Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-12-04
Famstle Weekly Evening fost.
Lafayette SmitIg
The 3fna .vh0 never made ;,ay-
tbsssg nj Fssrssling.
OR,
Ey a NATIVE 10 ,siiR..

After ail iha, has been said and rit-
TN abo1l ll.e dignity of labor--,Ile indie
Icnience ri tile farmers life--il,e do
nre.'ir eenterls ard quiet enjoy mcn,s oi
t,uesi agrienin,re. I.afasr,,e Smi.l, was
!, dsscsnl epspd n.an. Di-ranrnied, not
l,esnS- hrdt>iik,d lahur--uot brranse
!, he did ttt uI'Irr,ia'e tie hnsirr .of his
rallsrg-hu, because. as lie always iu-
SISTED. ..tLtie sas nothing 10 be made A,
IL
i.aia, cite was grea ialker: and he
always ,alktd l"a.i and large. ab.,G, the
: ..hohc ana! sinne" Of tlie conn.r,-,he
men MhV were at ,he very bottun oi All
sarpori---'he people = ho dng up the
treasures from The ear'hli, hard tn,l. and
paid i"r ii. the rss;li mankind III sc,,er,
al. the isxes. ant tariffs, and sp,e ern.
III, m expenses, and waes. and all ,il,.
Md if lhlng--a,,d Was always abusing
t'iict hs,l,iefs. and ti.erthanis, aud cle Ks.
hiId e,et; as.a SpaIer nIri sn,tleiiolrs.
rs.siag iiiea all !, -, oi pnu,,srs. Mh,
had 10 he supported BY she ..bone and
,,,.i.e; SSH there Was noli.ing Ia b,.
nls,,!e n, tarm',st
Lafayette Was re ad,rnf tile rlibme
and had soine nas'ohs abnat assneiulinn.
and The coabinatei If labor. and dldn' /,
knDwl l,i something mighr be done iha,
Wa, FIR the tsntiii ef mankind, aud fIr
t.rrs III p.rsicul.r. tu, WASH, quits. rea-
s'y TORY ityel himself, though cer,aip
o: one hing nothing coulita made a.
A
tuning under The prcsent ers..: :za.iu..
al s.wici,, y here ever, ni.i.s intresis
we're oppDsrd I" his ncigtils, M :
ery ni:in's cattle we're disposed io com
HJt Frsjaii';ns ou hiS neighhor's crops
wiii.nnl rrcGussc--e,er, body iniared,
and npho,lv benetiiied bv eaci, o,h.r.
Such WAS sumo Ut I.af 4, cite Sniih's
pt,i'osnrhy. and he neter msi a neigh.
hur in the field or TN tie rad. bm he
Slapped his plough ar team 10 eniishien
bis mind With his own as,,i,al oi things,
rs we'll as 10 demonstrate the fact. thai
there wa nothing Ia be made al farming!
Smith WAS busy inaa--don', le. any
one suppose that Lafayette was lazy
far from ,iia';he ga, mp early in The NOR.
ming, and WIN, 10 bed late at night, nor
did be rest quietly then, Tor he snared
awiully, and was constantly anno, ed BIZ
fears. that something was going wrong
outside. when hot under lis supervision;
wolves after lie sheep. or miDks among
The chickens; orif there was danger al
u premature. or too late frost, he would
have 70 GET up alien for meteorological
observations 10 zee ii i, had cleared oil.
or rihe wind falIen--hs was sure il would
be SO, before he went 10 bed: there was.
no use, labor IN vain, crops would be
destroyed. there was no.hing 10 BE- made
al farming! Il
80 smith Was an eafiy settler in this fair
land--he had been one of you. very pi-
oneers. Smilh was from York State;
be- eIpigraied early because there was
nothing 10 be made AZ farming in the
east. He was about tiirty.fiye years
old when he started, had worked hard
al his life. commenced with nothing. and
held bis own together with The accumu-
iation of q large family; he gould boast
gs ,Aany childsea as The martyr Rogers,
and they oil were so many living tes,i.
monies III the laws Of pllysIology. em-
bracing the transmission Of qualilies--
that Il, they were all Smiths-wilh We.
ty slight qualifications, which nigh,
hare been traeed 10 some ancestral ihio-
Syncrasy f.r back in the history of the
Smith family 10 US Cnknown; but no
matter. ilic1eyidence was sufficient, and
hny one, 10 see Mr.. Smith, would Leser
loub'. .or Il be did. would be sill more
convinced Of the fact. that ...here Is no
accounting for tasies!''
10 hear Smi.h talk. hc mus, have
beeha good deal af man in York State,
although he nesep made anything there.
lie knew all the big men OF the S,aie
alike book. from Gov. Clinton down,
and evidently figured largely in town
meesings and caueuses; his affections all
centeFetI ,hereEslill. York State was
great place. beats all--nothing like ii;
and The metnory 81 il would seem % steal
over him sometimes, like tho day -dreams
Of boy yhood, 81 tte shadows 81 a carly