Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-06-29
FRIDAY, June %, 1927.

or-notnng stalk. And when the grass is cut the |
boys are amongst it with their rakes and pitchforks
and keep it moving as long the sun Shines & until
It Is properly cured and fitted for the NOV, where
II may be seen the next spring as bright and sweet |
as when first slowed away. While Snug is equally
careful In the preservation of his grain, and usually
gets sM-pence more for every bushel he sells than
his neighbors, by reason of h.s judicious manage
ment. AS for hay, he AYERS that he can rarely az
ford to sell it, for with every load of hay he is obli
ged to part with load or more of manure, and thus
far is impoverishng his farm.
In regard to buildings and fences, Willy Snug is
emphaticaly what bis name implies. Every thing
is snug about them His buildings are never TO be
seen, like those of his neighbor Lookout, glazed
with old hats, and painted by the hands of time and
weather. On the contrary, every window has its
due proportion of glass, and every inch of wood
work its appropriate covering of oil and paint. The
stone walls we'll built and in good condition not
PANEL, OF any part Of one, is wanting in his rail
fences and the posts, instead of standing every
way like company of militia, set in SO straight
line that you might take sight over the top of
hundred of them well as on the barrel of rife.
There are no briars, bushes, no thistles no tall
unsightly weeds growing beside the fences but all
is smooth, neat, and productive as the rest of the
enclosure.
John Wesley used to say, that farmers were the
most discontinued race of beings in the world that
they we're never satisfied either with God OF man.
If this account be true Willy Snug is certainly an
exception. He takes the seasons as they come, dis
charges his duty, and leaves the rest to heav-
en-. He is not always complaining of the weather
as being too hot OF too cold, too wet or too dry and
taking occasion from this dissatisfaction to neglect
his business He has no horribly dull days, no time
in which he cannot work. He is not seen of "a rainy
afternoon lettering at the tavern OF going away two
or three miles with fish pole on his shoulder. He
always finds something to do at home. An axe is to
be ground, rake to be mended, seeds to be pre-
pared for planting, and thousand other things to
be attended to, which can be done without exposure
to the rain. And when these matters are discharg-
ed there is another which Willy Snug is careful not
to neglect viz. reading the newspaper. In fact, he
aifrms it to be infalble remedy for the "blues,
and worth all the whskey, rum and brandy in neigh
Dor Signpost's bar.
The same industry, the same good management
and the cheerful humor attend upon Willy SNUG
throughout the year. lie does not throw away il
winter 1.-The heard-earned! and precious products o
his summers labor His time s spent in feeding
and taking care of his stock laying in years sup
ply Of wood, and, during the long winter evenings
in improving his own mind by reading, and cultiva
ting the minds ofhis children. No sleigh-rides, nc
drunken-bouts, no killing of horses, dancing al
night, to crafty vile taste for frolickng and fash
not niggardly. There is not more bountful tabl,
than his in the parish and We are informed by thost
who have slept at his house, that softer beds thai
his never invited to sweet slumbers and happy
dreams.
But, speaking of these things reminds us that M
little credit is due to WHY'S wife. And indeed on
description of good farmer would be incomplete
without naming his better hali'' in the same ac
count for one can no more be good farmer witt
,-- ~. H. l,I1
sieve. Margaret Snug is known among all he
; neighbors for making the very best of butter am
cheese5; and as for cooking dish of meat, maxim
batch of BREAD and preparing fine cup of coffee
{ hersuperior could not easily be found. Her house
her furniture, her children, every thing is in order
And yet, we are credibly informed, she scold:
not even on washing day! In short, Margare
5 Snug is the same within doors that Willy Snug
without and g they twain,' in all the duties, char
: tiles, and comforts Of life, emphatically, " on
: flesh. "--Berk. Amer.