The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-09-13
auritulturaI bun 1umrstit.
One Effect Of Country Life.

The hunter. the lumberman, the stage
ariver whoever spends his life 10 D@1.i-S
Nth tho elements. il apt 10 lose MS Keen
.orsas NJ reanements OF life a. Wei. as ol ID
So, ard evnosnre. His senslOnites are
Si1nted not ONLY 70 pain, but 10 some % :
tha mailer sources Of pleasure 90, l'O' u !
49,. farmer 10 a certain extent lie SOes
,brone,h a hardening process, the results ol
which are excellent within "a certain "iNl.
II they 90 beyond that limit they are pr
ductIve of harm. Let M take an e1 "a. ~
case 10 illustrate the idea farhiel D'.7
has a clear brain and klnd near, ~ .
very limited education hls li'.' r., -
,rafoed him in the manual dulle' ol ii7 "
-t..an and then kept him TO Work ia lhehi'
IT. :, mere moving or reaping Hlachin'-
T.. the time he had reached ms majority
bis habits we're formed, and he s'eauiJ heP'
= ~ tbeu without once inquring TOT a
49, evcelleut way" lie CAMEL money
.,--,Iy huf steadily. bv working many hour,
Tagerv dav. and laying by as much a. pos
S,hIe OF what he earned. Tie lndulsei va
nothing which cost money, ana dld ho-
produce il, though it might produce IL fIcii
harvest Of fine thoughts ana tellSIliNi
emotions All such growth was nonsense
He preferred the tangibles, turmps ann P'- /
tofnes His wifi. cooked, scrubbed aud /
afIfFfr1. ftIfifI Lil- Ll tt'tAN e~tA"t ~--' -
tried out tallow and cleaned tripe, which
vgas All very well: il she set out rose bush
he dug IL 40. and replaced 1t By an apple
tree only tOleraiing sun-flOwers because
tie seeds are GOOD for poultry Her love
If flowers only found stlnted food ln beds
al sage aud sweet mauOr.ln which were
SHARED 10 flavor sausages for winter break
fast.
A. 10 children Farmer Banvs feels no
richer but pOOger TOR every newcomer rom
L,hv land lie speaks habltualiy as SO
many mouths % nm, forgetting his Own
lean heart with its Eimishing mouth, which
these little ones might illl, ~ he wOuld let
them. with loves delicious food lie likes
10 multiply horses and cows though they
too have mouths 60 ILL; but he can realize
money for them, and about the children lie
il not cure. lie does his best however.
The first he teaches them Is That liIs II an
evnen-ive world. aud they did mol come ln-
IN n voluntarily they are running zap a bin
for board and clothing which they must pay
"a soon A. they are able. With the bog
be il tolerably successful. AZ ten thri
earn. their bread. az twenty they have
handsomely returned ali earlier outlay $
down 10 the long clothes Of cheap calico
ard the ratiOns Of maternal milk.
But daughters are poor property am
WAY. Besides helping their mother who
she had no children would need no help
they can drop corn and rake hay. ID D.. true
hut il don't amount % much alter alL 30
IA soon a Trey are eighteen years cot aee
ne makes them feel that they are supefhu
t5u- t.o, essh-s i~-.-e ss.. s.t .-i4... o.
nav their board IL they remain. Ihereaite
they are wanderers upon the earth. II the
are sick OF sorrOwiul, they have no hon,
of refuge To which they can lice. no assure
welcome awaiting them at the paterna
nest IL never occurs % him THAT tines
daughters have been the ornament ot hI
life. He does not think his liie needs au
ornament: he prefers the useful. bl Who
he means what can bee turned into MONEY.
any body asks-what Is the use col money
he would be- bewidered with tine ab-grdit
of the question Money Is good for it~ oW
sake. while wife and children are not
any one should suggest Co him tnat one
the best uses of money Is tO make honi
tasteful and inviting. wife and children 10
telligent and agreeable. he would stare
mystifed surprise. Tie cant alori sue
nonsense Besides he Is not saving .,
himself When he dies his widow viii has
her "thlrds" and his children the remain
der: he i now working for them and the
not for him lie does not reflect that Tine
il may be- Dee with natures So dwar'ed u
narrowed tor the lack OF the culture be Do.
withheld that Their lives may prove rlh'
a burden than "A blessing. A. it l- b
children are the scrawniest stock he turi
of. and his witeS condition is such tina
were she Quadruped, instead OF a bipe
or she were worth Wintering.
This, have said is an extreme case. b
not the worst that might he found. Ia
mer Bangs has natural end0wments of mir
and heart: he IS never consciously unjust
unkind. The best ia him b, uudeyelOpe'
he has no idea how much he has misse
His nature is 50 dwarfed 10y over work.
muscles and an uuderworked brain that
has no perception OF his needs He low
his wife and children as We'll a. hlmse
and starves their finer instincts a. he 81.
we'd his own, simply because he see, uo be
ter way The source Of this strange torp
that has crept over his manhood is To
found in early habit the habit OF dividu
his hours between food. and labor in {
open air. | do not assert that out-do
work was the sole cause of his hluutcd ST
sibilitIes, but 10 was one cause. and D.
more 10 do with the result than would
first appear If he had been "a shoc-mak
or tailor. il he had followed ANY calli
that kept him chiefly indoors, his ieelin
would have been quicker, his perceptio
keener, and his mental powers more acti
than at present. And this not becaU
fresh air Is "A bad thing TO breathe. not
cause farm life iayOrs stupidity when RIG
fully followed Pure air Il "A blessing
yOnd praise. IL IL the very elixir of lite;
ling the soil i not only the earliest, but c
OF the purcst. most healthlul. and EN-
bling occupations, if il be conducted wis
and well. But We may easily have
much of a good thing; the first ideas, {
most attractive pursuits, may in pract
be carried TO excess, and We can bet
avoid unpleasant results when they 4.
clearly pointed out.->prialfsid Rsgul
can.