Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-10-21


,ny saA tenperances hsys his osn fsrm ct
6fty % q hnncsed acres of fair land by the |
Ins hs sbalI have attained the age Of twen- |
ty-6vs: and it is an amaz ing fact that two
thirds Of our youth seem utterly Needless OF
shis opportunity. wasting their days and
their dollars in sfftycious amusenenfs er
rssk speculstions. and suffering ripe man.
Suod to creep upon them while still drifting
!, ,rlfh shs siSe. wirh evsedy esrsfar every tsie
q ) nse CaIiieshia. Australia, Sopors oe
Nicaragua. bot blind to the truth thsf 70 me
ias,xu.ted srsin. AID viil.ng bend eoey held
II fEsssf, and that gold iss seqsised var
snoee surely 10 Indiana than in New Called
oaia. Youth being thus squandered On de-
lusiye hopes and vain adventures the cares
and burdens Of an increasing family bar the
wsy % fulure acquisition, and the mistaken
dreanef. eho % his youthful prime regard
ed fts slsw ssd ard,ou, gains If the hired
w5fker With contempt. lives 70 drag out
forty pear Of grudgins toll, floating ron
farm 10 farm. asser rising above thst ne
.eessisf of living from hand to mouth which
: As1srhI xhile still young and single, have
vsnquishsd forever by Eve years' patient,
piodding industry. ~,~rv "A
SkHin Isfme ekhort yen. young men, 10
ehrose your future -homes-choose where
yeu win. choose carefulIy, bat choose soon.
aad resolve. by years of quiet energy and
patient Thrift, " make tbep gsur svu for
ever. ere you shsii be weighed down By the
heavy burdens Of riPsr gears. You cannot
deliberately choose TO pass your lives as
other mems hirelings; yet this is the end
to which YOU drilt if 20" set sail from the
haven of youth without the bsilastsof some
nest.egs. fairly earned and saved, as the
suslees Of future acquisitions. The rule is
almost infs'libie that the young man whn
has ssved nothing out Of the earnings of
his first year of independence. will never
earn and save anything So. on The other
Rand. he who can say on his twenty-second
bifth dsy. eIhave fairly earned what could
duriag the pest yesr. have saved fully half
of n, end owe no man dollar. is morally
certain, e HE life sod hssi;h BE spared. to
win his wsy stesdily to independence and
eempeseuee. Il il ths first step thai rounts
= walls costs; ist our young men be
sesesssd 20 tske thst step thJughtfuiiy. and
i ths right iireeiion.
H1u hGhk khe eeessipnal labor, and how
e13 ~ nseo5m viii which even the hum
{ ~ tole ~ y enFiehsa spd bssptf6ed.
especially by Tree Painting. il yet but in-
perfectly realized. ,Only the few can live
IN iordly mansions; but roadside elms which
shads the lewiiest cot may be as stately
end graceful ss any that stud the park Of
,the weaithiest merchant, the proudest earl.
As | sm whirlsd through our rural districts,
and see house after heuss uDsheltered even
bF single tree, Lmourn the needle ssaess,
the hlindness. which thus denies them an
ornamenl and comfort 70 completely within
the reach of the poorest. The farmer who
gees TO mill or 10 market may return with a
.ssphar, which, onceEfa fairly planted (snd it
is good half-csy's work to prepare the
eround for and properly plant q Tree, and
effeetually shielded trom injury, will be q
soisce and q JOY TO his family and their sue
icessors for centuries. In country whose
forests are 80 rich in admirable trees ss vurs
--where the Buckeye, the fu:ip, the Elm
the Maple, the White Oak. and the Hickory
sss 20 easily procuiee-i. is shame ths,
even one human habita,ion 30 much as q
year old shosld still be unblest by shade.
trees Every sshool-kouse, every church :
q least where land csa still be bought by
The acre--shouid be half hidcen by grove
ef the mosis umbrageous, hardy, clsani,
tsees, and every schooiboy should ccpside
himself a debtor BY a, least one tree to the
little edifce in which the rudiments o
knowledge were 6rst iustilled INTO his un,
defst1nding, Until such grove shah ther,
have been cempietei.zsz Ez- zli
<. In our cspricious. fervid climate, W.
need shsde-iress; but not these slone. fhs
dearth of fruit, especially in 1.-The West, i,
etili almost universal. Not one dwelling il
ten Is fsnked and backed BY such belt o.
spple, peach, pear, cherry, ounce and plum
trees "a should thrive tiere. OF grapes
there il not vine where there should be
hundred. Even the hardy and easily starte,
cnrrant bush is not halt SO abundant as i
deserves 30 be. -zaz ,-4es - ss.=.. ~ ~
Host farmers would deem it waste I.
teyote two square rods OF each of theil
gardens to the Strawberry; while the barr
. idea Of eultisating Raspberries or Black
berries strikes large majority Of them q,
intensely ridiculous. Now there is no dis
puie % to :he folly Of cultivating that which
sbounds on every side and may be obtaines
without labor or carer; and I Judge, from
observations on the fence-sides and corner,
OF many farms, that the cultivation Of any
thing Of the brier kind on those farms woui,
So most su2erfuous undertaking. Yet
do not the less insist that as a people w
have far too little Fruit, and that mos. o.
this 10 Of aeedlessly inferior quality; ,ha
the grOssness Of our food is the cause o
many painful and disabling diseases which
tree and irequeD; use OF fruit would pre-
vent; that, even regarded solely 10 th,
light Of profit. our farmers ought to grow
more and better fruit, both for their owl
use and for sale; and that noble orchards a
we'll Is forests mast in time diversity thu
bare landscape ever Of the great prsiries
breaking the swe-p of their fierce winds
snd increasing the sslubriiy OF the atmos
phere, and contributing in thousand way,
to the physical enjoyment aud spiritual eIe
vstion of Man. lsT
leave untouched. for this occasion, thu
grea, fields Of Drainage, OF the me chanics