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Our attention has been for s'me months pas, so
much occupied by political matters, that we have
too much neglected this all important subject; but
shall endeavor TO make amends for this by
furnishing our readers, regularly, with something
in this line


OF all the pursuits followed BY man, that Of the
farmer Is the most indcpcndcri--the least subject
to and accident best calculated to render
him happy and contented. The industrious e1-
ertion necessary to be used in making crop, gives
elasticity to his mind and viror 10 his limbs, and
the daily contemplation Of nltures munificence,
thrown like a rich mantle around his fields and
dwelling, drives all sorrow from his breast, and
renders him object which the king upon his
throne might envy. He PlougIIs his ground and
sows his seed. and then awaits the harvest with a
heart trusting in the bounty Of heaven, which hc
knows is seldom withheld from those who take the
proper pans TO deserve IA


II men engaged in other occupations OCCASION
ally make more money in less time than the farrncr
does, they pay more dearly for it, in the more
uncertain and prccarious nature Of their pursuits.
and in the restless anxieties which continually
attend them. The merchant, when his richly
freghted ship is at sea, shuddcrs a. the wind rises
and indicates a storm, for all THAT he possesses
may be swept from hun in a moment and he be left
to commence the world anew. But the farmer
hears the swelling OF the tempest without alarm,
for although his fences and crop may b. some
what injured by the falling timber, he knows he
cannot be ruined. for he has confded to the faith
ful earth n treasure which cannot be wholly
wrested from her.


The best and wiscst men OF every age have
delighted in agriculture and borne their testimony
to its mighty influence upon the social condition
of man. II towns built up, and trades flourish
if commerce spreads her snowy wings above
the dcep-if the loom and spindle are heard in the
land-if thousands of steamboats,, as they ply
up and down numerous rivers, find ample
employment and are rewardcd-if the LAWYER
gets bag fees, and the doctor is well paid for his
laborious services, and the divine is decenily sup
ported in his holy calling-if the means Of cdu-
colleges dffnse widely its refining light, still urg
ing US onward and upward in the scale Of social
improvement-if these things are all so-forming
grand scene of social enterprise and advance
ment, il is TO agriculture that indebted for
IT is the life and basis of every other ntcrestthe
handspring Of every other pursuit