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nature of the printing art, that tends to originate and per- 

 petuate habits of severer industry, than any other occu- 

 pation or calling ? 



After disposing of his printing establishment and busi- 

 ness, he purchased a farm, of eighty-five acres of land, 

 near the city of Albany, which then' helped to compose 

 that tract of land, lying west of the city, and appropri- 

 ately denominated, the ' Sandy Barrens.' That which, 

 for some years past, has been so extensively and favora- 

 bly known as the ' Albany Nursery,' then, lay an open 

 common, unimproved, covered with bushes, and appar- 

 ently doomed to everlasting sterility. These unpromis- 

 ing appearances, which, to a common mind, would have 

 presented insuperable obstacles, served to increase the 

 efforts, rather than damp the ardor, of Judge Buel. 

 Difficulties, hinderances, obstructions, were, with him, 

 e very-day familiars. His mind had been, in some meas- 

 ure, formed under their influence. He recognised and 

 acted on the doctrine, that, where God has done little, it 

 is incumbent on man to do much ; and that nothing in this 

 world is ever lost, by courting situations, that require the 

 expenditure of unremitted effort. Man was made to la- 

 bor, both corporeally and mentally, and liis happiness in 

 life depends, much more than he is generally aware of, 

 on the strict obedience which he yields to this primal law 

 of his being. 



On this farm, he continued to reside, until the time of 

 his death. Under his untiring and well-directed industry, 

 the most unpromising indications soon disappeared, and, 

 as a practical commentary upon the truth of his agricul- 

 tural doctrine, and in proof that he in reality practised 

 what he preached, it may be mentioned, that the same 

 acre of land, which, in 1 821, he purchased for thirty 

 dollars, is now worth, at a moderate estimate, two hun- 

 dred dollars. 



While residing on his farm, since 1821, he has several 

 times represented the city and county of Albany, in the 

 popular branch of the Legislature of this State ; has been, 

 for several years, and was, at the time of his death, a 

 Regent of the University ; and, in the Fall of 1836, re- 



