, 1873-04-06
The SPring-Yearning that
Possesses Humanity.
Longing for. Farm~life---How
Manifested. )
4 Suggestion for It's Early Stage
"A Parm-School that
Might Be.
Life in the Fields, and Among
the Kine---Maud Mul. 70,
Ter. s. Co. :.


Tnths spring, uveler iris changes On the FURNISHED
dove; ;. %'
In the spring, young mans fancy lightly turns t.
thoughts Of love-
and the cut Of his new overcoat, especially the
latter. This, however, after he has passed that
ombryo stage III which he has been known as
. = THAT BOZ.
It Is with that boy, and his aspirations in early
spring, that we have now to do, however He
ia not SO anxious about the wherewitha1 that he
shall be clothed as his older brother, whose in
cipient moustaahe is asubject OF fan1ious thought
and sleep1ess nights, but is quite willing to leave
his chances of attire to the snme Benefcent
Hand that arrays the lilies Of the field, and is not
q bit more troubled about the matter than they
- are In fact, bis principal thought is to
=. - GET INTO TILE COUNTRY,
where store-clothes are at a discount, and bnre
feet are the fashion for every day but Sunday :;
where paIm-1eaf hats, consisting OF o crown with
out bri1n, or q brim without a crown,, are in
good taste, and there is altogether general SET
kng-aside OF all the prunes and prisms Of polite
society, and as near an arrival at natural state
nf things as has been possible SINCE Adam first
employed Eve as tailoress.- Who does not re-
member him, $500:
TEE CoUSTRT-Boy,
bare-footed, those same bare feet covered with
-n..a - IL ,..t.t.a - ..o, h-.;,oa ~.
nn;1s s,,,i1aa ~ sn- nossih1a f,1trra snsn.fn,
..as ~ oo,,st.a+. et,,hh;arra .,d a-i4+;na.. ~
h.nds hs,a ,.;+h 1ahor e. co++or s1,;rt x,ith
tha ,,acL unh,ttonad a;acios;,o tha hare brozn,
tbro.t ~ chas+ +ha 5ra+-c,1orad tynnaars
<r;,oad aror,,d tb, hotto,, ro,ch;,rr h,1f.vox ~
tha e,l1a snd be1d hv ona o1d gnsnondor ana
~. +.++a-o5 ~, 1oaf ~ ,rh;o,, .a.-o. H. =.
:5;a,a- ~ Eo,.,t.o1a ~ oo,,n,r,,-.,,,naar -.
ofts, -. ~ 10 81 1,,rr,o.o9
,7o,T mr., ~ 80
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=, ~ 7na r,t,> +hc ia - +ha
- f.,o,ar,a hoz ond how Ia 1o,,oa ~ on a1rnv
r. +b,t 1,s;ons,v p.r,5;aaI Nor Vii ha h.
+ha+ - = ~ al on,,donr !. ros. MT,
:. - 1ada +ha a-,,ar;-,,on+ a,a ,scor+a;rad for
5;,.sa1t -h,t .h.t 1ao,-a 1i1a oil nav has raa1v
znh.tr,t,rr, ~ .ar,, hard xvort-
~ Az - .,,,,,,o.a +1,t thor. ;a INV .r,,,
so - ~ eNpposo ,1N's -. .e.o - ass.1
phllanthropac individual; ont our lnaag1natlon
readily supplies one, who could easily afford to
fhese enrer city-boys a chance to obtain some
.rsct;c.1 Eno,iaaca of cornt7v and farm life. of
80 esua rnia,,t Il mi ha tn tben,
= What 1nestlnaole '"lue n'eh' II no' % w. tna"
IN the future! 10" many men -
EEvEn oU1aaow THOSE EARLY INSTINCTS,
End ha7inc. through wears of toll IN their pro-
feaeions eomrnercia} enterprises. and trados:
accumulated .es . smsll fortune,-enough; perhaps,
with moderate application TO business, to in
sure them comfort for the rest OF their lives,
feel the old cravings return aud, utterly ignor-
~ ~. ~. ~ ~ ,,,nv ro,ra ~ t,;1 rh;ch n
required ior each to become 'proneient IN MS
specially, imagine they are full-dedged farmers;
md bury their little, hArd-carned means in
anil which thew hava naver 1earned to cu1tiyato.
ssyu,, ~. .,o3h-~ - ~ f,rroa- ), ~, .r,,r,o
-. "ns na noenng 20 % iafuei lucy aague;
any man, VIII o1alns ana proper necnAnlcal a
aids, can plow, and hoe. and sow, and reap. For
!. farmer to become business man, is, of
course. very: different. That needs
eetaln appreh.leesmp ou' tne 1et7ise ooen nos
require any. Nature as assistant, and little
reading-up,. are eufhcient; 80 Mr. Merchant,
Mechanic, or Professional buys farm, stocks
Il ,nd tsraa 1,is citv-hred family ont Ha stnra
~ ana taAes lne ~, -meu .Ant, ~ - 0A1''0
On IL from one 10 tnfee years. sees tne.
LAND GRoW LEAN AND BARnES +
under his unsklllful management, In spite OF
his attempted trial OF new and magnificent the
nries; in spite Of all the wonderful fertilizers
with which he attempts to enrich it !; in spite Of
al the new machines that are supposed to be
tho proper assistants in farming made easy.
His boys, who were to be so much help, possibly
learn to catch pickere1 by trolling, and sur
teptihous1y to handle a gun and frighten all
the small birds of the place, Ito the detriment
of the fruit; but never, by any chance do
the proper thing at the proper time:
The gentleman himself, Of late years unaccus-
toned to early rising. finds, after the novelty
Of the undertaking has worn oil, that the morn
lngs are chill, there is no newspaper at hand,
and it is cold business going out on an empty
stomach 70 look after the Framework, to handle
The scythe, perhaps, Or drive the mowing-1na-
chine, Or, it may be, to use the hoe when the
co1n and potatoes require it:
meantime attempt to look after the chickens,
md the first brood is generally squeezed to
asath by little Miss, 2 years old, out OF pure
love- The others came to grief in various ways;
and, tho first year At least, they buy their eesa
and Thanksgiving turkey. ~ the second year,
ne cs1ea to which she has never been accustom-
60 have used up Madames health; the ohlidren !
S9 running WIG and practical neip mas TO oo
saen IN 70 s asaast II ponltryyata, oa1ry' and
K11cnen. lnls 1s no: always ootaluao1e, anu, !
Even "nen u 1s, Maaa1ne does not IKE TO reslgn |
sno9e.ne1 @ ner pr1vlege TO command; and, upon
there