Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-23
farm, 6arde0& ApnseIsolJ.
NOVEMBER,

st There is a northern army marching south
uag ward with power The winds are its scouts,
re and Jack Frost is on the picket line. It's
hoI skirmishers are in the forests of Maine they
y dfn the Adiroudacs, and skirt the chain of
hii great lakes. Some daring companies have
I'D pushed far in advance of their reserves into
,en the praries and valleys Of the West Behind
d. them comes the grand army in its march to
n the sea, leaving no green thing behind it,
scf save the cedars and pines with which it seems
81 to fraternize. But we have weapons and re-
/ II sources, which viii enable as to sustain the
!. siege. Then, too, we have one great ally
Io but for whose partial withdrawal, to attend to
MI business farther South, we should not e&pe-
e rieDce the present attack. This ally is the
Il Sum- who fights for us by day. but leaves us to
take csee ofourselves by night. Our resour-
4 ces are wood and coal, and peat, good shelter
Il and the abundant corn. The first nippings Of
the frost should have set us to finishing up
y farm work, and making ready for winter.
t When we cast our eyes over the hints for No
yember given in previous years, we feel the
u need of ten tunes the space We have to make
!, suggestions upon every important subject but
with so little space as we have we must be
: somewhat general in our hints First, how
ever word about
a, Permanent improvements. s.-Multitudes OF
farmers and their families are satisfied with
IA their present homes, but many others want TO
8 move. They are locking West or Soash, aud
Z are ready to take good offer and clear ont.
The result of this is that they do mot half
l take care of the farms they are on, and if
they sell at all, they will not get halfthe price
they might We say then, wherever you are,
make the surroundings as attractive as possl-
bic. Make permanent improvements, good
buildings, good fences, walls, etc, lay under
III drains, reclaim swamps, and in short, work
as if you were going to live in one place all
your life. and your children after you. So
you will have the comfort, as you go along, Of
seeing everything improving, and such invest
ments are safe and usually pay good inter
est, if not annually, they certainly increase
the value of the farm. But do not let any
work upon the farm nor the material welfare
of yourself and family lead to the neglect Of
the moral and intellectual.
The Common School should have the solic
itous care and attention Of every citizen, no
matter what his profession, or how light his
family responsibilities. Statistics bear us out
in saying that the poorest schools and the
least attention to education exist among the
most purely agricultural districts and it is
also true that in more populous sections farm
ers, as a class are not the ones to forward
efforts for better and more thorough schools.
The great safe guard OF our liberties is uni
versal intelligence. good public school is
a security to any community against petty
thieving stack burning, orchard robbing, and
thousand other annoYances from bad boys
and bad men, which can hardly be overesti-
mated. The contamination of one S children
by ignorance, which is almost always vicious
and the cause of poverty, should be provided
agairat by securing the very best school
houses and the best teachers for all the chill
dren of the community. This is every mans
and every woman's business, and duty for
which an account must be rendered as much
as for the heartless neglect Of the hungry
CRY and naked 1t is not necessary at this
season to direct attention to
The Poor, for we have them always with u.s.
1t is much peasanter of winter night to
think of those who have been and ere warm
ed and fed by our unostentatious charities,
than of those to whom it may have been said
''depart in peace, be ye warmed and filed (by
somebody else)." This month occurs the
usual season of Thanksgiving, which, former
ly observed by only few Of the older States
has no " become National festival.-May
this be among the many causes for thankful
ness of our readers and Of ourselves, that as
God has prospered US. God poor have sha
red his bounty at our hands.--Americaf1 4g
ricaltlrist.