The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-29
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ar agricultural address hes &c a HAr
ssss Htuis Aaaoassoa II Central
Ncw York, ca tbs occasion " Their
animal festival. the sFai C9ntrta-
Tor consented We make The foL
loving elCQueu; estrAct from bic al
dresk
Although fortune ior perhaps the
want a III cast my lai amid the
strngeline muliiiude GA greai city,
where voc wouldns see 4 farm IN .
walk u several squares where there
10 meadows with their waving
potato tops, ~ wheat fields rpe
~ tic wo-edman's axe, yet / have
ieli . great interest in the farming
classes and ! aaiieE myeclf that /
lnou something Of the noble pursuii
Won follow. viii cav here that It
has been the ambition 81 my life 20
Is al honest old farmer 10 earn my
bread by the sweat Of a hired mans
brow. il0w delightful life % a farm
must be. ! can imagine what yigor
is impaired 30 tlse frame, and what
strength 20 the muscles, by reclining
IN the shade and watching the now
ers a. they gaily swing their thrash
Ing machines, ard then what an ap-
petite one must acquire for the noon
tide lunch by observing the merry
reapers At work digging their pota-
toes, and their-tleir tall apples.
How often, IN imagination, have
! followed you, 81 you went forth Of.
a summer morning when the dew
wss on the grass seed, neatly attired
in white linen suits with patent leath-
or boots, with your corn-shellers
swung lightly over your shoulders,
to cnt your winters wood. / have
seemed 10 hear your merry songs
sweeping up from the meadows, as
YOU gathered your w~ater-tnelols and
turnips into your-corn-bouses, while
mingled with the busy hum of your
sorghum c~yaporators, came the mu-
steal bleating Of your cattle, and the
lowing 81 your sheep and poultry.
Then the winter comes, and the
sun prevents you from continuing
your haying and thecold north wind
fhakes of your Strawberries, / pic
tnre you sitting by your gas stoves,
intending yonr tanning mills, in prop
aration for your spring blowing, or
amusing yourself with Beadles' Dime
Book on Agriculture.
Winter on a farm how delight
ful ! What a pleasure it must be to
fodder the chickens in the dairy, and
20 hear the musical choking OF the
pigs Al they elamor for their oats
and hay. Then when the winter
evenings come, and the robin and
bobolink have ceased their song and
gone TO roost on the well sweep, /
can imagine no greater delight than
togaiher around the blazing fireplace,
regardless Of the fascinations Of the
storm without, and amuse yourselves
with apple pairing, knitting, base ball,
seven up, and other athletic games.
l envy not, then the pale dyspep-
tic who bends from morning till night
over his soriid ledger in the crowd
ed marts 81 trade, or the child Of
idleness and afiluencc who grows
pr%ematurely old amid the dissipaa
ions of a life like yours, which / be-
heyo ! have IN no way over drawn:
IL they did they would transporttheir
into the country, or transform
them into agricultural communities
by act Of the Legislature.
CuRIosiTIEs on SENATORIAL Sra
rIoNERY.-The stationery bin OF the
United States Senate for 1866 foots
up something over $50, 600, as rem
dcred By Secretary fcrney, aud ia
these among other curious
504 pocket knives, 405 pen
$2,222-lS knives to each
senator-what fearful whittlers; 703l
Of shears and 1857 pairs Of
scissors, sl,2l3--37 pairs to each
senator. which accounts for the sena-
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