The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-02
dhe 9armer.


III the course of century within their
narfou fringe Of country he celonists had
transformed The wilderness into fertile |
and productive territory. Agriculture
ma their iayorise pursuit Travellers
from Europe we're struck With the skin
with which they cultivated the rich and
abundant soil, tho fne farm houses that
i|led the landscape, tho barns overlooking
with harycsss, the cattle, the sheep, The
northern and middle colonies were famous
for wheat and corn Pennsylvania was
the eranasy Of the nation. In New jersey
the fine farms that spread from Trenton to
Elizabethtown excited the admiration Of
the scientific Kahn Long Island was the
safdensQf America, and all along the
valleys opening upon the Hudson the
Dutch and Huguenot cOlonists had ac-
quired ense and opulence BY careful
agriculture. The farm-houses, usually
hnils of stone, with tall roofs and narrow
windows, we're scenes Intelligent industry.
While The young men abored in the fields
the mothers and daughters spun wool and
hax, and prepared lcsgy part Of the
clothing Of the ssmiIy. wae farmhouse
was a mandatory for all the articles Of
daily use Even nails were hammered ont
10 The winter, and the farmer was his own
mechanic. A school and church were
provided for almost every village. Few
children were left untaught BY tho Dutch
dominic, who was sometimes paid in wan
pun, Or the New England student, who
Eyed among his patrons. and was not
aiways fed upon the daintiest fare. On
Sunday labor ceased, the ehurch-bell tolled
in the distance, a happy calm settled upon
the rural region, and the farmer and his
family, in their neatest dress, rode or
walked to the village church. The farm
ing class, usually intelligent and rational,
formed in the northern colonies the sure
reliance Of freedom, and when the invasion
came the Hessians were driven out Of
New Jersey BY the general rising of its
hboring farmers, and Burgoyne was cap
tured BY the resolution Of the people
rather than BY the timid generalship Of
Gatas.sr
The progress ofagriculture at the South
was even more rapid and remarkable than
al the North. The wilderness was swiftly
converted into productive region. The
coast, from ST. Mary's to the Delaware,
with its inland country, became within a
century the laost valuable portion of the
earth. It's products were eagerly sought
for in an the capitals Of Europe. and one
nozious plant Of Virginia had supplied
mankind with new vice and new
pleasure. Il would be useless to relate
again the story Of the growth Of the tObac-
60 trade. Its cultivation in Virginia was
an epoch in the history Of man. Tobacco
was to Virginia the life of trade and inter
course prices were estimated in IL the
saai''s y .ne e,s,sy were nAea AZ .
nay oaa's y '00A''0 an 0'aef pro-
u''s = .as sou "e's ne,s0'su = o.uei
England came over annually to gather in
the great crops Of the large planters, and
Washington, one Of the most successful Of
n 4 \ y a.
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~ a''a's'u = "a'oA As1's o.s' A'
& : sss's's anu 'as'i ', p'a''s VINO sai'eu "
.n' 'o"a' !" nls very aocA ne
hns''sn 'i'oeis seem 70 nave Dsen ol'sn
snA''as y uePise'a's ms cais0es ana lower
- ~ M grew enormously i'0n
,,0A '.s sa'asn i'se u aa ai.ineiai ''s'e
n'0n' 800 "hsn '''e Ptouue'ion u '0Dae-
= "aS A's, inaus 'oya monopoly uh''i
ny e'oss = 'ns co'0niai Period inc p'ooae.
s0n ana she eonsump''on rosc win edua'
fap'o''y' ana IN 1912, o''ooo nogsneads
"ste eAPol'eu anhuai'y, ana ING SAG Of
'0laoeO plousis M hesr'y ss'ooo,oov 70
uae southern colonies ms was equal 70
s'ou' ohs.'h''a y 'ne Wh0ie export OF
me colonies. Happily since that period
tne proportion mas fapla'y Increased ana
more useiu' ar''cles nave formed the larger
part q the export rom the new World to
ene eud-