The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-22

his unequaied recitations" The
professor was overjoyed. and probably
is ignorant to this day that Artemus
was playing it on him."
The High Calling Of Tillers of the
Soil.
Ralph waldo Emerson once said
that the farmer has grave trusts con-
fided to him. In the great household
of nature, the farmer stands at the
door Of the bread room and weighs to
each his loaf. The glory Of the farmer
Is that, in the division Of labor, it is his
part to create. All trade rests at last
on his primitive authority. He stands
close to nature; he obtains from the
earth the bread and the meat. The
food which was not. be causes to be.
The first farmer was the first man, and
all historic nobility rests on the pos
session and use ofiand. Men do not
like hard work, but every one has ali
exceptional respect for tillage, and the
feeling tha. this Is the original calling
Of his race, that he himself is only ex-
cused from it by some circumstances
which made him delegate 1t for time
10 other hands. If he had not some
skill wh'ch recommended him TO the
farmer, some product for which the
farme gives him corn, he must him
self return into his Que place among
the planters. Aud tie profession has
in all eyes Its ancient charm as stand
ing nearest to God, the first cause.
Then the beauty Of nature, the tran
quillity and innocence Of the country
man. his independence, and his pleas
ing art--the care Of bees, Of poultry, Of
sheep. Of cows. the dairy, the care of
hay, of fruits, of orchards and forests.
and the reaction OF these on the works
man In giving him strength and plain
dignity. like the face aud manners Of
nature-all men acknowledge. All
men keep the farm In reserve as an
asylum, where. in case Of mischance,
to hide their poverty. or solitude If
they do not succeed in society
Much has been written and said..in
the same line of thought, but by few
with the clearnes- and beauty Of ex-
preston peculiar To Emerson. BY
many this sort Of philosophy is regard
ed as literary recreation INDUCED in
by those VINO are ignorant Of the tolls,
privations, and n,Dnotouy of farm life.
Every man and woman has higher
appreciation OF the vexations aud diff
cuities Of their own business or pro
fession than they have Of any other,
because Of the one they have constant
experience in abraded nerves and Ills
appointed hopes. while of the others
they only see the presentable and at
tractive exterior. Bur II the thoughts
Of all toilers could lie collafed, II would
be proved that nine ten'hs look to the
farm and rural pursuits rs their uti
mate goal or refuge. BY common
consent of mankind, therefore, agfi
culture and lis Kindred pursuits ma,
be declared the ms-t. pleasing and
most desirable occupations Of man.
This conclusion i, not founded upon
errors in regard u the facts, or upon
fahcifui thes,rics. IL. nearly universal
acceptance l. proof that the view l.
correct Let our young farmers have
f.,siouai and husiness life rs il is, and
they would shrink from !; with feel.
ing akin to horror. and cling with
greater affection Ia the tranquil, fra
grant bosom OF nature. They see
everywhere the glitter and ease of
internlural occupation, but do not re-
cases an enamel rs THU as the rouge
OH wriHkled cheek, or else is the
brightness produced by tl. rough
teeth OF the rasp. The successful busi-
ness man climbs toa point where he
Is seen by all for leagu,. around; he
low are ten thousand toiiers, whose
struggles, little successes, reverses and
sufferings, arc not known to the next
door neighbor. The necessities Of city
life present their blyone;s around
every fountain .: human joy, aud
repel the thirsty, presenting poisoned
chalices instead. The soiaces and
sweets Of marriage and parentage, Of
homes, of stability and securi y in en-
ployment, are forbidden to thousands
In their place stand the body Of death
decked in tawiry colors stand the
horrors of the boarding house, aud the
rowing commission which casts of
anchor and floats at the mercy Of fate.
The books of the SO called mercan.
tile agencies, establishments who keep
. record Of the pecuniary reliability,
or the reverse, or business men, reveal
the fact that ninety per cent. fail
many recover, but a majority do not.
This fn,t exposes chasm. the aspsot
of which may be imagined. The
young man who proposes to abandon
the solid ground, and the sure-if 1t Is
sometimes rough-path to competence
aud independence, for such land Of
snares and pitfalls, should look well
hafnra he leans Interior