Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-27
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There is no class of men, if times are
but tolerably good, that enjoy themselves
SO highly as farmers. They are little
kings. Their concerns are not huGdled
into a corner as those Of the town trades
man are. In town, many man who turns
thousands Of pounds per week, is hemm.
ed in close by buildings, and cuts no fig
ure at all. A narrow shop. contracted
warehouse, without an inch of room be-
sides to turn hins il, on any land; with.
out yard, a stable. or clubhouse of any
description; perhaps hois,ed aloft. up
three or four pair Of dirty stairs, is all the
room that the wealthy tradesman can Oft
en- bless himself with !; and then day after
day, month, after month, and year after
year, he is to be found, like bat in a hole
of the wall. or toad in The heart Of a
stone, or of an oak tree. Spring. and
summer, and autumn 60 yound; sunshine
and flowers spread over the world; the
sweetest breezes blow, the swee.es. wa.
tiers murmur along the wales, but they are
all lost upon him. lie is the doleful prison
er of mammon. and so he lives and dies.
The farmer would not take the wealth Of
the world on such terms. His concerns,
however small. spread themselves out in a
pleasant amplitude, both TO his eye and
heart. His house stands in its own stately
solitude his ou,houses stand round ex-
,ensively. without any stubborn and lin
iting contraction ;shis acres stretch over
hill and dale; .here his focks and herds
are feeding there his laborers are toiing
he is king and sole commander there
He lives among the puress air and the
mos. delicious quiet. = Ample
old fashioned kitchens, with their chim>
ney corners of the true projecting. beams
add seated construction, still remaining;
blazing fires in winter, shining on sus-
pended hams and fitches, guns supported
on hooks above, dogs basking on the
hearth below +; cool, shady parlors in sum.
MGR. with open windows and odors from
garden and shrubbery blowing in; gar
dens wet with ,hd purest dews, and hum
ming at noon,ide with bees and green
fields and verdurous trees, or deep wood
lands lying all round. where hundred re-
ioicing voices Of birds or other creatures
are heard, and winds blow to and fro. full
of health and life.enjoyment. How en>
viable 90 such places seem to the fretsed
spirits of towns, who are compelled not
onlv TO bear their burthen of cares, but TO
enter daily into the public strife against
selfish evil and ever.spreading corruption.
When one calls to mind the simple abund-
ancc of farm-houses their cream and milk.
and unadultera,ed butter, and bread grown
upon their own lands, sweet as that which
Christ broke, and blessed as he gave 10
his disciples their fruits ripe and fresh
plucked from the sunny wall. or the gar
den bed, or the pleasant old orchard !;
when one casls ones eye upon. or calls
10 ones memory the aspect Of these hou
SEES, many Of them so an,iquely pictures
que, o. so brigh. looking and comfortable,
in deep retiraa valleys, by beautiful
streams or among fragran. woodlands, one
canno. help saying with King James OF
Scotland, when he met Johnny ARM
strong: "What want these men that 2
king should have!"