Spirit of the age., 1853-05-25
AGRICULTURAL.
The Farmer With two Ideas.

There was farmer | knew, and merry |
mau was he, who had one idea at rising up,
which went with him all the day, and another
at going to bed, which las. was as old as its
brother idea, and these made the merry mood
of the merry farmer knew.
The morning idea danced out with merry
song for A Present Profit to the worker
who breaks the turf and mellows the yield
ing soil, and the evening idea was as merry
as merry could be, among the growing trees,
the stretching vines, the children at school
or play, and all the growing tribes in house
or barn, as the song of A profit for gears to
come was heard with inspiring glee.
Year after year tho merry man kept up
his two ideas, and they filed his barns,
they filed his cellar, they filed both garret
and sail, and they filed his purse SO the
strings would often break and the bank would
only take the burden of his tolls. And the
merry farmer became walking wonder, and
a thousand wondering people said, Why
| is it 2
Then they began to talk about the farmer's 5
two ideas, and how they kept him in such a
merry mood. And they found that the morr'
ing idea was not forgotten, nor allowed tc
trespass on the evening idea. So the farmer
never worked his farm without feeding it, anC
he was careful to give it food which woulo
cause it to produce very plentifuly in i'm.
mediate action, and vet remain healthful fo
time to come. 1t was established also tha
the evening idea should not be left alone a
any time but, where much was hoped for II
time to come, much must also be exacted il
the passing day.
His fields produced plentifully, but ever,
year gave an increase of plentifulness, com
pared with the year befores lie procured tn
most active manures, aud by these secure,
large and immediate crops. Upon the sam
ground he put large supplies Of less activ
manures at the same time, and this gav
promise for the future. One gave him 30
in harvest while the other gave him hop
Of "a good time coming
His gardens fourished, his trees grew, tn
birds sang by the door, his daughters wei
virtuous and happy, his sons loved the ope
world for workshop, and his wife 9at a quee
in their own quiet court; and all this joy an
gladness came along in the very same pat
where the farmers two ideas led the way.
Thus lived the merry man to good o
age, and prosperod in all his many years
long the way of life "A present profit, and
y profit to come
TWO PERSONS FOR TWO IDEAS.
The prosperous farmer has the two ide
Sc which lead to prosperity and has wife
le yes certainly, wife he has, who has also t
70 same two ideas with himself She can S
beyond the end Of hernose as we'll as he, a
sc, she can see what is within her reach also,
ill we'll as he. She secures the present prt
ad and the profit for years to come, and puts
ty, use the proper things in tho proper time, a
ar when he has used them she always puts the
it. in proper order and in proper place. A
in. all | have to say more is this the me
I'D farmer knew had two good eyes, and
en had a little wife well-willed,' who had a
two good eyes, and they both together /
off two good ideas, and they walked the patti
cd life together, seeing to learn, and learning
,e; profit and nobody can wonder any lon
that he was merry farmer all his days.