The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-24
A LITTLE PLACE IN THE
COUNTRY.

There u uOt . more genial set Of men
who have TO do with agriculture tn All
"lsncy farmers the men who make
their living III the city and run out 10
IT, IL eenntEy llsces on Saturday night.
or possibly spend frw weeks there in
mifl.unfner These men are never
troubled sIsoa, the question of faru.
divide'.l> They are willing 10 put "a
great deal INTO q cDuutr. estate and
trust TO luck To get II out II don't come
back To them In twenty dollar pieces,
but ia the uew zs.~t u life which fre-
quently comes ftom change Ii u
broker. merchant, banker, lawyer or
editor uses his country place as a sort
of liver inyigUraior. how much more
wisely has he chosen his medicine than
he would had he filed bis pockets
with patent nostrums What the man
confined to business all the week wants.
Is good sweat Ills pores have been
sealed mp all the week, perhaps by the
blasts of the trade wind; he is nervous
and restless, sleep is broken at night
aud digestion is getting bad. In such
a condition internal stimulants only
aggravate the case. No maa can afford
to lodge liquid dynamite under his
liver, when either he will blow it up
or induce rapid induration.
But If ho goes TO his country place,
gets change Of air. water, scenery,
tries his hand for All odd hour or two
at the hoe, scythe or rake, throws off
his coat, perspires freely. aud feels
great deal better, he has gained mate
rally just where be was losing rapidly
before. The medicine is simple enough.
but If il is efiicacious the end is gained
Suppose he left handed dividends of a
country estate are from three thousand
up 10 five or six Thousand dollars "A
year. That is what the investor puts in.
Now if he gets back health, new lease
OF life. spring buoyancy, cooler head,
steadier nerves, u brighter horizon, his
medicine Is cheap enough. In fact this
is tho only way in which most of the
small country estates are made to pay
at all
Now and then one will take advan-
tage Of his early experience rs
farmers boy and figure down the
operation to \ paying basis in dollars
and cents. He has not driven cows TO
pasture. barefooted. stnbbing his toe
nails off for nothing. He has not ridden
horse barefooted on hot days To- plow
out corn after the primitive fashion
without some practical results. Ii he
has got ont of bed in the Winter time
an hour before day To fodder cattle, and
has in the early Spriag been made
plow-boy. but doing a mans work from
ten year old upward. he has laid up
pretty good stock of experience All
sa.a.'e ct ance i, .aiseeayessd IL that this mer-
fully handy with tools. He looks at
farm horse, colt. or thoroughbred short
horn with knowing look. and turns "a
turrow or two for the fun of il in deft
aud natural sort of way If you ask
him where he was raised, ten To ole it
Will turn out that il was on rough
farm of hundred acres, where
whole family had tn get their living,
aud they managed to get it and thrive.
ton. on hard work
Very likely such an owner of
country estate will draw enough on
his early stock Of experience to bring
his dividends over the right shoulder
Pretty soon John. the man of all
work. who runs the farm. finds cut that
the owner Of that estate is not fool.
lie proposes 10 get, ont of his farm.
health and moderate dividends. Bat
he ia the exception. Is for the rest.
the country estate will always need II
gentle financial stimulsnt Front
street and Californis and Market streets
arc doing considerable in the way of
fancy farming, and the luxury. if some
what costly. is on the whole harmless
enough. Isn't il better that the Spring
chickens should have cost i've dollars
piece than That this and more should
have gone Ger a less harmful and salts
flying luxury in the city, Straw
berries, at dollar each. are not always
dear, nor is Jersey butter at five do
lars y pound. nor the trout from the
artificial pond, which may have cost a.
much more for every pound. How
ever, your fine country gentleman who
works on California street or In that
vicinity. don't figure in that way. II
he /, content, let no bard beaded farmer
iu the { ,untry poke fun At his ia, cy
ta,ming.--S r. Bsiiffis.