Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-08
[From Mrs Royals " Black Bonk."l
NEW-ENGT.AND

! Almost every farmer has Ii field of India n
corn, potatoes, rye, oats, onions, orchard, gar
! den, meadow, and in some instances, clover.
! Those fields are neat, square, small enco .ures
! of about four cres each and though thoy have
| an air Of plenty and comfort, are nothing like
| the great farms Of Pennsy lvania, their clover
| fields are not IA comparison for the rank clover
| fields ofthat State. neither is that sturdy appear
| ance Of force in the fields. Their harvesis are
by no means a matter o! the like importance as
/ in other States. A very few hands cessary
TO secure the produce OF their dmnuive fields,
two or three in the meadoas, the like in tho
| rye-ields, no wheat is visible The laborer
works at his ease, and upon the whole, they
have moro the appearance of boys at play than
any thing else. Every farmers neat, white
| two story house, with green Veniiian blinds
! and a small portico over the door, stands in
front OF his farm, upon the street, their roads
| are called. On one side OF his house, on a line
with the street, stands his orchard, his onion
| field, &c. extending to his next neighbor. On
the other SIDE, his garden, perhaps his meadow,
! which reaches to his neighbor on that side
! His house uniformly stands about midway of
| his right and left boundary, and so OF his next
! ne ghbor; this is the case on both SIDES Of the
I street, tlpm one town to another, which actual
| y gives The road tho appearance Of a street.
applied to any Of the States but Connecticut,
the whole of winch resembles garden. Every
farmer has hs small wooden barn, under which
name thev include stables Instead Of having
one large barn, suii icicnt 10 contain every thing
he ma es he builds small ones over hs farm
when his crop grows, so that instead OF brng
ing The produce to the barn, he takes tie barn
| to the produce. These bans are n bure quo
on the name; no more like The grea, ninssy
s,one barns Of PENNSYLVANIA, than a C lcked
coop; they are small, slightly constituted
frames, or plank rather II is surprising, the
country aboundng with 90 I'd stoGe, that ne
vcr comes into the head Of these Jonaihans TO
bu Id stone barns. In Pcnns, vana they have
stone barns and wooden fences; in New Eng
land they have wooden barns and stone fences
every farmer has his neat painted chase or
carryali to travel in summer, bat his glory next
his WIFE is his beautiful slrgh, IN which, shroud-
cd in bila 10 skns, he skins over The snow-cov-
cred ground IN winter. No people IN the union
are more gay or happy, barring tho dislnas. -
Nothing OF that sorGdnoss, oi winch they are
accused. aud par iaularly those farmers. Their
work is all accomplished in The summer; in the
winter they bnve o,tng 10 do bu' feed their
stock and make fires, 90 ~ mill and 90 10 fro
lies, drink tea, cal pound "nke, ging"rhreid, .
pumpkin pie, aud laug and chat wr', the ladies
he whole W M or ~ one rDunn ~ pleasure Wlih
the Yankees, both young and old. III, ccrn-
ing with them is only aGct d,rk It is a uni
form praclice, with the young people partIcu-
lu'y. 10 tnaLe up parties, winch dash away by
sIelgh-iulls, FROM four To ten in sleigh, as soon
az it ls dark. Those in the populoIs 'oars and
villages 90 from four o cigt m,s IN The coun-
Try. Those ia the country, IN ilc contrary,
make for some popnIous village or lown. IT,
each case the parties repair 10 tavern, and
cali for ovS'"r- snrpers drink np have music,
dance, sing, laugh, and tell stories. M aher
amusing themselves I'll! thoy are tired. they re
lurn home
This tho case all winter every horse ear
rying dozen OF br! AT least, an' every he'll
ringing. Bu'. IN use one of nay end Nnah's
.cypfcssons, the amusing part of TIE siory Is
vet IT, come Most of those Yankcss I,,s' mer-
i'"ncd, are people oI education, people al
'1s'e the young men can perform on TIE |
lutte and most other INSTRUMENTS. write p'ctfl |
AID sing we'll. Rui The real raw Jonathan. the !
geruiuo OK driver, - auiuslng these generally |
go by taos, cume i1io room sideways, iook |
ny, aud wear their hats oui-doors snd m
Now and then a ooupls Of thsso awkward iei- ]