, 1843-04-15
The Farmer.
CANNOT.

'iiSio 10 d worn I'D Inc English Ian
guage productive Of as much mischie
as the one placed at the head Of ihi
article. Indeed, it has no business
where it is so frequently found; for i
IS an intruder on our forms of speech
and deemed unworthy of notice b,
the photographer; yet there are some
men who are always using it. ane
lind 1t ever at their tongues end.-
We like a man, aye, and woman too
who at proper times can utter a plair
plump No; for hal little word MA,
be their salvation: but if they mee'
you with a cautious cannot, depend
upon it, they will-"for a considera.
ton"
Ask that farmer why he allows
that bottle Of spirits to be carried into
his harvest field; and as the ilI-cul
and scattered grain attests, to his
manifest loss, and he replies lha, he
has heen so long in the habit of do.
inc 1t, that he cannot do without il
when working hard. All nonsense.
Thousands i not millions, have de.
monstraied the contrary before his
face the present year. The truth is.
the farmer loves the good creature
and his cannot" Is the partial opiate
he torces upon his conscience TO dis.
gulse the fact.
Ask that farmer why he allows his
iIeids 10 be o'errun with thistles.
Johnswort, daisies; his crops choked
with steInkrout chess and cookie: his
corn oveitorped by pigweeds; and
his galden by chickweed, purslaine.
&C.; and he answers he canaot at.
tend to them all, he has So much work
10 do that some must be neglected.
Such an answer only makes a bad
matter worse. IL proves that he is a
bad calculator, rs well as a bad work.
er. The Farmer has no business 10
plan so much work, as TO be unable
TO perform every part well; and the
cannot IN the case can deceive no
one.
"Neighbor, the bars 10 our corn.
Held are very defective, aud tie gate
10 your wheat field is so Insecure,
that wonder at your leaving them
IN such a condition, when there are
SO many unrUly cattle running at
large 'Ah," he answered. 81 know
II well enough. | intended this very
week 10 have made some new bars,
and had a new gate hung; bu, i have
lost so much time in attending that
lawsuit, that | cannot do it now and
must put it of I'LL next week." The
next sunshlny morning, he f:ds a
whole herd of unruly animals in his
fields. his crops half destroyed, and a
beautiful foundation for another law
suit laid.
See that poor man, once rich and
talented, Keeling through the street,.
lie is a sacrifice TO that accursed can
not. A beautiful wife has wept tears
OF enireaty; friends have uttered
words OF femonstrance; rciorle ed inc
brlates have taken him by the hand.
and pointed out the way by which he
may be again a man; but TO all these
the reply, fatal to hope, has been,
He can. He can forsake
cups; he "a bring joy and glad
ness TO his family; he can again re-.
Iolce his friends; but he must first re-.
nounce and repuGIate this soul and
destroying cannot.
, Young man, whatever may be your
profession or pursuit, if you would
nope Tor success, never use tho word
:cnnot. You may as well attempt
sw i'm with Scotia grindstone al,
your neck, and i Paixhan shot at your
leels, as TO expect TO accomplish any.
hing worthy Of Il mar while this
word is in your vocabulary. When
he gallant Miller, at the battle of
Niagara, was asked by Scott if he
Gould carry the enemy's batteries;
suppose, instead of the determined
'lll try" he had whined out-"I can
where would have been his
anne, and what the result OF hatday!
accomplishes nothing but the
uin of him who uses it.
Farmer, keep shy Of cannots.-
Juse not The word yourself, and be
how you employ those that
10. Napoleon never allowed the use
If TIE word impossible; and in the
management of a farm there should
,e no place for cannot. You can do
III that is necessary to be done, if
you set about it in the right way. and
It the right time. If you do not,
-FOUR labor will be like that of SYST
,hus; ever beginning, never ending.
Neglect nothing; keep a mindful eye