The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-02-01
Mr. Jahn Thrift.

hot pet living oE VI IT, and hsrce wanted
Io sell ou1 cheap and ~ wssl. People said
when Mr. 1huh bought thisSUrn out. good
for uolhing farm that be was fool. he
was told Ihal peanyr0ysl would not grow
On il; goose wvuld slHrye TO deA.h with a
range ot . $40 acre lot. One ofhis neigh
bs,s ,who was accounted wag in those
tGrt', said that the fences had got discouag-
IS. standing pp tpr 20 purpose; and that
there was noi lmbvr enough on The place 10
rrpair them; "hoNever" be added. ''l don't
matter much lor what need will john Thrift
have Of iences around fields SO poor that
cattle instinclivsly run away from them;
single Jacknss woald breed a famine with
the whole krm to range upon" But Mr..
Thrift needed not what his neighbOFs said.
lie moved his family on TO his new, or Eath-
tr uld tSrsn. and went 10 work. But he
vent not to WORK on the same plan praeti-
esi by his predecessor and BY most OF his
neighbor farmers. There was a streak OF
progress in his nature Be had strong arms
ard was willing to use them; he had asrong
mind too and he saw DO reason why he
should not use that also. Indeed, he had
used that when he bought his farm; for
his know ledge and the deductions OF his
bis reason told him then, in plain terms.
that he was getting what would turn out to-
be prize; he looked at the lay OF the land, "
he took a spade and lnrning up some OF the
FOil, satisfied himself that it WAS all right,
sive ami except the surface OF FIVE or SIX IN
ehek y hich had been exhausted Of some OF
its-natlve richness; he SAN that ditch IN
certain place woul1 relieve several acres of
low land of supeIabundance uf waller and
that this same water could be 50 husbanded
as to irrigale several acres OF other land
that frequently suffered from droulh; he
observed that II portion Of the soil which
Was elayey would be made Immediately pro-
ductive by means Of h spbsoil plow and a
few thousand draining-tiles properly laid;
while several acres of sandy ridge would be
greatly relieved Of its ba,reness by the ap-
plieation of a large quantity Of manure,
which he saw around the dilapidated barn,
aud Of pile Of eAched ashes, which man
near BY had thrown out Of his ashery and
counted worth notlduy. a! glance he saw
It,at the whole farm could be well watered
~ means Of water ram, placed at spring
which gushed out Of the side Of the kill n one
corner vi the premises. The bad condition
Of the fences and buildings did not escape
his notice but he knew that oak, chesnut,
locust aad other trees would grow if they
only had chance TO get start before the
hungry cattle were turned in to browse up
on and destroy them; and he had, besides,
observed that many ofhis prospective neigh
howe VIII, haI Ylartu af tiV, b.t1. xu.ra
ting it into lumber and were anxious IL sell
it at very low pr prices, to raise money where
with to pay taxes aud store bills. So he
concluded after getting the approval of his
intelligent aan industrious wife, ~ buy the
farm; and he did buy it.
Mr.. John Thrift we said sis farmer, :"
and SO be is Not the mere machine Of a
farmer, who rolls around from year 10 year
in the same old orbit sticking as close to the
usagss and axioms of his ancestors as Il
wheel to its axle. Yet he does not disre-
gard the experience of old and young, of
this and past ages Neither Is he book
farmer" to be led away by The speculatons
Of mele theorists; and vet he has books a.
bout him. n library well stored with works
upon the various branches Of agriculture,
and he also takes seversl papers devoted TO
he sAn,e great subject, and he reads books
rAd papers too; and turns their instructions
10 profit as wei as pleasure.
When Mr. Tariffs ueighbors first caught
him lsking an agricultural paper from the
post otRce they, "whew'd" and chem d and
laughed at the jokes las they thought them)
cracked al his expense; but when one day,
it became noised abroad that he had in his
house whole library ofbooks on farming
they wanted dlminutlye terms wherewith to
express their opinion Of him. But the trou.
b Z his kiBd nrIghhors were st, on his ac-
count made no kind Of difference to Mr..
Thrift, He went on using his strong arm
and his strong sense, with the most perfect
success. He SUBSIDIZED and ditched; he
drained and irrigated; he manured and mu-
schef he bought guano and gypsum he fed
his land with bone dust and lime, lie improy-
sd his grasses and his grains; he provided
himself with the most approved breeds OF
cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and he was
ever anxious TO possess the most perfect
implements Of husbandry which could be
any where found, And thus did the streak
Of progress which we said was in Mr. Thrift
nature made It's mark. He had the gump.
ton TO see thatifthe business Of agriculture
stood still everything else in the world
would leave it out OF sight. He knew oI
20 reason why uller of the soil should &C
gropng in the dark when there WAS u food
Of light ready to shine in upon him if he
would tu permit it.
Ar. limit has model farm, worth ma.
ny times Us much money es he paid for it.
Every thing is in order. His labor and in
,eisigcnce are amply rewarded. Plenty
crowns his board and his home is q pattern
OF moral elegance and generous hospitality
His peighbors who oace laughed at, now
envy him. They begin TO see that he is
right and they are wrong. Still, they
ihlnk, the old conservatives, that they aie
Dp nd TO n,end their ways But their chill
drtn may redeem what they have lost--
lhep are beginning 10 buy books and take
Their county papers, and the young folks are
greatly interested. Thus stimulated and
SIDED no doubt the next gencration. in this
wIShberlapd. will know something Of the
principles, which govern IN that process
which they are daily helping to carry for
ward in the great laboratory Of nature.
Reader, how many farmers like Mr.. Thrift!
have you IN your neighborhood? Would it
not be much better were there no other
kinds: Are you willing % admi! that you
haye not vii enough tp be ouc9
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iE1y 4 Mr.. BtM lately married a Miss,