The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-04-26

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accomplishments TINT constitute the greet fas
cination of womnn. aud these can only be seel
and duly displayed in the family circle.
FARMING.
| IL is shown BY the facts of the Mass6chusett
Registry for 1851. of Births. Deaths and Mar
riages, that tgriculturists stand much the high
est chance If long life. Their lives going uT
twelve wears above that of common laborers
and eighteen per cent. above the average age
at death of mechanics. II long life is desira
BILE, The young man who engages in acricultn
raj pursuits il most likely to be blcst in this
matter. For tho Masss chusctt- returns do no
| contradict those of other countries for Other
years. All tell tine same story. Longevity il
expected among farmers: it has been so Of old
md it is so now. The satisfies all go t. show
that agriculture is a hcal,bfnI pursuit, and cev
tainly IL pleasant one. The man in active
business in other departments. pictures 10 him
self for his rural retirement a rural hone. a
little farm well titled and OH that he hopes ia
end his davs. Ambitious men who have drunk
deenlv of fame, are Mt a stand when the ii q
of their afiairs are at "A turn--whe her to make
new and more earnest efforts tn struggle up
warls. or TO buv farm. and in the peaceful la
Dor it requires 10 end their days. The young
merchant who is raridlv nccuinulating for
tune. frequently stops q consider whether a
competence aud snug farm aro not more de-
sirable than wealth. 1t seems hardly possible
that any employment upon which men have
char harms TO ali %6o are are oSiss sc 81 liz
really it lacks the elements of tho beautiful and
pleasant.
Yet, the country over. our young mon arc
turning away from agriculture. IA II vii ing 10
til O in preference any employment under the
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more by the fact that i'm that they can have
more spoody return for their labor-their day Q
or their weeks wages-that by any expects
ton of enjoying the working ut their trades
But they are not so sure of steady employment
and the sum ~ their profits is not much great
er generally than Of the farmers. The mo-
chanic. in the country at least. almost general
ly becomes ofhopes to hos ONE, farmer again,
after lab"ring q few wears mt his trade: and
he is seldom contented until he gets back tn
it.
But into tho professions. md into mercantile
business. tho rush is prodigious. The rage to
become n clerk decmates tho youthful popnla-
tion Of our rural districts. The victims thinks
If the easy address. tho fashionable appearance
and 'gontlemanly' air IF their old acquaintances
who make their annual returns to astnnish the
natives of their birthplace never dreaming OF
the close confinement, ungenial occupation, and
constnnt drudrcrv. that make up the clerk =
eccry day actual life Then parents encourage
their childrcn's pariality for mercantile cm-
ploymcnts. thinking of some old school ncqna-
in,ancc, whose success in the city store has
brought him n fne house and carriage. and
tho nnmc of rich man. Tho eleven others
who started at the sumc timo with the success
ful one-thc eleven who. enc after another.
won, into bankruptcy and sunk ou' of sight.
arc forgotten: so they approve of their boys
project. and fi him out with n blessing 10
sand ono chance in dozen or twenty of m'k-
ing rhonev. mt tho risk too. of losing all that
rood men esteem far above monov. before ma
King it. Within few years somc of our Eas-
tern farmers have mhdo money on their farms
n thing not very common until of late. Tho
fact has tend somewhat to check tho migration
of young farmers into other departments IF
toll But it does MT siop it /, any great sx-
tent, Coz the world is little less given 70 azin'ss
thrn 10 lyino. If somebody could devise n
plrn hv which n comfortable living could be
had without labor: il is pr bablc that nine tennis
of the human family would sell their tools, hv
aside their ambition and their avaricc. and
take IL eesy.' An impression verv extensive
~ prevails among poodle OF a ionder ago. that
The p ofc sions afford tho greatest facilities for
for enabling mon 10 live without cxorting
I l.
we find that tho professions are crowde'l past
endurance. A survey OF tho multitudes with
in every large city Of starving LAWYERS and doc
tors who have no calls, is scarcely less me'an-
| chply than visit 10 tho Aims House. Here
arc hundreds Of men with leaned titles looking
on, oil day for job-and going to bed at night
with tho solemn thought haunting thcm that
! they are just much deeper in debt than
they were last night rs the expenses of tho day
1 a A Il
ate mechanics. passahlc farmers. or even good
! lawyers and phyo;cians: hut once thcv thought
n trade had too mnch hard WORK "ir'ut '' ''-;'
them, and farming wns not sufficiently honor
able. But now they find that there arc moi
patients enough cxtant 10 keep them IN prac
! tice. and all the clients choose to employ OH
or attorneys and older counselors. A few sue
Gee d. but The many drag along. hopeful or fear
ful. according rs their temper is-havng t.
regret to the las, that thero was not wise
counsel given them when they werc inonirint
i'm what profession to encagc. IL VIII b"
better day wien q young Bachelor of ar's VII
not feel that ho must study profession. ne
cause he has been through College. We he
lcvc in college education. We arc full
convinced of the value Of the learned dead Ian
guares. tn educate our youth. but we hope
will bc discovered a: length that tho man WI
takcs the highest honors of tho college. ia No
, thereby untitled f,r tho practical stndics q
tho agrcultor, We cannot believe that ma
burcs himself. who. though fine Lain scho
ar. or perfectly ut home in Greek. graduate
from the University to farm. II is remarks
BILE. brt il is true, that most Of our successf'
scientific arricul urls have reached their pr
sent field OF labor Though some other pro'cs
ion. They have gone around through law. 9
' politics. divinity. physic. or merchandise. to II
!, /, firm. We hope 10 see ere long. race OF a'
! riculturists. who will enter nv tho shortest M
y most direct route. II would make iarm'r
: honorable. and have hcalthful effect cveI
!. way.-tN. Y Times.
8 lie: tho suns first rays shine upon your hc'
i In the morning and you will not want go'
bat to defend YOU from ifs scorching rays
d noon. Earn your breskfast before you eat
:, and tho Sheriff will not deprive you Of yo