The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-09-06
aarieMltMral.
The Thri0less Farmer.

The thriitless farmer provides no shell,
ter for his cattle during lhe inelemency OF
the winter, but permits them to stand
shivering by tie side Of the fence, or to
lie 10 the snow as best suits them.
lie throws their fodder on the ground
or in the mud, ard not unfrequcully in
the highway, by which large portion Of
it, and all the manure, is wasted.
lie grazes his meadows iu fall snI spring
by,whieh they ae gradually exhausted
aud finally rui cd.
His fences. old aud poor, just such as
to let bis peighbor's cattle break into lis
field, and teach his own 10 bs unruly and
spoil his crops,
He neglccts to keep the manure from
around the sills Of his barn--it he has one
by which they are premaIu;ely rot:ed,
and his barn destroyed.
He tills or skins over the surface Of his
land until it is exhausted, but never thinks
il worth while to manure or clover it,
For the FIRST be mas no time AMI for the
last be is not able
He has place for nothing, and noth-
ing in its place. He cons .quentIy wants
hoo or rake, or a hammer, OF an angur
but knows not where to fnd them, and
thus loses much time.
lie loiters away stormy days anl eve,
niugs, when he shonld be repairing his
utensils, or improving his MUD by read.
ing useful books or newspapers.
lie spends much time in town, at the
corner ., the street., or in the rum holes,
complaining Of hard tines. and goes home
in the evening pretty we'll tore.
He has no shed for his fire wood con.
sequentiy his wife is out 1f humor, aud
his meals out OF season
lie plants few fiuil trees, and bis cat
tie forthwith destroy them. lie 'Las no
luck in raising iIuit.'
One halfof the little he raises is estroy
ed by lis own Or neighbors cattle
His plow, harrow, aud Other Implements
lie all win'er in The field where last use
aud just as be is getting in hurry. tn,
next season, his plow breaks because i
was not housed and propelly cared for.
Somebody's hogs break in anl destroy
his garden, be ause he has not stepped t
hole in the f.nce that he had beeR intend
Ing TO stop fora week.
lie is often in great hurry, but will
stop and talk as long as he can find any
one to talk with.
lie has. of course. but lite money, ,qnd
whel he must raise some 10 pay his taxes
etc, he raises it at great sacri fee, in
some way or oIher, by paying an enor
nous shave, or by selling, his Saanty CROP
when prices are low.
lie is a year behind. instead Of being ;
years ahea nd Of his business and alway,
will be.
When he pays debt it is at the end o
an execution; consequently his credit il
at a low ebb.
He buys entirely on credit, and mcr-
chants and all others with whom lac deal
charge him twice or thrice thu profit they
chargs prompt pSymastors and are unwil.
ling to sell him goods ut any cost He
has to beg aud promise and promise aud
beg to them ON any terms. THE mercan 5
dread to see his wife come into their stores
and the poor woman fees depressed d
degraded,
The smoke begins TO come out Of his
chimney late Of wint'r's morning, wh,h
his cattle are suffering for their morning,
feed.
Manure lies in heaps in his able, hi,
horses are rough and uncurried. and hi,
harness trod under their fest.
Ills bars and gates ara broken. h.
building Imprinted. and the boards aud
shingles falling oif-hc has no lima to
replace them the glass is out Of the
windows, aud the hoes stopped with rag
and old hats.
lie 10 great borrower Of thirty neigh
boris implements, but naver re'urns III,
borrowed article, aud when it is s.nt lui
II can't be found.
lie Is IN person n great suven, and my
or atlcnda public worship; or it ho doe
occasionally do SO, ho comes sneaLing il
when service is half over.
lie neglocls his accounts. und whrl
his neighbor calls TO s-ttlo with hin hC
has something else to attend TO-
Take hlm all in all, he is poor farmer
apoOr husband u poor father. u poor
neighbOr, and n moor Christian.