Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-08-25

GA beautiful picture have here (from
Mrs Sigourney's Lciters) Of the true nurseries
of Republics--
NEw ENGLAND IsDUsrRY.-I have seen no
class OF people. among whom more efficient
system of industry and economy of time was es-
tablished than the agricultural population Of New
England Their possessions not sufficiently
large to allow waste of anv description. Hence
every article seems to be carefully estInaied.
and applied to its best use. Their mode of life is
as favorable to cheertuness and health as it is
eminent in industry.
The farmer rising with the dawn, attends to
those empoyments which necessary for the
family, and proceeds early with his sons OF as
sis;an,s to their department of daily labor. The
birds eniivcn them with their songs, npd lambs
gamboi, while the patient OK marks .he deep fur
row, or the grain is committed TO the earth, or
the tall grass humbed beneath the scyihe, or the
stately freed from the intrusion Of weeds
Fitting tasks are proportoned TO the young one s,
that no hand may be idle.
/ In the interior of the house an equal diligence
prevails. The elder daughters take n willing
part with the mother in every domestic toll
The children who too small be useful, pro-
ceed to school, kindly leading the little one who
can scarcely walk. Perhaps the aged grand.
mother, welcome and honored inmate, amuses
the raddy infant, that she may release the strong
er hand for toll. The sound of the Wheel and
the vigorous stroke of the loom are heard. The
fieeces OF the sheep wrought up. amid the
cheerful songs of sisters. Remembering thai
the fabrics which they produce, will guard those
whom they love, from the blasts of winter, tho
bloom deepens their cheek with the pleasing
cor. ,iousness OF useful industry
In the simple and abundant supply Of a table
from their own resources, which shall refresl
those who return weary from the field, all are
interested.
The boy who brings his mother the fresl, veee
tables selects salad which his own hand cult
waited with portion of the pride with which
Dioclesian pOi1ted to the cabbages which he ha,
reared. The daughter. who gathers treasure,
from the nests of the poultry winch she feeds
delights TO tell their history, and to number tn.
young ducks as they swim forth proudly on III,
pond. The bees, whose hives range near IN,
door. add desert to their repa.ts, and the COW
feeding quietly the rich pastures, Weld pu,,
nutriment for the little ones. For their brea
they have 'sown reaped, and gathered into IN
barns;' the flesh is from their focks-fhe fru;
and nuts from their trees. The childre
know when the first berries ripcn. and whe
the chesnut will be in the thornv sheath in IN
forest. The happy farmer, at his indepen1eo
table, need not envy the luxury Of kings.
The active matron strives 10 lessen the expen
ses of her husband. and to increase his gains :
she sends to market the wealth Of her dairy, an
the surplus of her loom. She instructs he
daughters by their diligence to have a purse
their own from which to furnish the more delicat
parts OF their wardrobe, and to relieve the poor
la the long evenings of winter, she plies tn
needle. or knits stockings with them, or main
j tains the quiet music of the fax wheel, fror
, whence linen is prepared for the family Sh
IncItes them never TO eat the bread of idienes