Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-10
Can Flrmtng PAY such Taxes !?

We are not thinking, now, Of the Internal
Revenue taK-whch so many manage I,
evade-nur Of - State, County, TUWn RnC
road " taxes which we cannot avoid. These
are comparatively moderate, and somehow
OF other they do get pad, and the WORLD
still moves on.
There j., however. another tax. though il
is not called by that name, from which Re a
Of us can Ipe % escape and which IS entI-
tied 10 the era EFT cons derstio1. IL s cut
ting into our substance like two eig y
sword On one side Iilenes-, on the Orher
extravagance. Worst Of all, the sword q
wieIdeI BY o r own Il ssh and blood, ~ those
who love a., and whom we Lovely oul
own daughters.
The re ~ will please notice that we m K e
NJ assertion in the healing of his artIcls .
we only a question. We are NOT, our
selves prep,r.t u give il a 'efnlte answer.
bnt We think there u at LEASE grave cau-
FIR anxiety IN the q pIts AMI ts-es 81 farmers
daughters. On our drive 70 town, this alter
noon, we met three young women, j tuguter-
Of three ordinary farmers, DIe1 " no have the
usual struggle u make bot ends {,
who have pr+criced tie usual economies Do.
their house dds and On their larLs. The-t
dtnsels were - dressed that at a little die
tancs they lpJk ike the dughter- Of II,
rich city people VINO bsarI in our neigh 1or-
hood, ~ the summer. A. they nm near CT.
1t was PLAIN To Sc that they uad ecJnom 2
in mater a as much as trey had suqand er-a
In form md color, AMI this marked widt
distance between their brighter tx tmplar-
Yet, save as they might, there wa, NOT one
o, them whl had not on her prison count
inZ everything from :. butte 1-gtiteTs to
what Mr.. PInch cils = Chig-non-sense,
ADD hat-f-athers the value Ut first class
moving machine, with per atttchmen
1T this were the end, 1t, IL would not be
so bad, hut it Is only the bad beginning
1t is not the capital invested fnery tina
tells on our fortunes, but the awful interest
IN the shape 81 renewals. A first class two
dollar - htck-haIr we might stand, and
done with 1t, but fashions change, and back
hair WITS nut, and the next style is w0rsr
yet, Gusts three dollars. And so 1t goes
from the Gro OF the head to the s0les D
the feet there j. the same eternal grind
that wears away clothing and hnery alike
The more It cost the more must we spend
IN repairs and your modern country mise
with her utrper's Bazaar and Peterson
Magazine for the law and gospel OF her at
tire, - very APT t. be sort Of well-dresseC
mOTtgage-de-d upon her fathers farm, anC
q become a sort Of ornamental mill--tcnt
about the meek Of the man who marries her
ASIDE from all this we would call attention
to the occup ttiOn Of these girls. Too otter
We shall look vain for the steady, Cheerful
industry Of their mothers times If they
work, they are halt asha ned To be seen at il
and they rarely accomplish, from one end 0
tie year 70 the other. tenth part Of whG
they are easily capable Of.
10 the "gDJd old time, when farmers
We're none too prosperous, when the lane
was richer than II now is and when tht
cost OF living was far less, our grandmother,
and their sisters were cheaply clad, they
wore Sbeir own hair, the renewal of Their
gear cost wonderful little money, and thel
worked like little beavers. If we can trus
our grandtathers' account of them, the,
were as sweet and attractive and as prom
ing sweetheaTts rs the more costly and les
useful jewels of our own modern fresides.
We are not grumo bling. and wo are not
blind To the great advantages that modern
civilization offers 10 the young of both sexes
as compared with those who have gone be
fore we only express our anxiety, lest tn,
extravag ancs that perversIOn of our evil
cation has caused, end IN the ruin of tht
harI ridden fathers.
If farming was but a moderately cOoc
business forty years ago, with the Industry
and economy OF that time to help it, we fai
to see how, with the high price Of labor. the
low price Of produce (comp aratively) anC
the necessity tor buying manure (that Is be
coming SO universally the farming Of th,
present day Is gong to support a housefu
OF glrls who cost so very much thar
they come to.-A0asi icGH AgricuEtuTist.