1835.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



495 



Fleas in the cabin will make grass in the corn- 

 field — for he that catches fleas by night will catch 

 sleep by day. Where the laborer is asleep there 

 the grass is awake. Dull licks make brisk weeds. 



A mean overseer is a plantation cancer: imme- 

 diate excision is the best cure. 



An overseer's cow makes the best beef, but her 

 calf the poorest veal. 



The employer's family drink blue milk, but the 

 overseer's children spoon up cream, and butter 

 lieth thick on their bread. His cow findeth the 

 way to the meadow and the hay that is forbidden 

 — she eateth thereof — her bag is swollen, and her 

 teats stand out — she letteth down her milk, and 

 the piggin overfloweth — daily her churn foameth, 

 and her rich butter is gathered into the plate. She 

 is never found in the mire, nor doth the hollow- 

 horn find her out. She is the queen of the pas- 

 ture, and her horns are the terror of the cowpen. 

 Many cows have given milk, but she excelleth 

 them all. 



Home weaving overgoeth, but that done from 

 home lacketh filling. There are some who are 

 without sheep, yet have plenty of yarn, while they 

 that have many sheep lack wool. 



There are some who have an empty meat house 

 yet a full pot — an empty crib, yet a full oven. 

 They spin not, yet are they clothed — they toil not, 

 yet are they fed. Their horses graze, yet they 

 have no pasture — and their cows calve without a 

 bull. Their mares foal without a stallion. This 

 is a sore evil under the sun. 



Others there are that find tools that were not 

 lost — pick wool from dead sheep — pull down 

 fences they built not — gather fruit from other men's 

 trees — that go on errands where they have no bu- 

 siness — that thump your melons with roguish fin- 

 gers, and open them too by the light of the moon. 

 They are the republican night-walkers — aristocra- 

 cy haters — too free to work — want all things in 

 common, as they have nothing in particular — hate 

 those that have, because they have not. They 

 never beg — ever buying, but never paying — never 

 failing in promises, but ever failing in perform- 

 ances — too proud to work, but not too honest to 

 steal. This is another great evil under the sun. 



A new hoop saves an old tub, but new cider 

 will burst an old barrel. 



Build no new nest out of old straw, for instead 

 of brooding eggs you will be breeding lice. 



Never over-cock your poultry yard, for where 

 there is much fighting there is but little gain. 



A nest without the house is better than a nest 

 within — for lice within are worse than rain with- 

 out. 



Take care of poor spots and the rich spots will 

 take care of themselves. "He that giveth to the 

 rich robbeth the poor, but he that giveth to the 

 poor shall be repaid." 



He that tilleth very poor land sendeth good 

 corn after worthless niibbings. Poor land receives 

 good currency, but pays bad money. It borrows 

 hard money and pays back bad paper. 



Provide fuel for summer, and winter will take 

 care of itself — for winter is a tight overseer, but 

 summer is an indulgent master. 



With your work always keep ahead, and the 

 grass won't grow behind you. If the work is be- 

 hind-hand, the grass will be before-hand. 



He that works his crop badly will be over-crop- 

 ped sadly — for to slight work i« to increase work. 



When overseers become gentlemen, the master 

 must become overseer, or the slave becomes a 

 freeman. 



Overseers are often guilty of oversights. 



He that works of nights sleeps of days — night 

 workers are bad croppers. 



If you lose oversight of your overseer, he will 

 lose sight of your business — strict employers make 

 attentive overseers. An overseer neglected is one 

 soon ejected. If the master is much at home, the 

 overseer is but seldom abroad — if one is a man of 

 pleasure, the other will be a man of leisure. 



When your overseer puts a black man in his 

 place, he gives a lesson to his employer. If "un- 

 cle Tom" is to manage, let uncle Tom have the 

 honor, and his master save the wage?. 



If you will cure the gall, you will not have the 

 gulley — a gall for want of mending is a gulley in 

 the ending. 



Keep your hogs lean or the rogues will be fat. 

 A poor hog is better than no hog. A poor pig in 

 hand is better than a fat pig out of pocket. A 

 mean hog in safety is worth more than a fine one 

 in danger. 



A PLAIN OLD FARMER. 



From the Essex Nortli Register. 

 DIRECTIONS FOR WASHING CLOTHES. 



In this day of improvements, few have been 

 suggested of more importance, especially to fe- 

 males, than the new mode of washing clothes, 

 which has been introduced into this town [New- 

 buryport] through the agency of two benevolent 

 individuals, now residing at a distance from us. 

 It has been tried by quite a number of females 

 with complete success, and those who have tried 

 it are desirous of communicating it extensively, 

 that others may reap the same benefit which has 

 accrued to them. It is to be used only for white 

 clothes. It does not answer the purpose in case 

 of calicoes and woollens. 



1. Mixture — Five gallons soft water, add half 

 a gallon of lime water, a pint and a half of soft 

 soap, or a pound of hard soap, and two ounces of 

 carbonate of soda. 



2. Method of washing — Soak the clothes over 

 night if very dirty, at any rate wet them tho- 

 roughly before putting them into the mixture. 

 When the above mixture is at bailing heat, put in 

 the clothes that have been soaked or wet, merely 

 rubbing such parts with a little soap that are un- 

 usually soiled. Boil them one hour. They are 

 then to be taken out and drained, and thoroughly 

 rinsed in warm water, then in the indigo water as 

 usual, and they are fit for drying. The lime wa- 

 ter may be prepared and kept on hand — the soda, 

 sub carbonate, (be sure to get the right kind) 

 may be procured cheap, by purchasing it in a 

 large quantity. Let all who feel that washing- 

 day is a day of hard work and weariness, cease to 

 complain, until they are willing to try this safe, 

 easy and expeditious mode of lightening their bur- 

 dens. 



ADVANTAGES OF CULTIVATING CORN BY 

 CROSS PLOUGHING. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Norfolk County, Nov. 12th, 1835. 



As a subscriber to your valuable publication, 

 and one who wishes it great success, I have 



