Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-09


by no means exempt from it. The,
say, " what's the use of slayin,
round here at home? I'll wal
{ till | get home of my own, anC
then you'll see how | can fix up
"But why don't you learn farmin.
thoroughly, both outside and in
side the house, so you can, if nee
cssary take charge of the hous,
and farm p we ask.
" Good gracious! You don
think I'm going to work out doors
do youy"
"Why not? What if.your father
should be taken sick, and no one
to take his place in ordering the
farm2 Would it not be well fol
you, and for him, too, if you could
take charge Of the work until his
recoyery?'
" Well, / guess the hired men
could carry on the farm"
" Very likely but all hired men
are not to he trusted. Many OF
them are eye-servants, and would
not work for your best interests,
You are the only daughter left at
home, and if your father should
die, what would you do ?"
81 should have to rent the farm,
suppose "
"Renting farm is seldom profit
able to the owner, A man rents
farm for the purpose of making
the most out Of it for himself,
and of eXpending as little as pos
si5lo upon The farm. He usually
lets everything go to wreck and
ruin"
"But mercy's sake, aunty, you
don't expect me to plow and NOW,
do you ?"
"Don't be in a hurry; I'll come
to that soon. You ought surely
to know enough about farming not
to allow your tenant to take every
thing from your lands, returning
nothing to them Ifyou rent for
a term of years, you should see
that there is not a succession of
exhausting crops upon the same
field"
80 shocking! What do know
about crops ?"
"Just nothing at all, my dear,
and that is what l am telling you
that you should Learnt
"But how am | to learn Shall
| go to an Agricultural College 2"
"No, that is not necessary
You could take a good agricultu-
raj paper, and get supply of the
best books on farming; but best
of all, you should have practical
knowledge Of it, and this You
can have only by personal eX-
perience."
There's no sense in talking so
to me, aunty, for you know |
have miserable health, / can not
60 up stairs without getting out
Of breath, and to do washing or
baking, would make me sick for
a week"
81 haven't a doubt of it, but
I'll tell you what to do. Take
off that death dealing, soul-crush.
ing instrument Of torture, your
corset; make your dress loose
enough to draw full breath, short
en- your skirts SO they will not
interfere with your feet; put on
a broad brimmed hat-and buck
skin gloves, if you want to-and
begin with light work in the gar
den. AS you grow strong-as
you surely will-eXtend your la
bors to the fields"
What can | do in the fields ?
A pretty figure l should cut, do
ing farm work"
"You drive the horses before
the carriage, don't your"
80 yes! I can drive as well as
any man upon the farm, and bet
ter than some of them"
=" Exactly, ] suppose you could,
And can't you drive the horses to
NOV, and reap, and rake ?"
"Aunty, l do believe you are
crazy. Do you think I'm going
into the fields to work like a day
labortr, and get my hands as hard
as horn, and my face as brown as a
berry, p
mo, Ipresumc you will not
You will 60 on just as you are 60
ing on, and just as hundreds of 9th
ers are going on. You will lie about
till breakfast is ready, then swallow
cup Of coffee, have q headache,
read little, lie down little, and
wait with all the patience you can
command, for the coming man.
On acertain occasion, the conn
sci took some exception to the
ruling of the court on q certain
point, and a dispute arose.
"If the court please" said the
counsel, 81 wish to refer to this
book a moment" and at the same
time picking up law volume.
There's no use O. you referrin'
to any books" exclaimed the court
angrily, ~ have decided the pint"
"But your honor"-persisted the
attorney.
"Now, I don't want to hear any
thing furtheron the subject, yelled
the court Il tell you again, I have
decided the pint"
81 know that" was the rejoin-
der, "I'm satisfied Of that-but this
is a volume of Blackstone; I'm GER
tain he differs with vOur Honor.