Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-04-28
LIZ Po0E EARLER.

~ { saw The olhl. DAY IN one of our
eaanangesa i Little par gTapa with his head
=. Q i, which j! vas lus!i ' sain that "a poor
.iucr capuot conceal the fact that be IS
Uoor farmer" Nothing can be traer.
lis work lies before the world. Every
.:.,4sy eel iooh lPon.,t and record his iudg
meps. There aro his house. his barn, his
.rt-t -t1iairra, b, implements. his horses
"a cattle. ii be IS poor farmer it eau be
-en IN al these. lis vrry house yard
t.avnyar3 sn,ak Of hi, want e industry
"a Thrift in clear iangTsGc Yet there
, 10 orc mare difficult 10 instruct or re-
Iuim than the man who is determined 60
pursue his OWE wTCtched course, in the face
! AT hs fc;ghhCr> ard the 'Eholc COM
mInit,. A al there arc two reasons for II.
rirsF. h. loves the rum bottle ard If not
is then lie Is iazv, ald poor devil gen
allr, IN either case he has 10 future To-
.vc ard wark for: royFidc O. seTIespeet.
re is spoken 10 On The subject, he replies
; "a; he thinks his mode of managing his
i-fm the best; he was farmer bred, hi,
iatner farmer before him, and he has
rothing to learn from the jimcrack course
4 modern DAYS, by which. though the
aud may yield more, lhe cost of making
!, do So is far more than what he loses.
As to his stock, he is opposed to stuffing
cattle and producing diseases. As to his
implements, when they are worn ont he
may think about getting others, but sees
40 use in ihrc cwiLg tools away that answer
well enough. AS to lis house and garden,
they are The same bis father had, and If
they were good enough for his father what
.igLt had he to complain lie has lille
!" eCpd to market, and that kind neigh.
..or takes ard sells for him. Ask him why
be does aot Iaise more for marketing, and
i.a rcIles thst 1t d.es rot pay; the tine
..ui expense ccGsuIGed III gong TO market
.l. wear snd tear of horses aud wagons
rou,. 10 a,t: than What rau be made ont
o.n lie has regkoaed it out, AID knows it
!: q kcd w1y he does not Substitute a dif-
.r-en' variety Il corn. oats, or other graip
'rorr'wh.ch: be derives oaly halfa cop, he re
.."s ;hat Lc -ots along very well with what
, hes, ;,ad il i adapted TO his land. while
81 -w sorts may not be. EvYrYtLicx j.
j.. t-f-fl OF 'TlS'f'NN'T"I II tiiC same way.
ok at he broken shelvings If his has
sou; bis cart With a wooden lynchrin
nc Of thc a&ies he wLeclblrIow with
q, leg; the tte Eo.icr rows AID harrows
o. o6ed Il. The year around 20 the weather
ia some Of them still lying where they
- re lasted used; the gears tied up with
.ae: the BARNARD tence broken. and the
Ca.Je Roaming through meadows and tear
~ 10 pieces his couple of poor hay stacks
tte hogs srooting up The orchard aud eating
t:g roots of the remaining grass: tie fence
front offhe house blown over by the
w.. three OF four months ago and still
I.ug there: the approach 70 the dwelling
:. a, viii. mud; neither coal ashes, fat
Is nor boards ere to be seen. Every
Hg, indeed is in keeping, and however
leasing and even painful it Iosy seem
nhers, all However impossible ii may
l.. q others HAT the poor farmer cannot
t..ses itsnj dep.ore il, 100, though help
J 70 improve. tit Is no: SO. He does
e.. zee it. lie wi,l no! know it. lie likes
& .g fss'