The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-08-27

TOO Much orh.

II il said that more than onc-!ourih ol
The lunatcs of the country are farmers
and merchants. and among the reasons
assigned for crazy farmers, are too much
Nyork and little recreation. Now What
i, The remedy for this dcplonhle state
nt things.
For my own part INas slow 10 lc-
lieyc the above statement, A. applicable
10 us here in New ENGLAND. nVtWith-
standing our farmers arr supposed to ne
The hardest working a"rculiuris,> of
any in the country. Hut knew Of many
Who work TOO lard for thrir real inter-
csts. though their kccn Yankee sen~c
,rcn, hri iii, and sharp Il, rNcr. The
motto of these men is. "hclter to Wear
.,,nt ihan 20 rust on. - !. i-: In, what
.,rct, or doing either: llcre is no rra.
Virtue IN 100 much work. en- tie con-
trarv. j. il iiol a sin tor one 10 Tx un-
tulV the strength aud "nrr9N Of a body
50 ,,iriuliy and wonderfully madr.
Much is said il THESE latter dal- "i
beasts OF dram anl buidca being over
worked b, mcwile>> masters. and Sociy-
ties are specially organized so prevent
,ucl, cruelty. May rot some farmers Le
Justly accused oi' being their own Wors,
ia.h-master>. And NOW that til" busy
season comes on apacr. Lei me just sound
my feeble note OF warning.
In all our farming townsmay be found
some lazv. Siitlc~~ ones. II You may
lind droncS IN any hive There arc also
ablc-bodicd >lrag-slcr-. begging NictualS
rom door 10 door. who ought 10 hc set
IL work saving wood 10 sweat ont their
sheer llxiness. Iut there l. iic opposite
cvlreme-ucn growing prcmHUrcly "id
NAY. killing themselves with hard Work.
Some are TRYING 10 Nor!. themselves oul
ot debt. Others are slaves OF aNaricc. -
the more they haze the more they want.
The former class would seem 10 merit
our ~vnilthy ONLY. while the latter merit
the condemnation we arc Wont 20 pro-
nouncc on the ayaricious. liut some
men latcd 10 ihc debtors. and the harder
They struggle the deeper they sink III
the miro. till the bankrupt act finally
cxtricatc> them. They toll carly and
late. and worl, their teams till they civ,
out. but they horcly succeed in keep
iny the of from ihe door. after all. :
Meanwhile hungry mouths multiply
within doors. till They are in danger 81
bcinw eaten out Of house and home. M
their surplus rcmainsng after feeding
and clothing their families. j. eaten NJ
by rclcntlc~> interest on borrowed mo-
nev.till they muat sell out and cmigratc
or keep toiling on uphill till dcatl
comes at last 10 their relief.
I,ut are there not more who make
drudmcs of themselves. just 10 max,
money: Nay. worse. who lay them
selves. body and soul. on The altar o
Mamnlon. OF course this statement j
not limited To the farmer, nor is the i'm
putation OF too much mork. Yet in t!it
ease Of the farmer such drudgery seem.
more noticeable.
Now. why not slack little. and no
work Yourselves to death to find. WhcI
f. Ill is over. TINT 'as Won can carry no
thing out Z" 1t j. 4 belief 10 know tha
some have taken the hint. perhaps from
bitter experience of sickness and mfr
mitv. brought on by by WiIful disregard
of The laws of health; and that other
lave finally Yielded TO tie rcmonsi!anc'
of wife and daughters who have plea,
with them. by the love they bear them
not 10 work 30 hard. and give a littl
more time TO those small. sweet courfe
sizes and charities which they ibid One
ignored.
II i true tho farmer cannot AWAY
keep within bounds. in this matter o
work. There will come emergencies il
harvest times when he must toll carl,
and late times when he must make il
most of brief intervals of fair weather
and secure his crops at any hazard. Ant
sometimes he has so much crowded int
one season. besides his regular farm
work. that he must keep all hands toll
ing TO their utmost TO get through. l'il
i il not often the case that work fall
hchindhand or il crowded for want q
some system and wise forcthought :
Worst Of all. some od-tashioned farmer
will persist in taking the hardst wa,
and plodding on independent Of thi
and that labor-saving machince whic
would Tighten half their load. and Civ
them new lease of life. In doors an
ont. il is the work. work. work" an
when they arc dead. the property. $
hardly earned. may 70 TO make onl
idlcrs and spcndthriltS. W. y. IL.
I.oxGMEADow. Mass. juno 1869.