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multitude of others. It takes something more than a 

 strong body and a sound mind to make a successful tiller 

 of the soil. Manhood is as much an element of prosperity 

 in this as in any other calling. m If a man goes to the vil 

 lage and haunts taverns, nothing will save his business 

 from disaster. He will make foolish bargains, sell what 

 he ought to keep, and buy what he does not want. If he 

 is tricky in his business dealings, he will soon lose the 

 confidence of his fellow men, and the market for his prod 

 uce. Temperance and integrity are about the best stock 

 a man can keep on the farm, and with these, I have rarely 

 known a farmer to run astern. 



Yours to command, 



TlMOTHJ BUNKEE, ESQ. 



HooJcertown, Nov. 15, 1862. 



No. 63. TIM BUNKER ON EXTRAVAGANCE. 



&quot; Forty-five thousand dollars for jewelry, at one store, 

 in one morning !&quot; said Mrs. Bunker as she took off her 

 specs, and laid down the Times, in which she had just 

 read that account. 



&quot; And how many stores do you spose they ve got in 

 New York, where they sell them ere fixins ?&quot; inquired 

 Mrs. Seth Twiggs, who had dropped in with her knitting, 

 and sat in a meditative mood, while Mrs. Bunker read the 

 war news. (Seth used to take the daily paper himself, 

 but since the rise in price, he says he can t afford it. 

 Twelve dollars a year for a daily paper, he says, is aleetle 

 too mighty for a poor man who works for his living. That 

 would more than buy a barrel of flour, and it only takes 



