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v2;|)c jTarmci's iilontl)li) bisitor. 



llie w<ives of folly, or wrecked upon the shoals 

 of niiiiiiiion. The fiiirncr is tlie first to enjoy the 

 henefils of a wise and just, and to taste tlie l>itter 

 coll^^^'qut■nces vvhicli iuevitahiy flow from an 

 enuiieoiis, udininistralion of puhlie affaii's. If 

 goveniuient is judiciuu.-ly and economically nd- 

 niiuislered; if industry is not hurtliened liy debt 

 and taxation ; if all are protected and iu)i)e es- 

 pecially favored; its blessijii'.s, 'like the dews of 

 licaven", will descend upon all, unseen and unfelt, 

 save irj the richness and fidness they contribute 

 to produce.' But if i;overnineiit, like the inon- 

 nrchies of the old world, is plai-ed beyond, or 

 elevated above the influence or condition of the 

 mass; if it seeks to entrencl) itself about with 

 office and palroriage, and reliea for its strength 

 upon its parasites and jilaceinen, and not upon 

 the affections of the people; it caimot win by its 

 justice, though, fur a lime, it may terrily by its 

 power. 



" Our beidfrn form of government — founded as 

 it is in the mild ainhority of opinion, and upheld 

 like the broad fabric of social order, only by vir- 

 tue and intelligence — is em|ihatically a govern- 

 ment of the people — a goverim}ent of benevo- 

 leru-e, humanity and peace. The miglity pulsa- 

 tions of its heart-strings vibrate responsive to the 

 ebbs and flows of popidar action and feeling; 

 and so lively is the sympathy, and so indissoluble 

 is the nuion, that the errors of the government 

 must necessarily be the errors of the people. It 

 therefore becomes the farmer, next to the cidti- 

 vation ofihe field, and the discharge of his domes- 

 tic and social relations, to possess himself of a 

 thorough knowledge of the economy of liuman 

 govermnerit and ol politiral science. By this, it 

 is not intended to invite to the study of party 

 scrauiblcs — the science of political rewards and 

 pmushments — of clamorous parlizuus for the 

 liouors of olfice or the emoluments of |)lace and 

 station — the patriotic shouts of the latest victors, 

 or the desponding tone of those who have just 

 ceased to draw their sustenance from the public 

 treasury; but that true pulitica! science, in which 

 the broad and deep foundations of our govern- 

 ment are established; which inculcates the pure 

 and elevated sentiments of justice, virtue, equal- 

 ity, and the rights of ntan: which teaches that 

 the success of a peojile walks hand in band with 

 their industry and frugality ; that all wealth is 

 the production of human lalior; that it is the le- 

 gitimate province of governuient to jirotect its 

 citizens in the enjoyment of their industiT, but 

 not to attempt the vain and idle experiment of 

 accmnulating for them; that all power or ad- 

 vamage conferred by legislation upon one, is 

 taken from another, or from the mass, and is 

 productive of ineijindity and injustice; and that 

 any system of government which, in a time of 

 jieace, appropriates the industry of its people to 

 any piu'|)ose except to ensure its own enlighten- 

 ed, hinnane and economical administrallon, is 

 imwisc and pernicious, and is conducted upon 

 mistaken and erroneous principles." 



Mechanism of Standing. 



Of animal bodies, considered as masses, there 

 is another propert}', more curious than it is gen- 

 erally thought to be; which is the fiiculty of 

 sldnjing .'and it is more remarkable in two-leg- 

 ged animals lb:in in quadrupeds, and, most of all, 

 as being tlie tallest, auil resting upon the small- 

 est base, in man. There is more, 1 think, in the 

 matter than we are a\\are of. Tlie statue of a 

 man, placed loosely up(ui its pedestal, would not 

 be secure of standing half an hour. You are 

 obliged to fix its lee! to the block by bolts and sol- 

 rler; or the first shake, the first gust of wind, is 

 sure to throw it down. Yet this statue shall ex- 

 press all the mechanical proportions of a living 

 model. It is not, therefore, the mere figure, or 

 merely placing the centre of gravity within the 

 base, that is sufficient. Either the law of gravi- 

 tation is" snspendeil in favor of living substances, 

 or .something more is doin' for them, in order to 

 enable them to u[)liold tlieir posture. There is 

 no reason whatever to doubt, but that their parts 

 descend by gravitation in the .same manner as 

 those of dead matter. The gift, therefore, ap- 

 pears to me to consist in a faculty ol^ periietnal- 

 iy shifting the centre of t;ravity, by a set of ob- 

 si!Ure, indeed, but .-if quii-k balancing actions, so 

 ES to keep the ling of direction, which is a line 

 drawn from that centre to the ground, within its 

 jirescribed limits. Of thcss actions it may be 



observed, first, that they in part cotistitute what 

 we call strength. The dead body drops down. 

 The mere adjustment, therefore, of weight and 

 pressure, which tnay be the same llie moment af- 

 ter death as the moment before, does not support 

 the column. In cases also of extreme weakness, 

 the patient cannot stand upright. Secondly, that 

 these actions are only in a small degree volunta- 

 ry. A man is seldom conscious of his voluntary 

 powers in keeping himself upon his legs. A 

 child learning to walk is the greatest posture-ma- 

 ker in the world: but art, if it may be so called, 

 siuivs into habit; and he is soon able to poise 

 himself in a great variety of attitudes, without 

 being sensible either of caution or etFort. But 

 silll there must be an aptitude of part.*, upon 

 which habit can thus attach ; a previous capacity 

 of motions which the animal is thus taught toex- 

 ercise ; and the facility with which this exercise 

 is acquirefl, forms one object of our admiration. 

 What parts are principally employed, or in what 

 manner each contrduites its otfice, is, as hath al- 

 ready been confessed, difficult to explain. Per- 

 haps the obscure motion of the bones of the feet 

 may have their share in this efTect. They are put 

 in action by every slip or vacillation of the body, 

 and seem to assist in restoring its balance. Cer- 

 tain it is, that this circumstance in the structure 

 ol the loot, viz. its being composed of many small 

 bones, applied to and articulating with one anoth- 

 er, by diverselessly shaped surfaces, instead of be- 

 ing made of one piece, like the last of a shoe, is 

 very remarkable. I suppose also that it would 

 be difficult to stand firmly upon stilts or wooden 

 legs, though their base exactly imitated the figure 

 and dimensions of the sole of the loot. The al- 

 teration of thejoints, tlie knee-joint bending back- 

 ward, the hip-joiut forward; the flexibility, in ev- 

 ery direction, of the spine, especially in the loins 

 and neck, appear to he ot' great moment in pre- 

 serving the equilibrium of the body. With re- 

 spect to this circumstance, it is observable, that 

 the vertebra; are so confined by ligaments as to 

 allow no more slipping upon they' bases than 

 what is just sulflcieiit to break the shock which 

 any violent motion may occasion to the body. A 

 certain degree also of tension of the sinews ap- 

 pears to be essential to an erect posture; for it is 

 by liie loss of this, that the deail or |iaralytic bo- 

 <ty drops down. The whole is a wonderful re- 

 sult of combined powers, and of very complica- 

 ted operations. Indeed, that stamlino;, is not so 

 simple a business as we imagine it to be, is evi- 

 dent frotn the strange gesticulations of a drunk- 

 en man, who has lost the government of the cen- 

 tre of gravity. 



We have said that this property is the most 

 worthy of observation in the huninn body: but a 

 bird, resting upon its perch, or hop|)ing upon a 

 sjiray, sifTords no mean specimen of the same fa- 

 culty. A chicken runs ofT as soon as it is hatch- 

 ed from the esu ; yet a chicken, considered geo- 

 metrically, and with relation to its centre of grav- 

 ity, its line of direction, and its equilibrium, is a 

 very irregular soliil. Is this gift, therefore, or in- 

 struction .- May it not he said to be with great 

 attention, that nature hath balanced the body up- 

 on its pivots.' 



I observe also in the same hird a piece of use- 

 ful mechanism of this kind. In the trussing of 

 a fowl, upon bending the legs and thighs up to- 

 wards the body, the cook finds the claws close of 

 their own accord. Now let it be remembered, 

 that this is the position of the limbs in which the 

 bird rests upon its perch. And in this position it 

 sleeps ill safety; for the claws do their office in 

 keeping hold of the supjiort, not by any exertion 

 of voluntary power, but by the traction of the 

 tendons in consequence of the attitude which the 

 legs anil thighs take by the hird silting down, and 

 to which the mere weight of the body gives the 

 force that is necessary. — Palty. 



the brine. Small pork will be siifSciently cured 

 in four or five days ; bams intended for drying, 

 two weeks, unless they are very large. This 

 pickle may be used again and again, if it be fresh 

 boiled up with a small addition to the ingredi- 

 ents. Before putting the .meat into the brine, 

 wash it with water, press out the blood and wipe 

 it clean. Pickling tubs should be larger at the 

 bottom than at the top, by which means, when 

 well pickled, the pork will retain its place until 

 the last layer is exhausted. When the pork is 

 cool, it may be cut up, the hams and shoulders 

 reserved for bacon, and the remainder salted.— 

 Cover the bottom of the tub or barrel with rock 

 salt, and on it place a layer of meat, and so on 

 till the tub is filled. Use the salt liberally, and 

 fill the barrel with strong brine, boiled and skim- 

 med, and then cooled. — Pictorial Times. 



Manage.me.nt of Pork. — In I^iirope the Rus- 

 sian pork bears a high price, and its quality is 

 supposed to be owing to the ))ickle in which it 

 is preserved. This is called "the Empress of 

 Russia's brine," and is prepared as follows: — 

 lioil together, over a gentle fire, six pounds ol 

 common salt (that in most common use in Rus- 

 sia is rock salt,) two pounds of powdered loaf 

 sugar, three ounces of saltpetre, and three gal- 

 lons of spring or pure water. Skim it while 

 boiling, and when quite cold pour it over the 

 meat, every part of whicli must be eovered with 



From Hill's N. H. Patriot. 

 "I'm groin; Homel" 



Oh, I can ne'er forget that dyinfr eye, 

 That aye which brighter grew as death approached, 

 Not that sweet whisper, calm as summer's eve, 

 " Weep not — I'm going home." 



■' Weep not that I must leave theo. 



Friends of my earliest years, 

 Full well I know ye'll miss me. 



Yet lov'd ones, dry your tears. 

 Kind angels beckon me away 



In bowers of bliss to roam, 

 1 can no longer with you stay, 



Weep not — I'm going home." 



" Mother ! I go to that blest land, 



Vou've taught me e'er to love ; 

 I go to join that happy band 



In brighter worlds above. 

 No sickness there will e'er intrude, 



Nor sin, nor sorrow come, 

 With Jesus f shall be at rest — 



Mother ! Tm going home." 



" Father ! I feel I soon must sleep 



iVilhin the silent tomb; 

 Yet mourn not — we again shall meet 



Beyond its icy gloom. 

 My Saviour calls — with joy I go, 



jNo more on earth to roam, 

 Farewell to pain, and care, and woo— 



Father ! I'm going home." 



" Brother! you'll miss me in the haunts 



We loved in by-gone times, 

 When buried voices of the past, 



In mtisic seem to chime ; 

 Then check — oh check the rising sigh, 



As ve list their gentle tone, 

 And think my spirit near you 



Tho' 1 am going home." 



" Sister! you've ever been to mo 



The kind true-hearted one. 

 Who sh:ired my hours of joy and glee— 



Those blissful liours are gone. 

 Vet v\hen the scalding tear-drops start. 



And vour heart is sid and lone, 

 Oh let it cheer thy stricken heart 



That I am going home." 



" Lov'd ones! my voice is failing now. 



My eyes are growing dim ; 

 Death's icy hand is on my brow — 



Calmly 1 welcome him. 

 I'll w.Tit thee — on that blissful shore 



We'll greet, no more to roam ; 

 Death hath no terrors now for me, 



'Tis only going home." 



ANNETTE. 



Concord, Feb. 1844. 



A Wife worth havi.sg. — We were favored a 

 few weeks ago with an interview with Mr. Har- 

 vey Ford, of Winchester, Litchfield county, who 

 called in.to pay his subscription for the fourth 

 volume of the Farmer's Gazette. Mr. Ford's 

 farm lies principally in the town of Goshen, and 

 like most of his townsmen, he is a thorough-bred 

 dairyman, and employed in producin;;- the famous 

 Butter and Cheese, which has acquired such an 

 enviable name all over the land. His operations 

 in this are not so extensive as many of his neigh- 

 bors, be keeping only, on an average, twenty 

 cows ; but the products of his dairy are of the 

 best ipiality, and always demand the highest prit^ 

 in the market. The first premium on cheese wrfs 

 awarded to him by the Hartford County Agfictil- 

 tural Society in 1819. ' 



Feeling highly gratifieil with the opportunity 

 of an interview with an intelligent farmer from 

 that section of our State, we exercised our Yan- 

 kee prerogative, and asked Mr. Ford a great many 

 qiiesliotis in relation to his business. We ascer- 

 tained that be had occupied his farm about six- 



