Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06

mechanics, IN seaport tOWuo5 - uhSSA-j
tain,-the mason can do but little or noth-
ing in the winter, and so with some 9TH
ers also, all are more or less effected by
the ups and. down in business. Nowl
your produce. which you consume IN
your family. is worth as much to you 10
the dullest times as in the most brisk.
F. Ineyer thought of the thing IN this
way before. must CONFESS don't see
how you get along these times. Why, /
was fretting myself to think 1 was some
pestered to get little molasses and tea
I for nv wood: and yet | have all the es-
sential articles which l need In my tami-
ly, at home s 8Ja 1sss
NJ. Well, now let us calculate little.
| further. Our milk costs us six cents a
quart; now suppose buy a quart day,
that will be 365 quarts year-maklng a
round sum. about twenty-two dollars
year. And then our wood; say twelve
cords year, Though not one-half what
/ you burn) at FIVE dollars cord, is sixty
dollars a year. My butter costs me IS
cents pound, on an average, Allowing
one pound day in large family, which
would give them all but a small slice, and
yet the cost is Riaetg-One dollars q gear.
Now, my friend, we have got one hundred
and seUenty-three dollars, for three arti-
cles; and yet we have but just begun TO
n figure. =t..f-..-r y ..rr ~
F. Well, my friend, am really much
! obliged to you for the information you
; have given me. will 60 home with my
4 tea and molasses, and try TO be contented.
! One hundred and seventy three dollars for
; butter, milk and wood, in family, for
one year and then only one quart Of
milk day; just enough to set one mouth
I a-watering for more. Why, what an un-
/ thankful wretch have been. Heaven
help me to better temper. One quart o.
milk day in a family! why, il takes ter
d in mine. Let US see-that, as you buy it
: would be sixty cents day, or two hun,
4 dred and nineteen dollars year. Bles.
my starsl how thankful l ought to b.
$ that don't live in town Farewell. =.
? 1t is true the prices of some articles
: mentioned in the preceding dialogue, are
Il higher than the same would be in on
: seaport towns, or inland villages, in thi
State; but every one who can figure. car
S make his calculations to conform to price.
f where he lives. And l believe that any
j, farmer who never made any calculation Q
this kind, would be much surprised a
i the result. -. ,s....,.,}, -
$ In fact, Mr.. Editor, have tried boil
Z situations, know the advantages ant
!, disadvantages attending both; and an
d decidedly Of opinion that the farmer ha
altogether the advantage in point of sub
. stantial happiness unless he suffers tn
torments of an unthankful heart to under
d mine all his pleasures. And this is nc
all the indulgence of these feelings I
u discomfort tends to degrade the farmer j
y his own eyes, and of course in the eye
D, of others The idea that "Maine cam,
raise her own bread" has operated hk
E binding the energies Of her sons in iro
T. letters What man thinks he cannt
is do, he will not try to do. ."Maine cann
ct raise her own bread ~ How it sounC
a to mel Why, neve. considered myse
half quarter of farmer, and yet hag
ms sold ten bushels of bread stuff where
ne ever bought one, since lived in Maine.
OF Awake,then, ye farmers! Awake from your slumbel
ms Nor dream any longer Of forests and lumber
Seize the plough with the grasp Of a powerful ar
And clear of the rocks the stumps from your far
nd Then, when the soil is well turned fitted for sowin
You may put in the seed, and il soon will be GROWN
For the earth is growing warm with the heat othe
- And and bounty to cheer you when your harvest
done. E,,.- -. ]. II. ]
Peru, April, 1888. Xiii IT..