hope and fear, of getdag and losing place. Let 



him remember :hat " a plovnnan on his feet is 



taller than a courtier on his knees." K-we are 



industrious \ve shall never starve, for at the 



workingman's do8r hunger looks iu but dares 



not enter, as Poor Richard sajs. Tell him 



then to — 



•• Plow deep, while slogaards sleep. 



And you shall have com to sell and to keep." 



In the spirit, if not in the very words of my 

 estimable friend, Hon. Zadock Pratt, himself 

 a working man of the first order of benevolence 

 and useihlness. when some days since address- 

 ing the Greene County Agricultaral Society — 

 " At the tirst symptoni " said he. -'of that infata- 

 adon that would lead your son to seU his birth- 

 right for a mess of pottage, put into his hands 

 the fable of the fat town do^, and the Uan tcoif." 



The wolf expressing surprise at his sleek and 



comely appearance, was in&rmed by the dog 

 thai if he would accompany him to town, he 

 would pTU bhr> in the way of faring equally 

 well ; but when they reached the suburbs of 

 the city, he espied ajmething on Uie dog's neck, 

 and so with a mixture of curiosity and su.-?picion, 

 he asked his companion what it meant. •* Oh !" 

 said the dog, " that "s only a collar with which 

 my master confines me through the day, and 

 forces me to sleep, that he may the better secure 

 my vigilaace over his property at night."' "Ah I" 

 said the wolf - if that 's the price yoa pay for 

 your good looks, good-bye to you, my friend : — 

 I so back to the woods. When hanger seizes 

 me by the throat. Liberty will come with her 

 sweet smiles to console me."' 



That my most youthful hearers may the bener 

 understand the fable. I have caused it to be 

 illustrated as voa see. 



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Finally, Farmers of Long Island, how strik- 1 considersiions that may well warrant yon ia 

 ing are your advantages, and how many the , being proud of your position ! "With a soil easi- 



