The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-08-06
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Farm Homes.

IT, has often been remarked that farmers
.rav,,d ~ ;' Ia mon of education and refinement,
and certainly there is no reason why Gney
should not be. 49,,
wider field for the study of the sciences; the
mower and goodness of the Creator is here more
fully illustrated than in any other business.
Tn time of war, farmers sons take the lead Ior
chiYalry, and their daughters have been cele-
hrated for their beauty, virtue and modesty for
thousand years or more, whilst farmers ana
farmers, wives are proverbiai for their hospi-
tality. Is it possible that such race of peo-
,ple blessed with all the comforts of lite llt
tfley5 see proper to make use of them,) could
he unhappy, could be dissatisfied, or pine to
leave rural home to embed themselves within
the walls of a. city home? Yet it seems So. l
am sorry to say, and many farmer thinks he
zvould have better time in town. Dissatis-
faction was one of the curses put upon man
in the earlier ages; we don't know when we
are happy, when we are we'll off; we envy
these princes of fortune that we see IN some OF
the great cities, without taking hold with our
hands and using our brains to amass the means
wherewith to follow their example These
men have become princes of fortune by the use
of their brains and their hands. To accumu-
late wealth, we must use our brains and our
hands. and 90 ahead with the motto, ''all things
are possible; I will be an independent man."
But this is not all to be DONE 1t will make my
home pleasant, and my family happy: hence,
it is essential that become an lndependent
man that may make my home pleasant and
nv family happy. For poverty opens the door
of pleasure to no man. There must be START
ing point to all things; though Adam and Eve
were the starting point of the human race,
theyzwere also agriculturists all other branch
es have been erected to satisfy the wants OF
their increase, and acknowledge it IS tor our
good to have good men in all departments OF
Industry, for they have only been created to
meet our wants. We can't get along without
good tools, implements, &C., because we must
have good machines. To be protected from
the weather, we must have good weavers, tall
ors, carpenters, &c. Let these artisans teacn
their sons their trades, they will become better
perfected under their fathers than will farmers
sons. These men crave to own land; they
see the comforts and pleasures of farm life, and
do settle upon land Tor many OF them when
they accumulate little money! and there
spend their maturing years. But this Is getting
far away from Adam and Eve.
To 20 back, when God put Adam i'll the
garden of Eden, he made him farmer. Ills
estate encompassed the whole world. Fruits
and flowers decorated his dominion, an abun-
dance of fish swan in his waters, beasts brows-
ed over his fields, and flowers of the land made
sweet the air, whilst the birds filled it with
melody and song. Adam should have been a
happy man. and we have every reason to be-
lieve he was, but his maker thought that one
thing was needful, for he said sit IS not good
that man should live alone" Consequently
we are told he made woman, Eve, and gave
her to him. The farm home may be beautiful
as was the Garden of Eden before the admIs-
sion of woman. But as "it is not good for
man to live alone" and the beautifying of
farm home often requiring ages for its compile
ton, think he had better induce some fair
one at the start to assist him in his labors. A
good woman is worth more to man than all
he. possesses; her good sense and Judgment
will often guard him against trouble, and
thereby put dollars into his pocket; she softens
his temper by her little winning ways, and
makes him gentle, affectionate and happy.
Then, farmers by woman's aid, beautify
your landscapes, have your lawns ornamented
with shade trees, and your gardens made sweet
by flowers Flowers are emblematical ofpurity
and refinement; what is pleasant to the sight
creates pleasant thoughts, pleasant thoughts
create happiness and happiness creates con-
tentment. So the house should be made as
pleasant to the sight, inwardly and outwardly,
as means will permit. we should endeavor to
abolish all causes of irritation. The abolition
ofsiavery was q great injury to this country
pecuniarily, at the time; but must say, though
q Southern man in all my feelings and princi-
pies, thiuk it was god-send to our land, and
thai it has been the means of saving more white
mems souls than negroes. Had the saints come
down from heaven and worked negroes, they
most assnredly would have learned to swear, or
else. they would have landed into bankruptcy.
As j have said, remove all causes Of irritation,
endeayor to control your temper, speak pleas
antly, act uprightly, endeavor to understand, so
we must not only beautify our homes, but make
them comfortable; we must speak to all who
surround us pleasantly. Kind words fill the
heart with affection, but rough ones fill it with
sorrow and discomfort. Mutual interests should
be cultivated in the family as much as possible,
for they bind together the members Books
relating to the welfare Of all should be read.
Botany should be studied during the rambles
in the fields; natural history, philosophy,
chemistry, also connect the links of farm and
house industry. 1t is pleasant to work among
flowers, to know their names, the names Of their
sections, to be able to classify them, to study
their growth, and by patient care to increase
their beauty and fragrance. 1t is pleasant for
farmer to watch the changes which grain
of corn undergoes when planted in the earth );
to see the action of the moisture and heat of the
soil awake the slumbering germ. 1t is his de-
light to cultivate, to feed, and to protect the
little plant. There is much reasoning required
in studying the philosophy of the growth as
well as the chemical changes which it under
goes. So when its grain is matured and ground
into -four for the use of man, the chemistry in
the art of bread making is a matter of serious
Importance. Many women know the fact that
when -four is made up for bread that yeast
causes the maize to practically undergo fer
mentation, and thereby renders it light and po-
rous, yet few of them understand the philoso-
pby of the chemical changes undergone during
bread-making. All such subjects should be
studied; they are matters of great interest and
Importance &c. e B. E. american Farmer