Thomas Curtis Clarke

“ Rich lands abound to such an extent, in almost every variety of climate and situation, in our country, and are so easily obtained, that no advice, for selecting, can be necessary. Where there is so much to choose from, ordinary intelligence can hardly go amiss. A few hundred dollars, health, a disposition to labour and submit to privations, are all that is required to insure real wealth and independence. ”

“ Let him banish unreal wants and learn the master secret of self-possession, and be content with such things as he has, aware that every position in life has advantages and trials. Let him assure himself that if an independent farmer cannot be happy, no man can. ”

“ Let every immigrant learn the mystery, and provide the materials, to make good beer. Let every immigrant, during the season of acclimation, especially the sultry months, take medicine by way of prevention, twice or thrice, with abstinence from labour a day or two afterwards.”
We should say, let the immigrant, when he first experiences unpleasant bodily feelings in hot weather, such as headache, with loss of appetite, fast and rest from labour for a few days, and he will avoid sickness, and prevent the necessity of taking any physic at all. ”