American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-15
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IIllEr sda9 sIovninE. ynIy 7 5, 1888
me PURSUIT OF AGRICULTURE

ITS ELAIEslANDlrS CHARMS. /.
rElas sirevsroceurred 10 t6e reader Of Tn,
Faspsi thatihs ,pspolar view of the puf,
suit -oi Agriculture, with reference tc
both the points indicatiTe above, is pt rnic,
iously Inadequate and erroneous? Wheth.
crit hasorshas rot we ask his considera.
tiop, 81 the subject as one which eminently
deserves puAlic attertion. and one which
more especially recon mends itself to
yosfg niea Of our country: As its owu
purpose is to show The popular Traditional
view Of taken Of the subject to be both ia
hcious aud injurious, we will briefly in
dicate what that VIEWS. Whatever the
people atlArge may talk and write upon
the subject, facts obvious 10 all show un-
mislakeablythat the farming business is
looked upon by the great mass of commu.+
nifty as certainly necessary mud-silf by
which the structure Of society is to be ba
sed, in which the coarsest material is TO
bs employed. and which is TO be so far as
possible ingorred by the lordIy in.dwellers
OF the mcit efe,"" d dsuperstructure; ara we
inthis Statement? is this really the attitude
OF the public mind with reference to Far.
ming and the Farmer. II is an old true
adags that factions speak louder than
words;' we viii therefore visit neither the
library nor the lecture.room. Tut rather
consider what the actions of men signify
in this matter. Let US suppose case Of
daily occurrence. A boyhas reached the
agetwhen it becomes Necessary for his ms.
rents. his friends. and himself, to make a
choise Of lile.elfort. He has or at ali
events the parties indicated are pretty sue
to think he has, given indications of
ssmarlness." ard tits expected tfat he
will De able to do almost anything rtoui.
ring talent. not to say genius. Il is quite
evident taat Els slice In the cake of life
ought to come out Of Tho side where the
biggest plums lie. and tie most OF them. II
The youthful candidate should happen to
be borne out ofths precincts Of the citv
there IS chance that tho question will be
asked-- Shall he be a farmer?
What says The fatberto that? Ten To
one bis reply or his thought will be. in
substance, IT is all very well fora man
to dig and delv, and slave away life on a
farm, II be doas not know enough to do
any thing else! Now there's John the
the younger btotter of Charles. whose fu. |
ture forms ara under discussion ;s a
good hoy, but he amt overly smart At head
work, tstupid as a block J poor fellow: but
he he : stioout'and will make good enough far
be II have TO be farmer, az he
would doubtless starve at any better busi.
mass; dut CHARLES. is none OF your common
boys; lie can hoe his with the best of
EN- l'don't care what its at, and 'twoulI
be shame for him tothrow himself away
On farm" t ~ %'
"less." says the fond mother, "and
men Charl's is so tasty and SO coed look
ng' and so found Of being dressed up nice
ma clean. and SO refined and intellectual
IKE! Why he can talk now almost as fine
as Mr.. Petlygoose. tie lawyer, and
ne schoomasler says lie is equal in
Nfitin and cipherin amt to be found in the
whole district. Charles ought to be ri ,h
nan and great one too; and then he's so
ieiicate. hard work would be the death OF
'im. No, indeed, there's something bet.
er'ior Charles to do than to be clod.
topping farmer.''
AS Tor the young candidate himself, he
pretty sure to conicids with the views
'pressed In the occupation of farming
le sees hard work, ard boys are not gen
rally particularly partial to that; and he
$50 agrelswrh his mother in thinking he
ught TO get rich faster and easier in some
ther way. He is not taught 10 look deem.
r than the surface, and the true cl,ims /
nd attractions Of agriculture ara uneIt by '
IN bseause unaoknowledged by the so
ie'y IN which he has grown up. Beau,i 4
Il and attractive 10 his young eyes mr. o
no glittering pinnaclcs OF professional c
lme, and the golden temples of opulenoo '
hine fair, where led the busy paths of COM s.
lerce. The idea of becoming farmer is 2
aPuSnant to him. not so much through Ii
10 natural tendency Of youth to pref the &C
lltteTlng exterior Of that which strikes the tn
lexpsrlnced and falsely educate as more "
esireable than the less pretending reality NJ
true happiness, hot 80 much that, as
lough false and narrow view OF the d
hole subject, and entertaine BY the rreat
lal orlty Of these who should teach him
etter things. by imparting more Just views 7
nd euItIvaIing higher, because puior aspi
.ions.
Well, il is decided that Char les is not
throw himself away upon farm. ia 7
not to be turned away with slice of the V
reat life cake, having so much of the hard
rust and labor, and 20 thinly ppppoIed II
nth the coveted plums of wealth: and il is E
greed that he shall be merchant, a law .
err minister or somethinI Of that sort D
here is no risk in saying that this very T
uestion which we have soppos'iously ar
ued with reference To Charles. il reallv S
rgued every day in the year by parents,
blldren, and friends Of embryo msnhood,
nd substantially in that very way. or
curse We do not mean 10 say that il is al
rays So; that there are no parents and '
ouths, entertaining and higher views of e
be mission OF life, and more adequate an. v
recitation Of the relative merits OF aercul.
lre and its occupation; there are such ex. '
options. and we hoye thsre will be more
them; but they are exceptions nsverthe,
,.ss, and we appeal to the experience and :
observation Of the reader for eorrobatiye i
videnee OF the fact, Tint the view taken in
ur special csse is very general.
just think that matter over. denr reader
ntlll next week, when we mean to have
little "mors talk" with you about it.