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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



too, for a man to attain to any important or elevat- 

 ed station in society without devoting some part of 

 his time to the exercise of his body and mind. 

 Hardly a great man can be pointed to, who has 

 toot, in the eaily part of his career, labored with 

 his hands and made himself hale and robust by the 

 exercise of his bodily powers. 



There is no business so well calculated to fit a 

 man for the enjoyment of that happiness attendant 

 on domestic life, as the cultivation of the soil. And 

 there is no business that gives such health to the 

 body, am! soundness of mind, asthis. In my opin- 

 ion, the farmer's life is the happiest life a man 

 can live. But as I have said, labor is necessary to 

 the health and happiness of mankind. The im- 

 portance of labor is too little thought of, and what 

 is still worse, the idea is too prevalent that to labor 

 with one's hands is disgraceful. But the Al 

 mighty, in. His u ise arrangement, has said that he 

 who will not work shall not eat. To those who 

 think it is disgraceful to labor, let me point them 

 to some of our greatest and most learned men, as 

 examples. When Washington, whose fame is 

 world-wide, first received the news of his election 

 to the presidency of the United States, he was 

 following the plow in his fields. Daniel Webster, 

 whose name is familiar with every school-boy, 

 was born in a log cabin among the granite hills of 

 New Hampshire, — and here his noble mind ex- 

 panded while tilling the earth. Henry Clay was 

 •once a poor boy, and knew what it was to labor ; 

 and what school-boy cannot tell what business Eli- 

 hu Burritt followed while pursuing his studies; 

 hence it is evident that if our greatest men, by la- 

 boring from the rising to the setting sun, have won 

 for themselves laurels of fame, it is not disgrace- 

 fid to labor. Then let me utter in the ears of 

 those who desire a happy and contented life, and 

 who wish to enjoy a peaceful mind, to engage in 

 some sort of daily labor ; for to be engaged in holi- 

 est labor is manly and noble; and "for six thou- 

 sand years God has been uttering it in human 

 ears, that he who will not work, shall not enjoy." 



Smithjicld, JR. /., Dec., 1851. a. t. 



ENGLISH LUX.URTOUSNESS. 



Few of us whose lives are passed in republican 

 simplicity, have any definite idea of the amount of 

 wealth and splendor that surrounds many of the 

 English nobles in their princely residences. An 

 intelligent American, writing from England, de- 

 scribes some of these things. 



The Earl of Spencer's homestead, about 60 

 miles from London, comprises ten thousand acres, 

 tastefully divided into parks, meadows, pastures, 

 woods and gardens. His library, called the finest 

 private library in the world, contains fifty thou- 

 sand volumes. Extensive and elegant stables, 

 green-houses and conservatories, game-keeper's 

 house, dairy-house, dog-kennels, porter's bulge, 

 and farm-houses without number, go to complete 

 the establishment. Hundreds of sheep and cattle 

 graze in the parks about the house. 



The Duke of Richmond's home farm, at Good- 

 wood, HO miles from London, consists of twenty- 

 three thousand acres, or over thirty-five square 

 miles. And this is in crowded England, which has 

 a population of HI, 000, 000. and an area of only 

 50,000 square miles, or just 32,000,000 of acres, 

 giving, were the land equally divided, but two 



acres to each inhabitant. The residence of the 

 duke is a perfect palace. One extensive hall is 

 covered with yellow silk and pictures in the rich- 

 est and most costly tapestry. The dishes and 

 plates upon the table are all of porcelain, silver 

 and gold. Twenty-five race horses stand in the 

 stable, each being assigned to the care of a special 

 groom. A grotto near the house, the ladies spent 

 six years in adorning. An aviary is supplied with 

 almost every variety of rare and elegant biids. 

 Large heids of cattle, sheep, and deer, are spread 

 over the immense lawns. 



The Duke of Devonshire's place, at Chatsworth, 

 is said to exceed in magnificence any other in the 

 kingdom. The income of the duke is one million 

 of dollars a year, and he is said to spend it all. In 

 the grounds about his house, are kept four hun- 

 dred head of cattle and fourteen hundred deer. 

 The kitchen garden contains twelve acres, and is 

 filled with almost every species of fruit and vege- 

 tables. A vast arboretum connected with the es- 

 tablishment is designed to contain a sample of ev- 

 ery tree that grows. There is also a glass con- 

 servatoiy 367 feet in length, 112 in breadth, 67 in 

 height, covered by 76,000 square feet of glass, and 

 warmed by seven miles of pipes conveyinir hot wa- 

 ter. One plant was obtained from India by a spe- 

 cial messenger, and is valued at $10,000. One of 

 the fountains near the house plays 276 feet high, 

 said to be the highest jet in the world. Chats- 

 worth contains 3500 acres, but the duke owns 

 ninety-six thousand acres in the county of Derby- 

 shire. Within, the entire is one vast scene of 

 paintings, sculpture, mosaic work, carved wain- 

 scoting, and all the elegancies and luxuries within 

 the reach of almost boundless wealth and highly 

 refined taste. — Exeter News Letter. 



RED SNOW. 



A correspondent of the "Rochester Democrat" 

 thus remarks upon the red snow found in the Are- 

 tic regions by the Rescue and Advance : 



"How many new things excite the wonder of this 

 age. The red snow was known on the Alps more 

 than 2,000 years ago. Pliny mentions it in his 

 history. Agassiz found it in abundance on the gla- 

 ciers of the Alps a few years ago. He says that 

 at the height of 7,0C0 feet above the level of the 

 sea, there has long been on the snow of the Alps 

 red snow a few inches deep and miles in circuit. 

 It is on the surface of the common snow. It de- 

 pends on a microscopic plant, a linchen, with some 

 animal infusoria. Agassiz states that at 9,000 feet 

 ten kinds of plants, infusoria and some Crustacea, 

 have been found, and that, these give a deep red 

 color to the snow. As this substance grows fine- 

 ly in such an elevated position, and in a tempera- 

 ture below the freezing point, it is not strange that 

 a temperature of 40 or 60 degrees should dissolve 

 it and the infursoria and Crustacea, and tinge the 

 water with deep red, or that such should be the 

 composition that it can be preserved for a consid- 

 erable time. The substance may not easily take 

 on chemical action. 



tgr Deal gently with those who stray. Draw- 

 back by love and persuasion. A kiss is worth a 

 thousand kicks. A kind word is more valuable to 

 the lost than a mine of gold. Think of this and 

 be on your guard, ye who would chase to the grave 

 an erring brother. 



