vol.. X VI. so. 19. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



149 



summer may be laid down in slone crocks, and 

 iiir'acc covered with brine of strengtii siifli- 

 it to bear up an egg. In winter tbis will an- 

 r all tbo purposes for cookery, and even for 

 e will be sweeter than much that finds it way 



J. P. KIRTLAND. 

 lockport, Oct., 14, 1842. 



TIIF. WIFE OF A SHOEMAKER. 

 I can always smell a shoemaker, if there is one 

 e room," said the proud and fashionable Eliza 

 -, whose wealthy parents had brought up in 

 foolish principle that labor was degrading. Her 

 i had been cast in such a mould, that when 

 ce tbr 'w a mechsnic or a farmer in lier way, 

 indeavnred by her acts, or her conversation, to 

 inc^e him she was his superior. Indulged with 

 lat wealth could bestow, the haughty girl had 

 ish ungratified. A desire was simply express- 

 nd her request was granted. Others attended 

 ants, so that she grew up not only wholly 

 quain^ed with domestic affairs, but she could 



common sewing. When in company, the 



1 girl took particular pains to show her con- 

 t for the worthy mechanic, by making some 

 jper remark, or not deigning to cast upon him 

 gle gracious look. It was at a public house, 

 e a journeyman shoemaker happened to be 

 nt, that Eliza made the remark, " I can al- 

 smell a shoemaker." The words were ad- 



ed to a young woman wlio expected to bc- 

 the wife of the very mechanic ; but she being 

 wise and less fashionable, did not deign to 



but turned the conversation to some more 

 able topic. 



w unstable is property ! The man who to- 

 ides in his carriage, the possessor of millions, 

 row may bo a bankrupt. Events which the 

 pri^dent cannot foresee, nor the closest calcu- 

 guurd against, have une.xpectedly dashed the 

 5t hopes and sunk the largest property. It 

 o in the case of the father of Eliza. When 

 full tide of prosperity, adding riches to rich- 

 d never dreaming that life would be anything 

 mshine, a dark cloud suddenly overspread his 

 His extensive wealth was swept almost in- 

 neously from, his grasp, and he became a poor 



His house, his carriage, his splendid furni- 

 as taken from him, and the possessor of a for- 

 lecame a beggar. The gorgeous palace was 

 nged for a hovel, servants were dismissed, 

 e delicate, the proud Eliza was the daughter 

 Mor a father as the humblest mechanic of 

 :qtiaintance. Poor girl ! it was an awful 

 to her. She had lived as if riches had no 

 , but were as permanent as her family name, 

 ner erroneous ideas, totally unprepared for 

 .sad reverse of fortune, it came with tenfold 

 Joignancy. 



■ shoemaker married the girl of his choice — 

 iman who considered it an honor to be the 

 tcr of a hard-working mechanic and the wife 

 urneyman. He prospered — commenced busi- 

 jr himself — was steady, industrious and eco- 

 il, and as a matter of course, succeeded well 

 'ed comfortably and contentedly. In a few 

 he purchased a small but convenient dwel- 

 nd by the prudence of his wife and his own 

 rious habits, became an independent man, 

 ;es as happy as mortal could wish, 

 'as a bitter cold day in the depth of winter, 

 a female, poor and destitute, called at the 

 ng of the meclianic, begging for a little as- 



sistance. She was the once haughty Eliza . 



Till' benevolent wifi; of the mechanic took pity up- 

 on her, and being in want of help, took her into 

 llie family. Nothing hard was put upon her to do, 

 while she often in tears expressed her gratitude for 

 the kindnesses received, and regretted from her 

 heart the folly of her early days. "If I had my 

 life to live over again," she often said, "I would 

 early accustom myself to labor, and do all in my 

 power to elevate the mechanic." 



Eliza lived iir this pleasant family for some time, 

 during which she became acquainted with a jour- 

 neymlBi shoemaker in the employ of her friend, and 

 finally became his bride. Having learned a useful 

 lesson by her.ri'iisfnrtunes, F.liza made a prudent 

 and industfuios wife, and now lives comfortably 

 and happily. Whenever she hears a young and 

 thoughtless girl speak in terms of contempt of an 

 industrious mechanic, or sees him shunned on ac- 

 count of his freckled, sun-browned face and cal- 

 loused hands, she administers a gentle reproof, and 

 relates her own experience. 



From this story many a pampered devotee of 

 fashion may learn a profitable lesson. If you are 

 borne along by the tide of successful prosperity, 

 are indulged by injudicious parents in all the luxu- 

 ries and extravagances and follies of life, have an 

 eye, we pray you, to the future. Trust not to un- 

 certain riches, but prepare yourselves for every 

 emergency in life. Learn to work ; and not to de- 

 pend upon servants to make your bread, sweep your 

 floors and darn your stockings. Above all, do not 

 esteem lightly those worthy and honorable young 

 men who sustain themselves and help support their 

 aged parents by the work of their own hand.s, while 

 you caress and receive to your houses those lazy, 

 idle, popinjays, who never lift their fingers to help 

 themselves, as long as they can keep body and soul 

 together, and get funds sufficient to live in the 

 fashion. If you are wise you will look at this sub- 

 ject in the light that we do — and when you are 

 old enough to become wives, you will prefer the 

 honest mechanic with not a cent to commence life, 

 to the fashionable loafer with a capital often thou- 

 sand dollars. Whenever we hear the remark, 

 " Such a young lady has married a fortune," we al- 

 ways tremble for her future prosperity. Nine ca- 

 ses in ten, property left to children by wealthy pa- 

 rents turns out to be a curse instead of a blessing. 

 Young women, remember this ; and instead of 

 sounding the purses of your lovers, and examining 

 the cut of their coats, look into their habits and 

 hearts. Mark if they have trades and can depend 

 upon themselves, with minds that will lead them to 

 look above a butterfly existence — and if so, always 

 give preference to them. Talk not aboutthe beau- 

 tiful white skin and the soft delicate hands and the 

 splendid form, and the fine appearance of the younT 

 gentlemen: — let not these foolish considerations 

 engross your thoughts. On the contrary, let a 

 healthy constitution, a* stout fist and a brown skin, 

 accompanied with a virtuous deportment, induce 

 you to make that choice which will result in your 

 future happiness Portland Tribune. 



There is an elasticity in the human mind capa- 

 ble of bearing much, but which will not show it- 

 self until a certain weight of affliction be put upon 

 it : its powers may be compared to those vehicles 

 whose springs are so contrived that they get on 

 easily and gently enough when loaded, but jolt 



confoundedly when they have nothing to bear 



Lacon. 



HANDLING STOCK. 



There are a great many persons who do not un- 

 derstand even the signification of the term hmidlin^, 

 as applied to cattle, sheep and swine. It i.^ a sub- 

 ject pretty difficult for words alone to explain, and 

 to thoroughly learn it, one must go into the cattle 

 yard and pons with a good instructor, and do so 

 from the living subjects themselves. A knowlgdge 

 of handling is of the first importance to tin' breed- 

 er and grazier, and if ignorant of it, they can never 

 produce animals of quick feeding properties, unless 

 guided by others, or by mere chance. 



As well as the term handling can be defined on 

 paper, it is this. When we press the finners upon 

 the fleshy parts of an animal, and the Imir, hide 

 and especially the flesh beneath have a fine, soft 



firm, elastic spring, it is called good hiindlin<r • 



on the contrary, if they are coarse, thick, hard and 

 rigid to the feeling, with little or no sprintr under 

 the pressure of the fingers, that is called hud hmid- 

 lijxg. Of course there are as many degrees in 

 handling, from very bad to very good, as there are 

 grades of animals. The better an animal handles, 

 the kinder or quicker it feeds; that is, the sooner 

 it will mature — become fully grown for the pur- 

 pose of breeding, or to fat for the butcher; and 

 will do so at a much less consumption of food than 

 a bad handler. By cultivating, therefore, a race of 

 cattle that handles well, there is a savin-r in two 

 ways; first, we gain time ; second, we gain food ; 

 as a good-handling steer, for instance, will be fully 

 grown and fat for the butcher, the fall after he is 

 four years old ; whereas, it will take the bad-hand- 

 ler two to three years longer to mature and become 

 fat, and at this time he will weigh no more than 

 the four-years old steer ; and the quality of his 

 meat will be not as good. The breeder of this 

 last, then, has lost at least two years interest on 

 the amount of money for which the first sold ; two 

 years more of risk by accident. and disease; two 

 years more time and attention to his animal, and 

 two years additional consumption of food; which 

 altogether makes a difference, probably, at least, of 

 fifty per cent, in favor of good-handling beasts. 



So important is handling considered in England, 

 that when the grazier comes to purchase stock of 

 the breeder to feed through the season, to fat for 

 the butcher, he would rather buy his animals i/mrf. 

 folded, and handle \.hem, than by an inspection of 

 the eye alone, without handling. This observation 

 applies more particularly to the improvid breeds of 

 cattle ; the unimproved, such as the Scotch, Welsh, 

 and from several counties of England, are judged 

 by the eye alone ; still, when not too wild to get 

 his hand upon them, the grazier, in purchasing, 

 will always feel their fleshy parts with his fingers, 

 the better to assist his judgment in a profitable out- 

 lay of his capital. 



Lectures ought to be publicly delivered on this 

 subject, with the living animals before the auditors, 

 at all our cattleshows ; for our breeders and gra- 

 ziers are deplorably ignorant upon the point of 

 good or bad handling. — Amer. Agriculturist. 



A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foun- 

 dation than Stoicism ; he is pleased with every 

 thing that happens, because he knows it could not 

 happen unless it had first pleased God, and that 

 what ])leases him must be best. He is assured that 

 no new thing can befall him, and that lie is in the 

 hands of a father who will prove him with no afflic- 

 tion that resignation cannot conquer, or that death 

 cannot cure Lacon. 



