Notices for a Young Farmer. 



means of attaining it will furnish. No people can be happy, 

 and no government, (especially one founded on republican 

 principles,) can be safe, when religion and morality, (twin 

 sisters,) are not the predominant habits of the mass of its 

 population. 



Associations should be formed, to moderate, if it cannot be 

 totally abolished, the custom of dealing out to labourers, 

 ardent spirits ; — the most dangerous and destructive foes to 

 the peace of a community ; and to the prosperity and happi- 

 ness of individuals afflicted by a propensity to use them in- 

 continently. Those who furnish the means of destruction, 

 are equally culpable with those who perish under their en- 

 ticements. 



If, out of county funds or by private societies, some 

 premium or medal were given to poor parents, to encourage 

 binding their children, often kept at home in idleness and 

 want, to regular trades, or employments in husbandry, 

 much benefit would arise both to the parents and children. 

 Hiring them to occasional labour, or in manufacturing es- 

 tablishments, conduces nothing to their permanent benefit \ 

 either as it regards education, morality, or final settlement in 

 life. There is an unfortunate reluctance on this subject, which 

 might be overcome by honourable notices and distinctions. 



Savings placed in the way of accumulation, in the mode 

 recommended, would enable persons in narrow circumstances, 

 in a course of time, to establish themselves at home ; or, if 

 they are so disposed, in our new countries, when their fami- 

 lies increase in numbers and strength. Plans of such banks 

 and societies and of the schools mentioned, can be readily 

 obtained. Dealers in ruinous temptations to waste time, 

 health, and morality, will not have so many customers, when 

 money, too often devoted to baneful dissipation, is saved for 

 meritorious and salutary purposes ; but our country will in- 

 calculably benefit by the increased numbers and vigour of its 

 population. Youth and manhood, would enjoy innocence and 

 health ; and penury would be averted from old age. The less 

 idleness and drink, the more bread. Tins remark would be 



