Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-05-11
TIE GRANGE.
Essay Read Before Union Grange 500
p OF H, Tuesday Evening, April 1S.

p. Of H, Tuesday Evening" April 1S.
Worthy Master and Patrons:
The subject we have before us tonight
is a subject of much importance, and on
which there can and should be much
said. This is a question that must pre-
sent itself before every young man, anu
that is ''What shall be my GAZING Id Illo
And he is not the only one Interested; ms
parents and the society in which he min
oles. II he takes his place in the farming
ranks and by his own efforts makes it
success. then consider him man to be
bopored; for believe the farmer to be
the chief of the nation. Although farm
ers are considered by some class that are
not very intelligent; for my part, think
there are as smart men among the farm
ers as you can find anywhere. Trace
back the history of some of the most inn
portant men of the United States, and
you find that at some period of their lives
they were farmers. But why is it so
many of our young men leave the farm to
try something else2 Is it because he
thinks he will meet with better success
or is it the hard labor he is afraid of? OF
all the young men that leave the farm to
seek their fortunes in the city, how few
succeed! Many of them become profit
gate and burden to society; there may
be a few that struggle along and get
enough ahead to own some property
Look at it on the other hand the farmer
who attends to business, the cases are rare
where he fails. The farmer can be the most
Independent being living: he can have
his own meat, and vegetables, and fruits
all the reward of his own laber. Now
in regard to hard labor on the farm
How much easier it is now than it was in
our grandfathers' days; now they plow,
SOW, reap and NOW, in fact nearly every
thing is done by machinery, while in 9th
er days, as 1 once heard an old gentleman
remark, farming was done by main
strength and awkwardness.' But grant
ing that the farmers toll is excessive,
one consolation he has is that his hardest
labor comes. when he is young and able to
work, and that prosperity brings him
leisure. In nearly every other calling
the more successful they are the harder
the labor. Look at the successful lawyer,
pastor, physician and merchant; see how
his work grows on his hands. Where on
the other hand, the more successful the
farmer, the more leisure he can enjoy.
do not mean he can sit down and do moth
ing; but he can just keep an eye on every
thing, and direct and encourage those il
his employ, and things will move along
smoothly and nicely without his working
hard. Young people as general thing
want an example to go by. There are
many farmers that are not successful
owing to their poor management, perhaps,
and those young men who pattern after
these and do not succeed, think it COM
plete failure; think they will try some
thing else that will make money faster
Now there is an old saying, can ounce of
preventive is worth pound Of cure
Therefore think that all farmers should
be up ard doing, determined to make
farming a success. Perhaps by doing so
they can keep these young men ON the
farm.