The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03
A aemini .eeacs.


The great passion of Americans is for
broad acres. Every man wants all the
land that joins him. Without stopping
tn improve, or to inquire cf what use il
,eili be TO him. he goes on aiding house
% house, Int to lot, acre to acre, for the
simple pleasure of gain. A man of our ac-
III iintanee. veil known at the hanks as
rossessnr of four sections of land, and a
nous md heat of cattle. lived in log
atin in the center of this domain, with
nut garden. an orchard, or a library, a
buggy, or wife Or chill lrer, boarding with
I tenant, and only knew of enjoyment as
it reached him through the ends of his
fingers handling money. His property
was worth about $4,000. This man was
from slave State Arother man, a me-
ahanic, worth about $1,000, had one acre
of ground, snug little cottage, a eontent-
I'd and happy wife and two children, IA
horse and l.u-ey. and garden under the
most perfect cultivation, worked by his
'wn hands. We were curious to know
how this man with his small income of
iaily wages could no. only keep up such
appearances, bit enjoy such substantial
realities. On en1niring, his answer was,
we spend for only what we can use
live two miles from town. We keep a
horse and buggy for the purpose of at
ending meeting on Sundays, and lectures
Turing the winter evenings. We buy
looks on various literary and scientific
subjects, and real them together Our
children we educate ourselves, and the
5ar.len furnishes all the Vegetables, and
fruit, AMI flo overs that we need. This
man with his $1,000, knew more, lived
more and eninyed more than the other
with his $4,000 because he knew VIII 1t
would give enjoyment, and eArn:.i and
>pext only for that He wasa northern man.
These observations came under our no
ice more than twenty years ago, in Ohio,
md now forcibly brou ,ht to mind i,y the
following which we clip from tn, Chicago
Daily Letger =
We were walking lown Canals street this
morning. when our .ul Vermont friend
AZr0 liilliar,l-whose father we knew in
childhood rs Il Baptist preacher and a
singing master of more than ordinary
tUweg-:ook It's 10 his garden. AFRO has
small piece of ground on which he lives,
few blocks from our Office, 80 by 200
feet, on which, besides Il sIiu5 house and
i'arll. he fluids room for bushels of currants,
which afford his family all they wish in
their season--pleniy for his friends and
surplus which. hy their own industry, he
ANT his excellent wife turn into as tiue
wine as need be for the sick or well. equal
III flavor an,l purity to anything we get
from The vintage of foreign lands. They
also make splendid wine from the PIE
plant, bottles OF which of las: Years IN ike,
are NOW in their cellar Tins is some
thing new, but every body can have vii c
who will.
Mr. Hilliar.l will shew any one how to
make The wine without charge. Besides
these he has sweet corn enough for him.
self and friends-l nice lot of beets-tem
swarmS of hee--.o's of ducks AMI chick
ems, = beautiful fiiwE--.l splendid cow
who gives no ''.inpe "a great variety of
VegeLabl es-i trotuISionof ftlower.-worm-
wood and calHomile from old Vermont
Rhubarb inn urted from Queen Victoria
Peas which came through the Post Office
Ia cluster OF pretty childrei Ia violin
that makes one dance to think Of a
drum ,rid a fife which calls up training
day +" and tells ofthe time when nr,loly
WAS corporal but your mother and ~
In the midst of all this, there stands
he heart of Azrs Iliiliar,i, q" the mitst 81
tIe garien,'' an | MS htppiness seems Is.
consist in making everybody as happy as
he is in doing good. With him every lit
lie thing becomes gre,', bscause it is more
blessed TO give than to receive. lie is al
ways giving
There is a science of h4man ticiag, yet
to be developed. Thinking people may
n,akestiiscoveries here of more value than
gold.