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TEW'ELRY. A nice assortment of Gold and
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furib'ury, Oct. 8, 1S33
Select gale.
I SHALL BE A FARMER'S WIFE.
0, you eaves-dropper!'-
Beg your pardon, Alary, but I am not
guilty ol that.'
Now tell me, Warren, haven't yon been
hra-insr what we irls have been talking
ab iut '.'
'Yes, I heard something, hot let me pre
mise that I was not eaves-dripping but,
as I stepped on the piazza here, unconscious
that I was in the vicinity ol such a pi'ty,
I i-trpped to examine this beautiful plant,
and heard some one say she never should
many a fanner and another, I shall be a
farmer's wife.' '
W..I1 u-n. ihnt nil vn.i heard "
'That was cnou-h to interest me von
know, .Mary, since I am to be a farmer,
and of necessity will want a wife, and one
of thn right stamp, too, one not above the
business but, who were thosa who were
deciding upon their future? I am interested
lo know, and I may make you my inlor
mant, since you are disposed of, so much lo
the dismay ol all our hearts.'
'Warren !' sai 1 the maiden, blushing.
But let me inlrod ce them.
Warren A was a young man of good
character, education, lamily, &c, a young
farmer, and a favorite among those with
whom he mingled possessor of a beautiful
farm, but without a helpmate. Maty G
was a pious, warm-hearted girl one of
those who can keep a secret (or each of her
friends, and one whose hand had been
sought for by many of the young men of
her acquaintance, but only one had obtain
ed her heart of him we are not to speak.
Warren A and Mary G had al
ways been friends from childhood, nnd had
perfect confidence in each other. The
gossips all said they were engaged, but it
proved otherwise, and the gossips were at
fault. Mary G was a girl that could
be trusted, however, and Warren knew it.
A company of girls were spending (he
afternoon with Mary G. and her sister, and
from amang the company, I wish the read
er to make the acquaintance of two one,
a blue-eyed, lauohing girl, called a beauty
admired and ilirted with by most of the
young beaux, open-hearted to a fault on
the whole, a good girl, so called at least,
yet known to many of her friends, as fckle
minded, ignorant and indolent a farmer's
daughter, whose mother done the woik,
and she didn't. But she had a peculiar
winning way, and many were attracted
and llioujbt th-v loved, but a rareful study
of her character soon convinced them she
was not the woman for "their money. '
Warren A. was one of those, and had
thought of making lirr his wile, (if she
agreed, of course,) but a faithful study of
himself, his opinions and inclinations, with
those of the fair, thoughtless girl, had
brought him to the conclusion that it would
not answer. Mind as well as form, worth
as well as beauty a true and affectionate
heart, were necessary to constitute his
"ideal ol perfection," and though he once
thought lie loved her, yet a "vision lately
floated by," which had dispersed all the
lender memories of Ellen R. It was she
who would never 'inarry a farmer.
That "vision," was the form of a beauti-
(iil galden-liaired girl, wuh eyes liquid
wi'h mirth, mingled with truth and afl'ec
tivi. She was beautiful ; 110 coquetry, no
heartlessnes', but true, unaffected simplici
ty not the simplicity of ignorance, but
the simplicity of honesty always joyous,
hippy, and trying lo make all happy
around her. Such was Lois S , she
who "would be a farmer's wife."
ivarren had but recently became ac-
I qmint-'d with her, as her lather had lately
I uri'ivrl til lha viriiiilf It'ltll lii. I'rirT.llv toil
(here anpeared lo be something, (vounjr
men and women, fjuess what,) which fixed
his attention on those eyes, and caused a
throbbing in his bosom when they were
turned upon him, and instantly withdrawn,
with a blush on those fair cheeks, at the
earnestness of his gaze.
Reader von have an introduction .l
us return to Mary and Warren.
Mary,' said Warren, 'let vour sisters en
lertiun their company, while you entertain
yours and walk with me. 1 have a desire
to talk with you.' lie drew Mary's arm
within his, at Ibis and though she was about
declining, said he, 'I will make it all right
with you, yon need not fear.'
Mary blushed aain, and said, 'I feel as
sured yon will, Warren; but it must be
only a short walk, and what you have to say
must be said 'briefly, as there is no excuse
lor me to make lo the girls for absence,'
They had left Ihe yard, and were walk
ing under a row of large maples,
Alary 1 you are my friend, I claim you
as 8uch,you have always been yes, a sis
ter 10 me. -'Now, as I have no olher sister,
I may confide in you as a brother. You
are not like the greater portion of women
or gins, ior very lew can, or do at least
keep a secret, but you can.'
Enough, flatterer! I will be vour friend
as I always have been, and your sister if
you wisn, out aon'i leu me my virtues.
ratner my lauus.'
Well, Mary, the truth is, you are
good girl, and 1 am going to ask your opiu
ton 01 ciiert it. i . ... 1 L 1
My opinion of Ellen Rl Why you
who have known her from her infancy
wno nave been her school-mate lor years.
you, wno nave trie reputation of bewz
good judge of character, asking me of mv
opinion of Ellen R? Is her character so
enigmatical, Warren 1 "iou have studied it
I am sure.'
'Yes, Mary, I have studied it. but rer
haps I have been prejudiced or blinded.
one is pieasant company, open-hearted, af
fectionate, and would it startle you should
1 ieu you 1 am to oe married to her soon 1
You marry Ellen R. t Why, Warren
muugin, out-
, 'But what, Msryl
Out I shall not tell yon what 1 thought,'
No, perhaps, yon will give your opin
ion yet.'
,S'o, inde.'d, I shall give no opinion, if
you are engaged.'
Will you, if I am not engaged ?'
Yes, if you desire it.
'I do then, and am not engaged.'
'Wair.'n, I shall spei.k plainly, you are
worthy of a bitter girl than Ellen. Al
though yon are not a professed cluistain,
you should seek a christian companion
one who Ins principle, a mind, a truthful
and afl'ectionate heart. I am not flattering
you when I siy you are worthy of it be-
!side, you know what she said, this hour,
I in your In arinj:, she never would marry a
I firmer, though I f oppose, and others with
mougni mat sue never wouiu nave sain
Is0' hr .-onvinted by your
actions ol lute tiiut if she did it would not
1 9 vou
'My art ions ! Marv.'
'Yes, Warren ; you may not have ac
knowledged it. even lo yourself, but still '
'Still what ?'
'No more of Ibis, Warren, let tis relnrn,
you now have my opinion and adv!ce.'
'But I am not through ; your opinion of
Lois S V
'Warren! why did you ask? not be
cause she said she should marry a larnier,
as it 7
No, Mary, I did not think of that, but
your opinion ?'
'Lois S. is a christian a warm-hearled,
truthful and affectionate girl, Ihe opposite
of Ellen, in almost every respect. I should
he proud of you, Warren, were you lo se
cure such a prize for a wife, hut you are
lo win her ; believe me, she is unconscious
f you being attracted, though it is plain lo
all observers. You have my best wishes ;
and now, Warren, open your heart, and
but here are the girls on their way home.'
O ynu trnnn', M.iry !' exclaimed Lois
, as she in company with Ellen I?., met
Mary at the gate. 'Where have you been?'
i teased her to walk with me' said
Warren, as he stepped from behind a large
maple.
'O, excuse me, Mr. A. and Marv, too : I
id not know you had company.'
U, dear, she has been walking with
Warren that's great,' faid Ellen Ii.
fall me Warren, Miss S., as that is the
?me I am known by in this little society,
and it is a better name than Mr. A at
ast more convenient is it not, Mary V
'I think so,' answered Marv.
'1 will then, if you call me Lois.'
I'll do it,' said Warren ; 'and now Mary,
oil will excuse me, and I will, with their
permission, accompany Lllen and Miss
excuse nie, Lois home.'
Yes, sir, you may accompany me,' said
Ellen, who had already hold of his arm.'
lie soon had the fair Lois's arm within
his own, and they were shortly at Ellen's
home ; bidding Ellen "good evening,"
I hey passed on in silence strange there
was nothing they could converse about,
wasn't it? I have read somewhere, that
still water run deepest." At last, to
break the embarrassing silence, (for it must
have been embarrassing,) Warren asked
her how the had' enjoyed the afternoon
visit at Mr. G's.
'O, very well, indeed, though I missed
Mary long before J came away. She is a
good gii !, .Mr, A. Warren, 1 mean.'
'Mad I known it would have cost you an
uneiijoyed moment, I should not have asked
r to walk.'
'O, no! I enjoyed every moment, only
we h'in't'd fur her. She was not to blame
for choosing belter company lhan us giris.'
Do vou Hunk it was belter company,
Lois?'
'I am no judge, but 1 presume she thought
so, or she would not have left us, and she
is an acknowledged judge, vou know; I
judge from that.'
'Well, I think M.iry is a good judge,
and but '
There was something choked Warren,
then, or he would have finished the sen
tence, for it was in his heart to do so, but
he stopped suddenly, embarrassed.
'Lois noticed it, and said : 'I did not
know (hat there was any buts lo be found
in Mary G.'s character or actions, Warren.'
T.xcuse me, so there is not,' said W arren.
I'hey had reached Ihe yard, passed the
gale, and stopped at the door Warren in
a reverie pleasant of course and Lois
looking at him with an enquiring, embar
rassed air, wondering why he was so sud
denly made silent and stupid so perfectly
opposite lo anything she had previously
seen in his actions, before so gay, compan
ionable and unembarrassed. (Do you cup
pose she couldn't guess ?'
Won't you walk in, Mr. A W'arren,
I mean V asked Lois, as he looked up.
Warren made an excuse, bade her good
evening, and depaited as ii in a dream.
He passed mechanically along, and at last,
ejaculated half aloud, 'Sj beautifully ear
nest, and those eyes ! W hat a sweet good
night! She wili be a farmer's wife, and'
And you are In blame if you don't make
her yours,' exclaimed a voice near.
Warren looked tip astonished.
O, you eaves-dropper !'
; 'No,' said Mary, laughing. ' ! am no
eaves-dropper, more than yourself, but you
should not soliloquise to loudly.'
Well,' said Warren, 'I should nol, but I
am in Ihe midst ot Iriends.'
Well, Warren, have you confessed, pro
posed and been accepted for it is my turn
now.'
No, indeed, I have not, and have not
concluded as it is best yet,' (for Warren
was one of your cautious fellows.)
O, stupidity ! don't you know that you
love the best girl in , and that she
loves
Whol' gasped Warren.
Why, you, of course.'
Well, I have yet to learn that,' said
Warren, appearing relieved, 'but has she
ever told you sa V
Told me so ! then you believe 1 cannot
keep a secret, do you? D.j you think she
instructt r. me to tell you s'ie loved you?'
'Oh, no, of course not,' said Warren,
abstractedly.
Warren,' said Mary, 'you love thai fair
Lois S., and you may as well acknowledge
it to yourself, and to '
Well, Mary sister dear ' said he,
grasping her hand, 'I rather think she shall
have an opportunity to become a farmer's
wife.'
In Ihe parish of , near Ihe church
in Ihe beautiful village of M , may be
seen a neat little cottage, where may be
found the pastor of the parish, with his
beloved wife beloved by all who knew
her Mary G., she lhal was.
Across the fields yonder, through those
trees, and ihat shrubbery, you catch a
glimpse of a beautiful modern cottage a
rural home, where you will find Deacon
Warren A., and he is a farmer, and has a
'larmer's wife."
I would be spared the rest, but I must
finish.
Do you see that wretch, a victim of the
ruin demon ? see him totter from Ihat
earthly hell, Ihe dram-shop, (for there is
one, in the same village which contains
the happy pastor and bis wife Mary,) he
tollers, and reels, and staggers towards a
miserable, neglected, and dilapidated
house ; he enters ! there to meet, surround
ed by shrieking, filthy, crying, half-starved
children, the once beautiful and thoughtless
Ellen R. ! Attracted by a gay, dashing
and showy exterior she married a cosi
ly and brilliant wedding, splendid mansion,
extravagantly furnished the novelty ol a
fashionable life husband, clerk in nn ex
tensive establishment in Ihe city Ellen
thought herself happy. She had not mar
ried a farmer, but a gambler.
Reader, young man, maiden, take heed.
AGRICULTURAL ADDRESS.
Milton, Oct 2i, 1S53.
!). Taggarl, Esq.
Pkau, Sin : li would afford
us much pleasure to have a copy of your ve
ry able, interesting mid pleasing address,
delivered at Ihe Agricultural Fair at Milton,
furnished us for publication The urgent so
licilntion of hnlies, us well as the great de
sire, generally, to have il published, induces
us to sc.licit this favor at your hands.
Titily yours,
JAMK CAM F.RON,
SAMl'EL HKPBL'RN,
.'OIl.N K KCK,
W.C I.AWSOV,
JOHN MILL Kit.
NoiiTiii'MBKHLAsn, Oct. 2(5, '53.
Messrs Canuroii! Hepburn, Eck, Lawson and
Miller,
Di:a Sirs: Although surprised
by your very kind note of yeRterday, I cheer-
1 fully comply with your request. Nol be
cause, I hope In gain any credit by lha pub
lication of an addiess so hastily, und (it may
be) sj grotesquely put togtlher--but because
vou stale it to be at ' the uigent solicitation
of ladies.',' , They eviuci so much goo,
na'ure, and good sense, overlooking certain
c'umsy jests, perpetrated at their expense,
that I should b nntinn to my manhood to
refuse Ihem anything in renaon.
In looking il over I find many points for
omission, addition or amendment, but as you
have asked mo for the address delivered, nmi
not lor another lo be got np at my leisure, I
feel bound lo give ii to you with all Ihe
orudeuess and imperfections resulting from
its hasty tilth and quick deliveiy.
Tinly yours.
DAVID TAGG ART.
ADDRESS,
Delivered befure tht Sorthum'jerland county
Agricultural Society, at Milton, on Wednes
day, October 19, 1S53.
Mr. Pbe.idbnt, Ladikj and Gesti.emkn :
I do not lake I tie stand, this afternoon, in tho
vain hope of enlightening you in regard to ,
Agricultuie or its kindled subjects; bul
merely to fill out ihe piogramme lo per
I'uim a duty, which is geneially deemed iu-
neperablu frum these beneficent and joyful
occasions.
Von are fortunate, in the fact, Ihat I have
had neither Ihe heart nor lh leisure to pre
pare a long address. Not being long, you
will bear with me patiently, if it is not very
good. " Pressed for time, and nol as irell at
usual, I had ihe cbnise lo make either a
shabby show or a shabby speech. Asa man of
action, I pre fe i red Ihe lalier course. I chose
ralher lo come herewith tig eAicZcns and big
beets, lhan with big words h aving il lo a
future opportunity lo win a reputation as a
speaker, if such achievement will ever lie in
my power.
I should have shunned this occasion en
tirely, if I had consulted merely my own
selfish ends, for I have but little to say, ihat
Is worthy of your attention ; I have but little
lo say, that is worthy even of my utterance.
But we have embarked in lhi cause a I
believe a proper and good cause, and t should
be a traitor lo il false to my miiuU's best
convictions, if I sought to evade any duly,
lhal might tend to its advancement. We are
soldiers on a blooniess now, but not me less
brave, if we pet form nubly, not the less
praiseworthy, if we do our best, however
poor that best may be.
I have always believed that Ihe teacher
should be wiser than those whom bo at
tempts to instruct I have always believed
that no man should presume lo claim the at
leution of such a crowd a this, unlet be
had something good lo say, and felt himself
able to say it we!l. If 1 tv4 borne bdh these
thoughts in mind, I should be down ihere
listening In some body else, and not up here,
being varlhi listened lo. but Ihe) woik hn
been undertaken, nu.l shall be performed nf.
t. r a fashion, no matter r.t what mcrifiee ol
convenient)' Oi reputation lo m)eif.
When Ihe Creating Spiiit o'' ihe U.iivetse,
(hi a manner lhal our little eattbly mind
shall never comprehend,) made the world,
he robed it in beauty, endowed it with I ho
dementi) of feitility and tilled its teeming
breast with Ihe germs of life. From its
mountain sides How streams to enrich l lut
yallejs. Fioin its valleys spring upheib,
tree, mid flower, vegetable, tain nnd fruit.
lis vratrtia bung forth fi-hes, its plains yield
biids and beasts ; 0111 every animate and or
ganimd thing;, cluthed with the power of re-
nroJiici'iirr its kind thiouah countless, unvu.
ring geiicraftons forever.
This abounding earth, with its infinite va
rielyofric.il and beautiful things, as si perpet
ual inheritance, GoJ gave to man. Him, he
gifted with brains lo comprehend ii it'smir
ces, and hands 10 bring them forth The
fullest exercise of Hand and Hiaiu, is the true
source of human happiness, Ihe only load lo
man's highest condition on Ihe earlh.
While society It divided into many call
ings, nuil 1 1 1 1 e most of them are promotive
of its comfoil or convenience, but otic is ts
scntial to its existence; of course, Ihat one
is Ai'rieultuie. Being so essential then to
our existence, is it a wonder that men of all
vocations, all positions, nil grades of intellect,
turn In it with interest and delii.h:? I it a
wonder Ihat Judges, Lawyers, Dictorsi
Pieacher", Mechanics. Farmers, Laborers,
'.ill ihe world mid his wife" have gathered
here these Inst two days, to render homage
to our kind and fruiiful Mother. The speak
er is feeble, but ihe occasion is great. Our
presence here implies enterprise in improve
ment, energy in progression, devotion to sci
ence, gratitu le to the Ciealor.
Two years ago, a few humble individuals, ;
yon and I Mr. Piesident among Ihe number, j
assembled together in lha county court house,
and oiganized this Society. It had a small
beginning. It has a steady increase, mid
already, Sir, it gives assurance, that benefits
may result from it, as wide and peimanonl
as Ihe soil on which we stand.
From little aeorns in the eronnd, spring up
vast oaks, whose branches affoid shelter to
bird mid buast for a thousand years. From
babbling brooks flow rivers, on whose broad
bosoms floats ihe commetce of mighty em
pires. Fiom quiet words, whispered in cor
ners, have burst forth revolutions to unfetter
truth amtfre'e the world !
In central Pennsylvania, onr Society had
the honor to be Ihe fiit, and although but
little more than two years old, other counties
emulous of our efforts have imitated them.
Let it not be said, they have surpassed Ihem.
They have done well. Let us continue to
do better.
Last week our sisier Union held a eiedi
table and successful Fair. To-morrow Mon
tour mnkes her first effort. Columbia will
soon follow. Even little wild-cat, Sullivan
does not lau in the ra-e. Those who have
seen her shows, say that in oxleums and ma-pie-sugar
she beats ihe world.
A few days ago Ihe people of Pent sylva
nia assembled at Pitisburg in Ihe number of
90 or 100,000, ;o witness her third great ex
hibition. The proceeds of that Fair amount
ed lo $ Hi. 000, exceeding by 32.009, the u
ce.pts o, any ever lieu, in ... ion cues.
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and in all lhal vast crowd, there was no t
drunkenness, no accident, no misconduct :
To ihe honor of Pennsylvania be it spoken !
And would you believe it,. Sir, there were
Shanghais and Chillaguugs there, all the
way Irom old Norliimberland county, that
boro Iheir heads as loftily uud crowed as
loudly as the best! and would yon believe
il, Sir, the owner of those Shanghais and i
Chickengongs (a my friend Kapp calls them)
, , , r l,
and etihbUi him lo live like a l gating roc
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& Bul seriously, Mr. Piesident, 1 rejoice at
all ihese manifestation,. A. a ma w ,
derives bis food und laimenl from the culture .
of Ihe en i III, I ic juice nl any rflorl that will
conduce to Ihe improvement of that culture. 1
Man owes ao ranch of hisconiforl, wealth and
happiness lu Ins mother eailh, ihat be hould
endeavor grilefylly lo repay a portion of
those obligations by proper and judicious
lie.itmenl in return. From her f.uillul breast
he may gather treasure more real and sub
stantial than silver ami gold, more precious
than ihe glittering gems that decuiate the
biows of kings. Or by hit laziness and stu
pidity, he may turn her lovely face into a
desert, beaiiug no fiuit, adorned with no
beauty, cheeied riot even by the song of
birds,
Agueultutp, Ihe imptovement of which is
ihe main objeel of our Society, is Ihe oldest
vocation of Ihe human race. It it true, lhal
among barbarians in all ages ami countries.
hunting, fishing uud picking blacklerrus are
usually followed for a living; but with all
proper respect for nur spoiling friends, I must
insist that these are not seiiously to be con
tideied among the vocations of men, and as
it is Ihe most ancient, so is il eacntial, health'
ful, profitable, pleasant and honorable.
It it essential, for il feeds and clothes ihe
world. Il afford raw material to the manu
facturer, wares to lha merchant, freight for
the ship, business for the oily, and food for
all! In lands wbere men dwell together in
multitude as countless as Ihe finny shoals
that inhabit the Gra! Deep,"' enab'e
In a frHf ht nil.
them to live in comfort and plenty. It feeds
th myi a S of India and China mo e iilum
dunily thun ihe uncertain chase fed Ihe seal-
leied nnd slender tribes that inhabited llr
con: men! two bundled yenm an. Without
! every other human pursuit, men rould live.
mi.levenwitlvi.it A.'iieulturo rt few cntil.l n-cal pmer. That plowman's word became
siib-ist on spontaneous rmits. on fishes, nn the ! Ihe nbso'i t law of the Republic. The Con
flesh of wild birds nnd wild beasts, on black- script Fathers bowed In his dictation, and
berrier, mi sucker ami n.u le's, i n woo l- i proud patuei uis obeyed without questioning,
cocks, woodchiicks and bear's meat, as Inuj ; The j ..welled finirersof Rome's lofliesl nobles
as such Ihiiiys lasted TjiiI if our aneestoiso
the Gnths nnd Vandals, had been as numer
ous ns their deceiu'ants, they would soon
have been compelled to exchange their
woodcocks for 'Chiekeinjorps.' nod their
bear's meal for bull-beef. Agriculture is es
sential, for it affords employmenl tofivehnn-
""'" U10 human race, and suhsis.
lence to all tho millions lhal dwell upon Ihe
Globe.
Il ia healthful, for no man enjoys a more j
vigorous constitution lhan the p.udent culti. j
vator of the soil
"The hiiiR-nid pn!e 1 lie feverish fliielc
The spirits drooping on their wing,"
are strangers lo him. Buddy labor gives ap
pelile appetite on which, some old fogy of
a poet, good digestion is said to wait From
good digestion, and a consciousness of duty
well performed, qome tranquil slumbers and
peaceful thoughts. Unpleasant visions,
spokes and spiritual rappers seldom Irnublo
tho honest wieliler of the scythe and flail !
Ye lazy loafers! (if any such there be in this
crowd,) who pity the man of toil, know nUi
the delights of industry. To use tho woids
of one, older and much abler than myself.
"Toil w alks the earth wiih the step of a giant
uud the port of a cunqueior '.
Fur my own part and 1 nm not consider
ed a very laborious man at heme I never
j feel moro healthy or happy lhan when I urn
j boa ng u bed of cabbage, or devising mearia
j to prevent my beats from grou-ing ihrouch to
i the other side. Talking of beats. Mr. Presi.
,e1, jf jt ,mj . b , ... ...
ust tllmmi..r, 0 doubt before this time I
should have received a telegraphic despatch
from ihe Empurer of China, or the "King of
the Tongo Islands. " requesting me to keep the
tuils of my Mangel It'ursels out of his garden !
and who knows, Sir, what might have been
the consequence! Suppose Iliad got a fit
of National Piide, and disregarded the invi
tation, then suppose ho had clinched them
and I hail not been bl to pull them (ml
"when I wauled lo." In these touchy times,
the Government would be bound lo see mo
through, or at all events, to see Ihe b'-ets
through. War, expensive, devastation, bloody
and terrible War, must hive been the con
sequence'. And although, Mr. Piesident,
we should doubtless he able to bent ihem,
that Shoicer of Ice hich cur-tailed my Man.
gel Wursels was a blessing in disguise.
But to leave so exciting a subject, uud re
cur, Sir
Agriculture is profitable, for it is lha true
source of wealth, not only lo individuals, but
to nations. Gold nnd silver, because scarce
and in limes past, bard to be got, have been
chosen as lha representatives of the real
wealth of the world, yet of themselves, com"
paratively useless. To a man on a desert is
laud yonder bag of w heat or yellow corn
wcra worth more lhan mountains of glitter
ing gold ! The one possesses substantial in
trinsic value of its own ; ihe olher would be
worth less lhan the feilile dust beneath his
feet. Agriculture is profitable, for it affords
. a . ivcihuol um alhoiigh
es not furnish the opportunities for rapid
wealth and sudden speculation, neithci is il
subject to those sad reverses, which loo of
ten shake Ihe worlds of manufactures and
! commence to their centers.
It is pleasant in my humble judgment)
by far the most pleasant of all the pursuit of
men. This is evinced by the fact that men
of all callings, merchants manufaeliireis, law-
yeis, doctors, (I was going to add, editois and
i preachers, bul these seldom gel rich, proba-
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bly owing lo Iheir honesM ) when they have
gathered wealth, by the economy nnd toil of
' n"1' milUlu ,if"' ,,,rn 10 H P";i":e
'i '' Pre for their deeending year. If 1
I were I lie o-vner ol the waving corn fields
and lowing herds, "1 would not call ihe king
my uncle," I would not envy ihe lot uf any
man on earlh, not even the aspiring poliii-
cian, iho patriotic otliee-seeker, who sighs
for an opportunity to seive hi country, mid
mourns the ingialitn.le that refuses the op
portunity nut even tho pale student, who
poie over musty books ut midnight, v i'.h
dim eyes, bent fmme und wiii klcd brow
dim, bent and wiinkled before their lime
nor Ihe adventitious merchant w hoe all may
be overwhelmed bv a dashing wave nor
iho soldier, whose footsteps to glory, have
been through fielJs or blood--over carcases
whiidi his "red light hand" had lobbed of
happiness, hope and life ! I would envy Ihe
monarch on his ihioue, for I should be mon
arch of a realm, i hich brought no cares, btil
such as made me happy.
Il is honorable, because il is essential,
henllblnl, profitable and pleasant 1 1 is lion-
ruble, because the good and gieat, ihe high
and mighty ones of ihe eailh have followed
it for a pastime or a profession. George
Washington was a farmer, and during all hit
life, no conversation pleased him so well, as
bat which referred lo Agiienhure. A.uLvw
Jackson and Hunry Clay were farmer, and
Hermitage and Ashland will be wan with ihe
weight of ten thousand years, before their
names shall be forgotion ! Diniel Webster
was a farmer, and happier a moos; ha beau,
lilol hard of Mar.hfi.ild, lhan when Senates
and Cobiaei hong upon hit we.Js, or ius'.rt?
a ltiuislrs ,'itni before his pea.
OE1) SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. P,
When Rome, aflorwards the nvchliest eiiy
of Hiieinit limes, was girl about by fier foes,
when Ihe eonquf rind armies of 'ihe Aequi'
and Vulsci were press'1113 her to the verge of
(len c'ioii, she summoned a nlowman from
his pl,. , and invested him with more I lum
were pointed not in scorn, bul admiration at
tho bio.id brow of the sun-burnt farmer. By'
his wis him nnd coinage Hie Republic was
saved, and Cincinnati! returned fiom victo
rious armies nnd shouting multitudes, to bia
crop mid his cattle !
Then shall this ancient, essential, health
ful, piofitahle, pleasant and honorable Art
s'and siill, while every other Arland Science
i is pressing on with rnnid foolstens In slnillino-
results and mighty achievements ? While
Manufacturer, and Commerce build no Droud
cities, and adorn them with Ihe Ironies of
iheir success, shall the tillers of ihe soil fol
low wooden plows in the same furrows that'
were turned by their ancestors, some hundred
years ago? While the Lightning bears our
messages, and an element not less mighty pro
pels our cars upon land, and our ships upon
the sea, - bearing the products of otir fields
with ten times the celerity as when our
fathers or grandfathers occupied the places
we now hold, shall those products be leared
with the same toil and of no better quality,
lhan when they reared Ihem 1
The answer has gone forth, not from the
tiller of the sod alone, but from the Bench,
the Bar, Ihe Preacher's study, Ihe Physician's
oliice, and ihe Mechanic's woikshop, for all
are willing to unite in the delightful task of
improving the cultivation of the fields, nnd
thereby improving every man's means of liv
ing, bis convenience, comfort and happiness
they have answered you have answered
by your presence here to-day. "Aaricilliure
shall nof stand still. Il shall keep pace with
its sister arts."
How shall it be made to keep pace '. By
the establishment of societies Lko tint by
Iho foundation nnd circulation of papers de
voted to il ;. by men of learning no! ot 1,
fiom their own experience, but fiom :he ex
perience of all other men eniidg ;.! in l.ie
same pursuit. It it this combiuaiion ol inn.d
and interchange of experience, Li.-li jivo
to civilized men men having a written lan
guage, their immeasurable siqieriority over
savages, whose thoughts and experiments
can only be transmitted to posterity by word
of month
If any man doubts the efficiency of the
agents 1 have spoken of, let him go first into'
a country where Agricultural Societies and
Agricultural Presses hare been at work for a
number of years, and then into a region
where such things are unknown and ob
serve the difference in everything about
them : in their fields, in their dwellings, or'
chards, gardens, horses, cattle, poultry, hogs,
sheep and even in their dogs and caia. la
my own humble investigations, I have dis
covered a way of improving these last. (I
mean cats,) and 1 intend some day to give it
lo ihe world through the columns of the Mil
tonian or Milton Democrat. But lest some'
of you should be so unwise, as to lake neither
of those valuable papers, I will tell you how
I serve them. I lay them gently upon a
block and with a sharp axe, cut their rails off,
just behind the tars. It is the only method
yet known to prevent their depredations upon
young ducks, chickens and guinea pigs.
A person coming from the highly cultiva
ted fields of England, or fiom Ihe finer por
tions of New Yoik, or our own South Eastern
Counties, might find even among us, some
very slow and awkward ways of doing things.
He might see some poor plows and clumsy
harrows. Ho might tell of a drilling machine
at home, thai would put in more grain in a
,lav, than would be done by hand In 2 or 3
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i days, and do il much belter loo; or of an im--
plement Ihat would cnl down more wheat,
' r e' na"' or Pra5t 01,0 wi,h a cerlain
j. , umber of hand,, than twice ihe number
' could do in twice ihe lime in the ordinary
1 way. lit might tell of well bred horses,
moro valuable than three or four common
animals ; or of an improved cow or bull, ihat
be would not tiade for a whole herd of rich
I peaked, seiacgy creatures, as obtain their
inters living fiom some (dour farmers
dung pile. Now there is enly one way lo
pul an end lo this bragging, as far as we are
I concerned, and 1 think, Sir, we are fatl com
iu to it. I mean by this friendly strife,
i Ibis emulation among ourselves, to excel
! each olher. in reaiing animals, grain, vege-
tables and fiuit, and soon we shall be able iff
go into regions more backward lhan ourown,
and make the same brags that this progres
sive gentleman has been making to u.
Kvery year lhal we go on, taising inferior
articles in an inferior way, we are ineuiing
losses forouiselves and our children, uud
every advance ihat we make in art, science
or pursuit will icdound to Iheir advantaga
and on I own.
Last winter a neighbor from Ihe rounlry,
called at my office on some lulling business.
Afler transacting il, our conversation tuined
upon farming, as it was the only subject he
knew anything about and as I had lately be
come ihe owner of a kilhleer plantation in
Tucaahoe. I asked him if he had good hel
ler for hi calilu ihi eold weaikwr. H aaM
he had as good as he wauled, for he del not
much believe in keeping his "cow-crinert"'
too warm in winter, (Ary ofij not seem to hao
ttgooJ an appetite for tktir foddtt. 1 uied lo
cor.ri.ice bi.n, thy had eel much attd fot