The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-10-21
Miscellaneous.
The Seven Wonders of New
England,
IN TIE EYES OF A SOUTHERN
TRAVELLER.
FROM "THE PLOUGH, THE LOOM, AND
THE ANVIL"

1, Every man llVlnR III "Dfhn spanning
new house, or one that looks ms If it had been
painted MS white as snow within tho past
week.
O. All tho houses of wood, whcro all tho
fences nro ofstonc, which in some places lie
so thick MS TO require to lie removed nj tho
rate of a ton from six feet square.
g. Wood for house and kitchen all Sdlcsa
and split up into one uniform length and size,
and snugIy piled away under cover of an o.
.pen shed, so that tho work of house and
kitchen may suffer tho least possible inter
mpon; in word, he secs a place for every
thing, and everything in its place.
3. The care obviously bestowed in the
saving aud preparation of manure by accu-
mutation and composition.
s. Universal attention to n good supply
of fruit adapted to tho climate.
&. Not poor or super0uous OK, COW,
horse, hog, or sheep, the proportion of the
short lived expensive horse being on every
farm wisely and economically small.
Z. The seventh wonder is, after n days
ride, twenty five years ago, with great una
nmity in their stages, AT the rate Off l-2
miles an hour, now on railroads at the rate
ofthirty( where, in the namo ofall that is
mysterious and incXplicahlc, are these poo
ple's staple crops? What do they make for
sale? Where arc their stack yards of wheat,
straw and fodder and outs and rye? Where
lheir tobacco houses, and their gin-houscs,
their great herds of cattle and swine, roofing
in the swamps, browsing in the fields, or re-
posing in the shade? How is it that these
pcoplc contrivc to keep out OF debt, and YET
never repudiate? How do they go ON inl-
proving thote rocky land, carrying tons of stun
Gonihe hills above TO underdrain the mead
oWs below? building school houses in sight
OfCach other, and expanding millions or ed
In I'm fnp III
little bank stock, anothcra ltle railroad stock,
and little stock in II nciShboring factory, at
which he soils his milk and his apples, his
6hir"is anu iro; ;at""@ once in while "ivin"
SlOG an aero for n small farm in his neigh
borhood! Dear reader, TO explain all these
wonders OF New England thrift and e.oaleud-
'tivencss IN full, would make n lung story. but
# you viii tHrn hack to the first rnrc OF tho
cover ofttIs Journal you Will sec al once The
Key 10 Ire ria,iic! There you see the secret by
which alone poor land throughout II country
can be prudenlly and economically nude
rich-tor there you see the plough. he i0olr
and he a,,rh, all close TO each other, tllo first
being tire most prominent.
1t is y4tore, and there OiHy, whore the cult
vllors vi 1l,e soil have tho wisdom To GuCour-
age Ull other branches of.3mcrican iniiltstry,
that you will ever SEQ or hcar of 1ai'tSty Tons
ritaAk and Strawberries going by ono road.
in a single day, TO be consumed before the
milk can sour and before the Strawberries
raH sour. hy wcaHors, mad liacksmrhs, aud
shOGmakrrs and tutors, and ciilFchmr1 and
iaymen. and printers and printers d,'vis;aud
M1lat is more, some of these pelishauio nrii-
cles goingin one night probably at least one
hundred miles, 10 bc caten fresh the noXt
n'srning for breakfast So much for easy and
cxpcditious channels Of communication that
concentration lays over the ground, to pro-
vide Tor the transportation of food that con
rcntraion only can bring out ofthe ground.
1t is in this that we find the secret fOr''nlai-
ing poor ld1ld rich" Il is not all the prcmi-
ums That can be offered, nor prize essays.
though they be spun out as long rs the MAIN
top bowlins, Tint can convert II poor cxhaus-
ted country into rich onc,and cause a -four
isling agriculture and dense population to
take The place ofbarrennoss aud dispersion.
With good Seed good implements, abundant
'capal to buy manure, or time and skill 10
accumulate 1t, NIL accompanied with good till
age aud good seasons, any ono may make
poor land productive; but that is not the
knowledge that is needed; we have had that
Illustrated III practice and told on paper in n
thousand instances. Neither do we want
mlllia musterings, nor martial music, nor
faro shows ofany sort, to attract gaping
crowds OF thoughtless spectators. What the
agriculture of old States needs, with their
thousands of acres of undrainod and unculti-
waited land or lands exhausted oftheir fcriIi-
~, and stationary in population, is, not the
knowledge of how to make, but where he
can find market for what he could make, if
there were people near. with money in thcil
pockets aud months to be fed
Where IS the farm, in Maryland or Virri.
ma u.at n"Sht not produce its bushels of
strawberries and tous of butter and cheese
MI,
'gcs, II there, as in New England tho nIouoL
the loom, and the anvil, the tanner no ,Io,
maker, and tho butcher, wcrc all at work i,
the sight and sound of each other? Nor loo,
anything conduco so much to general honni
ness as steady and habitual labor-where la
Dor is sure of its reward. All these result
wo should have throughout the country. il
we could have uniform, permanent, and jus
encouragement of American labor. Ms TN
iruit OF q general national conviction that A
american labor has n right to DO protected q
ganst the over tasked and undcr-naid an
badly fed labor of Europe; and this is em
Ahehtly due to the farmer, for il is he VIII
wants prosperous, we'll paid, laborious con
Sumers close at hand, tempting and reward
ing him for bringing the food out of the rio,
est lands. 1t is the farmer who is intercs,c
IN carrying ont the opinion of Mr. Jefferson
mat now we must place the manufacture
ny me side of the agricuturist."
= When that is done, and not until then RI
fruits OF the soil will not pay for the birhes, i,r
lr0Vementthe soil is susceptible Of Tic
VIII the turner's rich lands, which now l.
cannot afford to ditch and drain. be bro, al
uhaer the plough, and afford the means = .
FeVVIng the hills that have Boen cXhans,c,
, ,heh' IN short, these old Southern Stntes wit
'i'eir vastly superior soil and climate Won,
Mo". ",'s' surPass Connecticut, Vermont, an