Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18
2fsricilltirral department.
THE FARMER AND THE Farm.

life and the Infinite other callings and
emplOyments Of men, we hold to the
opinion that every man. every young
man especially. ought to seek the place
and the work for which he is best fitted /
by his taste and education. A man can
accomplish far more. can do more eff
cient work, when he follows out the bent
of his inclination. than he can to strug- /
gle against the drift Of his tastes To /
meet with eminent success in life. he
must have his heart in his work and /.
throw his soul into into it. 1t is i'm
possible to do anything great without |
this.
Farming offers as attractive induce
ments to happy and honorable life as
any other pursuit To be sure there is
no honest calling in which man may
not preserve his integrity and develop
his manhood and perhaps there is not
SO much difference as we are sometimes
led to think. among those callings which
are honest. in their influence upon char
acter There are some trades and some
professions which we all agree in con-
sidering legitimate. and which we are
vet apt to consider as rather hostile to
/ the highest growth of manhood /: and
there are others which seem to us quite
/ favorable to intellectual and moral de-
velopment. But each calling has its
advantages and its disadvantages as
school Of character: and some Of those
which seem to US to foster the better ma
ture do. nevertheless. in various ways,
impede its growth. The work Of the
farmer and the farmers wife IS in some
respects unsavOrable to the development
Of true manhood and wOmanhOOd. The
man who wants to make the most not
only Of his farm but also Of himself will
find in the farm life some helps to rejoice
in and some hindrance to overcome /;
some indictments to follow and some
temptations to resist
Farm work. take it al in all. is in
itself. without doubt more conducive to
bodily health than almost any other Oe-
eupatiOn.
"a sound body" is indispensable to
the highest manliness- Some men con-
trive, with weak and siling bodies, to
live ereditable lives Bodily vigOr is to
= be desired. not only because 1t helps Us
to live better lives, but because it is in
/ itself beautiful and valuable. And the
| life Of the farmer Is more likely than
. almost any other manner Of life TO pre-
e serve and confirm the health Of those
{ who engage in it 1t Is true that BY
l OverwOrk and exposure, and unwhOlesOms
4 diet, farmers do sometimes impair then
= physical strength but the general health
!. Of the farming community Is better thar
e that Of the mechanical and professional
= classes. And this gives the farmer ;
IS great advantage in the pursuit Of man
: hood over his fellow wOrkmen in othe
n eallings- 1t Is much easier for one Il
l whose digestive organs are sound. who's
a circulation Is perfect, and whose nerve
'. are steady. to be good and true ma
a or woman, than 1t Is for one who Is a.
n the time ailing. suffering from the con
fnemsnt Of sedentary life or from ID
D.: nervous excitements Of mercantile put
" suits. and the wear and tear Of publ
u life True happiness Is to be found
u the quiet walks Of life. and We eOuteu
l. that this condition Of comparative repOs
" Is the true rad 70 real manhood and I
be the development Of that character While
in Is eTOvning glory Of our modern eivi
st. lied sOciety.-MasSachlssstts PL0lgh1aG