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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



or liorse, under any circumstances whatever, with 

 the hame string tied — if they do, ivhip them 

 toiiJiout fail. Then if they are thrown from 

 their animals, and they ^et tangled with the 

 chains, negro and gear all come to the ground 

 tog;ether, nine times out of ten. Remember it 

 everybody. Yours, &c., 



G. D. Harmon. 



From the Ohio Cidtivaior, 



The Sewing MacMne. 



Among the departments of labor to which 

 the attention of inventive genius has been 

 turned, resulting in the production of labor 

 saving machines, we are glad to know the 

 depaitment belonging more especially to 

 women, has not been passed by. The 

 sphere of labor, which seems to fall natu- 

 rally to the lot of woman, is composed of 

 an unceasing round of duties, the majority 

 of which, perhaps, considered singly, ap- 

 pear trivial, yet when performed faithfully 

 by the patient housewife, leave her little 

 or no time for rent, intellectual enjoyment, 

 or mental culture, and often prove too 

 much for her physical strength. As a wife, 

 she has no time to cultivate her mind and 

 acquire knowledge fitting her to be a social 

 companion for her husband, or, as a mo- 

 ther, to implant the germs of knowledge 

 in the minds of her children, and lead 

 them forth in*the paths of moral and in-jfor 



few days, it gives to woman, leisure for 

 recreation and intellectual pursuits : thus 

 enabling her to elevate herself to a posi- 

 tion in which she can be a social compan- 

 ion for her educated husband, a guide, in 

 the paths of knowledge, to her children, 

 and be respected in society, as well for her 

 wisdom and intelligence, as for her wo- 

 manly graces and attractions. 



The time will yet come, when the Sew- 

 ing Machine will be as essential an article 

 of household furniture as the cooking- 

 stove, and the long, weary task of family 

 sewing will be but little more than a pleas- 

 ins: pastime. Ellie Watson. 

 ^Westfield, Sept., 1S58. 



tellectual advancement. 



One thing which weighs most 

 upon the hands of the housewife 

 family sewing. Every moment 

 which she can spare from her active la- 

 bors, must be devoted to the needle. 



From the Rural New Yorker. 



Hints on Farm Improvement. 



" How can I improve my farm — how 

 can I increase its symmetry, fertility, and 

 capacity for profitable cultivation ?'' asks 

 the progressive farmer, and the question 

 receives his earnest and frequent consid- 

 eration. He studies the condition of his 

 farm, and its facilities for improvement, 

 with an eye to putting it into the highest 

 state of productiveness within his reach. 

 He looks to its adaptation to different ])ro- 

 ducts, and to the best means of preparing 

 large returns from those suited to its 

 I capacity ; not by the twilight of tradition 

 heavily alone, but in the sunshine of modern a^:- 



Stitching, toiling, often late into the night 



robbing her system of its needed rest, she 

 manages to clothe her family in garments 

 which her own busy fingers have fashion- 

 ed. 



How many a noble woman has struggled 

 and toiled, rearing a large family, who, 

 when they no longer required her care, 

 beheld her frail, over-wrought form, trem- 

 bling on the verge of the grave, and the 

 existence, which might have been prolong- jer attention, 

 ed far down the pleasant slope of a peace-! able amount 



brought to an untimely close.! will be well rewarded, and cannot be with- 



fui old age, 



But a remedy for the evil has been pre 

 sented to woman, in the Sewing Machine. 

 It takes the work fi-or^i her weary fingers, 

 which would occupy them for long, weary 

 hours, and completes it in a few brief min- 

 utes, performing the labor of weeks in a 



is her ricultural literature, an aid to which he 

 of time I gratefully acknowledges his obligations. 



Every farmer sliould study thus — should 

 earnestly seek to make the best of the means 

 and opportunities he possesses. 



One of the first questions — to take prac- 

 tical particulars — to be considered is this : 

 " Do I av;ii! myself of every means within 

 rny reach to increase my stock of manure } 

 Do I give care and labor to this object, 

 commensurate with its importance in fur- 

 thering the ends proposed?" H' so, the 

 ground and basis of farm improvement is 

 laid. If not, let the matter receive great- 

 resting assured that a reason- 

 of labor in this department 



held without great prejudice to progress. 



The division of the farm into fields of 

 an extent appropriated to the amount of 

 manure made in any year, should be ac- 

 complished. Especially should this be the 

 case, on all farms where a mixed husband- 



