The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-27

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Eityg Ho matter how learned. or sci
Ientifc, degrades and 'dishonor
: IoGrTrace, Christianity exaits, dig
: niles and crowns it with q diyin
. origin, relationship and destiny
And it is the glory Of man that b
!, Is the image of God, and shAreI
the thoHght, life and-ioTe of tn
Infnlf6K Creator.-CentrRitiChFis
tian 4slyecate.
CHARMS AROUND eur RARMs.
The means by which eoanfr,
labor may be rendered attractiv,
to boys and girls is becoming {
) subject of earnest discussion b,
the rural. press. The great ten
dency, so plainly and painfully
manifest, of our youth to leave the
worrysome and Flooding life Of
pillow boys and potatoe diggers, is
waking up our agricultural think
ers to the Importance Of surround.
ing country life and country labors
with the charms, the honors, the
festivities, which of right belong to
them. Especially now that. the
tolls Of field and furrow begin to
press and every pair of hands on q
place, little and big, can be prof.
tably employed, our thrifty far
mers need to see to it that call
work and no play" shall not
make OF "Jack a dull bow
Sprouting potatoes isn't very live
ly business, especially in a dark
cellar and for two or three days at
q time. Picking up stone will
make even a small boys back ache,
and his fingers sore if long con-
tinued. Piling brush is pleasant
er work, if there is promise that a
bright blaze shall follow it. All
this drudgery will be performed
with nimble fingers and lighter
heart if there is a promise of fish
ing or kite flying to follow it.
But, what is even better than this,
give the lads plot of ground of
their own to cultivate; let them
have early peas, tomato plants,
peach trees, grapeyines, chickens,
and sage plants of their own-time
in which to cultivate them, full IA
cilities for realizing every penny
possible from their sale, and en-
joy the fruits of their labors in the
full privilege of investing their
profits in whatever they choose,
acting, however, under the advice
of their parents. Not only should
the boys be encouraged to love
farm industries, but the girls
should have an equal chance. Let
them have strawberry plants, flow
ers, beds of herbs to cultivate, pet
lambs and their increase, a per-
centage of the butter and cheese
made by their labor, or the milk
sold in the care of which they
have part; and if you would have
them develop inte a normal, con-
tented and serene womanhood, give
them an equal chance with the
boys. If your son John is old
enough to earn half a mans wages,
don't cheat your own flesh and
blood out of the just fruits of his
toll. If Mary earns as much as
hired girl washing dishes and
cooking for the farm hands, give
her of the labor of her hands.
The old Mosaic law, "Thou shalt
not muzzle the mouth of the OK
that treadeth out the corn" has
never been abrogated. If even
oxen-dumb, patient brutes as
they are are to be thus kindly
treated, what shall We say of the
duties of parents to their chill
dren?
There is another class of boys
for whom we feel inclined to put
in a plea-chore boys. They have
no vital interest in the soil they
cultivate, and their employers in
terest is often, in seeming to get
out of them as much work as pos
sible with as little remuneration.
But to act ON this principle is a
great mistake. One of the best
farmers and farm writer's in this
country began his career as a
chore boy. He was fortunate in
his employer, who taught him
carefully in the most approved
modes of tillage, and held out be-
fore him pecuniary inducements
to industry and successful labor.
The readers of the Tribune are in
debted TO him every week for val
liable counsel and suggestions.
Another prominent farm writer
and ardent lover of agricultural,
and rural life was nearly spoiled
for his noble work by being set to
solitary labor, sprouting potatoes,
picking up stones, hoeing alone in
a grassy cornfield, and thus form
ed a repugnance to rural toll which
for years he could not overcome
There are occasions Of festivity
in the life of every child that
should not be suffered to pass IN
improved. Let no economical far
mer's wife, unless the land she
lives on be heavily mortgaged
count eggs, or weigh butter AND
sugar on birth days, except tC
make liberal provision in honor Of
the anniversary. In the summer
time let the repast be under thu
trees, and the table adorned with
such flowers as the season affords,
and garniAhed with fruits from thu
preserve closet or the orchard.
On Washington's birthday, OIL
the Fourth of July, at Christina!
and New Years, on the anniver
sary of the marriage-day, let tn,
children have e jolly time, will
mirth and frolic and festivitJ
GROWING the gladstone hours, anC
enjoying every resource the farm
affords TO add to their enjoyment
These simple means will do yer,
much to Tighten the long tolls o
seed time and harvest, to make tn,
heavy yoke Of strenuous toll les
, CALLING, and cultivate deep in tn
heart of our youth q genuine Low
|, for the honest, manly and honor
able labors of rural life.-N. Y
. Tribune,
ri PEAR BLIGHT.-We notice i
: several exchanges the statemen
that coal ashes are q specifi
D against that terrible horticuItara