The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-02-23
THE FARMERS OF NEW ENGLAND

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Mr. Colman, in one Of his addresses, last year, be
fore agricultural society INCOME thus des
| cribes the happy condition ofan industrious New
England farmer. w .-,,t sarat.. s..t.
| "'fhe farmers of New England have every rea.
son 10 .hank God for the condition in which they
, are placed. They need not sigh for more genial
chimes nor more srt soils; these they cannot have
without dreadful abaemen of heal.h and comfort.
or all the conditions on earth, which at has been
my lot to see Or to read Of, am bold aver that
know of none more favorable to health, compe-
ence, enjoyment, and intellectual and moral i'm.
provement than that enjoy ed by the rural popuia.
aton Of New England. 1 despse the contempt
with which some pretend to look down upon us,
and the opprobrium which they have the inpu-
dence TO upon ourhabiis Of thrift and ugaliiy
deem it my highest boasr, that am New Eng
land man and Yankee. do not ask to have a
living wIthou, labor; this would be asking for q
curse instead of blessing, and boon for which
have no claim. only ask that living should be-
secured TO with reasonable labor; and this, New
Eng land, in her various departments of industry,
promises to all her children. be 1a3 ye.-s sea
Better Than all this, more than any other COM
munity in our country, New En- gland is one COM
mon brotherhood, linked together by common
sympathy, common origin and the interchange
Of good Offices La civil and regi o,s blessings
where is community more favoreds- Where are
the means OF education more extended, the insti-
tutions of religion better mainta ined, the public
peace quiet, the standard of morals higher,
rhe of justice established, and the
,esies ofiifa more freely rendered. Where is the
spirit of enquiry and Improvement moro prompt
and dlffusive? sFS'@
From the beautiful prairies of Tho great Western
rtile ks of l,s Nile and mas
nifcent beyond description, yet return my ma
tive home lnlNe Eng land, " it'll all the warmth
of first love- Her secluded vales, her verdants
meadows her rounded SUNNI its, her dense forests,
her rocky mountains her crystal lakes, her ocean,
bound sho,es. her silver streams, her gushing
springs--are all charming me. Here, too, my
friends and brethren dwell. am satisfied to 1.-Two
under her stormy skies, to dig in her dark soil-for
the mind, ell as tho body, is braced by the
exposure and the toiL In the idst of wha, oth-a
deem. evils, ,ses innumerable compensationss
for which I look in vain TO other countries and
climes apparently moro favored. In whatever die
reciion turn my eyes, there is every where such
an exhuberance OF blessings TO those who will per,
form thei, Duty that il would be the height of in.
gratitude To complain, and the height ffoily to
baudona certain good for that " hch is best un
certain and doubtful. cling 10 her with the warm
est affection OF child-and having been go long
sheltered and nourished by her never failing care
and kindness, Task only that may fud my Lass
resting place in The lap which gave mo BIRTH" siye
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The fashions two hundred and sixty years ago..
were, il possible, even more absurd than they ate
now. In Queen Elizabe III time, fashionable la
dy, in full dress, ruff large that she was
obliged to feed herself with spoon t,oo feet iongy
The British xiovernment DERIVES an annual rev.
enue ofabout thee millinns sterling from the sale
OF Tobacco yItag adi .sdl opfsmi5sl npN1saH nva5
GecY = IN rig WEsr.4A latter 10 a gentleman
in wa.bns,on states that. on sa,crday, Sunday,
and Monday, the 18th, l7thi and iotn u'.'mo, tne
eter stood al twenty degrees below zero,
a, Fayatss, Missouri