The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-05-25
Owning . Farm.
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Somehow it happens, that almost every
man who has been city bred feels at times
. strong desire to settle down among the
trees and green fields, from vague and
underlined belief that the country is the
scene human life attains its highest devel-
opment. He cherishcs hope, though per.
haps a faint one, that he may yet possess
a country home, where he may TRANQUILITY
pass his latter years, far away from city
tumults aud trials. This hope is founded
on the instructive desire there is in Lunar
nature to possess some portion of the earth's
surface. l knew that one looks with in
describablc interest at an acre Of ground
which is his own. am sure that there is
something remarkable about my trees. l
have sense Of property in every sunset
over my own hills, and there is perpetual
pleasure in the sight of the glowing land
scaDe at my own door. | have found Ten
Acres Enough; and know well what
pleasure, interests and compensatons are
to be found in the little affairs Of that lin.
tied tract. The windows Of the snug libra.
ry, into which retire in winter, Look out
across the garden on the blank gable Of
my barn. When | came here it was rough
and unsightly. But now that homely
gable is blank no longer. Every inch is
clustered over with climbing roses, honey
suckles, and varicgated ivy, in whose
tangled mass of vine and foliage the song
birds build in summer, xhile to the same
annual glanary the snow birds come in
focks to gather seeds in winter. Though
l could not aspire to be gentleman farmer,
seeing that | came to make my fortune, not
to spend one, but l have sought to make
farming sort Of social science in which
not only the head and hands could be en-
ployed, but the sympathics Of the heart
enlarged and elevated. In short, to estab.
lish home for the family.
desire no association with the man or
boy who would wantonly Kill the birds that
sing SO checrfully around our dwellings,
and our farms: He is fitted for treason and
murder. Who among us does not, with
the freshness of early morning, call upon
the memory of the garden Of his infancy
and childhood; the robins nest in the old
cherry tree, and the nest of young chirp-
lings in the currant bush the flowers
planted by his mother, and nurtured by his
sisters? In all our wandering, the mem.
DRY Of chldhood's birds and flowers is as.
ISOLATED with that Of mother, sister, and
our early home. AS you would have your
children intelligent, virtuous and happy,
and their memory in after life, of early
home pleasant or repulsive one, so make
your farms and your children's home your
business Of life, adorn the business throug-
out. Ifyou would inspire your own chill
dren and your neighbors with the noble
ness of your business, then draw about
you such an array of beauty as no one but
the cpltiyator of the soil can collect. Let
every foot of your farm show the touch OF
refinement. While you are arranging your
Fl Ids for convenient and successful crop,
ping, let it be done with order and neat.
ness. While building the fence, let.it be
beautiful as well as substantial. While ar.
ranging your vegetable gardens and or.
chards, do not overlook geonetrical regu.
larity. Do not, on any account, omit the
planting of flowers and the various kind Of
fruit trees.-From Ten Acres Enough.