The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-14
ADDRESS OF JUDGEFULLER.
TON.
Continued from last soesk.)

Go TO the mansion of the rich man,
even in his days of prosperity and
wherein has he the advantages OF
the farmer? He may point to his
polished mahogany, but he did not
give it that polieh, and the cabinet
maker has plenty more of the same
kind to sell to him who has money
to buy. He may point with pride to
his stately mansion, but it ia too
elaborate to be comfortable, and too
expensive to be enjoyed. The far
mer. on the other hand, looks upon
the fields, that he has made beauti-
fuI, upon herds that he has reared,
and upon the golden grain that he
has garnered. They are the imme-
diate products of his toll and not of
another's, and therefore give zeSt to
his enjoyment.
The country with all it's hardships
and tolls, is the place for rational
enjoyments. and all the wealth which
the city affords to the most success
full enterprise will not repay its
loss.
The tenedncy of city life is to
blunt the sensihilities and demera-
lie the heart. I have seen those
who had severed all connection with
country life, and become so absorb
ed In schemes for amassing wealth,
al to lose all capacity to enjoy the
country. In my judgement. this is
a loss wholly uncompensated by the
wealth which they have sacrificed
their better natures to accumulate.
know of such whe have acquired
in commercial pursuits far more
than sufficient for the qualification of
actual or fancied wants, and who,
weary and worn with city cares,
have returned at the close Of life to
enjoy the country. But alas! they
found, when too late, that they had
hartered away their capacity to do
so. They had never brought an
offering to natures shrine, and in re-
turn she refused to permit them to
participate in the beauties Of her
laboratory. She withholds from the
ewes of such, the beauties Of her
face, and from their ears, the music
of her thousand voices. I know Of
no sadder spectacle than this.
s'He that soweth, shall he not reapr"
Such men look upon broad acres
only to calculate how much they
would cut up for into city lots.
Such persons can never truly en-
Joy anything. Their ideas of happi-
ness are inseparably connected with
wealth and Ostentation, and the
value of thing is judged always by
what it costs. To such, age brings
no repose. Wealth has always been
the god of their worship, aud when
declining years impair the mental
physical powers. the idol becomes
the master and rules its slave with
a red OF iron. No greater misfor-
tune can befall any man than the
accumulation OF great wealth with
out the capacity to enjoy anything
beyond the bank account or the bal
ance sheet.
Such is the penalty often invoIv-
ed in success In great cities. where
wealth comes in like flood, to
drown all desire and emotions, ex-
eept the workship of itself.
On the other hand, what a harmo-
ny there is between waning years
and the tranquility ofrural life where
the objects of existence have not
been perverted. IF a life has been
well spent. age brings with it a de.
sire for quiet and repose. That can
only be found far away from the
mart and the forum. The patriarch
in some country retreat enjoying a
bare competence, who sits under the
shade Of the tree his hand has plant
ed, and admires the green fields
which has labor has beauti6ed.
is more to be enYied than the
rich man who measures his rent
rolls by the yard, and counts his
fortune by millions.
Again, and again, let me urge up.
on those who despise the farm and
are chatting for opportunity to
plunge in the whirlpool OF city adj
venture and strife, to profit by the
experience Of those who have preced-
ed them in the perilous step. Go
not where the eternal hum Of busy