Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-08-26
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TEE EARM AND THE EARInR.

Much of the character of every man may
be read in his house" This was remark of
the late Mr.. Downing, and, though true in the
main, must be taken with sOhle modification
Persons must build according to their means.
Many, had they the ability. would cause their
houses to tell far different story of their char
acter than they now do. The log cabin or the
cottage that has wcathered the storm for
score of years would soon come down, and on
its ruins mansion would arise bespeaking its
owner a man of taste and munificence with
spice of vanity and love of display. IN one
half the cases, persons who build are dissatis-
fed with the work after it is completed, and
too ate to make change without subjecting
themselves to great expense. The house may
show the character of the architect. but not of
the proprietor, unless it is according to his
taste. Not one in d thousand, if under the ne
cessity of rebuilding, would make the second
house like the first, while many who build fine
houses have little to do with the work aside
from furnishing the means.
The character Of the FARMER, however, may
be read IN hs farm in the most unmistallahie
language. He may trrifc most elegantly and
truthfuly, lay down the bcst Of rGlcs and eX-
hort all to observe them with energy and zeal
he may talk most f1ucntly, deliver agricultu
raj lectures for the enlightenment cF his fellow
farmers, which all may hear with profit lay
down maxims which, if followed, would make
every man a good farmer, but ali this tells not
the character Of the man. He may violate
his Own rules, disregard his own maxinls, and,
like the drunkard who breaches temperance. be
a living example Of the evils which be con-
demns. Rnt the farm tells the character OF
the man in language so truthful and unmista-
kable that he who runs may read" There
is no opportunity for coueealment--no chance
for disguise. Ii the farmer is an enterprising
diligent man, it is told by the horses aud cat
tie i'll their rounded FORMS sleek coats and
bright eyes in ;heir playful happy freaks, ard
in their quiet. comfortable repcse. 1t is read
/ in the growing crops and the ~el-flled barns
-rclated to every traveller by the fences and
the gates, the barns and the stables. II is
heard in the lowing of the sheep, the satisfied
grunts from the pig pen. and proclaimed from
the very huusetop, in the clarion notes of the
cock. Ii is seen in thrifty orchards, in the ain
Of neattess and thoroughness that pervades the
whole domain. The farm may be small, the
land naturally none of the best, the buildings
cheap hut natural difficulties are, as fur al
possible, overcome, and the owner, it is very
plainly to be seen, is the master, instead of tn,
slave, of circumstances.
Tho slothful, negligent farmer cannot hid,
himself. His character and his faults are EN-
blazoned on the dead tops of his orchard tree:
-chattered by the loose boards that dangle il
the wiud-beated by the half starved calvei
told in the pitiful looks and speaking eyes o
forlom horses and cattle. The poor fences and
poorer crops, the fine weeds among the corr
and potatoes, and finer thistles in the meadow
: speak in living words the habits and characte
of the owner. The farm may be naturally tn
best in the country, the buildings costly, bu
, these things only set off in more brilliant col
r ors the forlorness that pervades the whole
D Was this truth ever remembered, that tn
, character of the farmer IS seen in the farm, W
\ think many W, uld strive to have their farm
= speak FIR them better things than they low d'
RtsYai Ner Yorker.