The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-03-05


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We often hear the opinion advanced by
young tanners, and sometimes by Others,
that agriculture is ID bad business, no mo-
ney l., 10 be made by II, that The Times
that have passed by were much more pro-
pltious to lie acquisition o. property anu
lii TACT lhat II Is now ebb Tue with us, the
golden stream having ceased To lrIgdle
our heius. these opinions give lse 10
uespunGence, which IN SOME co slllulIons
produce high degree II unseltlemenl III
business, aud crea.es a desire 10 enter OH
some new aud united piuJecl which ~ IS
supposed viii produce reliOw OF The
golden slI cams, which II Is taken for gran
leu have for some years been dried up.
I'm, unsetlnent IN business, aud DISPOSE
ton To ~ new experiments has been The
entire rum OF thousands of people III our
country within lew ears. Persons
leave occupations that they have been
brought up to and understand something
about, and embark IN some new and I'M
tried concern That they are wholly quo
rant OF, III ,he fond hope Of realizing some
forgetting that old aud sound naAIln, thar
there IS no /earA'ng a neao tra"e mlthOm
paying an apprentice fee. know many,
who have paid every cent they were
worth in the world as an apprentice lee
for learning L new business, and were not
successful IN acquiring II AT last; and were
landed IN Insolvency aud rum III the bar
gam, and their noses kept hard pressed
OH The grlndslone during The remainder OF
their lives as Il punishment for their folly
i'll deserving all honest aud honorable cal
ling which has always rewarded those
who have pursued 1t with industry, dill
gence, care y economy, with u comfortable
and e, ell luxurious subsistence, moderate
and wholesome acquisitions OF property
and often with as much wealth as was
good either Tor It's pussessor or those To
whom II descended by inheritance. Lei
lis now examine how the present times
will compare with The by-gone days in
which he old folks got rich by farming
and see where the advantages lies. Does
not grain OF all kinds, buller, poultry, po-
talues, fruit, and indeed all Kinds ul pro-
duce sold by farmer. command much
higher price now than 1t did fifty years
agol And is II not a TACT that implements
OF agriculture, clothing, and ARTICLES oi
household consumption generally are
purchased Tor less money al present, than.
corresponding arlcles we're brought for,
hall century slnce2 Whence then, is
farming less money making business
than II was IN Zines that are gone by. |
We must search for the cause of this dis
crepance, II 1t really exists, in some other
direction THAI The one we have been ex-
anlning. Perhaps there is on the whole,
less industry, less economy, less good
ma; a cement, conminglpd with more ex-
travagance, more unsellement m families
ard more travelling about in search of re-
creation aud pleasure, instead of keepng
a close lookout for these at home, forget
ting the maxim that q farmers piru,ure
ought u be wAerc his business is. Some
assistance may perhaps be furnished in
solving The question oinewllnes VS.. old
times ny duverlng 10 the history of
worthy old mechanic who became lich By
following The business OF sad,Iler and har-
ness maker i'll the village OF Gxmantown
many years ago. He was prudent, care
lnl, AND industrious, and made up his mind
to eat his brown broad frS', that is in the |
beginning of his career, and the conse-
quence was, that he became respectable
and rich, and then he could cat his lvtiic |
6read al his leisure, and it was found ia |
the end that he had accumulated stock |
OF II, SO thai 1t was sufficient to suppl, |
another generation. This old gentleman
L. the iatter larl OF his time when walk.
ing Tie street OF his native village and see
Ing saddler's shop, stepped i'll and ill.,
CURED oil the proprietor how he was gel. |
ting along III his business The reply
was bad enough. On! Mr.. T.. we hav'n |
such lines now as you had when you fol- |
lowed 1lle business; we have 10 pay high |
prices lor our stock, and then we cam
get sn h prices Tor our work as you die.
many years ago. THIS put the old MAJ,
on lne inquiry about the price paid lol
leather, winch was soon discovered to b
less than 1t Was IN his day; and then fol-
lowed questions about the price saddles.
brides, and other arlic es sold for; when
u was found that the rates at winch they
we've sold was considerably more than he
had received ioralhe same desert, ton OF
ar'IcIes IN The most prosperous period OF
his business. The Development led the
Old gentleman TO point out to his young
nelghbor The cause which he apprehended
produced HE hard times complained OF,
aud 10 give INN some hints which were
not altogether lost. lie observed thai
haFd times were generally the peoples
own making, that industry and economy.
care and close attention To business were
mole literally rewarded at that time, than
they ever had been within his recollection
and that il he had been favored with such