1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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for such purpose3, if sold, can easily be calcula- 

 ted. As a matter of convenience and profit, it is 

 with the owners of land to determine whether 

 their interest would be subserved by setting out a 

 grove of a few acres in extent ; the number, of 

 course, to be determined by the size of their re- 

 spective farms. — Am. Farmer. - 



HINTS TO YOUNG MEN. 



Give a young man a taste for reading, and in 

 that single disposition you have furnished him 

 with a great safeguard. He has found at home 

 that which others have to seek abroad, namely, 

 pleasurable excitement. He has learned to think, 

 even when his book is no longer in his hand ; and 

 it is for want of thinking that youth go to ruin. 



Redeem time for reading. — Perhaps you think 

 this impossible ; but the busiest life has some 

 paus^^s. 



When I see the large amount of time spent by 

 some over the lowest sort of newspapers, I am con- 

 vinced that the most industrious young man might 

 obtain a few minutes for study ; and it is aston- 

 ishing how much can be learned in a kw minutes 

 a day. What cannot be done to-day, may be ac- 

 complished to-morrow. It is as true of time as of 

 money — "Take care of the pence, and the pounds 

 will take care of themselves." Or as Young more 

 poetically expresses it, — "Sands make the moun- 

 tain, moments tlie 3'ear." 



Do a little tvry day. — Constant dropping wears 

 away rock. When Apelles, the famous Greek 

 painter, was asked how he had been al)le to ac- 

 complish so much for art, he replied : "By the ob- 

 servance of one rule — No day without a line.'^ 



Be not discouraged by difficulties. — These are 

 chietiy at the start. The French proverb say8 

 truly: "It is only the first step that costs." — 

 The tree of knowledge has a rough trunk, but de 

 licious fruit. You must crack the shell, to come 

 at the kernel. Be assured that a little resolution 

 here will insure success. 



Begin at the beginning. — Do not smile : the 

 rule is important, and broken every day, in every 

 employment. In unravelling a tangled thread, 

 who does not know that everything depends on 

 scettinj; hold of the end? Just so is it in learn 

 mg. 



Never be ashamed to learn. — And in conformity 

 to this, never be ashamed to confess your igno 

 ranee, in the presence of those who have more 

 information than yourself. Many of us would be 

 wiser, if it liad not been for the conceit of being 

 wise enough ali-eady. 



Value the smallest fragments 0/ knowledge. — In 

 manufactories of gold, 1 have observed that chey 

 save the very sweepings of the floors, and put net- 

 work at the windows : the little morsels and fine 

 dust of the precious metals, tints saved in tliiscity, 

 amount to hundreds of dollars in a year. 



Lay aside a little money to buy 6oa/.'.?.— There 

 are certain hooks wliich every man sliould possess 

 as his own : and every reading man desires by de- 

 grees to gather a little library for his wife and 

 children. A trilling sum, set aside each month, 

 and redeemed from amusements or luxuries, wil 

 soon give an account of itself on your shelves. 



Employ your pn. — I'his counsel, though less 

 frequently given than others, is nevertheless far 

 from being superfluous. There is a marvellous 



power in writing down what we know. It fixea 

 the thoughts ; reveals our ignorance ; methodises 

 our knowledge ; aids our memory ; and insures 

 command of language. "Men acquire more knowl- 

 edge," says Bishop Jewell, "by a frequent exer- 

 cising of their pens, than by the reading of many 

 books." 



All men of high attainments agree in saying 

 that the more valuable part of every one's educa- 

 tion is that which he gives himself. In this there 

 is high encouragement to go on and prosper. The 

 mental accomplishment wliich is fully witliin your 

 reach will double your capacit.y for action. When 

 Aristippus was asked, wherein a learned and un- 

 learned man differed ,_he replied : "Cast them both, 

 naked, on a foreign shore, and you will see." 

 Education will do for you, what sculpture does 

 for the marble. Hence the famous saying of Soc- 

 rates : — "I marvel that people should be willing 

 to give so much for turning a stone into a man, 

 and so little to prevent a man's turning into a 

 stone." — Tracts for the Times. 



THE FITCHBURG CATTLE SHOW. 



The annual show and plowing match of -the 

 Worcester North Agricultural Society took place 

 at Fitchburg yesterday. After the usual plowing 

 match and the trial of working oxon, a procession 

 wa? formed under the direction of Col. Ivors 

 Phillips, the chief marshal, which proceeded to 

 the Unitarian Church. Here an able address was 

 delivered by Gov. Washburn. The »>hurch was 

 crowded. At its conclusion, the procession re- 

 formed and proceeded to the Fitchburg Hotel, 

 where the society and its friends dined. The 

 president of the society, Hon. Moses Wood, pre- 

 sided, and introduced the speaking by a clear and 

 excellent practical address. He spoke of the rug- 

 ged character of North Worcester, the need there 

 was of such efforts as this society are making, 

 and the value of the encounigement given l>y the 

 state to this and kindred societies. He was fol- 

 lowed hj Mr. Flint, the secretary of the board of 

 agriculture. Governor Washburn, Hon. Nathaniel 

 Wood, and Mr. Brooks, in eloquent speeches. — 

 The several committees made their reports at the 

 Town Hall, at 4 1-2 o?clock in the afternoon. 



This exhibition is pronounced the most success- 

 ful of this society. The show of fruit was excel- 

 lent, as was that of mechanical and manufactured 

 articles. These were exhibited in the hall of the 

 new town house. The ladies, as usual, patrioti- 

 cally contributed in this work ; and specimens of 

 taste and skill were seen not only from the par- 

 lor, but the kitchen ; but the premiums on bread 

 were only awarded " to ladies less than twenty 

 years of ago." The day was bt>autiful, and thou- 

 sands of the citizens of North Worcostei- thonged 

 the streets of Fitchburg.-— /?(;s/o/i Post. 



A Bird Sekking Lodgings. — During- the cold 

 storm of Monday night, at a late hour, a small 

 Wrd knocked for admittance at a window of a ho- 

 tel which was illuminated by a light within. The 

 occupant, supposing the noise to be the pattering 

 of hail against the pane, gave it no attention. 

 Presently the "rappin<»" commenced again, when 

 the window was opened and in flew the little crea- 

 ture, apparently delightod to got into '?omP)rtabl6' 

 quarters, and confident of shelter and safety. 



