The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-04-25
RMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
The Farmer.
From Mr. Coman's Agricultural Address at Rochester.
WISE WORDS TO FARMERS.

IIoppy would il be for our farmers, if in addition
"a renouncns that slovenliness, which far too gem
orally prevails, and which in truth in every case in
wolves an nconsderrble loss Of property, and making
.xacness and order triumphant in every part Of their
PREMISES beautiful as they can DO made Appear
auces should he studied in every thing connected
with their farms and houses.-Ihere is no class of
men, in any condition of life, who have within their
reach more of the materials and elements of beauty
and at cheaper rate, than the jewellers in the coun-
nv. Trees, Parts, flowers, vines, are every
where to be had for the mere, trouble of getting in
some of those half days half-ours which occur in
the bus conditions Of lfe and which are so care
lessy squandered by who forget that the largest
sum is composed Of units, atoms make up the
mountain, and drops form the
would have them study the principles Of refined
taste in the construction of their farm buildings and
observe he rules for architectural proportion and
architectural beauty in all their erectons whether it
il be wgwan1, log cabin, stable, or even a pig
,ty Rr why should do this? Because these
proportions not matters Of arbitrary determine
ton, but they are fixed in nnturc. The violation Of
them always offensive; the observance of them al
ways gives pleasure. Such erectons cost no
than buildings constructed with entire
disregard to them.-Then, again. in the construc-
ton and condition OF farm implements and ve-
hicle. though lwoud not encourage any useless
fnery, yet would have them made in the best man
ner, and kept in the best condition This should be
done the plainest principles of economy. An i'm
plement, wagon, or a carriage, that is neat paint
ed and vanished, and kept clean, will be so much
'he more carefully used. In general, what men
value, they will most care for what they take
ostpaigs To- ksgb Sff,ey will take most pains in
using; what Hose abore -yea you value, unless
in Of extraordinary perversity, they will value
How constantly do we hear expressions, alt is new,
Iu't deace it;' at is clean, don't soiI;' or, 'it is
&cy, or broken, or old, don't for it, Send
TWO children into the eet; let be bare head
ed bare footed, ragamuflin, with face which per-
haps never had more than thorough washing hair
that heard ofany finer comb than his
greasy fingers, and n mouth about which grim
med in, and stuccoed in relief, the remains of
weeks broth or porridge, and nobody would think
ofgiving him hand to help through any mud ,pud-
de- Or any gutter, unless where they thought
he would be drowned; and this only perhaps because
the admoni,ions Of conscience might be little strong
than their disgust at the sight Of him; and if he
should get run over in the street, you would hear
other remark than he a dirty dog, and might
have got out Of the way. On the other hand, send
sweet little girl into the street, looking like
blown rose, with the glistening dewdrops hanging
from its leaves with her neat bonnet without shade
upon it, lusture, her frock emulating the now-drt
in lis wilderness, her unsoiled stockings indicating the
perfection OF natures statuary beneath them, her
shoes rejecting the brightest polish Of art, and, above
ALL her face clean, fair, transparent as you
know her unlimited mind is under all this, and there
10 not a chimney, sweep so low that he would not
give her the sidewalk, nor clown even among the
most cownsh who would not, if he dared to touch
Her, wipe his hands upon his clothes, and with de-
tght carry her half mile the crossings rather
Ahan she SHOULD soil, had almost said, even the
soIe of her shipper hope you will pardon the home
incss of my illustration wish to be understood;
and in firing among the crowd, if happen wonnd
any one trust shall not bring blood; for my ar
lows are sen, on no hostile mission, and they nei-
her barbed nor poisoned.
would have the windows Of the farm house
adorned with flowers in rusty, tin measures and
old black glazed teapos, and glass bottles, with the
neck broken off; but in whole and handsome flower
pots, or neatly painted wooden boxes tor they real
ly cost nothing would have the piazzns or porch
IS ellised with vines, with scarlet runners, il
nothing better can be had would have the door
yard filled with flowers and shrubbcry and the road
side lined with trees; here cump and there a sim
gle line, minging the varieties nature mngles
them. cutivatng them for fruit, and cntvating them
Tor mere oraament and beauty. But this is all, you
"l'ltel me, for appearance sake' Well, IS appear
ance nothng?-Did you think nothing Of appearance
when you chose your wives, and nothing of your own
appearance when you wished them to confirm the cleo
TOM But why should the pleasures fsight be SO
lightly esteemed? Why should they be spoken of in
angnage Of dslain Indifference! Are they not as
rational, as respectable valuable, az abundant, as
innocent, as the pleasures Of the other sensesf Are
ney not, indeed, the very elements of some Of the
NEST refined pleasures of the mind and hearth Has
o'd given US the sense Of sight, SO wonderful. so
spacious, so infinitely varied in its resources and OBJ
'sS' Tor no purpose' Is appearance nothing' Wfat