The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-06-18
WHO WOULD NOT BE A FARMERs

WHO WOULD NOT BE A FARMKEs
IN this glad season, whom he end = e
around bursting into life and beauty, and -
ture is keeping holiday-when winter b
over, and vegetation u walking again flugu
its death-like sleep-when the birds sing
their matin song from every bush, and men
himself wakes to new life amid the activity;
around him arho could nat be Earmers-1
For him, and almost fur him alone, bloom de
fair flowers in natures fieId-for him d
feathcred scngster pours her sweetest note
and for him the face Of creation wears q Coo
slant smile. Not so with the inhabi1nt a
cities, or with the professional man or thG'
man OF business, any where. These are
shut out from the blessed influence Of pature}
Their business is with men-rcs,less, ambi.
tious, and oftentimes dishonest men-they
themselves are all engaged in the cage
scramble for wealth and distinction, come
times caring little whoms they thrust jowz
with their unhallowcd tread, so they noun
upon the wreck, and they lose the salutary
lesson Of benevolence which may be learne1
from the ways Of Providence in the outward
world. They must maintain constant struRl
gle with temptationt or yield to its power
Accustomed to SO much Of evil, they arr
sometimes almost tempted to deny the exis]
tence of God. But the seven tenor of bid
way" undisturbed by the passions Of men1
His dealings are with nature, and be may
if he will not shut his heart against it, learu
true wisdom from its teachings. In the
sPringing grass, the opening flower and The
ripening harvest-in sunshine and in shower
he may see q tokens Of Gods love and
goodness, and in the quiet Of his own home
he may almost forget the existence Of evil
Thus widely different are the conditions d
the two GLASSES spoken of. Yet we some
times find farmers discontinued with their|
lot, and eager to join with their fellows i'll
the feverish excitement and specula.ion.-I
And very often We see young men, impa-|
patient to leave their paternal acres, and to|
seek, as they vainly think, some more honor
able or genteel mode of earning living
they had rather show a lily-white hand to q
lady, as they measure off yard of tape, than
exhibit manly, muscular frame, with Al
hand which does not shrink from contact
with implements of husbandry. 1t has, In
deed, become one Of the great errors Of our
time, that young men are deserving the truol
nobility Of the country, for the sake Of wear.
| ing more delicate complexion, or living, as
they vainly hope, more at their ease. Hence
| it is that all trades and professions are over
stocked, that we have more lawyers than
clients, more doctors than patients, and more
parsons than parishes.
We hear men complain of hard times, me-
chanics cannot S.d situations, yet the coun-
try is actually suffering, and very severely
too, for a want of proper attention to farming
and why is it, Because many man who
should have followed the plough, has become
too proud for that, and in his aspirations to
be a gentleman has undertaken to WELD q
pen or administer cataplasms and boluses.-'
TO this state of things, too, is to be attributed
to some extent. the present scarcity and high
prices Of provisions. The production has
been allowed to fall below the consumption,
and this great producing country, with its
sparse population has presented the strange
anomaly of importing bread stuhs from the
thick settled countries of Europe. Ii is ali
wrong. Young men should be taught to re-
gard the employment of their fathers as one
Of the most honorable in the world.
Your farmer is the independent man.-
What cares he for hard times or high prices?
Banks may fail-merchants' notes may b :
protested, and their drafts dishonored, bss:
,. Seedtime and Harvest" that old and sta ;
pie firm, shall never "fail''-drafts upon thca.
are answered at sight, and the band of ma
ture, where the farmer makes his deposites:.
is 'as good as gold,. and always discoun; $
literally. He laughs at, or more likely Pi-s;
ties, those who are left at the mercy Of IL s
times, and compelled to eat the bread -
carefulaess. Beef at twenty-five Gems s.
pound, and other edibles in proportion, does
not worry him. He takes the favors Prov s
dence SO bountifully bestows on him, att
asks few of his fellows. While want attic !,
the rest ofthe world, he may snap his fingess
in his face, as much as to say, aWho cares
for you?'' Nashua Telegraph
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