The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-11
FARMING.
lSsis funHil in Liit. and tHtatir 10 llcallh
and nappiRsx.

= aaAk k0AaAtA al AAtts anu kFhUMIlNF ID MgdlI
and naPpiResA
Farming is Taie blsiness. There /
none that incuFs 50 lIile risk. or that yieldl
moro certain rriufas. n large fsrluner
are not realized. = comfortable and homes
living D. Il least oblained-ineome enough
10 support family, pay taxes. and othe
necessary expenses that is more lhal
il accomplished by a majority Of those
who crowd into cities and large towns q
engage IN trade. Al Old and observing
merchant IN B.,stFn. remarked CIV year.
aga, that he bal. for forty yeats. kept hi.
eve on the young men who commenced
l4s.iRrss 10 certain slrert, and that 10
sas know ledge, BOZ one in iWenfy sueeerd.
ell. Nineleen oniofiwemly. ur ninely.S, Q
out " hundred. failrd and Compounded
with their CREDITOR. Ear a few shillings on
flle dollar. making 4 total loss ol capital
m the aggregsse. sufficient. perhaps, 70
have purchased snug farm Eir each, on
which they could have lived in senspe-
ienry.
Cen. Dearborn. in a speech before an
Agricultural meeting in Boston, in 1910.
said" After = pretty extensive aequain-
lance with business men, aad no llmiieA
observation u she common course OF
things, he was satisfied that among hun
dred merchants aud iradesmen. not more
than three ever acquired independence.
II Was with great dIslrusI thai he came 10
this conclusion, but upon consultation with
an experienced merchant, he fully sd-
milled the truth"
Donosunders,and ne. by these remarks.
rs undertaking trade. No one respects
il more. d benefits The farmer, and ell
riches the country. and rejoice that there
sre those whose tact and talents qualify
them TO succeed in il. Dul observation
has taught me something 0f lis reyenes
II wrrf ~ OF fss- -vss-strrs 3 -suSr " q rarru-
er's son prefers safe employ and mode
rate compensation. to business with ~
many chances Of bankruptcy ~ there are
snsgs and savers in the Mississippi-if
he would escape the torment Of profess
sional " shoppers"-lhe sexation Of delin-
quenl debt0rs-ihe incubus Of fuclualing
markets, and the horrible spectres Of rs-
fused discounts. &" two per cent. monIh,"
aud protested paper-le. him accept bis
fathers proposition and keep the home.
stead, or invest his 6rsi earnings III a
small farm.
Hut there arc other and still more i'm
por.ant reasons for choo,ing agricultural
pusuits. There are health, soicial enjoy
ment. and the improvement Of the moral
affections. l believe health is more &c.
neral, and The average OF life Is longer, in
rural districts, where due attention is paid
to the laws OF physiology, than 10 found
elsewhere, owing. probably, to simpler
habits of living. comparatively freednm
from anxiety incidental to trade. and the
diversity Of exercise, that gives more uni
form action to all the muscles. And as
for rational enjoyment farmer with a
grateful. a generous soul. a neIghbouriy
spiIii, and will 10 use life as h,s Creator
intended, may have all tia, can be real
izcd on earth. And then. how suggestive
Of better thoughts, OF filial reverence, of
holy aspirations. in his occupation! Al
every step aud in all the wide Universe
around, he beliol,ls the traces Of being
nan, Providence, the manifestations Of a
merciful Father. The corn that springs
up 10 bless his toil-,he verdure that yields
20 the pressure Of his feet-ihe flowers that
challenge his admiration. as they mingle
their smbrssial fragrance with the ze-
phyr's breaih-,he forests green perspec-
tive, and the snolhing murmurs OF the
brook--all are TO him witnesses Of . Ma
ker's love. and teachers Of mans duty to
his race. And all he sees of wisdom and
goodness in the works Of Gud. inspires his
hear, with trust, confidence, and " loving
gratitude II any man has reason to re-
joice in his condition, i. is al American
farmer. Eating in quietness the bread oil
industry. he knows nothing of the anxiety,
envy and unprincipled ambition. that ran.
kla IN the breast Of " trading politicians"
and he looks upon their struggles foI
"piace and spoils" with uttesable dis.
gust. "L 'rd OF the SOIL" he cultiyaies
an independence unknown to other pur.
suits.--Nr. Mone's address 10 the Essel
Horticultural Socieiy. -. -. W..