The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-11-23

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Col. Robert g. IngersoIl, the
great orator, delivered an address
ct the Central Illinois Fair, from
which We make the following In
teresting extracts:
OLD STYLE FARMING.
"Nhen was . farmer, in the
olden time in Illinois, they used to
fence l60 acres of land with two
dogs. When / was . farmer they
used to haul wheat 200 miles In q
wagon aAd sell It for IS cents . BUSH
eI, and bring back about 300 feet OF
lumber, two punches of shingles, q
barrel Of salt and 6 cook stove that
never would draw. When I was Q
farmer they Toasted on corn bread
and bAcoB, and didn't know very
well how to cook even that. We
had poor houses and no barns. The
h0rs0a were put In straw sheds, and
long before spring the most of the
straw would be eaten away; and it
took eli the oats and all the corn we
could stuff into those horses to
keep them from actual staTvation.
In those days most farmers thought
the best place for . pig psn was
Immediately in front OF the house,
and the Wood-pile, 90 Q general
thing, consisted of one log upon
which an AK ar two had been worn
ont in the fruitless effort to make
kindling."
SIC OK RAISING.
"No farmer can afford to sell his
wheat and corn aud oats. He should
sell horses, not oats aheep, cattle
and pork, not corn. He should make
every profit possible out of what
he produces. So long ss you ship
your corr and oats and wheat 90
long you will be poor; just so long
your farms will be mOrtgaGed 10
the insurance companies and CAPT.
talists of the east; just so long all
the profit Of the industrious in this
glorious State will be given to pay
the capitalists Of other states.
When farmers ship their prOductsin
the form of stock. then . wave Of
prosperity will sweep oyer our state,
and Illinois will become the most
prosperous country in the word"
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
"In the old times, when 1 was Q
farmer, not tree was set out once
in ten years: not grapevine was
planted and about the house not q
flower could be seen. When you
went to their houses you were not
met by flowers and trees loaded
with fruit, but by yellow dogs that
came bounding over the worm fence
like wild beasts. There lie no sense
and no profit In such lite. 1t is not
living; It is hardly existing. I ask
the farmers of Illinois to beautify
their homes, surround their houses
with flowers, to make everything
beautiful and attractive. You don't
live up to your privileges. In every
farmers house there should be Q
bath room. You have no idea of
the civilizing influence of the bath.
When you come from the field,
tired, covered with dust, nothing
can be so refreshing as Q bath. keep
clean. am not one of those who
think that In order to raise hogs
you must be one. Put on clean
clothes, take Q seat ia the yard I'M
der the trees and amidst the perfume
OF flowers, surrounded by. your
family, and you will know what 1t
10 to feel like . gentleman"
EARLY RISING.
SIT is not necessary in this age Of
the world for the farmer to rise In
the middle Of the night and begin
his work. This getting up 90 early
in the morning is relic OF barbar.
ism. It has made hundreds Of
young men curse the business.
There is no need OF getting up 1t 3
or 4 CLOCK in the winter morning.
The farmer who persists in doing
30 and dragging his wife and child
rem from their beds ought to be Wis
tied by Q missionary. Il is time
enough to rise after the sun has set
the example. For what purpose do
YOU get up2 To feed the cattle 2
Why not feed them more the night
before? II. is . waste Of lie. In
the old times they used to get up
about 3 o'clock ia the morning and
go to work long before the sun had
risen, with healing upon his
wings !" and as just punishment
they all had the ague, and they
ought TO have Il now. The man
who cannot make Q living upon ILL
inOis soil without rising before day.
light ought to starve. Eight hours
. day is enough for . farmer to
work, except in harvest time"
LABOR OF HAND OR BRAIN.
"The laboring people should
unite and protect themselves
against idlers. You can divide
mankind into two classes--the la
borers and the idlers, the support.
ere and the supported, aud honest
and dishonest. Every man IL dis
honest who lives upon the unpaid
labor of others, no matter whether
he occupies Q throne or lives In Q
poorhOuse. Ali iaborers should
have equal rights before the world
and before the Law. And I want
every farmer to consider every man
who lAbOrs, either with hand or
brain, a. his brother. Until genius
and labor formed Q partnership,
there was NO such thing as prosper
ity among men. Every reaper and
mower, every agricultural imple-
ment, has elevated the work of the
farmer, and his vocation grows
gFsndeT with every invocation. In
the olden time the agFicultHFist was
ign0raRi. He knew nothing Of ma
chinery. He was the slave Of su-I
perssition. Through machinery,
through the science Of agriculture,
the farmer has bee4 elevated. He
nhnnld Nor fnrRak the 6ahk ha nwaa