MISCELLANEOUS 



We do not know where we should go to find nny 

 thing of the kind, more descriptive, more beautiful, 

 more playful, prettier, sweeter, than the following from 

 the gified pen of Mrs Sigourney. 



THE BIRDS IN AUTUMN. 



BY MRS SIGOURNET. 



November came on with an eye severe. 



And his stormy language is hoarse lo hear — 



And the glittering garland of brown and red 



Which he wreath'd for a while round the forest's head, 



With sudden anger he rent away. 



And all was cheerless, and bare, and gray. 



There the houseless grasshopper told his woes, 



And the humming bird sent forth a wail for the rose ; 



And the spider, that weaver of cunning so deep, 



Roll'd himself up like a ball to sleep ; 



And the cricket his merry horn laid by, 



On the shelf, with the pipe of the dragon fly. 



Soon voices were heard at the morning prime, 



Consulting of flight to a warmer clime : 



'< Let us go ! let us go!" said ihe bright vtin'g jay— 



And his gay spouse sang from a rocking spray, 



" I'm tired to death of this hum-drum tree , 



I'll go — if 'tis only the world lo see." 



" Will you go.''! asked the robin, "my only love .'" 

 And a tender strain from the leafless grove 

 Responded — " Wherever your lot is cast, 

 'Mid summer skies or the northern blast, 

 I am still at your aide, you heart to cheer, 

 Thouge dear is our nest in this thicket here." 



The oriole told, with a flashing eye, 

 How his little one shrank from the frosty sky — 

 How his male with an ague had shaken the bed. 

 And lost her fine voice by a cold in her head — 

 And their oldest daughter, an invalid grown, 

 No health in this terrible climate had known. 



" I am ready to go," said the plump young wren, 



" From the hateful home of these northern men ; 



My throat is sore, and my feet are blue — 



I 'm afraid I have caught the consumption too ; 



And then I 've no confidence left, I own. 



In the doctors out of the southern zone." 



Then up went the thrush, with a trumpet call ; 



And the martins came forth from their box on the wall, 



And the owlet peeped from his secret bower. 



And the swallows convened on the old church lower ; 



And the council of blackbirds was long and loud — 



Chattering and flying from tree to cloud. 



" The dahlia is dead on her throne,'^ said they ; 

 " And we saw the butterfly cold as clay ; 

 Nol a berry is found on the russet plains — 

 Not a kernel of ripen'd maise remains — 

 Every worm was hid — shall we longer stay. 

 To be wasted with famine .' Away ! — away !" 



But whata strange clamor on elm and oak, 



From a bevy of brown coated mocking birds broke ! 



The theme of each separate speaker they told, 



In a shrill report, with such mimicry bold. 



That the eloquent orators stared to hear 



Their own true echo, so wild and clear. 



Then tribe after tribe, with its leaders fair, 

 Swept off thro' the fathomless depths of air — 

 Who maketh their course lo the Irojucs bright.' 

 Who nt^rveth their wiug for its weary flight.' 

 Whoguideth their caravan's trackless way, 

 By the slar at night, and the cloud by day .' 



Some spread o'er the waters a daring wing. 



In the isles of the southern sea to sing ; 



Or where the minaret towering high. 



Pierces the gold ot the western sky ; 



Or amid the harem's haunts of fear, 



Their lodges to build, and their tJWrslings to rear. 



The Indian fig with its arching screen, 

 Welcomes them in to its vistas green ; 

 And the breathing buds of the spicy tree. 

 Thrill at the burst of their revelry ; 

 And the bulbul starts 'mid his carol clear. 

 Such a rushing of stranger-wings to hear. 



O wild wood wanderers ! how far away 

 From your rural hsmes in our vales ye stray ! 

 But when they are waked by the touch of Spring, 

 We shall see you again, with your glancing wing- 

 Your nest 'nrid our household trees to raise, 

 j^nd stir our hearts in our Maker's praise. 



A GOOD Hit. — The following from the Iowa Sun 

 is deserving the attention of every one of our read- 

 ers ; the concluding- item is quite important, and 

 rounds the period well : — 



'^ Internal Improvements." — The system we plead 

 for, though attended with much toil and expense, 

 will not require a state tax of a single cent, nor 

 much, if any Hegislation. It is pre-eminently a 

 " democratic" system ; it is to be Ibegun by the 

 people, and will be for the exclusive benefit of the 

 people. 



It is only for every farmer to mend up his fences, 

 till his ground well, have it well prepared for plant- 

 ing, have the crops in seasonably, tend them well, 

 keep down the weeds, see that his horses and cat- 

 tle are fed and treated so as to make them thrive, 

 keep his implements in order and in their place ; 

 for every father to rule his family well, govern his 

 children, form their minds and manners by good 

 instruction, train thein up in the habits of indastry, 

 honesty, and sobriety, provide them with comforta- 

 ble clothing, send them to school, pay for their 

 tuition and have a care to the company they keep; 

 for every husband to treat his wife as a bosom 

 companion — for every woman to love her husband, 

 and to prove a help meet for him, to keep from gos- 

 siping, to spin more stocking than street yarn, to 

 keep the house tidy, and the family clothing clean 

 and well mended ; — for every damsel to keep all 

 grease spots from her clothes, darn the heels of her 

 stockings, remove beau catchers from her head, and 

 novels from her library, to do much with needles, 

 and store her head with useful ideas ; for every 

 young man to go decent, but to buy no better 

 clothes than he can honestly pay for, work hard, 

 behave courteously to others, especially to old men, 

 to guard against self-importance and insolence, if 

 much in company with ladies, to black his shoes, 

 trim his hair, throw away his segar and quid, attend 

 preaching regularly, and hold his tongue if he can- 

 not talk sensibly, and to get married when he is 

 tvi^enty five, if he can find any one to have him ; 

 for magistrates to execute the laws ; for tavern- 

 keepers to keep better food than brandy ; for towns 

 to have clean streets and good sidewalks, to remove 



every nuisance, and everything injurious to health :; 

 favor good morals ; for every district to support 

 good schools. In fine, for it is impossible to enu- 

 merate all the objects embraced in our scheme, for 

 every body to cease to do evil, learn to do well, at- 

 tend church on the Sabbath, mind his own business, 

 and take a newspaper. 



A Toirug Alan AVauted ou a Farm. 



The advertiser is in want of a smart )/oun^ man that is 

 well acquainted with the cultivation of vf^etables, and one 

 that is also capable of taking charge of horses, caws and 

 sioine, one that understands it, he must be energetic, active 

 and fond of neatness aud order; he must produce evidences 

 of a ifood moral character. Such a person may find a per- 

 manent situation by calling on IMessrs BRECK & CO. 



5:J- None need apply- but such as answer to the above. 



September 25. istf 



WINSHIP'S BRIGHTON MRSEKIES, 



AND BOTANIC GARDENS. 



j^^ffljt Frnil and Ornamental Trees, Sbruhs, Cieep- 

 ^^^^^ ^rs, Herbaceous, Perennials, Gresii Hnuse 



^yNo^p" Orders addressed to Messrs WINSHIP, 

 _.„i__ Brighton, Mass., will be promptly exec ited' 

 and forwarded to any part of this or other countries. 

 April 10. 



Morns Multicaulls Trees from Seed. 



The subscriber offers for sale 10,000 trees produced from 

 seed of the genuine Moras Multicaulis. The seed was rais- 

 ed on his premises Ih 1835; the trees have been multiplied 

 for the two last years by layers, their growth is more rapid 

 than the original tree, and appear to be sufficiently acclima- 

 ted lo endure the winter, some of them having been left 

 standing in ihe open field unprotected during the two last 

 winters without any essential injury. The leaves are very 

 large and equal m quality to any other kind for feeding the 

 silk worm. Those who are wishing to purchase a superior 

 kind ot Mulberry are requested to call and examine for them- 

 selves, before the foliage is destroyed by frost 



CALVIN HASKELL. 



Harvard, September 11. 



htji.be:rry trees. 



The subscriber ha.s on hand a quantity of MulberryTrees of a 

 quality which is probably superior to any kind ever inlruduced 

 into this country. They were imported your years since and 

 though lb.?y have sustained the rigorous cold of the last three 

 winters entirely unprotected, yet it is believed a Southern or 

 IFcstoTi climate would be more admirably adapted to their 

 growth and propagation. Their foliage is most lu.\uriant 

 and affords more nourishment than any rther variety. Silk 

 produced by worms fed with the leaves, has been pronounced 

 by judges lo be the best ever manufactured by ihem, and de- 

 cidedly superior to the best Italian. A few tbousand will be 

 for sale if immediate application is marie to the subscriber, 

 where specimens may be seen. 



Also — A few hundred Morus Multicanlisand Asiatic. 

 .fOHN N. BARBOUR, 



September 11. No. 30 Commercial Street, Boston. 



GREEK'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECIf & CO. at the New England Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store, Nos.61 aud 62 Norlh Mar- 

 ket .Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay and 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical principle nol before 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most prom- 

 inent efiects of this application, and some of the consequent 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requisite 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is sufficient 

 to work it very efficiently. 



2. With even Ibis moderate power, it easily cuts two bush- 

 els a minute, which is fall twice as fast as has been claimed 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or steam 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing lo the peculiar manner in whicbthey 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any other 

 straw cutter. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, marie and 

 put together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as 

 .he complicated machines in general use to gel out of order. 



THE NEW ENGLAND FARRIER 



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TUTTLE, DENNETT ANB CHISBOLM, PRINTERS, 



n SBHOOLSTREKT BOSTON 



