Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-06-25

be the oracle. Ere nlghtiall that chamber.
which all the day had been crowded TO 4
excess, was abandoned to the servants Of
the tomb and when entered in the even
ing, | found the very arm chair, from
whence had so often heard the prince
launch the courtly Jest or singing epigrani,
now occupied by hired priest, Whispering
prayers for the repose fhis departed soul.
AGRICULTURE-THE LIFE OF
THE HUSBANDMAN.
81 am a true laborer. earn that
eat, get that wear, owe no man hate, en-
Wy no mans happiness glad of other
mems good, content with my harm, and
the greatestpof my pride is, 10. see my ewes
grazeand my lambs suck. "-SHAKsPRARE.
We have come 70 the conclusion, that
natures truest nobleman is the man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his face,
upon his own bought and paid for planta-
ton. An Independent Farmer may stand
upon his house.top, and say 10 himself as
Selkirk did
81 am monarch of all / survey,
My right there IS none to dispute;
From the centre all round to the sea,
am lord of the fowl and the brute"
He is truly monarch-with landed
title more secure than that of feuda Lord
or Baron,--more easily protected and
preserved, not by deeds of valor, and
through the shedding of blood, but by the
lawful labor of the hands. His house is his
castle,-his acres are his dominions. His
gardens are his parks, his grass plats his
lawns, and his forests his groves. His
cattle. sheep and poultry are his subjects,
and he becomes, at pleasure, either the ex-
ecutioner or the multipler of such SUBJ
jects. Tell US if the King upon his throne
has more power worth possessing. His
happiness, NE know, is less, and he increas-
es his tolls, cares and sorrows in proportion
as the cultivator of the soil diminishes his.
In the spring time he sows, and in the
autumn he reaps. Providence has as.
sured him that spring time and harvest shall
not fail, and he has the assurance -of the
Giver of every good and perfect gift, that
as he sows he shall reap. His grounds are
watered in the seasons ofdrought, with the
rains and dews of Heaven, and in the
damp season the sun shines to cheer, invig-
crate, and give promise TO his labors. The
seyerer tasks of the summer are succeeded
by the lighter labors of the Winter As
we have said in the words of Will Shak.
spearse, he "earns that he eats, and gets
that he wears" and his Philosophy is that
of the shepherd who said that "good pas
lures make fat sheep" lie may say
truly, and with an honest pride
81 eat my own lamb,
My chickens and ham,
shear my own fleece and / wear it. "
What could man want more,-and
how can farmer, capable of enjoying life,
possessed of his farm house, his farm, and
the necessary implements of husbandry,
ever sigh for residence within the en-.
closures of a eity,--choosing bricks and
mortar, for the showroom Of spacious
farm house,--the smoke and dust Of the
town for the quiet ofthe village,--the three
or four story brick house for the granary
or the haycock,-the purest air of heaven
for the atmosphere of thousand smoky
houses, and ten thousand unwholesome
breaths How could farmer make such
a choice as this? We would pause for a re-
ply, did We not know that the only answer
which could be devised, after the longest
study, would be the unsatisfactory one,
that something better was anticipated on
lly,-for it would be miracle almost, fora
man TO find himself happier; or in better
circumstances, after such a change of res
idence from the country to the city. No,
NO. The true Elysium,-the rcal
Paradise on earth is the country,-the
green, Fruitful, beautiful country. The
city for the task-master and his hard-work.
ed servant; but the country for the man
who wishes for health and leisure, CON
ttentment and long life.
1.-THE shepherds Honiely curds;
His cold thin drink out Of his leather bottle
His wonted sleep under a fresh trees shade
All which, secure and sweetly he enjoys
Is far beyond a Princes delicates-
His viands sparkling in a golden cup;
HIS body couched in a curious bed
The ancient Romans ycnerated til,
plough, and in the earliest and purest time
of the republic, the greatest praise #hicl
could be given to an illustrious character
was 10 say that he was a judicious ami
industrious husbandman.-P Portland EDe
ming Aduertiser.
lEOATBUTTONS- WHERE MADE
Perhaps not one man in thousand sus
1 poets that almost all the Buttons Whic
now ornament garments in the Unite
: States are f1adein small village in Hamp
$ shire County, Massachusetts. Butsuch j
! the fact, il is equally new to us, as it doubt
] less will be to the reader. Not many year
+ have elapsed since foreign buttons wer'
exclusively used in this country. More II
!, Gently, sewed buttons were introduced
!. made up BY girls but these have been a