The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-27

The roadway; 10 growing sow. with her
hungry aad sqassling lilieE, disputes yonr
entrance int0 ihe gate; 10 snaElirg dog
stands sentry u The door. The exlsndsd
roo Of milk pans are glsiisring in he sun;
and he ehUIn and the pals are scrubbed
70 a whiseness absolutely Without >
stain.
The heuse Is ss neat within as wilh-
oui; for such results are mol seen BOT
where harmony reigns supreme. end :
eOnsenialisy Of ias,e and purpose and chs
rseisr exists among 81 partners in she
firm. The kitchen. The dairy. The bed
rooms. ihs pailor. ell sxhihilihesame nsst'
ness and order. The spinning wheel.
with lie croTded rolls upon in bench.
keeps silence IN Tie corner for little
While during The presence Of ihs guest
The kitchen ealls are hung round with
The rich ornaments Of their industry
the long lresses and sksins Of yarn.
the substantial hosiery Of the family. and
the hume-spun linen, smulsting the
y hiseness Of the snow-drifi. Tie floors
are carpeled. and the beds ara msds CON-
Portable, with The produce Of their own
loeks and fields, Gil wrought BY their
own hands. The golden products ol
The dairy; The transparent sweets Of the
hive. obtained without robbery or muir
der; The abundant contributions Of The
poultry yard. tho gsrdsn and the orchard.
load The table with delicious luxuries.
There are books Tor their leisure hours;
and there stands too he TeyeIed bass.
vial in the corner. constant like iis owner
/. 20 sppaar az church on Sundays, and kind
always 20 assist in il,s chant Of tho daily
morning and evening hymn. Better than
eli ihis. there are children trained in the
good old school Of respectful manners,
where the words Of age, and grey hsirs,
and superiority, still have place; enur'
! ed 10 early hours and habits Of industry
and with . curiosity and thirst Of know
ledge slimulated the more from feeling
of tho restricted means Of gratifying IL
There lie another delightful feature in ID,
picture; The sged grandmother in hsI
chair Of state, with . countnsncs Al
mild aud benignant Is Q summer even
ing's twilight; happy in The conviction 0
duty successfully discharged by training
her children in hsbiis Of temperance an
industry; and receiving. as . kind o
household dieIy, the cheerful trbui'
from all Of reverenrs and affection.
Some may call this poetry; il IL indeei
the true poetry Of humble rural life, bu
there 10 no fiction nor establishment q
bout il. The pirlue 10 only true; and il
were mol a siulaiion Of the rules whicl
| have prescribed TO myself 20 mention
names in such cases, and that ! might Of
fend modes,y which highly respect
would shou my readers The path whicl
loads 10 The house, aud they should lool
at tho original for themselves.
Tho owner, when | visited him, wa
forty five years old. Al twcn,y-one year
old, he vas The possessor of only four
teen dollarr, and with the blessing cnl.
OF friends no richer Than himself. Iii
whole business has been farming and ihs
only. lie married early; though he di'
not &c, fortune rith q wife, he 60,
fortune IN a wife. They have brough
up three children: and with the co-lsbo
Of the children. they have given them
substantial education. 60 that each Otthem
now Of sufficient age, is capable Q! keep
ing n good school, a. they have done
with q view to assist their own eduea
ton. lie began with Thirty five arres
land, bu, has recently added iiisy-iive nor
ITO his farm at an expence Of nearly Ihitleel
hundred dollars, Tor which there RENAME,
10 be paid iise hnndred--a Ieb, which,
heslIh continued. he would be able 10 dis
charge 10 two years. The products eI hi
farm ere various. lie raises some your
stock; he fa,,ens considerable amount o
Ipork for market. aud occasionally ayoke o
catlle. lie cells, in neighborIug sillsg
ANNUALLY, abou, one hundred dollars sort
nf frui,. principally apples and peaches
Such situation may be considered. u
the best sense Of the term, as indepond
ent as tina, Of any man in the country.
| Now what are the causes of such sue
lecssl PcIsevering industry; The s'ric'es
and most absolute temperance; the mos
particular frugaliiy and always iurnln:
eyery thing u the best account; living
within his own resources; and above al
things, never in any case suffering him
Iself to contract a debt; expecting In th'
purchase OF land. which could be made
Immediately. productive, aud. where o
course the perfect security Tor the deb
could neither be used up. nor wasted
lnsr squandered."
| A TRUE STORY.