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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



measure responsible for the health of our family. — 

 If we do not know that poor bread, hot buns, rich 

 pastry, hearty and late suppers, and meals at ir- 

 resjular intervals, are unhealthy; or that a suffi- 

 cient supply of clean bed-linen, or fiesh air in the 

 bed-rooms, is as necessary to health as to comfort, 

 then our ignorance is responsible for the dyspepsy 

 and other diseases that may ensue. 



A little forethought often facilitates matters 

 wonderfully; — as with bread — if it beset to sponge 

 at night it may be baked by the morning fire, thus 

 saving the trouble of keeping a fire in the afternoon 

 and getting up from one's reading or sewing to at- 

 tend to it. There is another thing that takes a 

 great deal of our time, and that is visiting. Not 

 that I would discourage visiting in the least, but 

 the parade attending it. Weshould visit our friends 

 much oftener, could we "drop in" — spend the af- 

 ternoon, and take tea with the family, without giv- 

 ing the good mistress the trouble of preparing two 

 or three extra dishes for our particular benefit, be- 

 sides having an extra room to set to right next 

 morning. 



There is another fashion coming among us, which 

 I suppose has travelled up from some city ; thnt 

 we shall not work when we visit, — as if we could 

 not as well do some plain sewing and knitting, as 

 do nothing but talk. But no, our grandmothers 

 took work — it looks so old fashioned, and that is 

 enough to shut the door of society against any- 

 thing. 



Finally, if any of our sister readers, that shall 

 happen to glance upon this, can give us any hints 

 to improve us in our art, we shall be most devoutly 

 thankful, for we are young, as will doubtless be 

 conjectured, and need all the information we can 

 get. We are, meanwhile, 



Most earnestly yours, 

 — Rural Neio- Yorlcer . Lucy. 



THE CHARMS OF LIFE. 



There are a thousand things in this world to 

 afflict and sadden, butO ! how many that are beau- 

 tiful and good ! The world teems with beauty — 

 with ol)jects that gladden the eye and warm the 

 heart. We might be happy if we would. There 

 are ills we cannot escape; the approach of disease 

 and death; of misfortune; the sundering of early 

 ties; and the canker-worm of grief; but a vast ma- 

 jority of the evils that beset us might be avoided. 

 The course of intemperance, interwoven as it is 

 with all the ligaments of society, is one which 

 never strikes but to destroy. There is not one 

 bright page upon the record of its progress; no- 

 thing to shield it from the heartiest execration of 

 the human race. It should not exist; it must not. 

 Do away with all this — let wars come to an end; 

 and let friendship, love, charity, purity and kind- 

 ness, mark the intercourse between man and man. 

 We are too selfish, as if the world was made for 

 us alone. How much happier would we be were 

 we to labor more earnestly to promote each other's 

 good. God has blessed us with a home which is 

 not all dark. There is sunshine everywhere — in 

 the sky, upon the earth — there would be in most 

 hearts if we would look around us. The storms 

 die away and a bright sun shines out. Summer 

 drops her tinted curtain upon the earth, which is 

 very beautiful, even when autumn breathes her 

 ehanging breath upon it. God reigns in heaveu. 



Murmur not at a Being so bountiful, and we can 

 live happier than we do. 



KEEP YOUR BACK WARM. 



About 20 years ago, I read a medical treatise 

 which stated "that the back is the most valuable 

 part of the human system through which most of 

 the colds enter." 



Recollecting that when I took cold suddenly, I 

 noticed that my back was generally cold, I had my 

 waistcoat cushioned along the back, six or eight 

 inches wide, since which time I have not taken 

 cold one-quarter as often as before. Several who 

 have tried the experiment at my suggestion, have 

 informed me that in their opinion they have been 

 materially benefited thereby. 



The philosophy of it is, that by putting more 

 clothing along the spine than elsewhere, other parts 

 become chilly first, and warn to guard against ta- 

 king cold, while the increased clothing at the same 

 time prevents such a sudden change of temperature. 

 Take care — coming from the back is generally too 

 late, the cold bus already become seated. 



I hold that cold and damp feet cause many colds, 

 because they induce to chill the back more than be- 

 cause they cool the extremities. 



None of all the lower animals the Lord has cloth- 

 ed has less clothing on the back than upon other 

 parts of the body. To me it looks frightful to see 

 so many delicate persons go with their backs and 

 feet half clothed. But while hosts are cracking up 

 for agricultural societies and bureaus to improve 

 the breed of our domestic animals, the favored of 

 the people are worshipping the great Moloch of 

 fashion, and sacrificing upon his shrine multitudes 

 of the choicest portions of our race. C. Rich 



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