Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-01-27
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GUILDH4LL, r., Jaauary 27, 1877
AMI now for a little talk with the farm


GUILDH4LL, r., Jaauary 27, 1877
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AMI now for a little talk with the farm
ers. Everybody is talking politics, and
lsmentlng over the prospect, fearing war
and its,surc evils; the Democrats threaten
to "kick against the priclls" if they can't
have Tilden, or they will find it thus, per-
haps. Everybody is talking about the
'terrible winter" and the man that
ciphers has figured us below cipher more
times this winter, thus far, than ever be-
fore. Everybody is talking about the
hard times, and how they are pinched,
and they howl that there never was but
one time that equaled it, probably refer
ing to olden times when cab of some
thing (our memory is poor sold for a
very high price. But now, farmers, this
is nearly ali bosh, and there is no need of
being half as blue as we are wont to
make ourselves. We have & large va
riety of farmers. Webster says Il farmer
is one who cultivates a farm. We have
some kid glove farmers, and we all relish
the way they spend what they have got,
for it is sure to go. We have some road
farmers, that do their planting and
harvesting on the road, work hard to do
nothing. We have some loafer farmers,
who are nicely got up for the business,
and they are splendidly adapted to it..
They are sort of mixed farmers-tuck
in little Swimming and much Dragging,
in addition to their regular business.
We have fast horse farmers, who run our
agricultural societies they often seed in
October and land lords reap the harvest.
Least known, but not least in'inportance,
are the hard handed, hard working farm
ers. These furnish the bread and meat,
these pay the taxes, these are the back
bone of the world. Who are the men
that are now going up in bankruptcy,
TINT are compromising with their Credi
tors? They are your men Of starch that
handle the yard stick, they are not your
hard working farmers; unless crushed by.
others. The question is often asked, does
farming in New England pay! One or
two things must be true, that farming
does pay, or else we are fast going into
bankruptcy, as people. We have many
things to fight against and most of all,
the sort of general belief that we are in
the poorest and most inhospitable part of
the United States, and many are the
golden dreaMs of ease and wealth, if
eve were only in California" or in some
other position of this earthly paradise,
how much better off we should be. We
fail to keep our young men, and here
goes our sineW and life, and the old
homestead begins to fail, because the old
man begins to fail and the boys are off
out West. A reckless extravaganza in the
years recently passed has thrown many
of our communities in debt, and taxes
are high. And many that have means,
have put their money into U. S., bonds
or sent it out West, for bigger interest,
and in reality the real estate has the
taxes to pay. For the past few years Ia
WI ll"o DSCll wv MS llld manly dAC biLC
farmers pull-backs. And now let every
farmer take account Of stock, make a
careful inventory, settle and balance all
outstanding accounts, and find out which
way they are going. There are no farm
ers but know how it is. And if man is
sliding backward, open out and shift the
business; bring little more brain work
to bear, use your head more, and perhaps
your heels too, re-canvas the situation
and perhaps you may make some new
discoveries; just put a little more viii
and prudence into this or that undertake
ing. Go to bed early, and get up early
Ask what will pay me most, all things
considered, next year. Always counsel
with successful men. Don't 90 about
your work so dull and sleepiIy; put the
drive into it, make things ring. Many
"sweat" more in eating their bread than
they do in earning it, The good LORD
designed that every honest farmer should
get living, nd,more, tos, and in most
cases it is the fault Of the man when he
fails, sickness and other contingencies
must be taken into account,
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