The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-10-12


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But how mi, isrmers honss 80 :
Elb'srs q trees md shrubbs.y and srssa
grass arouod tho doon s II ths.s wsrs
nc elenent d beauty II ths human
heart How naay bAras I 90 shiftlsss,
how many barn. yards Immense ses1I.
pools Of wasting and dom ralising filth,
instead Of carefully preserved mines Of
wealth how, many farmer's homesssrs
e devoid Of nything Ike real comfort
g the yards are devoid 81 beauty. How
many farms ars stamped With rspalsiys
uglinesss - ths very fsnos, vhlsh %
much gives character % tho whole place,
apparently ~rithipg il very sAans that
i = suoh ) slovenly disgrace 70 the
green earth !! Do you tell mo tho
ground will raise jastta = large . Drop
inside an uncouth and untidy fence,
that these things bring in no mtney,
don't cell in the market, cost time and
labor, and ask me for xhatl Let mo
tell you -you send your boys 70 the
town to school there they see different
homes meat, tidy, we'll kept yards,
. kind Of material beauty that appeals 70
their hearts and when they 60 back
to tho farm they marx tho sontsast: aud.
they early learn to think the farm home
Is the necessary result Of the farm life,
aud the first opportunity they leave
it. They see the over worked wife and
mother, and think little Or no, hslp.
10 tho house Is the B necessary re-
suit Of the farm life, and the daughters
won't, if they can help it,m,rry farnsrs.
But say you, We have no time for Ill
this improvement-no money to pay
hired help in the house, then take It.
no. from the necessary labor On the
farm, not from the necessary expenses
and living. but from the days
You spend gossiping, aud talking
and idling 10 the town, Il tho sire OF
the post of6oe, from the money you
spend 10 such things Is ars not neoes-
s.ries. Clean up the yards, str.ighten
up and tidy up tho fsnoes, mend your
harnesses with leather aud not with
rope, bring order ont Of confusion, have
the gates swlngson their hiogss, keep
your chickens whore they belong, and
your pigs off your front door steps
DO anything and everything that yoa:
can doto make the farm stt.aetive aud
make your homo just - near : para
disc Is your labor and means can make
it. Think-in the eyenipgi-ia tho
winter time how to do il best to
improve your farms most: give fair
study to the best agricultural papers
fern judicious plans combins mental
labor with your physical labor, give
your wife the needed help in the house,
give her time to think, and SEQ how
wonderfully It pays. Teach your boys
the true ambition, to add something in
thought and labor to the wealth 81 the
world j: to aim to be the best farmers il
tho county and State {: to love work
not politics to obtain . farm of their
own-not Office aud that there is no
truer. nobler life than that which COM
bines the labor Of the farm with tho
deep thought Of science. Then kesp
out Of debt, don't mortgage your iarm
to pay for agricultural machines you
can get along without. Work : good deal
harder rather than Do it, but if You have
done it, don't leave them standing
where you unhitched your horses Ia, 10:
suffer greater damage from. tie wealth.
or 10 year than they would il three 81
use, but house them carefully, and when
the debt is paid leara : lesson from it
that At least will be Of use 70 your chill
dren. Educate yourselves and al about
you to love simple beauty mot mag
oi6cencs and splendor carry Tho rs...
finements and amsai.iss 81 lils = III,
farm and into your homes: ana lsnea.s
ber that beauty Is not necessary in dol.
] lars and cents-tbat 4 log house may
b. ) refined aud pleasant home: md that
the luxury ofsthe CITY i no nearer hap
piness than the free air And broad aates
aud green grass and shady trees 81 The
country. Dignity your labor aud yopr
vocation, aud your childrsn win I'll lsv;s
the farm whore thsy have been tsusht
such lessons ot happiness aud bees
educated With such ! true ambition:
Aud here perhaps some Of ny sgrieul.
taral friends may 30 Wondering Why f
the speat ert hisis farming i q: ans -
doo't try il himself. We'll, ms i the
misfortuns of some mon % have been
educated lawyers instead Of faf1srs.-
And 70 make farming. profitable i l.
necessary, u With every other kind Of
business, y know how. The speaker
has got TOO poor in the lass sixteen ysars
trying to do something hs knew : little
about to attempt asnsw business Of The
practical details Of which hs knows on Is q
litsIe, and although 10 would ~ pr