Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-07
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Is this Anybody's Picture ?

There's neighbor S-. He's content with his farm, and believes that drainage is too costly to be practised, anI sheds will no. pay as protection to s.ock. He leaves diapidatcd renee n front of his dwelling, backed by row of scraggy peach trees. His wood yard is the space in front ot his house, consisting of unsightiy pile of green logs, 10 be cut up as occasion requires. His barn the roof de- cLyeI and ragged, with the boards hefe and there missing froin the sides open ya,d, wnele ali winter herd of lowing cattle may be seen, pinched with cold, aud trainpiing their todder un.er ther feet. His farming implements! they few ana simple. Go into the road, and there by the fcnce- where they are carefully placed when not in use You will then. An old wagon with an older box stands there ready to drop to pieces by its weight, tiiree-coriIered drag rests cyntdingly ayast It, While little way O1f Is the blow, wllcii, by the and tear it has beeu subjected l, uligt De referred to any age since Mathusaieh. Neisnbor S- believes one pUS, will answer fur all pur- poses. and alissoils, and thinks inventions in tniS fine humbugs. In the spring he yokcs a pair Uf poor st srved oxen, that nave jain out to freeze Ill the open yard Last winter, hiches them to his pow and proceeds 10 Sprlug piowi s. liz usuiily gets into iiis field by l,tng down the fence an easy sR by the way, for the corners are ali down, or thro"n this way and th.t til ne canilot easily lnake It worse. He usually begins ill wet weather as his team is too light to piaw when dry lie blows shallow, for his team is not strong enough to blow deep. He do nt subseil it would take another team. When harvest comes, he wonders why ais fields yields but half crop
 Such ths men will not say farmers-wEo disgrace the pur,uit O agriculture. Bu their num- Dor is lessenins. Stupid indeed must be the nl,lu who ill this age does not improve. Every appliance science and art can bring, Is placed ill tine Iaids u the farmer He has but to signify his wants, aud the inventor is ready to devote yeals in his service He but asks, and he receives. The ieaven is work ing, and the farmer for intelligence equal tine best. IT he does not then Ae i; to blame. Ii he will not rcaI and think if he will not strive to improve, then he merits contempt, and should Dc de3raded not only by other professions, but by all true farmers, as ( rcproAch the honor of theil cailiny.-Otio GaAiuat0r.
 WHAB NEWSPAPER DoEs FOR NorHING.-The following article should be read and pontered we'll by every man who takes newspaper without paying for it,
 The result of my observation enables me to state fact, that the publishers of newspapers more poorly rewarded than any clss of men ill tie United Stttcs who invest an equal amount of labor, capital and thought. They are expected to do more ser vice for less pay, to stand more sponging and 'dead heading" to puff and defend more people without fec hope Of reward than any other class.
 They credit wider and longer, get oftenel cheated; stfer more pecuniary loss o1tener the victim, of misplaced confidence, than any other calling in the community. People pay printers bill more reluctantly than any other It goes harder with them to expend a dollar on valuable newspaper than ten gewgaw yet erybody avails himself of the of the editors pen a tic printers ink.
 How many professional and political regulations and fortunes have been made and sustained by te ieualy, though unrequited pen of the editor? How many embryo towns and cities have been brought iutonotice, and puted into prosperity by the press Hsw.,Aany railrovds, now in ce-sul operation, would have foundered but for the assistance of the ''~ ~ lever that moves the world '' in short what branch of industry or activity has not been promot eI. stimulated and defended Gy the press!
 And who has tendered it more than miserable pittance for it's mighty serviccs The bazrs of fash ion and the haunts of appetite and dissipation throngcd with an eager crowd bearing gold in their palms, and |. commodities there needed are sold at enormous protits though inrinsiclly worthless and paid for with scrupulous punctuaty while the 'unting room of the newspaper is the seat of jew ing, cheapening trade, orders and pennies. It is nrtde peint of honor to liquilate grog biil but . hot vf disi.onor to repudiate printers till.