Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-07
JANUARY

"Another Spring his heart exulting cries
Another year with promised blessings rise.
Eternal Power from whom these blessings flow,
Teach me still more 10 wonder, more 10 know
Seed time and harvest letme see again
Wander the leafstycwn wood, the frozen plain
Let the first flower, com-wavug field, plain. tree,
Here round my home, still h my soul t' Thee;
And let me ever. midst thy bnuntics. raise
An humble note OF thankfulness and praise ~
BLnoMriELn's FAWNBRs Boy.
Hail to the New Year Scarcely has the
retreating footsteps of the Old died away up
on our cars before the New welcomes us with
his Joyous smile 1t comes with its new ex-
periences upon the farm aud in the household,
with its freight of precious memories and
bright anticipations. The landscape is cheer
less without, the heavens sombre, the bare
forest dull grey. and the fields robed in
white But within, all is beautiful, and the
more so in contrast with the sober aspects of
Nature. The mind is, even now, all glow
with the bursting buds of Spring time, the
full foliage. tho fair flowers, and the genial
skies of Summer. No painter ever put upon
his canvas such coloring, such combination of
charms as now light up the imagination, when
we look forward to the seed time and harvest,
the labors and enioyments of another year
1t is good for MS who till the soil and re-
ceive the fullness Of its blessings to pause by
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of our privileges. our Indebtedness to the
Giver of all good, and our responsibilities.
The farmers lot. however despised by the ig-
norant aud superficial. in town and country,
is one of high privilege and enjoyment.
/ He possesses at the outset what so many
never attain, or only late in life, fired abode.
He has. in most cases in this country, home
of his own, either wholly or in part paid for.
He owns the soil that he tills, aud all the fix
lures upon it are secured to him by law He
knows nothing of a landlord to impose higher
rents, and drive him out at the close OF the
year. The acres and the buildings. the trees
and shrubs. the springs and streams upon
them, with all their delightful associations
are his for a possession. He has an immedi-
ate and future reward for all his industries,
The mechanic who makes shoe or garment
gets his pay in corn or barter, and that is the
whole of his income from his toll The far
mer who tils his fields wisely, not only gets
his present crop, but an enlarged capacity in
the soil to yield better crops another year.
He plants a tree that will not only yield fruit
this year, but will increase its capacity for
| yielding for many years to come, and Will
probably, giAe him fruit as long as he lives
He introduces improved stock, which will not
only yield its increase the present year, but
will perpetuate itself for future generations
No calling so stimulates hope and gids the
! future with visions of comfort and JOY as this
He has, or may have, what so many lack
the necessaries of life His main business il
the feeding of the world, the production o
/, meats and breadstuHs. At the smallest cos
he can spread his table the year round witt
the most wholesome vegetables and meats
milk, with no suspicion of stump-tail decoc
ton, delicious fruits fresh from the tree, ant
bread made after the premium recipe by hands
accustomed to the grateful toll. Gaunt fam
inc can never look in at his door, nor povert,
utter its starving cry at his basement window
He has enough to eat and drink, and to spare
p and the thought of want for the necessities o
life never crosses his mind as an anticipated
: reality. Oh what would thousands in thu
city. at this season, give for such position
= He has, too. one OF life's greatest blessings
:, constant employment for his head and hands
y and employment, too, that pays-always pays