The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-10-07
Lie in tie Can..tr7.

Whoever has enjoyed tie quiet md bc,u
+, OF rural life, and tasted lhc sweets of q
ines'ic felicity, he pleasures OF social in'e:-
snurs"s' and ii. unaffected cordially OF lee
@ exhibited in .he retirement Of lie .e
.aestrrrd tour 'rv village. or eSIe.iily
l. adc b mseif acquainlu,, with The real hos
r:,aliy o. q thriving farm honse au il. con
nec ed occupants, cannot. tnt unite IN tire
:. n,iments; ard assent 10 the tn dizziness q
tie following graphic remark ty the ,a,eu
ted editor Of tie par!or -ilgug,ne. wh ca
we copy frnm the last number OF tho ahov c
popular work. He observes.
. ave have just returned from he counrv
aid we are more .han ever satisfied ,!,ai. il
,here is a man in the world who has cause
10 be- pr"-eninrut!y ll;anktul for his, condi-
lion in life, that men is the farmer. / is
s!.auge that snylody should doubt lhi, fact.
--s'rargct still ,hat so many yours men
should leave their fathers farms for city
counting room. And yet nothing is more
common than TO fin! an eg'erprI'ing youth
painting TO exchange his hoe and scyh,
}nr yardstirk and lelger. Poor fellows
low often they ge, sick Of the c y af er a
rial Of it for a few months or years and
how heartily they wish themselves back
driving the old gen,lemans team. People
live too las, in the city We set ourselves
ina fever, and our pulse beats wildly
and furiously. We hazard great deal in
CIR business, and the result is, that though
we may Ge drawn up very near the top of
the wheel Of fortune, the chances are por-
haps quite as many, tina, we sha Il go. down
TO the bottom But whe Their VIC are going
up or down. or While our destiny Is sill n
problem, we are in leverish state OF ey-
element. We are driving ahead with rail
road velocity The whole system Of bus
iuess in the city goes by steam.
The farmer, on the other hand, takes
things coolly. The current OF his lie
moves not so swiftly. He risks little, his
succcrss is almost certain. There Is no
area, crisis in his affairs eveI an! anon
staring hum in the face by day, and giving
him the nj ght mare in his sleep. There
are no notary's tickets 10 scare him when
slisre is a pressure in the money market
The vexntions of money borrowing-sl
mig. according to the expressive and some
what unique idiom CT Wal! street--he
knows no!hing Of Hs isa happy man or
ought to he surely.
But thai is TO, all, nor is il the most favor
able, III our opinion, Of the circumstances
a,k aiding his lie in the county. Nature
is here, ard familiarity with nature in ali lis
rafisl forms, sxerts, or may exert, the
kindestsi nfueuce upon the family regarded
III social ASPECT The hills aud wales. the
forests and meadows, Tie trees and flowers,
the bees aud birds---a!l NATURES beautiful
thngs--when they are s'ndied and loved,
have hrmanIzing, almos! Il saEc:fyrg e!-
tect upon the soul.
There is something inrSpressbly bc"n-
lifu by HE way, not to say poett III The
very idea of little child's fomtness for
flowers. We have hundred times thonsh!
with emotion of the story tol by Ms. FL
lis, ola !Mle girl who was accustomed to
carry her Evorile IN mature chair into the
garden, and 10 sit down ucar bed ol flow
cfs, where she has often hre. overheard 10
Say softly; "Comr, you little fowei-open
you little flower. When will you open
your pretty blue eye?,' But there is come
Thing more Than beauty: more lhaa poetry
in this. Thee is the gushing Of a loving
hear. We would rather by far hear ofthis
of a child We loved, than 10 know that she
she was in,elIi-eu, above heryearS. There
is something almost moral in this love- IL
snctlve as i, is, and we would encourage
il where it exs,s, and endeavor 10 excite it
where il is absent. In many wavs it may
DE made the iulcrum upon which one of
vii,ue's mes. powerful levers will act in the
family circle.
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