The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
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Fifty Acres Enough.

Frorn the County Sen''enaa ,,...
.sTen acres " devoted 10 vegetaole euItuIo
..., he miracle Of plenty, but IN oullaylhg
nns1 S,sfricfs n is not quite "enough,
..Lor,,b Infinitely better than nothing.
80 win len acres anywise decent lane'
49, never fear the pOorhOuse, II ne "OIAs
Z, We'll His family may outnumoeI the
nine dirlts. bur there viii DO corn III LS!p1
'O- Now we hold that fly acres OF good land
- ,bot which can bemade good, IS enough
nnless q man wi she's 20 slave out MS "noie
life In toii-dlgging VII his Oh OacA =
AZ crooked as & raln00w-tlA MS hlescsS
cracS with tue rheumatism. ana rs JJ.l.9
srap with the ancAy.O5i'- ooHl0 -.
81 ,,a1ins has discovered that man mas
ms tl.5 Ire ~ live on this earth-why toll
sS-cessivaiv for the bread that pefishelh
IL ne sv-e1r Of our brows are we 20 get our
f'read tut don't lei Us sweat lnmoderaief
f,r ro8nmon. Enough IS al re can use We
tnov ofa llttle snug i4rm Oh thirty -lou,
49, If cultivated land. and seventeen ei
49, pasru-a which Yields 2 plOn- nucN
isryer rnao Ole hundred and -l.s aci1s
We know Of I. Upn0ls- snug hi.le coz
,ooe NJ eivbrro0ms. q large barn Win no +
80 usefI improvements, three acres u
erIeldid orchard Of al valuable fruits h--i'
a. acre Of excellent garden, an acre anu =,
balt more devoted ~ carrots, turnlps ana
ooiors-fhe fences are all posts aud rams,
Lnsoes aud weeds are ia eternal exile aii''
fhe Mace Is xceedirgiy fair 10 look up1.
ard to I've on. Ilis man l5 getting Ilen
h, nelna thorough in everything. us heu
h9u,e IS perfect, his hens lay. and no crop
NM are lost lis pig sly IS stacked Win
uuck and the house Stops run lNl) IL. -
Ter he takes the premium he puts about SIX
erras nfcorn into pork which makes n2annie.
Nannre and thorough tlliage are ID.
e,~onf secrets ofauf1rm.ng. Ia New En4lah'
81 last. Tlis man lives Well-uO lor@ u'e
for Lim-le eats turkey, eats els. S'.i
LIMB. and the first of ms truiis anu nerus
lie dresses Wel rides IN carriage, ~
n Good pew ia the church, and SENDS DE
children % the first Institutions o. learning
III win Is NOT worked 10 death and has
niano In tie psrior. lie pays about Hill
dollars O year i0c he'p-vlsits Ms heisnO De
and knows h0w 90 ISL. ~ llcA unsi- - y
len him any pTOperty-he Des1u me "
owning about one hlli Of his idrhi, "l'h'u
any Luiliings upon 81. and I've thOu'an'
dollars would no, Guy hi real estate To-Day
THIS farmer j. not myth; We kno" A.N'' aA'
more minute statistics might DC 5"ei l.
show thai lily acres = ci4oa-i4 ~ as
less man desires 10 dig and SCRUB over
large farm OF half TILED acres, and pernap
not he any better OF ia tie eud than III
easy friend with small farm
Il Is q flct that q two hundred acre ilrh
right be made equally good, but Il IS al
other flct that they seldom arc. Ihorougl
tiuage ia New Eug.aud cannot extend owe
multitude Of acres. Flily acres VI re-
land-u can be made rich II poor now
with snug house and spacious yard
with an aYuldlIt fruitage, and everything
O. perfect as man Cag make around II. ]
IS workingmau's paradise. There IS HI
yine-wreatAed arDOr. in which TO read IN
pauers on d summers Sunday eve and he
held the sun sink down through the go.de
Eaiewuys Of tie west--whl.e there Is every
Ihing beautiful and bright around him an
out OF doors. and why IS it not al tho para
disc that earth can give,
We hold that The man who makes an acr
of this earth more beautiful and prOanctiy
Is doing Heavens service aud il be has 10
over my acres. he can make IL all shin
win ruition and beauty and never ask dis
Cunt besides.