New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-28

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labor and marriage and We have good shps that never
sail 10 seq on Fdsye. and good farmers who cure 10
PINK at The ware Of the moon. And " three coioi'u
tomcat will preserve ship from laundering Cd Japan
coasts if luckily aboard IT is no more wohde'ii Una"
tia, infants caul which brings al manner " p'oSp''
ties TO hs fortunate owner.
Tie tools Of the japanese farmer are lew anu si"pe
He listens with incredulous amazemem 70 s'oi's "
steam plows moving machines ana hoEhe i"A'e' "
hoe and spade nc has the mattocK; the raAe W
he seldom uses the soil is 30 hght aho H'ao'e ',"
falls 20 dps. bsnesb his maiock. In the wet rieedeids
blows and harrows drawn by horses or oxen are GIN
ovea both Of the rudcst construction. and much the
same as We see pictured as in use among Chnese liz
d,ns ~ natives Of Asia Minor. knife foot long,
slightly curved. and Sc: into handle at fgOtSnee'
70 cut his grain and to cut reeds grasses and
,uios The gathered grain is beaten out on the heid
ui,b fail. or hatcheled A winnowing MILL counter
mart Of those seen in every old farm yard
and which has, Ike the old wellsveep and the two
buckets over Wheel been an institution in Japan 'or
unknown centuries. completes the farmers tool chest
Stout arms and patient will supply all the rest.
The soil looks rich, but is very poor. Non WALK any
where among The cultivated fields, you plunge your
walking stick with ease three feet into the yielding
earth and while admring its rich black color are ie'
minded Of fertile plairo soils at hoiae but the Iese'
bance Is only in appearance. The moment you leave
the neghboihood Of towns and villages or the Ire OF
the coast where manure can be had The crops snow
from VIVA. lean breast though dark as Aries ebony
they draw their sus.enance have seen inc so uooa'
NorasaN. Hnksdade, Yedo and Kanagawa. and it is
all the same Welding courteous returns only TO pains
taking labor And ills labor the japanese peasant
II. Ia lerrhe with fat
ness. For him there are no ambitions beyond honest
toll the conditions of Lis life are fixed Teyocaby' lie
Is haunted BY no dreams Of power pursued by no rest
less ayarco and 50 his human machine runs on gently
without muny ,ress or breaks. His wife is industri'
Gus Ike himself her spinning wheel sings by the door,
and the shuttle Of his daughters loom flies by the win
dow. In the rce culture and the cotton picking they
labor BY his side His children. who are 90 numerous
about his door rs the shcaves In lis field have full run
Of the streets for their earlier years-airy and whole
Some az free grown humans are wont to be-the girl
PLAYS with dolls and dresses the boy snaies birds robs
bird nests damns up the little ribs sails bis tiny boat
bakes his mud pies in the and tears his rowsef'
he has snv ms all good farmers boys have An ndeeasi'
HE right 10 o,i such time lie is able TO go to the
woods for fuel or TO the fields TO hoe and weed But
one thing IL to be remembered, TO school he must go,
and the sun hardly MP before he is off to school with
shining brown face aud the roll Of paper which makes
bis copy book in hand, where lie learns to read and
write and make faces at his master "a regular lchabod
Crane in horn spectsce) and his task is over and he
on his way home. with ink besmrched face at an hour
when our boys at home have scarcely begun their
lessons for the day. J. was group Of such bosiu OF
school boys love for fun whom once addressed at the
door Of their school around which they had gath
cred ut sight of strange face Tell me- my fine Eel
low" said to in the best japanese could muster
tell me how old You are" There was pause In their
rogush feces when whispers over the others shou
der tell him you are d hundred" y