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permanent sense of the word, wlio like the Tartars remain un- 

 settled in their plans and calculations. As well might the oak 

 of the forest be removed every little while, and yet expect to 

 grow to a noble and out-spreading tree, as the farmer Avho is 

 often moving or planning to move, expect to attain to any high 

 degree of success, or permanent profit in his vocation. 



No, the right kind of success is only vouchsafed to those who 

 plan wisely, and labor long and patiently to accomplish their 

 ends. The building and making up of a good farm, even in the 

 West, is the labor of a life of well directed and well spent indus- 

 try. Such being the fact, why should not those who would be 

 farmers in fact aS well as in name, after having selected a suit- 

 able location, attach to it like a muscle to a rock, and set about 

 planting their orchards, shade trees, and even forest ; without 

 ever a thought of selling ; and persevere in the operation from 

 year to year ; filling up all blanks, and pruning out all errors 

 as systematically and certainly as he attends to his daily duties 

 of eating and sleeping. Does anybody doubt but what such a 

 course would make a fine homestead of almost any tract of land 

 • — a fine region of almost any portion of the country ? Such a 

 course persisted in, and the surplus profits of the farm expended 

 in new and useful improvements, instead of being put at interest, 

 or invested in worthless, needless, or foolish articles of luxury, 

 dress, or fine horses and carriages, guarantees the right results, 

 and will always come oat well. 



Let us hope that all of the aforesaid fast notions, growing out 

 of extra good times, will soon be superseded by a higher order 

 of stability and permanency of purpose, looking to long years 

 or a life time for success, instead of a brief day or year. 



Looking more to the accumulation of useful knowledge, wis- 

 dom and worth, than the piling up of the mere paltry dollars for 

 mammon worship, — to the improvement and beautifying of the 

 earth as the great heritage of God to man, — to the division and 

 distribution of it fairly and justly among the children of men, 

 according to their respective need. 



Ed. 



