet ahead of his pursuers, 

 turned around and stood face to face with them, 

 whenihe men, each oi" whom was armed with an 

 axe, made a motion to give him a gentle tap upon 

 the head, but his left paw was ready for a fend off, 

 while he held the boy tightly with his right one. 



The men finding it was useless to fight with axes, 

 one of them started for the house after a gun, 

 which he loaded with buck shot, and returned to 

 the woods. On his arrival at the scene of battle, 

 the bear in attempting to turn and try leg-bail 

 ogain, was shot through the kit side of his body, 

 whicli brought him to the ground, and caused him 

 to relinquish his hold of the boy, who scampered 

 home more frightened than hurt, having received 

 no other harm than a most unconscionable hugging. 

 Mr Saunders took the hear to his house. lie 

 weiglied, when dressed, 3(12 pounds, and is said to 

 be the largest ever caught in this town. 



For some time past, a number of persons have 

 had depradations couunilted on their stock by some 

 wild animal or animals. Sheep have been slaugh- 

 tered repeatedly, and in one or two instances, swine, 

 and even cows, have been attacked and killed. One 

 man, Mr David Rollins, for instance, has lost two 

 fine cows, and I have been compelled to drive my 

 cattle into the barn for security. 



Yours, &c. J. T. 



The Snow Owl. — Taking a stroll among the 

 market wagons that crowded our streets, on We.l- 

 nesday, laden with poultry and other agricultural 

 products, we noticed in one of them, a living spec- 

 imen of the Snow Owl, which was captured in 

 Topsfield. Every season, between the months of 

 November and February, several of these beauti- 

 ful birds are seen hovering around — always excit- 

 ing a considerable degree of interest ; their move- 

 ments are generally so closely watched, that not a 

 few of them are taken by the lovers of the chase 

 and others. 



They are inhabitants of the coldest and most 

 dreary regions in the Northern hemisphere, being 

 constantly found in Iceland, Norway, Lapland, and 

 the country adjoining Hudson's Bay. In the At- 

 lantic States they are merely a winter visitor, and 

 in their migrations wander along the sea coast as 

 far as Florida, sometimes stretching interiorly, as 

 they are met with in Oliio and Tennessee, and have 

 been seen in the vicinity of the Red and Arkansas 

 rivers. In Massachusetts and Maine they are more 

 abundant than in any other part of the United 

 States. 



To protect this bird fiom the external cold to 

 which it is exposed, especially in its native haunts, 

 nature has bountifully provided it with a complete 

 encasement of the most soft, warm, and elastic 

 plumage beneath the outer covering of feathers, and 

 so closely matted together that it is difficult to pen- 

 etrate to the skin. 



Its short and curved bill is nearly hid by the 

 mass of feathers that cover the face ; the feet are 

 covered with a long, thick hair-like plumage, re- 

 sembling very much those of a dog, the claws, 

 which are ciu'ved, black and sharp, only being vis- 

 ible ; the eyes are deep sunk under projecting eye- 

 brows ; and are of a bright yellow color ; the gen- 

 eral color of the body is white, and usually more 

 or less marked with spots of pale brown, according 

 to the age or sex of the individual. — Salem Ob- 

 server. 



A Stranger. — The New York Sun says that a 

 stone cutter employed in a shantee near the corner 

 of Seventh street and avenue C, was on Thursday 

 breaking the ice in a pond in a vacant lot in that 

 neighborhood, when he was suddenly and not very 

 agreeably surprised. No sooner had he made a 



hole than out jumped a large alligator ! He raisec 

 an alarm and the animal was forthwith attackec 

 and despatched without mercy. He measured fron 

 head to tail seven feet ten inches. The Sun sayf 

 that one of these animals was picked up in the 

 East river last July. But how they came there, oi 

 for what purpose, no one can tell. 



" I've raised a new pair of boots," said A to B, 

 putting one forward as a sample — " a handsome fit, 

 eh ? — I bought them to wear in genteel society !'' 

 "They will be likely to last you your life time,' 

 rejoined B, " and be worth sometliing to youi 

 heirs." 



A beggar who for thirty years had posted him- 

 self at the entrance of a celebrated Restaurant a' 

 Paris, said he never received aid from any goin| 

 in, but always from those going out. Few people 

 can afford to give alms on an empty stomach. 



A man named Dickson recently escaped fron 

 the Sta.e Prison at Tiiomaston, Me. carrying off 

 suit of clothes from the tailor's room. The nex 

 night, however, he returned and gave himself up 

 saying that he had got better quarters at the prisoi 

 tlian he could find anywhere else. 



Effective Preaching. — In 1104, when Henr 

 I. was in Normandy, a prelate named Serlo preach 

 ed so eloquently against the fashion of wearini 

 long hair, that the monarch was moved to tears 

 and taking advantage of the impression he hat 

 produced, the enthusiastic prelate whipped a pai 

 of scissors out of his sleeves and cropped the whoh 

 congregation. 



FliLIT AND OR.\.\HIEXTAI. TREES, Ml'LBGR 

 RIKS &c. 



Nurscrtj of William Kenrick. 



^^!^^> '^^^ Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamenta 



J^^S^^ Trees for 183S is now ready, and will I 



^"f^S^c^ to all who applv. It comprises a most exten 



' i '^ sive setectMii of the superior varieties oi Pear: 



.xridirr-.. Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries. Quince! 



Gooseberries, Raspberries, Currants, Strawberries, Graii 



Vines, &c. The slock of Cherries and reaches now read 



is parlicularly large. Also, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs 



Roses, Honevsuckles ; Pieouies, Dahlias and other HerLa 



ccous Flowen'nt; Planls. . 



1 i\i\ (\i\i\ -^'"'^I's McLTicAULis are now ofler 

 AUU,UUU eJ fur sale; the Irecs geiurine an 

 Kne, will lie ready lor delivery at ihe cities of boslon, Net 

 York and Philadelphia, in October next, at )>rices fair, an 

 varying with the size, and ihe quantity which may be de 

 sired. Also, Broussa and ()lher varielies. 



Mulberry and oiher trees, when so ordered, will li 



ly packed for safe transportation to distant places, and al 

 orifcrs promptly executed, on application to B. D. Breck 

 Commission Slore, No. 132 Water Street, New York, fli. 

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

 the subscriber, Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston. 

 August 1, 183^. WILLIAM KENRICK. 



THE NEW ENG1.A.M> FARMER 



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