Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-28

But what are the advantages OIL
his virsi'ian economy? 1 answss.
ma6y. III political point Of view,
i gives US independence. This re-
Iuires no derg2nstra ton. 1t alsol
saves many lives; for since my resi-
lcnce at and near Wilmington, more
fine young men of the borough have
died, in the West India trade, than
from any other cause whatsoever.
Asto expense, besides the tea and
china ware the time aud maintenance
oil Que person about a house is nearly
saved, from the washing and pudding
which these frivolous trinkets require.
In point Of health, il you will in
dulge me talking about myself as IA
familiar example, l will inform you
how l pro!itcd by Virgils advice.
When l resided at Dover, in a Hat
country and vavid atmosphere, the
faculty advised me to liue abore the
climate. Besides my meridian before
dinner, l generally drank vine in the
Afternoon. All would not do. l was
obliged to fly for my life to this hilly
country. While l sided in Will
mington, l continued my usual habits.
Soon afterward l was attacked by
the govt, and had regular fits for
some years. Since | bccam G Ii farmer
and INDUCED the Virgilian economy,
1 have never had the govt. For
more than twelve years have been
free from this seourgeof iDte,nperance.
ALTHOUGH ] am now on the wrong
side Of sixty years Of age, my feet
have recovered their tone and hardi
, hood : l can walk and ride and ia
manuel labor as we'll AZ ever could.
The trimming Of my orchards is All
amusement reserved for my own
fIlands; for 1 would not be hired to let
an awk4ra fellow spoil my fruit trees.
| never learned to reap or NOW i; but
can shock wheat or make hay with
any body. Besides. am chief gar
,tner in a lot Of two acres. My To-
cal situation prerludes me from ex-
trnsive protest., nal duties but suvi,
las fall to my lot are not neglected.
All this too without any self denial
so great as might be imagined: for
although have qui, the usa or wine
along with other foreign luxuries,
Indulge in cheering glass Of spirit
and water. once OF twice day. For
this purpose, l prefer good rye wins.
ky or high proof apple brandy /; for
scorn to 20 abroad for any thing THAI
l can get better at home.
Are not these advantages worthy O.
communication to my iratier far
mers Is there a man among you
that duly estimates "a cheerful ant
Vigorous old age, free from pain ant
. decreplitudc, who would think Ties,
blessings dearly purchased by taking
Virgil's advice. to liue on the prctuc
, Of his oUm farm?
= 1t would take up too mnch time 1
space 80 be particular as to the sea
c of my family. Suffice it to observe
: that if any Of them 60 from home.
u few days, they rejoice ON relurnin,
to their domestic fare; and ! have ne
J. yer known a person yet, who ha'
n once lived with me, that objected t.
!? returning and living with me again
a on account OF the we'll known famil
0 e. onomy.
;. By living on the produce Of GU
II farms, | would not wisI, to be under
d stood, as excluding all trade and com
j. ,nerce. individuals may exchange
j. and states and nations trade to advan
4 tagc. But these abstract ideas ar
; very different from the habitual foil