Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-29


eat % afep-such men acc subject 10 . 10 n mas
ter 81 TIA mos, iniprrio character and one ff.m
which thry should make no delay In freeinr
themselves The farmer can have, and he who
nnsosgss hls Rdsirs well wall Always have, his
hour of relsssiion--h hours 10 sp-nd With his
fr'eods, and hours 10 devote 90 the improvement
OF bis faard The way 10 ensure this Vs. Away.
10 br h~{.sehsnd with the labor 81 the farm and
never allow himself 10 he crowded More work
should never be LAID out than " compatible with
this tpte; aud the work tina, s required 10 be done
10 darshoold never b. dsierrrd til 10. norrow.
The Inference IN the ease with which labor 10
perftfmed, when don in the RICH, time, or when
we ~ driven 10 II by urgent necessity, 10 90
great Nat attention To this 2od alone would, Ia
perefming 4 ven amount Of labor, make a most
material addition 20 the farmer hours Of rest and
irnprovsment.
.fJsvSu skowid b. economical Let him labor
as hard as he may r, him deuy his soul and tody
eve0 required 20 q, let him abfdge his hours Of
siret aud toll from morn till dewy eve with
out eest or relaiat IL will amount 10 but little
uurs his ahairs IN other respects are managed
wrh economy. BY economy we do not mean
th4 closeness or Observation-Disclosures, " you
pltsse WEIGH some falsely call economy, but
yhch 10 iniallibiy connected with mesnness, and
70 bnc Of the most efectuai prevenistives Of all
| impsosement, and the sufest precursor Of utter
ca, cation thss can be fousd IN a man, and Of
AZ dher things, is the most out Of place in a far
what is useful and necessary, and what not; OF
knowing when TO expend and when TO withhold
expenses, OF Keeping our outgoes clearly within
| our income, ana never purchasing what we OUT
selves can produce, or which n corresponding a.
| mount OF our own labor will not procure, and
having every thing in and out Of doors in its pro-
per place, no hing was ed or destroyed, but gem
eral supervising care directed 10 every thing con-
nec'ed with our business al all seasons Of the
year. II is miserable economy TO undertake 10
labor without the proper tools; to undertake TO
see how cheapy we can summer or winter
animals, or to see with how little knowledge or
intelligence or the means Of obtaining either, we
can piod along through life
A farmer should be free from debt. If he wishes
TO bind a milestone around his neck 10 sink him
beyond the possibility Of hope or rescue to keep
him constantly restless and struggling for subsls-
fence, " not for existence. let him keep in debt !;
if he would ca what he has his own, and breathe
the air Of freeman, lei him Tegously eschew
debts. We would almost 90 as far as 10 say that
nothing excepting the purchase Of land, con jus.
tify afarmer IN contracting a debt; and before he
sells himself for more land, he will do well 10 in
quire whether he has capital 10 work il probably
or whether what he now has, is brought to the
proper degree Of iert lhy. We are confident tina,
II men we're TO pay ready money for q thousan
things they fancy ,hey need, and can obtain on
! credit, they would not be purchased. The habit
OF contracting debts has a direct tendency TO in.
Two-thirds Of the law suits that arise, and which
are productive OF 20 much expense and ill-will
proceed from this single cause. But Whatever
circumstances else may occur to render debt ne
ccsssry, indebtedness to banks 10 what should
ne yer happen to farmer, nd he should ne yer be
seen within the doors of one of those institutions
They were never intended for the farmer; and
necessary and beneficial as they may be for the
purposes OF exchanges and trade, the man whose
business md trausac;:cns are as those of the far
,ner should be, can never, WIN safety allow h'
naps 10 he used too Familiarity within ihe'r walls
farmer should be intelligent 1t is uD old ant
true ma kim, that ignorance OF the law excuse :.
no man." and ignorance on any topic necessary
TO proper prosec ution of his business, or TO his
proper standing and influence in the community
cannot now be plead by the farmer, without ind
rcctly confessing great and Inexcusabe neglect
of means within The reach Of every one. Knowl
edge, no less than money, is power, and its accu
mutation in the hands Of any class is a sure proc
of eventual ascendancy and this fact should
stimulate farmers 10 use every exertion 10 become
its possessors. Universal education is the glory
of our land, the true foundation Of our nationa
; greatness, and, in connection with sound morals
is its surest prrservatIve. Schools, books news
papers and journals, of all kinds, have wide cir
culation, aud at a rate that places them in The
hands of all who choose TO investigate ard think
I Eror canno, escape under the guse or plea o.
antiquity; and the stake and the pillory are no
required to combat il in a land where reason n
free to expose its absurdiiies plead the cause
] truth. BY this general diffusion OF the means o
knowledge CLASP has been more benefited
: than the farmer and none have a deep
y er interest in it. continued increase; and mons
{ should more freely and fully avail themselve
4 Of the means the laws have so literally placed
e within their reach.
> a farmer should be moral. II has been sait
+ that san und-vout astronomer is mad and al
8 immoral, prohigate farmer is an equally decisive