Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-23
few words to Young Farmers.

nent to aversion, not to say contempt
be- their calling, among old practical
rmers. Their idea seems to be that a
Farmer can have no position in society, /
no influence among men-that their sons
VIC follow in their footsteps, are doomed |
to endless blowing and pig-feeding, with /
No incentives to mental culture, for which |
indeed they conceive there is no nscessi-
Mif a man is to be a farmer. Only a
farmer'-' nothing but a common farm
er,' are expressions constantly in the
mouths of such men when talking ofthem-
selves or of their class. No man can be
happy who entertaiEs such a feeling to-
wards his business in life, or harbors
contempt for the class of men among
whom his lot is cast. To be successful
in any avocation in life, betokens fidelity
in its pursuit but to be eminent-to be
celebrated for conducting a business bet
ter than others have done or can do it,
bespeaks an enthusiastic study for the
sake Of the thing itself. 1t is to take
pride in ones calling, be it what it may.
There are many farmers who deem
their calling inglorious and humble, who
have an ambition to see their sons elera-
ted Gas they conceive) to some profess
sion, and their daughters idle ladies, for
sooth. Accordingly, nothing is more
common than to see young men, thrust
by their parents into professions, idling
away month after month in a musty brief
less law Office with little or no business,
making themselves despised by honest
hard-working men, by their attemps to
Rive lCithom acorE, which has come to be
d synonym for living genteelly.' Or
sperhaps the luckless wight is turned into
Doctor to peddIe drugs and endanger
human life by empiricism. Look at the
swollen ranks of doctors and lawyers for
proof. IF with the same education they
have been obliged to receive to graduate
themselves as NJ. DIS or lawyers, these
same young men would 60 back on to the
farm and labor earnestly and with the
enthusiasm necessary to enaineHce in any
profession, the results would soon be
manifest on the farms ard farming sys
tens throughout the country,
When we cast about for the reason
and occasion Of so much false philosopy
among our farmers in directing the eco
nomy Of life for their children, we fins
that it is mainly the ignorance of tina
class of men who decry book-farmin,,
slarnin',' and eddication' for farmers
Foolish men, do not wonder that you ar
overlooked when occasion has need of
mar, and you have no position in society
and (taken as body little infuenc'
among men! It is a notorious fact
one to which l never saw an exception
that when an industrious, professions
man, be he even of very moderate ca
pacity. and only average standing profes
sionallv, turns his attention 10 farming
land haYe known and watched man
such instanees) they neUer fail to oastst7i
The plow-jogging farmer who has made
he business Ct may beg of long life
time. Why is this? It is becaus
having better education, they bring moi
mind to bear upon the business, and Ell
Ter into it with an enthusiasm to whic
tbe farmer is insensible. They make
81 recreation-a relief from professions
cares-an amusement for old age, and F:
enter into It with all the eagerness
boys at play. It is with them re-crec
hon in the truest sense of the word, ar
10 the fullest extent. Nowhere does Il
result of education and the influence
intellect show itself so quickly and
well as on the farm-upon no syste
does it leave so strong an impress, ar
yet, as a class, the farmer will still sk
bis farm, SOW and plant in the moon :
follow the same condemned usages, i
dulge the same sUperstitions and pref
dices of his father before him, lifting
bis voice in pious horror of book lar
int
Procul oh. procul est profanin
There was time when the farme
of New England were influential boz
Of men, renowned for their many virtue
They bore themselves with all the
nate but quiet dignity Of men-men tr
TO themselves and their calling, and tr
to othes-true to the calls of patriotisl
steadfast in the cause Of right in legisI
tive halls, in the jury-box, in politics, a
in religion. The homestead was
nursery Of domestic virtues and hap
ness, to which its nurslings looked ba
in the tolls of after life with venerad
and love. It was as near patriarchal