The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29
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| VIZ SoCI0ita1 iShetSI, L Will tilSIelOio as
succinctly as possible. refute the cor
rigible psychology SO ignominiously as
serted by Granger, when obviously
incapable of giving direct and satisfac-
tory refutation of the agricultural sug-
gestions in my last communication, by
simply inferring that I was s'school
teacher in some obscure district - and
which, [ am very sorry to say, implicit
| ~ defines the oyer-weening individual
! to be one whose nescience greatly ex-
ceeds his knowledge. School teaching
! does not happen TIC be my vocation;
nevertheless it is 10 disgrace to be a
school teacher, excepting when his
knowledge of the majority or average
farmer of his neighborhood does not ex-
coed Granger Had he paid the
least attention to the first paragraph of
| my last article it would have saved him
the trouble of referring to those farmer
kings. I made particular mention Of
them, knowing full we'll it was TO ''Gran-
ger" as the straw to the drowning man
in his last effort to save himself I will
also give him to understand that my
observations are not so devoid OF pr2c5i-
cal knowledge simply because he consid-
ers them ephemeral. ] have beenmore or
less on the farm for nearly 20 years, and
as to few items written by me, relative
to my experience appertaining to the
same, all L ask is that the TRIBUNE
readers compare them with ''Grangers'
and judge accordingly.
One would naturally infer from the
manner he persists in advocating those
horsepower straw cutters that ne cares
more for the sale of the same than he
cares to know of the actual circumstantial
status Of the majority OF farmers In the
county. What service would they be
this year to those farmers who have
been short Of fodder the last two months?
| The past winter and spring, no doubt,
have been a good opportunity to open
the ears and eyes of many farmers as to
the superiority Or commences, if so to
speak, Of "Granger's" pet method of
/ farming 1T will be remembered that
| the drouth of last summer proved del
eterious to the quantity Of fodder, es-
pecially the coarser sort. In conclusion
I will kindly advise our brother tiller Of
the soil. should he hereafter desire to
represent the farmers Of this county by
diffusing good practical common sense
suggestions, to reserve, by all means,
all of an exceptional nature; but give us
something of general nature, and we
will assure him that it will be appreciat-
ed by the majority of our farmers; yes,
something that may help to Gift up
and exalt the ''lesser lights in the
agricultural sphere, SO that in time to
come we may gladly dictate to them in
general terms. r.
Hoping that anything I may have
uttered above will not give rise to any
other than good feeling, though I may
have been Little stringent considering
his kindness to me in his last article,
and for which I am rery much obliged.
While lately perambulating through
this section of the county [ perceived
with pleasure that Notwithstanding the
inconsistent vicissitudes of the past few
years relative to the somewhat inert and
apparent inadequate monetary clrcula-
ton, that farmers are exhibiting an es-
sential, praiseworthy feature iii The
erection OF spa cious out houses and the
substitution Of neat country cottages, to
take the place Of many old dilapidated
pioneer cabins, some Of which, no doubt,
have sheltered the sturdy woodsman and
his family from the wintry blasts OF the
past two decades or more; though per
haps many Of the early dwelfels OF
founders of those primative habitatlons
have long since sped their earthly career,
their sons, now grown up to manhood,
are giving to the old homesteads, thus
improved, identifying and comfort
able aspect which gives to the causal
observer the impression that content
ment and happiness are not among the
impossibilities to be found existing ID
the domestic circle Of those who are TO q
great extent independent and isolated
from the never-ending turmoil and con
fusion that invariably pervades the at
mosphere of city life, especially that
portion OF humanity who are compelled
to earn their bread by the sweat of their
! brow.
Besides the above improvements there
have been recently erected two large
frame church edifces (Methodist and
| Catholic) situated near to the northwest
!