The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-11-30

should be increased instead Of diminished
by labor in the field. There are scores a
men whose distinction was acquired by
mental application duriog hous snatnhed
from svocatious requiring the ssvsrssa h'
bors. The individuals who exhibit the In
est physical and mental combination, ase
the soldier, the navigatar, the merchant.
the engineer, and but seldom the psoess-
sional man and the farmer. Generally tho
professional man is exhausted by TOO severe
devotion to mental labor; while tho fas.
mer suffers from the want Of educational
advantages"
But the question is asked, how sha1l the
farmer get time for Intellectual cultivation =
] answer, keep yourselves posted on the
Improvements Of the age; harness your
beasts of burden to tho labor-saving MA
chimes, and thus do as much work in one
day as you now do in ten. Be more So
cinble; visit together more; compare your
experiments and improvements with each
other; see what your neighbon arc about; ;
associate together aud purchase machines
TOO expensive to bo purchased with your
individual means; help the wes.k; fulfill
the great command, sLove your noighbors
rs yourselves" bear each others burdens,
and bear with each others infrmities; oul-
tivate the courtesies and reRnements Of life.
Thus you will make neighborhood desira-
bic to live in. Do fhis for your material
prosperity, il for no other reason. know
from my experience in selling land, that
farm situated in neighborhood where the
society is good; whero families are socia'
bic, intelligent and refined; where there Is
a good school house and church, will sell
for 26 Per cent. more per acre, than in o.
neighborhood where vice aud contention
exists, and where the inhabitants are iguo-
rant and unsociable. Such neighborhoods
are Stunned by the eastern farmer, who
has the means, and wishes to buy an im.
proved farm in the West.
Baw Beese and his tribo have left tho
county. Tho wigwsm Of the savage haa
disappeared. Thatroving population which
hovers upon tho borders Of civilization.
which subsists by hunting, fshing and tho
cultivation of few acres Of stinted cora
aud small potatoes, are fast following IN
the foot steps Of the savage. Their places
are being occupied by substantial and thrift
ty farmers. And their huts arc giving
place to good substantial farm houses, oc.-
cupied by class who iatend to make
HilIsdsle County their future homes.
In conclusion let me say that the inst
business Of the farmer should be 70 make,
his home pleasant to his family. Many
farmers complain that their sons leave
them as soon as they are old enough TO bs
useful, and turn tradesmen, soldiers, gold
hunters, or anything but farmers. This "
fault which needs to be corrected, and
the best way to correct it is TO make your
homus and your business more attractive.
Do not make beasts Of burden Of your
boys. Give them days Of recreation, get
up a matched team and let the boys drive
-, s~--e~.d yea. houoo with objects Of
beauty; plant out shade troes, in the yard
and by the road side; cultivate flowers
and running vines. They were given us
by our Creator to beautify our homesteads
with. Supply your houses with good books
and periodicals, and especially such - treat
upon Agriculture, Horticulture, Floricul-
ture and Architecture Encourage fami-
lies Of intelligence and refinement to visit
your dwellings. but don't think it necessa.
~ to make slaves Of your women 70 feed
them. The cordial greeting, the hearty
welcome, and the absence of restraint, dis
play and formality, are the charms of so
cial intercourse. Bella Hubbard, in his ad-
mirable essay on tho proper Improvements
and enjoyment Of country life, says:
"Let at least an aero around the home
stead Of every farmer that seeks a new
home in our western land be undisturted
by the axe, except to remove what is use
less. At least, let not the spot designated
for the house be tho first to be cleared of
its noble growth Of the old Ienizens OF the
land. whose place cannot be supplied
within the life. time Of their destroyer
The men who commit such outrages are
misled by false education. They havo
not learned how much Of comfort, Of hcalth,-
snd of true enjoyment, may be had from
even single fine troc sheltcriDg door
yard. They arc ignorant that those mou-
archs Of nature, which they 50 unheeding
ly mako war upon, are their best protectors a.
gainst the fever burning sun and aguelsh
dews. They arc purifiers OF the atmos.
phore from the masmas that the clearirgs
havo engendercd. They act as safe guards
from the lightning; shey cool the fervid
heats of summer by creating beneath their
branches refreshing breeze, even in sui
try calm, and at all times they delight tho
eye and cheer the heart Of tho true lover
Of nature. Why should tho settler build
his cabin away from the kindliness and
protection Of those natural friends Of man."
When will our country homesteads be
worthy Of song, such as those Of another
land have called forth from the most gifted
of English poets
''The merry homes of England, how besutifuS
they stand.
Amid their tall onceslrnl trees, DER all the pleas
nnt land"
Children should be taught to venerate
trees and every thing beautiful. As much
as possible they should be brought up
amid scenes Of picturesque rural beauty,
multiplied AID enriched, but not destroyed
by art. They will derive from such scenes
not merely love Of nature, but taste
for what is elegant and lovely, that VIII
have a salutary effect upon their future
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