, 1873-04-06

cartain sense Of obligation upon both sides. and
be fur more beneficial in an educational way
IMAM II me noys father paid his board, and he
"a Mas @ le1t iree to follow his own fancics. That
tne 1oy should remain the entire year, seems to
oe Almost matter OF necessity, in order that he
may tully realize What the gains and Losses
are winch he must accept it he
nlsnes TO pecome = practical farmer. Such in
novatlon once made, it At al successful, aud
mere ls no reason why it should not be-
would at last, it may be, become an estab-
Ashed custom, and all these roatlous, eager boys
who see in farm -lifo such an easy, happy, ge-
MA! way Of getting along, hare their fancied Vo-
cation :-.,.
;. J. :. j.: VERIFIED On n1spx11rn-
p Granting that aona ~ the 1ahor nnust nec-
essarily be orersaan ;f not nerformed
by men. still. in Az far as it was
possible, the whole matter should be
given nj, to the boys. and It should be undor-
stood that they were positively to remain tho
stated time, no matter how soon they might be-
come disillusionized. Getting up before light
to feed the stock would be all very nico for the
first week or two, and then Tom, Dick, aud
Harry would begin to grumble, and roll over for
another nap. Up they must get, however,-that
is part Of farm life. Down into the barn,
to feod the horses and cattle, whore
they are properly housed, look after the
pigs; and then breakfast by candte-nght, in
moment to be off to the labor Of the fields.
Supposing the old system of hand-plowing to
have become obsolote, and tho horse-plow alone
used, he learns how to manage this thorouchIy.
THERE MUST BE NO suIHKNa, .
even il It soon grows monotonous and he thinks
he would almost, not, quite, prefer to go to
school Then, whore it is necessary, the picking
OF stones and rootD ont Of the ground is back
breathing work, only exceeded by that Of digging
and picking up potatoes. He learns to plant
this but hoeing the corn, or other vegetables
that may require it, is by no means poetical, but
very prosaic, hard labor. There comes an occa-
sional rainy day, when, perhaps, he may geta
chance to 50 trouting or pickere- fishing; but too
frequently horsos. have to be taken to the black
emith's to be shod, gates need mending;
there is d broken rake that requires little home
dentistry, aud nu tho numerous small matters
that must be attended to will prevent that pro-
jectcd excursion. NiEht-time finds ths boy that
TOO WEARY 70 CARE FOR ANYTHING r.
Init tn trnhla ;ntn had and a1een Tia 1,aarv
dream1ess slumbor Of oyertired youth.
To look down On hot Summarize lar from An
sun @ and carossed by liz lie ~ wooinc T breeze. @ % nno6
,tha 1aavnakers in Tie 3ielda ia Terv del;ghtfni.
Thera q music IN tha eTT;sh ~ +be;r acythes "a
thov NOW down the fragrant rrass there is
n;cfnresnna heantv ~, tSa hraNnv caro1aaa1r-
Eiad anna Of toi1 % who ere nt wor1. and Il nav
ba that sorna nnracornized Mand b1nIler raIes
after; while subtle sense Of luxuriant idleness
takes possession Of the lazy dreamer who gazes
idly ut the Bcene. But to bo co-worket would
be
To be- sure. now Observation-Disclosures @ ,; hare almost en-
tirelv altared tho facss Of The forecninr skctch
and made tho hsvino nnch ieEs Iehor!ons hnt
still II ia by no means nlav even with ali The A.
aiatnnce % a of X improved acficultural impleuents, It's
at nest of eli fha wor hm 4 m,,at .I1 hp ettend
90 r. srJ .dtu ~ co
oT fishing. i Early and alTavs" !" 1nnst be thee .
farmers motto 1nti1 ti,e lat s1ear ~ crain ia
6s ba1re 'n7 1AS' sfe'uen u 1toAs '''e IL I'LL
Snnnosnc howavnr, that the bors 1,avo horne
tie tai brayely. hsYe learnod That it is hard
and constant work. and not play. but TINT now
TIE WINTER mas 1na1vEp,
the stock ana sheltered in the winter. the farmer
muat risa esT1v tn s1,nn1v their wants n 1ass-
favored districts theFa Is wood to be cnt and
drawn Thnre have heen hnco1ic corn-h,akince
and npple.parincs during tho fau. at which H1t
bov NAV work it he. likes, but he does not ret
mnch Of the pIav. That is lett tor the elder
bTotbera WIN viii ajao Get the benefit Of Tho
eineing-schoola, and seeing the girls homo, later
IN tha SEASON. For this. of coufso. the boy doos
not care. He would rather snare rabbit. shoot
nartridee. M or msEe s snoT hons house. fort. or man.
hot having vet reached the susceptible age.
This ia also Ills timg for
ooSo TO SCHOOL:
but here he viii ind the: chief difference. In
~ ;nt+ ~ knnn
baco "a +ha .a.,et r;,i u toAene1n n aof utneaGus %
10 i. 1n;n,, 1h-onch % co,la1a snf h.a heeu
sgn6 ~ 49, aa1 na7 ossn
epneeu ~ ~ aAe ou' 14e 5e ne5eosal1 "a e1ls In;
by a. oat 4oaus Ieaasa,1 ~ ~" ~ LIS
mnsn11ar Chriaffnn' nr tan channes 10 one ha il
;onominionsIv erna1led nv his echn1ara. or II
not the little hovs viii expend their lime in
how to accuratolY digcharga ~smaU.
moist bnlls at the ceiline. to carvo their names
on desk aud bench, to frolio and tight, and do ali
but learn their lessons while the older ones in
dnlge in sly mischief. or uproarious mirth with
tho older girls The little girls do not generally
conpt for much. and are frequently kept st !
homa by the Veatbor. sewing patchwork as |
they sit by Mamna'B side. Granted, however.
Tint the young man does keep order,
and teaches both boys and girls to the best Of |
bis and thoir ability. the average boy will not |
get the education which would be forced upon
bin in city schools. The student
WHO REALLY WISHES TO LEARN
will do so. The farmers boy who has the will ]
and desire to acquire knowledge will overcome |
Ill hindrances; and our greatest men have been
those Who IN the face OF al obstacles, including
eometi imeB disheartening, enslaving poverty,
have broken every trammel, and, learning the |