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"that can, that will, that must," produce an increase of 

 happiness — the blessed and blessing giving spirit of tem- 

 perance has hovered over this spot. The fruits of the 

 visit of this lovely goddess are visible here, as they are 

 every where that the inhabitants of city, town, country, 

 or farm, encourage her to alight as she flies over our 

 country. As another evidence of improvement, allow 

 me to say in connection with this subject, that although 

 only a few years have elapsed since fashion dictated that 

 every gentleman in this region should keep his sideboard 

 loaded with liquor, yet during my visit to Kentucky and 

 this vicinity, I have not, in one single instance, seen such 

 a thing, and in only one instance have I been solicited to 

 take a glass of wine, which, as the host did not partake 

 of himself, went the round of our circle and from the 

 room untouched. 



But enough of moralizing — now to business. Early in 

 the morning after my arrival in Cincinnati, I made near 

 my distant acquaintance with my friends Affleck and 

 Foster, 1 the editor and publisher of a very neat monthly 

 journal in pamphlet form, devoted to the pleasing task 

 of elevating the character and standing of the cultivators 

 of the American soil, and directly afterwards, I received 

 an invitation which I accepted from Mr. Wm. Neff, 2 to 

 take a seat in his carriage, and in company with Mr. 

 Affleck, visit his farm about seven miles out, on the turn- 

 pike leading towards Indiana. Mr. Neff is a gentleman 

 of fortune, retired from the business of a merchant, and 

 has taken this very pleasant method of amusing himself 

 by doing good to the cause of agricultural improvement 

 in every branch of it that he undertakes. 



Here I found a very extensive and beautiful stock of 



1 Charles Foster, editor and illustrator, Cincinnati Western 

 Farmer and Gardener, 1841-1842. 



1 William Neff, near Cincinnati. Packer. Vigorous supporter 

 of Robinson in the formation of a national agricultural society. 

 Breeder of shorthorns. See Western Farmer and Gardener, 

 2:234-35 (July, 1841). 



