Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-12-29

shelter for his cattle during the inclem-
ency Of the winter; but permits them
to stand shivering by the side Of a
fence. or lie in the snow. as best suits
them.
He throws their fodder on the
ground, or in the mud, and not unfre-
quently in the highway. by which a
large portion Of II and all the manure
are wasted.
He grazes his meadows in fall and
spring, by which they are gradually
exhausted and finally ruined.
His fences are old and poor, just
such as to LET his neighbors' cattle
break into his field and teach his own
to be unruly and spoil his crops.
He neglects TO keep the manure
from around the sills OF his barn-if
he has one-by which they are prema-
turely rotten, and his barn destroyed.
- He tills, or skins over the surface
Of his land until 1t is exhausted, but
never thinks Il worth whileto manure
or clover it. For the FIRST he has no
time, and for the last he "is not able"
He has place for nothing and moth
ing in its place. He consequently
wants q hoe or rake, or a hammer
or an anger but knows not where to
find them. and thus loses much time.
He letters away stormy days and
evenings. when he should be repairing
his utensils, or improving his mind by
reading useful books or newspapers.
He spends much time in town, at
the corner Of the street, or in the rum
holes, complaining ofhard times, and
goes home In the evening pretty well
tore
He has no shed for his wood con-
sequuently his wife is cut OF humor
and his meals out of season.
He plants few fruit trees and his
cattle forthwith destroy them. He
has no luck in raising fruit
One half the little he raises is des-
troyed by either his own or his neigh
bors cattle.
His pillow, harrow, and other imple-
ments lie all winter in the field where
last used; just as he Is getting in a
hurry for next season, his pillow breaks,
because il was not housed or properly
cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in and des-
troy his garden. because he had not
stopped hole in the fence, that he
had been intending TO stop for week.
He Is often In a great hurry, but
viii stop TO talk as long rs he can find
any one to talk with him.
He has. Of course, little money; and
when he must raise some TO pay his
taxes, DE-, no raises Il at great sac
ri6ce, in some way or other. by paying
an enormous shave, or by selling his
scanty crop when prices are low.
He is a year behind instead Of be-
ing a year ahead Of his business-and
always viii be.
When he pays debt, il is at the
end Of all execution; consequently his
credit is at a very low ebb.
HE buys entirely on credit, and mer-
chants and all others with whom he
deals charge him twice or thrice the
profit they charge prompt paymasters,
and are unwilling to sell him goods at
any price. He has TO beg and prom
Use, and promise and beg. to get them
on any terms. The merchants dread
TO see his wife come into their stores,
and the poor woman feels depressed
and degraded.
The smoke begins to come out Of his
chimney late of winters morning,
while his cattle are suffering for their
mornings feed.
Manure lies in heaps in his Etable;
his horses are. rough and uncurried,
and his harness under their feet.
His doors and gates are broken. his
. buildings implanted, and the boards
and shingles falling off-he has no
time to replace them-the glass is out
Of the windows and the holes stopped
up with rags and old hats.
He is a great borrower Of his thrift
ty neighbours implements, but never
returns the borrowed implements, and
when they are sent for they can't be
found.
He is, in person, great sloven, and
never attends public worship; or if he
does occasionally do so. he comes
sneaking in when the service is hall
out.
He neglects his accounts, and when
his neighbors call TO settle with him,
has something else 10 attend TO.
Take him all in all he is poor far.
mer. a poor hus band, a poor neighbol
and a poor Observation-Disclosures Mag
axine.