The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-17

! noon while hs was changing his onRt q
pistol dropped from his pocket and ex-
ploded, shooting him dead upon the
spot. Not one word Of the new book
had been put upon paper.
Making q Permanent Home.
If by a slow and toilsome process
toilsome, and yet continually carrying
! 80: - vssiI reward aud gratItasation,
we surround ourselves with all the com
forts and Injuries which should attend
a rural hfe-the orchard and vineyard
for our EupplY Of wholesome and Ius-
cious frRit-the garden furnishing its
varied stock of vegetables through the
| year the dairy, with Its daily supply
/ of milk and butter-the stock of cattle.
hogs, sheep and poultry for our table,
we have secured a rich source of con
tentment and satisfaction, whilst at the
same time these very epioyments sill
/ stimulate us the more to give perTna-
nent and increasing value to the sur
rounding fields from which We are TO
derive our main subsistence. It is to
this view of the question that I would
earnestly call the attention of our south.
ern farmers. Under the old system Of
large plantations and a single staple
crop, there was but little inducement.
and less time 80 think of these things.
Cotton was the one absorbing thought
and the planting, cultivation, and prep
aration of the crop for market occupied
most Of the year. Now this is all
changed. Smaller farms and a more
concentrated system are actual necessi-
ties. If we are ever to become a thriv-
ing agricultural community, we must
adopt thjs 50 intensive system" more or
less. With it should go hand in hand
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two motives act and react upon each
other. If thesties that bind us to the
home are stronger, they urge us the
more to improve the arabic lands. If
these are increasing IN value, they en-
courage rs TO add the comforts and con-
veniences which should belong to a per-
manent home. When there is feeling
of settlement for life, there will come 8 |
hxednees of purpose and a con6tancy |
OF effort to make permanent improve |
ments not only for ourselves, but for |
those who are to come after us
But whilst we provide for the useful, |
we need not neglect the ornamental. /
Whilst We must give to the necessities |
of life the first consideration, we know /
that there are other wants which have
their origin IN the higher sphere of our /
being. We have 3 composite nature
animal, its own means OF qualification. /
There are other and higher wants than |
those of mere " creature comforts"
As soon as man energies from a savage /
state, he begins to feel the cravings /
after something beyond his mere animal /
desires. his sense of the beautiful in
nature begins to develop itself, and finds /
qualification IN the wonderful works
around him. AS he rises in the scale of |
civilized life, these cravings increase,
and their development becomes q ne
cessity. They find vent In the fine arts |
in music, painting, statuary or in /
the study and admiration of the mar
vellous works of nature-ir gardening /
and rural adOrnment. In the rudest Int |
on the way side, the single flower pot at /
the window tells the story. To those |
who i've IN the country, the invitation |
is constantly before them, and the op-
portunities are always at hand. If we
neglect them, we throw aside q means
of qualification, which, beyond all |
others. is pure and elsvatiDg to our
moral nature. In Identifying and |
adjoining our homes, We minister to
those higher feelings Of our nature,
which bring peace, contentment, and !
satisfaction, and furnish fit and proper |
repose and relaxation from the more |
arduoHs Iabors of the field.-H. ". |
RaUeaeL, in Rural CdrOIinian.