Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-10-26
The Thrinless Farmer.


reason you didn't patch up that fence better
when You were about IT. 'Sm.boy, stu
boy-yank EN-, Tiger, I'll learn EN- to keep
them hens out, or you'll kc,ch IT,"
Such were the calculations Of frrmor
Tn1',U, on bright May morning, when
the hogs and hens Cor the hludrcih time had
broken into the miserable garden, but he
had uttered thcs, words many times before
and the scene dil not disturb his cQuanimi.
tv'so much that he resumed his seat under
the dilapilatcl porch, and began to charge
III. old pipe with a new fll Of tobacco. But
hi. poor wife, whose sweet looks and sweet
ness Of temper had bcrn soroly tried by the
confusion which he'd rciEuci supreme about
her f1r many years, could not look on un-
disturbed She loved order and quiet, and
her meek and gentle spiri, must soon leave
the rrycls Of crJakirr hinges and tapping
doors, and an the wild disorder about her,
for the unii.,urhed rralms of the peaceful
and quiet grave. Her Last cntrcaty fll,up.
on the ear u Farmer ThriNlc,s like watcr
upon the ln,v rock. Young Hercules with
hs club. sui Tom Careless with hi. ham
NOR, were despatched in On, worl, with
which we commenced, 20 r5ut the enemy
and repair damages
Now, reader, behold them. rir,t. the
h1us,, the Farmer, and lisr,,r, oyrr.work-
ol, hur,.Nroken wirc, he Ta,chclhn, The
doors, thr wgathcranc and the roof, o.,
stacks. l1rs, and cattle mingled I'm with
I-1kcn vlcr's and other trumrsry. Then
in ,h, foreground s,r the fighting c5ck', the
skeleton. Of deceased COW, AMI ho-,' So
Tom cock his csc anil scratch his head iu
h.h1llinr tho youthful Hercules break de
ri's ar tho hungry r',', AMI put thg fowl,
iu % trrmcrlou. Nuti.r. There isa lir aui
truthu'rrs, IN thr s,sre Zoo al ~ -mirth,
lulf.r,us as itis VIII any or our f1r3,
confess that ti-v az fr Che picture We
hsy, srl1wrrl 90 improve o. li"lruVau tlc
suggestion or our excellent brother or The
pnr.y'uun Farm Journal. anil hop, 20
rrgi,o hisarrroval ThcT.rt WAYNE Time,
comes tl our all, '.1, in te hf-'ikr Tur.
traitlrGrs us. Now " la.l 900 ih,,ri-turr
aal t'rn rn Hat" which wc sh1ll r',eu.y,
v.S. anl judge fr yours Ives arthe msrits
ura.N.
Th, HriNl-s farmer rrlyil.s no shelter
r-l.. .att', duriu- thr inr'rmmrv Of uc
winter hut permit. ,hrm to.ard ,hiuriur
'y 'hr sd. ga fu,., oT %, TO ,hr snow, Oh,
l-s, sHit, them.
10. throws the,r fodder on ths ground, or
ir ''r mud, and unt unrrVuu''y iD tac
highway, 'y which o larr. portion oI 90,
arI 40 tha manure is wasted.
N. -ri-, hi, meadow, iu S,Il and srrir-.
nr which they are rllIually exhausted and
finally ruined
II., curr. ars o'l and r.ar-'us, such o..
o., DIS rH-hhar's r1t,l, break into Dc,
f.H. ami teach his own 20 Pc uuraly and
spoil h. crop.
d. us-'..'s % l,p tho manur, from
around 'hc 80, Of DIS s'aru--if o., ha. ono
by which they are rrrua,ursly rat,al, and
'', .'.r lr '.''' ..l 20.
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in raising fruit
cone halt the little he raises i'd.s'r'y'd
hy Dis own or his nciShhur.s cattle
ii.s pl9w, drag, and Other implements, lie
an winter in the field whcrc last used; and
jus, a. De !. getting in a hurry the next SEA.
son, his rlow breaks, because !. was not