The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-01-15
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Prom the Vermont Weekly Messenger.
Signs or a PoOR FARMER.


He Craze: his moving land late in the fa'!
sndh" pastures early IN the spring, ana con
( seqesniy ruins both. some OF his cows or,
much psstiheis primc lie nrglec,s TO keel
the dang snd he ground from The si!A Of hi.
! hui'diogf, sud il costs tlm twenty dnilsts Il
I make pairs hen one dollars worth ot woi K
would have been sufficient IL performed 90 q
leisure time ten Yeas before. He suvs and
! plsnis his land un'il IL IS exhausted before he
thinks ti menufing. lie hos gcperatly Too
noeh slock and many Of them untuy. He
Is almost sure TO have good ds.i of stake
and pole fence. lie says be csnno, farm it
iot want o! money this is frequently The case
WIN good faIinef. ! bu, you may know slov.
en- oy bis insie o,ion 10 iiitlc things--hi. chill.
ofens shoes are spoiled Tor want Of shoe
suings 10 tie lhetr, or Tor want Of lutte tal
low 10 supple thcm his door hinge comes off
Tor want ct nail, aDd the door Is desi,oysd
ior want OF huge, and bi. NOW is ,rampied
on anu gosed FOR wan, Of door, aud all ,hi,
loss Is occosioned by not timely diving ard
c'eochng single nail. No,h,ny is in order
---hs has place for nothing, aud oulhing i,
In us place. /. he wants a ginleb a cbisel,
or hammer, he hunts up chamber, out az
the barn and corn house, in The cupboard, and
lastly, when he hes spent more time in pur,
su't ihan }, lakes him to do tho Job he finds
!, down cellar. lie keeps no stock Of the
saiaResf shmgt---ii button or bail 10 a pail
gives way, OF key to yoke, or pin TO
sled, or an eSe, a string or sviDgel to fail,
or even 'ooih 10 q rake, be has none 10 re.
place then. lie seldom does euy hing IN
stormy weather, or iD On evening, aud is sure
TO keep 20 9iemorandum ti little jobs lhat ate
TO be done.--You will perhaps hear OF his
groaning abou, ha'd times frequently in bar
room. Death and the iax ga,heter he knows
mus. come ; yet he makes no provision Tor
cibet ol them. Although he mas been on a
piece OF good land for 20 yeats, ash him ,or
Q grated apple, and ho will tell you that he
could not taisc them, for I've ne per had no
dack. His ndolercc and earelnssncss subject
him TO many aecidenfs he loses soop and ci
der Tor want OF hoop in the Did., oi his
ploughing his plough breaks because ], was
not housed--and when he il tonping away
from home, his hogs break into hi, ga,den Tor
want oi an additional board. tic does no, take
advantage OF his business by diving it when
he can, and consequently - is like the old
womsn's sor, 80 busy fkaf he ntper docs any
things" OF al least he seldom finishes sny
thing before he begins another, and therefore
brings little 10 pass, sod i,'ofen TO be seen in
q great hurry. lie is seldom nes, in his PEI
SOM and will sit down TO table himself without
comblDg his hair, and suffer bis chlldren 10
do SO without woshing their hands and faces. |
He frequently drives his cattle with club,
and IS generally late TO public worship; HI, |
ch'ldi en- are APT 70 be late st School, ard their
books are torn and dizzy he is careless his !
childreB and domes,ics ore SO TOO. As he
has 40 en,erpsize, so he has no money. II
he must have money, he frequently makes
erea sacrifice TO &c: il, and a, he is sleek io
payments, and buys altogether on CREDIT, he
pays through the nose for cve'y thing. He
wan: iore,hough,, economy and ezer,ion. 10
FINE poor farmer, in the suict sense of the
woIl IS poor creature; ho is a poor bus-
band and poor citizen. A good farmer may
be poor, bu, poor farmer cannot act his part
well IN othor words, he Cannot be good az
man or as a Christian.
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