The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-10-29
THE FARMER.
THE LIFE OF TIE HUsBANDMAN.


f,cear, otoe no man hate, envy mans happiness
glad Of other mems good content aoih my farm, and
end nsy lambs SUCK Shakespeare.
We have come to 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 plantation. An independent farm
er may stand upon his house top, and say to
himself as Selklrk did
81 am monarch of all | survey,
My right there is none to dspute;
From the centre all round to the sea,
1 am lord of the fowl and the brute"
He is truly a monarch-with a landed title
more secure than that of feude Lord or Baron
--nore easily protected and preserved, not by
deed Of valor, and through the shedding of blood
by the lawful labor of the hands. His house is
his castle, his acres are his dominions. His gar
dens are his parks,-hs grass plats his lawns 81
his forests his groves. His cattle, sheep and pou-
try IRE his subjects, and he becomes, at pleasure
either the executioner of mutiplior of such sub
jects. Tell us if King upon his throne has
more power worth possessing. His happiness,
we know, is less as he increases his tolls cares
and sorrows in proportion the cultivator of
the soil dimishes his
In the spring time he sows, and in the au-
tumn he reaps Providence has assured him
that spring time and harvest shall not fail, and
the assurance of the Giver ofevery good and
perfect gift, that as he sows so shall he reap
His grounds are watered in the season of drought
with the rains and dews of Heaven, and in the
damp season the sun shines to cheer invigorate
and give promise to his labors. The severer
tasks Of the summer are succeeded by the lighter
loh0 ~ Acx boxyo ~, IL, a.,
of Will Shakespeare, he "earns that he eats, and
gets that he wears and his Philosophy is that Of
the shepherds who said that good pastures make
fat sheep" He may say truly, and with an hon
est pride
81 eat my own lamb,
My chickens and ham,
shear my own fleece, and wear it,
What could man want more, and how
farmer, capable of enjoying life, possessed OF
hrs farm house, his farm, and his necessary i'm
pliments of husbandry, ever sigh for residence
within the enclosures of a city,-choosing bricks
and mortar, for the elbow-room of a spacious
farm house, the smoke and dust of the town
for the village,-the three or four story brick
house for the granary or the haycock,-and the
purest air of heaven, for the atmosphere of q
Thousand smokey houses, and ten thousand I'M
d
such choice as this? We would pause for a
reply, did we not know that the only answer
which could he devised, after long study would
be the unsatisfactory one, that something better
was anticipated only,-for it would he miracle
almost for man to find himself happier, or in
observation-disclosures after change of residence
from the country to the city. No,-no, The
true Elysiun,,-The real Paradise on earth, is
the Countrywide green, fruitful, and beautiful
country. The city for the taskrnaster and his
hard working servant; but the country for the
man who wishes for health and leisure,-con-
tentment and long life.
1.-THE shepherds homely curds,
His cold thin drink out of his eathern bottle,
His wonted sleep under fresh trees shade,
All which secure and sweetly he enjoys,
Is far beyond Princes delicates-
His viands sparkling in golden cup,
His body crouched in a curious bed"
The ancient Romans venerated the plough, &
in the earliest purest times of the republic, the
greatest praise which could be given to ali illus
trious character, was to say that he was judc-
ious and industrious husbandman.-Po Portland
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