Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18
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curissities Of HuraI Literature.

1t is relief frequently to turn away
from the sober realities of farm life and
rustic labor, and indulge in q few of the
pleasantries which are often brought TO
view both in literature and personal ex-
-perience. If we weuld only take the
trouble to search, We can find in old ag-
ricultural literature an abundance of
quaint, humorous sayings, proverbs, and
incidents of a peculiarly pleasant Da-
t1re. AT recent meeting of the Farm
ers Ciub in New York "a gentleman stated
that he had been laking good sele-
tion of rural aphorisms, and presented
the following list of old agricultural dit
ties. Some, if not all, of them manifest
a sound common sense, which might be
better appreciated at the present day
than it is. Some of them, of course, are
quaint, If not ridiculous: II
When the wind is east and turkeys gobnle.
2 Its mol time horse 10 aobole;
But let him range to catch the breeze,
Should he be troubled with the heaves. d
An OK with broad horns and short glossy hair
Is good for the team, the market, or fair.
One white foot is had and two are too many;
That horse is best that does not have any. q
A farmer without hogs,
But an army OF dogs,
Will have more puppies than pork;
For the swili be lost, s-t-s 4
To the husbandman's cost,
Does good for nothing to work.
The slackest farmer strange to say,
is known for being out OF hay.
When chickens reost above the mow
1t spoils the hay for horse or COW.
COBB make no food for kline to eat,
But they are good for smoking meat. 1
Pork and beans make muscles strong
Something farmers seek;
Il is dish 10 make life long, |
When cooked but once a week
II slovenly dress, q shabby pate,
The fences down, a broken plate,
Pigs in the garden, weeds very high, s
2 Children unwashed, no bacon to fry,
Lots of great dogs and yawing tom-cats,
Windows rspair'd with dozen Old hats. :
An empty barn, not spear of hay
Cows in the clover, horse run away --slis
Things sold by guess without being weighed, !
Bills coming in and taxes unpaid, n 7-l
80 Pipes and tobacco, whisky, neglect, t !
Drag in their train, as all might expect, !
All sorts of trouble to fret away lie;
But, worst OF the whole, an unhappy wife. !
a mackerel sky, 30 .-..- |
Tn wind will be high;
= hHE Then bring in the grain,
Close by there is rain.
.
Asmoky chimney may be cured,
"A scolding woman not endured;
a farmers wife, like cream or cUIrd, ~ |
b.. Il to be seen but seldom heard.
If you would thrive, il, /
Be up by five: /
For there is health Ls- |
Aud certain wealth
When at the plough, -r t
Or milking cow.
A farmer at home should be found,
And often looking at his ground ~ {
Inspecting fields, repairing fence
For dollars come by saving pence.
/ Clear the soil from moles and Sings, -ui.
Prune the trees, keep OF the bugs; RI @teup
Then fruits and m elons, rich and fair,
VIII recompense tor all your care. go
Rutabaga, carrots, and beets
Improve the character of meats; 54t
They make good beef, and quicke Ter too, 5E
Than any other food viii do. Is T,
q a,-.lrcf 1.-THE farmers cost !
e > Is an early frost.
z; z Exercise reason
30 Harvest in season.
-. f=t-zfse-. -s-9,-' = = = 49, s.. sl ~
0f all the crops farmer raiseg,
Or capital employs rf -- a
None bring back such comforts and praises
As a crop of girls and boys. 80 p