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Uood Temper or Elesaiit Specimens of Broken 



t'roclvevy. 



"We strike the New Geiictee Farmer from our 

 exchange list, llic editors haying forgotten their prom- 

 166 to send their paper lo those n ho, like ns, have 

 published their prospceius. There is a trickinees 

 about th s manoeuvre that the ogricullural press should 

 be ashamed of." 



There's for you! from the BuRLiNfiTON Gazette, 

 printed in Burlington, New Jersey, and edited beyond 

 all question by the President of the New Jersey Peace 

 Society. Unfortunate wights as we are! wc failed to 

 see his elegant sheet, until some kind young man pre- 

 sented the paragraph to our utter consternation. But 

 we hasten to make amends. We ivsukl by no means 

 lose a sheet so redolent with the spice of good liumor ; 

 and since he has seen fit to send us so uncereraonious- 

 1 / to the dogs, we dp not prcstunf to ask any longer an 

 nchangeallononeside;'but beg him to put us down 

 as subscribers, and promise to pay in the first bill of the 

 United States Bank of Pennsylvania, that comes into 

 oar possession. 



The next is from the British American Culti- 

 vator, published at Toronto; and this, another steam- 

 boat Caroline affair, threatens the peace of the two 

 countries. It isstrange that men living under a petti- 

 coat government can be so ferocious and bcJhgerent. 

 Wc shall certainly tell the aucen, when wc see her. 



" Desirous of doing all that we could to make our 

 piper interesting, we kUely applied, through a friend re- 

 siding at Rochester, to the Proprietors of the Genesee 

 Fanner, which has been so largely and liberally sup- 

 ported by our own farmers, for the privilege of using 

 their cuts when applied to the subjects in our columns. 

 They of course have many wliidi they could, without 

 inconve.iicncc, seilus; but we felt disappointed when 

 wc were informed our journal was looked upon as a 

 rival, and that consequently we had no reason to ex- 

 pe,-t any favors from such a quarter." 



Now why could not our neighbor, when he stated 

 the case, have given the words and not his version of 

 our answer to his application. Had our neighbor been 

 unfortunate, had he been p.Tor, had he been so situated 

 t'lat he could not procure cuts for himself, v,e certainly 

 should not h.-ive cut him. But the well executed en- 

 gravings of this present number show that there was 

 no such want. Why should he desire to shine in bor- 

 rowed plumes when his own feathers are so brilliant 1 

 Wc should be glad to learn upon what principle of 

 morals any man is bound to relinquish to his next-door 

 neighbor "in the same trade, any honest advantages 

 which perchance he may have from his industry or en- 

 terprize or more liberal expenditures, which same ad- 

 vantages his neighlwr may have upon the same terms. 

 We recollect a student in college sending to his 

 neighbor to borrow his bellows. The very proper an- 

 s'.ver vifas, ' come and use them at my fire all day if you 

 please.' This system is carried to perfection in Mich- 

 igan. There a woman sent a cliild to her neighbor's 

 with this civil request, '-Mamma wants to borrow 

 your baby because her breast is sore." Now we ad- 

 vise our neighbor at Toronto to move at once over the 

 line, and try in Michigan if he cannot find a cure for 

 h's broken temper. We mean nothing uncivil we as- 

 9 ire him. 



To other Papers and Elilors.—Wc are happy to ex- 

 change our humble sheet as far as lies in our power, 

 with other editors and papers, and must take our chance 

 of sometimes making an advantageous and sometimes 

 a profitless exchange ; not profitless, however, for we 

 s'.iall always be gainers by a friendly intercourse. If 

 in any instance our paper fails to go where it is desired, 

 we beg to be notified, as in no case shall such miscar- 

 riage or omission be attributable to any intentional 

 n !Tlect. 



THE^JEW GENESEE J^UMER^ 



Tae Season.— The plough was under full way 

 in Onondasa Co in one place on the 11th March. 



Indtistiy ijnd Econi.my. 



Here is a 'second letter from Zelia, " mixinw the 

 useful with the agreeable." Sh9 discusses some of the 

 causes of our public embarrassments and troubles like 

 a politician. Wc fear, however, she does not do lier 

 own sex full justice. We admit, that many women 

 have bfought ru,in upon their families by extravagance 

 in dress, furniture, apd eatertaipnionts ; but we believe 

 this has be«n done in most cases, because they have 

 been kept by their husbands ignorant of Uieir true 

 condition, and the husbands have been dispsed to en- 

 courage, oftentimes, this extravagance for the sake of 

 the reputation of wealth or for concealing their own 

 bankrupt condition. It must be said likewise, to the 

 credit of the women, '.hat in gen?ral no [len-^ns be- 

 have better than most of them under the reverses of 

 fortune; and their sense of justice is much more sel- 

 dom impaired or destroyCAl than that pf men. The 

 advice of Zclia ca-jniit, however, be amiss. We 

 ihould be glad to enlarge upon it, but shall leave it to 

 her skilful, pen. 

 Mr. Colmav — 



Encouraged by the favorable notice you gave the few 

 remarks I forwarded to you last month, I send you 

 the following observ.-itinns on Fenmk Economy, a sub- 

 ject, in my opinion, not unworthy of attention in these 

 trying times. There is a French proverb which runs 

 thus r " Women can do everything, because, they rule 

 those who command everything." I am not, nor 

 would I advise any one else to be, so vain as to believe 

 this to iU full extent, but that such and similar ideas 

 havebecomeproverbial, proves that women possess a 

 powerful influence in society; and we may ajd, in no 

 country does that influence prevail tp. a greater extent 

 than in our own. As all rational beings are responsi- 

 ble for the influence they possess, to society -and to a 

 higher authority, it may be well to consider how we 

 have exercised it; whetlier to meliorate the condition 

 of society bypromoling temperance in all things, indus- 

 try, and economy, with their natural cpnscquences, 

 1 virtue, health, happiness and independence; or wheth- 

 er its general tendency has been to cmbaiTass and im- 

 povcri-sh, to promote and encourage extravagance, folly 

 and idleness with aH their consequences. 



These are important considerations for women of 

 every age, class and conditipn, at all times, but espe- 

 cially 7W!C; and there are no means so effectual to 

 bring them before the publ;c as through yours and sim- 

 ilar "journals, the public advocates of industry and 

 economy. I believe it is generally admitted that the 

 extravagance which characterizes our age, the enor- 

 mous expenditures of time and money on mere trinMs, 

 is the predominant cause of those embarrassments that 

 press with such deadly weight on this country at pres- 

 ent; nor need the remark be limited to this country 

 It is applicable to others, but mir own country must be 

 the first object of our cons-deration. No particular 

 class is esempt from the charge. All have lived be- 

 yond their means, beyond the limits of common sense 

 and prudence, particulariy in our republican land, 

 where it should be the aim of all to secure and main- 

 tain their personal independence as well as the inde- 

 pendence of their country. Indeed these are insepera- 

 ble. Neither can be maintained withoutlrue economy. 

 No person or peo.ple who consume more than they pro- 

 duce, can long escape being enslaved some way or 

 other ; nor will the millions, who are now trodden down 

 by ill-used power, ever attain to freedom, so long as 

 they waste their scanty means in imitating the extrav- 

 agance of those whom fortune, fate, or other powei-s 

 have placed above them. Economy, public and private, 

 must be the watchword of all who aim at true happi- 

 ness and independence. Legislation, to be beneficial, 

 must be dispensed on these principles; but the certain 

 remedy, without which all else will be of ne avail, must 

 be found in the reformed habits of the people. It doc.=; 

 not requiremuch sagacity to perceive this. 



iioti 



Knil 



What I wish particulariy to speak of now, is, t 

 women have done much, both by precept and examji ^^ 

 in bringing ovu: affairs to their present depressed co ' t, 

 dition. At the advice ami solicitation of wives a: 'ifnp 

 daughters, how many hu^baads and fathers have be leiJil" 

 induced to assume, a ra^k gir above their means, to i j,| ii< 

 dulge in those fashionable fulUss and vanities that ha p'tii! 

 brought such wreck and ruin upon the land ! Ht^el^- 

 many splendid entertainments have beea given, eleg; 

 and costly furniture, carriages, dresses, jewels, &«.<S 

 purchased by those whose real income would not 

 justice have alTorded any of them, merely to gral 

 female vanity and love of false grandeur! Such I 

 incT been the case, it now becomes us, one and 

 when our airy castle? have vanished into thin air, 

 make amends by an opposite cpi,irse of conduct, 

 stead of endeavoring to rival each other in the cosi 

 ncss and splendor of our dress, fiuniture and f^ ^^p 

 things, we roijst eridvavor to excel in the prud( * 

 management of our donicstip affairs. We must « 

 suit carefully our means before soliciting our fathers 

 husbands to bity this, that or the other thing. 



Living beyond oiir means is an unlikely methoi: pi, 

 gain respect or admiration, and a sure one to bring ' '-- 

 to poverty and discontent. SimpUdli/ is more estce 

 ed by sensible people, those only whose esteem is di 

 rable, than show or gaudiness. Bright and clean i 

 niture, such as comfort and convenience demand, i 

 better evidence of good taste, good judgment, andgi ^ 

 housekeeping, than that which is elegant and expi i a 

 sive; a few well cooked dishes arc better and ml 

 creditable than a vmj great varidy, and thus if 1 

 throughont the whole range of domestic managem? | 

 We inust attend more to the useful and icss to the i jjj,j, 

 namental. W'eir.ust devote but a very small porti Wu' 

 o« our time to the making of bead work-bags, net w(A » 

 and such Hke, while other more important duties!^ ^^^ 

 neglected. AVc should spend few of our mornings-) .|,( 

 afternoons riding or walking in search of healtMl idI, 

 exercise, while the flower garden, withitsten thousi* * 

 charms, craves our spare hour, and offers in retta - 

 health and the purest and sweetest of human enjfll (,[ 

 menLs. In fine, we should remember that we are « ii 

 countable beings, accountable for the time, the talew *^ 

 and the influence wluch God has kindly given t- ^^^^ 

 Our hours and days should not be permitted to p»» p,, 

 unproductively away, while so much embarrassrae- He 

 prevails and the means of living are so scantUy < S 

 joyed by many of our fellow beings. Not a day nor 

 hour scarcely passes, but affords us an opportunity ^^ 

 extending a charitable hand, if wc could aObrd it, a. ,j 

 why then should we be so foolisji, sp irrational, as ■ 

 spend SIP mucli as we have done pn mere baubles, co 

 paratively % I am not desirous of curtailing the pic 

 uresof life, or hoarding up riches for their own sal 

 no such thing; but would recommend such true ec. 

 omy as will promote permanent and rational happine 

 and enable us to do good where the opportunity ^ 

 sents itself. For any other purpose, the acquisitipn 

 wealth is scarcely worth a thought. 



This subject, I doubt not, will be deemed by so 

 quite inai^ropriate for the female pen ; but I only 

 crret that I cannot bestow more talent on it. It is 

 "veil deserving of female attention as an elegant po 

 jr a romantic story. It is now time to treat of the 

 alities of life, stern though they be. I hope the subj 

 'ill find many and able advocates. 



Yours. &c. ZELIA 



P. S. I am much gratified to find a "kindred spii 

 such as W. B. in your column^. 1 hope he will coi 

 nne to ply liis talented pcn.and give us instructioDf 

 gardening, now when welcome spring is at hand, 

 hope I may soon have the pleasure of finding ma 

 such spirits in youi columns. I am sorry that 

 name did not seem to you appropriate.but youknow ^ 

 Rose bv any other name would smell as Bweet.'^ . 



