Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-10-19
From "The Plough, The Loom and The Anr'l'
The Seven Wonders Of New Eng
land,
In the eyes of Southern Traveller

V l. Every man living in "bran spanding"
new house, or one that i00bs AZ II II has been
painted AS white as snow within the past week.
2. All the houses of wood, where all the
fences are stone, which in some places lie so
thick as to require to be removed al the rate OF
ton from SIX feet square.
/ 3. Wood for house and kitchen all saiced
and split up into uniform length and size, and
snugy piled away under cover of an open shed,
so that the work of house and kitchen may
suffer the least possible interruptlon--ln in a
word, he sees place for eve.y thing, and ev-
cry thing IN It's place.
I A. The care obviously bestowed in the saw
ing and preparation Of manure by accutnula-
ton and composltng.
8. Universal attention TO good supply OF
fruit, adapted to the climate.
6. Not poor or superfaous OK, COW, horse,
hog, or sheep, the proportion OF the short-ll'ed
expensive horse being OH every farm wisely
and economically small.
7. The seventh wonder is, after day
ride, (twenty-fve years ago, with great uni
formty in their stages, at the rate OF l-2
miles an hour, now on railroads at the rate Of
! thirty where in the name of all that is mys-
terious and incxphcable, are these peoples
! staple crops What do they make for sale
! Where are their stackyards OF wheat, straw
| aud fodder, and oats and rye Where is their
| tobacco-houses, and their gin-houscs, their
! great herds of cattle and swine, roofing IN the
! swamps, browsing in the fields, or reposing IN
/ the shade How is 1t that these people con-
! lrlve TO keep out OF debt, and yet never repu-
dlale How do they 90 on Improving their
! rocky land, and carrying tons OF stun from the
! hills above to under dram the meadows below!
! building schoo-houses N sight OF each other,
! and expefdlng millions on education, while
/ buying for themselves, one a little bank stock,
another a little railroad stock, and little stock
/ in neighb0rng factory, at which he sells his
! milk and his apples, his carrots and potatoes,
once IN while giving 500 an acre for a
| small farm in his nelghbOrhood Dear reader,
| to explain all these wonders OF New England
+ thrift and go-aheadtlveness in full would make
! a long story, but If you will turn back to the
first page of the cover of this journal, you will
, see al once The key 10 The riddie : There you
see the secret by which alone poor land
; throughout country can be prudently and
economically made rich--ior there you see the
PLOUGH, THE LOOM AND THE ANVIL, all close
to each other, the first being the most proml-
nCnt.
II 1t is there, and there only, where the cult
yators Of the soil have the wisdom 10 encour-
that YOU will ever see or hear of Ninety tons OF
milk and straw berries going by one road, III a
single day, to be consumed before the milk can
sour, aud before the strawberries can sour, by
, weavers, and backsmths, and shoemakers,
and ,allors, and churchmcn, and laymen and
, printers and printers devils and what Is
more some of these perishablc article. going
in one night robably at least 100 miles, to be
eaten fresh the next morning for breakfast =
So much for easy and expeditions channels o
Communication that concen ration lays over the
ground, to provide for the transportation OF the
food that concentration only can bring out o
the ground.
Ii is in this that we find the secret for "n'dk.
iag poor dnd rich.' 1t is not all the preml
'Iums that can be offered, nor prize essays
Though they be spun out as long as the main
top bowline, that can convert poor tNhauste,
+ country into rich one, and cause hourIshng
: agriculture ard dense population to take Tho
: place Of barrenness and dispersion. WA
! good seed, good implements, abundant capita
: 10 bay manure or umo and skill 90 accumulate
= il. all accompanied with good ti!!agc and gooC
! seasons. anv one nav make poor land produc
tive bu, that is not the knowledge that II
, ncedeG--we have had them illustrated IN prac
tce, and told on paper IN a thousand instances
: II Neither do we want militia musterlngs, MOI
, martial music, or raree-shows of any sort Il
, attract gaping crowds OF thoughtless spectators
i What the agriculture of old states needs, will
Il their thousands of unframed and unculuvatet
Hand, or lands exhausted of her Fertility ant
stationary in population, Is not the knowledge
of how tn make, but where he can hnd mar
h ket for what he could make, if there were peo
pie near, with money IN Their pockets ant
r mouths TO be fed.
= Where is tho farm, in Maryland or Virginia
| that might not produce its bushels OF straw
=, berries and tons Of butter and cheese, and
+ bce,s, and carrots, and potatoes, and c-hbages
!. there, as in New England. the plough, th'
=. loom and tue anvil, the tanner, the shoemake
and the butcher, were all at work IN the sight
|, and sound of each other Nor does any thing
a conducc so much tn general happiness al
e steady and habiua labor-whcrc labor IS sur'
4 of IT'S reward. All these results we shOulC
= have throughout the country, II We could have
q uniform, permanent and just encouragement
. of American labor, as the fruit oi general ma
tional conviction that American labor has
right to be- protected against the over-iasked
y and under-paid, and bady-tcd labor OF Eu
a., rope and this is cmneniy due to the farmer
! for II is he who wants prosperous aud well
paid, laboriOus consumers, close AT hand
,,iemp,ing and rewarding him for bringing th'
food ou, of the richest lands. II is the iarme
who is interested in carrying out The opimo'
i of Mr.. Jefferson, that NOW We must place th'
p manufacturer by the side OF the agnculturlst.
n when this is done, and not until then, th
. fruits Of the soil will pay for the highest I'M
A proyemont the soil is susceptible of. Then vii
the farmers rich lands, which now he canno
afford to ditch and drain, he bought under tn
plough, aud afford the means OF rewNlng tn
). hills that have been exhausted-thcn, IN short
k these old Southern States with their yastl
y superior soil and climate, would rival and SUI
!. pass Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts
d and we should cease to hear complaint Oi wan
!, Of capital for agricultural improvement, 10
y they would spin their own improvement out q
y their own bowels, AS the spider spins his web
- Then might We find IN these Southern State
r. what Southern man would scarcely credit
II were II not related on authority 50 unqucs,lona
II bic as Mr. Colman who tells US, IN his Aan
u cultural Survey Of Massachusetts,, that IN on
p county, to which was apportioned BY the Leg
,f islaturc of the state $1,000 OF the surplu
J. money distributed by the general government
!, tho county commissioners decided that " shoul