Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-04-02
THE IDEAL FARMER AND maa


BY PRor. II. ". PARkHDo
Read :. d. Inauguration s..vie.f Tow.
tate Agricultural College March l7la @bs9.
The American Farmer, son Of the 81 ~
Bronsed With glow from its glory NJ
A. free ~ the air il 10 heaven TO inhsle,
And strong % the steeds Of the prairie gale ,
Lord Of his castle and brood domain,
The herd biz vasssls, the hock his train,
And rich in the coin his graAaries hoard;
He sits ct the head of his bsuntifal board.
And laaghs It the crowded world afar,
Buxxing with ceaseless commercial war.
Behold him at morn his polished pillow
Traces dark lines with his silver prov,
Writing the verse in aliuvial mould
The sunmsr shall print in letters Of gold,
And set to the trill Of the orioles tune,
Behold him at rest in the languid noon,
Stretched on the grass and cooled By the
His kiasly pavilion the glistening treea
Behold him at eve the evening his own,
Homs-joys are his that 10 few are known
The russct is brought from his last years
store;
His fruity faced children play on the floor,
And his wife, her cheek like orchard bloom,
IL the crown, the queen, Of the cheerful room.
That mine Of riches that farmers wife
How busy and hsppy and proud her life |!
From her paas she "pans out" her rolls Of
And her eggs are all nest eggs Of wealth un-
told;
It tries not her patience to > out her lard,
And her lot, like her bread, is never hard;
She knits her Stockings, but never her
brows,--
Gives the fowls dressing but not her spouse.
Or, busy aud happy and Pfoad the life
The farmers life, and the farmers wife.
Is the picture too fair too rosy its glory!
Tell %, thou husbandman, John or joe.
What are thy musings the livelong day,
Or home returned In the twilight gray
What honest pride, what bliss Of health
OF peace, content, what conscious wealth
What converse with Nature what hidden
lore,
Wiser than books, 10 it thine to explore
Whist science untaught, in schools unheard,
OF soil and plant, or Of beast and bird!
John-who is one Of the rarer kind,
Sunpy in heart and searching Of mind,
Replies in few words: "Ah, well do know
Life's flowers and briers commingliug grow
And man nay pluck, IL be 30 desires,
The flowers alone. Of only the briers.
One thorn there isl feel II in truth
The lack of . Ssudi0us habit in YOUTH"
Thus worthy John. II be rights Il 90
Come, give us thy mind, thou frequent oe
"Wal now, 1 guess" Joe answering ssye,
"a ruthsr hard time cn't the farmers hos;
There's nuthin to think on but work and eat
And arter his chores . nan is dead beat;
An there's oilers bad luck feller frete,
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An brcschy critters an 1osin' . hoss,
An somehow the gains no more'n the loss
Twas down with the rheumatiH May an juno
An the seed va mt sowa ths right O. the neon
The shee;,'s got foot-rot N market is down
An wheat kept, hopin prices.co roam
An wife she is kind o droopim' jnst now.
An the chil'en took sick, can't tell how
In sartain Ne gin EN- plenty o pills,
Bat billions fsves brings doctors bills,
Wal, hsnest folks-they must oilers work;
It's only ysar village shasPefs can sAirk."
Thus Jss disesursss alas hev the real
Kicks over the pail of the creamy ideal.
II Joe were henest, tAere still Would -
Some milk remaining for postsy's To-.
hat ~ keeps, tits said, the stsipPiAgs spast
VIXEN be vends his nilk By Tie pint - quast
Thsss's . tsllow-fsctd hue in his batter ant
Lard,
And his foar,f foot wsod is cut-by the yard.
Il it then bot q adrsen-thia aan q she ssss
Noble ard wise q Nh pslntEive toll
He'll, thses fair hslls !-ye teachers, hail
Hence shall 60 forth TO sitters pale,
Brooding 6nc words, and those Of IN age
That has reached the hydrosulphurie sage
A diction net ffeshsneA hy daily resert
Direct to the esa side Of Natnre and Art
None shall 20 hence, Who when they ar,
"thoSgh,"
At . loss what the Lord hes formed them Il
DO,
Save longer to paddle In lsarnipg's pool,
Must enter pesforce professional school,
bat hithcr shall come aad hepee shall go
Tho artisans son and the farmers boy,
Whoes f. hers calling is honor aad joy.
In mind and mascle strong and skilled,
By them our ideal shall gradually be 6lled--
Tho ~oodman's name be = name Of pride,
BY knowledge and character be gloriel.
True, from this vine in its verdant June,
Some common branches" we may not prune
Our mother tongue will Be valued here.
Aud Grandmother (gram-mar) held yer,
DEAR
So far as to teach that . man il . clown
Who bitches one horse to . plural noun;
Is Teuton profane with too many ''got !
Avows he's topper in saying Il sot,"
Is ~ settin"-what when he sits,
And that verbal murder, II done il" com
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