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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



[ From Hie New York Evening Star. | 

 THE NORTH WIND. 



From tlie frozen North I come, 



Where I'm nursed l)y the polar snow ;. 



Arousing from my icy hofne, 

 Over the cartli I blow. 



I blow high in the air, 



And the storm cloud hurries by, 

 And land and sea both speak of me, 



With many a piercing cry. 



With many a mighty cra.sh 



Widely the forest roars, 

 And furiously the wliite waves dash 



Against the rocky shores. 



With a sudden gust I raise the dust 



High in the chilly air. 

 Then on I blow, and bank the snow 



And drift it every where ! 



I rock the tall steeple — 

 * I twirl the glittering vane , ■ 

 Then roaring hoarse I slam the door? 

 And shatter the window pane T 



I strew the leaves about the plairi; 



And strip them from the tree ; 

 E'en the giant oaks with sudden strokes 



All bow their heads to me. 



Full well the farmer knows my force, 

 And the wanderer of the sea. 



When I wreck the vessel on its course, 

 Or prostrate lay the tree. 



I howl o'er the snow-clad farm, 

 I sweep the smooth barn floor, 



And son and sire crowd round the fire 

 As I crack at the cottage door. 



Then wrap your cloak about you. 



Or I'll tell you what I'll do; 

 I'll freeze your nose, I'll freeze your toes, 



And I'll freeze your fingers too ! 



THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND. 



In the Report of the Trustees of the Asylum for 

 the Blind, last year, particular mention was made 

 of a deaf, dumb, and blind girl, named Laura 

 Bridgman, then a pupil of blind the Asylum, and a 

 promise was given of further notice of her case. 

 The Report of the present year contains the fol- 

 lowing account : — 



It has been ascertained beyond the possibility of 

 a doubt, that she cannot see a ray of light, cannot 

 hear the least sound, and never e.xercises her sense 

 of smell, if she has any. Thus her mind dwells in 

 darkness and stillness, as profound as that of a 

 closed tomb at midnight. Of beautiful sights, and 

 siveet sounds, and pleasant odors, she has no con- 

 ception ; nevertho.ess she seems ns happy and 

 playful as a bird or a lamb ; and the employment 

 of her intellectual faculties, the acquirement of a 

 new idea, gives her a vivid pleasure, which is plain- 

 ly marked in her expressive features. She never 

 seems to repine, but has all tlir buoyancy and gaiety 

 of childhood. She is fond of fun and frolic, and 

 •when playing with the rest of the children, her 

 slirill laugh sounds loudest of the group. 



MARCH 6, 18.39. 



VVhe.^ left alone, she seems very happy if she | to her coming here, her perceptive faculties were 

 has her knitt.ng or sewing, and will busy herself : probably less exercised in one week, than those of 

 tor hours: if she has no occupation, she evidently common children are in one hour 

 amuses herself by imaginary dialogues, or recall- What may be termed her moral' nature however 

 ing past impressions ; she cunts with her fingers, her sentiments and affections, her sense of pro- 

 or spells out names of things which she has i%. priety, of right, of property, &c., is equally well 

 cenlly learned, in the manual alphabet of the deaf developed as those of other" children 

 mutes In this lonely self-communion she reasons. She is now able to understand simple sentences 

 renccts, and argues : ,f she spells a word wrong expressive of action, as "shut the door," "give me 

 will, the fingers of her right hand, she instantly a book," for she does not know the force of the 

 strikes It with her left, as her teacher does, in sign particles, Ike and a, any more than a prattling in- 

 of disapprobation; ,f right then she pats horself fant, who uuderstands-irive cake-but puts in me 

 upon the head and looks pie ,sed. She sometimes and a from imitation, without knowing their mean- 

 purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, I ing ; or than many a child in school" understands 

 looks roguish for a moment and laughs, and then i the difference between noun and verb, tbou<.h he 

 with the right hand strikes the lelt, as if to cor- has gone through all the parsing e.verciscs and can 

 rect It. _ • , « . . ' - "^ 



During the year she has attained great dexterity 

 in the use of the .Manual Alpliabet of the deaf 

 mutes ; and she spells out the words and sentences 

 which she knows, so fast and so deftly, that only 

 those accustomed to this language can follow with 

 the eye, the rapid motions of her fingers. 



But wonderful as is the rapidity with wliich 

 she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so 

 is the ease and accuracy with which shejeads the 

 words thus written by ano'her, grasping their hand 

 is hers, and following every movement of her fin- 

 gers, as letter after letter convey their meaning to 

 her mind. It is in this way ttiat she converses 

 with her blind playmates; and nothing can more 

 forcibly show the power of mind in forcing mat- 

 ter to its purpose, than a meeting between them. 

 For, if great talent and skill are necessary for two 

 pantomimes to paint their thoughts and feelings by 

 the movements of the body, and the expression of 

 the countenance, how much greater the difficulty 

 when darkness shrouds them both, and the one can 

 hear no sound ! 



When Laura is walking through a passage way, 

 with her hands spread before her, she knows in- 

 stantly every one she meets, and passes them with 

 a sign of recognition ; but if it be a girl of lier 

 own age, and especially one of her favorites, there 

 is instantly a bright smile of recognition — an in- 

 tertwining of arms — a grasping of hands — and a 

 swift telegraphing upon the tiny fingers, whose 

 rapid evolutions convey the thoughts and feelings 

 from the outposts of mind to those of the other. 

 There are questions and answers — exchanges of 



joy or sorrow — there are kissings and partings 



just as between little children with all their senses. 



One such interview is a better refutation of tlie 

 doctrine, that mind is the result of sensation, than 

 folios of learned argument. If those philosophers 

 who consider man as only the most perfect animal, 

 and-attribute his superiority to his senses, be cor- 

 rect, then a dog or a monkey should have mental 

 power quadruple that of Laura Bridgman, who has 

 but one sense. 



We would not be understood to say that this 

 child has the same amount of knowledge that others 

 of her age have ; very far from it : she is nine 

 years of age, and yet her knowledge of language 

 is not greater than a common child of three years. 

 There has been no difficulty in communicatinn- 

 knowledge of facts — positive qualities of bodies 

 —numbers, &c. ; but the words ei-pressivt- of them, 

 which other children learn by hearing, as they learn 

 to talk, must all be communicated to Laura by a 

 circuitous and tedious method. In all the know- 

 ledge which is acquired by the perceptive facul- 

 ties, she is of course backward ; because, previous 



give a rule for every tiling about it. — Boston Cou- 

 rier. 



Tl LIPS, RA.MIKCULrSES, PIXKSA.XD VIOLAS. 



S WALKER, of /ioxhury. offers lor sale in beds, or in 

 such quanlities as may suit purchasers, from 1 lo 2300 bulbs 

 of ciw,ce Tulips. The bulbs were imported from Holland, 

 hr.niicc anti England, to which vearly additions have and 

 wil. coiiUnue lo 1..- made of the newest and choicest vnri- 

 cues. Persons wishing lo purchase a bed of superb Tulips 

 will do w«ll lo make a selection for themselves when the 

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

 conform lo the quality of the flowers selected, but in no case 

 will ihe charge exceed the lowest market prices, in ihe coun- 

 iry. wlitTo the bulbs were raised, and cheaper than the like 

 quilU'j can be imported. 



Tulips in beds of from 30 to 100 rows, conlaiiiine from 

 ■^in to roo bulbs, or by Ihe dozen, 100 or 1000. 



I7o/a i^randiflora— Pansy, or Heartsease. Upwards of 

 aooo superb varieties will be exhibited and offered for sale 

 when Iho Tulips are in bloom. ' 



Ranunculuses— &ne mixti^res, al from S2 to S5 per 100. 



/•"i'nis— fine named varieties, from 25 cents to 8l each 



For particulars apply to S. VVALKKR, or to JOSEPH 

 BRECK & CO. eow 



Tulips, Ranunenluses, Anemones, Auriculas, Car- 

 nntiona, Pieotees, Pinks, and Geraniums 



H. GROOAI, of Walworth, near London, Enaland by ap- 

 poinlmeiil Florist lo Her i\lajesly Queen Vicloi^ia begs rp- 

 specllully to call the atlenlion of his friends and the admir- 

 ers ol flowers in America generally, to his extensive colleclMii 

 ol the above flowers, which from his having been very suc- 

 cessful in their cultivation tliis season he can offer at very 

 moderate prices. He would particularly recommend to those 

 persons about commencing the growth of the Tulip (which 

 in England is becoming very fashionable) the under collec- 

 lions in beds,.as it is by far the cheapest mode of purchasin" 

 them. ' 



Tulips arranged in beds wiih their names 



First Class, 

 A bed of .lOrows containing 210 bulbs including several of 

 the newest varieties, - - - _ _ , £(5 

 A bed of 45 rows, --.-_._ £2\ 



25 guineas 



£10 



£14 



» £17 lus 



£7 7s lo £ 1 3 

 7s 6d to a 1 s 



A bed of 60 row 



Second Class. 

 .K bed of 30 rows including many fine sorts 

 A lied of 4.* rows do - - 



A bed ol 60 rows do - 



Tulips not arranged. 

 100 Superfine sorts with their names from 

 Superfine mixtures, from - - - 



Ranunculuses. 

 100 Superfine sorts, with their names from £3 3s to £5 5s 

 Superfine mixtures, from - - - 5s 10 21s per lOJ 



Anemones. 

 100 Superfine sons with their names, - - £3 los 



Superfine double mislures from lUs 6d to 21s per loi) 



.Auriculas. 

 25 Superfine sorts with their names, - - £3 13s od 

 Catalogues with the prices of the other articles may be 

 had on applicalion. 

 Orders received by JOSEPH BRECK & CO 



Nov, 1. eow. 



THE MEW ENGLASiD PARMER 



Is puliiished every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annum 

 payable at the end ol ihe year— but those who nay within 

 sixty days from the liineoi' subscribing are entitled to a de- 

 duction of 50 cents. 



TUTTLB, DEMiETT AWD CHISHOLM, PRIWTERS, 



IT SCHOOL STRFET BOSTON 



