Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-10-07
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Agricultural Rhymes.

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When books and papers were scarce, people re:
to remember, and rhyme was a great assistance
the memory. Thus many of the sayings of Fran
Inns Poor Richard have been handed down fro
father to son, and are still household words amor
The following collection made by DIR.
e. V. smith, formerly of Boston, and published
the Ne,r York Tribune:
If butter churned in morning air
Is kept in a cool place with care,
The taste Is nice:
But that which shows the buttermilk
Don't sell to those1who dress in silk
For any price
To be in debt
Brings ont the sweat
No haIf-cooked meat
Is fit To eat.
\ woman who sneezes
Ought not make cheeses;
Put her hands in a mun,
Or ever take snuff.
When the wind l. east and turkeys gObble.
Il is no time i horse to hobbt
But let him range to catch the breeze
should he he troubled with the heaves.
IN ox with broad horns and short glossy hair,
j. good for a team, the market, or fair.
one white foot Is bad, and two too many,
\ farmer without hogs,
But an army Ofdogs,
VIII have more puppies than pork;
For the swirl viii be lost,
To the hu=bandman-s COST
Dogs good for nothing tOwork.
The slacke-t farmer, strange to say,
l. known for being out ofhay.
Itdoes not pay iii any way,
To milk cow three times day.
When chickens roost above the NOW,
1t spoiis the hay for horse COW.
The weII-bred daughter for :. farmer,
prudent helpmeet and a charmer.
1t Is no place TO set poles
Where moIes mice have dug their holes.
Cobs make no food for kline to eat,
But they are good for smoking meat.
Pork and beans make muscles strong
Something farmers seek;
Its dish to make life long,
When cooked but once Il week.
y slovenIy dress, a shabby pate,
The fences down, broken gate,
Pigs IN the garden, weeds very high,
Children uuwashed-no bacon to fry
Lots OF great dogs and yswiing tom cats,
Windows repaired with dozen old hats,
An empty barn-not a spear OF hay,
Cows III the clover, horse run away,
Things sold by guess without being weighed,
Bills coming IN and taxes unpaid
Pipes and tObaccO-whisky -neSlect,
Drag III their train, as all might expect,
All sorts OF trouble to fret away life
But worst Of the whole unhappy Wife,
Many estates lost in the getting,
since men have forsaken hewing and splitting,
And women their sewing and knitting.
\ mackerel sky
The wind viii be high,
Then bring in the grain,
Close by there Is rain.
smoky chimney may be cured,
\ scOlding woman not endured,
\ farmers wife, like cream curd-
Is to be seen but seldom heard.
If you would thrive,
BE up at five
For there Is health
And certain wealth,
When at the plough,
or milking COW
: farmer al home should be found,
And often looking at MS ground
Insp Getting grounds, repairing ftSce-
ror dollars come by saving pence.
Clear the soil from moles and slugs,
Frune the tree7-keep OH the bugs,
The fruits aud melons, rich and fair,
VIII recompense for all your care.
ttutabaga, carrots, and beets,
Improve the character of meats;
They make good beef, and quicker too,
Than any other feed VIII do.
At the farmers cost
Il an early frost.
Exercise reason
Harvest in season.
OF al the crops a farmer raises,
OT capital employs,
None brings such comfort and such praises,
cror. ~ Girls and bav-