The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-06
Thc PvacticaA EasMer.
,,rppnurMENr IN FARMING.

lie, OF II pages II SNes ""c
20 be an authentic account OF a tarn'er' "no
lnder many disadvantages, ana asai"sl
practice and prejudice, oanisheu 'ne uss
Of ardent shirts from his farm. II .eils 10ny
ne did is-hozv he did it,-and the results
as it respected himself and his workneh'
We think every candid farmer WIN o1 us
lighted with this account, and nave no uouos
but very many, after peruslng IL WIN oe
convinced that ardent spirits are NOT ehiy
but are injurious, even II they
aim at economy only. We wish IT may DC
extensively read, and we know OF no way IN
which we can be so useful to TINS rcspecta-
BILE part of the community, as by introducing
and recommending this Tract to their no.
tice. Our limits forbid us to quote but
briefly from this interesting little WORK,
though we should most sincerely wish that
every one of our readers would peruse the
whole of it-Recorder y Telegram.
Mr.. B. a respectable farmer in Massa-
chusetts, came 6 number of years ago, into
possession of farm of about 600 acres
On this farm he employed eight or ten men,
These men were in the habit, and had been
for years Of taking each portion of ardent
spirits, when they laboured, every day.
They had grown up in the practice Of tax
aug IL, duu luC lNCh Wdo ti2hCi III tieii
that they could not do without. 1t was the
common opinion in the place, that for la
bouring men, who had to work hard, some
ardent spirit was necessary. Mr.. B. for a
time followed the common practice, and fur
nished his men with portion of spirits 6ai-
~. But after much attentive observation
and mature reflections he became deeply i'm
pressed with the conviction, that the prac-
tice was not only useless but hurtful. He
became convinced that it tends to lead men
to intemperance; to undermine their constl-
tutions; and to sow the seeds of DEATH tenn
poral and eternal And he felt that he could
not be justified in continuing to cultivate his
farm by means OF a practice, which, to use
his own words, WAS running the bodies and
souls of his fellow men," He therefore call
ed his men together, and told them, in 4
kind and faithful manner, his feelings. He
told them that he was perfectly satisfied
that the practice of taking ardent spirit.
was not only needless, but hurtful-that i
tended to weaken and destroy both the bo
DIV and mind and that he could not consis
tentlv with his duty be instrumental in con
tinuing practice which he had no doub
tended to destroy them for both worlds. II,
therefore, from that time should furnish
them with no ardent spirits.
One of them said, he could not worl
without spirits; and if he did not furnisl
them with it he would,,not stay with him
Every WE'LL" said Mr B. "hand me YOU
bill, and be Off" T'Ke man said that h,
presumed al the others would leave ave
ry WE'LL" said NJ. B. "tell them, any of then
who choose, to leave--all Of them if the,
choose to go,-to hand ntheir bills, and the
shall have their money to night If the
stay; however, they shall have nourishn
food and drink, at any time, and in any a
bundance which they wish; and at the clos
ofthe year each one S12; that is, 81 a mont
in addition TO his wages. But shall furnis
no spirit of any kind neither shall hav
it taken by men in my employment ha
rather my farm would grow up to weed.
than to be cultivated by means of SO perni
cious a practice as that of taking arden
spirit" However none Of the men left ex
cept that one. And when he saw that al
the others concluded to stay, h came bac
and said that as the others concluded to sta
and do without rum, he believed that h
could, and he should be glad to stay too,
Mr. 3. had no objections But he told hin
no; he did not wish him to stay; he woul
make of him an example, and he must go. S
be departed. The rest went to work; b
that time thro' the season. Yet his work
he said was done with less trouble, in BET
ter manner and in better season than eve
before" Some Of his men, however, h
found, when they went abroad did take al
dent spirits. They sometimes procured
Z at the tavern, or a store, and in some nstar
ces took it secretly, while on his farm Th
evil therefore, although greatly lessenet
was not entirely done aWay
When he came to hire men again, he i
it be known that he did not wish to hire an
man who was not willing to abstain entirel
and at all times, from the use of ardent spi,
its. His neighbors told him that he coul
not hire men of those condition; that me
could not be found who would do withol
rum, especially in haying and harvesting
Well he said, then he would;hre none at al
His farm should grow up to weeds. AS
cultivate it bv the help of rum, he would no
BY allowing men in his employment, an
for whose conduct he was in 4 measure re.
ponsibie, to take ardent spirit, he should i
lending MIS- influence to continue practic
or he should at least be conniying at pra,
tice, which was destroying more live
making more mothers, widows and childre
orphans, than famine, pestiencc, aai swort
practice which was destroying by thoi
sands and ten thousands, not only the bod
but the souls of,men, rendering them ar
their children after them wrctched for IL
world to come. NO" said he, / will nj
by practice or silence, encourage, nor
having men in my employment who take a
dent spirits, connive at this daily evil" Hoy
ever; he found no difficulty in hiring me-