Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-28

tr'ct've homes more cu'tur', mar
b""ks. more l""Surr murr social c"u
p'n''n<inp: y general y better >t;!n ,
family and domestic lite. III" :a:.,,,~
sinrwy man, har;lrurI hy Labor "
beat hy the use Of the sickle or .|.'
Is not the type OF the farmer Of t. ,ln ,
lie belongs to an age that is past;
that rudrr aye when his LIE, was buun
died. by It's necessities alonn. aatl n,
struggle fer Tie meats of rx;.,vu,
WAS har! and stvere Now science l!a
placed her secrets in the farmers kcc,,
ln-; the "enius Of invcntion has c,,an
cHatcd him from much of tao scrvitul,
Of labor, and he stnu.d be the trucs
gentleman Of his time. ut there ar.
too many farmers who think more O
their ca,tl, than Of their children
more Of their stock than Of their sons
The barn is better than the house
The horse has Il comfortable, and wei
ventilated stall. but the c'!ild is ,hrus,
into close. cramprd chamber where
t he respiration Of both mind and l.d,
is inpcdc1 Make house, my friend
tie first thing you do, comfortable and
elegant as your means will permit
Surround it with flowers and shrub
bery-pleasant things, hut cheap az
| p'easant-pile books and papers upon
he table aud hang IL few pictures ON
the walls, and thrr in the Summer
throw open the blinds and let in Ueav-
ems bright sunshine and the sweet
breath Of tie winds; and when closed
doors and windows bar the Winter out
set the cold at naught by the warmth
a"d checrfulncss within. This will
take time and money, you Say? Well,
tn is just what time and money is
designed FIR. An elegant cheerful
home is the best product Of civilization.
All other things exist but as helps to
this. From such homes will go out a
race Of young men and women. greater
than the titled pets Of rank and power
for they will win rank and power aud
:uake honorcd names for themselves
and when you arr gone and they
gather by the mound above you their
grateful hearts will breathe blessing
On you far the wisdom Which! made
their homes the place Of pleasure and
the sanctuary Of :heir love. Dot our
rural district With such homes sa thi
and the farmers life will trke on lar.
ger influence and added attractivc"c$s,
and no longer will every city be crowded
with truantS from the Country seeking
for some wider and more fruitful iit
than they have known.
Another :tF:iny, my good farmer
friend; Just stop and think Of your
wife, and sce what her condition is. -
You 1--we hey. of course; y"u mean t.
be kind to her; perhaps she d leg Il t
complain but the probability is that
she is an ovcrworkcd siAvr,-s, hem
med in with daily duties and constant
cares, that her endurance is stretched
t lie utmost :cnsirn. and the OF n OF
h r check, the freshness: ut her :c,limn
and the elasticity If her >rsit al,
steadily and surely fa|liu. away 1t is
Il lamentnbIe fact, that: rs a rule the
better if: a farmer ices mes the worse
is the crnditrn of his wife. Added
riches to him. brings on y added Labor
aud care t" her. Ge,cra)y p"rforn'-
in. more labor than any servant will
do. with til" resp visibility Of the l. use
hull aud the CIR. OF children adiel
the failure sec us to promise her moth
ng hut continuance Of dor. an IL
rr ;sr f children and a greater nrl|ti.
r'ir ~ # -"r>s. there are exceptions
Il c"ulsr, bur every intelligent n'an al
ii nvcrS:'n; VITA c:urlry lite know:
that this is Il tlr statement 1T the case
IN undnub:,d authority states that
tNu-t h,rd> nI ,h:: " Inc. III the lun tic
as, lu.n are wives t farmers, who have
BEEN broken down by hard work anc
Bearing children. OF many more til N
Ut Maud Mailer may it lie said, that
Care and sorrow and childbirth pain,
Have Left their traces hear. ana brain.
For sorrow, substitute labor, and the
application will be almost universal tt
farmers wives. L e vile Of Il clerk OF
:: mechanic, who has no property or in
come bcy"nd a sal'ry of 81 900 or 81,
200 year. may d, ncr own work, amt
yet she will generally live III IA more
pleasant house, better furnished. viii
dress better, have more leasure, ant
lead An altogether more pleasant ant
rational life. than the wife OF !, farnc1
worth S2OOG0 with clear income 0
So 900 "r $4,000 year. No wonder
that the girls of to-day arc unwillin:
t. marry farmers. if any other "ppnrtu
mites are open to them. 1t is mo-
pride, but the uncrriny instinct of self
preservation which controls thcm.-
This Injustice to farmers wives Cal
easily be rcmedicd Give thcn' more
help Relieve them from the presssin!
burden Of continuous labor, and the,
will make farmers some what i
ought to be-thc most pleasant spot OF
earth-a place to be coveted instead "
Stunned BY youn" w"n.cn "h"sc future
is undetermined. Then, and not til
then. will agriculture have come to thu
honor which is ri yhtiully its own.
The saddcst commentary upon tn
low condition Of agricultural life, is thu
eagcrneSs with which youn" men lcav'
the trccdom Of the c"m.t"y, for tn
servitude Of city and professional life
The city offers splendid prizes to TIT
successful man in business or the pro
LESSONS. bu, it is hrapc' with wreck
of those who Ii Ave failed t" win. TIN
country offers peace. security. and com
cctence to the i'ithful worker-a lit
infinitely better than the guided, show.
and struggling existence of those VIII
are iuprls ,'lr,l in Offices or stores. |
. vrunv nl1n feels an imperative i'm
pulse pushing him forward, let hin
,,bry the inclination aud foil Nv whrr
it u''y lead /; but every y:un= MAJ
81 I'D Remember that the great pr,Zc
,i lite are tcw--tll1 Tor the III 'St nt II
there is but the rryul'r r1inc of d I'll
luty-u succession nI' cn1ll'n"'' JOYS an
cnumnn cares. This unrvcntIul lit
can nowhere be made ~ nc full an'
fruit ful--:norc thor'u-hly camtorta1ic
brnr6rcn: and satisfactory than wh"|
spent in the pursuit of agr' ntnr'.--
No noble. ambition can sir the rrid
Of young man than t" chose this ut