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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 21, !831. 



MISCI^LLAiVY 



THE POOR DEBTOR. 



He lay upon a lo;ithsome stone, 

 A Ins me pillow foi'his lieail — 

 Noi sliaw nor blanket lor his bed — 



Hi locks Willi age weie hoar. 



'Tw,\s sad upon liis blanched check 



To see what lurrows gne I had made— 

 A pior ol;l mill btTirll of aid — 



Ah ! who his woes shall speak ? 



What W.1S the glorious world to him ! 



The jewelled sky ! the earth in bloom .' 



Coiiti'ied within a living loinb. 

 Useless wa- every limb! 



As if he were a beast of prey— 

 The deailly foe of human kinil — 

 btrong bolls and b.irs iiis fiaiiie confined. 



Lest he should break away. 



His food was scanty, coarse, unchanged; 

 Through gi'ales he gapped for vilal air: 

 Thieves, dit-throats, his companions were; 



From virtue's path estranged. 



Yel in his cojntry's pond ilefence, 

 H • once his blood had freely ponr'd 

 And valiamly h.id borne the sword — 



Tats was his recompense ! 



Wb;it was his oriin^do you inquire ? 



The worst of ;ill— ^vvas poctrlij! 



Ha owed his neghbor dollars tnree — ' 



His neighbor bound him in his ire! 



Not long did that old man remain 

 SVi hill his lone and gloomy cell : 

 Thanks lo a fiieiid, ' what fii^nd pray tell :' 



'Twas Death that broke his chain ! 



Sa-ATISTICS OI' K^TF.MPl;RA^CE A.ND TKlVirERANCE 



Oili- r cnlcdi.iliiiiis will convince ns of the same 

 truth ; fill- thf man who ilrinks a gill a <lay, con- 

 sumes ill a year 12 giilluiis, 

 i I'iiit a ilay, 24 " 

 i (.inta (lay, 4S " 



Oil a caiel'iil iiiiiuiry, it is foiiiul that a gallon 

 contains 6-1 ."mail glasses. The n^aial grocery 

 |iricc is Scents perglass, ihoiigli sleamhoats, lintels 

 and lespectiible taverns charge 6 cents to one shil- 

 ling. A gulliin, ihi-ieli. e, retailed at the lowest 

 r.iiK stated, would cost the consumer $1,92 cents, 

 whiih is more than 600 per cent profit on the 

 iloiiicstii- spirit. 



Thereioif, the man who reenlarly ilrinks at the 

 rate of one gill a day, hy retail, pays by the year. 



$23 04 

 i pint per day, 46 OS 



1 pint jier day, 92 16 



This shows why the rich come to poverty and 

 llie poor to wietidiedtiess and want. All this too 

 ill a country where wagi-s are high and provisions 

 low, and fixes next to nothing. Ninety dollars 

 a year upon a lahoriiig man. is a higher tax than 

 the most arliiirary government on tarih ever im- 

 posed, and yet lhoii>ands upon thousands of 

 our lahoriiig people impose that tax upon them- 

 selves, and a great deal more. 



is lasting and solid, ihe culiivniiim of the iniiid. 

 It is always a mark of a 'vi iik mind, if not a had 

 heart, to hear a person praise or lilame niiolher on 

 the ground alone that they are handsome or home- 

 ly. Actions should be iIib test, and a liberal course 

 of conduct pursued to all. It matters little wheth- 

 er a mull is tall or.~liori — whether ilie blood siains 

 the cheek — or runs in aiioilnr clmnnel. I^ashioii 

 makes the difference as to beiniiy. The lily is as 

 sweet if not as gay as the rose, and it bears no 

 thorn about it. As lo api>earanc-e, fashion shniild 

 not be allowed to bear upon ihat which cannot be 

 chaiiired except by deception, and what indeed ill 

 reality is not worili the trouble of being called so, 

 even if it could. 



In an article in the daily papers under this 

 bee. I, it was shown lo be probiible that the three 

 cities of New Vork, Albany and Boston pay about 

 4A piilliolisof dollars a year for the distilled spiril- 

 uoi'is liquors which they drink. If the whole 

 Union, say 12 millions of people, should driuk at 

 the same rate of expense, it would make ISO mill- 

 jt.iis, which seems incredible and far beyond the 

 llsnal •.sliniate. 



The usual way of esiimaling these amounts i.s, 

 by taking the number of gallons consumed. This 

 can be done with certainty by the treasury boidis 

 at Washington, for the period during the last war, 

 when domestic as well as foreign spirits were 

 subject to excise. 1^ them it appears that the 

 otiaiility tlieu used was above 4.i gallons to every 

 person. 



It is remarkable that about the satiie result has 

 boen obtained on a late investigation in New 

 Hninpshire, for 1S25. The returns from 3S tQw ns 

 aOtttti-red through that state, give an average of4i 

 "»llons a person. We may say, in round num- 

 lii»rs, 50 niillions of gallons for the Uuiled States. 

 When we eonsider that part of tins is brandy, 

 ^1 and rum, and that a great part of the re- 

 laiinder is drank by the glass, we cannot put the 

 Vriinle down at a less average than a dollar a ^al- 

 li>n. as cost to the consumers, or 50 millions of 

 dinars ; probably it is much iiKoe. 



If siieli accounts seem increilible, i^^vvill refer 

 tt.e reader lo the statistics of a single county 1 

 IT.aiicaster) in Pennsylvania, for .i corroborating 

 4ict. That county has o»e hundred and eighty-', 

 tute distUUries and only one hundred and siitij- i 

 ffmr grist mills. ' 



DUTY Of' 1'06T MASTERS. 



The following extract of a letter from the post- 

 master general scitles most clearly and definitely 

 la very imporlanl point in relation to which we 

 have heretofore suffered grievously from the neg. 

 I bet of too many post masters to comply with the 

 law and their instructions on the subject mentioo- 

 |cd. The riniedy to which the pnstiiiaster getu'ial 

 ' has decided that we are entitled, is in exact ac- 

 cordance with what we have long believed to be 

 both the law and the equity in the ca.se, .-ind is 

 thoroii^'ldy eflicient and satisfactory. If post mas- 

 ters do not give due notice to the publishers, in 

 case anvid'oiir papers are not taken from Iheir 

 ollices ' they arc linhle lo fay the sum which would 

 he ducfiOni the sul)snriber.' — Chris. J)dv. 



Gentlemen: — Your letter of the ISlh inst. en- 

 closing one fr m !■'. T. Bridge, is ri'ceived at this 

 deparlment ; and the post master of Sava:;e mills, 

 flle. w ill be iinmediately written lo npmi the suhji'ct. 

 'The duty of post masters is very plainly laid 

 down, upon the subject of which yon speak, in the 

 ]2ih section of the si venteenth instruction of tiic 

 post oince laws. The;/ are bound to s^ve im/nediatc 

 notice to the publishers of newspapers which arrive 

 at their cjice, and which are not taken out by the per- 

 soiiA- to wliom theil are directed. In lase they nes-i 

 Urct this duty, they arc liable to pay the sum which 

 • would be dutjrom the subscribers. As to the right 

 of post masters lo the papers for the postage, as 

 meiiiioncd by Mr Bridge, i7 does not accrue until 

 after three mouths from Ihe notice before spoken of, 

 and it has reference only lo the papers sent during 

 and alter that time. 



I am gentlemen, respectfully, 



Y'liur obedient servant, 



W. T. Barry. 

 ' Messrs. J. Emory and B. Waugh.' 



The way to weiilth, is as plain as the way to 

 larkel. It depends chielly on two words indus- 

 try •.ut<\ frugality, that is, waste neither time nor 

 money, but make the best use of both. 



lie that would be rich with the least labor must 

 have few wants: (iir he that has little, and wants 

 less, is richer than he that has ninch and wants 

 more. A tub was large inongh lor Diogenes, ami 

 a world too little for Alexander. 



We are ruined, not by ubal we really want, but 

 by what we'tliink we want. Nt ver go abroad in 

 search of wants; if they be real Wiuits, liny will 

 come in search id" von. lie llial buys what he 

 dees not want, will soon want what he cannot buy. 



Cocoons ly.inted. 

 The Subscriber will p.iy cash Ic r Cocoons, from 25 to 

 50 cents, according to iin.d ty. .1. H. COlilS. 



Dedham. July 15ih , 1831. 8t Jul y 20. 



Binding. 



Subscribers to the New Englaiid Farmer are informed 



that ihey can have Iheir volumes neally half bound and 



lettered, ai 75 cts. per volume, by leaving ihem at tlie 



Far mer office. Aug. 3. 



Fresh liliite Mulberry Seed. 



Just received at .1. B. Russell's Seed Store, Nos. 51 &. 

 52 North Market Sireel— 



A small supply of hcsh and eeiiuine While Mulberry 

 Seed, warranted the Kiowth of the present s asun, from 

 one of the ttreatest Mul'>ei ry orclnuds in Mansfield, Coii- 

 neciicut. Short directions for \ls cullureaccompanv the 

 seeih Aug." .3. 



Europian Letches. 



The subscriber has made slid angenents abro.id 



a« to enable him lo he cnnslanily .supplied with ihe gen- 

 uine medical Leech, .Ml older.- will receive prompt at- 

 lenlion. EUENKZEU WiflHT. 



46. Milk sireci, oppo-iie Fcderal-st., Apothecary. 

 August 3 coplf 



Personal Appearance. — This is one of those 

 iliings of accident, resting with nature. No man 

 or wcinan can form their own persons, and none 

 should be blamed on this head. The disposition 

 for loohine: well is ruining half t!ie young people 

 in the world, causim; them to study their glasses 

 and paint or patch, instead of pursuing that which 



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