No. 4. 



A N D G A R [) E N E R ' S JOURNAL. 



61 



Samuel Wise, of Benton; Henry Husted, of PotUT; 

 D. B. Lindsley, of Middlesex; Uriah Hnni'ord, of Je- 

 rusalem, and Elisha Doubleday, of Italy. 



Executine Committee — Charles Lee, of Milo; Bcnj. 

 Tuthill, of Starkcy; A F. Whittaker, of Binton; 

 George Wagener, of Jerusalem; James P. Robinson, 

 of Potter; Joseph McCain, of Barrington; Alexander 

 Basset, ot Middlesex; and Elisha Borker, of Italy. 



Corresponding and llctording Secretary, U. A. 

 Ogden, Pcnn-Yon. 



Treasrurer — Ebon Smith, Penn-Yan. 



On motion of D. D. Van Allen, of Starkey, it wos 



Kcsolced, That the persons who shall now become 

 members, and those who join the society previous to 

 tho first of September next, be not required to pay 

 their initiotion fee of $1 wntil that lime. 



On motion of D. A. Ogden, of Milo, 



Resolved, That copies of the proceedings of this 

 meeting, together with the Constitution here adopted, 

 be presented to the papers published in this county, 

 with a request to publish them, and also that they be 

 sent to the Cttlticator and the New Genesee Farmer, 

 with similar request. 



On motion of A. F. Whittaker, of Benton, 



Kesolrcd, That this meeting adjourn, to meet again 

 on Thurslay, the 4ih of June next, at 2 o'clock P. M. 

 HExN'RY SPENCE, Ch'n. 



Cha's. Lee, Secretary. 



For the New Genesee Farmer. 

 The Travelling Agent— A Dream. 



Messrs. Editors — Some weeks ago, having spent 

 the evening in reading the 2d. No. of your paper; in 

 which you say so much about agents and corresjion- 

 dent«, patrons, «fec., I went to bed, thinking that, 

 whatever others might do, I would sooner give a dol- 

 lar for your paper than fifty cents for the "Cultivator." 

 As I had already subscribed for the "Farmer," and 

 paid in adrance, my conscience was clear, and, as a 

 natural consequence, sweet slumber, — the working 

 man's friend, — soon transported me into the :Erial re- 

 gions of fancy. 



I thought that, on coming home with my wife from 

 an afternoon's visit, we found a man awaiting our re- 

 turn, who, although for my life I cou!d not recollect 

 that I had ever seen him before, seemed overjoyed to 

 Bee us; and forthwith began to call ue his dear friends, 

 to tell us how happy he was when travelling to pass 

 the night at a neat, quiet farmer's house, and particu- 

 larly at the houee of a Christian brother; that he had 

 nothing to do with taverns; as he could not in eon- 

 science patronize them whilst they persisted in selling 

 liquor: he was not disposed to cousin his living out of 

 any body, — was as far from being a spunge as any 

 man on cartn; but as Christians, real erangelicul, ex- 

 perimental Christians always esteem it a privilege to 

 entertain each other, he had no doubt we would be glad 

 to see him: and moreover, as he wanted me to sub- 

 scribe for some periodicals, books, &c., he had taken 

 the liberty to put his horse in the barn, bring in his 

 tranks, and await our return. 



By this time I recognized him as the man of whom 

 I, several years before, had bought some half a doz.big bi- 

 bles; and my wife, who always sees things sooner than I 

 do, had got tho tea-kettle over and some ham and 

 eggs cooking fjr his supper. At the table he compli- 

 mented hsr highly for her skill and taste in otilinary 

 matters; — said she had provided for him just such a 

 repast as his circumstances and appetite required, for, 

 in fact, he had had no dinner, and was as hungry as 

 Q wolf. — Indeed, said he, I never sat more than twice 

 a day when travelling, luiless by chance I happen at 

 an old friend's house about dinner time. My horse 

 loo — poor creature — generally gets nothing from 

 morning till night; but then he holds his own very 

 Well, for I always give him a peck of oata at night 

 and as much in the morning. Your boys, I suppose, 

 (turning to me J go to the barn before they go to bed, 

 and I am so tired I believe I won't go out to night. — 

 My wife remarked that, as he travelled so much, she 

 should think his acquaintance with the world would 

 be extensive. O, yes, said he, I have travelled no 

 much and read so much, that I know 'most every body 

 and every thing. I enquired if he brought any news 

 from the city. Yes, said he, glorious news ! — great 

 revivals in religion ! ! I enquired in what churches ? 

 He answered in all the churches of the evangelical de- 

 nominations; — all but the Roman Catholics and Epis- 

 copaliann; and, indeed, in one Episcopal Church; hut 

 iheir minister was not, in sentiment, an Episcopal, an 

 — or R imnn ("atholic — (for he considered them all 

 one.) He was the only ecangelical minister in these 

 denomination) which h.^ in his extensive acquain- 

 tance, had ever met with. He said the good man had 

 b-e;i IVeqiienily mliclted to lake [he ofTire of ,t liisbo-i; 



but his conscience constrained him to decline it; fur he 

 well knew that it was a mere figment of popery; — a 

 device of the "man of sin." 



Supiier being over, he said he would now enter up- 

 on business, and forthwith presented me with a sub- 

 scription list for several periodicals and books, such as 

 the "Friend of Man," the "Advocate of Moral Re- 

 form," the " Downfall of Babylon," &c. But his 

 principal object was to obtain subscribers for the "Cul- 

 tivator." This he was the more anxious to do, be- 

 cause, since ftlr. Tucker had agreed to transl'cr the 

 "Genesee Farmer" and its patronage to the Cultiva- 

 tor, a worthless catch-penny concern had been got up 

 at Rochester, which, as it had neither funds, editor, 

 correspondents, nor any thing else to sustain it, must 

 prove a disgracelul failure. 



He ne.vt opened his large trunk and displayed his 

 books; consisting of bibles, large and small, — testa- 

 ments and p<)alm books, — histories and biographies, — 

 voyages and travels, — dream-books ond fortune tellers, 

 — complete letter writers and jovial songsters, — Ma- 

 ria Monk, with plates, and the Horrors of Slavery, 

 with cuts, — Fair Rosamond and the Sorrows of Wer- 

 ter, — Pamelia and Clarissa Harlow, — Jack, the Giant 

 Killer, and Tom Thumb, together with many more, 

 too numerous to detail. 



While tumbling over these with a great deal of 

 pleasure, my little dog, (a worthless cur: I nni deter- 

 mined to shoot him for it,) set up such a barking as to 

 awaken me to the provoking reality that / luid all this 

 time been dreaming I Yes, dieaming^ if you will 

 believe; — nothing on earth but dreaming I ! 



HOSPITALITY. 



Remarlis — What amusing images does fancy some- 

 times place before the mind during its nocturnal revcr- 

 iesl If " Hospitality" had not assured us that the 

 above was "all a dream," we should have declared 

 that he wos relating an actual occurrence. The lively 

 sketch he has drawn of the " travelling agent," bears 

 such a Strong resemblance to one of that class who is 

 well known among farmers in t'uis section, that our 

 readers will not fail to perceive the likeness. Should 

 any of our friends chance to receive a visit from this 

 character, we wish they would have the kindness to 

 request him to read one of hie "big bibles" a little, 

 before he sells any more of them; as from what we 

 have heard of his assertions respecting the A'cio Gene- 

 see Farmer, we think he cannot have read ony such 

 precepts as, " Tliou shalt not bear false witness against 

 thy neighbor." — F.ds. New Genesee Farmer. 



For the New Genesee Farmer. 



Rules for a Good Xeighborhcod. 



1. If you would enjoy the blessings of a good 

 neighborhood, take care that you furnish your share of 

 the capital stock: — put into the concern one good 

 neighbor, and your object is half attained already. 



2. Consider that Providence has wisely, (and may 

 we not say mercifully ?) subjected the family of fallen 

 man to a slate of mutual dependence. Avoid then 

 the vain chimera of undertaking to set up that rnoibid 

 kind of independence which is adapted only to the 

 condition of the misanthrope or the hermit. 



3. Keep good I'ences and ordeily cattle. If you 

 have an unruly beast, get rid of him immediately, for 

 your own sake as well os your neighbor's: belter kill 

 him and throw him to the dogs than keep him on 

 your farm. 



4. Ask ol your neighbor such favors, end such on- 

 ly, as (all things considered) appear to be reasoncble; 

 avoiding on the one hand a rude onnoynnce of nir.n- 

 ner,andon the oth^r a cringing servility. And take good 

 heed that you ask of no ons aught which you could 

 not prudently, or would not c'rveei fully, recprocato in 

 kind. If you cannot safely underwrite him aa securi- 

 ty, don't ask his name upon your paper. 



5. Refuse no decent man any thin;' within the 

 bounds of reason; with a real good neighbor go even 

 farther. If you see him in want of any thing which 

 you can conveniently spare, offer it to him: — if his 

 grain is standing in the fiehl after yours is secured, 

 turn in with all your forces ond help him. If you p"? 

 his team accidenially broken up in the pressing i...- 

 geney of seed time, cast about and try to get it started 

 again. With such a man (for I am now speaking of 

 "a rcrt/ j^oo./ neighbor") keep no accounts for "use of 

 h.arrow | day, S.} lbs. mutton lent," &«. When you 

 butcher," send him a piece of meat: never stand about 

 steelyards or memorandum book. If your green pens, 

 encumbers, or any other vegetables or fruit, chance to 

 b.: earlier tli.tn his. or if his should happen m fail bi;n. 



look to it, consider the matter, and do as ) ou would ha 

 done by. 



G. Should you chance (and very like you may) to 

 have a neighbor, (or rather a person liring near you,) 

 who decidedly prefers borrowing to buying, who, de- 

 void of all shame or decency, is fully bent on sponging 

 his living out of his neighbors, who is determined lo 

 sell every Thing and buy nothing, who borrows sharp 

 tools and returns dull ones, borrows sound tools and 

 returns broken ones, makes a granary of his neighbor's 

 bags, &c. : even such an one give a fair trial. "Heap 

 coals of lire upon his head." If these don't thaw him 

 out; if you can't by kindness, or any other means, 

 start his bristles, (and it is not probable that you will,) 

 then, frankly, but kindly, tell him his faults; tell him, 

 moreover, that you cannot recognize him as a neigh- 

 bor; consign him to his kindred spiiita for society, and 

 cut his acquaintance. 



7. Should you unfortunately, as possibly you may, 

 find vour neighbors exclusively made up of such char- 

 acters as last described, don't wait to be murdered by 

 inches; write " Farm for Sale" upon a shingle, noil it 

 on your barn po.«t, take the first otfer you get, (for a 

 farm in Sodom can't be worth much,) and "flee for 

 your life." 



8. If you have a good-hearted, reasonable neighbor, 

 who, not by his fault, but by sheer misfortune, is un- 

 able to furnish himself with all the necessary imple- 

 ments for his business, and who cannot, by reason of 

 his poverty, return you measure for meesure, turn 

 not your back upon him because he is poor. Remem- 

 ber you are but a steward, and thot to Him "who hoib 

 made you to differ" you must give an account of 

 your stewardship. "If you lend only to them of 

 whom you hope to receive what thank have you ?" 



9. Don't charge your hired man, (if he is a faithful 

 servant,) or your neighbor, on whom you depend for 

 like favors, a few shillings for the hire of a horse or 

 the hke; but if your neighboring tradetman or me- 

 chanic should have your horse and butgy to go to 

 town, or your team to plough his garden, charge him 

 for it: not, however, because he is a mechanic, but 

 because he is not at the expense to keep such things 

 himself, and can therefore aflbrd to payfortheni; 

 and also because he (very properly) charges you for 

 every patch he puis on your shoe, or for evcryl inch- 

 pin he puts in your buggy. 



10. In all your neigh'oorhood intercourse remember 

 that seliishnces is a universal innate depravity; mid 

 make rcaeonahle allowance for its influence upon both 

 parlies. I will not undertake to impose an arbitrary 

 larifl'ofduty upon this insidious evil; but will suggest 

 that you ollow about 10 per cent, for each parly:— e. g. 

 your neighbor says "I have broken your axe, what 

 shall I pay you for it V Now, if you candidly think 

 the tool was woith '20s., allow 10 per cent, for your 

 own selfishness, i. e. 2s., and as much more for his, 

 and this will give you $2 for the price of the axe. — 

 Don't say you are not accountable for his selfishness. 

 He may be blind to it, and yet in the main a kind, 

 good-hearted, generous man. Many a man has lost a 

 good ni'igl.bor by being "more nice than wise," — by 

 being, in fact, "penny-wise and pound-foolish." 



11. Should the foregoing rales, by reason of their 

 imperfections, fail you as a guide, under peculiar cir- 

 cumstances; or should you meet with any difficulty in 

 applying the principles of them to any particular cose; 

 then, (taking care to allow as above directed for sel- 

 fishness,) change places, in imagination, with your 

 neighbor, — assume hie sit lalion in the transnction, — 

 and enquire of your own conscience of whot, in view 

 of all the circumstances, you would hove reason to ex- 

 pect at his hand, were your circumstances and situa- 

 tions reversed- and as that honest monitor shall ad- 

 judge, do you even so: — for "all things whatsoever yo 

 would that men should do to you, do ye even so lo 

 them; for this is the law and the prophets." 



A Young Dc'Ton Bull for Sale. 



Messrs. F.DiTOKS — If any of your numerous read- 

 ers wish to purchase a full blooded Devoufihire Bull, 

 plehse infornt thdn that E. P. Beck, of Sheldon, Gen- 

 esee County, two miles S. W. of Varysburg, hastn 

 excellent yearling one for sale. Ilia of a bright icJ 

 color, ond but lilt'e, if any inferior in size to the im 

 proved Durhams. Those who imagine the Devons to 

 be diminutive, would do well to call and see Mr, Beck's 

 stock of ihat breed, Rearcctfully, yours, 



W. GinKl'TT, 



