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Vol. IV. 



mm ,0 potnt out the best and most val;.ablera,„ m^he 

 flock ■ upon which, he seized upon a huge th.ng, and | 

 dashed liim down on his rump, in a way which he 

 Sd not"have used one of n.y sheep for h-s head . 

 and asked if I had ever seen his like? 1 aiiswi,rcu, 

 ?no .ndeed ' but pray be so good as show me what you 

 cons der his m..s° beautiful points?' upon wh.ch he 

 fooked up and said exuUin^ly, • n,d you ever see such! 

 aBO'lri" >n your life ?' Now in this sheep I thought I , 

 couW point oat every defect that 1 had ever witnessed 



:?.oulder7rhirh ad w^^^^^^^^^ "-toh! his .os.\ 



Jr^Mt did. indeed, throw all his oth^r defects .uto the , 

 shade-t never at.^nded any more agricultural meet-^ 

 in-s where that honorable gentleman was President. 

 ^It-Well, here are varieties of sheep, from 

 w^"ce a judicious farmer could make h'^^ <;ho>ee; 

 Tnon which! perceive his future success must, in a 

 gr'^t meLsure.'depend ; and I ""- see tha .,z. ough 

 not to be the only cr tenon by which to judge oi iiie 

 mos suitable bre'ed for the farmer ; tl,e nature o the 

 fleece must be of great consequence in many Mtua 

 Uons while the profit of the flock cannot be confined 

 To anV one particular breed. I have heard it said, a 

 ftmo"uV?arlner. near a large town bred ns sheep 

 heaviest in the hind quarters, ^.^^^h .t part of ,he car 

 cass brought a higher price .n thn "'a^^f' "^an f re 

 quarters; and on the butchers complaining that he 

 K had not much - inside fat." he observed, "only 

 sav how much you want, and Ml soon make it for 

 VOU-" and this he did. by crossing the breed. 

 ^ Tat/. J.- Yes. and my friend, the D.sh ley breeder 

 used to say. this could be easily accomplished, for t 

 vou wish to have inside fat for the candle makeis 

 breedTyourBheep narrow across the back and you I 

 be sure to have it; all the juices flow to the back, and 

 remain there if the animal is wide across the loins : it 

 narrow however, they pass away and settle in the 

 b'llyri^d offal of the animal-bul I profess to grow 

 nwnion. nnX. Konp and canllts! 

 "as an application of this, "'"■'""^^""J^.^^^^Tio^b, 



member, .hat there is a ./'■'."'tV"rn''nl in'^ife as weU 

 ihle to choose the most suitable rank in lite, as wen 



ts the ...OS? valuable breed of sheep for the farmer 



we must take counsel of our means, as well as of our 



land not expecting too much in anyone variety, or it. 



'a^?o."f stfu^aTion.' the . merits and advanta|,.s o, a. 



rombined. In our stations in lite, all the ad\ antages 



are no" confined to one P-^-"'%^C7'Jrb " o "d b 



nrosnerous in appearance; and if the truth couin n 



known be eve it would be found that we are much 



nea^r^r upon a par in regard to the hl-s.ngs of Prov,, 



rienre than most persons imagine. I cannot attorn to 



keeo a carriage-true, but blessed be God ! I can walk 



which is .noil than Sir John D. can say, for if he had 



no ca riag ■ he would never more enjoy the pleasure of 



ftesh a r and exercise. I do not possess "ches-true 



but I enjoy all that I require, to constitute h-^PP'f^^" • 



and I am reminded of a very rich '"-/J",^;'^"",^/"; 



son applied for charity-" wh>V\sa'd he 'you say yo 



have food and raiment and lodging, and I »*""^'iy'" 



hat is all that I get. amidst all my seeming supertlui- 



ifes •' And I was once acquainted with a farmer, who 



was as happy as a long summer s day, while he occu- 



^ed ?he farni at A— but when he became a gen b- 



man and retired from business in consequence of 1 e 



eieat tealth of which he very unexpected y caa.e .... 



SeBlion. on the death of a distant relative who had 



amassed it in India, he grew so wretched that 't 



w^uld be a Bin to wish a dog st.ch a state ot ex.ste.ice 



Ts a friend expressed it. who had visited him at his 



mansion and found him in a little dark roo.r.. w.h his 



w n med over his eyes and rocking h.mself. almost 



■„ n1 ,,. nf nhrensv ' My friend said, he uttered these 



knd all this misery arises from this cursed wealth. - 

 loor wretch, he died soon after, and the neighbors de- 

 dare^thathiB day. and nigkis were bo haunted by 



frightful shapes, that his death was the only happinew 

 re na\mng to him ; nor could ibey believe but that h... 

 m"erv aK.se from the kind of ,reaHkl\y,n he possessed; 

 renSing. " Lord Clive and his steward returned from 

 IiXa loaded wit!. go!d-Ae shot h.n^self in hismaiw 



on a"d the next' morning his .steward was fouiid 

 hansin.r by the neck in the chalk pit above the house! 



Th has been a long story, but it is on yubject of 

 erea iinportance to those who are engaged as we are 

 fifhe The employment of the shepherd is one of the, 



ol\'ancfenton'record;andthecmuin.mlre^^ 



|t;'fJ^^^^"l^s:a=h^n^a^a;V\.:mS 

 S'^rie-r^rb^r^^ng^^'Slfufv^-cS: 

 tion of the twenty-third Psalm. 



As the good Shepherd gently leads 

 His waud'ring flocks to verdant meads, 

 Where winding rivers, soft and slow. 

 Amidst the flow'ry landscape flow.— 



So God, the guardian of my soul. 

 Does all my erring steps control ; 

 When lost in sin's perplexing maze, 

 He brings me back lo virtue's ways. 



Though I should journey through the plains, 

 Wher"e Death, in all its horror, reigns. 

 My steadfast heart no ill shall fear. 

 For thou. O Lord ! art with me there. 



By Thee, with peace and plenty blest. 

 My life is one continued feast ; 

 Thy ever-watchful providence 

 Is my support and ray defence. 



O. bounteous God, my future days 

 Shall be devoted to thy praise ; 

 And in thy house, thy sacred name 

 And wond'rous loye shall be ray theme ! 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



DKA.R SiR.-As I calculate that " Frank's Book" 1 

 by this time nearly full, the " Dialogues" will hen« 

 f6rth be d.scontinued-happy, if I h'^ve contributed, 

 anv degree, to the instruction or amusement of thejl 

 venile portion of your readers, a class o. pet«"ns ft 

 whom I have ever entertained a very sincere and anei 



''An'idJatasbeen suggested, that the "Dialogues 

 whirh have been very extensively copied tioin ii) 

 Tages of the Cabinet, a.id widely circulated by man 

 of the newspapers, would form an .nteresting 1. 

 lie " Book," if issued as a separate Pub hcatioi . Jl 

 could learn through the pages of the Cabinet or b 

 means of those papers who have sometimes thoug 

 those articles worthy their notice, that such is the gel 

 era opnion, I should possibly be induced to pr.,p»r 



them for the purpose of forming a small publicat 01 

 ider the tiUe of "Frank, or Dialogues between 



Father u.id Son, on the subject of Agriculture, H* 



bai.dry, and Rural Atfaits." 

 yours. 



With perfect esteem and respect, 



Philadelphia, 1839. 



In the year 1407, in a fish pond in Suaba, a Carp i 

 prodigmus size was found which had "J.'ts ear a n 

 of copper, with these wonls in Latin :-" I "'"'.""; 

 fish that was put into this pond 7;he^.^^"''%t flfl 

 orick the Second, Governor of the VVorld, the m 

 day or October, 1230." So that this Carp .nust ha 

 lived two hundred and eighty-seven years. VVe,v« 

 d,.r savs an old writer, whether this memorable tt 

 was doomed to end his days iu a stowpan 1 



