, 1840-05-16
From the Nashua Telegraph.
WHO WOULD NOT BE A FARMER.

round bursting MIC lie ana beauty, ana na-
ureis keeping ho!iIay-when winter is over.
and vegetation is waking again from its
dcath-like sleep, when the birds sing their
matin song from every bush. and man hin,
self wakes to new lie amid the activity
around him, who would not be Il farmer p
For him. aud almost for him alone, bloom
the fair flowers in natures field: for hia1, the
iea!hcrcd sOngster rours her swCctcSt note
and for him the face Of creation wears Il
constant smile. Not 50 with the inhah:iantS
of cities, or the man Of business, any where.
These are shut cut from the blessed influence
OF nature. Their business is withmen--rest-
less, ambitious, and o!tcntimcS dishonest
men: they themselves are all engaged III the
eager scramble for wealth and distinction.
sometimes careing little whom they thrust
down with the inhallowed tread, so they
mount upon the wreck; and they lose the
~salutarv lesson Of benevolencc which may
be learned from the ways of Providence IN
the outward world. They must mia'T'aIn
" eonetant st.uSSir win temptation of Yield
TO lis power. Accustomed 10 so much OF
evil. they are sometimes almost tempted 10
deny the existence Of good. But tie far
nier purSueS The seven tennor of his way"
nndlsturbed by the passions Of men. His
dealings are with nature, and lie may, if he
Will not shut his heart agalnS; ii. learn true
wisdom from lis teachings. Ia the s~pringing
grass, the opening flower. and the ~ripeuin-
harrest-in Sunshine and in shower-he
may see Z token OF Gods love and goodness.
and in the quiet Of his own home, he may
almost forget the existence Of evil. Thus
widely different are the two classes spoken
Mt Nnt w., -A,,a.In,o- f., E,r,,n-- ,f....,
tented with their lot. and eager 10 ION ,;ilb
their fellows in the sevcrish excitement Of
Speculation. And very cftcn We see Young
nlea, impatient 10 leave their p]a;e.n"l acres.
and 10 seek, as they vainly think, some more
honorable CT "cnjccl mode of earning L liv-
ing; they had rather show 4 li.ly-wilite hand
10 4 lady, IS they measure OF award of tape.
th7n exhibit Z manly Muscular frame. with 4
hani inat does not shrink from contact with
implements Q. AisJanG.y. 1t ias. indeed.
become one Q! the greatest errors Of our
tame. that young men are deserving the true
nobility Of the country, for the sake of wear
ing i more delicate complexion. or living, rs
they va!nly hope.mO at their case. Hence
IT'S that all trades and professions are over
stocked, that we have more lawyers than eli
ents. more doctors than patients.
We hear complaints OF hard times; mechan-
les connot find situations; yet the country is
actually suffering, and very severely too. for Il
want OF proper attention TO farming; and why
Is II! because many 4 man who should have
followed the plough, has become too proud for
that, and In his aspirations TO be a gentleman.
has undertaken to wieid 4 pen or administer
catap!asms and boluses. To this state of
things. too, is to be attributed. 10 some ex-
tent, the present scarcity and high price Of
provisions.
The production has been allowed 10 fall
below the consumption. and this great pro
ducing country, with its large population.
has presented the strange anomaly of import
ing brcadStullS from the thick settled coun-
tries OF Europe. 1t is all wrong. Young
men should be taught to regard the employ
nlent OF their fathers as one of the most Eun-
orahle in the world.
Your farmer is the independent man,
What cares he for hard times. or high prices?
Banks may Eail-merchants' notes may be
protested, and their drafts dishoaored. but
"sced time and harvest" that old and stable
finn. shall never faiI,-draits upon them are
answered at sight, and the bank Of nature.
where tue farmer makes his deposits, is .'as
good Is gold" and &iwavs discounts liberal
iy; he laughs at or more likely pi,ies, those
who are LETT ii the mercy of tie times and
compelled 70 eat the bread Of carclcssness.
Beef at twenty-five cents pound, and other
eata5!es in proportion, does rot worry bin.
lie takes tic lavoIs Providence 50 kounti-
fully JestoWs uPon him, and asks but few 81
OF hs fellows. While want aIiicls the rest
OF the world, lie may snap his fingers in his
lace, as much rs 10 say, "who cares for you?'
ExTRAoRnrNARY MlERrAGE.-On Thursday
last" young Doctor Lamb" rs he is COM
monty designated, but properly described
F.Augustus Lamb Hancock, a quack worm
doctor, aged %. was united in the silken
bands Of matrimony, at St. Chad's Church,
Shrewsbury. to Miss Winford Foulks. of.
Trelydan, near WeIshpool, aged SO years!
The lovely and blooming bride being cxtre-
mely deaf, caused great interruption TO the
csrmony, and when asked if she would take
Dir. Lamb as her " welded husbond,' she
made no reply, when the loving bridegroom
shouted with all his strength of lungs, Say