The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-07

written for The standard.
VIII you allow ms . fsw words In rs-
ply to the Mother OF Farmers. " whose
story you copied from the Ann Arbor
Argus few weeks ago. THERE'S inter
nal evidence that the writer knows
nothing Of the hard times which are de-
pressing the east - present.
Sixty years Of Life on . farm gives one
sn opportunity of knowing welt her
side OF ths story; bat, at the same
time. cannot one OF more varied ex-
perience show her that there Is another
side OF the story. Travellers say we
never know our own country till We
have been abroad. She says she has
had kind men for father. husband and
sons There is whole volume which
she is not we'll fitted TO appreciate
Many women in cities say as much, al.
though ihs msn with whous their lot Is
cast have "the high cultured gr~ee aud
elegant ma.nsr.r which this lady seems
TO admire 20 much. Culture. grace
and rs6nement 10 not belong any more
to the city than the country. True, po-
Likeness Is ~ often found in the conn
try rs city. There Is no Law 20 prevent
farmers being polite. A Few years Of
oity life would dispsl these illusions. -
Men iu cities usually have little or nc
time for anything but business. IL
consumes them soai and body. Ayoung
merchant in Boston sat up nights to
mara his goods, sad died at the age Of
thirty-!our. This. is an extreme case.
When farmers put the same amount
OF brain work into their business that
merchants do into theirs they can
hardly help getting rich. speak only
what know, for vlien in rocky, worn
ont New England, farmer pursucs his
business with enegsy, he gets his share
OF money. Riches are deceptive. The
millionaire has money which is not his.
II has bseu taken, in trade. fsom the
starving day laborer. Only Tow days
since woman met me IN one OF the
business streets Of Boston and said,
For Gvds sAie gire me the price OK =
loaf OF bsssd. one oi my children is
sick and we have nothing 10 eat -
There ere thousands OF thAss poor peo-
pie to-day in every large city. Some
one has got their money. would the
farmers wife change places vish tlase?
II che has 10 work hard 50 do others. =
There are other faailiss bosides farm.
srs who have to eat, sleep and have
clothing washed and ironed. There
are others besides farmers wives who
have 10 work hard al day, and some-
times take care OF Eck children all
night. Most farmers families have
very small washes compared with those
Who live nearer together. 1t is not
half M hard work to make butter as to
iron hnery. The amount Of work in a
family depends largely on the style OF
living.
Journeymen mechanics cannot lay up
muoh nov. certainly. With no work,
and everything as high as il ever has
hfty cents a pound. beef twenty-five to
forty. aud everything else in proper
ton. The wives Of mechanics, as well
as others, often have 10 piecs out liv.
ing by taking boarders.
There is no work 50 wearing 10 body
aud soul as teaching, aud vet because
the teacher spends only about twclva
| hundred hours a year in the school
room one who never tried il thinks it
nothing but play. The faithful teach
er must prepare ever lesson out OF the
school room. aud more than this, the
| dreams al NIGHT are only g repitition of
| the e'labors and troubles of tie lny.-
Money alone can never fully reward the
| faithful teacher. HIS life n given to
tho work, 80 he does not live as long rs
the farmer.
The doctor gets up in the coolest and
stormiest nights--sometimes when him
seif sick-tog GO several miiea TO see a
sick person, and always witSCuta a muir
mur. have known several who drag
ged out ysArs Of pain and sickness,
produced in the pursuit of their pro-
fession.
Rufus Choate, one Of the grestest
! LAWYERS Massachusetts, has had, used
night, when he had criminal case in
! charge.
Every one knows the parsons wife
has an easy time, with plenty Of money,
nothing TO do, and no oEs but herself
20 please.
There 10 Q elan that might be called
the poor gentry. They must live IN
styis, or mortify their rich relatives;
90 these relatives give them enough to
piece out genteei appearances; but ev-
cry independent person would scorn to
I live 30. A log hut in the wilderness
would seem preferable.
But the rich must be happy. Not
exactly. They must live in style. have
largo houses, much company, and, IL
do this, many servants. These ser
wants seldom know how to work, ani
there il q constant warfare kept mp on
the domestic question which torment'
the life out Of the rich mans wife. Ev
en- Oaeen Nictoris was unhappy be
cause there was no one left to call hei
Victoria.
There is no plsce where one is 81
much alone as in great city. Eact
4 church has its society set or circle, bu'
there is so much else going on in tht
city, that distraction. instead of con
centrstion, marks society. They ear,
next TO nothing fer each other person
aliy, all having SO much To attend TO
have never seen any people Who were
so CAD 10 see visitors as those who liv'
remote from neighbor.. They hav,
Just as much enjoyment in seeing visit
ors once a week, or month, as the,
would every hour. The more seldou
the visit, the more concentrated the er
ioynent. Have dish Of frliit read
! when thsy do coras, and LET them kno'
. they are vslcome.
Suppose yon live ON q narrow cit
lot, and find you dislike your neigh
borsf You cannot move. What
their hens destroy your garden An
howersp It will not do TO say any
thing; il would offend them. Til
farmers wife can ride when not dispo,
ed to walk; but there are thousands {
; women who seldom, II ever, enjoy sue
|, luxury.
One would think that western farm
3 ers who get their lnnd for next 70 notl
ing. were about ss well of as any on'
, Almost any trade, or profession, =
|, ouirss years OF preparation, or stud,
. An well as capital, 70 start on. III Oh
profits are small, they are sure. II
farmer, unlike the citizen, mead not q