Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-08

spring as DIiSul duu oWSSs % WIN"
first slowed away. Willy Snug IS
Iually careful in the preservation of his
grain, and usually gets slxpence more
for every busheI he sells than his neigh.
bors, by reason OF his good manage
ment. AS for hay, ne AYERS that he
can hardly afford TO sell it, for with
every load of hay, he is obliged to part
with a load or more, OF manure, and
thus far impoverishes his farm.
In regard to buildings and fences,
Willy Snug is emphatlcaliy what his
name implies. Every thing is snug a
bout them. His buildings are never
to be seen, like those of his neighbor
Look On, glazed with old hats, and
painted with the hands of time, and
the weather. On the contrary, every
window has its due proportion of glass,
and every inch OF wood work has its
appropriate covering Of Gil and paint.
The stone walls are we'll built and in
good condition; no, a PANEL, or any
part Of one is wanting in his rail fen
ces; and the posts, instead of standing
| every way like "a company of militia,
are set in so straight a line that you
might take sight over the tops Of a
hundred of them as we'll as on the
| barrel of a rifle. There are no bri.
ars, no bushes, no thistles, no tall uu.
slightly weeds growing beside the fen
| ces; but all is smooth, neat and pro
| ductive as the rest of the enclosure.
John Wesley used to say that farm
ers were the most disconnected race OF
beings in the world; that they are ne
yer satisfied either with God or man.
II this account be true, Willy Snug is
certainly an exception. He takes the
seasons as they come, discharges his
own duty, and leaves the rest to Hea
ven. he is not always complaining
of the weather, as being too not or too
cold, too wet or too dry, and taking
occasion from this dissatisfaction to
neglect his business. He has no nor
ribiy dull days, no time in which he
cannot work. He is not seen of a
rainy afternoon lettering at the tavern,
or going away two orthree miles with
a fish pole on his shoulder. He always
finds work TO 90 al home. An axe ia
to be ground, a rake to be mendrd,
seeds to be prepared for planting, and
a thousand other things to be attended
10, which can be done without expo
sure TO the rain. And when these
matters are discharged, there is ano
Their, which Willy Snug is careful not
to neglect, VIZ reading the ne"spa
per. In fact, he sffirms ii to be an in
fallible remedy for the "blues," aud
worth all the whiskey. rum and
brandy in neighbor sign posts bar.
TIE same industry, the same good
management, and the same cheerful
humor attend upon Willy Snug thro'
out the year. lie does no! throw a
way in The winter the hard earned and
precious products ofthe summers labor.
His time is spent in feeding and
taking care of bis stock, laying in
u years. supply of good wood, and
dorIng the long winter evening IN i'm
proving his w mind by reading, and
improving the minds of his children.
No sleigh rides, no drunken routs, 10
killing Of horses, TO dancing all night
to crafty a vile taste for frolicking and
fashionable amuSements Never,lle
less. Willy Snug is no niggard. There
is not a more bounsllul table than his 10
he whole parish; and we are inform
ed by those who have slept at his
house, that softer beds than bis never !
invited to sweet slumbers and happy
dreams.
But speaking of these things, re
minds Us that no little credit is due to
WHY'S wife. And indeed our de
scription Of a good farmer would be
incomplete without naming 'his better
half in the same account: for one can
no more be a good farmer with a good.
for. nothing-wife, than lnde the ocean
dry with a sieve. Margaret Snug is
known among all her neighbors, for
making the very bcs. of butter and
cheese; and for cooking a dish of
meat, making a batch of bread, and
preparing a fine cup of coffee, her su
perior could not easily be found Her
house, her furniture, her children, ev.
cry thing is in fine order. And yet we
are credibly informed she never scolds,
not even on a washing day! In short,