Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-07

lie Valley OF the Mississippi IS rapidly
becoming the seat She has fog some
time pat emerged fon pos on the
t.ont,r and tettltuflal ecniilion Her
people ro lasgtr laekwood>men The
los shanty i rls>,Ae away, aud the former
owners of hundred 81 apres of unenclosed.
untitled land now uellste>'ip farmers. pos
ses.ed Of the means to make lie not only
easy, hut pleasant and attractive
The West seems to have everything in
the way Of means at her command The
cnltlyators Of our soil can he no longer pleas
the excuse of poverty. Everything that
needs to lie done can be done. Where
then besihe applcsi ion of the word head
ing This article? What is there that is
Nv antcd ?" Let us answer.
The West wants a cultivated Taste. She
IS woinlly lacking in this respect So long
as the farmer can turn eff his hundred
acres Of corn aud the mailer grains--so
long as he can send fifty OF seventy five
hogs annually to market oil the rest is he'd
OF little account. He holds his land only
for what he can get oil it. He doesent
seem 10 CONSIDER tue matter of putting
anything upon It. lie may have . smril
i'll tended orchard. His house is homely
aud i'll constructed-put together without
any regard to architectural beauty, and
wholly without reference to the comfort and
convenience e the farm wife with her mans
fold duties There may be q barn. but in
nine cases out often il is log barn through
the crevices Of which you can feed corn to
the horses and cattle penned within. Corn
cribs are made with fence rails or fencing
boards. Out buildings there are more. TIE
respcr and mower lies out doors tho year
round. The plows are packed away under
. straw roof. The wagons are hauled up
in the door yard. The hog pasture j. plsc>
cd in bid relief, and the cattle pen only in
tervencs between il and the house Ism
this the picture of too many Of our farm
silences
Whore are the neat and tasty grass pats
fronting The house--the beautiful well kent
a~ns here - the thrifty orchard I'll.
'ns ~ tAe back ground where are the
lrsi.inss That % lose tie residence. thu
shIubhery and flowers that betcken fomi
nine taste and refinement Within Where
j. the nca,ness, freshness snd beauty that
should accompany a farm residence equally
with tina, or the village and the cityy We
are beginning TO see them ont rot plenti>
fully. We want more OF them. We sadly
need teacher Of the art oil adjournment -
We want strong men of character ana
r tnement-men OF taste and cultivation to
settle in every neiehhorhood, and by their
influence and example bring about reform.
The Western farmer is in too great haste
70 get rich. lie wants TO add dollar to dole
lar. and acre TO acre, and then die without
any Of the enjoyment he might reap from
the possession of acres and dollars. lie
brings up his children without regard to
their education IN the retine,nents aud true
enioyments Of life. lie shows them moths
ing attractive about their own homes. but
drives them abroad for all that pleases and
satisfies. Now II ought to be a cardinal
principle with every man who has f.miv
and home, to make that home SO pleas
ant, attractive, agreeable al d satisfy ing that
when the child voams away he comes back
saying. "there is no home to compare with
my home have all the enjoymgn,s, al
the comforts, all the beauties, all the taste
and embellishments that are to be found
anywhere" When the western home is
made beautiful and b.ight-rhen taste and
oroer and symmetry reig1s. and disorder
and dirt is banished, then will the West
have Rrasped the scepter OF empire in earn
est, aud will be pointed at - the locality,
not only OF the richest. but the best cult
waited and tasty population in the world
Ptori" 7ranscript.
Santa Anna is still reported in prison in
Mexico.