The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-07-20
Farmnr's Homes

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Every mans home should be his
heaven farmers homes in partieu-
lar. OF all men, there are none
who so much need the comfort ola
pleasant beautiful home as do our
farmers. Indeed, no class of men
can welLaGord to be without pleas
ant home to 60 to after the days
toll S oyer. OF all the social in
fuene which develop the man and
mould the character, there are none
SO powerful as that Of home. A
mans character Is a good index Of
the kind Of q home he possesses
This is a rule which it is safe 90 go
by.
In the matter OF home adorn-
ment and Identification our farmers
can do much.I tits far too com
mon among country people to neg
leetthe appearance and comfort of
home, not so much from indifer-
ence, as from ignorance Of the sub
iect. Another reason is the idea
that the adornment Of home is
very cxpensfyA. 81 ge wish to show
farmers that such is not the case,
and }tlut at a very 1trifing expense
home can be beautilied and i'm
proved SO tIfatAit could hardly be
recognized as the old place.
Tbdgreat ditfsfeace between town
and country homes is that in town
everything is done to beautify and
adorn internally and externally, so
thqtgvherever theggaze is turned it
Is arrested and the attention at
tracted by some object that pIeases
the sight and delights the senses
hence the Charms which a city life
cxerts over so many. In aicountry
homewhere.no effort has been done
to adorn, the-eye seeks in vain for
some PHEASANT object on which it
may rest and awaken in the mind a
new train of thought A barren
wall here, a cherries window there,
n rough looking room, a dingy
looking house, or a yard belittered
and devoid Of shrubbery produce
in the mind a chilling and unpleas-
ant impression. What q marvel
Gus change a. few pictures on the
wall and a few pots of plants in the
window will produce. And what a
new aspect is given to the whole
appearance Of the place by coat
of whitewash on the buildings, a
4 few vine and honeysuskles train
eLup the wall ut either side Of the
door, a row of flower bushes and
shrubhery along the house front, a
well kept yard and well ordered
walks with few geraniums, rose
bushes, hyacinth and other flowers
dispersed at intervals. All these
require but a trifing expense and n
few days work, while the market
value Of the place is a few hundred
dollars more than itwould be other
wise. 1t is surprising how greatly
81 little landscape gardening around
ones premises will augment the val
ne Of the place. Who ever passes
a highly improved place as he goes
along the road without turning to
look at it? What charm there is
in the well kept buildings, ever
greens, shrubbery vines and shade
trees, winding walks and shady cor
ners.- Farmers should learn that
farming consists not only in making
the farm give crops, but also in
making its surface take on new
forms and wear brighter and more
attractive aspect. This VIII add
almost rs much to the value Of the
farm us is taken from il in crops,
The great mass OF our farmers
EhouId pay more attention to this
important 1nattcrlthe more beau
tlha a farm &linade, the more valu-
able if beeomes, and the rates ot
+ expense to the ratio of increased
valuation IS as ono to ten. 1t vii
pay, then, TO improve our home.
and fatqHs,- snd We shall find that
the more oar surroundings arc
! beautitied the greater are our ca
pacities for happiness.
In Europe where the art of land
scape gardening is better under
stood and universally practiced, tn,
country has beer. transformed int,
a Perieet paradise OF beauty. Land
sealpsseyistas slna- pastoral view
meet the eye Mt every turn. 1t i
gratifying 70 observe a rapidly in
creasing taste-alneng cur people 70
the beautiful. Taste and refine
,ment are rapidly extending in Ia
s homes ef the people and will exer
a powerful influences for good in tn
rising generation
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the AuthoFsJ3f linn, and carry new