Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-14

cou"I'y nnuicS VI mo FISK tOcy run |
D rushing totowns, aud especially to
.rge cities, where they too often have
, exc ont n miserable existence, or
atfcr absolute want.
by way Of preventing calamity, it
} We'll t" look At itS cause. Now what
> the attraction" t" y'.nng men in tho
tits? They are simply dasxled and
'ew;lderrd ty What they see and hear.
Dress IL "ne ii the tirst things that IT.
racts aud secures attention then come
II the ta>c'"atio"s Of places Of amuse
"ens, aud l"s*'bi1ity Of great wealth,
Vhich +" few, after Ill win. These
hinss contrast striki"gly with the
life Of many country homes, where
young mt" aud young woman (who,
till experience teaches them, can see
only the bright side Of city ife) are
mere drudges-''hewers Of wood and
drawers Of water" Yes, We say druid
ges, whose lives are no better than |
that Of the poores. dray horse.
Now, it won't do for Press and Pull.
pit to preach to such people that their
will he injured by coming to
tho cities; tor in tact with some Of
them it 10 much improved; yet, it is
we'll known that the youth Of the ooun-
try have rushed to the cities till vari-
ous kinds Of trades and professions
seem likely to be ovcrcrow1ed, and
hence come want, "poverty, hunger
aud dirt" suicide, aud other crimes too
horrible to mention. The reader may
nov naturally ask, What il the RENE
|dy? Tho answer is simple enough.
Lot home be made attractive by cul-
ture Of mind and heart, a we'll - soil.
Daily and steady toll, without any re-
taxation, breaks down body aud mind.
But it will be said We have to work like
! slaves to live. No doubt, many start
ing With little if any capital in new
country, have hard work and great
privations to undergo, which unfit their
minds for effort but there are the
winter evenings, when the farmer and
his family surround their own firesido
to cultivate the affections aud improve
the mind. Health, temperance and
vell-directed industry, soon secure to
even the poorest in our favored land, a
comfortable competency. Then by de-
grees, home can be made beautiful by
the proper management of fruitful
soil. 1t will yield not only what is
necessary to sustain life comfortably,
but also pleasure to crafty the most
gifted minds. They, of all others,
Who till the soil, come into closest re-
lat;ons With Nature. All the sciences
are more or less intimately connected
with the soil. There is no lack of food
for the mind or body. Thus while We
have not an enlightened cultivation Of
soil and mind, so long will the young
men Of the country fee from the music
Of nature to the cities din, to drag
out perhaps 4 miserable existence in
the exactins toll of traders, who ore
but the agents of the tiilers Of the soil.
Let US have enlightened agriculture,
and more equal distribution Of wealth
must necessarily follow. The prod.
ucer and the consumer will then shake
hands; the farmer will wear as smooth
coat as the merchant, and be at least
as we'll educated; and, above all, biz
relations will be directly " it'll the Civ
or Of all good, who never chez Is hi
children thus his home will be en-
riched, aud made happy and beautiful
! If all this be true Of those with littl,
means, how much more quickly can i
be reached by those who are better of
! Many 4 hard-handed farmer has hi
land oil paid fol, plenty Of money at in
terest, aud yet not only denies his fam
lily, but himself, the necessaries Of life
Such people are not tho benefactors o.
their race: It is they who drive thu
young men and maidens to the cities
Who rob the soil OF Gods bounty, IA
king all they can get, but putting
nothing back and who wiring from
their offspring their very hearts blood
and thus exile them from homes-i
such they can be callcd-to whithc,
they know not. While these hard
handed farmers squeeze out the life
blood Of the young, and cultivate
neither mind nor soil. so long will thu
young fec from the homes of their faith
ers: Through this bright, good lane
the home Of the weary and oppressed
Of all nations-many people, especial,
in the western and northwestern states
have already not only the neeeasaries
but the luxuries Of life.
Few if any, till the soil intelligeutly
For the most part the soil is robbed
but sad day Of reckoning will come i
this thing lasts. 1t has already com,
to Virginia, and it will come to he'
sister states, it the application Of usefa
knowledge to agriculture be neglected
We look for better results. Genera
education. will settle tho question; AM
If the ti1tors Of the ground will be tru'
to it and themselves, all that heart cal
wish will follow. The young will the'
stay at home. enjoying all the blessing
that can come from : fruitful SOIL
Pen and Pgov.