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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



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The foUowinar piece of poetry, or parts of it, 

 appeared in the N. E. Farmer h few weeks since. 

 It has returned to us from tlie Hartford Commercial 

 Courant very mucli improved, bnt by whom it docs 

 not say. We tliink it will bo read with pleasure 

 by every one. 



THE FAUMF.n. 



Wake lip my n)u«e ! wake up my soul ! 

 Survey the gbibe from pole to pole. 

 To what cmploymenl shall I bow? 

 Pursue the arts or hold the plough ? 

 Upon a juBt and strict attention, 

 The plough appears a high invention 

 The great Messiah, when he wrought, 

 Made yokes and ploughs as we are taught; 

 Mogul, renown 'd of India's land, 

 first takes the plough into his I 

 Jlis millions then in honor toil 

 To pulverize the fertile soil. 

 The fam'd Elisha you'll allow. 

 He drove the ox or held the ph 

 J|'he rugged earth lie rent and tore, 

 vVith oxen numbered twentjfour. 

 Immortal Job, more rich and grand 

 Than any in the eastern land. 

 He launched his plough, the earth gave w 

 His thousand oxen rent the clay ; 

 Of all pursuits by men invented, 

 The ploughman is the best contented ; 

 Although his profits are not high. 

 Yet on his labors all rely ; 

 Mechanics all by him are fed, 

 Of him the merchant seeks his bread ; 

 His hands give food to every thing, 

 Up from the beggar to the king. 

 Our clothes from him must all arise, 

 To deck the fop t>i dress the wise. 

 AVe then by vote may justly state, 

 The ploughman ranks among the great ; 

 More independent than them all. 

 Who dwell upon this earthly ball. 

 All hail ye farmers young and old ! 

 Push on your ploughs with courage bold ; 

 Your wealth arises from your clod, 

 Your independence from your God : 

 If then the plough supports the nation. 

 And men of every rank and station, 

 Let kings to farmers make their bow, 

 And never speak against the plough. 



(From the Farmer's Cabinet.) 



INDUSTRY, PROMPTNESS AND PUNCTU- 

 ALITY CROWNED WITH SUCCESS. 

 Stephen Girard, the great merchant and banker, 

 v IS also a great and successful farmer. He owned 

 a farm of several hundred acres of land within a 

 few miles of Philadelphia, the cultivation of which 

 he superintended with his usual industry andacute- 

 ness. This farm was his principal hobby ; for ev- 

 ery day, at one o'clock precisely, his gig was wait- 

 ing for him at his counting-house door, and as soon 

 as the clock struck one he started for his farm in 

 the Neck, not suffering any matter whatever to in- 

 terfere with his daily visit During the afternoon 

 he gave his personal attention to the various a"Ti- 

 cultural affairs requiring it, plying his own hands 

 to any and every kind of business that was in sea- 

 son. In the evening ho returned to the city to 



FEnRfARY 20, 18:t9. 



lodge, and the return of daylight, the next morning, 

 would find him again engaged in the labors of his 

 farm, which he would intermit so as to be in the 

 city by nine o'clock to attend to his extensive and 

 well managed commercial and banking concerns, 

 and at one o'clock he was again on his way to his 

 farm. lie followeil out this routine for twenty or 

 thirty years, permitting no part of his business to 

 suffer from neglect or want of attention. His farm 

 presented a perfect mode! for imitation. His grain 

 fields, grass ground, orchard, and garden exhibited 

 the most luxuriant and perfect appearance, while 

 his stock of every kind, and poultry in all their 

 varieties, were the finest and most perfect that were 

 to be found in the country. 



A distinguished foreigner, then resident in this 

 country, on a particular occasion, had some special 

 financial business to transact with the great banker 

 and 12 o'clock was fixed upon for making his visit 

 for that purpose, but he did not arrive till the clock 

 had struck one, he was too late, the great banker 

 was gone to his farm, and he followed after ; on 

 his arrival he was kindly and courteously received ; 

 he was waited on over the farm and through the 

 barn-yard, but not a word could be extracted from 

 Mr Girard on the subject of his mission. He could 

 now think or talk of nothing but agriculture and 

 rural affairs, and his friend had to return to the city 

 and learn to be more punctual to his engagements 

 in future. 



On an ocoasion, many years since, the city au- 

 thorities were making an improvement at Market 

 street wharf, and there was a large quantity of rich 

 earth that liad been accumulating there for a long 

 series of years, to be removed, and any person was 

 permitted to haul away as much of it as he chose 

 without charge. It was deemed a good compost or 

 manure, and no person knew better the value of 

 manure than the rich merchant ; he soon had his 

 team at work removing it to his farm ; an acquain- 

 tance of his who saw him superintending his work, 

 remonstrated with him on account of the avidity 

 and industry with which he engaged in what his 

 friend thought so small a concern ; " Oh," says he, 

 " Mr , I work today if I die tomorrow." 



Roles of the Gossiping Club. — Any mem- 

 of the society who shall be convicted of knowing 

 more of his own business than another's, shall be 

 expelled from the society without a hearing. 



No member shall sit down to his own table, until 

 he has ascertained to a certainty, what his neigh- 

 bors within three doors of either side of his house, 

 have to eat — whether they have paid for the same, 

 and if not, if they expect to. 



Every member who shall see two or three per- 

 sons engaged in conversation, shall place hims.!lf 

 between them until he has heard all they have to 

 say, and report the same accordingly. 



Every member who shall see a gentleman visit- 

 ing a lady more than twice, shall circulate the 

 news that they are going to be married ; and said 

 members are forthwith required to report all man- 

 ner of things about the gentleman, to the lady, 

 and ditto about the lady, to the gentleman. This 

 will break up matches, and afford much good gos- 

 sip. 



FARM FOR SALF.. 



A Farm situated in the soulhwesterly part of Towiiscnd, 

 on ilie rond leading from Townsend west villagi? In Wore 

 Icr. :>aid farm coiUains 1 10 acres of land divided inlo mc 

 ing and pasturing, and a lar^c share of wi.od and timLer 

 one story house, with two front rooms, kitchen, bulterv, and 

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

 well, under cover, forty feet barn, and shed, a lar^e sheep 

 hou»e, fifteen by thirty feet, a large cooper shop, and another 

 small houf«e well fi;iishcd, on the lower floor; a good aque- 

 duct which comes inlo the barn yard, and a g)od orcliard. 



Tlie subscriber will sell a part or all, and eive possession 

 this fall or winter, or next spring Tho-e who wisli to huy, 

 will do well to call on the subjcriher, who lives on the prem- 

 ises, and look for themselves. ASA H. ADAMS 



Nov. 29,1S3S. 



FOR SALE, A HKST RATE FARM, 



Well situated on the road leading from the Theological 

 Seminary in AnJover, to the old Boston road -. lale'y owned 

 by Peter F. Shed, and well known as the Flavid lilun't Far 

 coniainins 70 acres, more or less. There is about 20 acres 

 of good Woodland within sight of the house. The remain- 

 der of the farm is in good condition, and is generally consid- 

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

 There are from 300 to 500 apple trees on the place, indepen- 

 d'Miily of (iilier fruit trees of great value. The farm is well 

 walled and watered, the buildings in first rate order, and 

 there are U])on it three wells of esccllcni, soft water. It is 

 well situated for a gentleman wishing for a residence in the 

 country, l.eing retired, and yet in the immediate vicinity of 

 the piihhc Schools and the Theological Seminary ;— or for 

 the farmer, who wishes to raise vegetables for market, the 

 land h(>ing all good, and markets near. It lies about half a 

 mill! from the Ballard Vale Factory, one mile from the Rail 

 Road depot, and nine miles from Lowell. There are upon 

 the place about ten cords of manure. 



The conditions of sale will he liheral, the owner being 

 n'uligcd on account of ill health, to go South.— For parlieu- 

 Inrs, inquire ol the subscriber, on the premi.=es. 



ANDREW B. STIMP.SON. 



Aiidover, January 16, 1S39. 4w 



The Pittsburg Navigation and Fire Insurance 

 Company make a deduction of five percent, on the 

 premium of insurance on steamboats, on board of 

 which no spirituous liipiors are used. 



FARM im BROOKLINE. 



For sale a farm situated in Brnokline, ahout four miles 

 from Boston, containing forty acres of first rate Tillage Land 

 and thirty acres of Woodland and pasture— with a "ood 

 House in compleie repair ; Barn, Chaise-house, Corn-farn, 



, &.C. 



The Farm will be sold low, together with the .Slock, Hay, 

 Tools, &c. if applied for soon, at No. 30, North Market St. 

 Boston, or Roxbury Street, near Boston line. 



Dec. 26, 1838. JOHN HUNT. 



TCLIPS, RAlVUKCrtrSES, PIKKS ARD VIOLAS. 



S. WALKER, of Ro.tbunj. offers for sale in beds, or in 

 such quantities as may soil purchasers, from 1 to 2500 bulhs 

 of choice Tidlps. The hulbs were imporled from Holland, ! 

 France and England, to v/hich yearly additions have and' i 

 will continue to he made of the newest and choicest vari- 

 eties- Persons wishing to purchase a bed of superb Tutipx, 

 will do well to 7naA-e a selcdwn for thc}n.<flvcs when the 

 bulbs are in bloom, (about the 1st of June.) The prices will 

 conform to the quality of the flowers selected, hut in no case 

 will the charge exceed the Icnoest market prices, in the coun- 

 try where the bulbs were raised, and cheaper than the like 

 quality cun be imported. 



Ttilips in beds of from 30 to 100 rows, containing from 

 210 to 700 bulbs, or by the dozen, 100 or 1000. 



Viola grandiflora—Pam-y, or Heartsease. Upwards of 

 2000 superb varieties will be exhibited and offered for sale, 

 when the Tulips are in bloom. 



Ranunculuses — fine mixtures, at from S2 to S:5 per 100. 



Pi)\ks — fine named varieties, from 25 cents to Si each. 



For particulars apply to S. WALKER, or to JOSEPH 

 BRECK & CO. ■ eow 



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

 who has peculiar advantages for its extension, not possessed 

 liiy any other individual in this country, wi>hes to connect 

 h mself 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, 1S3S. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FAR BIER 



Is published every Wednesday Evenir.g, ot S3 per annum 

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

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

 doclionof 60 cents. 



TUTTLE, BEHHETT AND CHrSHOLH, PRTWTFRS, 



17 SCHOOL STRISET IIOSTU^ 



