The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-04-18

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III medical profession u rsaa papers loF the
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When railroad aan have convention such
ps-soas az have had active experience n rail.
losd business DO The talking aud have charge
81 the meeting
Editorial conventions arc attended BY edi'
ioss. and they, - hEmly IS any other cless Of
people. ira fshe opinion that they are eapa-
ble Or mapseing their own business, and they
ire not n The habit q imploFing the members
of other eallinss 10 furnish the brains to amuse
Or inaitucs them.
shocmakers have organized themselves into
he order 81 ST. Cgispins, and consider them
selves able iopaddle theit own canoe.
Lawyers not only feel competent to address
and properly edify conventions Of their own
profession, but their modaziy does not forbid
ihem ffom rendering valuable assistance TO
less hvoted classes BY free use Of their sur
plum lnleut.
But when the oilers Of the soil have met in
an agricultural society Of any kind, il has
been usually customary to select lawyer,
aeesor, editor, o. politician 70 tell US what he
knows about farming The idea has very
rarely occurred o inc managers Of such IN
stitnsiops that i might be possible for far-
NOR to have anything 70 sayon such occasions
which should be either appropriate, interest
Ing, or instructive. When these professional
cradles Of our professional managers selec.
ton open their mouths, we are edited with
archash Of such ideas as may be prevalent
IN the community, served up in great variety
ofiorms, and presented in great many diff.
ierent lights, depending for It's coloring upon
The business Of the orator, IS thisis the stand.
poiatirom which We arc viewed, and, ofeourse,
this view determines the nature Of tho pic
ture. Lawyers and doctors in beautiful col
ors paint the nohleness and independence Of
the farmer life. They tell US we are the
most intalligent, moral, healthy, and industri-
Gus elass IN all the land, and all our present
j. calm and our future happy Merchants tel
10 that no business is SO sure and free from
care as EARNING, and that in no other calling
% 90 few men end IN bankruptcy. Politician.
laud in stentorian tones the honest yeoman-
W. ''the sinews Of the land, Y the ''bulwarks
d our nations liberties, 2 'the coarse. blouse
ofhomespun which covers the true and hon
estheart, and deluges more Of equally full
soma and nauseating stuff,
Soli-handed agricultural editors give long
dissertations on the necessity Of saving all the
spare moments, and converting them into
some useful purpose. They tell US how rainl
days may be laborioasly used in meuding old
rakc.handles, and winter evenings utilized By
pounding oak logs into basket stuff, while oul
wives and daughters can noby assist in avert
ing bankruptcy BY weaving the baskets or in
geniously making enc new lamp-wiek out Of
the remains Of three old ones.
II has never occurred to these very wise
instructors that farmers and farmers families
are human beings, with human feelings, hu'
man hopes and ambitions. and human desires.
II will doubtless be matter Of surprise for
them TO learn that farmers may possibly en-
B tertain some wish to enjoy life and have some
other object in life beside everlasting hard
work and aecumulating few palsry dollars
By coming them from their own life-blood, and
stamping them with the signs Of weary child
rem and worn wives.
What we want in agriculture is new Dec
Marathon o. Independence Wemust do some
thing 70 dispel old prejudices, and break down
these old motions. That the farmer is amers
animal, to labor from morn till eve, and into
the night isanancient but abominable heresy.
We have heard enough, ten times enough,
about the hardened hand Of honest toll Z
The supreme ''glory Of the sweating brow
and how magnificent the suit Of coarse home
spun which covers form bent with overwork,
and which has incorporated in It's every thread
snoments Of painful labor which the overwork,
ed wife had stolen from needed rest
tell you, my brother tillers Of the soil
there is something in this world worth living
for besides hard work. We have heard
enough Of fiis professional blarney. Toll i,
not ii itself necessarily glorious To toll like
slave, raise fat steers, cultivate broad acres
pileup treasures ofbonds and lands and herds,
and q the same time bow and starve the God
Ike form, harden the hands, dwarf the i'm
mortal mind, and ALLEVIATE the children from
the Homestead, is damning disgrace to any
man, and should stamp him as worse than q
brute.
Il u not honorable TO sacrifice the mind and
body 10 gain. Il Is not q trait Of true mobility
TO bring up children to thankless, unrequited
labor Il is not just or good or noble 10 wear
ont the xife Of your bosom in the drudgery Of
The farm without . Just return. You have No
night % make zzFsslturs 80 disagreeable a
. 6tive ~ young men Of spirit and enterprise
into other branches sf business.
win be met right here With the thousand
time repeated rsjoinder, ss0hl we farmer,
have 70 work hard. We can't get along a.
mechanics in town do With ten hours work
We cat afford 10 hire help Wo can't afford
" i;sqso holidays. We can't get time 70 make
eveEesahle. lower, and fruit garden, and sup
nv our rants With vegetables, flowers, and
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