New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-29
MIGRATING TO TIE COUNTRY.

Te nc Editor 0 The y. u Tribune.
SiR: In reply TO the communication OF Frank,
in your paper of the cath, permit HE 10 say, tia;
have resided in New.England, New York City, aud
at tie West, ard therefore claim TO know something
Of the advantages ard Disadvantages OF ivlg In al
these places.
There are comparatively few persons living IN
our cities, who would be coneEted and happy N the
country ard perhaps fewer still who can adapt them
selves readily 70 rural life. They have not the energy,
endurance and contempt of hardshps and little dis
comforts which necessary to success at the West
nor the thrift and economy requisite TO live in the rural
districts of the East. Besides, agriculture is pro-
fessiop. which ike every other, requires experience
and skill. While good land is cheaper i'll q ner
country than ywhere else homes, 1t Is believed can
be nowhere else purchased 20 cheap as IN New-Eog-
land. Small farms OF from ten TO thirty acres can be
bought in many Ne@-EDe land towns end villages,
little removed from the line of railroad, for from
$500 to S0O0-often less than the actual worth Of
the buildings To be sure these cheap homes are in
the more sterile and least desirable portions Of the
country, ard the buildings are often in bad repair;
but sometimes The land is Of fair quality. and the
buildings nearly new. knew place in Berks hire
County, Mess, with ten acres Of land, and large
frame house nearly Few, good stable, &c 10 be
sold last Winter twice. and each time for less than
$CCO. / only quote this by way of example. Why
these places are sold so cheap j canuot Imagine,
unless it be that the have too little tact and
enterprise 10 cell the attention Of the public TO them
Though the city paper There ought to be, in New
York an Intelligence Office, where the people coid
resort TO obtain accurate iniornationo all such homes
in the market. Who will take the mater in hand
Can Americans live on such small tracts OF land
doub: il; but ETH am sare the Germans eau But
we have no purely rural population in NewEngland,
With their Own simple and inexpensive habits and
tastes. An ape the fashions of New-York and Paris.
And thus the New England country people, in an IL.
desire TO keep W with Partisan bellies IN extrav-
aeance and folly ruin beslth and destroy al their
e. - hzrr Haxya~ IN
labor Ladies, with pianos and eghtdolsr bonnets,
with the Homework to Co. aud babe q. the breast,
take in cheap sewing, and do on ne sly les. their
Leghbors should discover H. What foly II tAls Is
no. worship al the shrine of Msmmon, for which God
viii call them into judgment, pray what ls This is
an extreme instance, admit but still is type OF that
which exists in almost every NeS-Engiand country
family Of refinement and intelligence.
But with all this excessive labor, most New-tn'
Gland farmers exhibi. a want Of adaptation TO the
times They still eDdeavcr 10 compete with :ne West
in raising the great staple agricultural pfodGct', when
they should turn their attention 70 fruits end garcen
vegetable IL hes been demonstrated beyond
question that families may be supported, and grow
ricb upon few Of land in raising strawberries
raspberTies, &c. raising grapes srd making VINE,
or raising eggs and poultry. 81; they must know
how 70 DO this aud whatever is attempted mus. he
done thoroughly. An acre may produce 500 worth
or 81 0CO woih OF strawberries, according 10 the cip
itsl expended il eL.ching The SOL anc tending The
vines.
lands TO ad vantage, but not much; few hundred
collars will DO, but -ha; little is Indispensable. There
is 10 portion II our country where one can have 60
much subs.sntial c0M;1r., for little money, az 10
New-Epgend, with ell the blessings OF az s1yanced
state Of civilization around yOa-churches schools
&c When you speak Of iararies i. may be different
At the West everything il d6or land, unless you
90 beyond civilization. There is there an unnatural
and unhealthy initiation which cannot last long.
LasQE. l; Frank aid bis wife aud four ehdren Will
be content with quiet country home, AID simple, H.
expensive habits and il they will oil take delight 10
beautiful outdoor pursuits Tor Franks wife, instead
OF taking in sewing, ought 10 aid in the garden, the
yirey.rd and The fruit orchsrd-ro one can tie up
crio6s sni radshes snd pick snd arrange the berries
for market like q woman 4 they are no. afraid Of
pure air and sunshine, and can bear 10 ose sicky
An ericap complexion and can adopt TO certain eI
tent English and German habits, then Frank will do
vellto remove TO the co5nty ard his chdren-who, L
be remain where he is, viii most likely fsl prey -
disease or vice-can, in his old age come back 20 re-
WHY The unhealthy blood CT the city with tue pure
blood and healthy mind and morals Of The country
There w. perhaps healthier couriry IN :be word
than New. England, except 10 conslmptye districts
AwEsTERN LANDOWNER
Ner Hare, c., July IS ls.7.
P.S.-Who will give US the statistics O: silk dresses
velye: bopnets, tapestry carpets, lace eonars, &c
ard the lives sacrificed for these beubiesi