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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JAN. 31, 184 



MISCELLANEOUS 



"HOW SHALL I GROW RICH?" 



This qiipstion is one tliat most men have frequent- 

 ly nsliod tlioinsulves, and one upon wliich a great 

 deal of valuable time is wasted, in attempting to 

 supply an answer more acjreeablo lo contemplate, 

 and more easy to comply with than the true one. 

 Th(! mechanic lays down his harnmor, the student 

 liis book, the merchant his ledger and balance 

 tihect, and the financier his inventory of stocks and 

 bubbles, to ask, '' How shall I grow rich ?" The 

 judgment of each prompts a ready and correct re- 

 ply, but this tells of honest labor, unremittingly 

 pursued, and the reflection becomes disagreeable. 

 The profits of useful industry appear too slight, and 

 arise too slowly to appease their desire for wealth, 

 and they turn from the dictates of judgment to the 

 fields of fancy, to discover a shorter and easier 

 way to the object of their wishe?:. But how many 

 succeed in the sudden acquisition of fortune with- 

 out toil? And of those who do succeed, how 

 many enjoy permanently what they have so rapidly 

 ac(piiied ? Few, very few. The experience of 

 all mankind teaches us that to grow rich and to 

 rotain what we acquire, we must first become in- 

 dustrious ; then temperate ; next frugal ; and, 

 lastly, systematically just. The last is the most 

 essential constituent of prosperity. It indeed com- 

 preliends all the other elements of success. With- 

 out it, even the most industrious, temperate and 

 frugal will look in vain for wealth. 



Many honest men, who possess every otiicr cle- 

 ment of success, fail in business because they do 

 not reduce their honesty to a system. Although 

 disposed to deal justly by their customers, they 

 often miss their object, from the want of a correct 

 standard of justice, and their errors and irregulari- 

 ties eventually embarrass, if they do not put a stop 

 to, their operations. Every man should at the 

 coniiuencement of ills business, establish an uni- 

 form system of buying and selling, as well as of 

 accounts. The plan, of course, will be regulated 

 in some measure by the nature of the business ; 

 but the main feature must always be based upon 

 the principle of rcci[)rocity, and if possible, of cash 

 payments. Wlialcver you deal in, buy and sell at 

 the lowest prices compatible with quality and fair 

 profits ; and, lo do this, adopt the cash principle to 

 the fullest admissible extent, and always keep your 

 expenditures within your income. Ask no fivors, 

 and be careful how you grant any. Be just to 

 yourself and to others, for in this consists the tnie- 

 est generosity. Give every man an equivalent for 

 what you receive from him; but neither give nor 

 receive less. In the strict adherence to these 

 rules, lies all the art of growing wealthy ; in tlieir 

 violation is the secret of almost every failure. 

 Some men may complain of this system in others, 

 and call you mean if you enforce it in your deal- 

 ings with them ; but the opinion of such men is 

 not to be valued. They always want your yard- 

 stick to be four feet long, or your bushels to con- 

 tain a bushel and a half when they come lo buy of 

 you, and if you attempt to gratify their caprices, 

 you must either do it at a loss lo yourself, or you 

 must violate the principle of justice by giving to 

 others less by the same amount as you give 

 them more than they ought to receive. 



This standard of justice and rule of reciprocity 

 are as necessary to the health and success of busi- 

 ness, as the accuracy of weights and measures is 



to the adjustment of quantities. They beget confi- 

 dence between men, and insure to hiin who ad- 

 heres to them a larger, safer and more profitable 

 trade than the most plausible and promising schemes 

 of fraud and speculation can supply. Its opera- 

 tions are slow and laborious at first, but its rewards 

 are certain, durable, and satisfactory. 



Who, then, in asking himself "How shall I 

 grow rich ?" can fail to perceive, or refuse to adopt, 

 [ the reply of reason ? " Keep thy shop, and thy shop 

 will keep thee," is a maxim as sound as it is vene- 

 rable, and all the ingenuity of craft and the results 

 of speculation cannot supply ils place or produce 

 its parallel ; and if the shop be kept in the mode 

 we have pointed out, few will have cause to com- 

 plain of tlieir fortune when advanced in years, but 

 numbers will be found to say, " Thus have I grown 

 rich." — Dollar JVewspaptr. 



A Dutch Jldverllsemenl The Dutch are begin- 

 ning to vie with the Americans in the article of 

 original advertisements. A short time ago, one of 

 Dutch manufacture came under our observation. 

 Here it is, and let the reader judge of its merits 

 for himself: ''Von Roorst died on the loth inst. 

 He was the best of husbands, and his relict is in- 

 consolable at her loss. Cod rest his soul in peace, 

 is the earnest prayer of his deeply afflicted widow, 

 who will, as usual, continue to supply her friend.i 

 with the best articles in the grocery and clieese- 

 mongery line, at the most reasonable terms!" — 

 London Spectator. 



A writer of a love tale, in describing his heroine, 

 says: " Innocence dwells in the rich curls of her 

 dark hair." We should think it stood a pretty 

 smart chance of being combed out- — Mail. 



A Southern paper elegantly styles the militia 

 ■ our national fist." 



PATENT COKIV SHELLER. 



A Corn phellcr is one of the most convenient and labor 

 saving implements that the practical farmer has in use. 

 Various machines for this purpose have been invented. It 

 can he used in all cases for lurge or small sized ears. It is 

 very simple in its construcliou, and durable in its operation, 

 and no way liable to get out ot'order; oue man can work it 

 to good advantage, though a man to turn, and a boy to feed it, 

 W'-rks it much better thiin one alone. Tliey are so light and 

 portnliie. as lo be easily removed from place lo place, and 

 one machine will serve (or several families or even the in- 

 babilants of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 and 52 Nortli Market Street 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGI 



Great improvements h.avp been made the past year 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs; the mould 

 lias been so formed as to hii/ the furrow ronipleteh 

 lurmvi^ in every partitle of grass or sluhble.and leavi 

 ground tn the best possible manner. The lenotli i 

 mould board has fit a very much increased, so th; 

 1 lough works with the greatest ease, both with resr 

 the holding and the team. The Committee at the lai 

 ol Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion be asked as to which of the PI 

 we should prefer for use on a farm, we might perhaps 

 the inquirer. If your land is mostly light ami easy to 

 try 1 routy & Mears, hut if your landis heavy, hard oi 

 BEGIN WITH Ma. Howard's.'' 



At the above mentioned irial the Howard PKig 

 more work, irilh the same pmner of team, than am/ 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than twenti 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, wh' 

 Howard Plough turned twentmiine and one half ine 

 the same power of team < All acknowledge that H.r 

 1 loughs are much the strongest and most substai 

 made. 



■There has been quite an improvement made on th( 

 or land side of this Plough, which can he renewed w 

 having to furnish a new landside: ihis shoe likewise s 

 the mould board and landside together, and strenglhe 

 Plough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to St 5. A P 

 sufficieiil for breaking lip with four cattle, will cost 

 Sio 60, and Willi cutter Si, with wheel and cutler, 

 e.Ntra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and re 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Markei Street, by 



JOSKPH BRECK & ( 



WILLIS'S LATEST 1.1IPROVED VEGETABLE 



CITTER. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse, 

 No. 51 and 62 North Market Street, Boston, Willis's La- 

 lest Improved Vegetable Culler. This macnine surpasses 

 all others for the purpose ol Culling Ruta Baga, Mangel 

 Wurlzel, and other roots. The great objection lo niber 

 machines, is their cutting the roots inlo slices, which makes 

 it almost imnossible lor the cattle lo gel hold of iheni : this 

 machine wilh a little alleralion, cuts Ihem into large or small 

 pieces, of such shape as is most convenienl for the cattle to 

 eat. It will cut wilh ease from one i.o two bushels ol roots 

 per minute. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1 . 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 



200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., 

 No. 62 North Markei sl. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England At 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 andri2Norli 

 kel Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Slraw, Ha 

 Stalk Culler, operating on a mechanical princijile nul 

 applied to any implement for ihis purpose. The most 

 incnt effects of this application, and some of the conse 

 jieculiarilics of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power ren 

 lo use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is sufi 

 to v/ork it efficiently. 



2. With even ibis moderate power, it easilycutstwo 

 els a minute, which is lull twice as last as has been cli 

 by aay oilier machine even when worked by horse or ; 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in whici 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any 

 straw culler. 



4. The machine is simple inits construction, made ai 

 together very strongly. Il is therefore not so liable ; 

 complicated machines in general use lo get out of on 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for te 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J. BRECK & C 



HARRIS' TREATISE ON INSECTS. 

 For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., Harris' Treatise 

 on Insects. Price %l. Also, the second edition of Dana's 

 Muck Manual, price C24 cts. ^Feb. IS. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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