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NEW ENGLi^ND FARMER. 



M I S C E L L A M E U S, 



(From the Maine Farmer.) 

 An emigrant who went from New England to the 

 ^^Far H'cst," and there lost his wife, liis child, and his 

 own health, by complaints incident to the climate, sends 

 us the following 



LAMENT. 

 I sigh for the land I have li,ft far behind. 

 The land of my fathers, my hirlh, and my childhood. 

 For relatives dear, and for friends that were kind, 

 Tor the hills and the dales, and the New England wild- 

 wood, — 

 The cool spring that gushed from the side of the hill. 

 The old oaken tree that o'er-shadowed the same, 

 Where the pitcher of stone so often was filled 

 To gladden our palates, when from labor we came. 

 The hand, too, that bore it— the Jovcd one of carlh,— 

 The joy of my life, my Emily dear I 

 No feelings impeded the pleasure and mirth. 

 That reigned in our cottage while contentment was there 

 These scenes now to nie, like the shadow that's gone. 

 Are tl^ themes of my thoughts by night and by dav, 

 Whil^n the far west, now drear and alone 

 For thee, sweet New England, I ard-^ntly pray. 

 Could I once more enjoy the vigor and health' 

 Thy bounty can give and thy climate bestow, 

 I never again should sigh for the wealth 

 That from the famed prairies abundantly flow. 



DECE.MBJSn «6, 1838. 



cultivation ; w.l'i the intenii.xturo and improvement ' Potomac, that a negro woman was arraigned in 

 of plants and animals ; witli the profound my.st"rie9 | court of Virginia for killing one of iier°own « 

 of procreation giouth, and the endless succession and color; she had been co,im,itted for murder, b, 

 o ,fe ; with the various grades and forms of a„i- the evidence went clearly to eatablisli the deed ; 

 mated existenen • »vif b the nr,,.. a^r, «,..,i« <•„. »i._ i , > . . ■' . 



SHORT SERMONS TOR FARMERS. 

 No. I. 

 The Heavens ckclare the glory of God; the firma- 

 ment showeth forth his handy work. Bay unto 

 day vttereth speech. Might unto night showeth 

 knowledge of God. 



It has been said of an undevout astronomer that 

 he is mad. If, in the familiar contemplation of the 

 heavenly orbs, their countless numbers, their eter- 

 nal brilliancy, their arrangement, magnitude, and 

 distances, their mutual relations, and dependence ; 

 and above all their sublime harmony, all actinn- 

 upon, and acted upon by, each other, and perform- 

 ing their various revolutions witli an c.\actncs6 so 

 perfect, that the variation of evrn a second oflsme 

 would throw everything into confusion; and all 

 subject to that mighty and unceasing and univcr- 

 -lal law of gravitation, which holds in its place the 

 largest planet and balances tlie minutest atom float- 

 ing in a sunbeam, if, I say, a mind familiar with 

 these objects and laws can fail to acknowledge 

 their divine Author and look up with profound 

 veneration to the great mind which contrived and 

 the mighty energy, which upholds and directs all 

 things, it may justly be pronounced insane and dis- 

 eased ; overclouded by a darkness, which is impen- 

 etrable ; perverted by prejudices, upon which truth 

 is powerless; perhaps corru; ted by a moral obli- 

 quity, which is incurable. 



The farmer stands in a relation to nature similar 

 to that, which the astronomer holds to the heavenly 

 orbs. His daily occup;: lion ma'vos him co.-.ve.-^ant 

 with the vegetable and animal world ; with the in- 

 finite variety of their productions, and their multi- 

 form and important uses ; with their artificial and 

 spontaneous creations ; with the laws, which regu- 

 late their germination, progress, and maturity ; with 

 the various influences of times and seasons, sun 

 and air, rain and snow, dews and frosts ; with the 

 miraculous operation and effects of manures and 



mated existence ; with the provision made for the 

 subsistence and tlie happiness of all ; with the 

 universal and inexorable laws of progress, change, 

 and decay, as propitious and necessary as those of 

 life and growth ; a.id above all with the universal 

 capacity of happiness, and the infinite prodigality 

 of beauty, which pervades every part of creation 

 from the most minute to the largest and most sub- 

 lime. 



There is everything in nature to lead the intelli- 

 gent and reflecting mind up to the Creator ; to that 

 august and profound intellect which fa.shioned, and 

 that mighty power which created, and that nover- 

 ceasi'ig Providence, which controls and sustains 

 all things. The creation has been rightly denom- 

 inated God's earliest revelation of himself. Tlio 

 pages of this divine volume are everywhere radiant 

 with instruction. Before the eye of the farmer 

 this book stands always open. It speaks to his un- 

 derstanding and to his affections. He that hath 

 ears to hear, let him hear. He that hath eyes to 

 see let him open them to this wonderful and uni- 

 versal revelation. Cultivating a spirit of habitual 

 devotion, and l.ioking upon the whole creation 

 around him as the great theatre of the divine pow- 

 er and beneficence, every object will wear a new 

 aspect. Every employment will become sanctified. 

 Every bounty and blessing will be received with a 

 new and more grateful relish. His heart will ex- 

 pand with a higher devotion to God and a wider 

 benevolence to n,an. Pie will then understand and 

 appreciate the elevated rank assigned him in tlie 

 creation ; and the privileged and blessed ministry, 

 which devolves on himself in the beneficent ad- 

 ministration of the di'-ine Providence. H. C. 



be manslaughter, inasmuch as it was done in sui 

 den heat, and without malice afore-thought. Tl 

 attorney for the commonwealth waived the pros« 

 cntiim for murder, but quoted British authorities 1 

 show that she might be convicted of manslauThte 

 though committed for murder. The counsel ft 

 the accused rose, and in a most solemn mannt 

 asked the court if it wag a tliiing ever heard 

 tiiat an individual, accused of one crime and ac 

 (piitted, should be arraigned immediately foranothei 

 under the same prosecution ? At intervals— boon 

 boom, boom, went the British cannon — " Britis 

 authorities!" exclaimed the counsel ; "British au 

 thoritics, gentlemen ! Is there anyone upon th 

 bench so dead to the feelings of patriotism, as a 

 such a moment to listen to llritish authorities 

 when the ' British cannon is shaking tlie very wall 

 of your courthouse to their foundation." Thi 

 appeal was too cogent to be resisted ! Up jumpe 

 one of the justices, and protested that " it wa 

 not to be borne ; let the prisoner go; away witl 

 your British authorities !" Tiie counsel for th. 

 accused rubbed his liands and winked at the attor 

 ney ; the attorney stood aghast ; his astonishinen 

 was too great for utterance, and the negress was 

 half way home before he recovered from his amaze 

 ment. 



Revolutic^art Anecdote. — We have gleaned 

 from the publications of the day, the following an- 

 ecdotes of former times. The first relates to the 

 battle of Bunker's Hill— and is from the pen of 

 A. H. Everett, Esq. : 



"The veteran Pomeroy, to whom I have already 

 particularly adverted, and who at this t»me held no 

 commission in the line, when he heard the pealing 

 artillery, felt it as a summons to action, and could 

 not resist the inclination to repair to tlie field. 

 He accordingly requested Gen. Ward to lend him 

 a horse, and taking his musket, set oft" at full speed 

 for Charlestown. On reaching the nock, and find- 

 ing it enfiladed by a hot and heavy fire of round, 

 bar and chain shot from the l?riti.«li batteries, he 

 began to be alarmed, not, fellow citizen.^ as you 

 might well suppose, for his own safety, but for that 

 of General Ward's horse ! Horses, fellow citizens, 

 rs I have already remarked, were at this time al- 

 most as rare and precious as the noble animals that 

 rode them. Too honest to expose his borrowed 

 horse to tiie "-pelliag oT this pitiless storm," and 

 to dream for a moment- of s';rinking from it "him- 

 self, the conqueror of Baron Oieskieu dismounted, 

 and delivering Gen. Ward's horse to a. sentry, 

 shouldered his musket and marched very coollv on 

 foot across the neck. On reaching the hill', he 

 took his place at the rail-fence. His person was 

 known to the soldiers, and the name of Pomeroy 

 rang with enthusiastic shouts along the line !" 



It was during the last war, when the vessels of 

 Admirald Gordon were .making their way up the 



The Bdsh Cow — A remarkably curious ani- 

 mal has just arrived in this country from Sierrf! 

 Leone, which is attracting a good deal of attentior 

 among naturalists. It resembles in form a commor 

 cow, but is thinly covered with coarse hair of o 

 dirty yellow color with tufts of the same hanging 

 lown at equal distances over her broad pendulous 

 ears, and has altogether a most singular appearance. 

 It comes from the interior of Western Africa, and 

 is but little known even to tlie nativej:, who call it 

 the Bush Cow. No other specimen has ever been 

 brouglit to Europe, nor the colonists of Sierra 

 Leone at all acquainted with it, and it is believed 

 to be quite undescribed. It has been deposited for 



the present at the Surrey Zoological Gardens 



London Farmer''s Magazine. 



Fast Driving — " Coachman," said an outside 

 passenger, to one who was driving at a'furi.ms rate 

 over one of the most mountainous roads in the 

 nortli of England, " have you no consideration for 

 our lives and limh^ ?" " What are your lives and 

 limbs to me ?" Wiis the reply ; " I am behind my 

 time!" ' 



Sunday, Nov. t.'.'ith, wa.> the 

 vcmber for 20 years. 



THH KEWEKGLASD FA IMER 



Is piiblishcd every Wednesday EveniiiT, at £3 per aimum 



payable at the end of the year— but those who pay witbia 



sixty days from the time of suhscnhing: are entitled 'to a de- 

 duction of 59 cents. 



TUTTLE, DENNETT AND CHISHOLM, PRIKTEHS, 



17 SCHOOL STREKT.....BOSTON 



