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H. C. UICKOK, Editob.
0. N.WORDEN, Printer.
The Lewisburg Chronicle,
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Nov. 10, 1S54.
Yo th Editor of the Lewiiburg Chronlclo:
The indepeodence and fairness which are
eharaeleristic of your paper, authorize me to
ask for the publication of a few opinions rel
ative to the "Know Nothing" movement of
tur day, from the Arte Ynrk Indrptndrnt, the
leading Congregational paper in the United
Stales. Aside from the wily schemes ol des
perate politicians, the Pbotmt.kt ewti:t
is the only element of its strength, and it is to
reflecting, candid, eonsciencious Protestants
I commend the following observations, a. a.
"Know Nothings."
We have once or twice adverted to the
new political organization known as the
"Know Nothings," whose leading object
is understood to be the proscription of
foreigners, and especially of Irish Catho
lics, from all offices of political trust or
emolument in this land of their adoption.
The Mrpedent first alludes to their
local questions, and shows that the success
of Ullman & Co. in New York State this
year, would be a triumph of the Hum and
Slavery interests, and then adds :
But there are other bearings of this
movement, of a more serious and perma
nent character. In order to defeat the
supposed machinations of Romanism, the
"Know Nothings" imitate the worst fea
ture of the Romish system. They arc
. virtually an order of Protatant Jesuit
spies upon every man's thoughts and words;
stabbing in secret the hopes and reputa
tions of individuals,and the policy of Free
dosa and Humanity ; ordering in secret
cabal the affairs of state; and visiting with
a remorseless proscription the opinions of
men whose rights arc as sacred as their
own. We do not charge upon the order,
as a whole, a Jesuitical intention ; but a
headlong zeal has made them Jesuits in
policy.
In Austria, secret political combinations
may be commendable ; but in this country
they are both dastardly and dangerous.
We want no Jesuits, Protestant or Papal.
Truth and Freedom derive no aid from
such champions.
Moreover, such a combination is sure to
defeat ite own end. The moment it be
comes powerful, it becomes the prate ef
the strong and crafty, and is perverted to
base selfish or party objects. The passion
that aroused it, will in time distract its in
ferior councils. The enthusiasm with
which it was greeted, will subside before
the sober second thought of the people.
It caa never bee owe a popular movesaent.
It can not be a permanent element in our
politics. It a contrary to the spirit of
the American people, and to the genius of
American institutions. Its only effect will
be to compress more compactly together
the disintegrated foreign population, and
to array them permanently in a political
union for their own defence. Heretofore,
nationality has been a stronger bond of
union among our adopted citizens, than
their religious faith. Germans have asso
ciated as Germans, irrespective of religi
ous differences, more freely than German
and Irish Catholics bave associated upon
a religious basis. But the effect of the
"Kaow Nothing" demonstration while
aimed specifically against the Irish Catho
lics is to drive the entire foreign popu
lation into one political organization for
mutual protection. And when the fury of
Americanism shall have spent itself, that
organization will remain no longer a dis
integrated mass, separated by nationality
and religion but a compact whole, ani
mated by one spirit, formidable in num
bers, holding tbe balance of power, ruling
the elections, and dictating to tbe govern
ment of the United States its foreign
policy.
Bat the saddest aspect of the movement
it, that, by keeping alive prejudice, and
passion, and engendering political strifes
pon religious grounds, it thrusts the Ro
maa Catholic population beyond tbe reach
of evangelical influent, and drives tbem
more closely into the embrace of their
priests. It makes enemies of our depen
tltaU, upon whom w in torn are drpen,
i,ni.. ""-" b,BaBi inM-rtl t to mti ir irriana to stay emigralion.ana when every wen enougu on at nome naving no lnuuce
SliirV;"!":. A lettcar by Iarih emigrants to tbeir ment to leave, much of this emigration
wum""'' friends at home, aunounecs the conversion has been of an exceedingly equivocal cba-Iartim-t.aiii'ri..ir.i
irT,5'-t.rriio--t8 of the writer from Romanism to indepen-, racter. Of this however, no especial com-
V.. to ...or. long primer. 16 bf.Ti.r. 12 BonMrell. , ( . ' ...
"itiannpttei with th.raMi.hrr,wi.n mil dence in religion, f not the evangelical , plaint has been made, because, for the
.k pm : " intwert on .ii ,' ' Protestantism, most Part, the new recruit speak the same
dent in all the daily offices of life, and
inspire them with resentment, where only
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We do not believe that the Christian
intelligence of the United States will sane-
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wisdom
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and love of the Gospel of Christ.
t2TA patron in Illinois sends for insertion :
in the Chronicle, a long-metre glorification ! "t""'' '"&"6- "J
song of that rising State, which, (with the j Mexico and the acquisition of territory,
exception of an assault upon other States) we ( consequent thereon, thousands upon thou
copy without endorsing its manner or matter, sands of people were, at one fell swoop,
com. .t. to. joit, famTho o th. rtow .i.nd. j encircled with the mantle of citizenship.
Ami court lani Portttne'n ntTnr, fome li-t-n to a friend,
vr ff th field of chiitlbiwiL,orn out y ftnpluy.
And travel writ and Ktu ia in suw oi tiunm.
Altbnnph yon hare some fair home, near where your
frit ruin rrni.lt.
Tour ftilj i" cm win. fr them yon muot prnride;
Our miiI In rieh and laMinjr. n unlim.-W fm.-t" annoy,
Manure ud planter' uselrra in tbe State of Illinois.
In eatro nUtxi or rauntrieft. there many do enmi-lain
The timber if too thVli and heavy or w infer kill the grain;
But oar timbvr i none too heavy, nor sticks nor fttonei
MitoERrtgntmgmn plenty in tusuteof iiiinoi.
Our plain are clothed with Trrdnre, and rattle are an fat,
An tloe that p;ra the hill nilea or ratliw of your Plate;:
Theuiwrrourwwwyimotin
Fortbey cant be compared with luxuriant llhnola.
And you poor bleeding rwtrtetm we joy to ere yon eome
Who lonin flbr your freedom dcprtreit of wealth and
hom,
Leave kms and hauhtr tyrant who Woody deed annoy,
No nlaviidi chains will bind you in the State of Illinois.
The rttft-'e it will guard yon. Its talon will defend, '
Its pierrinj eye will guard your right he is a trusty I
friend.
The plorious tree la npreadins. the shade yon may enjoy.
And tacte the sweets of freedom in the State of Illinois.
We've but little need of elbow preaae, foregts here to low,
For the eery be-t of prairie he real for the plow ;
Come. UU the rirhent prairie. prod hi-altb you will enjoy.
And pi-aee and plenty crown the board ou spread in
Illinois.
Altbouc-h still young and tender, first freed from savage
ehains.
Her growth 1 ver onward, so tertUe are her plain.
Though weaned and more than an Infant, good health
be doe enjoy.
And wears a crown of western gems, this lady Illinois.
For on Chicago river, just on tbe boundary line,
A fine commercial rity Chicaco yon will find,
V hieh like Aladdin's castle sprang up the other day.
And stripped the rag from off the bosh of llkhigania.
Then go on to Roek River, sneh land was never known, i
Were Adam to travel over It. the soil he'd ratv-ly own, I
He would my it was the garden he lived in when a boy, :
And straight pronounce it JCden in the State of Illinois. '.
Then If yon travel westward op In the leaden mi net, I
Near to the MiMtisMppi. Galena you will find, j
And soon upon the railroad a ride yon way enjoy i
Across to Chicago in tbe State of Illinois. j
Its growing towns and cities I have not time to name,
3 or yet, ii nowing river mat rr.u in io me main :
But here are many plea-urea sueb privileife enjoy.
And promise wealth and honor to tbe State of Illinois.
Along on br lakes and river may boat and veasela ride
And bear the soaring eaxle in triumph over th tide.
Lnng life attend the farmers, and crown their hopes with
joy.
Success to trade and commerce In the State of Illinois 1
Emigration-
Naturalization Tha
Future
The increase of tbe population of this
country from foreign lands, is deservedly
attracting much of attention, on the part
of the people and tbe Press ef the country.
Tbe greatness of a nation consists not only
in the numerical strength of its people,
but io their intelligence, education, and necessary to pass around, before some par
fitness for citizenshin. Under the dvnas- .t;n .... f nni.
t ti.o nA vri,t t,a. .i,.,...: I
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tic. are much less essential than in a Re- j
pubiic, because in the tormer, tbe people
are bat subj.tts, while in the latter, they
sre the sovereigns. In a land of
liberty,
every man who is eo titled to exercise the
right of suffrage, is not only a Legislator,
but to some extent a Governor, and it is
therefore, not "for the ease of creation,"
bnt fur the security of tbe State, necessary
that he should be, whether educated or
not, possessed of that degree of intelligence
consequent on well regulated principles,
which will enable him to act and vote un
dcrstandingly, on all tbe questions which
come before him in his capacity of a citi
zen. We aro not of those who think greatness
of a nation is materially governed or even
enhanced by the extent of its territory.
An increase of territory involves not only
new responsibilities, but when extended
beyond certain limits it involves new is
sues and produces a conflict of elements,
which are often as difficult to reconcile, as
the mixing of oil and water together. It
is for this reason that we never approved
of the admission of Texas or the conquest
of Mexico, and it is for the same reason,
among others, that we bow doubt the pro
priety of the annexation of the Sandwich
Islands, or the acquisition of Cuba.
We never knew a nation of Infidels (bat
succeeded to any permanent degree of
greatness. The benefits of civilization, oi
tbe promotion of the arts and sciences, the
cultivation of intellectual power, and tbe
general happiness of mankind, are the con
comitants of Christian responsibilities; re
cognize the existence of the Supreme be
ing, and man s dependence upon him, it
matters but little what shape or form is
assumed for the worship of the Deity ; only
insjmuch as that it ihall bo a Chruttan
wvnhip and nothing else.
Tbe territorial increase of the country
in which we live, together with the very
many natural advantages to be found in
it ia favor of emigration from the Old
World, bas induced an increase in tbe in-
Jflux of foreign population, which is now,
LEWISBURG, UNION
j as before remarked, attracting the atten
tion of the people throughout its entire
length. For upwards of half a century,
the flood gates of England, Ireland, Scot
land, and Germany have been opened and
their dense population let loose upon as,
and as a matter of course, those who are
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language, ana to some extent, are laminar
the principles of our government, or
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i t,0 f 'he benefits of liberty, and therefore
some sense ofthereponsiliilties consequent
upon its enjoyment. The caac,however,is
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before tlicy knew a word ot our language,
or even felt tbe first puliation towards ap
preciating tha genius of a free govern
ment. Men without religious seutiweut,
women with iiiGdel propensities, reared
without moral sensibilitieft, speaking in a
foreign toncue, and. indeed, existing in a
j i-lirbarous state, were at oneef with
uuwhiiwi uiuus aim uuumu gsiwcui,
na0(l within lhp Inner tftinn! nffrWAm
wuuin me inner utmpie oi ireeuom.
dumb With tha bliudneSS of their ignO-
! race an(l callous to the DeW situation 10
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wht'.'b they found themselves. The gene
fOUd heart of the people. hoWCVer.SUbmitfl,
and tbe scarce civilised denizens of the
plains of Mexico are taken into fraternal
connection, with the impulsive hope that
ere long they will learn the blessings of
liberty, and evince their capacity for citi
zenship in a Republic of civilized people.
But another cycle in the round of years
presents itself, and the golden hills and
valleys of California become peopled with
the sturdy sons of the Atlantic States, un
til an empire in greatness breaks upon
the world on tbe Pacific Hence the swell
ing trains from the barbarous nations of
the Pacific rush to the new State, and the
influx of Chiuamcn into California is go
ing on at a rate far, very far, surpsasing
the increase of population by our own
people, or from any other source.
A New York eotemporary, refering to
this subject, says :
"It would not require very much argu
ment to satisfy any American of the inex-
I pediency of raising these Asiatics to the
' WBtile tf A MArlian Aitianna la fntt it aarrvn tI
be a matter which his pride in the insti-
tutions of his country would hardly permit
him to entertain at all. To talk of divid
ing his sovereignty as an American free
man, and all the sacred responsibilities in
volved therein, with a Pagan idolater, is
to insult bim.
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And yet the five years which are under
the naturalization laws of the country.only
j Mil viua iw v tuvm. i;v,mw,
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win De upon mem, ana mey, unwasnea oi
,beir paganiem or their barbarity, utterly
unable to understand the first principles of,
golf.govcrnuicut, are to take the position j
indicated, and become not only the Legis-i
lators, but in effect, in the hands of suple
instruments, the Governorrof the land.
We are neither political Native Ameri
cans or Know Notbings,but the reflections
in which we have been indulging, forces
upon us the conviction, that the claim of
tnK progress indicates the fact, that tbe
"value of American citizenship has quite
reached its minimum," and that it will
bear cheapening but very little longer.
The future then is tbe field for action,
and tbe theatre of that action must be tbe
balls of the National Legislature at Wash
ington, where the principle must be
distinctly enunciated that no more barba
rous territory is to be acquired, either for
slavery or freedom.and that mankind shall
all learn first to bear the honor of citizen
ship before tbey shall be permitted to en
joy its benefits. 1'hila. Daily Newt.
The Legislature at St. John's, N. B ,
adjourned, after having passed an act ad
mitting foreign breadstuff's, salted meats,
molasses and coals free of duty, and rati
fyibg tbe Reciprocity Treaty.
A few days ago, as the wife of a butch
er, of Crestcyt Wilts, England, was white
washing their cottage, she pulled away an
old board from the ceiling, when 370 in
gold full to the floor.
Aristotle, on being censured for bestow
ing alms on a bad man, made the follow
ing noble reply : " I did not give it to the
man ; I gave it to tbe humanity."
The Baltimore Clipper was compelled
yeiterday to use colored paper, in conse
quence of its inability to procure white.
It is presumed the Emperor and Em
press of France will visit Queen and Prince
Albert, during this montlh
Ten thousand human beings were kill
ed or maimed during two hour fighting at
Alma. , '
COUNTY, PENN, FRIDAY,. NOV. 10, 1854.
The Farmer.
Extracts from an AddreM
Delivered before the Aeriealtnral Society of
Montgnmery County, Maryland, at its An
nual Eihibition, at Rockville, Sept. Mih,
1854. Bi CatvsctT P. Holcoms of Del.
My opinions will relate for the most
part to practical subjects,, the most practi
cal subjects that claim oar attention on
the farm, and I would choose to adJress
yon in the same familiar way I would if I
were walking with any of yon over your
farms, or you were visiting me at this sea
son, and wo were walking over mine.
I should point to my corn 6tlJs and
say : "You sec I cut np all my corn ;
after repeated experiments and much ex
perience, I am satia&Vd it is the best way.
It is better for the corn, it is iu6mttly
better for the fodder. 1 should add that
some years back I wintered a hundred
head of cattle, carrying them well through low or grain from the weather in harvest-' mj w;f0 for nearly half a century, we
the winter on little besides the corn fodder : ing, I suggested the round shock with its ' baTe our ten chiiJren on it, and it
from one hundred and forty aires of corn, ! architectural roof, which I saw was new to 1, brell , ghcltcr and home to our grand
for I do not take the straw largely into ', them. An Eug'ishonn Ltslow to believe, children when thir parents were stricken
tbe account, and I had not that season oppecially to believe that any way but $omu or overtaken by misfortune. I have
twenty tons of good hay ia my barus. I
annually winter my horses iu gnat part,
on long fodder, nor is its length, when fid;
vast iuug ivui '. ""aj "f m
in crips or rail mangers in the yard, any 1 wheat handy, 1 would like to snow tbem jhi, n(:iitni occurred early in my far
considerable inconvenience. We tie the ; the round shot, the "American stock" aa miDg It made a strong impression
fodder in bundles as we busk the corn. 1 1 called it, with its architectural roof. 0 min j i : th- r
using rye straw, or broom corn stalk, and
put it in bunches of a dtsen or fifteen
bundles and haul as soon after hunting as onoe erectea several ocxs in aooui me
wecan, and decidedly, then, the best way time as they admitted it would take to
is to stack in the round stack. In cutting ! wind-row it They expressed great a lint -
np the fodder vou avoid all rL,k of danger 'ration of the shock, seemed much Uken
frJm the weather. In topping and blading! with it, without a dissenting voiee.and all
the risk to the blades in bad seasons in proposed to try it this harvest, sad some
particular is very great Corn may be cut j promised to report to me the result
up, and shonld be, as early as the blades! The sgricultumt certainly has the ad -
can be safely pulled. In the case of the tage in tbe great and all-important eon-
premium generously offered in Talbot aideration of health over all denaens of
county by that accomplished, intelligent, I cities. Dr. Draper, the Prewdeut of the
and sealous friend of agriculture, Edmund Medical Faculty of New York, stated in
Rufin. Esq.. to ascertain which mode of!
saving fodder is least injurious to the corn,
tbe very excellent report of Mr. Uolliday.
of that county, showed, according to m j
recollection, that corn cut up, not only
lost leas in weight than bv an? other pro-
eoes of saving the fodder, but actually lea.
than when it was left to stand on the stalk
in the field until gathered, it may be
convenient to have a few bladee, and cer-
tainly it often is, but give me as a generational, bold, and startlm Oct, that but
rule the noble plant as it grew, robbed on-j f' resources of population they draw
ly of its grain both for the stock and the! from the country, the population of our
manure yard as well as for the subsequent "g woold become extinct
tillage of the field on which it grew. The As an onset to this greater risk encoun
difference between topping and blading, tered to their health and live, by the den
and cutting np corn would hardly be atated j "" of cities, it is said they enjoy greater
too strong by saying it was the difference j facilities for accumulating wealth, the
between insuring the capacity to winter a principal object for which tbe American
rood herd of stalk.and having some bladee ! citizen is supposed to Uvel and certainly
saved for the horses, the work stock of the
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farm.
There Is another little practical matter
deserving a word ; and here again I give
.
vou rawer our recent practice in new
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j C"tlc C0Unt thtB My the0ry 00 8ub
From some approximate estimates tiade
by the Agricultural Club of New Castle
county, we ascertained that the damage to
the grain crop, the wheat and oats was not
much less annually than tbe taxes of the
county, and much of this was occasioned
by damage to the grain while in stock ;
we were then in the habit of wind-rowing
our grain. The club recommended in
very strong terms substituting the round
shock doubled capped ; that is placing ten
sheeves in a round bunch, with the arms
bugging the tops well in together ; then
take a sheef and placing the butts against
tbe breast, brake it down at tbe hand, thus
forming an angle like the arm bent at the
elbow, throw the top of the shock, and
with a second sheef fashioned in the same
way, lay it at right angles across the first,
thus forming a complete quadrangular
architectural roof. By publications on tbe
sutyect ind offering premiums at our agri
cultural exhibitions for the best shocker
of tbe round shock with a double cap, we
almost in a single season introduced the
round shock into general favor; the wind
row is hardly bow to be seen.
It Will successfully protect frctn the
weather if put np right, at least my own
experience with bearded wheat is to the
effect that there is littlo or no danger to
be apprehended. In 1S40, the harvest
was bad ; my agricultural journal shows
that it rained every day for one week, and ,
some days all day, yet I Subsequently
hauled a large field of wheat shocked in
this way without even throwing off the
caps. The present season my wheat was
out a month.as I left it when shocked and
went over my corn, cut my oats, and did
other work, and though it rained with us
more or lest en several days, I hauled at
the end of a month directly from the field
and threshed, and did not see tbe first
grown head. It is best to go around oc
casionally and see tte caps are well on.
. I am told that our Virginia friends, in
eastern Virginia, do not even bind teheefj
of wheat Mr friend, Mr. Willougliby
Newton, told me he had not a hand on his
farm that knew how to bind a sheef of
wheat They carry it np loose as it ia
cat, and shock or stack it in small stacks.
It would strike ns that it mnst be a slow
process, and rery awkward handling it in
all subsequent operations ; but I am told
this plan has many friends,and in practice
it may have more to recommend it than
Strikes US at first View. Bands Will get
great dexerity in binding. I have seen 1 dustrious man, and the hands of bis help
them, and no doubt you have many of 'mcet were swift to the distaff, still I tho't
them in Montgomery county, that when
hard pressed by the machine would bind he must have got behind, and put to him !,he Union eourse I Train, then, early,
as they walked, only slacking their pace j , qUestion to learn if he meant to give it j Train ,a,e train in the nursery ; train in
as they paused for an instant to take np BU jcct to any incumbrances. " Incum- tbe room train in tbe drawing
the gavil, then throwing the band round . brances," said he, oh, no, air, the good ' roonl n1 !n tte 01 trin tL
and tying it as they walked on. farm has kept herself clear ; not an acre j'ltar- Erect 7our el'ege courses.
While in England last summer, dining . 0f her soil," exclaimed the old man, exul- Enter.then, your sons. Sound in their
with some of their agriculturalists, con-' tingly, "is covered by any man's parch- em the "bortations of the father of Da
versation happening to turn on their great ' ment Tbe farm has supported me and niel Wekter to his son, as they were rest
"is own way is tbe ngbt wsy. 1 nuaily
told them I would not attempt to convince
tbem ty argument, out u mere was any
them br areument. but if there was any !
1 c w i
; "Agreed," said they, and we adjournej
j from the table to the barn fi ior, where I
bis annual address ot 15M, mat nve nun-
i dred children under two years of age died
' weekly in the city of New York. We
j bave bave seen Ibis number exceeded the
; present year by their published weekly
i Prts of mortality. More than five hun-
; dred mother, have been mad. to mourn
j between the two Sabbath day. for tbe U.
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orfc Uut nr. iwaper states this au-
we oujeoi iu me pursuit oi wuicu ue oiien
prematurely dice. There may be much
doubt, I apprehend, an to even the correct
ness of this pretension. Farmer, have a
very queer way of keeping accounts, keep
ing them, for the most part, "in the head,"
as it is called ; a bad place to keep columns
of figures. Tbey credit tbe poor farm for
what is left when they have got their liv
ing out of it- When we have lived well,
and dressed well, rode well, and entertained
well, we usually give the poor farm credit
for what is left what we can't eat np or
spend, and, I bad almost said, give away.
The farmer has lived iu a good house.
A merchant in the city would have to pay
from $500 to 11.000 for as good a one.
He has set a eood table. The merchant
going to tbe meat market, the vegetable
market, the fruit market, the baker and
dairyman, would bave an item in his neat
ly kept ledger of one thousand more for
house expenses. Another charge of a cou
ple of hundred or more would go down for
fuel ; which the farmer Would haul from
bis woods and make no account of. An
other charge tbe merchant would make
for his riding either the expense of keep
ing a carriage, or bills paid for hiring at
livery.
Here then is made np of ont-goes for.
necessaries in order to live in a city, some
two thousand dollars and upward, equal
to the interest on tbe entire purchase mon
ey of a fine farm, aod of which items, or
their segregate, the farmer takes little or
no notice in any account be may keep with
bis farm. Yet the first thing that money
is wanted for, the first thing it is expend
ed for, is to support the family.
I would like to see an account stated,
say by a master in chancery, where be was
instructed, from tbe character of some lit
igation that might arise, to charge the
farmer with each item he bad consumed
at retail city prices, and for each ride he
had taken at livery stable prices. It
would show up some of our " economical
farmers" so called, I suspect, as great
spendthrifts. The rate at which they had
lived would not a little surprise themselves
U well as His Honor the Chancellor.
.Of the capacity of a farm to pay an
income in raising an4 supporting a family,
I was forcibly struck on being called oa
by a respectable old neighbor in his last
sickness, to draw nn his will. Seated at
his bedside, I asked him what he wished
to dispose of. "My farm," said he.
Knowing be had lived, I may say, like
a gentleman, a country gentleman,
riding always in good style, dressing
and educating his family well, entertaining
liberally, besides having a family of grand
children on his hands to support, although
, T Vnew he waa a onni fiirmor .nd an in.
tuat with his farm of two hundred acres
;t now ccar () je4Te t0 my children, with
-hout $2,000, its surplus earuiugs, out at
,Bttrcrt;
lrust t0 my fM1Dt , m u wiI1 al Ieal,t Mp.
port aod fred m and mine. I will eTca
ltai it ,he lmA doHltr l C40 hpire Yet,
we ,, lrait tbe bud. The banks and
1 lhe stwl Mj Le m3J mJ BOt
p,y BS back, but this nursing mother wiU
fuifi j, fccr bOBor , dnf,
Yu ms, dfaw 0 hef
yonr crrpi d ,t (wt,Te l)Cm;ks fuf
; Jw mJ tf fQa nj t
tJ M tU & u flf Le M
always fu up on the ihe
make a blinj!.ome ae,, liMle
Ume Ub U fuih-
, ;f vna ,a . ,. tn .
maybe she will make yon a handsome
present besides.
This is another strong argument in fa
vor of an investment ia real estate.
Real estate lands in preference or a
; k u ..
Mf U
tbe hands ef heirs it is the only one likely
to serve a single generation.
The permanent wealth of the country
undoubtedly consists ia the leaded estate
of the country. ' It is asafe fund for those
to possess who make the acqaisitionad it
is a safe fund for those to held who inherit
the property so acquired; while that class
whose cupidity induces them to seek the
highest 'dividend paying stocks, may liter
ally be said to "toil for heirs we know
not who."
For tome reasons already assigned, and
for very many others that might he as
signed, the landed class ia undoubtedly to
constitute the first class in American so
ciety. They will be more homogeneous
constituting a distinct type. Tbey will be
highly educated; the increasing wealth of
tbe landed proprietors will justify this.
An elevated moral tone, a gentle and
high-bred courtesy should distinguish
them, and make them fit representatives
of the best American society, where, as
ia our cities, fashion is allowed to govern,
and without much reference to the antece
dents of the party, admit, for most part,
such as can boast a palatial residence, a
splendid equipage, and can afford to give
elegant (entertainments such a circle,
however elevated the character and refine
ment of a portion of it may be, can never !
be considered, a a whole, as a polished,
high,superior order of society ,or be allow
ed to pass as representing the first class of
American society.
Professional life bas hitherto been much
sought in this country, and the learning
and science it has embraced bas very pro- j
perly given its members a high social pos-
ition. But the facilities to the admission
to the professions will lower the standard;
it has done so to some extent already, and i
the same cause has greatly diruiuihed th:
emoluments of professional life, and the
professiocs will be much less sought here
after, and agricultural pursuits, by this
class, will be much more frequently
sought.
Let me not be understood as snyitig that
it will be for the petty distinction of occu
pying the firt place in fashionable society
that the landed iiit-rs will seek to hijjhly
educate their sons and daughters. This
will follow; but more worthy oljocts, wore
enlarged and patriotic views will bavo re
ference to the wholesome action of the
publie mind, to the safo and prosperous
existence of our institutions. The conser
vative tone of filth a class will act most
happily in keeping up the moral tone, re
buking corruption and licentiousness in
public life, and in dispensing with services
of tho ambitious demagogue, who is really
only seeking to serve himself, and secure,
ia his place, the services of honest, good,
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Wholi Ncxbkb, 552.
competent men, who wiU faithfully servo
tneir country.
But, to accomplish all these results, on
thing is necessary. It is necessary that,
in every dwelling and farm-boas in th
land, from one end of the country to tha
other, that the mother should train ; ay,
and that the father should iroi'a rraia I
train, ! train I This is the word, if tha
goal is to be reached. We have formerly
trained our horses,trainedourdogs,traiael
our cattle. But a greater race ia to eotne
off : we enter our children our sons and
daughters for the great sweepstakes over
ing irons meir laoors on a nay cock in tbe
meadow, "Get learning, my son, get learn
igi get learning I' and the father was
ready to make any sacrifice to this end.
"I remember," ssys Webster, "the very
hill which we were ascending, through
deep snows in a New England sleigh,wbeu
my father first made known his purpose
of sending me to college. I ctuld not
speak. How could he, I thought, with
to large a family and in such narrow air.
, cumstanccs.think of incurring so great an
! eiPens or me- warm gow ron W
"r me 1 1 mJ ncM 0B ,aln
jer' boulJer. nd ePt-"
Our children wiU remember the saerf.
ficc we malte for ttem' nd bIcM 00f
memories for it j nay, they will, as they
: relate such sacrifices, let our voices ba
heard above our graves,
For the training of our sons, so far u
their phycal formation eoncrned,how
favorable are our country homes, and the
port, labors, and exercise they induce I
j Nor is the scene less favorable to their
moral culture, wnere, remote irom temp-
! ution' tte bctld in -yf -
surruuuus iuviu uis wuraa oi baiure,
-Ami look through utof. af Id ular', Oo4-
Their intellect, thso, must be addressed
through the schools and the coHeges,while
'everywhere they mast learn the precepts at
our blessed religion, and seek to excel ia
practice of every Christian. virtue.
Wintering 8tock.
Much of the profits of rearing cattle de
pends upon the manner of keeping them
through the winter. If they are suffered
to lose flesh during the cold season, and
turned out to pasture "spring poor," it
takes a long time to regain What they have
lost. With the best quality of early cut
and well made English hay, with regular
and judicious feeding, and comfortable
quarters, a stock of cattle, from the oMest
to the youngest, may be made to thrive
all winter, to gain size and flesh, and wild
a small allowance of meal, potatoes, turn
ips or other roots, they Would do still
better. ,
Our horses, cattle and sheep, were orig
inally constituted to subsist the year round
on green and succulent food.
By domestication,they have been gradu
ally introduced from a warm, to the cold
climate of the north, where, as with us,
they generally have to be fed on dry for
age for six months, or more, every year.
This in some degree, is placing them in an
unnatural condition, and it seems to us, is
a strong argument in favor of a more ex
tensive root culture among us, for feeding
purposes.
Most farmers have more or less Coarse
fodder,8uch as poor hay.corn fodder ,stra j
Ac. And many Commence feeding their
the winter, or till it is used up, and seem
to think it is a good "riddance of bad rub
bish." Cattle and sheep, doubtless, like
a change of food as well as man, an J whth
keP in 8d condition.they seem to relish
foddering of meadow hay, corn-rodder,
or 8trw occasionally ; but if fed entirely
on Bncfc fodJcr ,be " kalf 6f t6e w?,,tor
tncjlose ncsb.ana win ne apt to come out
ia the spring in poor condition, in spite of
English bay.
Corn-fodder is ss nutritions ai common
stack hay, when fed in connection with it,-
but to compel cattle to live on such fare f C
weeks togcther,is,as some oee hassaid,"ab
solutcly cruel, as it makes their teeth
when fed for a length of time." A better
way is, to give eattle one foddering-a day
of corn butts, and that at the last feeding
at night, and if they bave a preftly stout
allowance given ifcem, tbey Witt eat it
nearly clean before mornir--at least
hat they reject will hardly pay for past
ing throngh the straw-cutter. Cattle, tot
Ja well., must bave drink a.4 Well as frod
and free use of card and brush add (0 theix
jgocd looks. Granite Farmer.
So?"PuIvetized Charcoal is excellent ia
fattening of turkeys, chickens, io.
Good cloth is well e-tlled a jatrvs, hi
bad cloth is fabriemti'' -'- ' 2 '