Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-22
DIGNITY OF THE FARMERS CALL
ING,

questions relative TO the parties oil
the near future?
DIGNITY OF THE FARMERS GALL
ING.
The following admirably written
defInsc of the farmer aud his calling
is from the pen of a venerable farmer
of Lafayette county, WHO located here
at an early dav, when in the vigor OF
his manhood, aud who has contrib
uied by the labor of his hands, as well
as by the councils ola strong and we'll
informed mind, to the wealth and
prosperity of the country:
Whatever may be your choice of
future occupation, whatever calling
Or profession you MAJ select, there
certainly is none nor honorable or
cnviabic than that of the farmer. The
patriarch of the fields as he sits be-
side his cottage door whcn his daily
toll is over, feels an inward calm
never known in the halls ofprid".
His labor yields unrurchasablc health
and sweet rcpoSc. If there is a mol-
arch in the world who can walk the
earth with all unsliaIncd brow, IL Is
- h;s r..,ia wr,.sn n.ros "rn liz w.
miuioas, and whose virtues are his
CROWN OF rejoicing. No wonder the
ancicnts vcncratcd the plough !; ii is
ha,;nm .f m,t;,n, ~nrnSnnr Una"-
an holds tIn tnrm,r, ,neh;:,, cs,nnn,
ur.II in,s do nr,n, ,nas. 60;
~ !" ~ -, ,u., 10.
Coa,s c,'Ison ,an,io "uL ne Nc
,,nJ,Ls ,hnn in li"I,t nStcs.n cnn,,n;,e
reason sIur and bIasnI,ru,y
AGAINST lis maker Agriculture i
Ito mo,bnr of virtues ne vii as Mo
mr;,ci,ie sourr. of nur u,,,on,I
wolff and !, sin,II ,Iw,vs I've tirSt
w "nr ssti,nn,iou nf n,i;n,;,I rrsn,r.
~, How. Tow -,horn
80 @ nh" s.,,a tr,h .m
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,t'n'' 80 r,S ov.;.,ni
."e. = soJue.,. "nuNer '"cteie
u rioiess.o" V. l''s 1!nn 'si.''
I'M IS 'in'! ,iau'c' .iu ''",s io.-
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scarf" ~ 'lle NEWS; ~ "hiel nc mas
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10 DC aslaiAeu VI i.is uuS's S"i'ie..s'
ahey ale uuuses vi hisn uis,:hc'io",
lar prouuei man any VI III sii.'Giihs
nnoes VI "n.o ~" i-p'...t'n..
ihese aie .ne nh:n upon "nu'i Wv
ha.ioi Is ~ re-. III se"sons VI peril
win "io"a law anu iisl. icst III
sai:tS an" Pe!ii'tcn' see"ii,!' III
tlau Spartan virtue, the nation NAV
contidc her priceless Jewels with UNI
Jnubti,p 1rust- They Win win !.
harvest feel | from rugged wild, de-
serve a proudcl laurel wreath than
! that laid upon the head of L. S. Grant,
y no oycrturns state governments
when the election is not of his poiiti.
cal order, and calls it glory. .
Our mechanics, too, they are the
palace builders of Tie world: not a
Stick is hcwn, not n stone haned in Il !
tic lordly dwellings of the rich that
does not owe its fitness and beauty
to the mechanics skill. Tie towering
spires that raise their giddy heights
among the clouds, depend upon the
mechanics art and strength. here is
no article of comfort or pleasure but
what bears the impress Of their hand.
work. How exalted is their calling;
how. sublime Is their vocation
Who d.res 10 sheer at sucl! u trater'
nifty Of ioNorabie men! Who darcs
to cast odium upon such 81 patriotic
race! Their path Is one OF true glory
and II Is their lauit II II o no
, lead them TO the highest posts .
honor and rcnown.
) There is in the human mind Il feel
Z ing ofdislikc to toll; labor general.
), man as 4 curse, wien the very oppo
i site ofboth is true. it is mans ]clicies
I blessing. We can cljoy none of IT,,
Iuxurics or even the comforts of lit'
: tells us that labor is II GIFTS fn,,du
$ mental conditions: the strcuw,h o
l every ,.uscle of 1le human body
q ~tvcry faculty of The human mind 10