Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-14
A ID r E SIS
DELIVERED BEFORE THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND,
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
At its annual Exhibition at Rockville, Sep. IA, 1854
CHAUNCEY p. HOLCOMB,
OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE,
A D D R E S S
ICONCLUSI0N.l

OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE,
coNCLUsIoN.]
NV argument, then, in reference 10 The Ia
Dor Of our farms is, that we must so select,
manage, and conduct it as 10 make these
manual operations in which so many OF our
hours and davs are passed q pleasant occu-
patton, aud if moi an actual pleasure, at least
an agreeable duty. II we do not, most 9th
er occupa,ions have the advantage over us !;
If we do not, and our lives are 10 be passed
in watching, scolding, and barking up our
men, there is only one consoli.sry reflection
that can arise from it, and that is that we
shall make ourselves so miserable here ,hs,
the devil himself can hardly make US more
SD hereafter.
Of course :here are scenes Of trial and
vexation 10 be encountered-no occupation
Of life is exemp, from these but if the agri-
cuIlurist has more annoyances arising d.
Tecily from his business Than is to be found
. in other occupstlons, even the most favored
pursuits, the fsul, is either in the SELECTION
Of bad labor or the bad management Ol II.
have made some suggestions TO show
that even so fer IS the manual and normal
ore quite on footing with The mos. favored
pursuit. LIE, US see now if for other reas-
ons the American sgricul,urist has no, cause
TO be satisfied with the pleasant places in
which h,s 10. is cast.
The agricullurs, certainly has The advan-
tsge in the grea, and all-impor,ant consId.
Grafton Of health over oil denZens at cities
Dr.. DrBper. the PresiJen, of The Medical
Faculty Of New York, stated in his annual
under two ears of age died weekly in the
city of New York. We have seen this
number exceeded the presen. year by lheir
published weekly reports Of morality
More than five hundred mothers have been
made TO mourn between the Two Sabbath
days for the loss of young children in the
city of New York. Blu, Dr.. Draper stated
this additional, bold, and startling fact, lha,
but for the resources Of population thew
draw from the country, the population OF
our large cities would became extinct
As sn offse. to this greater risk encounter
ed 10 their health andlves by the denizens Of
cities, j, is said they enj"y greater focIIi'ies
for sceumula,ing wealth, he principal "hjec'
for which the American citizen is supposed
to live and cerlsinIy the ohjec. in The put-
suit Of which lie often prema,urely dies
There msy be much d"nb,. epp'ehend, as
10 even The correctness of this preien.iun.
Farmers have verv queer way of keeping
accounts keeping Them for mos, par. only
s.in The head" as j, is called bad place
TO keep columns of 6gur :. They credit
the poor farm for v hat is lief, hen they have
60, their living out Of it. When We have
lived we'll, aud dressed well, rode well, and
entertained we'll, We usually give lhe poor
farm credit for wha, is lef,-whst we can't
es, up or spend, and, had almost said, give
away.
The farmer has lived in good house -
A merchsn, in the city would have TO pay
from $500 TO $1,000 for as good one
He has set good table. The merchan,
going to the mea. market, the vegetable
marker, The frui, market; The baker and The
dairy man; would have an item in his neat
1y KEEP, ledger of one thousand dollars or
more for house expenses. Another charge
OF couple of hundred or more would go
down for fuel; which the farmer would
haul from his woods, and make no account
OF. Another charge The merchant would
make for his riding-e,her the expense Of
keeping a carriage, or bills paid for hiring
at livery.
Here then is made up Of out-goes for me-
cesssries in order TO live in a city, some iw o
thousand dollars and upwards; equal 10 The
interest on the entire purchase money Of q
6ne farm, and of which Items, or their ag-
gregs.e, the farmer generally lakes litle or
no notice in any accoun, he may keep with
his farm. Yet the frs, thing ,ha. money
is wanted for, the frs. thing i, is expended
for is 10 suppor. The family.
! would like To see an account stated
say by master in chsncery, where he was
instructed, from The character Of some litl-
gs,ion ,ha. nigh. arise TO charge The farmer
with each item he had consumed a, city re-
tell prices, and for each ride he bad taken
at livery stable prices. IL would show ur
some of our "econ nomcal farmers" so called
] suspect, as great spendshrif,s. The rate a.
which they had lived would note little sur
prise themselves ss well as His Honor the
Chancellor.
OF the capacity Of a farm to pay an in
come in raising and supporting family,
*NorE.-Since the above was written, DR.
John Bell, an eminent physician Of Philadelphia
on my mentioning to him the statement of DR.
Draper, said he had no doubt of the truth of the
remark, and added that he had often observed thai
ifPhiladelphia were to be inclosej with wall, sc
as to keep out the country population the inha bi
tants of the city would in time become extinct.