The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-19
We have, then. the undeniable facts be-

We have, then, the undeniable facts be-
fore us that our State is not only the best
producing State, but that farming here is
also the most profitable; and we have
seen before, the public as well as private
necessity for the farmer to produce all and
everything he can. The wealth of coun-
try in the main is dependent upon the
products of its soil; and it SO happens, as
if compromising law governing and COM
bining private and public interests, that in
times of public distress like the present,
the agriculturist (who Of all classes except
the soldier is most needed finds sure
source of thrift and incentive to industry,
in his calling, while depression and dis
aster and loss attends that of nearly all
others.
In the spirit of patriotism then, let every
farmer put forth his utmost efforts ard
plant-plant early and to his fullest ca
pacity. Every bushel of wheat or any
other product he raises adds just so much
to the national supply and makes the vel
fare and comfort of the soldier in the field
and his family at home. Every dollar he
puts in bis pocket by his labor adds like
sum to the wealth of the nation.
No one has to pay license for the pri-
vilege of farming, and as yet there is no
national tax ON the lands he may till. Let
everybody, then, who cannot 60 to the
war, or are not M re profitably engaged,
go forth beneath the clearest and most
healthful sky, and plant and reap surely
acquired wealth from this garden of the
Northwest.
There is no business 50 certain to yield
an amply remunerative profit as farming.
1t never can be alleged OF farming, that it
is overdone, or that toe many are engaged
in it. Go, then. if you wish to make
money by honest labor-if you wish health
and the avoidance of care-go, We say,
and buy yourself farm, if you have not
got one, and plant early and plant much,
and you will be Independent and happy.
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Rapid Increase of the Rebel Army.
There can be no doubt that the rebel
armies will be immensely augmented by
their sweeping conseriptlon in the spring.
Citizens residing within the enemy's lines
say that LEE expects to have forty-ive
thousand conscripts added to bis army by
the first of March, or soon after, which will
swell his force to between eighty thousand
and ninety Thousand men. All business is
to be suspended to I'LL up the army, and
from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand
mechanics, now in Richmond, will be
forced to shoulder musket, and take part
in what the rebel leaders expect will be the
final struggle. The enemy is straining
every nerve to put an effective force in the
field by the spring. The CONSUMPTION act
is being everywhere thoroughly enfor- ed /;
indeed, the enrolling officers are not very
particular about the letter of the law, but
they act up To its spirit, and notify persons
who are legally exempt, if within a few
months they would be liable to perform
military duty. @
The Rev. William Millburn, for many
years one of the most popular ministers
and lecturers among the Methodists in
this count y, has not only announced bis
abandonment OF Methodism tor the Epis-
copal Church, but has applied to be re-
ceived in the Diocese of New York as =
candidate for holy orders. ws1