Year: 1861

AeepiY IeIG. LII mas seriously interrupted
business, and multitudes are thrown out
of employment. There all the excite
ment, as well as "lhe pomp and circum
stance of glorious war;" is felt. But up.
on the farm, one would hardly know the
CONFUSION through which the country is
passing, but for the newspapers.


At all times the farmers life flows
more smoothly and peacefully, than that
of other men. There is in it more of SOL
id comfort. The scenes in which he min
giles, and the objects of his daily contem-
plation, are calculated to make him cheer
ful and happy. Nature in ali its fresh
ness and beauty is ever spread out before
him. 1t is not his genteel boast that he
never sees the sun riseI The mornings
prime is not to him vulgar hour. He
is up with the lark, and hears that choral
song at early dawn, with which the birds
begin their day. He beholds the first
streak of light, and the heavens passing
through all the changes Of color-sober
grey, purple, SAPPHIRE, crimson, to the full
efulgence of the risen sun. There is JOY
in beholding these scenes, with every
sense fresh from invigorating sleep.


The husbandmau is much more inde-
pendent In his circumstances than other
men. Very generally, in this country at
least, he owns the soil he tills, In fee sim
pie. The roof that shelters his family,
the barn that protects his crops and cat
tie, the acres that yield them sustonance,
are his for a possession. He is made as
secure in the enjoyment of his home, as
it is possible for mortals to be- No land
lord may turn him out at the close of the
year. Every improvement upon his
premises, is for his benefit, and that of
his family. There is JOY in the owner
ship of soil, somewhat difficult to anal we,
but reality, as all know who have expe-
rianced it. The affections cling to it
quite as tenaciously as to living things.
With many, local attachments are much
stronger than the love of animals. They
can substitute one horse for another. or
one cow for another, without any painful
emotion, but the disruption of home ties
would be felt as lifelong calamity.
There is literally no spot like home to
them. Their affections take root in the
soil of their birth place, with every orch
ard they plant, with every ornamental
tree tkey set by the road side. The home
feeling grows with every crop they culti-
vate, with every fence they put up, and
with cvery building they erect.


Here they are in good measure inde-
pendent of the world The farm yields
them almost every necessity of life, with
a superabundauce to exchange for its su-
perAuities This was more the case in
the good old days of homespun, than at
present, and if necessity ever requires it.,
we can 60 back again to the cards and
the spinning wheel, to the hand shuttle
and the loom. 1t adds not a little to the
comfort of life, to know that our daily
bread does not depend upon the caprice
or necessities of an employer. No change
in the times deprives the farmer of occu-
patton. His work is laid out before him
for years, and he knows that as long as
the soil yields its increase, and he can
work, there will be meal in his bin, corn
in his crib, and pork in his barrel. His
sheep will raise wool, and his meadows
fax, whether cotton is king or not. The
doors of the school house will be open for
the children, whether the temple of JAN
us Is closed or open. The cities may be
swept by the desolations of war, but the
farms can hardly be ruined. The world
must eat, and while wheat and corn grow,
and calves and pigs make beef and pork,
he will have something to sell and mar
ket for his products. 1t is one of the
misfortunes of most other callings, that
they are dependent for the necessities of
existence The laborer has nothing but
labor to sell, and when that fails his con-
dition is very sad.


1t is another of the comforts of the
farmers calling, that his labors are light
er than those of most other men. His
work is not nearly as exhausting to body
and mind, as that of the merchant, or of
people who follow trades the greater
strength and vigor, and the better health
Of farmers, as class, are proof positive.
They have wholesome food, fresh milk
and butter, fresh meats and Vegetables,
and eggs laid in the nest and upon the
table the same day. They pursue their
tolls in the open air, and for the most
part with only such tax upon the mus
cles as aids digestion. There is no over
working of the brain, no wearing anxiety
about the uncertainty of trade, no bank
notes to meet at two o'clock, or be a bank
rupt in fortune. His bank of earth re-
ceives all his deposits, and is always ready
to pay dividends Look at that bin OF
corn, yellow as gold, and always exchange
able for it. Look at those porkers with
broad hacks and clpaL cidac aperv ono q