Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-06-30
For the Ohio Cultivator.
Peculiar Ways of Peculiar PeO-
nle.

pie.
Mankind seem to manifest peculiar pro.
pensities in agriculture, as in any pursuit
in life. Habits are peculiar in most farm
| ers; each have their peculiarities and beset-
ting sins. Some want Sll the land adjoin-
ing them, together with the only privilege
of the road for grazing purposes. Others,
having large possession, seldom raise their
grain on their own land. They want 10
work other peoples land on shares: they
viii 90 further, and give more than poor
men can live at By so doing. They pay
taxes on hnd Of no value to them, grown
over to briars, elders or daisies.
Others strive to excel and draw premi-
um on bushels of potatoes, the largest
beet or pumpkin. They want 10 have it
said they got the premium, and that salts
fies them. They seem to want but little
but have the name of being nice. Others
must have fine horse at the expense Of
everything else; his horse is better cared
for than his wife or children. He spends
his leisure moments, hours or days with
him, in showing himself and horse; but
when forced to show his wife, he is asham-
ed of her, and offers many excuses. He
excuses his house and farm, and says he
will repair them next year; only praise his
horse, and you are gentleman. Others
have propensity for fine furniture and
dress, every other comfort excluded, and
nothing out doors TO correspond. Poor
tools, poor farm poorer managed, poor cat
tie poorly fed, poor hogs and thin pork.
Others the reverse-they glory in old
slouclied furniture and dress; would not
if bestowed on them; but outdoors they
are extra comfortable-every thing nice
and good, and of the best quality, and
well managed and cared for. Others must
be contrary to the commonalty-where the
general action is aimed, there he never acts !:
if Others stiive 10 improve their stock, he
strives the reverse; if nearly all think it
best TO commence haying early, he com
mences late; when are securing hay he
mows more down; when others work out
their tax, he pays bis into the treasury /;
when others are hurried with work, he has
but little Oh hand; when all others take
their recreation, he has no time to spare;
when Others rejoice, he mourns. Others
must be in advance of the rest of commu-
nifty; they will not, cannot go behind
They plow too soon, reap TOO soon, put up
their grain and hay too soor, commence
feeding too soon, out of fodder too soon in
the spring. Others will and must go be-
hind. They do everything too late: they
think they are right and all others wrong.
Their harvest is late, seeding late, late
colts, late calves, late dinners, late to work,
late TO church, late to bed, behind the
times, and do not take the Cultiuator.
Others seem TO have paroxysms of ex
citement. They arise extra early, make
great noise, get to work, keep up excite
ment, are heard all over the neighborhood,
rush business, rip, tear and break things.
They are going to show the rest how to do
it. The paroxysm however soon subsidies,
and they are again as cool as cucumber;
the year comes around, and they have not
effected much, don, much, or made much,
only great noise.
Others have natural propensity TO find
fault: no one does his work right but him.
self; he sees no industry, frugality or econ
omy in any but himself No horse, COW,
sheep or hogs, so good as his; no one can
the value of his goods; and fl
nally he lives in a bad neighborhood. He
hates to lend, for he never can receive as
good again; he hates to borrow, for if he
pays, it is better than he received. He
has done everything in the best possible
way, and no one has any bad luck but him
self. w. p.