Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-12

len acres oero.eQ 10 vegetaOie cuItu' e
near . city may be q miracle Of plent,
Dot ID the outlying rsrsl distsicts il is q It
quite enough, taoogh infinitely better thu
nothing A maa with ten acres Of anywhs
rdeceut land need never fear the poor nous
1.-The works it we'll His family may on
Snumbsr the nine digifs. but there sill b,
corn To- Egypt for eli that. -ae'i
Now We: hold that fifty acres Of good
land, or that which can be made govd, is
Eencugh usless q man wishes to slave out
shis whole life in toil--diggng till his ola
back Is a. crooked as n rsinbow--till his
EuseIss crack wi'h rheumatism, and hs
iolnts snap With apchyk sis. Some pene
atRatiog genius nss discovered that man ! ss
bot one life 10 live on ear;h--why toll in
sesssntly, for the bread that perishe,h .
10 the sweat Of ouu bsows ore We to get our
bread, bot don't lei Ms sweat immoderstsly
Tor 'Aammon.s Enopgh Is oil We can u.e
We know Of . snog little farm of thirty.
four scres Of cuitivs'sd land, and seven
teen directly pasture. which yields prof
much larger then any ooe hundred and ift,
sefss 'ws know Of 1t opholds q snug little
costsgs Of eight rooms, large barn wih
modsrn useful Improvements. three acres Of
vplendid orchard of oil valuable fruits, halt
20 sus sf sxeellent garden, an acre ana a
haf more devoted to carrots, turuips, q d
onious--tbs fences are oil ost aud rail,
bushes and weeds are in eternal xile, 81
: che whole place 10 exceedingly fair to lcck
,upoo, and to lise ON. This man in ge tirg
rich by being tho ongh 10 everyi hing.
J L. ~. IA bf- l..
20 drepp'ngs sre lost. His pigs'y is well
supplied With muck aud the house s.ops ron
into Il. Afier trking the 6rs, premium
z be puts, about six acres Of corn in pork,
which makes maHare---his carrots and
turnips be puts into beef, which makes more
manure Manure and tbourough tillsgs
ere the grand secrets OF ell farm ing-iu
Neu England at least. This man lives
.vei--so pork diet for him--he eatsturkeys,
cats eggs, eats lamb. and The first of bis
fruits and herds. lie dresses we'll, rides
In earrisgs, has q good pew 10 church,
andsehds HE ehildren 70 the 6rst institu-
tion Of learning. His wife isn's working
TO death. sud has piano in the parlor.
zHspays Sbour City dollars . year Cor help
visits bis peighbors aud kuows how 10
fsh. No rich uncle ever left him any pro.
psrty-he began life by owning sbost hall
Of his farm, without any buildiugs upon i,
and 6ye thossand dollars would not bay hi,
real estate today. Tbis farm 10 no my,
Ne ksow him, and more minute statisti,
might be given TO show that fifty acres i
snoogh-epoagh unless man desires /,
dig and ssfub over large farm OF half Ill
led ssres, snd perhaps not be any bette
OF iu the end thar my easy friend With
small fsrms ~
IL is q fact that o twc.houndred ser
farm might be made equally good, but
b another tsctlhey seldom are. Tborcue
tiIlsge in New England csanot extend oTs
. ennItitude ofscfes. Fifty acres of ric
iapd (is can be made rich IL poor nov
gith snng hoese spacious yard, with Z
absndsnt ftuItagS and serytbing Is pc
feet - - man ESQ make around II. is
woFkingmab's paradise. There 10 bis vim.
wrsathed aFbot ia y hich 10 read his paper
of Q summer Eundsy sys. sad behold IA
sna sink down. thrvDs ;, the golden ga,ewss
!. Of she west the: wbiIs--tbsre is eSsrytblr
bssutiful snd bright around him 10 Ii
hosss and out OF doots. and why is it ns
aIl the psssdiss earth can give
We hold that .lbelmsh who makes .
sers Of tkb earth more bssn;iful or pr
duetive isidoine Heaven service, and il
has NOT otsr ifty Acres. be can make II .
shine vitH fruitioo aad besufy, and new
ask dIscospt besides C0Hntry Genfkema