Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-07
portp.
The Old Pennsylvania Farmer.
by BATAaD TAYLOR.


by BATARD TAYLOR.
@ r-0 T71 TC7
wer--,veI this is a Comfort. Row--,bs sltis
And yst y. q March the twentieth, or t~onty.Ars
Ana Rsnssn plough, the hn for sOru, thought
But now see the burrows turned, guess It's dry
enough.
don't half live, penned mp in doors; stov IS
When can't see how things go on. I FEAR III ,y'ro
might have iarmed TIL now, 1 think-On' - DIN.
As Il man can't oversee who's in his. elrhtio,h
yeari -trt
Father, 1 mind, was eishty-hve ioeFore he gave mn
But he was dim o. sight, and rippled with the
followed in the old, steady " ~, 80 he wa, sat.
But Reuben S.i lites new-fAnsled, things and way.
I'm GLAD / built this 50 athern porch; nav sb.,,
haven't seen ae fine Apring this ave and tvsn,v
And how he time @ g, rs round so ouics,-.we.s
Since they were husking on the nat and now
When was young. time had for me lazy ox's
But4ow it's like blOOded horse, that mean, TO
And yet can't I'LL out my days, tire myself with
nanght; p, ~ ~ = -, ''e'A "A''i
I'd ss,IhsF use my leg. and hand. than plague my
There's rsrshaii, too, eco from here: he and hi.
why don't hey take the lower neid that one 4,
poor and thin. - "
A coat Of lime 1t ought to have Int thev,ra a A n
less set: = 80 ~ -
They think swamp nude as good, but we shall
see What corn '.hey geti
Across s the level, Browns new place begins tC
thought he'd have to wait for trees, but, bles,
me, how they growi ' NN'
They ssy it's ne-two acres tilled with everEreent
But so much land 1t worries me, for not a cent 4
brings.
He has the right, don't deny, to please himsel
that way, 5
But 'tIs bad example set, and leads young folk
Book.learning gets the upper-hand and work get
slow and slack,
And they that come long after us will find thing,
gone to wrack.
Now Reuben's on the hithsr side, his team come
bSck again:
know how deep he sets the share 1 see the horse
strain;
Ihad that field so clean of stones, but he mus
Hen have it like turnpike soon, and scarcely fl
For sheep.
III father lived, I'd like to know what he woult
say to these
New, notions of the younger men, who farm b.
There's different stock and other grass; there
v, patent plough and cart
broke his heart.
The naples must be putting out; see some
Down yonder where the clearing laps across tn
meadows head.
Swamp cabbage grows beside the run: the greer
But wheat's the color, after all, that cheers ant
'hvens me.
They think have an easy time, no need to worr,
Sit in the porch all day and watch them NOW, an,
SOW, and plough;
Sleep in the Summer in the shade, in winter in tn
I'd rather do the thing myself, and know Jus
how it's done 4.4
Well-1 suppose I'm old, and yet tits not SO Ions
When Reuben spread the swarth to dry, and Jess,
learned to NOV,
And William raked, and Israel hosd, and Josepl
Butsuch man as was then my boys will neve
be
don't mind Williams hankerlng for lecture
and for books;
he never had farming knack-you'd see it in hi
looks; t".
But handsome is that handsome does, and he i
Twould ease my mind If 1 could say the same
Jesse, too. -.-
There's one black sheep in every flock, so tn er
But was wrong that second time his bond t.
It's less than what his share will be-but there
In ten years more might have had two Thousand
to invest.
There's no use thinking of it now, and yet
The way rve slaved and saved, ought to coun
never lost foot of land, and that's comfort
And II they do not call me rich, they cannot ca
me poor.
Well, welli ten thousand times I've thought tn
things I'm thinking now;
I've thought them in the harvest-held and in tn
clovermow;
And sometimes get tired OF them, and wish L
something new
But this is all I've seen and known; SO what's
man to do?
XVIII. ... 81 O.. d
afraid;
never cheated any man, and all my debts ar