Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-04-12
VOL. X-NO. -.


/ HE cultivation Of the earth is connenial to
the nature OF mankind; and very large propor-
ton Of men, during some share of their lives
either do. or have desire to, become farmers
Besides those who, in civilized countries. are
bred to the culture of the soil. and make it their
sole pursuit 'through life, there are thousands
ct others who retire from the hustle and ankle
ties OF trade, the yeXationS Of professional, or
the turmoil3 OF public life, to rural quiet and
undisnrbed cultivation Of few acres of land -.
/ The merchant, whose youth has been spent be-
hnd the counter, whose prime of life aud mid
die age have passed between the ledger and the
stronghold tween the hopes of gam and fears
Of loss, having at length realized plum retired
from the crowded city and the anxieties of trade
% the pure air of the country and the peaceful
cultivation of farm. The lawyer, having nc
CURED wealth and professional fame, a5audous
his causes for q nsre tempting the pur-
suit of agricuiture,--or mjngles with his profess
sional labors the exercise OF the spade or the
plough. In like manner the physician and the
divine, the curers OF physical and moral diseases
consult their own health and quiet, and find a
balm for body and mind, by snaching a few
hours from the calls of professional duty, 10 ap-
ply them 10 the grateful pursuits OF tLnT the
earth. Why should we mention the statesman
and the warrior They, too, are inclined 10 be-
come farmers the one leaving the field of am
btiou, the other his harvest OF laurcs, both seek
soil more COnrenal to the best feelings of man,
and end the career of life, like Cincinnatus, at
the plough. Even the mariner, the adventurous
son Of Neptune, whose home has Lea IN for many
years, professionally and practically, on the deep
who has. sailed To all lands and visited every
sea, bringing with him the rarites of every coun-
try and the products of every clima,-purchases
h., ..
and prefers that his last rest shall b, in the ru-
ral churchyard with his kindred, to tinIing bed
in the bosom Of the deep The mechanic. too,
is smit with the love Of farming, and exchanges
tho dust Of the shop for the burrows OF the fed,
the confined air Of crowded rooms for the free
atmosphere of heavens, and the noise OF ma
chincry for the music of birds.
Nor is this prevailing love of agriculture,
which sooner or later in h'c discovers itself, to
be wondered at, whether we consider it as i'm
planted in orr nature, or whether ii be the re-
suit Of reason and experience. II it be innate
it is merely kept down for a while by TIE en-
crossing pursuits Of wealth, the cause Of umbi-
uon or the strife Of glory. But these being sati-
fed or disappointed, the mind set free, returns
its remaining energies to their peaceful gratih-
cation. Ban reason and experience may veil be
allowed their share in bringing so large Il por
lion Of manhood ultimately to the cultivation OF
the earth. Who, that values his native dignity
and independence, would not prefer 10 be lord of
a few acres of land with nobody's humors to
consult but his own, and nobody to please but
his Maker, to the cringing, the tawuiF, and
lying that are apt to enter so largely in
to political. professional, mercantile, and me-
chanical life! If any man on earth can say, Il
ask no lavors," it is the farmer. Skilfu and
honest labor is all that the earth requires and it
yields a due roturn-no lavors dearly bought
with the surrender of independence, Of truth, and
of all noble and manly feeling; no trucking for
office, no fawnng for popularity, no lying for
gain. No man can say of farming, 81 have sorv-
ed faithful master ! | have sacrificed honor,
and conscience, and independence of mind; and
what have / gained p Among farmers there
are no deserted Wolseys, and no Belisarius lives
a rcproach to agricultural pursuits. The Choir
listers of the field never sing to deceive, the flow
ers Of the mead never bloom to hide a detormity,
and never smile to batray.
Berkshire American.