The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1854-11-10
The Thriftless Farmer.

ing by the side of fence, or live in the
snow as best suits them.
He throws their fodder on the ground, or
in the mud and not unfrequcntly in the
highway; by which large portion of it,
and all the manure, is 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 neglccts to keep the manure from
around the sils of his barn-it lie has one
by which they are prematurely rotted,
and his barn destroyed.
He tills, or skins over the surface Of his
land until it isiexhausted; but never thinks
it worth while to 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 nothing
in its place. He consequently wants, a hoe
or Il rake, or hammer, or an auger, but
knows not where to find them, and thus
loses much time.
lie loites away stormy days and eve
nings. when he should be Repairing his
utensils, improving his mind by reading
useful books or newspapers. -
He spends much time in town, at the
corner Of the street, in the "rum holes,"
complaining Of hard times, and goes home
in the evening, "prelty we'll tore.'
Hc has no shed for his firewood; conse-
qucntly his wife is out Of humor, and his
Ill, ais ont of season.
He plants few fruit trees, and his cat
tie forthwith destroys them. lie has
no luck in raising fruit"
One-half the little he raises is DESTROYED
by his own or his neighbours cattle.
His plow, harrow, and other implements.
lie all winter in the field where last used !;
and just rs lie is getting in hurry, the next
his plow breaks BECAUSE it was not
housed and properly cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in and destroy
HIS garden, because he had mt stopped a
hole in the fence. that he had been intend
ing to stop for a week.
He is often in great hurry, but will sto ,
and talk as long as he can find any one to
talk with.
lie has, Of. course, little money sand
when he must raise some to pay his taxes,
&c, he raises it at great sacrifice, in some
way, or by selling his scanty crop. when prices
are low. .,
He is year behind, instead of being a
year ahead of his business-and always will
be. =
When he pays debt, it is at the end ofan
execution; consequently his credit is at a
low .ebb. ...5
He buys entirely on credit, and merchants
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 cost. He has to beg
and promise, and promise and beg, to get
them on 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 aro suffering for their mornings
feed. ~,
Manure lies in heaps in his stables; his
horses are rough and uncurried, and his har-
ness :rod under their feet.
Z His, bars and gates are broken. his build
ings nnpainted, and the boards and shingles
falling of--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 thrifty
neighbors implements. but never returns
the borrowed article, and when it iasent for
it cannot be found. le.
He is, in person, great sloven, and never
attends public worship; or if he does occa-
sionally do SO, he comes sneaking in when
the service is half sout. ,,--7r :;
/, He neglects his accounts, and when bis
neighbors calls to settle with him he has
something elsasto attend to- ~ %<'1+,,
Take him all in all, he lisa poor farmer,
q poor husband, a poor father, poor neigl,-
BON, and a. poor Christian. -. Farmer's
Magaziae. 81 s.
WouLp sNorsBE Free. The Chicago
Times has astq of a gentleman from Ms
sour, stoppihg that city, having with
him d slave man, The antisslayery folks
hearing Of the slave rendered him the, hos
pitality s6f d winterin sCanad and on his
declining 10 leave his proposed;
to make him fiee; thes Shs desired nc
or hot a crowd 1t about fya hundred as:
setnbled fof this pufp but The siaye. prottxs
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