Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-10

The sympathetic tear.
When Martha with smile rcceiv'd
Her much lov'd Savior dear,
| He who was never once deceived,
Prz'd higher Mary's tear.
Not that he doubted Marthas love;
Sincere that smile he knew
But smiles so oft had laithless prov'd,
While tears were eUer true.
From the Cottage Library.
GOOD ADVICE.
! Let the farmer who has one hundred
acres, more or less, on which he has man
aged to obtain a living, and on which he
has brought up three or four boys to hab
its Of industry and economy, instead of
hiring them out by the month, or send
ing them off to ''seek their fortunes" a.
broad, or (worst Of ally putting them be-
bind counter or in lawyers office, di-
vide his Iaf1i among them, Make a map
O! each boys portion while yet a boy
begin to fix his attention upon it early;
furnish him a good agricultural paper
(don,t neg lee! that encourage him to plan
for himself; and when Of age, hell him
in cultivating his crops. Let HIM live
under the parental roof until he is able
to build himself u cabin, and then emf
grate-inlo it. By that time experience
will have taught him that the grand Sc
cret Of thrift and success i'll agriculture
is, not great farm, but good cultivation
and his ambition will be centred upon ac-
comp|shiug what has been SO favorably
begun, VIZ, obtaining the maximum pro-
duct from all his acres. The old father
in the autumn Of life may exhibit the re-
ality Of the patriarchal state, with his MI.
merous descendants around him; and
have the further qualification Of witness
ing a larger income from every twenty
or every ten acres Of his homestead, than
from the whole when under his own man
agemen!. Thorough cultivation is the
great principle for which we are contcn.
ding. and the basis Of ali profitable farm.
ing. and where this is KEEP in view, we
say that twenty-five acres is the extent
which farmer wants who is dependent
on his own industry and toll; more than
this will probably keep him poor; less will
generally be more profitable; and no mat
ter whether his principal business is ra:s
Ing potatoes in Maine; making maple SUI
gar and keeping sheep in Vermont; rails
ing hemp in Missouri: sugar cane in Lou
isiana; cotton in Alabama; tropical fruits
in Florida; or various grains and fruits
in the Middle States; ihc same principle
will hold good. We have neiqhbor to
whom we sometimes apply to solve knot
~ questions in cultivation. He has got
TO be swell to do" il not rich, on six or
eight acres OF land fle lives in view Of
the great national sta,e-house, but takes
no interest in court affairs. He obeys
The eleventh commandnent-''mn his
own business" Nature gave him good
sense, his father taught him industry, his
mother stamped upon his youthful mind
her own habits OF order and close obser-
walton; and with these as basis, though
ignorant Of Greek and algebra, he IS a
thoroughly educated man. The example
Of such men, in their industry and econ
omy, and consequen, thrift, is worth
| more to the state than mountain Of books
on the theory Of good government He
knows what politicians frequently lack
his own business thoroughly. tie might
fail in deciphering a Mexican hicrog|yph-
ic, but carry him a strawberry or peach
leaf, and he will tell you the proper name
Of the fruit. We proposed to him once
to push off his growing-up boys to the
west. mo" no, he; the west is too big.
But he was blocking oul'' for somo suita-
Die slots" for his boys, as fast as they
should be old enough, Of ''three or four
acres' apiece. Our neighbor is a man
Of large capacity and views, aid with
these to guide him, he chooses for his
sons, who are destined to life Of manual
toll, three or four acres, in preference 10
large domain: and tnis. not from CAL
cuation of dollars and cents, for his lots
ofthree or four acres will cost more each
than one thousand acres Of government
land. For what purpose doeS man
want more than s'enough." .....:.
Perhaps the intelligent farmer who
has read this chapter will say there is
nothing new in these observations-to
him. Very true; we knew this ourselves,
but wish 10 be the medium Of communi-
eating some Of the knowledge he possess
es to those who are ignorant. TO this
end, we bespeak his aid i'll behalf Of our
unde rtaking. We have designed 10 throw
together as mucE, plain. practical matter,
and in form for preservation and ref
erence, as can be afforded for trifing
sum. We ask his aid in its circulation.
l. will not .minish the eight on which
he stands, TO see his neighbors raising
themselves up to his elevation. The
'leveIling up'' doctrine is according to
the spirit of the age. 1t is empha,'cally
the true American, und especially the A.
merican farmers doctrine, and one to
which every liberal mind among them