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     THE FARMERS DEPARTMENT. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Of the general principles of rearing, managing and 
     
     feeding domestic animals. 
     
    

    
     Immediately after the birth of every animal, 
     
     eVen of such as are domesticated, the rudiments 
     
     ofits education, as well asits bodily nourish- 
     
     ment, are necessarily given b the mother. 
     
     For this purpose the latter should, during her 
     
     pregnancy, have been daily protected against 
     
     all extremes of temperature well provided with 
     
     shed and shelter, and abundantly supplied with 
     
     food and water. When the period ofgestation 
     
     arrives, she should, in general, also be sepa- 
     
     rated from the restof the flock or herd. and 
     
     by whatever means the case may demand, kept 
     
     comfortable and tranquil. 
     
    

    
     After the birth. the first interference on the 
     
     part of man should be that ofsupplying the mo- 
     
     therwith food ofa light and delicate quality, 
     
     compared to that which she had been in the 
     
     habit of using, and also of administering the 
     
     same description of food to the offspring; so far 
     
     as it may by its nature be able to use it The 
     
     gentlest treatment should accompany these 
     
     operations; and the apportunity of fami iarizing 
     
     both parent and offspring with man, by gently 
     
     caressing them, or at least, by familiar treat- 
     
     ment on the part of the attendant. 
     
    

    
     As the animal increases in size and strength. 
     
     they should have abundance of air, exercise, 
     
     and food, according to their natures; and what- 
     
     ever is attempted by man in they way of ta- 
     
     ming or teaching should be conducted on 
     
     mild and conciliating principles, rather than 
     
     on those of harshness and compulsion. Ca- 
     
     resses,or familiar treatment should generally 
     
     be aCcompanied by small supplies 01 food, at 
     
     least at first, as an inducement to render 
     
     the animal submissive to them ; afterwards ha- 
     
     bit will, evenin the inferior creation, render 
     
     the familiarities of man agreeable to them 
     
     for their own sake; but even then, to keep up 
     
     these feelings. small portions of select food 
     
     should frequently be employed as a reward. 
     
     By contrasting this method with that of taming 
     
     or teaching animals by fear or compulsion, the 
     
     advantages of the former mode will be evident. 
     
    

    
     Interest is the grand mover of animals, as 
     
     well as man. In taming by fear, all the inte- 
     
     rest which the animal has, is the avoiding an 
     
     evil: in taming by caresses and food, it is the 
     
     attainment of enjoyment. The most extra- 
     
     ordinary results are recorded as having been 
     
     obtained by the mild mode with almost every 
     
     species ofanimal on which it has been tried; 
     
     to this may be advantageously joined. in the 
     
     more poweful animal, hunger and fatigue. The 
     
     Breeder Bakewell, surgeon Hund informs us, 
     
     at an advanced period of life, not only con- 
     
     quered a vicious restivo horse, but, without the 
     
     assistance of either grooms or jockies, taught 
     
     this horse to obey his verbal orders With as 
     
     great attention as the most accomplished ani- 
     
     mal that was ever educated at Astley’s scho )l. 
     
     Bakewell was accustomed to say, that his 
     
     \horse could do every thing but speak. The 
     
     method which he t0ok to conquer this vicious 
     
     animal was never told, even to his own domes- 
     
     tics. He ordered his own saddle and bridle to be 
     
     put on the horse, which at that time was thought 
     
     to be ungovernable, when he was prepared 
     
     forajourney of two or three hunlred miles; 
     
     and, that no one might be witness to the con- 
     
     test, he led the horse till he was beyond the 
     
     reach of observation: how far he walke l, or in 
     
     what manner this great business was accamplish 
     
    

    
     R was never know; but when he returned from 
     
     his journey, the horse was as gentle as a lamb 
     
     and would obey his master’s verbal orders on 
     
     all occasions. When what are called irrational 
     
     animals are taught such strict obedience to the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     command ofa superior order, it is in generally 
     
     supposed to be the effect of fear; but Bake- 
     
     well never made use of whip or spur. When 
     
     on horseback he had a strong walking stick in 
     
     his hand, which he made the most use of when 
     
     on foot; he always rode with a slack rein. 
     
     which he frequently let lie upon the horse’s 
     
     neck, and so great was his objections to spurs, 
     
     that he never wore them. It was his Opinion 
     
     that all such animals might be conquered by 
     
     gentle meanst and such was his knowledge of 
     
    
   
   
    
     animal nature, that he seldom failed in his 
     
    
   
   
    
     opinion, whether his attention was directed to 
     
     the body or the mind—Agra .Mem.page W7. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. 
     
     raom run CHIIESE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Where spades grow bright. and idle swords grow dull; 
     
     Where jails are empfi, and where barns are full ; 
     
     Where church paths are with frequent feet out-worn; 
     
     Law co Irt-yards weedy. silent. and forlorn; 
     
    

    
     Where doctors foot it, and wherefarmers ride ; 
     
     Where age abounds. and youth is multiplied; 
     
    

    
     Where these signs are. they clearly indicate 
     
    

    
     A happy people, and well-governed state. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MISCELLANEOUS. 
     
     rsoas 'rns: DESK or POOR. aonen’r run sauna 
     
    
   
   
    
     Though now so cheap, the thing, I fear, 
     
     Will prove abominable dear. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is a wonderful magic in the word cheap. 
     
     The news that a merchant has got some articles 
     
     very low, sets a whole neighbourhood agog. No 
     
     matter whether the thing is wanted or not. it 
     
     must be bonght And the worth of many a 
     
     good plantation is squandered in the purchase 
     
     of things, useless as the fifth wheel to a coach, 
     
     merely because they are cheap. 
     
    

    
     My aunt Eunice, whose wisdom is of the best 
     
     kind, foritis the wisdom of experience, used 
     
     often to warn us ofthe folly ofbuying things be- 
     
     cause they were cheap. In her younger days 
     
     it was her province to tend the dairy, and 
     
     every fifth cheese was her own perquisite 
     
     She had got an hundred weight, and to mar- 
     
     ket she went with her cheese, intending with 
     
     the avails to lay in some little necessary arti- 
     
     cles against an emergency. 
     
    

    
     New York from Applebur lies S. S. W. two 
     
     daysjourney when the rear 8 are good. Aunt 
     
     Eunice had never been to the city before, but 
     
     had often heard of the amazing cheapness of 
     
     things there. Her cheese yielded her, in silver 
     
     money, two pounds ten shiliings, to a farthing. 
     
     Who so happy as she? Methinks I see her now. 
     
     tripping along Broadway—her cheeks ruddier 
     
     than a Pearmain—her hair dressed in the 
     
     fashion of those days, with a high cimmode, 
     
     a little on one side, looking so jaunty. Then 
     
     her stays were laced unusually tight, show-ing 
     
     a waist slender as the cream churn—her stock- 
     
     ings were of her own knitting and whiter than 
     
     the lily ; anl her high-heeled shoes gave her an 
     
     air oflightness and majesty. As memory rolls 
     
     back the wheels oftime, anl opens to mv ken 
     
     the scenes of youth, other objects, in mingled 
     
     light and shade, rise to my view. Isee,‘ all 
     
     glowing with health and beauty, the smile of 
     
     one. whOSe smile was life and love. The song that 
     
     cheered my boyhood. reverberates on memo, 
     
     ry's ear. But the form of beauty is lost in 
     
     ltrkness, and her voice is hushed in the tomb. 
     
     I‘here, too, beloved Aunt, and thou, Old Ro- 
     
     bert. must ere long mingle your dust with hers. 
     
     ind your hearts that still beats so cheerly, be- 
     
     come still and cold as the clods of the valley. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Ye who have loved 3.  
     
     but whither do I w " " 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     , J A new 
     
     thimble—bright as .w you but sixpence 
     
     and she bought it. Fansgflibbons, laces, trio: 
     
     ket and gew-gaws, which herjudgment did not 
     
     approve, still she purchased, because the 
     
     came so very low. She was not aware how 
     
     fast her money wasted. When a little tired of 
     
     running, and satiated with novelties, she re. 
     
     turned to her lodgings and sat down to count 
     
     her cash. How great was her disappointment, 
     
     to find more than three fourths of it squander. 
     
     ed on things of no value? Poor girl! she 
     
     could not purchase half the articles she had 
     
     deemed indispensable! ‘ 
     
    

    
     She would sometimes tell the story herself, 
     
     but did not like very well to be told of it. But 
     
     being halfin love, and having of course an itch 
     
     for scribbling poetry, she wrote an essay on 
     
     the subject, from which my motto is extracted, 
     
    

    
     When lsee men leaving their business and 
     
     crowding to a VENDUE, when there is not a 
     
     single article to be sold they really want; but 
     
     wasting their time,‘jn drinking and bidding, 
     
     because things go cheap‘ 
     
    

    
     Whenl see a young woman changing her 
     
     tow cloth fora parasol instead of a petticoat, 
     
     or six dollar bonnet instead of a bed-tick, I 
     
     would give a pinch of my best Rappee if some 
     
     kind friend would whisper her— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Though now so cheap the thing. I fear. 
     
     Will. in the end, prove monstrous dear, 
     
    
   
   
    
     But of all cheap things that in the end 
     
     prove dear, Razors and SCHOOL MASTERS 
     
     are the most abominable. One will mangle 
     
     your flesh, and the other will mangle the edu- 
     
     cation and morals of your children. ln too 
     
     many neighbourhoods, the price, and not the 
     
     qualification ofa master, is looked at. For the 
     
     difference of three dollars a month, a man of 
     
     sense and learning will be displaced, to make 
     
     way for a booby. 
     
    

    
     Listen to old Robert. The future usefulness 
     
     and destiny of your children depend,in agreat 
     
     measure, on their education and early habits. 
     
     Their education and their morals depend great- 
     
     ly on their tutors. If their master be illite- 
     
     rate and vicious, how can he impart knowledge 
     
     and virtue to your children? A man of learn- 
     
     ing will not—cannot devote his time and ta. 
     
     lents for little or nothing. No man deserves 
     
     a liberal support better than a school master. 
     
     When, therefore, a man offers to teach your 
     
     children cheap, suspect him. A child will 
     
     learn more in one quarter at a. good, than in 
     
     two at a poor school. It is cheaper, therefore, 
     
     inthe end. to have a good school master at 
     
     twenty-five dollars a month. than a poor one at 
     
     fifteen dollars, for you save half the time.— 
     
     W'ilkesbarre Gleaner. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TOILETTE OF LADIES. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A small volume has recently been published 
     
     in London.entitled the “Toilette of Health, 
     
     Beauty and Fashion.” It is the production of 
     
     a lady. and contains a number of excellent re- 
     
     ceipts forimproving the complexions, disposi- 
     
     tions, &.c. offemales. We annex the following 
     
     extract, which is a good and favourable spe- 
     
     cimen of the work. 
     
    

    
     “ Let then the ladies observe the following 
     
     rules: In the morning use pure water as a 
     
     preparatory ablution; after which they must 
     
     abstain from all sudden gusts of passion, parti- 
     
     cularly envy, as that gives the skin a sallow 
     
     paleness. It may seem trifling to talk of ten)- 
     
     perance, yet this must be attended to, both in 
     
     eating and drinking, ifthey would avoid those 
     
     pimples, for "which the advertised washes are a