The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-10-07
Life in the CouLtrr.

Nhccve. has enjoyed the 4ui:! and beau
II 81 rural life, and fa>te' tie sweets Of d.
,nes,ic felicity, he pleasures ei social inter-
course ard he unaffected cordially Of leel
ing .Ahbite.! in :Ile retirement OF Il G .e
<,uesterrl County, village, or esre, IAN
t"adc h mself acquainted with the real hos
r.,-li'y Of thriving farm house al it. con
,ec ed occupants, cannot, tn! unite in tire
I. n,iments: ard assent 10 it~ lru h'r'nsss q
tie following graphic rcnsrks hy the a,en
ted editor Of the Parlor Magazine, wh c's
we copy from the las, number of the above
popular work. He observes.
ave have JUS, returned from the county
and we are more .han ever satisfied that il
Mere is man in the world who has cause
10 br prc-srninpnty thankful for his''cond-
ton in life, that mon is the farmer i is
strange t!a, anybody should doubt this fact,
--s'rarget still hat so many young men
shoald leave their fathers farms for u city
counting room. And yet nothing is more
common than to fnA an en;erprlsing yonth
painting to exchange his hoe and scylhe
for a yartstiek and ledger. Poor fellows
how often they get sick Of the ely afer
trial Of 1t for few months or years and
how heartily they wish themselves back
driving the old gentleman's team. People
live too tas, tin the city, We get ourselves
in.o fever, and our pulse beats wildly
and furiously. We hazard grea, deal in
aur business, and the resu, is, that though
We may te drawn UP very near the top Of
the wheel of fortune, the chances are per-
haps quite as many, that we sha Il go; down
70 the bottom But whe ether we are going
up Or down, or while our destiny Is still a
problem, we are in feverish state of ex-
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 no. so swiftly. He risks little, his
success 10 almost certain. There il no
great crisis in his affairs eveI and anon
staring him in The face by day, and giving
him tho night mare in his sleep. There
are no notary's tickets 10 scare him when
there is pressure in the money market
Tho vexations OF money borrowing slim
ming according to the expressive and some
what unique iliom OF Wall sreet--he
knows nothing Of He iss happy man or
ought to be surely.
But thai is no, all, nor is it the most favor
able, in our opinion, Of tho circumstances
attending This Ike in the county. Nature
ia here, ard familiarity with nature in all its
varied forms, sxerts, or may exert, the
kinJes4 influence upon the family regarded
in social aspect. The hills and vales the
forests and meadows, the trees and flowers.
the bees and birds-all natures beautiful
thines-when they are snaied and loved,
have n lumanizng, almos' sanc:Itying et-
tect upon the soul.
There is something nexpresslbly Le"u-
thu oy The way: not to ray poetic, III the
very idea OF little child's fondncss for
flowers. We have hundred times thought,
with emotion Of the story tol by MIS-. FL
lis, ola little girl who was accustomed to
carry her favore IN miniature chair into the
garden, and to 81, down near a bed ofllow-
es., where she has often been overheard 10
say softly; "Come, you little noweI-open
you little flower. When will you open
your pretty blue eye?,' But there is some
thing more than beauty: more than poetry
in this. Thee is the gushing Of a loving
heart. We would rather By far hear OF this
OF ii child we loved, than 10 know that she
she was intelligent above her years. There
is something almost moral in this Love- il
slnctive as i, is, and we would encourage
il where ii exisis, and endsavor 10 excite il
where il is absent. In many wavs it may
he made the fnlcrum upon which one Of
vii,ue's mos, powerful levers will act in the
family circle.