nnturo, it is probable that the gentleman has been led to believe, from obeerving 

 that the imrscTynuMi obtain very liit:Ii jirices, that his gardener and market man 

 may readily dispose of the increase arising from the original stock to considerable 

 advantage. 



Let us see him, now, with his summer-houses built, his lawn nicely sodded, the 

 old orchard that used to supply his predecessor, uprooted, and planted with new 

 fruit-trees, and every new implement of husbandry procured ; these his workmen 

 do not, probably, know how to use, and having a mortal enmity to novel imple- 

 ments, too often purposely break and destroy ; he has purchased plenty of work- 

 ing horses and oxen, of the best quality, and most exorljitant price ; he is deter- 

 mined to excel in the first cattle show, and cost is no consideration. How he will 

 rejoice to see his name in the lleport, as having carried off the first premiums ! 

 But his fine, stately cows are carelessly milked, and become dry before the time 

 of the Fair; he has the mortification, instead of selling butter and cheese, of 

 depending on the plain, practical farmers around him, for more than half the year, 

 and his cheese, if any happen to be made, is never fit to appear at his own table. 



Manure, he knows, is an important element, and his carts are employed in bring- 

 ing large quantities from the city, where he pays a high price — for straw ! His 

 manure, owing to his own ignorance, costs him twice that of the practical farmer, 

 who purchases it himself. When riding from a city, and we ask whose is that 

 cart filled with long straw dung, we generally find it belongs to some "gentleman 

 farmer." 



All the alterations are completed ; the army of masons, carpenters, painters, 

 plumbers, and all who have waited on them, are dismissed ; the gardeners, tem- 

 porarily employed, are gone also, after the vast number of trees, shrubs, bushes, 

 vines, flowers, and small fruits, are in the ground ; the fence-makers, blasters, 

 ditchers, ploughmen, carters, and laborers, necessary to get the place in elegant 

 condition for the wife to see and admire, with their wanton waste, depredation, 

 and idleness, that usually take place on such occasions, are gone. The family is 

 moved from town, and a short scene of rural delight really ensues. Tom has a 

 pony, and Louisa a cob ; father and mother live over their bright expectations, 

 till Tom is thrown and breaks a leg, and Louisa declares she never will mount a 

 horse again. These two grain-eaters are to be sold, but will not bring half price ! 

 How odd ! The owner begins to suspect he has expended, in useless brick and 

 useless mortar, in ornamental buildings, and animals, an amount that was scarcely 

 justifiable. But he says nothing of this to his wife. She, poor lady, finds the 

 neighbors have little sympathy for her ways, and she begins to think that all the 

 useless toys, only fit to divert little minds, have been collected at too great a cost ; 

 but she says nothing of this to her husband. 



The gentleman farmer now believes it is time to get some returns for his vast 

 outlay. He has known, from experience, that country products command high 

 prices, especially when they consist of an early supply of such articles as the sea- 

 sons, with good management, produce ; that many living in the vicinity of cities 



