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his own stockings, through the agency of his
wife-after all the two most necessary appendix
ges to a good, firm and independent farmer
make his own butter and cheese-in short, live
like a prince, and dress comfortably without 60
ing from his own homestead. All this is no fic-
ton, and it is the fact that there is no fiction in
this picture that makes the farmer the most indie
pendent man in the community. Fairly in bu-
siness, he wants less money than almost any man
to pursue the even tenor of his way, because
his business is of a character to require less mon
ey than any other.
An independent farmer, however, is not alto
gether independent of the community where he
is, or of any business profession; and the more
intelligent a farmer is, the more readily will his
dependence be felt and acknowledged. He is
only more Independent than his neighbor of ano-
Their profession, but by no means altogether indie
pendent of him. For example, he could not con-
sumo all that he produced even if he fed a whole
school district instead of his own family. He
must have labor in seed time and harvdht, and
through the summer, to give him a helping hand
in the production and harvesting of his crops
His laborers must have money. He must have
money. He must have a hundred little nick
nncks at home, all of which cost money, and
which money is to be had only by the produc-
tions of his farm. Taxes must be paid, for the
most part in money. Iron does not grow every
where, and his tools must be bought and paid for.
Horses and oxen want shoeing. There must be
ploughs, and axes, and nails, and a hundred other
implements which are cash articles, and which
are to be bought with the very money ~receiy-
ed for the produce carried to market. Again,
children are TO be educated, and in the establish
ment of good schools begins the first duty of a
good farmer.
The farmer who is Indifferent 10 education,
neither knows his own interest nor cares a
penny for the interests Of his children or his
neighbours children, or the community, or any
body but himself now or hereafter. Education.
then, costs money, and Il good farmer will give
abundantly if he is able TO contribute to the sup
port of all the purposes of education. The pull
pit, too, is TO be supported, and it is TO be well
supplied almost in just proportion to The money
paid for its supply. a minister, TO be sure, is
not to make money his God, or the one object or
the first object of his preaching. But as he is a
man, he will value money, and he is worse than
an infdel to be Indifferent TO the lucre, base as it
is, which is to give bread to himself and family.
A talented preacher will preach generally where
he is hest paid for it-or at least where they will
keep him, his wife and children from actual star
walton; which, by the way, is not always the
case. CHEAr ministers, CHEAP sc~hool-masters,
and almost every thing in the way of CHEAP
wares are CHEAP enough-that is they are so
dear, that if you make business Of employing
the one and purchasing the other, you are ten
to one likely to go doubly ignorant, and to be
doubly poor.
Is is not so? Good preaching, like good
schools, costs money. The most Independent
farmer, then, in the land, may be more i%ndepen-
dent than his neighbor of another profession,
but experience tells us that he is far, very far,
from being altogether independent of him. To
be happy and 10 make his life a useful one, he
must be intelligent-in possession Of the means
of knowledge-especially that kind of knOwl-
edge which relates TO his own profession. He
must use the means which God has given him
and we have shown that his gifts are abundant
10 be happy himself and contribute 10 the peace
and comfort of those around him. In justice
10 himself he will employ his evenings in the
acquisition of knowledge. He will be a reader
of useful books, a liberal supporter of the public
press, which brings, or may bring daily, or al
most daily, at his door, the newspaper which
gives him The history, ofthe whole world for one
day. Such a farmer as this we have seen and
one who in his life fulfils all his duties to his
God and his fellow man, is the ~happiest, the most
independent, and among the best of men.
Number Of Churches IN the City Of Ntw York.
The Protestant indicator of last week con-
a Tabular view of the religious ~denomina-
tons with the number of Churches belonging TO
each, in the city of New York. Taking all to-
pether thero are 162 houSes of ,uorsb;n Tba,o