The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-05-30
n u III B L R l6.
lgruultural.
From the Field and Fireside.
Improve Your Homestead And Train
Your Sons 10 Habits of Industry.

u' eonS ~ hap1ts OF Industry.
DR. .EE- Dear SIR have iusr fin.
isheo reading the Lie of General Wash.
Imgton, by Jared Sparks, and find hat
ior space Of about tmenly wears before
he Was called 10 command the American
armies he was mostly engaged in agri.
cuI' ure living on his estate at Mount
Vernon superiuteudIng everything ths,
per'a'ned to his vast planting Interest,"
lie had all his fields numbered, and so
CORRECT WAS everything arranged that, in
"tter years, hen called to serve his conn.
Try III the army, or preside over her ,es-
li''es AS chIei magistrate, he Was enabled
to give written direcIiuLs to his a,,.pt
how TO cultivate and improve his num.r.
Gus ne''s: And it surprising what
minute directions, he could and did give.
Much OF his time was spent in benunfv.
'ng ana adorning his loved Mount Yer.
non lis grounds around, and lis orchards
OF choice and rare fruits. He seems 10
nave acted upon an Old Greclan max;m
which have often ;hough, poou doc.
Ir'ne 10 be beloved, you must be love.
y. Washington, at times, had Il great
'e''s'' 'of Tue amusemenls peculiar &c
country life, and compared bv bis
ne'ghbor, George Mason, and Others.
would occasionally chase the foxes of his
he'ghOorhooG. But his chiei amusement
WAS, with his long fowIing pec~, sh, o,rng
the ducks aud swans that often were ro
"e seen IN great numbers, about the
creeks and lnlets Of his beautiful! Po,o.
mac, Tins kind Of sport he was very
successful in. Nor WAS he so selfish AZ
to interest himself only in his own pri
va'e matters. for lie took deep an! abb.
ding interests III the affairs Of the parish
or n"'ghborhcOd in which he lived en-.
c"uraSrng schools, assisting in bui.diuc
aud locating churches, DC.
lhe question is often asked, what shall
we 40 with our sons +" nv mind the
answer Is plain one. Farmers and plau-
tiers should abandon the practice that
many OF them have, Of living. with their
t4"'I1es' IN towns and cities, and follow
The example set them 10y tie Father Of
his eounlry'-Ii'e on, and personally SUI.
| pefntend the cultivation and improve.
inent ot their planlatious; beau,ify, adorn.
and emhelIlsh Their homes,eads make
them attractive, and themselves and their
chhureh would he apt To love hume-
o"ch OF Their sons rs had n talent for me-
cnanicaI or other pursuits tram them IN
Tie peculiar business nature Seems to
nave htted them for. Such MS showed
an Inclination TO follow the healthfu bus
mess OF farming, train thcm TO the use Of
the rIo"gh, the hoe, and the axe-for
they ave noble and manly eXercises-apd
mix the'e"Irh n good business CT ns,hs.
maucal educau"u. Let them know that
Tie Young lady who will turn from their
addresses on account Of The hardness of
their hands-;he marks of he sun on
| lheir trow-ls unfit aud unworth, to be.
come TIER equal partners through life.
4" conversation, not long since, uuh a
c'''zen ot tins country, a man Of wealth.
he sa'd that he WAS trying 10 tram his
son TO lie independant of e.roes: that
he had him NJ Philadelphia, in ma
hire shop; that lie had promised him. il
he would a'qnlt hin self Handsomely and
learn the trade well, lie would give him
ten Thousand dollars, (SlO,OeO) 30 set
h'm up IN business at the South That
man is not only discharging bis du.v 10
Ills son. but also 10 h's county. If pa.
rents aud guardians generally would thus
"ct-,ra'n up their children to the busi-
ness Nature has fitted them for, ten or
twenty years heuce would show f.. dif.
ferent state of things. For sure rs effect
follows cause, would We have An enter.
prls'ng, Intelligent, aud industrious pupu.
IalIon. And will they not lie sure bul.
Walk Tor our coun,ry's protection more
'ormdabie 10 an invading foe thnn the
Iony walls, frowring castles and iorrifica.
'l""s, Appeared to Hannibal when, three
days after the great battle of C.puac
With party "f horsemen, he rode np &c
Tie gates OF Rome He plainly saw il
WAS not for him TO lay them low.
SAML JONES.