The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-11-30
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eft osaing. And asfars % hfs y pro-
ssAssous. 81 trade. 90 speculative %
slsort - anyihing slse tban farming
I wlsh i wsrs Otherwise hog9 4
nav be. bot Il neter wiB poF CAS-. ~itt. 4
osai an oulafgsnasnt = aiirao.isensaa q
car Farrssrs Homes
5uAcs that sbs estimate vonld = .
literal whbeh woud Esks The average
oosl zoe hundred dollars - The en- .
tslhahmeuih q tbs bomesleAds = our .
American iArmrrs worth o. 0eA -
far a. nj obsersatson may l. trusted. .
auasks wofk 10 plsnpng anl protect
tas shade trees i more ihan hsd been 4
girtn, 10 ihe average, ~ oar farmers,
wLo lave owned and cultivated the
sane farm GO The last twenty years
A clly man buys plaoe 10 the ooan
ny. aud Al onoe begins 10 sdofn ard
smh4llssh Is He Increases the mum
Dor aud variety u his fruit trees. be
puts down a sira~berry bed ard some
grape vines. be ssts shade trees about
the houss and along The highways, be
begins 70 grou asparagus and other del
ioale vegetables, in short be makes the
place attractive and bAbi,abls TO The e.
Ten, Of MS snsAss The neighborlng
farmers. II asked by their children OF
others why they DO nothing Of the sort,
usually answer. Its very well for b,
Who has lots ol money, and easily gets
more. 10 cut dAah, bot 10 must live
bv our farms. aud cant afford 70 spend
hall We earn in ornAmenliug them. -
Those who say this are often richer
than their city bred nelghbor, and
could do al he has done al bali the
cos. they would do i i they thought
il would PAY They resist the conta-
gion Of bis example, not want OF means,
bat for want Of perception, Of faith
Now, / admit that the reward Of well
doing In the matters above indicated IL
not realized 10 40 instant increase OF
the farms annual product. The farm
az Who should spend five hundred dol
lars this year in iudiclons tree planting
and kindred improvements, would re-
eeiye 10 return IN this years crop. --
Yet, even be, II buying this worry farm,
would give enough more for IT because
OF these very Improvements to deiray
IA. costs twice over; and what is true
a him 10 emphatieally true Of most peo-
pie. The farm thus embellished Is
worth more than Il was its new plant
~ trees are property AS much as The
soil is. aud will 10 time have salable
value Of their own. Men often make
unlucky investments but hardly any
thing else Is so certain TO pay IN tho
long run as judicious tree-plantlng
am contemplating. however, NOR
al rather than material profit on tho
outlay. profoundly desire that farm.
crs sons should love their paternal
homes, and, 10 this end, ] would have
those homes made worthy OF proud
and fond affection. ] would have each
possess distinct and individual char
aeter, rejecting that Of the family which
inhAbits and ombellishes it. | would
have its buildings adorned, constructed
and painted, with reference 10 their pc
cuhar location, elevation, and relation
10 othors within sight, 30 as to form a
harmonious aud pleasing landscape. -
No farmer is SO rich or so poor that be
can really afford TO leave bis buildings
Imprinted in our climate; for timber
grows dearer twice al fast as paint. -
A poor man may have a home TO love
and be proud OIL nay, he may render 6
small. cheap home attractive by beauty
without and comfort within. He may
do this ut very small cost, by devot'
ing to it the odd hours broken by in.
clemency or by visits, an early hour OF
two each evening, when not too weary
will soon tell, II wisely improved. Fol
my own part could not sleep through
bright moonlit hours on u place as ma
ked and torbidding as many that dis
figure each rural district
The love Of beauty is universal. Mill
ions feel who do not clearly rccogniz,
nor consistently defer 10 it. The mar
never lived who would not have prefer
red tastefully painted TO unpainteC
farm buildings, and barn we'll fringet
with judieionsly CHOSEN shade trees an(
ornamental shrubs 10 bleak, bare acre,
Of pasture and tillage. Though to,
many have sodden their souls in wins
key and tobacco tall they no longel
clearly recognize and respond 10 tbs
sense Of the beautiful il still exists, ant
many be awakened to constant activity
The God who created flowers and sun
shine. waving trees and ripping brook
adapted human nature TO their appre
citation and enjoyment Let every ri
raj home be beautiful, though i be
hat and It's only ornaments rosebush
q vine, and solitary, stately, o,ershad
owing tlao But let nothing be girci
e ornament thai shall preclude ct ie
gard % make il gladstone and winuin,
within. 70 this end, tel the mind 5
amply fed. though tie body shall iai
10 consequence to be sumptuonsly clad
There Is not a day laborer in the Ian,
who. unless especially proved upon b
sickness aud other calamity. may 10
have a cheerful. intellectual hreslde
be viii A good Bible TO begin with
IN fair type, viii not cost him NOR
than a days labor; aud. Il be will CIV
the earnings Of two weeks in each yea
20 thus supply bis mental needs AZ
,hoec 81 his family. ho val soon have
hreslde library Sufficient ior his modes
wnn,s How maay give a third ofthei
earnings - tobacco and strong driul
Who w0ald consider the devotion {
two weeks earnings per annun to III
feeding and culture q their minds q
erlraYAgAnoes not 70 be thought q
Oar farmers sons desert their faith
srs homes aud shan their fathers cal
ing not because they bate work. as
ia oiiHH charged. bot because they r,
vol, Il The pfUspec, q mental stagns