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Miscellaneous. Verses addressed to a little girl named •Margaret whom the author met at Scarborough. BY J&MKS MoNTOiMenr. Margaret, we never met before, And Margaret, we may meet no more ! Wh it shall I say at parting? Scarce half a inoon ha* run its race, Since first I saw your fairy face, Around this gay and giddy place, Street smiles and blushes darting; Yet from iny heart 1 freely tell, I cannot help but wish you well. I dare not wish you stoiea of wealth, A troop of Ihenda, unfailing health, And freedom from affliction! I dare not wish you beauty’s prize! Carnation lips and bright blue eyes! They speak through tears, and breathe through sighs! Then hear my benediction: Os those good things he tliou posscot, Just in the measure tiOl) thinks beat. Hut. little Margaret, may you be, All that His eye delights to -ec, All that he loves and blesses; The Lord in darkness be your light, Your strength in sickness, shield ia light, Your comfort in distresses; T|k hope of every future breath, Ami your eternal j >y in death! THE WORTH OF MAX'; OR, MAX’ OF WORTH. When one man is worth a thousand pounds another ten thousand, in common language we say the latter is worth ten times as much as the former. If this meant no more than sim ply, that one had ten times as much property as the other, time would he ill spent in cav illing with the expression. Hut when people estimate the worth of a man by the weight of his purse, the extent of his farm, the number of his ser vants or size of his house, with out examining either the fur niture of his head, or qualities of his heart, measure their bows and deal out their civili ties and honors accordingly, Common Sense smiles at the delusion and seems solicitous to correct the error—ls the man a mere cypher all this time? Docs lie count nothing of him self? Shall he not be rated so high as the purse or chest, that contains the common standard of liis worth ? May none of the endowments of nature, or ac quirements of art, have the ho nor of being inventoried with the stock of his farm, his mer chandize, or household fur niture?—Here is a small mis take says the world, or its careless computers; we really left out his mental ware, in making our estimate. How shall we correct the error? What is the average worth, of a man, stripped, like Job, of his external property? —\ hard question truly, and but little th night 01. I should suppose it as easy to find an average size for all the animals appen ded to the earth. I know of no wav to estimate his value, except by what he is worth to the community, or his friends By this standard, there would be as great a diversity in the worth of men, without proper ty, as with. A Franklin, though ponyless,'would rise higher than a * possessed of a hun dred thousand: the one a pub lic honor; the other, a private disgrace. Innumerable instan ces might he penned; hut they arc under every ones observa tion. Wealth is a good thing, con nected with a liberal mind. Merit has its value, wherever it is found; hut is generally prized lowest by those who value money the highest. To do it some degree of justice, let a moderate price be agreed upon and set down against a list of the most obvious public and private, and useful acquire ments. This will introduce a new kind of calculation. — Men’s estates may he invento • ried as usual after their decease; hut there will he a considerable difference between what they arc worth while living and af ter they arc dead. Let people while alive be lankcd accord ingly to the sum total ol their real personal and m perty, and while pride justly humbled, took its place in the kitchen, merit would be called to the parlour, and receive its duo honor from men of real worth. * I 110 author translates thU per plexing blank *Lord is it IV HI I.IT I I IKE TO SE E .1X1) ft HIT I DISLIKE TJ SEE I like to see young ladies, af ter they have left school, scss sufficient Modesty, to ktfep them out of the streets, asul not expose themselves to the gaze of the idlers, who have nothing to do but to stand at the corners and make remarks. The brightest gem ceases to attract admiration when too often seen. I like to sec the waist of a la dy, as the hand of her creator made it ; and not laced as if to correct deformity. Artifice may please the vulgar, but men of sense despise it. I like to sec young ladies lead the fashion of their sex. Mr r-! ried ladies have enough to do if they will attend to their hus-j bands and children. Old ladies; look ridiculous in gay attire, and should consult their case more than fashion. I like to sec a lady’s cheeks their natural color. Paint is easily detected, and sure to dis gust those whom it was intend ed to captivate. I dislike to sec young ladies blush at double entendres— they should never put any im modest construction on any thing that is said. If there is any thing to blush at. leave the room, or for conscience sake affect ignorance. I dislike to see married la dies, walking the streets with 1 men other than their husbands, it looks ugly; therefore ladies, do not practice it. The world is censorious, and the less you give it to talk about, the better. | I dislike to see young fops stating about in church, and smiling at every one who chance to look at them. Quit it hoys, for be assured it is nothing to your credit. I dislike to sec married men going to taverns and beefsteak houses. It looks as if “happi ness dwelt not at home.” Os all things 1 like to sec the gentlemen court the ladies— but of all things l dislike to set the ladies court the gentlemen. This is sure to beget disgust on one side and disappointment on the other. XE V/ 8I S TEM of rU. VC TV.I VIOX At a dinner table a short time since, one of those nondes cripts called a Dandy was seat ed at the top, and an honest plain dealing farmer at the hot tom. liming dinner time, a great many affectedly polite were made by the beau, and a great many coarse ones by the farmer. When cheese was introduced, the fop. in an affectedly mincing tone, asked the company whcthci they prefered the pure or Im pure ? Cn asking the iarmci this question, the old man re plied—“ Hang your pure or impure , give me some of the tjtusiy! ‘ “Sir,” says the dandy. * I must beg leave to tell you. tiiat you Have made very many insolent speeches during dinner —and sir, if I have any repe tition of your insolence, I shall place my thumb and linger on each side of your nose and make a parenthesis of it.” “A parenthesis! shall you?” says the old man—“then I shall put my list in your face, and make a full slop” A lady who had been just three days married, perceiving her husband enter, stole secretly [behind him and gave him a kiss; the husband was angry, and said she offended against de cency: pardon me, exclaimed she, I didn’t know it was you. A profligate young Oxonian, whose knocker was nearly worn out by the incessant raps of a host ol needy duns, affixed the following irreverend quota tion on the door of bis room ; *•! know your necessities before ye ask, and your ignorance in asking.” The following elegant Epi taph, commemorative of the luckless fate of an unhappy lover, is to be found in a church yard in “ Modern Athens ” The wedding day appointed was, And wedding < Mhfs provided But o'er that day did mine ala?! He sickened and he die did! agriculture. In order to disseminate extensively the many advantages which must fln\r from the developement of new resources and valuable improvements in the Agri cultural World, it is reasonable to p: e sumc, that a proper medium for the accu mulation and distribution ot practical knowledge, must prove of the first impor ance. A periodical publication, devote Id to these purposes, it conducted with spir it and industry, cannot prove otherwise than eminently useful. Under these impressions, the publishers have determined on oft'eiing to the Agri cultural conimuni'v, the FARMERS’ XI A GAZIXE, as a repository if useful information; satisfied that they cannot render to their ountry a more valuable service, or betterc ontributc to its permanent prosperity,c ban in subserving, as they hope to do, itst agricultural interests. The leading feature of this publication will be sustained by uur own ample resour ces, united to the promised contributions f several Agricultural Societies, ami tlre assistance of distinguished agricultu rists in this anl other Slates. The Literary and Scientific Depait ment will be conducted by a gentleman, heretofore editor cf a popular literary journal. In furtherance of their views, the pub lishers solicit original contributions on \gricu; tur* 1 . Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, &c. and the co-oper ltion of agriculturists and the friends ol agriculture throughoet the country, f > shorn is respectfully submitted the fed ! o\s ing, PR () TOSA LS FO 7? T UR L IS IIIX ‘G In (he Cih/ of Phitidelpkia f Pn.~\ TIIE FARMERS’ PRACTICAL MAGAZINE; r, 0 Agricultural uid Uieicry Cczeie. The FARMERS MAGAZINE is de signed to contain information drawn from authentic sources, relative to the improvement and management of remmfc ible Farms; sources of manure; number and kind of stock: Farming Utensils; Laborer?, Dailies, kr. 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