The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
! iissE 10 The Old Farm, Boys.

| I'm our last issue we brought TO the attentlon
of our readers the subject Of immigration, and
urged its Importance as The ultimate hope OF
the South But as we are not authorized to
| look fer external aid until we haved demonstra-
ted the advantagessto begsalized, so iEbecqmes
and agaft ourselves Of the blessings which the
Great Creator has 10 bountifail bestowed upon
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Tfisa maxinlari, ] trite AS true, that is q
benefacsot who makes two bladesof grass grow
where only one grew before, and there Is no
pursuit in life more honorable, more respecta-
| BILE, afarding 80 much of independence, or
more of comfort than the farmer.
Oh, it grieves Us to see the number of young
men who leave the old homestead to seek the
humber position of city clerksi abandoning
the old roof which has sheltered the father and
grandfather, and perhaps generation farther
back; forgetting the tree whose broad foliage
shaded the playground where with brothers
and sisters (some of whom have been gathered
to an early grave the days of childhood we're
so happily passed. Sundering all these dear
associations to fli the streets of cities-roam-
ling to and fro through The busy marts of life,
exposed to all those temptations to vice with
which city life isfsaught refused place, again
and again, and again returning to the charge
and seeking what7 In their own language,
Employment Why, boys, you will find that
at home, just as much as you want, and such
as will make you envied Of the poor city clerks,
who toll from year 70 year, for mere subsis-
tence-never the master of one moments time,
and not a whit better off at the close than at
the opening of the year. Let him succeed, and
after many years of toll find himself admitted
to the rank Of co-partner. Do you see him
with smiling face and neatly clad with pol
ished linen and broadcloth and cashmere, and
do you wish TO be like him? Ask him how
often the heart aches in contemplation of
stocks unsod and bills maturing which he can
scarcely meet. No, there is too much of care
in the life of a merchant; and do you never
forget what you should always consider before
leaving the country for the city; take 100 boys
entering manhood, make merchants of 81 and
farmers of 8, and in twenty years what is the
result7 There viii be more wealth aggregated
in the hands of the three farmers than will be
found with either Fifty, sixty or even seventy
of the ethers. Do not consider this extrava-
CANT, for carefully prepared statistics give US
this astounding result, that ninety-seven per
cent. of all who enter mercantile Life fail in
business.
So stick to the old farm, boys-become bene-
factors-make the two blades TO grow where
only one grew before. See father is bending
with age and mothers locks are silvering /;
don't leave them, boys-they want to see your
smiling, happy faces around the hearth and
at the table-they need your strong arms
and stout hearts about the farm, Don't follow
the example Of the freedman and leave the old
folksas soon as you are free. Stick to the old
farm, study Agriculture, the highest pursuit in
life learn to make one do the work of five
acres, stay and enjoy the pure healthy air and
all the blessing Of vigorous constitution and
hearty old age, close the eyes of the old people,
and rear your children to take your places
when you are gone. And when you 60 to the
city, see how the factor will hang around you for
a commission on produce, and the dry-goods:
man will welcome you to get some of the hard
cash which it has brought. Stick to the old
farm, boys, and be useful, Independent men,
Nortb-East Georgian.