Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-03-04
Security and Pleasures of Rural Lii

rJR the LIVIsBUKG CHRONICLE.
Security and Pleasures of Rural Life.
One of the most delightful conditions o!
life any one can wish himself SO be in, i.
to be the owner of fine farm, or even a
nice and convenient little country outlot,
surrounded with copious yard filed with
beautiful flowers and luscious fruits, and
adorned at suitable points with picturesque
shade trees, of ones own planting, both
evergreen and deciduous For here man, =,
if he have ground enough to raise grain,
vegetables, grass, hay, milk and butter,
eggs and the like, in sufficient abundance
for his own family use, may live happy
and free from those anxious cares, Per.
p'exities, and risks that arc sure to annoy
other men in almost every other pursuit
in life. And hence the owner of such
home, though the number of acres of his
ground be small, and his house very lowly
as compared with the lofty and costly edi
fees in our cities and large towns, can sit
calm and unmoved uLder his own vine, and
at his own ireside, in pleasant and hap
py mood, while danLs are putting on the
screws, or breaking up merchants, aud
manufacturers reputcd worth their thou.
sands or even millions are forced to ap-
point assignee., and all other classes suf-
fer severely from the pressure of the times.
The mau who has such home and is free
from debt, is not compelled, as his town
and city friends and acquaintance are, to
connlve at and humor the whims, follies, .
and wickedness of his fellowmen, in order
to retain their soOd will and custom and
to secure livelihood for himself and fam.
lly. Is it not most humiliating fact,
that many of our towns people do so con,
nlve at and in measure thereby become
partlcipators in the fcllies aud in the
'rimes of others !? and do this, too, under
he plea that it is necessary to enable them
% support their families through the Gus
ON of such men? Happy, indeed, then,
the man who has the means of his own
livelihood so far within his own power
hat he can not only bid defiance to such
houshtless and ungodly characters, but !
muster up courage and kindness enough
point out and reprove, face to face, ,
heir follies and wickedness And the ,
'me man is equally happy in another .
nportant point of view, for while his fell q
'wmen, who are engaged in the various /
lher calings of life, may and at times /
'tually have tho earnings of long life t
me suddenly swept away from them, and b
} are reduced from state of wealth to n
ate of hopeless poverty, he, no matter Q
w great the bank failures aud the gen. St
al breaking up in business may be, re- e
aims safe, secure, and in great degree u u
tally Independent of the circumstances !
at crowd around and push other men
wn into ruin. TO the iaud-ouaer SO
ppily situated, l would, then, in concu.
IN, say-stich TO yoar firm, or snug little &c It.
me--and let no fauciful notions OF large NJ
Dfts induce you to sell your land and lie
ter into the mercantile or any ether 'e
business-for aine-tenths of IA
'se who do SO sell, and venture, will, in IN
, end, however they may prosper for a m,
lie, be sure to meet with disappointment n,
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