The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-16

teresting to the farmer, the flowers OF sou
gardens should not be omitted, those brilIIun
oFDsmenis Of the earth, which nature seem
to have designed to lead US in early life, b.
their charms, to love the field and wood, n,
10 later life, to eDliven our toll BY their fra
GRANGE and beauty. No farmer should allow
himselfto dcspise flower as some mere
ultilitarians are very apt 10 do; for though i
may be uninteresting to him. If he has nt
poetry Of love Of beauty in his soul, he shouIt
consider that Eo~ets serve greatly to rem,
der their home delightGulto the young, ant
to cherish In their heaits love for the pur.
suits of afsrm. To the daughters of n far.
mer, flowers are almost essential TO inspire
them with an interest in rural pursuits, ahd
unreasonable amount of labor. should never
De grudged to furnish them with 50 81 pie
and innocent a qualification. s, 3 .,,,s. =
How yiyidly 10 the remembrance Of our
early home associated with these simple
flowers, and how greatly they serve to give
cheerfulness and sacredness to the grounds
which. they occupy. No farmers house
should be let unadorned with these simple
and beautiful ornaments, which require no
wealth to purchase them, and no expensive
labor to preserve them in all their beauty.
If we wish to inspire our rising offspring
with an enduring love Of the scenes Of home,
(for q love Of home itself springs from NOR
al mfuences.) and an attachment to rural
pursuits, our farms must not be without
their flower gardens-heat, modest and sim.
pie gardens that do not dazzle the eyes, but
present hundreds of simple and beautiful
objects, to be loved in youth. upd remednber-
ed ever Afterwards, as the sol enirs of that
happy period of life. On the other hand, II
while our farmers sons and daughters are
growing up to their adult years, they witness
at home nothing but toll and drudgery with
in doors and without; no fowers around the
house, no pictures in il, no conversation
except Of labor ond stock, and the prices of
produce, nothing expended for taste and or.
Rament, would il be surprising if they ,con-
sidered a farmers life miserable life OF
drudgery, ana the farmers home mere
work.house, and that they should long TO
escape from it. and engage in some more
auimating employment?
= Bit if the heads Of the family possess
taste for the charms Of nature; If they are
alive to the beuuties Of a flower, 10 the
wartl!ns BIRDS; if they value trees on ac.
count Of their beauty, as wellns for their
utility and their shade; and when they look
abroad r'pon the laadscape, can reflect
wiih.dclight upon it's grandeur and lis lowell.
ness, as well as on It's rofi'uhlehess for cul.
tivationi then they are likely to gather
around them certain beautiful objects that
should be source Of perpetual joy to their
children, and inspire them with love for
the scenes Of home, which must always en-.
dure. It's from this want Of attention to
matters of taste; this contempt Of ornament,
and indifference to the charms OF beauty on
the part Of'he parents. that SO maLy young
men have grown up without local attach
ment to the place of, their birth, aud left
their homes, and forsaken their farms to Join
in trade md commerce. which are thus over.
stocked with laborers and adventurers, while
agriculture is neglected. II I'VE would teach
our children to "venerate the plow," we
must render It suggestive to their minds Of
something besides unmitgated toll. Unjust
be associated with all the beauties and plea.
eures Of country life. It must be the re.
mei'brafce Of happiness which the country
only can yield, but which are too often. pb-
sent from the farm; it must call to mind the
flowers OF the field and the garden; it must
be associated with instruction in the fields,
and amusing and rational studies on pleasant
winter evenings. Then will the enticeme mt
of svopno men. ubo are farmers, soma be
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s'e"'ei ~ 5''n INC ih'ete'u"s o"u "'o'e pur'
suits OF agriculture, with their freedom under
tie bit1i,q csnoof offieaStn. aud competencv
os.l,,h. soaS ,t,;,.ss : a.ene. = u.as..o..
,.,ho .,.vssn .,,a 80 =; :: rss"ss s.I Wv,
tetne slavery and conhnement imposed upon
them by the pursuits of commerce. su
a In the course of these remarks, we have