GOOD amounonuoon. 
     
    

    
     u will contribute not a little to the in- 
     
     restand the comfort of the farmer, to 
     
     e, u a good correspondence with his 
     
     eighliurs : and to do this, he must keep 
     
     dfences, orderly cattle, and borrow as 
     
     tile as pOSsible. A great part of the con- 
     
     ntions which have taken place among 
     
     eighbors in the country, some of which 
     
     are been carried to the most serious and 
     
     istressing length, will be touud, upon ex- 
     
     miuation, to have originated in poor fen- 
     
     ;, unruly cattle, and borrowing. A 
     
     rincipal object with every farmer, is the 
     
     ecurity of his crops ; and when he has 
     
     tea at great pains and expense in enclos- 
     
     ghis lands on his own part; and hlS 
     
     eighbor’s cattle, sheep, or swine, break in 
     
     ad destroy the fruits ofhis labors, through 
     
     einattention he has paid to his part of 
     
     esame, it will give him not a little un- 
     
     isiness : and repeated inroads, from the 
     
     me cause, will bring on a coldness, and 
     
     ad him, at length, to seek a redress, thro’ 
     
     edisagreeable and expensive medium of 
     
     w. One unruly ox, horse, or sheep, has 
     
     oved the ruin of all social and friendly 
     
     tercourse, between those who had long 
     
     'ved in the most neighborly habits and fa- 
     
     iliarities; the advantages and pleasure 
     
     fwlnch, ought not to have been hazardcd 
     
     onfive times the value ofthose creatures, 
     
     nd many farmers, though rich in lands, 
     
     pend more time in running to their neigh- 
     
     on after saWS, hammers, awls, hatchets, 
     
     few nails, and a little wire to ring a hog 
     
     ith,&c. than would purchase all those ar- 
     
     ~tles outright. It must be acknowledged 
     
     hat we are all dependent upon each other, 
     
     adegree ; and that every farmer must 
     
     now occasionally, or suffer ; but obliga- 
     
     'ons ofthis kind do not arise one-half so 
     
     ften from necessity. as from mere care- 
     
     sness, and a want of manlike attention 
     
     things. But if you must borrow, take 
     
     re lest you abuse the thing borrowed, 
     
     i return it immediately after you have 
     
     one with it ; and never depend upon bor- 
     
     wing it, again and again, as many do ; 
     
     utconsider with yourself, «whether you 
     
     nnot make, or afford to buy it. A farm- 
     
     should endeavor never to be destitute of 
     
     eat, meal, butter, cheese, é‘c. on any 
     
     ay in the year ; and it is scarcely honest 
     
     live by wearing one of his neighbour’s 
     
     ols. But although he should av0|d bor— 
     
     wing as much as possible, he ought to be 
     
     illing to lend to every neighbor, who 
     
     ould return the article lent in good or- 
     
     .r,_ and as soon as he should have done 
     
     1th it ; and it is a breach of trust, or, to 
     
     [the least, great neglect in him not to 
     
     0d. It often proves a great disadvant- 
     
     ' to a farmer, when lie-has one or two 
     
     ‘en in his service, and is engaged in a 
     
     cc of labor, to have one of his tools in 
     
     '5, and another in that neighbor’s hands ; 
     
     scarcely knows where to look for them 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
           
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     —-borrowed of him, perhaps six or seven 
     
     months before, and carried a mile or two 
     
     out of his way ; and which is not an un- 
     
     common case. On this branch of the sub- 
     
     ject I shall only observe further, that a 
     
     man ought to lend to every neighbor, wor- 
     
     thy of his confidence, whenever he re- 
     
     quests the favor, if he can spare the arti- 
     
     cle desired, and to borrow of no man, but 
     
     when pressed by urgent necessity. 
     
    

    
     I have observed that bad fences, and un- 
     
     ruly cattle, are often the causes of conten- 
     
     tion between neighbors, and to these fen- 
     
     ces we add one or two more, viz. a differ- 
     
     ence in religious, and in political senti- 
     
     ments. In regard to the former, it is the 
     
     privilege and duty of every man to deter- 
     
     mine for himself- And no man who lives 
     
     “ soberly, righteously, and godly,” can be 
     
     a bad neighbor, under whatever denomina- 
     
     tion of Christians, he chooses to be consi- 
     
    

    
     ered. 'l'o despise such a man, and not 
     
     feel interested in his welfare, and not to 
     
     treat him with all the love and kindness 
     
     due to a neighbor, although he calls him- 
     
     selfa Babtist, ora Socinian, or an Episco- 
     
     palian, indicates a narrow and contracted 
     
     mind. And the same observation may be 
     
     applied in regard to the political senti- 
     
     ments of your neighbor ; and who, so long 
     
     as he continues a quiet and peaceable sub- 
     
     ject of the government under which you 
     
     both live. deserves your respect, and love, 
     
     and candor ; although he does not engage 
     
     in the interests of the party which you 
     
     think proper to patronize and espouse. I 
     
     only add that these subjects deserve a de- 
     
     gree of attention, however trifling they 
     
     may be considered by some: not only, as 
     
     they may respect the happiness of the pre- 
     
     sent neighborhood in which you live ; but 
     
     as theymay afl‘ect those who may come 
     
     after us : for, prejudices and opinion often 
     
     descend to the third, and even to the 
     
     fourth generation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Ncw Plan of Sticking Peas—Procure a 
     
     number of slim poles about 5 feet long, and 
     
     drive them into the ground at the distance 
     
     ofthree or four yards. Pass a small line 
     
     alongr the poles, taking a turn round each, 
     
     within three inches of the ground ; raise 
     
     the next turn three inches, and so on 
     
     in succession, till you have attained the 
     
     common height to which the pease rise. 
     
     The tendrils of the pease seize and twist 
     
     round these lines, and they are supported 
     
     in a more attractive and profitable manner 
     
     than they are by the common stakes.— 
     
     VVhen spread‘ regularly along the lines, 
     
     they have atine circuldion of air, more 
     
     advantage from sunshine, and pods can be 
     
     pulled at all times without injuring the 
     
     straw, (vines or liaulm.) This mode is so 
     
     cheap, simple, and possesses so many ad- 
     
     vantages, that it is likely to be soon gene- 
     
     rally adopted. 
     
    

    
     Securing in Calves.—Young’s Annals 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     say that powdered chalk and wheat meal, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     worked into aball with gin, will cure 
     
     scouringin calves. Alittle air slacked 
     
     lime will answer as well as powdered chalk. 
     
    
   
   
    
     To prevent Bolts—Soon after the bott— 
     
     fly commences depositing its egg on the 
     
     horse, take water a little more than blood 
     
     warm, and with a linen or cotton cloth 
     
     wash those parts of the horse where the 
     
     eggs are deposited, moving the hand gent- 
     
     ly over them, and repeat the washing as 
     
     often as 'once a week. till the fly disap- 
     
     pears, and your horse will not be troubled 
     
     with botts. This gentleman further says, 
     
     that by the above experiment any man may 
     
     be convinced that this recipe is a preventa- 
     
     tive of botts in horses ; and we see no rea- 
     
     son-why it may not be effectual, as by this 
     
     means the grub is hatched out; and imme- 
     
     diately perishes for want of that warmth 
     
     and nourishment provided for it by nature 
     
     in the stomach of the horse. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     .For (he Brilish .dmerican. 
     
    

    
     Sm,—Bemg requested by a number of 
     
     my fair friends, to employ my talents in lay- 
     
     ing the grievances of the Charlotte-Town 
     
     Spinsters before the public, I have endea- 
     
     vored to embody their sentiments in the 
     
     following lines. and beg their insertion, 
     
     which will much oblige them, and your 
     
     obedient servant. . . 
     
    

    
     May 14. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We’re ready, we're ready—it really is hard, 
     
     That from,Hymen‘s m eet bonds we so long are de‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     The men are so cautious. the hard-hearted creatures ! 
     
    

    
     That they care not for all our smiles or fair features. 
     
    

    
     Of dinners and parties our Dad's give them plenty, 
     
    

    
     Of hints, it is tlue. Mamma's thiow out twrnty; 
     
    

    
     They accept all the dinners, they will dance at each 
     
     ball ; 
     
    

    
     They hear all our hints. but won‘t take them at all. 
     
    

    
     They how when they meet us, and say we look chamv 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing. 
     
     The weather is cold ! ‘tis their hearts that want warm- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ing; - 
     
     They laugh and they chat, and they pass for our beans, 
     
     Yet ’zis very provoking they never propose ,- 
     
     What is it they want ?—Oh ! sadly we fear. 
     
     That the charms they require, are some hundred! :- 
     
     year, 
     
     Our mamma’s, poor old souls! trot about every day 
     
     Till their legs and our patience are near worn away. 
     
     The men might possess some respect for old age, 
     
     And by taking their daughters. their trouble assuage; 
     
     And put altogether, we‘re a good-looking set! 
     
     A better assortment the Gents. will not get. 
     
     We very well know all men's taste don't agree, 
     
     But we are complaisant as women can be. 
     
     Oh! ifit were the fashion for women to ask-- 
     
     By the bye to some, not a ditficult task ;] 
     
     How delightful ’twould be to pick and to choose, 
     
     Ofcourse the men would not attempt to refuse: 
     
     There's a few stale old Bachelors become quite a put, 
     
     But then they should quickly be put to the test; 
     
     They now tell us we‘re the delight oftheir lives, 
     
     But they very well manage to live without wives. 
     
    
   
   
    
     r—I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Yet alas ! we are doomed not unsought to be won,