Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-07-13

your Judgment, and nave all that may re-
quire it. forthwith repaired and put in
order. so that they may be in readiness.
before you commence your work for the
harvest field, as it is the indispensable du-
ty of every agricultor. to anticipate his
wants so far as regards the appliances OF
his occupation.
In the commencement of this branch oil
duty. we have said that the supply of i'm.
plensents and tools should be ample. and
we will here add tha, true economy will
be found in even having surplus. to
supply such articles as may be liable to
be broken, as accidents often occur, and
much time lost where such provident
care is not observed.
HARVEST HANps-VALuE OF THE PRE-
sENcE OF THE PRoPRIEToR.-Nexti in order
is your harvest hands. If your home
supply should not be sufficient to cut
down and secure your grain in good time.
from those injuries incident to exposure
to rains, look about you at once, and en-
gage others ; see to it, that you get sober.
industrious men. and good haryesters-
men who know what good days work
is, and have integrity enough to perform
uafC W huOW bAht
defrauding an employer in the time that
he had purchased, is. in fact, nothing
more nor less than moral robbery. which
if not punishable by statutable law. will
be punished by that Power from which
there is no appeal. In calculating the
number of hands you will require in the
field, be liberal in your judgment-nay,
add twenty five per cent. to the number
you may fix upon for you may rest as
sured, that, in harvest time it is good
to have more than what you may con-
ceive to be enough, as we have known
large portions of crops lost to the owners
by adopting too parsimonious policy in
providing hands. Li6eral;ty in this re-
spect. is the only policy justified by en-
Gghteued ecouomy-is the only policy
that can protect proprietor's interest,"
And after providing a fuH force, ensure,
by your presence in the field. the faithful
discharge Of duty from every hand there
in, whether he be slave or hireling. You
may take our word for it, that your pre-
sence, personal supervision and attention in
the field, will add forty per cent. to the
amount of work done. The presence of
the proprietor and employer. is at once
proof that he is regardful of his interest,
and that he is determined to make every
man do his duty. A consciousness ofthis
by the workmen. inspires them with a
zeal that nerves their arms for toll, and
inspires them with feeling, which
though not natural, makes the faithless
faithful, and renders the sluggard an en-
ergetic workman. Care. attention and
inrarasi On tI,a part IF ba ha
gets care, attention and interest on the
part of the employees. and transforms
many. whose wont it is, to kill time, into
faithful workers. The eyes of the prcprie-
tor hath most wonderful power over the
actions of those under him they make
the idly disposed industrious-it may be
a gainst their will,-the slovenly neat in
the manner of doing their work they ex-
act justice from class of people with
whom moral considerations are things
neither known nor cared for. Jack Fai-
staF, the braggart and pick-purse of
boasted that he could not be
forced to do anything by compulsion; but
we tell you that by the proper use of your
eyes in the harvest field. you can compel
justice to be dons to you. Be you then
gG ya mahe NAY rss ysqs syss Dc shyo yodt h IN
terest will be conserved thereby.
SUPPLIES FOR HARvEsr.-Harvest time
is always looked to as the period of the
year when the laborer's fare is better and
fuller than at any other time, and this
feeling is both natural and proper. II is
natural, because there Is an extraordlna-
nv draft made upon the physical power
of the laborers. under circumstances eau
sed alike by toll and heat. and nature re-
quires increased nourishment to cnu lter-
act the debilitating effects Of exhaustion.
1t is proper, because time honored Gus
tom has sanctifed the practice, and it
stands justified by humanity, as well as
by interest. Both these considerations
do, as they ought to. influence proprie-
tor when he is making his purchases up
on such occasions. What he may buy.
should be good in quality AND bountiful
in quantity for among the strong mo-
tives which operate upon the iaborer's
heart, and serve to give energy and tone
to his arms, nerves. and muscles, ther' Is
none more certain in producing GOOD ell
fects, than kind treatment and generous
feeding for man is prone to yielding 70
the first, while in his nature. be his con-
dition what it may. he is more or less cpl
eurean in his appetite. OF the latter pro-
peusity. we have daily evidences OF the
truth of our proposition, where we had
the least right to expect it. It should
then be the care, as it is the interest o'
proprietors to see that the viands which
he may have prepared for his harves
hands, are such as 70 tempt the appetite
while they strengthen the inward man
as good living hath two fold operator
in it; while il has a tendency 10 inspire
kindly spirit, it renews the bodily powers
and. as consequence, ensures capacity
for toll. The certainty of receiving kinc