The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-02
Fr"m tic C.aa,ci.. a Farmer.
TIE FARMERS HEALTH.

hdicVcf deception there NAV Gc with re
gard tc some other calincs. one fact stand
oat ciear,-that for h1,gth oJ' LIE no or,.u;..,
''ph IS SO hca'hy us M}iny tie soil. The con
trast with other caliings is exceedingly in
>tructive. If the young man now twen.,
years OF age. determine to pull the 'wax-crd.
or push the plane through life. iiIey will. ac-
,,cording to the general average. furnish n,
obituary notice at fortv-fiyc. Ii they draw
moia>ses and numcratc cotton spoe!s for i
living. they will find the thread of liz, cri
"ii at iorfy-six. If they attempt to live Lv
HER wits and make the world take medicine
or law, they will find themselves bcvond the
reach of medicine and human law. and in the
hands ct The undertaken. at fo,iv-cicht =
while II they more wisely c.c,.t rs the ,,,;>i-
ness OF life. to follow the plow and turn the
S"afh. they may expect 20 escape the s~,thc
u the grH Mower til the advanced are of
s!xtv-iour.
II car object were merely 10 show tia,
farming is 4 healthy employment. the case
wcr" sufficiently argued: we nccl saw no
more. But there is another Object in view
4 ! 70 show that farmers as a class are cx-
icc"'!lnglv reckless Of their health. and tha,
they are frequently long lived and conpara-
lively healthy in spite of the worst neglect
and abuse; and in consequence that their
average OF life. high as it is. might with more
prudence, he still farther raised.
FIRST then: Farmers orfen wUiI too harI
We are we'll aware that the world at laror
sands IN no need o,' a sermon on thi. ,s,int
ten men die Tor want OF work where one man
'iic> Tor excess OF it. !.azincS> runs Ghoucl,
:civ SLOW Y J in the blood Of the rae: j,
PROBABLY crel't in with the or; -;nal t-ar> res
son. Still We S)cak that we do know. w}!e.
We >ay that ma!.v Of our friends al The rlox
I'''.re themselves iv ovcr cxcr;ion. 1t ma,
'r hv 4 "a" <~IJ.H .for.> the thing rc,fuir-
II 'o ne done may hc nothing more than IA
ii
disturb the gravity oi some sir" OF tinker.
eat vii l'rriiiariou>, :, cling 10 the Ground.
p N'H> H""'I ambition III <iGH % >" ard 20
a '."c>: tut low sd to think that chrnr;.
i'':n> and permanent il not mortal weakness.
may ic citrcncicl in some vital par. in cen
>c41rnrc of that onc mad effort.
Or Il :na! be iy pro'roctel ORR r. ri',n.--
ne tirn":s business is mostly manual Ia
for: hence excessive toll hot u.ircGucntly
seems 10 him virtue. lie sometimes eSti-
mates lis hcro,:n ly tie ,il.~kncyS of lis
ira.Acrv palms: all the Music Q: i,> lie. say
some, must he set 10 The dali mon0.onv of
rorL. ,ro,I.. wo,. iIcnoe too many farmers.
a;:cr a few years OF brotherhood to the hoe
Al! >''.;ii". become ah>o.ttc!, >'ia with cxcr-
lon :hc;r m,.>rltS are rid a, ROPES; their
il>'> look Ike r're knots: ';r joints Open
IA! Slut like a ru,;y kniic blade: and long
before the -ra>>iorpcr becomes burden
.goni a-r. that form that w.> ml'ic expressly
i"T health and Grace, and beauty. walks or
rather stalks like rara!,-iS on >til;,.
/ Now ii can never he. We mcu oi' toi,. that
this Is the necessary or natural ten,,.n, y II a
business designed! hy 4 seuc::ccnt Greater. f =
,hrec-tourtli> of or race We should .:o;i
and be strong" Int not ,oil a,li h. >'i0. We
Mus: use temperance in our labor. hati. il.
the length and intensity of it. AVOID extreme
cxcrtioriS !!FE ANp Grtf1u AXE Mon,
IMPORTANT THAN THr GEiI!F:cArInN ui
\ MOMENTS iMrl Isl: are more important
than a century Of hay crops. Over cxettion
i not only rot Necessary. hut is po<iir'y >ia-
6&'
Agtin, farmers not only work too much
!.nt hs = cGi 'oo m~ch. This may seem '',hc
Unkii,ic>t cut OF ALL" Hat farmers as class,
are vallan; at thc trcnchcr. The royal preach
~ had doubtless just come from the king
mown->, and felt the substantial sovereign
Y OF being farmer. when he pcnncI this
heroic verse, (Ec. ,, 25.) For who can .,,t,
or vi ho else can hasten Ecrcunto more than
II" No people enjoy the pleasures of TIE
table better than farmers. and. it must he con
:c>Scd, none have a better right. Golden
dishes and all the extravaganza of kings.
woa!d never make dinner 20 TO its place 50
>ati>iao :orilv as a forenoon Of sweaty toll
We remember even TO this day the iEnchcons
and dinners Of a quarter oi a century ago,
taken under an apple tree in the field or
meadow. The contents OF the tin pail with
cX;cmporaneouS spoons and ii dlaucht from
the plug hole of the wooden bottle. were bet
ter than an Epicurean dinner Low. We
never arpcased appetite SO satisfactorily as
then.
But it is easy 10 see that this is a source OF
danger as well as of pleasure. Such an az
petite is often unnatural. If nature is always
stuffed with feeding" till appetite says sc
nough," the occupants of the house will soon
become too much like the occupants OF the
sty, with some consideration in favor of the
latter. If the laborcr regards permanent
health, he must sometimes remember this
canton: put a knife to thy throat if thon be
a man given to appetite" 1t is true that
most OF the ordinary diet Of farm-lahorcrs is
of healthiul kind. and their meals are gen
orally followed 10y exercise in the open air;
hence excess is less hurtful; but not on that
account, free from danger. We hazard moth