The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
FARsg, GARDEN AHD HOUSEHOLD.
The Farmer. and the. Farm

Notwithstanding that much has been
said about the relative merits Of farm life
and the infinite other callings. and en-
ployments of men, I'VE hold to the opinion
that every man. every young man especi-
ally, ought 10 seek that place and the
work for which lie is best fitted by bis
taste and, education; A man can accom-
plish far more, can do far more efficient
| work, when .ha follows out the bent of his
than ihe can to struggle
against the drift of ihisi tastes. To meet
with eminent siihh success, in life he must
have his |hesrt:in his work, and thyFSSW bis
soul into, H. It is Impossible, TO- do any
thing without! !thisN = sno...u: u
FarmiHg toffersI 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
E,snanhood, r. end perhaps there is not 80
much differences as we are sometimes. led
to think among those callings which are
honest in their influence upon character
There are some trades and some profes.
sions which We agree in considering le-
gitimate, and which we are yet apt to
consider as rather hostile to the highest
growth of manhood; aud there are 9th.
ers which seem toinsl quite favorable I'd
intellectual and moral development. But
each calling has, its advantages and its
disadvantages as a school of character /;
and some of those which seem to us TO-
foster the betternature do, nevertheless,
I'M various ways, impede its growth. The
work of the farmer and the farmers wife
is In some respects favorable, and in other
respects tlnMv8fable To the development
oftrae manhood and womanhood. The
man who wants to make the most, not
only of the farm, but also of himself,
will find in the farm life soihe helps to
(frejoice in and some hindrances to over.
come; some indictments to follow, and
some temptations to resist.
Farm &8Fk; take It all In all, ,is III It,
self, without doubt; tiofs Conducive TO-
bodily health than almost any other oc-
cupation. "a sound body" is indispen-
sable to the highest manliness. Some
men contrive, with weak, ailing bodies,
to live creditable lives, but their physica!
'iufirmities areno help to their spiritual
growth Bodily vigor is to be desired
not only because it helps US to live bet!
ter lives, but because it is in itself beau.
-tiful and valuable. And the life of the
farmer, il more likely than almost any
iother manner of life to preserve and con.
firm the health of those who engage in
it. II is true that, by overwork and ex-
posure and unwholesome diet, farmers do
sometimes impair their physical strength;
Pbut the. general health Of the farming
community is better. than that of the me:
chanical OF professional classes. And
this gives ths1 farmer great adyattage
in the pursuit Of manhood over his fel-
low wofkmgh In other eallihgs.: 1t is
mitch easier ftf one whose digestive or.
gans are sound, whose circulation is per-
feet, and. whose. nerves, are steady, to be q
good and true man or woman than it is
for one who is all the time ailing, suffer-
ing from lshe confinement of eedentary
life, or from the nervous excitements of
mercantile pursuits and the wear and
tear Of public life. True happiness is to
be found 10 the. quiet walks of life, and
we contend that, this condition of com.
parative repose is the true road to real
manhood and to the development of that
character which is the crowning glory of
our modern civilized society Mawachu'
seHs Ploughman. q