The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-05-28
fr'm the Baltimore Farmer and Garl,,,,
The Plough and its Attribntc..

"ho UP my h'usc wake up my souli
Survey the globe from pole to pole;
To what employment shall bow,
Pursue the arts or hold the plcughl"
Of all cmploymcnts think that of guild
ing the Plough would be most desirable
and for various reasons :--Health, wealth.
and consciousness Of doing good. l,
was said by DIR. FRANKLIN, that guiding
star of American youth, that "hc who
would be wealthy now, must ill the soil
and guide the plough" and truly he did
say so for,
"'pon just and stric, attention
The plough appears high invention
All nations and communities of people
are subscrvient TO its influence; without
1t, the necessary means and whcrcwitLal
for the sustcnancc of life would be denied
to us. The tiller of the soil, with the
aid of his plough, is omphatically the
beneiactor of his people. Were -:--r-."'
nation, to be deprir-'-of It's benign M
nucnce, wof.a~would be our situation;
calamity upon calamity would dwell
around us; famine upon famine, in its
",st direiul shape and form, would haunt
OUT ,sors; and starvation would be
our iot. ~ .--------~..--.-..
/ All nallons sson the face of the Cart,
and all the inhabitan.sthcreoi are depend
ent upon the effects, WHISKY when proper
ly brought into,-acIion, Of Tho i,io,,.,-
: for their prosperity, and in fss,s Ineir very y
t existence. A land is glyeM us olesscu
! with The buuntirs On a pSeIcent Provi'
dence, which has placed Tor our use the
: sun above and around, TO she'd its rays
. and cause the vegetationof the, earth L
! flourish and bring forth the mcans,of sub
j. slstence; and the rain and dews of hcav
en- to fall for the same purpose. Th
Heather and the Christian alike mus
:. look to that al-powcrful instrument 70
Q, aid. 1t was iorcscen by the Saviour 9
H. he world that it Was needed, for it
y written, that &
no "Thc great Messiah, when he wrought,
ho Made yokcs and ploughs, as we are taught
ne In some countries, where ''princc'
re- potcntatcs and dukes do reign to the
vn is given the preference 10 "draw the FIR
furrow" - for the people, in their blli
&C subserviencc, do believe that they (the
W. rulors) arc best capacltatcd for the Office
III, as is here shown:
" "Mogul, renowned Of lndia's land,
'9' First takes the plough into his hand.
" His millions then in honor toll
~ 10 pulyeri1e the fertile soil"
.bo Elisha OF old, it is said, drove tho !
md and held the plough, and rent aud tore
ed rugged earth with twenty-four ok
,b. Immortal job launched his plough witl
or thousand oxen, and rent the clay.
Inn Furthermore, the ploughman Is !
,he happicst and most contonted being alt
his See the ploughboy following IN The 4
iow, on . calm, sultry, simmer $ da
me. observe his blilhe and Jolly countcnane
,lo hear the melody of his noon-day sol
,n,. and the shrlll sound OF his soul.stlrrl
,ns whistle. WHO can look and Mar,swi
oil out being struck with the truth, that
onl "OraIl pursuits by man invvnsed
n to The ploughman is the best contentcd.
.se True il is, that he is not ui,cdss am
fore rewarded, in a pecuniary sense, Tor
vent labor; set he is eon,enled--the ncni
he ousuess 6f doug good, the will, and
NO means, are sufficient He tolls not
The Inolhine; lie secs All afc locking vp
-.
atsd lhim for the bread 10 saiiatc ihclt erav