New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-17

would have no sisncanceso great isthc dftsho OF ,h-r
owu rarooshi or head maapeope who ldow no cpp'cs'
sion becausc the iee none, whose lives have ie"cF
disturbing elements perhaps thai any other people on
sAotn the Gun IN It's daily revolutions t1ts.
Tie japanese ierme; IS not unlike hi kindred hhoier
IN other lands Ia certain characteristics peculiar 10
themselves To the stranger sho wander among their
quiet hlm!ets, seeing so much Of voiiy peace and ar
paren, content snd certainly lit OF poverty or dis
tress. there TO be nothing wanting 70 Their rustic
happiness Yet our japanese farmer also Ike, to gruL-
Die amid all his Thrift Il you stop Lin At hl, labor 20
inquire after his crops and his prosperity he leans On
his matock handle and tells you in language whose
words but not their import is unfamiliar. how hard Il
is Tor the poor farmer to got along In these times The
skies are uDirend} although lie has placed no end of
straw rope, and paper streamers ard Other lucky de-
vices abor. his paronymic acres; it's ei'hc too dry
for his rice fields too wet for his upards o. the wind
i, rschievous or later or early fros,s do him harm or
the markets dull in fact he SAYS times are not a'
they used 10 b. and, If they keep on, he don't know
how he's going to get on with al ailine vile ald
house full Of Dlbic, while for the taxes they quite
ca. lin up" The iaimers life he Is oure is the hard
es, OF s, and having thus freed his mind be goes on
ndustriOusy al Nh, work again. not wholly q long suf
f,rne and much abnsei man.
Asa class the farmers have Japan the same con
narrative good reputr for quiet and orierCyng ueo
rle; here too public virtue s supposed 10 reside in
rustic bo,om, IN Japan. also It i tho town that -
corrupt, Nor i tL. good character to the wholesome
ness of rural life without foundation when Kan
agava was opened to foreign access II was as isno"
large struggling town, deriving It's support "on it'
situation Oh tie great Travelled road from hiaco to
edo gathering 1t, gains out G! the daily pa5s'n5
crowds II had its large inns and tea houses ana othe
large establishment, OF less reputable character whoh
naturally spring Up on the banks OF such S'feaa o.
life Bat these latter. by order Of Government were
closed the foreigners advent oud with them ceased
much Of the patronage o. tie inns and 'ei houses also
The petty tradesmel the fishermen Themselves who
daily yeXed the with their nets lost Their best co
toners while the town itself having been slorn Of rs
former attractions - travellers Was Threatened "iin
decay The inhabitants then rcsoiutly pti.toAed th'
Government for the re1owao OF theE former privileges
and continuing to do with all the Pernacy q their
prototype. Of Ephesu. who .lei Gran endang ged
their PRAYER was listened oso oOon ~ tie foreign ioiu
lltion removed acro,. the bay 10 Yokohama aud Kama
gawa restored to its ancient nnceaniy thrii But
this success was rot effected without struggle between
the tovnspeopt and the adjacent fifm IS T1e latter
counter pcttoEed that Kanasawa night no' be rein
stated in its former privileges urging the reasons tla
it WAS thence slrarg disorder and corruption among
their own cA.dlon and they begged thar ihe iemp.l-
tion % wrong might be done away With forever as II
now Lad been don, for period Of thee or iouf years
Unfortunately the farmers though aided w. the dis
crceer portion Of the villagrrs fought their battle of
good order IN vain and through old custom solicitation
and no doubt bribery carried The day ogan, thom II
IL pleasant 10 make tIi- good reco-d o! tlcr ciort,
Such is ogl ssetC OF tie farmer, i' aud Ioor .cr
tk- year we ,oos him up with the opening sPrng
| iud we leave him With his twelve month Labor hl
.hed still in hat humble oOingr and iu those inherited
ncids whose lti,r area j. D.. whole world H' hi,
vague ideas how the which warus lis trG
eed into owcr and fruit and tipcas his sefted ranks
o. grain carries also lite aud hcssiLg to great void
OF which be }. such hnitv atom, OK thar the star
which shine nt night into bis i'crlfd valley l0ge
have n much wdcr rnuce than the billy hof 'on b. has
known from b0yhood. IL my fathers cot of long
generation. before here vIl lyc and die. and here
viii my sons live IN tie long generation that shall FOL
ow aud there shall there has been. be seed time
aud harvest The raiC ana dew. and light warmth
iood.-hlessing this h the sum Of h, crsero'. the
simple thread Oh which all III, being hangs. II.