NO. 16. 



THE FARMEliS CABINET. 



255 



From the Flainfield Union. 

 The Farmer and Merchant Contrasted. 



The Mind stupendous ! which contrived the 



world, 

 And first its mighty plans to man unfurl'd ! 

 Appointed him, the earth to till, and dress, 

 And bade the earth, his clicerful hiiiurs bless. — 

 'Twas Heaven's appointment ! for we trace 



from thence 

 The Farmer's labor, and his recompense ! 

 All other occupations, but depend 

 On his, tor birth, for sustenance, and end: 

 Tlius siiould we swell the husbandman's re- 

 nown, 

 Ilis is the triumph! he should wear the crown. 



Th' industrious Farmer, through his God can 

 most 



Of happiness and independence boast: 



'Tis his to plough, and plant, and sow, m hope ; 



Then reap the harvest, the abundant crop ! 



Labor suffuses o'er his cheek the glow of 

 liealth, 



That treasure, richer than the sluggard's 

 wealth ! 



He hastes from toil, the frugal meal to greet ; 



And proves the sleep of industry " is sweeL" — 



If blessed, his pleasures are the ([uiet home, 



Where fashion with its tumult doth not come ; 



His faithful partner, and his smiling boy ! 



Lighten each care, and sweeten his employ: 

 [ His stock the charge he loves, and trusty steed, 

 \ Well discipUned for toil or pleasures need ; 

 ; These are his joys ! and if the heart be right, 

 1 Thanks with each gift enjoyed, will still unite: 

 j He blesses God, for rain and dfivv from heaven ; 

 I For fruitful seasons, and the harvest given. 



I Not so the merchant .'* his is all the strife, 

 i The weariness, the bustle, and turmoil of life ! 

 Mingled with buoyant spirits, fed by hope, 

 Which doth so oft the path to sorrow ope: 

 Solicitude is his ! he would compete 

 With rival traders and their schemes defeat : 

 : Here is the snare ! and here alas! he strays 

 From rectitude, and honor's sacred ways ! 

 He lives beyond his means, his treasures flow 

 T' eclipse his neighbor, in his pomp and show! 

 His business is extended, thus to meet 

 The calls with which ambition is replete: 

 .His obligations swell, and soon fall due, 

 »He borrows, pays, and hope lights up anew. 

 But now fresh trials from their fountains 



burst ! 

 His debtors break, and credit toe is crush'd : 

 Perplexed, his books are searched, but ah ! 



he finds 

 Ten times his capital is " scattered to the 



winds !" 

 Poor man ! he doth indeed affect a smile, 



*T)ie city merchant is liere referred to. 



Though racked with inward ngony the while 

 For still tiie quickened step, the liasty meal' 

 The secret workings of his mind reveal ; 

 His " like the troubled sea that cannot rest," 

 J}y conscience tortured, and by grief opprest. — 

 Perciiance he still tugs through, and fights 



his way. 

 While iiope yet whispers of a brighter day ! 

 He gains fresh strength, begins the year 



anew ; 

 But ah ! its close tells the same history too. 

 Years, succeed years, ambition still lives on, 

 Jilxcitement bears him up, when peace has 



gone. — 



May-be his fortune changes! and he gains 

 The summit of his wishes, and his pains: 

 Rich in estate ! but robbed of joyous health. 

 He's but the poor man, burdened with his 



wealth ! 

 For where the riches true, to man are given, 

 They lead to peace, to competence, and Hea- 

 ven. Clementina. 



Tlic Cirapc of America. 



" There are hundreds of acres of grape 

 vines," says the New-YorK Morning Star, 

 " near the Great Descent in Arkansas, loaded 

 with the richest clusters of grapes of the same 

 quality with those producing the valuable 

 wines in Europe. These grapes (Vitis vine- 

 fera) are growing wild on the sands, and 

 wasting their fragrance on the desert air.'' 

 This, if true, is something new in Pomologi- 

 cal History. Hitherto it has been supposed 

 that this species was indigenous only to the 

 old world; and although in the wilds o1 

 North America are found a number of dis- 

 tinct species of Vitis, not known in the old 

 world, yet the vine/era was not to be found 

 here till after it was introduced by Euro- 

 peans. We should be glad to see this state- 

 ment confirmed. W. W. B. 



Potatoes as Food for Slieep. 



In conversation with a gentleman (who has 

 traveled about a good deal) some weeks since 

 about managing and raising stock, &c. he tolc 

 me in traveling in tlie western part of this 

 state, or in Ohio, some years since, he stop- 

 ed at an old Friend's house to stay all night; 

 and while there, he saw some one about the 

 establishment cliopping up potatoes, to aboul 

 the size of partridge eggs. He inquired whal 

 the chopping mass was intended for; the 

 Friend replied, "It is for my sheep: with 

 chopped potatoes and a small quantity of hay, 

 I can keep a flock of sheep fatier and in bet- 

 ter health than any other way I have evei 

 tried or seen tried. The gentleman said he 

 saw the flock of sheep before he left, and finer 

 fatter looking sheep he never saw. — Farmer's 

 Register. 



