The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-26
The Farmers SON.

and become fond of it. No cure for
cr1bb1ng, stump, or wind-sucking.
The Farmers Son.
Why is it that most of the great and
successful men, either in politics, finance
or letters, in this country, are the sons of
the farm, or of poor parentage? This is
question of fearful import to the
wealthy and business men now treading
SO successfully the paths of wealth.
Whence cometh the Lincolns, the
Grants, the Wilson's, the Wrights, ETC.,
OF the political field? What wealth or
royal prestige of parental position boil
stored up their early or later struggles2
Or where was the education or the sur
felted exchequers of the ancestors that
laid the financial foundations of Allen.
Blair, Stewart, Vanderbilt, and thou
sands of others scattered all over the
eountry9 They were orphans or sons of
farmers unknown to fame, and whose sig
natures were unknown to bank counters.
AS a general rule, successful business
men, (merchants, politicians or bankers),
were members of large families. No
hot-bed influence of wealth, or the petted
training of an only child, dwarfed their
early efforts at self-reliance No extrava-
CANT use of unearned money smothered
the great lesson of economy, without
which no solid foundation of wealth was
ever laid. In early life no lessons of
caste or exclusiveness of blood chilled
their sociability, but their minds were
lmbued with the idea that true worth
made men and women of the first-class.
The farmers son, raised on the scanty
farm, or the half orphan of a poor
widow, has no carriage in which to ride,
SO the son soon learns to walk to fame
and fortune Tn 1,1o
hand reaches out to sustain and steady
his steps, SO he learns to save himself,
and pushes forward with self-reliance
and conscious ability to distinction. His
father, with his scanty purse, sets an ex-
ample of economy which clings to the
son through life. In this way the poor
boy from the farm, removed from the
vices of society, comes to
manhood, and strikes out boldly with
determination to hew his own way to
character and comfort. Look around
You, poor toiling son of the farm, and
read the history of those whom the
their talents and their purity in the day
of trial. In early life they trod the
same thorny path you are now trying.
Self-reliance is the foundation on which
to build, adding industry, honesty and
perseverance. How good it is to feel in
life's young manhood, with the smiles of
Providence, we can enter the arena of
conflict, uncontaminated with evil asso-
and not enfeebled by an early
life of idleness, and be permitted, uN-
aided, to hew out, with strong and
willing heart, position with our coun-
try s true nobility. y.-Des Moiases Register.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
KEEP vOr1r caDpad fx.,,;k ~ n ,,o,,,
where it does not freeze; but do not keep
it so warm that it will ferment.
CREAM CANDY.-Two cups white sugar;
cup water; one tablespoonful
vinegar; one-half teaspoonful cream
tartar; favor to taste.
NEW FLANNEL flannel before
making, as it shrinlzs in the first wash
ing. This shrinking is usually caused
in too cool water. Never use soda for
dannels.
CRISP GINGERBREAD.-One pint mo-
lasses, two tablespoons butter; boil up
twice cool it. Add one teaspoon saler-
atus, tablespoon ginger, salt, -four to
roll it out. It should be rolled very
thin.
A SIMPLE MoLD.-Wrap any firm,
smooth paper about round stick. Re-
move it and pour the melted beeswax
into the mould. When cold, tear off the
paper and you have smooth, nice stick
Of wax, to be cut in any length.
METHOD is necessary to q well regu-
lated house. Without it the work draqs
heavily along from Monday morning till
night. Begin the week prop
srly, keep everything in order as you go
along. and the chances are fair that you
viii find yourself In fine condition at
The end of the week. A judicions man-
aoer viii never suffer her domestic affairs
70 become disarranged, because such
contingency involves TOO great an ex-