The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-01-28

government, to the cultivation of the domestic
Vlf'hes, and TO the calm and delicious enioymen,
OF domestic pleasures in oil their purify and fuI
ness. ~ ~ 49,
What means of imparIhg pleasure is an i'm,
proved agriculture How many charming exam
i PICS present themselves among us for improve,
'"eh's Wtich every eye gaZes upon with un,
mingled delight. Let man according to his
power take his ten, his twenty his fifty. his hun.
"rea acres. Let him comb the hair; and
whs.i the lace of mature. Let him subdue, clear,
cultivate, enrclI. embellish it. Let him smooth
me rough places; and drain the wet, and fill up
me sunken and enrich the barren. Let him en-
ciose IL with neat and substantial fence. Let
h'n line It's borders and roadsi3es with orna
hienlal trees, and LET him stock every proper
part win vines and fruits. Let his fields and
meadows wave with their golden harvcsts; and
.et ms mus he covered with Tho herds rejoicing
u, ~ me iu'ness with which his labors, under the
o'eSs'nS OF Cioc, have spread their tables, aud
Who' Wheh he goes among them, hasten from
All SIDES 10 meet him. and gratefully recognize
IN nm trend and benefactor, aud lick the
nahd which is accustomed to feed and fondle
theIn' Here now let us see the neatly painted
cothge with 1t green shades, lis piaZzas relliShed
WIN VInes,lts sides covered with the spreading
elm or the flowing acacia, with here and there
the beautiful fir TO shade the picture, and the
mountain ash showing its rich clusters of Grim.
son irult among the deep green foliage, and the
smooth and verdant lawn stretching its soft and
beautiful carpet in the front view; then look a.
gam, and see the parents ut The close of day,
resting from their labors and enjoying the calm
evening with the pledges Of mutual aud devo.
ted affection rioting before them in all the buoy
ancy OF youthful innocence and delight; and if at
such an hour as this, you can hear the hymn of
grateful praise rising from his humble abode of
peace and love, and it charming notes mingling
with the music of the gruggIing brook that flows
near by, or broken by the occasional shril and
hollow notes OF the gentle aud fearless birds
which deem themselves loving members Of this
loving household; if then, whether traveller or
soJourner, your heart is not touched with this
charming and not unusual picture of rural fe.
licity, cease TO call yourself man. II still you
sigh far ;he hustle and the noise and confinement
OF the city, with its impure water, with its Of
iencive odors, with its despcable affectations,
with its hearessS formates, with It's violent ex-
elements, with its midnight festivities, with It's
utter desiltuton of sympathy, with its low esti'
male OF human life with its squalid poverty, its
forms of wretchedness and crime
its pride, its vanity its ambition, its serviliry;
then go back into your gilded prison house, and
10 pleasures, with an interrupted and refined
taste. accustomed TO drink in the free air of hea.
ven, and 10 appreciate it's freshness, it's purity
and its saluhrity, will find no occasion TO GOV
cit or envy. The man, who by his cultivation
and good husbandry presents such picture to
he passer by, shall he not be called benefacor |
improve and bless society ny ms exam
ple-Has he not built monument to his own
honor, more eloquent that the scuptured mar. |
Die.