The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-01
WHOLESOME, READING FOR
.iIqH rHOUNG MEM ~. u
The F farmers caIli6s,-s1icw to Liv

,Uprightly and in Independence.
. 10y das Grvt45 u tR1 Tribune.
Hany one lancies that he ever heard m
, Gathering farmers as a class, or saying
anything, which implied that they wer'
more virtuous, upright, unselfsh, O.
: deserving, than other people, am SURE
he must have misunderstood or that III
now misrevollccts me. i do not even joir
! in that cant, which speaks Of tarm@sal
; supporting everybody elSe-6f farmlbglal
the only indispensable vocation. Yol
may say If you will that mankind coult
v not 3IbBi5t iRlhere were no tillers OF the
soil; but the same Is true Of housebulld
Crs, and Of some other classes. A thor
d oughly good farmer is 2 lselils Eyal4lable
citizen; SO Is good merchant, doctor OF
lawyer ittis not essential to the true no
bility and genuine worth Of the farmers
calling that any other should DO assailed
or disparagcd.
Still, If ono of my three sons had been
lSpared to attain manhood, ! should have
advised him TO try to make himself good
farmer; and this without any romantic OF
poetic notions Of Agriculture US pursuit
y JIldhQY yell from personal though youth
lfdlgek pefislcc, That the fSrm9 life = Sne
Of labor, anxiety, and care; that hal, and
flood, and hurricane, and untimely irostsp
over which he can exert no control, will
often destroy in an hour the net results Of
bmohths othis persistent well directed toll;
4 th6t disease will sometimes sweep away
his animals, In spite Of the most judtciOus
treatment, the most thoughtful providence,
F6fi Nis part and that insects, blight, and
rust, will often blast his well.groundcd
hopes OF q generous harvest, when they
seem on theI very point Of realization. :, /
know tllatfe iaIecea 4tily ekposed fmpre
AhansmostO theEmcny 10 the GapticeSand
inclemencies Of weather and climate; and
that, if lie begins responsible life without
other means than those he finds in his own
Eclear head and strong arms, with those OF
his hclpmect, he must expect to struggle
through years OF poverty, Erugality, and
resOlute,; persistent, industry, before he
can+ Ssona6ly hope to attain a position Of
independence, comfort, and comparative
leisure. know TINT much of his work
Is rugged, and some OF 1t absolutely re-
bulsiVc; know that he will seem, oven
with unbroken good fortune, ID be making
money much more slowly than his neigh
Boz tie merchant, the broker or eloquent
SlaT9N ,(yhostllls tho general eye while
he prospers, and, when he fails, sinks out
of, sight and is soon forgotten; and yet, l
lshouN have advised my sous to choose
farming as their Vocation, for these among
other reasons:
/. There is no other business In which
success is so nearly certain as in this. OF
northumberland who embark, in; trade, q
careful observer reports that ninctyfhEe
tel and, Whilg Y tlilk this proportion
too large, AM sure TINT large majority
do, and must fail, because competition is
so eager and trafIlc so enormously over
d0pg1 dit tenl men eJtaeayQrsto support
their flmilieS by merchandise in o town.
Ishfp (which !a0E1s adequate buSifdsS for
but three, it is certain that % majority
must failS; no mGttet how jlidfcions their
lnanege rpg4t 4or eAow9frpgal their living
Bit FSli KAY aiyy dodBie tLJ Humber d tarm-
as1 ief eayrii sgFieal tQrals county lever
traversed, without necessarily booming
s6n tdddI6rs0 rgven abiidging hiGgains
II Init the traders and professional men
FIN tins c6ih fly Were t6betRks themselves
10 fAEming. tQ;morroY, they would not
| fender that pursuit one whit less pfotita-
BILE, while they would largely ipcrpase the
comfort and wealth Of the entire conf
mnuiyt talaS oFhtles q gQOd apeIcbant,
lawyer or doctor may be starved out Of
any16# hShipr simply because theiwork he
could do we'll Is already Contided to others.
nev9f yep Heard oR q &mpe RfteI frugal
aud energetic farmer who tailed to make
| living; or who, unless Frustrated by dis.
easc, or disabled bINfcogllsltya was ,prcclud-
I'd from securing ID modest inddpet dence
before agc, and decrepitudc Invested him
Of the abiltty to labor. A
a IL. lIEegard farming as TINT vocation
which conduces most directly and palpa.
Oit. to SrEverehcq for Honesty and Truth,
The young ldwyef IS often constrained, or
at least tempted By his necessities, to do
tho professional work Of a rascal intent on
cheating lis peighbor out d. his righteous
dues. THE young doctor may be likewise
melted 10 resort 10 a quaCkDTyl IG dcspiscs
In order to secure instant bread the I'm.
known author is often impGlled tOFwrite
what willlsell rather tlAu What the pub
lie ought to buy; but the young farmer,
acting a. q farpeFy must realize that bis
success depends upon his absolute verify
and integrits2 He deals kdircctly with
Nature, which never was and never will
be cheated. He Inns no temptation 10
SOW beach sand for plaster, doCkseed for
clover, OF, stoop to any trick Or iuggle
whatever. "Wh0tsoeVGr o man soWeth
that shall he lsorchp," while true, in the
long, run, Of oil men, is instantly and pal
rjd6fy ltrue Of him. When lie, having
sown bis crop, shall attempt "a, sell tin
other words, when he ceases 10 be farm.
or and becomes d trader-hO may possibly
10 tempted into one Of the many devious
ways Of rasealityi but so, long rs he Is
acting simply rs q, farmer, he can hardly
he llred from the, broad, straight high.
waf Of intek Eity' and right business. (
III. The farmers calling seems TO me
that most Conducive 70 thorough manli.
ness Of character. Nobody expects him
10 cringG, or smlrk, or curry laYor, In or
der to sell his produce. No merchant re
fuses to ltuy itbecause Ills politics are de.
tested Orhts religious opinions heter6ti6x
Hc may be a Mormon, q Rebel, o Miller
ito, or a. Communist, YET his grain or Ills
pork will sell Tor exactly what It Is worth
tnKOt d fraction lessi6r more thai the
price commanded by TING kindred product
Of like quality and intrinsic value Of Ills
neighboryW opinions on all points are
faultlesslY orthodox and popular. On tho
other hind, the merchant, the lawyer, tho
doctor, especially, IL young and titlstrug.
Cling obviously for a position, arc cOntl1-
Hally, tempted 10 sacrifice or suppress their
pr6Ioundest convictions In tlcftfdnce tothO
vehement and oEten irrational prcpnsses-
Hli6pFs SliFS I! n1lghlts hosa l4yositoo
them tic 6reati al llte, "she VIII lind
that. ,ttqt won't 60, down here" was tho
coninehttot On 6ltll #0mRh- on a Mis-.