The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-11-10

land. OF that which oan be made good
are enough, unless man Wishes to
slave out his whole life in .oil-digginR
till his OLD back is as crooked ~ .
rainbow-t,ll his muscles crack with
the rheu,natism, aud his joints snap
with anchyloSis.
Some penetrating genius has discov.
cred that man has but one hfe TO live
on earth-whv toll inceasantiy for the
bread that peri.hes /? Ia the sweat OF
our brows are We ,e get our bread, but
don't Let ~ sweat immodera,ely for
mammon. Hnouch ie all We can use.
We know Of : sDug lit,ls farm q thirty
four acre. Of cultivated land, and sev.
enteen of rocky pastures, which yields
. profit mnch larger than .ny one hnn,
drea and fifty acres We know OF. Il
upholls 4 snug litt'. cottage Of eigh,
! rooms, a large barn With modern useful
improvements, acres of splendid or.
chnrd with al valuable fruits, half ali
acre Of excel'en, garden, an acre and
half more dev to carrots, turnips,
and onion---'hp fences are all post and
rail, bushes and weeds are in eternal
exile, and the whole place is exceeding.
" fair TO look upon, aud to live up"r.
Thi. man is getting rich by being thor.
,ush i'll every hing. His hen hrnse is
perfec', '.i- hens lay AID no droppings
are lost. His pi. ~ is well -nrp!ied
wi'h muck ard he l,onse Stops rnt into
it. After I kn- ,',e frs, premium, he
pn; ahou. 81 acres ~ corn in'n pork
which makes manu-c-hls carrots and
,uin,ps lie pats into beef which makes
more manure. Mlnure ana thorough
,ll.ee arc the Grand secrets .. all farm
in.-in Mex England at lras'.-This
man ives w-ll-ne pork iiet % hm-
he eats ,urksys, eats eggs, "as lamb,
ard he |! ! Of lis fiG.< ard herbs. Ho
dresses well, ri2, In . carriage, has .
good pe1 in church. aud send. his
children !. he frs, inS,i,l;;oa of learn
,ng. His wife isn't worked 10 death.
and la. piano III the pasler. H-
pays ab II. ;lfi. dollars or help--sis;:s
Iii. ne:sia.ra ant! knt vs. hnw 70 li-h.
NJ rich nac.e ever left h,m anv pros.
peri,y --hr began life hy owning about
hall, .! his farm, without any building
upon il, and Eve thousand duilars
would ne, buy his real estate to-day.
Thi. farmer is no myth We know; him,
snl moe minute statistics might be
given to aAew ;ha, fifty acres ia enough
---enou.h nn!aSs a man desires to dig
and grub over 4 large farm of halt tlird
acrea. and perhaps not be- any better o :
il The end than N" easy friend with Z
small farm.
II il 4 fact that two hundred ao.e
farm might b. made equally good. but
il is another fac, lha; they seldom aro.
Thorough ,iilagc in New England can.
no, ext.,d over multitude Of acres.
Fifv acre. Of rioh land Gt cannot be-
msde rinh if poor now} with . snug
honse in apaoious yard, with an asuE.
dant frni.Aue, and everything ~ per.
feet as man can mSke sroaDd II, is 4
workingman's paradise. There il Lis
vine wreathcd arbor in which to read
hi. papers on . eummer Sunday eve,
and heheld the sun sink down through
the golden ga,ewavs OF the vest the
while-,here il everything beautiful and
bright around him in the house and ont
Of doors, aud Why 10 It no. all the ! ara.
disc earth can give.
We hold that the man who makes an
acre OF this earth more bcantitu. and
productive is doing heaven service, aud
! it he has not over kt,y xcres. be can
make It all shine with truition beauty
and never ask discoant tesi.lcs.-C Cum
try Gen.lsmos.