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with some young lady of his acquaintance, who also pos 

 sesses the same qualifications, but she also is without means 

 to purchase a farm, although that is the object of their 

 ambition, to attain which they are ready and willing to 

 unite their interests in the realities of wedded life, and 

 commence in earnest to acquire the desired object. In the 

 light that Mr. Colburn views it, they will probably fail ; 

 but viewing it in the position that I take, they will succeed, 

 and much sooner than they would if both worked for 

 wages, having the same end in view, viz., a good farm. 



&quot; Such a couple can easily secure a good farm on shares 

 from a good landlord in this State, and probably in most of 

 the States of the Union, and instead of saving $100 to 

 $150 per year, can, with the blessing of Providence, lay 

 by from $300 to $500 per year, with more advantage on 

 their side than to remain single. For instance, if they 

 remain single, and are sick, all income is stopped, while if 

 either is sick when married, and on a farm, crops and ani 

 mals are still growing, and there is one (if only one is sick) 

 to look to the interests of both. Besides, how much more 

 congenial to human nature to have a companion to share 

 with each other our joys and sorrows, either in prosperity 

 or adversity ! Also, what young lady of the qualifications 

 mentioned would not prefer to join her destiny with a 

 young man of like qualifications at once, and begin the 

 great battle of life in earnest, and having conquered, as 

 they surely will, all obstacles at the age of thirty or forty 

 years, look back with pleasure upon their commencement 

 and struggle for a farm, and feel that, with their united 

 efforts, with the blessing of a kind and heavenly Father 

 resting upon them, they have succeeded beyond their 

 most sanguine expectations. Perhaps, too, at that age sons 

 and daughters may have grown up around their fireside to 

 gladden their hearts, who will soon go forth in the wide 



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