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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PEBRrAUY 6, isng 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Some wise-acre, we shall not say who, for that 

 might be quite too personal for us, insisted tljat 

 Massachusetts never could be worlied up into poe- 

 try, without spoiling tlie web. Tlie subjoined trom a 

 friend to whoso kindness we have been several times 

 oblii^ed and should be right glad to go much deeper 

 into this kind of debt, has sent us the subjoined, 

 with which we are happy to store our poetic bower ; 

 and which show that, maugre all previous assertions 

 nnd contradictions, the work is done ; and Massa- 

 chusetts IS completely dovetailed into very good 

 rhyme and sentiment. 



Kor the New England Farmer. 



Massachusetts ! — can it be, 



Hath no poet named thy name. 

 Holy land of liberty, 



Highest on the roll of fam« ? 



Had I a pen witli power to turn, 

 " The llioujjhts that breathe, to words that burn," 

 Thou, Massachusetts, should not be 

 ^eglected by sweet poesy. 



Oh ! I would raisr a thrilling strain 

 O'er mountain, valley, hill and plain, 

 Till every eye sliould turn to see 

 Whence the loud sounding minstrelsy. 



Then would I point to fame's bright scroll 

 And bid them read the glorious roll 

 Of fliassachusetts" heroes, — men 

 Who fought and freely died, to gain 

 A spot where man might still be free, 

 A resting place for Liberty ! 



And I would bid Religion tell. 



With earnest voice and beaming eye. 



How Ma.ssachusetts martyiB fell. 

 Content in such a cause to die ; 



That we, their children, ne'er shouhl be 

 The victims of stern bigotry ; 



That each might worship withoiit st?ife. 



In his own way, the God of life. ' 



High themes are these, and worthy too • 

 i)i' all the noblest bard can do. 

 Worthy the power, — which now is not — ^ 

 The magic power of i~ci>tl»nd's t-eoit. 



Were 1 a favored son of song. 

 And did such power to me belong, 

 I would not rest — nor night, nor day — 

 Till the dark stain were washed away ; 

 Till Massachusetts' thehies should dwell 



On every tongue in this wide land; 

 Till Massachusetts' praise should swell 



From Brunswick's line to Texas' strand. 



Talk of her " cold and barren soil. 

 Which ill rewards the ploughman's toil" — 

 I vould not give her culilest hill 



For all the warmth of southern plains ; 

 The right her " barren soil" to till 



For all the southern's slave-made gains. 

 Her" cold and b.irreu sciil" yields hiullli, 

 Content iinAfrtnlovi — if nut wealth. 



No ! Massachusetts, let me bide 



Within thy borders still ; 

 I love thy verdant mountain siile, 



Its crystal stream, and sparkling rill, 



Its bracing air, its beauteous woods; — 

 And oh ! I love the swelling flood.s 

 Which ocetm bears, with joyous roar. 

 In tribute to thy rock bound shore. 



I love to tread the Pilgrim land. 

 To muse where first that holy band. 



On Plymouth-rock, or Plymouth-sand, 

 In freedom worshipped (iod. 



I love to walk on Bunker's height. 

 Where right the battle fought with might, 

 And broke oppression's rod. 



I love to think that on thy breast. 

 Dear Massachusetts, I shall rest. 

 That where my father's grave is made, 

 Tl'.ere shall his son In peace be laid. 



The Lauv ok the First Governor nr Ver- 

 mont. — Thomas Chittenden, the first Governor of 

 Vermont, who was a plain farmer alike remarkable 

 for strong native powers of mind, and the republi- 

 can simplicity with which he conducted everythinc 

 in his public duties and in hi? domestic establish- 

 ment, was once visited by a party of travellincr 

 faeliionables from one of our cities. When the 

 hour of dinner arrived, Mrs Chittenden, to the 

 astonishment of her lady guests, went out and blew 

 a tin horn for the workmen, who soon arrived ; 

 when, to the still greater surprise, and even horror, 

 of these fair cits, the whole company — governor, 

 his lady, guests, workmen and all — were invited to 

 sit down together to the substantial meal which 

 had been provided for the occasion. After dinner 

 was ovrir the ladies were left by themselves, and 

 one of the guests thought she would gently take 

 Mrs Chittenden to task for this monstrous violation 

 of the rules of city gentility to which she had 

 been, as she thought, so uncourteously made a 

 victim. 



" You do not generally sit down to the sametabie 

 with yi.ur workmen, I suppose, Mrs Chittenden ?" 

 she commenced. 



"Why," replied the governor's lady, whose 

 quick wit instantly appreciated the drift of the 

 other, " I am almost ashamed to say we generally 

 do, but I intend soon to amend in this particular. 

 I was tolling the governor this very morning, that 

 it was an absolute shame that the workmen, who 

 did all the liard labor, should fare no better than 

 we, who sit so much of the time in the house, 

 earning little or nothing; and I am determined 

 hereafter to set two tables — the first and best for 

 the workmen, and the last and poorest for the 

 governor and myself" — Green Mountain Empo- 



RuM Color. — In one of the New England 

 parishes, since the commencement of the reform 

 in temperance, at a meeting held for the transac- 

 tion of business, a proposition was introduced and 

 carried for painting the meeting house. Of course 

 it was necessary to decide what color it should be 

 patnied. One proposed one color, and another, 

 anotlier, and reasons were offered for each. At 

 last says one ; Mr Moderater, J move that it be 

 painted rum color, and I will give my reasons. — 



There is Captain —, who sits near you, 



has had his face painted Rum color these fif- 

 teen years, and it grows briglUer and hrigJ.ter every 

 year. 



FOR SALE, A t'lUST RATE FARM, 



Well situated on the road k-aoing from the Theological 

 Seminary in Aniiover, to the oM Boston road ■. liilely owned 

 by Peter F. Shed, and well known as the David lilunt Farm, 

 ronlniiiin"; 70 acres, more or less. There is about 20 acres 

 of good Woodland wuhin sitht of the house. The remain- 

 der ot the farm is in ^ooJ condition, and is generally consid- 

 ered, liy those aequsuitcd with it, to he 'a garden spot." 

 There are from 3uu to 600 apple trees on the place, indepen- 

 dently of other fruit trees ol great value. The farm is well 

 walled and watered, ihc huildiiig* in first rate order, and 

 Ihere are upon it three wells of excellent, soft water. It is 

 well siiudted lor a gentleman wishing for a residence in the 

 counlrj'.licinc retired, snd yet in the immediate vicinity ol 

 ihe puhlic Schools and the Theological Seminary ;— or for 

 the farmer, who wishes to raise vegelohirs lor market, the 

 land being ail good, and markets near. It lies ahout half a 

 mile from the Ijallard Vale Factory, one mile (roin the Kail 

 Uoad depot, and niue miles from Lowell. There are upon 

 the place about ten cords of manure. 



The conditions of sale will be liberal, the owner being 

 oliliged on account of ill health, to go South.— For partic 

 lars, inquire ni the subscriber, on die prenuses. 



ANDREW B. STIMPSON. 



Aiidover, .January 15, I S39. 4w 



FARM FOR SALE. 



A Farm situated in the southwesterly part of Townscnd, 

 on the road leading from Townsend west village to Worces- 

 ter. Said farm contains 110 acres of land divided into mow- 

 ing and pasturing, and a large share of wood and timber; a 

 oMu story house, with two front rooms, kitchen, buttery, and 

 two lied rooms well finished ; parlor papered ; wood house ; 

 Will, under cover, forty feel ham, and shed, a large sheep 

 house, fifleeu by thirty feet, a large cooper shop, and another 

 .^mall house well finished, on the lower floor; a good aque- 

 duct which comes into the barn yard, and a good orchard. 



The subscriber will sell a part or all, and give possession 

 lliis fall or winter, or next spring. Those who wish to buy. 

 will do well to call on the .suh.scriber, who lives on tbeprem 

 ites, and look for themselves. ASA H. ADAMS. 



Nov. «9,1S38. 



MULBERRT TREES. 



Wjj. Prince & Soss will make sales of trees and cut- 

 lings of the genuine Chinese Moms Multicaulis, Morus Ei- 

 paiisa, Alpine, Broussa, Canton and other varielies, delivera- 

 ble to the purchasers at such period in the Spring, as is con- 

 venient to them, and will ent«r into contracts acc'irdingly. 



Prices and terms for the trees and cuttings will he Ibrwitrd- 

 ed to all who may apply lor them hv mail, as well as prices 

 of Silk Worms' Eggs, Mulberry Seeds, &c. The Multicau- 

 lis trees are remarkably vigorous, and as. we first imported 

 the genuine iree, purchasers arc sure of obtaining t^e genu- 

 ine kind. It is f^rom this cause and from the great attention 

 paid by thein, that the trees that they have sold, have given 

 universal salisCaclion. 



Dec. 20, 1833. 2m Flushing, near .New York. 



FARM IM BROOKLINE. 



For sale a farm situated in Brookline, ahout four miles 

 from Boston, containing forty acres of first rate Tillage Land, 

 and thirty acres of VVoodlnnd and pasture— with a good 

 House in compleie repair ; Barn, t.'hBise-houSe, Corn-barn, 

 Shed, &c. 



The Farm will be sold low, together with the Stock, Hay, 

 Tools, &c. if applied for soon, at No. 3n, North Market St. 

 Boston, or Roxbury Street, near Boston line. 



D ec. 26^1838. JOHN HUNT. 



IVOTJCE. 



A person now in the Nursery business, on a limited scale, 

 who has pecuUar advantages for its extension, not possessed 

 bjy any other individual in this country, wishes to connect 

 h msclf with some person who can furnish a small capital, 

 sufficient to make the business both pleasant and profitable. 

 Inquire at the office of the N. E. Farmer. 



Nov. 21, 1838. 



WANTED, 



In the Seed Garden, connected with the New England Ag- 

 ricultural Warehouse, a first rale farmer; one who has some 

 knowledge of ihe inanaijement of hot beds would be pre- 

 ferrerl. Inquire at the N. E. Farmer Ofhce, Nos. 51 & 52 

 North Market St. 4 JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



THE NEW KNGLA.'VD FARMER 



Is puoiished every Wednesday Evening, at $3 per annum 

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

 sixty days from the time of subscribing are entitled to a de- 

 duction of S8 cents. 



TVTTLE, nENKETT A!TD CHISHOLM, PRIKTgBB, 



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