Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-10-20
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We find in the Americaa Journal b
Education some thoughts in relation to tht
agricultural profession, to which we inyit,
the attention Of our readers:
FARM LIFE A SCHOOL OF TRUE MANHOOD.
| The men who have left their mark upor
the ages in which they have lived, haze
done a great and noble work for the race
have been, with few exceptions men of no
bic physical mould. The foundation o.
their greatness and Of their fame was laio
IN the patient training O. their physical pow
ers. Such a man was Washington, and
most of the worthless who were associated
with him in the struggles for our liberties
Such were Clay and Webster, and many o.
their contemporaries in our national Senate
Their early days were spent upon the farm
and the thoughts of their declining years
were given to the improvement, and tie
cultivation, and the establishment Of Their
Irrespective homesteads. Ashland and
Mars field will long be scenes of pilgrim
Iage to the husbandman as well as to the
patriot.
The whole tendency Of farm life is to de-
yelope the body beautifully and symmetri-
Ically. The child is not pent up in the mar
row back yard Of city dwelling, or turned
into the thronged and filthy streets to pur-
sue his sports. His eyes open first upon
green fields and fragrant meadows and his
first football ont of doors is upon the mat
ted grass beneath the shadowy trees Of his
rural home. He drinks in health from ey-
cry breeze, and the scenes around him call
forth that playfulness which performs Sc
| important an office in our early training.
So this leads us to speak of the influence
Of farm life upon the home virtues. No
Occupation can be more favorable to the
cultivation of those qualities which are the
charm of the domestic circle. The farmer
is much more at home than is possible with
any other men. How many are there in
our families who only see their families at
evening, o. on Sunday They live fol-
their business, and this, from its location,
takes them from homa early and late. How
many, from the same cause, foPsake house
keeping and huddle covered with tents and
wagons, and the people from the surround
ing country brought their provisions in bas-
kets in regular picnic style, and when noon
time came, they seated themselves under
the shade Of the broad spreading trees and
Jared most sumptuously. We enyied them
their chicken fixins" when we went to the
boarding table to pay our fifty cents foi
what we could get. We know if they had
once thought how we would appreciate theil
good cheer, we should have had an invita-
ton to paitake with them. But editors are
generally very modest men, and don't
spread their abroad phylacteries" before
men, or women either, for their own com
fort. but must BIS self denying, thinking
and speaking well of all, and be content to
lpick up such crumbs of comfort as the pub.
lie are willing to dispense after being vel
provided for themselves. Well, to close
up short and sweet, after spending three
very pleasant days and seeing many good
friends, and the productions of our skillfrl
artizans and prairie farmers, we left on Fri
day evening, and on the next morning
found ourself safely landed in Chicago, again
to resume our labors for the dear public.