The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-07-15
AMONG rue HILLS.


II is a. .beneiicent fate that even in the SORT
of lreadmill life of an editor calls US oul now
and then smong the handy yeemaury end
pure air of :be bills. Doubly grateful 10 our
wearied brain and body is such a trip when
in town the mercury reaches close 10 the
100 degrees, and The brick walls and pave.
lnenls seem huge oven. And not only is
the air more genial out here, redolent with
the odors oftihe new-mown hay, but there
is like refreshing spirit of Kindness and
hospitality in The hearts of the people.
The farmer holds closer communion
with nature and natures God than the mar
row mind pent up IN the narrow vale Of
the town. He mey not be able 10 read the
city daily In the morning before the dew
gems have ceased 10 sparkle On HE meadow;
but The healty friendship Of bis neighbors
and the smiles of his honest family awaken
aud exercise in him far better nature ,han
the details Of murders aud conspirucies move
in his less modest Town cousin. The rise
and fall OF stocks do not distract nor drive 10
suicide the hus5andmau, but his heart and
brawny frame seem 10 widen out as if in
sympathy with the expanse of his broad
acres. 3
Out here among these hiilsides and val.
leys Of Orange we foseetlhe selfish jealousy
Of small men seeming great--of candidates
for Congress each epyious Of the olher--of
politicians each one afraid lest some other
may grow greater than he. and therefore
POISONING minds against such rivals as are
in his way, like in the days of the Borgias
the vainly and wickedly ambitious were
wont 10 poison food.
Aye, human nature is ever the same; and
it's frailies only take new forms and new
names with succeeding ages. The politics
of Machisyeli come round again with The
same unefripg certainty as ihs piaae,A- ofthe
physical world. But the lens which spring
from the Diseased mind Of city fanatics find
no lodgmenl in the clear healthy minds oil
our yeomaury. No wonder that in the Will
mo, district there was lately an application
for incorporating borough one mile and
three foutih square, where less than 100 per-
sous lived, and where Two OF the proposed
borough lines ran through an unbroken will
derness. No wonder that Wilmol incorpe-
rated The borough, end the Supreme Court
reversed his decision. There were no doubt
many great men there as fii 10 rule a borough
as we have now iu our district fiji 10 go 10
Congress; iha, is--in their own estimation.
No wonder these people Of the Isms banker
for the flesh pots and eouup,ions Of the towns.
They have become "ioo smart" end ought
TO sweatout their spriiualism 10 such ram
bles as ours among The sweei realiiles Of the
Orange hillsides and valleys.
Your political CaaIines only faten in The
great sores Of the city, and ,het degenerate
imIlalors in some town. We mean the reck-
less men who have neither character, merit
nor means, and who yet by brazen impu.
dence play upon and cheat tho good nature
OF the public unit repealed rebufTs ard dis.
appointments make them desperate adven.
turers for any enierprize. When man has
no public spirit and no interest al Stake IT
. the socletysarouud him, you have no bone
for his good behavior, and you do him 6
great unkindness by leading him into tempt
alton.
All hail TO The true hearts and the slou
hands OF the thrifty farmers--ihe only true
aslersof the earth--and after each Of whom
it can be Euly said that the world is better 70
his having lived in il.